The Mecklenburg Genealogical Society bestows it's highest honor each year on an individual or couple in appreciation of long term service to the practice of genealogical research in Mecklenburg County. Awardees to date are:

YEAR	ORDER of 1775 WINNER
2023	David McCorkle
2022	Linda Lawless Blackwelder
2021	Lionel Demming (L. D.) Bass, Jr
2020	Jeffrey Houser
2019	Wayne Shumate
2018	George and Alita Sutcliffe
2017	John Misenheimer
2016	Lou Jean Johnson
2015	Deborah Arnold
2014	Bob Peaseley
2013	Dr. Ted Lucas
2012	Marilyn H. Jones
2011	Lois Yandle
2010	Paul D. Buckley
2009	Ann H. Woolf
2008	Mary Utting
2007	Diane L. Richter and Thomas P. Innes
2006	N. Scot Treadwell
2005	Ellen Poteet
2004	Herman Ferguson
2003	Robert Alexander
2002	Alden Davis
2001	Mel and Pinny Cook
2000	Lynn Bancroft
1999	Ron Touchstone
1998	Selby Daniels
1997	Bob and Becky Cauble