Daughters of The Republic of Texas - Membership

Membership

Membership in DRT is open to women only, who must meet the following criteria:

• at least sixteen years of age,
• must be personally acceptable to the association, and
• who can prove lineal descent from men and women who rendered loyal service to Texas prior to its annexation in 1846 by the United States. Acceptable loyal service can be obtained by one of the following four criteria:
  • colonization with Stephen Fuller Austin’s “Old Three Hundred” or by the authority of the Spanish, Mexican, or Texas Republican governments,
  • military service to the Spanish, Mexican, or Texas Republican governments during the appropriate era
  • loyal citizenship of the Republic of Texas prior to annexation
  • receipt of land grants authorized by the Provisional Government of the Republic of Texas.