Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,462, for William L Queen, Georgia
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(3--1776)

SERVICE    
Ga. 

Queen, William L  

NUMBER
S. 9.462

CONTENTS
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23,609.
North Carolina

William L Queen
of M[unintelligible] in the State of N.Car:
who was a P-(?) in the ____ commanded by Captain ---- of the [unintelligable] commanded by Col: Clark in the N.Car line for 12 months

Ga Line
mich(?) 13/05
Record corrected.

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 10 Dollars----           Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8- day of March, and [unintelligible] Hon: I. Grah 
H.R.__

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834  120 --
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept(?) 1834   20 --

$140 --
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}


Recorded by N. Pree(?) __ Clerk,
Book E Vol. 64 Page 70

Let: Agens. June 25. 35 pay Surpence 
[unintelligible]. Gen. Keener Nov. 20 1835


Date of Death not on GB. - ILL
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North Carolina State
Macon County 

On this 8th day of October 1822 personally approved in open [unintelligible] before the Judge now killing William L Queen a resident of Macon in the county of Macon and State of North Carolina aged 83 years who being first Duly(?) sworn according to law, doth on his oath Make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress, passed June 7th 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated

I was born in the state of [unintelligible] in the year 1749 the only record of my age which I can produce is a leaf torn out of a bible which is here established(?) to the court. When I first entered the service I [unintelligible] in the State of Georgia. Since the revolutionary war I have been in Rutherford and Burke Counties N. Carolina until nearly four years ago when I removed to Macon County where I now live. I served liberal different terms - The first term of my service was in the troops called Georgia rangers - I cannot [unintelligible] presently the year in which I entered this service but think it about the year 1774. I served in this tour something like one year was a volunteer and was a resident of
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Wilkes county in the State of Georgia, Elijah Clarke was our Colonel. --- Smith was Major and George Duly Captain I was [unintelligible] but no battles in this time. We were frequently driven into South Carolina. There were no regiments of regulars with us in this time we rang from one fort to another on the line of forts which then surrounded the frontier.

My second term of service was in the same in which the battle at Augusta was fought I was out in this service something like five months we were compelled to relent from Augusta and afterwords took it. I was in the battle Colonel Elijah Clarke commanded in this term and the same Major and Captain who commanded inn while we served in the forts as above specified - General Lincoln commanded the regular army I do not remember any of the regular regiments. When we returned from Augusta we marched through South Carolina to Saluda and on [unintelligible] the blue ridge I was also under General Pickens [unintelligible] times but cannot reccollect any thing more than that we marched under him within sight of Charleston. The whole of my service amounts to something like three years but being old & frail I cannot specify any further than I have done. I have [unintelligible] several discharges but have lost them I know of no person except my brother Sam
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Queen who [unintelligible] testify as to my services in part. R[unintelligible] Humphry Posey and [unintelligible] Buchanan can testify as to my character & the belief as to my services.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declare that my name is not on this pension role of the agency of any state. Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
William L Queen

1st Where and in what year were you born?
2d Have you any record of your age? and if so where is it? 
3d Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who went [unintelligible] where you [unintelligible]? Such continent-al and Militia regiments as you can reccollect and the general circumstances of your service.
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and good behavior your services as a soldier of the revolution.
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Humphry Posey a clergyman residing in the county of Macon and Benjamin S Brillain
residing in the Sany(?) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William L Queen who has [unintelligable] and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him 83 years of age, that he is reputed and believed the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subcribed the day & year aforesaid
Humphrey Posey
James Buchanan

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Solder and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that [unintelligible] Posey who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the county of Macon N.C. and that J Buchanan who has also signed the same is a resident in the county of Macon [unintelligible] is a credible person and that their statement is in little to credit  [unintelligible] Clerk
the Court of Macon de hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matte of the application of W L Queen for a pension
in testimony whereof I set my hand and seal   of office this 12 day of October 1832
S. M. Dowell C. A. C. (?)
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North Carolina State
County of Macon

On this [unintelligible]th day of October personally appeared in open court before the Judge now sitting Samual Queen a resident of Macon in the county of Macon aged 73 years and being first duly sworn according to law, deposseth and saith that he served in the revolutionary war with his brother William L Queen who is now making application to the war department for a pension. When I was at the Siege of Savannah my brother was out in some service elsewhere and although we seldom served together I can testify that he was a very active and useful Soldier in the revolution. I was present(?) when he made the declaration herewith accompanied and have good reason to beleive that it is correct & true Sworn to the day & year aforesaid 10th October
SM Dowell        Samuel Queen
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I Silas M Dowell Clerk of the Superior court of law for the county of Macon & State of North Carolina do hereby Certify that Samuel Queen  who has swore to the foregoing deposition is a reputable citizen & from General informs is a man of good [unintelligible] & those due faith [unintelligible] it aught to be given to his [unintelligible] & I do certify that it is usual in this State to tohe deposi-tion it [unintelligible] in open count & further. I do cer-tify that the Honorabl Davis L Swain the  [unintelligible] that this deposition be taken in open count [court?] & transmited to the de-partment accordingly given under my hand & seal of office this 2 day if November 1833

S.M Dowell  S.C

wright the result to W Grim at Franklin Macon County ofin(?) applicant
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State of North Carolina  [unintelligible] Court of

Rutherford County 

Pleas &. quarter [unintelligible] July Terms 1824
Personally appeared in open court (Being a Court of Record) for the County of Rutherford aforesaid, William L Queen aged 75 years formerly of Wilkes County State of Georgia but now a resident citizen of the county of Rutherford State of North Carolina, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Army of the Revolutiona-ry war as follows "to wit" He enlisted & served under Cap-tain James Buoy on Ogeche [Ogeechee ?] above Savanah [Savannah] under Colonel Stewart, in the Georgia Regulars on continental establishment in the Army of the Revolution, in the year 1777 or thereabouts, that he served the first year under Captain John Stewart Junior, the next under Captain John Dooly, then under Captain James McFarland, That General Elijah Clark was his commander, that he was at the battle of Augusta when Colonel Genson was taken in the fort in which battle he was wounded, that he served in South Carolina under Downs when they fought & de-feated Major Dunlap Corps, that [unintelligible]
5 years but cannot say exactly which for his memory has failed him that he is very old & infirm. That as well as he now recollects he served on Continental Establishment all that time in the Revolutionary Army untill Regularly & Honorably discharged by the proper officer but that he cannot now tell his name for he has forgotten it. That he now files this declara-tion for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the provis-ion of the acts of Congress passed for the relief of Invalid & Indigent persons  engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary war. In which said service he was wounded & has become a criple 
      And I do solemly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with an Intent thereby so to diminish it or to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congres Entitled an act to provide for cer-tain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the Uni-ted States in the Revolutionary war passed 18th March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor
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have I any Income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed by me subscribed to wit

1 cow & calf   worth about         $10
1 Large Iron Pot---------------        2.
1 small Trunk.................................        1.00
1 small Dutch oven.....................        0.75
Some old Delf Table plates........          62 1/2
2 or 4 Knives & forks..................            37 1/2
                                                      _____________
                                                       $15,75.
a Dubious claim to a negro wench
worth nothing

That I am Poor a cripple & obliged to walk with a crutch. have no family and Live with my son who is also poor, I was a farmer when able to work but cannot now do any thing for a livelihood. 
Wm L [X his mark] Queen

Sworn to in open Court this 4 July 1824 {
S/Isaac Craton Clk

I Isaac Craton clerk of Rutherford County court do hereby certify that the foregoing ^affidavit & the secdule [sic; schedule] thereunto annexed are Duly copied from the Records of said court. and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said schedule is fifteen dollars & 75 cents

In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office the 14th day of July 1824

S/Isaac Craton Clk

[note written sideways "Wm L Queen's Certificate for Pension"]
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15831
Wm L Queen
Macon County
N. Carolina

no [illegible] allow [illegible]
_____________

14
Apl.30. 33
T.362

Hon: I. Graham
H. R-

[the following were crossed out]
S. McDowell
Clk Macon Co.
Franklin C.H.
N.C.
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BRIEF in the case of Wm L Queen 
Co- of Macon in the State of N. Carolina-
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes as he states below #

3. How old is he? 83

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
_________________________________

[table with the following headers: 
Period. Duration of Service (Broken down into Years, Months, Days.). Rank. (listed "as a"). Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]

about In 1774 vol. 1yr. private. Col Clarke, Major Smith, Captn Duly.

second tour--. --5month -. [blank] . The same officers
__________________
5. In what battles was he engaged? skirmishes & Battle of Augustia- [sic]

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Georgia Wilkes County-

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living & traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to for or authentication? and if so, in what respect? authenticate

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
S/John N Arthson
Examining Clerk.

He states the whole of his service something like 3 years but being old & infirm cannot recollect the precise time of all his service-
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State of Georgia }
Habersham County }
Know all men as their Presents that I Joseph H. Queen of said County have made constitute & appointed Wm. Charlton & 1 & C Spaulding of Washington City- my sufficient attorney for me & In my name as one of the heirs of William L Queen. who was a pensioner as a Revolutionary soldier: To Examine the Pension papers of my Father, sue for & obtain from any of the Importants in Washington City- any money, Land warrant or any other dues that may be due me as the oe of the heirs of my Father who was a Revolutionary soldier & a Pensioner from the state of North Carolina. And generally to do all such other acts; or things as my said attorney may deem necessary in the premesis

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this; 24th Sept 1858
Test  S/Littleton, M, M
S/ Wm Charlton
Joseph. H [X his mark] Queen  [written seal]

Subscribed before me this 21st Sept 1858 & I certify that Joseph H Queen is the Identical person he reputes himself to be____
S/John G Porter, J.P.
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State of Georgia }
Habersham County }
I James E Griggs Clerk of the Superior court of said County do certify that John G Porter is and was an acting justice ^of the Peace regularly commissioned at the time of signing the foregoing certificate & that his signature as hereto signed is genuine

In testimony whereof I have this day signed my name & affixed the seal said court This 21st September 1858
S/J, E, Griggs C.S.C.
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April 20, 1932
BA-J/AWF [ILLEGIBLE]
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
William L. Queen
S. 9462

Mr. J. H. Quinn
Shelby
North Carolina.
Dear Sir:


Reference is made to your letter [relative] to one William L. Quinn, a Revolutionary War soldier, who you state was a pensioner of North Carolina.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension found, based upon the service of a William L. Quinn.
The record of one William L. Queen has been found, who was a pensioner in North Carolina, and his record is given below.
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 9462, based upon the Revolutionary War service of William L. Queen.
He was born in 1749 in Virginia, the county not
stated.
It is stated that while a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia, he enlisted about the year 1777, and served as private in the companies of Captains James Buoy, John Stewart, Jr., John Dooley, George Duly, James McFarland and
Anthony Walton Hughes, and in the Georgia Regiments of Colonels Stewart and Elijah Clark, and in the 1st Georgia Regiment, was in two battles in Augusta, Georgia, was wounded in the first battle in 1777, also that he was taken prisoner by the Tories and held about five days in 1778, and that he was captured about the last of 1778 or early in in 1779 and held prisoner in Ninety-Six for about seventy-two days, then released and returned home, that his service ended sometime in 1782, the entire length of which was about three years.
After the Revolution, he lived in Rutherford County,
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North Carolina, and in 1824 was living there with his son, but did not give his name; he later moved to Burke County, North Carolina, thence to Macon County, North Carolina. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832, then a resident of Macon County. 
Upon a reexamination of his claim, it was found that proof of service was not sufficient, and his pension was suspended in 1835 for additional proof of his service, and he was requested to file another declaration for pension, which he never did.
His son, Joseph H. Queen, was living in Habersham County, Georgia in 1858. Soldier had other children, but their names and the name of his wife are not given.
Soldier's brother, Samuel Queen, was living in Macon County, North Carolina in 1833, aged seventy-three years.
One Hinson or Hensey Queen was referred to in Rutherford County, North Carolina in 1825, no relationship to soldier shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Wm L Queen
NC.

Rev

Admit by private
12 mo $40


Hon. I. Graham
HR
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those severed in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Wm Queen
which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;  For ___ year ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a 
___  For ___ months and ___days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italics] about three or four months [end italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.

In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Jos. Keener,
Nov. 24. 1835.
G.C.



Record Vol 31  page 13.
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War Dept.
Pension Office
Nov. 24. 1835

Sir,
Your letter of the 31st. ult. but post marked on the 8th. inst. was received here yesterday. On a re-examination of the papers of William L. Queen, great doubts are entertained as to having performed such service as would bring his case within the provisions of the act of June 7.1832. The payment of the pension has therefore been suspended, and will not be resumed unless he can produce better evidence of service than he has already exhibited. He should also make a new declaration.
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Jos. Keener Esq
Scott's Creek
N. Carolina.
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Nov 23
Wm L. Queen
N C roll
No. 23609


Mr J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pentions [sic]
Washington City
D C


Scotts Creek NC Nov  8th
paid 25
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Scotts Creek P.O. Haywood Co NCarolina
Oct 31st 1835

Mr J L Edwards

Sir I address you as the agent of Wm L Queen of Macon county N. Carolina who is or was a Soldier of the Revolution and obtained a certificate in the Word & fig's following (to wit) "War Department Revolutionary Claim I certify that in conformity with the Law of the united States of the 7th June 1832 William L Quinn of the State of North Carolina who was a private in the War of the Revolution is Entitled to Receive Forty Dollars per annum During his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable Semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September Every year Given at the War office of the United States the 8th day March one Thousand Eight hundred &  thirty four
Signed 
S/LewCap
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of pentions [sic]

The above certificate is "Recorded in the pention office in Book E Vol 67 page 72 &c. and the said Wm L. Queen has Recd. all his pention Due him up to the 4th of March 1835
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and having forward his papers as usual has Rec'd in answer from Department in fayetteville NC, information that the Said war S. Queens pention [sic] was suspended on the 25th June 1835 and Refers him the said Queen to yourself for the Cause of the suspension which you will please make known to me at this PO as Early as opportunity will offer
I Am &c
Jos. Keener
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Mr Graham will please show the department that this certificate supported the ancestor of the witness Samuel Queen as well as the [illegible] Queen the [illegible] your pension
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State of No. Carolina }
Haywood County }
To all whom it may concern. Be it known that we the undersigned citizens of this county & state aforesaid do certify that Samuel Queen & Wm. Queen are citizens of this county & respected as Revolutionary soldiers & that we have been personally acquainted with them both for several years & believe them to be [illegible] of veracity & of good repute & that as such they are respected & ought to be [illegible] as a duty we owe to [illegible] of that character we deem it our duty to recommend them as such____________

signers names

I have always understood from them that they had been in the Army of the Revolution
S/Ro. Boor.
S/Joseph Kilpatrick JP
S/John. B. Love
S/Jos R Love
S/John L Dillard
S/Jos W Morton
S/J E Smith
S/Wm Wayne

signers names

I have allways [sic] understood from Reports of same persons that they were old Soldiers 
S/Jos McGee
S/James Cathey
I have never heard Nothing Contrary to the Above Statements
S/John McDowell
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Wm L Queens affidavit Hearing that he is entitled to a bounty
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State of No. Carolina }
Rutherford County }
this day came before me J. H. Benton an acting Justice of the peace for the county Linsey arnol [sic; Arnold] and Made oath in due form of Law that William L Queen was a Listed Soldier in the Continental army first Regiment 3d troop under the Command of general ^[illegible] and Antony Walton [illegible] Capt and To arnol [sic; Arnold] further Saith that he was in the ingadgement [sic; engagement] in Savanah [sic] Sd [sic; said] Queen is now a Citizen of North Carolina Rutherford County 

Sworn to and subscribed before this 4th day of June 1825 
S/J,H, Benton JP
Linsey [X his mark] Arnold

I Jessy H Benton do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Lindsey arnold and that he bears a good character in society as to truth that I have heard nothing against him. certified this 19th day of October 1825
S/J.H. Benton JP
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State of North Carolina }
Rutherford Count }
This day came before me Jessy H Benton Justice of the Peace for the county Rutherford County Hinson or Hensey Queen and made oath according to Law, that William L Queen was a Listed Soldier in the continental army in the first Regiment - 3rd Troop of the Georgia Line in continental Establishment Under the command of - of General Green & Anthony Walton Hughes Captain and that said William L Queen was in the battle of Savannah the Same man who is now Living in Rutherford County North Carolina - Subscribed before me & sworn to this June 4 - AD 1825 and that sd Henry Queen is a man entitled to credit & worth
S/J.H. Benton JP
Hensen [X his mark] Queen


State of North Carolina }
Rutherford County }
I Isaac Craton Clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Rutherford do hereby certify that Jessy H Benton whose signatures & certificates are hereunto & above annexed was at the time of making the same a Justice of the Peace for this county

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court this 19 October AD 1825
S/I. Craton Clk
S/R[illegible] D.C.
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Morganton ^NC  5th Decr 1825

Sir
In Pursuance to instruction from the War department William L Queen and Samuel Smith have been trying to procure evidence to shew [sic] that they served in the revolutionary war under such circumstances as to entitle them to a pension each, the affidavits have been forwarded to the Department of War.

The affidavits appear to have been to ilustrate to speak in such state as men of business would, yet perhaps clearly shew that they should not be overlooked especially as one of them Lindsey Arnold served with Queen and is now a pensioner for such services - Queens application was made more than a 12 month since & Smiths not quite so much

Respectfully Yours
S/Wm Roane
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North Carolina
19.370
Wm L Queen
of
Rutherford County N.C.


Requested 15 Sept 1824
see letter to Wm. Roane


see letter 16 Decr 1825 to Hon. S P Carson HR
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Morganton NC. 2nd Sept 1824

Sir
Enclosed is the affidavit of a very old & deaf man: whose memory cannot serve him as to particulars but who thinks he is entitled to a pension having been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in the Georgia Troops. If his claim should be thought worthy of consideration please will to

Yours respectfully
S/Wm Roane
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December 23, 1931.

Mrs. Edgar L. Smith
Washington, Georgia.

BA-J/MMF/ILL

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one William L. Quinn, a Revolutionary War soldier who, you state, was a pensioner of North Carolina.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension found based upon the service of a William L. Quinn.

The record of one William L. Queen has been found, who was a pensioner in North Carolina and his record is given below.

The data herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 9462, based upon service of William L. Queen.

William L. Queen was born in 1749 in Virginia, the county not stated.

It is stated that while a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia, he enlisted about the year 1777, served as private in the companies of Captains James Buoy, John Stewart, Jr., John Deoley, George Duly, James McFarland and Anthony Walton Hughes and in the Georgia Regiments of Colonels Stewart and Elijah Clark and 1# Georgia Regiment, was in two battles in Augusta, Georgia, was wounded in the first battle in 1777, also that he was taken prisoner by the Tories and held about five days in 1778, and that he was captured about the last of 1778 or early in 1779 and held prisoner in Ninety-Six for about seventy-two days, then released and returned home and that his service ended some time in 1782, the entire length of which was about three years.

After the Revolution, he lived in Rutherford County, North Carolina, was living there in 1824 with his son, but he did not give his name; he later moved to Burke County, North Carolina, thence to Macon County, North Carolina.

1.
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[hand written note as follows: "his power of atty was for pen. & county land, so we had Record Div. search b.l. & no record of a warrant was found. Dec. 23. 1931"]

Upon a reexamination of his claim, it was found that the proof of service was not sufficient, and his pension was suspended in 1835 for additional proof of service, and he was requested to file another declaration for pension, which he never did.

His son, Joseph H. Queen, was living in Habersham County, Georgia, in 1858. Soldier had other children, but their names and the name of his wife are not given.

Soldier's brother, Samuel Queen, was living in Macon County, North Carolina, in 1833, aged seventy-three years.

One Hinson or Hensey Queen was referred to in Rutherford County, North Carolina, in 1825, no relationship to soldier shown.

Very truly yours,
[signature area blank]
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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[oval mail stamp reading as follows:
"NOV 23 1931
BUREAU OF PENSIONS"]

Washington Ga.
Nov 20- 31-

Pension Bureau-
Revolutionary Records
Washington D.C.
Commissioner of Pensions-

My dear Sir:-
William L Quinn [underlined] was Rev. pensioner from North Carolina (State Records Vol. 22. page 81- Please send me the pension declaration of this William L. Quinn - or any data you may have.

Yours truly
Thank you, I am
Mrs. Edgar. Smith
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William Quinn also listed as Colonia pensioner from N.C.
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8543
P.O. Wm L. Queen
Service: ___________
["REJECTED" stamp]

Enlisted: _________, 18__
Discharged: __________, 18__

Application filed: ____________, 18__

Alleges: ____________________
Re-enlisted: _________________
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1931-Dec 23- Hist. to Mrs Edgar L. Smith-ILL.

1932-Apr 20- hist to J.H. Quinn Aug

see his letter in David Quinn W4778


9462
Rev. War     INVALID.
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File No. 9462
William L. Quen [sic; Queen]
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol. 1,   Page 306

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William L. Queen.
Records "OK"
Mch 13, 1905.8.
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State of North Carolina   Macon County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peacce for said bounty William L Queen who being duly sworn deposeth and Saith that by reason of old age and the Consaquent [sic] to of memory he cannot swear posatively [sic] as to the precise lenth [sic] of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less then the previous motion below and in the following tours (to wit
I entered into the service of the United States with the troops commonly called the Georgia Rangers I was living in the state of Georgia in Wilkes County under the command of Elija Clark Col Smith Maj & Duly Captain I entered into the Army on the 28 day of Febry AD 1778 the day I recollect by the length of one of my childrens  This tower [sic; tour] I entered as a private for six month as a Volunteer and was discharged by Col Clark and I did not get home before I was taken prisoner by the Tories and remain in custody five day or longer & then I was taken by the troops under the command of Gen Pickens and I have served time in the month of August in the year 1778 I was drafted for eight month but did not serve it out in consequence of being taken a prisoner after I had served six month and was put into the Jail at 96 it in S Carolina & part of the time I was in the guard house for all The Time I was a prisoner was 72 days and then I was parolled by a British officer to go home & after getting home about two or three weeks
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I was again drafted for six month and my waggon [sic] & team of farm horses  [illegible] and the never returned to but was destroyed by the british or tories while holling provisions for the American Army & two of the horses was first rote worth one hundred dollars each & the other two was worth fifty dollars each another waggon [sic] was worth ninety dollars but this tower [tour] was not performed by myself but [illegible] a Substitute by the name of James Mann  Mann my substitute went into the service in the month of April or May in the 1779. and served about five month of the time and was taken prisoner & remained a prisoner a fue [sic; few?] days & run off an went home then I volunteered again in the month of February 1780 and went to Augusta and was in the Battle or Scrimige then and from this time I remained in the army into the close of the Revolutionary war or at least and all the hours at this tour two years at least and all of my services was performed as a privet the mistake in my Declaration of entering into the service in the year 1774 was occasioned by the Gentleman who drew the declaration by showing him a paper which had a memorandum of several events which was the way that I came by the times of entering the service he looked at a wrong date for the date of entering the service which paper show very satisfactory that the error was in the draftman instead of myself and the first years services specified in the dictation spoke of was not all as entire but part as a drafted man & then was as I have stated afue [a few?] weeks interval that I was not in the army I was discharged by Col Clark generally for I was nearly allways [sic] under the command of the
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some officers my services was all performed while serving in the State of Georgia & Wilks County and the were not performed in any one State but was all performed in Georgia & South Carolina. for I was frequently crossing the line Some times I was under the command of Gen Lincoln who principly in Georgia and some time in South Carolina & commanded by General Pickens I do not know whether either of the towers [tours] was performed in either of the states certainly was in several Scrimmaging under the command of Gen Lincoln & Gen Pickens and I am satisfyed [sic] that I served not less than three years myself besides the time my substitute James Mann & besides the time that I was a prisoner in Ninety Six all my service was performed as a private and for which services I claim a pension this the 5 of februrary. AD. 1834

William L [X his mark] Queen  [handwritten seal]

S/John Willson JP
as to the credability of William L Queen I believe it to be good


State of North Carolina }
Macon County }
I John Totham Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter Sessions do hereby certify that John Wilson who has subscribed to the foregoing affidavit & certificate of the good  corector of William L Queen was at the time  of signing & certifying the same an acting Justice of the peace for said court and that Due faith & credit is an aught to be
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Given to all his official acts as with no testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of offices this 7 day of February 1834.  John Satham [ ]