The Children of the American Revolution in Texas began in 1896 with the granting of a charter to Samuel McDowell Society in Dallas, one year after the “Old North Bridge Society” was established in Concord, Massachusetts, May 1895.  The society received national charter number three and had twenty-seven organizing members.  In 1900, Nancy Stout of Fort Worth was organized, then Ann Randolph Society of Galveston in 1907, and Priscilla Alden Society of Temple in 1910.

The first State Director was Mrs. J. C. Canty, of Galveston, who served Texas nobly until poor health necessitated her relinquishing her position.  Mrs. Merrick Davis of Albany, Texas, represented Mrs. Canty at the national conventions in 1921, 1922, and 1923.  She was appointed Texas State Director, shortly after the national convention in 1923, as Mrs. Cantly was in ill health.  During the first five years of her appointment as State Director, Mrs. Davis increased the number of societies paying national dues from 4 to 15, and in 1927 formed the Texas State Society in Fort Worth.

On October 31, 1927, thirty-five to forty enthusiastic women met in Mrs. Davis hotel room at the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth.  From this meeting the Texas Society was established and the first state officers chosen: Mrs. O. E. Baker, Recording Secretary; Mrs. E. T. Duff, Treasurer; Mrs. Avery Turner, Historian; Mrs. Will Cantrell, Chaplain; Mrs. George Bell, Registrar; Mrs. A. V. Lane, Chairman of the Advisory Board.  This was the beginning of the Texas Society.