Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,280, for Thomas Queen, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Luern, Thomas
$ 32,280
CONTENTS
4
This Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

Alabama B. 350
Thomas Green.
of Morgan in the State of Ala.
who was a Private in the 6. th commanded
by Captain Hill of the Reg. t commanded
by Col. McKenzie in the (Alabama) line for 15 1/2 mos
$ 55. 00 / 100
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama.
at the rate of 55 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2. d day of Sept. 33 and sent to R. Chap: Wau, Somerville, M.C. o Ala
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1833. — 110.00
Pemi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33. 27.50.
$ 137.50.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. P. Palmer Clerk,
Book E Vol. 8 Page 50.

No 4 6
Thomas Queen
7 June 1852
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Tuscaloosa Alabama
Rec d of Jas H Clearing, Agent for paying Pensions, Twenty Nine Dollars and Thirty five cents, in Specie, due to Thomas Dunn a revolutionary Pensioner of Whose Estate I am the Administrator, for Six months and Eleven days Pension, from the fourth day of September 1842, to the 15 th of March 1843 for which I have signed duplicate receipts. $29.35
H.D. Morrow, Adm r of Thomas Dunn dec d

Declaration of Thomas Queen
1737/

Declaration of Thomas Lueen in order to obtain the benefit of the act of leniency of the 7th June 1832.
State of Alabama Marion County
On this 1 st day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Deborah M. Peters Judge of the County Court of said County in open court, now sitting as Judge of the Orphans Court of said County in being a court of record having power to fine and imprison Thomas Lueen a resident of said County and State aged about eighty 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 provisions made by the act of leniency passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That about the month of March 1780 he enlisted under one Captain S. Hugen Lieutenant Humphrey Barnett Ensign Barnett in the County of Burke State of North Carolina and marched from that country in which he remained under said Company officers and Major Bledford and Colonel Hill (the name of the regiment he does not recollect) and joined the Army then commanded by General Sumpter at Brown's old field upon the Congress was in South Carolina and served for the term of about fifteen months and returned home in the month of July 1781. That during his service he was in the battle at the Eaton Springs and lost his horse for which he was not compensated. That he marched considerably in the States of North & South Carolina and Georgia and a part of his time he was attached to Genl. Mowers Army in Georgia and he was on an expedition in pursuit of some hostile Creek Indians to St. Augustine in Florida. That he had no particular acquaintance with any other regular officers except Col. Lee, Genl. Green & Col. Wm. Washington but does not recollect the names of the regiments of the United States Army to which they belonged . That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his military service except the present and declares that his

name is not on the pension roll of the Army of any State -
Given to and submitted his Thomas Wheeler the day and year first aforesaid mark Wm M MacKenzie Clk. C.C.
And I Charles W Peters Judge of said circuit do hereby declare in my opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and deserved as he states Charles W Peters Judge
State of Alabama ) I Wm M MacKenzie Clerk of Morgan County ) the County Court of Morgan County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Ducey for a pension
In testimony whereof I have unto my hand and seal of office this 1 st day of September A.D. 1832 and of American Independence the fifty seventh Year
Wm M MacKenzie Clk. C.C.

7371 13. 350.
Mrs. Queen Morgan Co. Ala.
Oct 5. 11/12
Adm 1 year 4 Months and 15 days.
  12.  40     40.  13  13    1/2  1  67     55.00   
Reuben Chapman Morgan Co. Ala. Somerville Ala.

7371
BRIEF in the case of Thomas Queen  of Morgan Co. in the State of Alabama  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? about 80 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     about April In 1780 about 15 15 Private Gen. Wayne & Sumpter } N o 6 th Col o Hill's Reg. } Volunt o Capt o McKenzie Co y }  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? battle of Outaw Springs  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? not stated  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? no evidence produced in support of this claim  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephens Examining Clerk.

State of Alabama } Be it known, that before me, Alexander Fariss, Madison County ss. } a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, this day personally appeared Hugh D. Morrow, and made oath in due form of law that he is the Administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of the estate of Thomas Queen, late of Morgan County in said State, deceased, the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of Pension was issued, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy - "War Department.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Thomas Queen, of the State of Alabama, who was a pensioner in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive fifty five dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi- annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. John R. Robb, Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned
D. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions."
That the said deceased Pensioner resided in said County of Morgan, in the said State of Alabama, for the space of about twenty-five years before his death and that pre- vious thereto he resided in the State of Tennessee.
H. D. Morrow Adm'r. of Thomas Queen, dec'd.
Subscribed and sworn before me, this 26th day of Novr. 1845 D. L. Edwards D.P.
The State of Alabama } I, John M. Bly, Clerk of the County Court of Madison Madison County ss. } County, in the State of Alabama certify that, at a Term of the Ordinary Court of said County (of which the same person is the Clerk as well as of the said County Court) held at the court house in the Town of Huntsville, in the said Coun- ty of Madison and State of Alabama - "Satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Thomas Queen was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of fifty-five dollars per annum; was a resident of the said County of Morgan in the said State of Alabama and died in the County and State last aforesaid, on the fifteenth day of March in the year, eighteen hundred and forty-five and that he left a widow whose name was Elizabeth Queen (but who has since departed this life intestate) and

The following children, all of said County of Macon, to wit, Margaret, the wife of Michael Butler, Nancy, widow of Andrew Bain - John Queen and Elizabeth Queen, of whom the said widow, Elizabeth, is the mother, and that the said Thomas Queen and his said wife, Elizabeth, had no other children except Elliott Queen and James Queen, both of whom died intestate and without other heirs than their brothers and sisters.
And I further certify that Dandridge Garris is a magistrate as aforesaid and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County Court, at Ocmulgee, in said Town of Hawkinsville, this twenty sixth day of November, eighteen hundred and forty five.
Geo. W. O'Leary Clerk of the County Court of Macon County in the State of Alabama.
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Released from GAO

32280 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32280
Thomas Green  Queen *
His Rev Has
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 493
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* W.W.H. June 12, 1907.

7371
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Queen which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
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?
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 amount of pension he is entitled? — no —
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
The Judge of the Court Has
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
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?

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? no —
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? none —
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? no —
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? no witness produced —
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? no — 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th
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.

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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 about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† 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 he 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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

The State of Alabama Morgan County On this fourteenth day of May 1833 Personally appeared Thomas Lewis before the Hon. Charles H. Peters judge of the county court of said county now presiding as sole judge of the Orphans court for said county and the said Thomas Lewis being first duly sworn in open court makes the following statement as an amendment to his former declaration heretofore to wit on the 15 th day of September 1832, in the said court in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832. And this to accompany his said original declaration as a supplement thereto to wit That he first volunteered under Capt. McKee in the company of Brisk South Carolina on the 15 th day of March as he believes 1860 (who raised a volunteer company) and immedi- ately entered into service as stated in his original declaration and served for six twelve months and fifteen days and was discharged on the 15 th day of July 1861. That he served as a private in said company as set forth in his original declaration. This affidavit further states that he received no other discharge from the service and that he has no documentary evidence of his service whatever and that proof of living witnesses cannot be ob- tained as to his service To the best of his knowledge presented by the war department not satisfactorily answered in his original declaration he answers as follows. That he was born in the county of Anson State of North Carolina on the on the day of

1753. though he has no record of his age and only recollects the year he was born from historical events and from the account he received from his parents that he has no recollection of the day or day he was born never having heard more than the particular year as above stated.
That he had removed from the County of Anson in which he was born to the County of Burke in North Carolina where he resided when he entered the service of the United States in the company stated. That after the close of the Revolutionary war he removed from North to South Carolina to Union District from which place he removed to the County of Elbert Georgia and then to Bedford County in Tennessee from which place he removed to Morgan County Alabama where he now resides and has resided there for thirteen years. That when called into service he was a volunteer in a regularly organized corps who went for the time mentioned by the order of the competent authorities in the state of North Carolina and during the time he was engaged in no civil employment but acted as a soldier.
That he is well acquainted with Elections. Thompson a minister of the Gospel who is his near neighbour and Col. Hugh H. Morrow both of whom are his neighbours and have known him for many years and many other persons who are friends who have known him well and can testify as to his character for veracity and the opinion of the public to whom he is

known as to his services as a Revolutionary soldier known to and submitted the his  the  Thomas  the  Decree  the  Frank  the  day and year aforesaid  the day and year aforesaid
Mr. Eutecious Thompson a clergyman residing in the said County of Morgan State of Alabama and Hugh D. Mannan residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Jones who has submitted and sworn to the original declaration hereto annexed and this amendment and supplement thereto that we believe him to be eighty years of age that he is respected and beloved in his neighbourhood when he used to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Eutecious Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed H.D. Mannan in open court the day and year aforesaid M.M. MacRae Clerk C.C.
And the said Court do hereby declare his 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 soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to him that Eutecious Thompson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Morgan State of Alabama that Hugh D. Mannan who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Morgan and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit given my hand this 14th May 1853 E. P. Starnes Judge

13. 16 State of Alabama I. M. M c Kenzie clerk of the orphans Morgan County Court of Morgan county state aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and amended proceedings had by the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Dressler for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office this 15 th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and of American Independence the fifty seventh year
Teste M c M c Kenzie CLK of the orphans court of Morgan county

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER PENSION AND GAO
Sept. 1833 Pension has been 14 years in Rev. Service in Capt. John McEwen's Company in Reg. commanded by Col. Hill. Home from S. Carolina
Payments to be made at Mobile by P. M. B. Bank. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Alabama
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 8. Page 50. by W. H. Palmer. Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Thomas Queen . — of the state of Alabama who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive — Fifty-Five. — dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Second day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three.
John B. B. Lee Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edward Commissioner of Pensions.

PAID FREE
May 31 No 7371 NEW YORK MAY 31 1861
Al. 10 u. F. L.
The Honble S. P. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington City D. C.

No 45 46 Thomas Lawson Set June 18 32
Truckaloosa Ala.
2 nd Qr. 1846
Batt. 24.
Ck. 24

State of Alabama Orphans. Court of Morgan County Special Term 21 st day of Nov 1845- Present the Hon. N. Phipps Judge This day came Hugh D. Morrow and Applied for letters of Administration upon the estate of Thomas. Queen late of said County deceased Whereupon it is ordered by the Court that letters aforesaid Issue to the said Morrow, upon his entering into bond and security in the penal Sum of sixty Dollars. Whereupon the said Morrow tendered his bond seal which was approved of by the Court, and took the oath according to law and letters ordered to Issue which was accordingly done,
State of Alabama. Thomas Price Clerk of Morgan County Court and State aforesaid, Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy and Correct Transcript of the order appointing H. D. Morrow Administrator of Thomas Queen dec d as appears from my official Court minutes Book
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at office in Tuscaloosa this 18 th day of Dec r 1845 the 70 th year of American Independence Thos. Price Clerk

Received from GAO THAT PRINTED VOLUME
W. L. Morris admr. of the Queen (copy)