SOCW Louisiana
Membership Application Information
Currently, the Society of Colonial Wars membership process
must be approved prior to the application process.
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APPLICATION PROCESS APPROVAL
If you have been approved by the board and have a password
for the application, please proceed to the link at the bottom of this page.
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
Any male person eighteen years of age or older, of good moral character and reputation, shall be eligible to membership in the General Society and every constituent State Society and Independent Chapter, provided he is lineally descended in the male or female line from an ancestor:
(1) Who served as a military or naval officer, or as a soldier, sailor, or marine, or as a privateersman, under authority of any of the Colonies which afterward formed the United States, or in the forces of Great Britain which participated with those of the said Colonies in any wars in which the said Colonies were engaged, or in which they enrolled men, during the period from the settlement of Jamestown, May 13, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775; or
(2) Who held office in any of the Colonies between the dates above mentioned as:
(a) Director General, Vice Director General, or member of the Council, or Legislative body, in the Colony of the New Netherland;
(b) Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy Governor, Lord Proprietor, member of The King’s or Governor’s Council, or of the legislative body, in the Colony of New York, the Jerseys, Virginia, Pennsylvania, or Delaware;
(c) Lord Proprietor, Governor, Deputy Governor, or member of the Council, or of the legislative body, in Maryland, the Carolinas, or Georgia;
(d) Governor, Deputy Governor, Governor’s Assistant, or Commissioner
to the United Colonies of New England, or member of the Council, body of Assistants, or legislative body, in any of the New England
colonies; or
(e) Justice, Judge, Justice of the Peace, or other judicial officer.
No State Society, State Chapter, or Independent Chapter shall adopt any rule of eligibility for membership other than that prescribed in this Article nor fail to adopt any rule of eligibility for membership prescribed in this Article.
Each application for membership shall be initiated with a State Society or Independent Chapter and, upon its approval, forwarded to the General Society for action thereon. Membership in the General Society or any constituent State Society or Independent Chapter shall not be held complete until the applicable application has been approved by both the General Society and the applicable State Society or Independent Chapter. The General Society shall have the authority to remove from its membership any member for conduct that it deems detrimental to the General Society or its reputation and likewise to remove from its membership any member not holding membership in good standing in at least one State Society or Independent Chapter. In these matters, the General Society shall act through the Registrar General in the case of applications for membership and through its Executive Committee in the case of removals from membership.