Thought I'd post this for anyone who might not have seen it. Vicki =========================================================== An Article written by Maisie Queen Young of North Carolina William Lewis Queen, born in 1749 in Virginia, my third great-grandfather, was living in North Carolina by 1753, where he grew up. His name is mentioned on a number of land surveys. He was living in Georgia by 1773 and probably married Margaret, (?)his wile, in that state. He enlisted and served with the Georgia Rangers on the Continental Line dur-ing the American Revolutionary War. His pension file S9462, National Archives, gives details of his services. He was wounded once, taken prisoner twice by the Tories, held for 72 days at Ninety Six, South Carolina: mentions some of the battles and long marches in and out of Georgia and South Carolina. His services ended in 1782. After the war he moved to Rutherford County. North Carolina where he lived for many years. He owned a great deal of land in Rutherford County, some of which was inherited from his father, William, who gave him power of attorney in 1793. In 1824, when he was 75 years old, he applied for a pension in Rutherford County. It appears that his wife died before 1828, when he and most of his family migrated to Haywood County. On the 1830 census, he was living with his son, Joseph, and in 1832, he appeared in Macon County, North Carolina, where he applied for, and received, a pension which was rescinded in 1835. He took no fur-ther action and it is my belief that he died in 1835/6. He had a large family of seven or more daughters, including Virginia (Jane) who md. Joshua Hall, Jr. They settled in the Savannah area of Jackson County, N.C. His sons and their wives were: Joseph H., md. Ursula Jones - James, md. Sarah Jones - Moses md. Jane Newton - Meredith md. Jane Weedon - and William Lewis, Jr., b. 1774/5, md. Margaret Orr, who were my second great-grandparents. The known children of William Lewis Queen, Jr. and his wife Margaret were: Maxwell, b. 1803, mcI. Celia Rose - Olive md. Ross Carter- Margaret Jean - Rebecca md. Kindred Reeves - and Rachel md. John Wesley Gibbs and lived near Whittier, N.C. -and my great grandfather James Smith Queen. Wiliarm Lewis Queen, Jr. died in Rutherford County in 1822 and his wife, Margaret, was named administrator of his estate and the es-tate of Mary Orr, who may have been her mother. On the 1830 Haywood County census, Margaret is listed as head of the household. The date of her death is unknown to me.