The Meriwether Society, Inc., was chartered by the Commonwealth of Virginia on 2 December 1987.
2019-2021 Society Officers
President
Lesa Delong Johnson, DM
Vice-President
Kathy Cave Wells
Secretary
Elizabeth Anne Meriwether
Treasurer
Douglas Macon Valentine
Directors
Pamela Henry Cole
Lloyd Corder Huff, Ph.D.
Thomas Henry Martin
Jennifer Swisher McStravick
Douglas Macon Valentine
Keith Carlyle Vanstone
Immediate Past President
Monte Latimer Monroe, Ph.D.
Newsletter Editor
Janet McConaty Reinhart
Society Genealogist
Sharon Sabel Pike, DM
Voting Privileges
The following officers have voting privileges:
- President
- Vice-President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Board of Directors
- Newsletter Editor
- Society Genealogist
Ex-Officio Officers (Non-Voting)
Society Historian
Michael Kent DeJonge, DM
Authentication
Sharon Sabel Pike, DM
English Research
Monte Latimer Monroe
William Winston Cochrane IV
DNA Project
Sharon Sabel Pike, DM
Honorary Board
Founder
Elise Turner Franklin
Chairman of the Board
Nelson Heath Meriwether
Past Presidents
Nelson Heath Meriwether
1979-1981
Charlene Elizabeth Owen Benne, DM
1981-1983
Elise Bolling Turner Franklin
1983-1985
William Alexander Meriwether
1985-1987
George Washington Browning Jr., DM
1987-1991
Maurice Wesley Kendall, DM
1991-1993
Thomas White Meriwether III
1993
Nancy (Cochrane) Grisham
1994-1997
Gordon Kenyon Meriwether Jr.
1997-1999
Joel Thomas Meriwether, DM
1999-2001
Annie Laurie (Meriwether) Hulen, DM
2001-2003
Guy Meriwether Benson, DM
2003-2005
Joseph Meriwether Oglesby, II, DM
2005-2007
Sharon Marie Sabel Pike, DM
2007-2011
Annie Laurie Meriwether Hulen, DM
2011-2013
Charlotte Jean Sturgeon Henderson, DM
2013-2015
Monte Latimer Monroe, Ph.D.
2015-2019
Lesa Delong Johnson, DM
2019-2021