A Gold Sons of the Revolution Medal to Grandson of Major General Arthur St. Clair
Multi-piece construction, GOLD and blue enamels, weighing 18.9 grams with the ribbon on, numbered "" and maker marked "BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE" (Philadelphia) on the reverse of the eagle suspension, obverse illustrating a Continental soldier in an oval frame, overlaying a navy blue scalloped base and designed to be surrounded by thirteen raised gold stars, reverse illustrating the right-facing bust of George Washington surrounded by the inscription "SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 1883", 29 mm x 44 mm inclusive of its standing drop-winged eagle suspension, original ribbon with pinback, darkened centrepiece, missing one gold star on the right side, better than very fine. Accompanied by a copy of Sheet's Application for Membership in the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, along with a genealogical chart and assorted research papers regarding his great-great-grandfathers, Arthur St. Clair and Archibald Cary. Footnote: William Henry Harrison Sheets was born on August 9, 1840 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of William Sheets and Mary S. Randolph. His lineage traces his descendancy to that of a great-great-grandson of Brigadier General and Major General Arthur St. Clair of the Continental Army (born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1737, served in the French and Indian Wars with the British Army before settling in Pennsylvania, where he held local office, died in 1818) and Archibald Cary, Member of the House of Burgesses (1756-1776), Member of the Virginia Convention of 1776 and Member of Correspondence to form the Confederacy of Colonies (born in 1721, owner of 14,000 acres of land and hundreds of slaves, a leading figure in local government and instrumental in the quest for freedom in the colonies, nicknamed the "Wheelhorse" and "Old Iron", through his marriage to Mary Randolph it made his children lineal descendants of Pocohontas, died in 1787). He filed an Application for Membership in the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, was examined and approved for membership on June 13, 1880, and accepted by the Board of Management on the 16th, assigned the National Number 1893, as per the number that appears on the reverse of this medal.

