Vicki Shaffer wrote: > > Didn't mean to be so stingy! LOL! Here they are for the whole list. > Vicki > ===================================== > Questionnaire: > 1st. Where and in what year were you borne? > 2nd Have you any record of your age? and if so, where is it? > 3rd .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 were with the troops, > where you served? such continental and Militia regiments as you can > recollect 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. > ======================================================== > North Carolina State Macon County > > On this 8th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the > Judge now sitting, William L. Queen, a resident of Macon in the county of > Macon and state of North Carolina, aged 85 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. > > That he entered the service of the United States under the following named > officer and served as herein stated: > I was born in the state of Virginia in the year l749. The only record of my > age which I can produce is a leaf torn out of a bible which is now exhibited > to the court. When I first entered the service I resided in the State of > Georgia. Since the Revolutionary War I have lived in Rutherford and Burke > counties, N. Carolina until nearly four years ago when I removed to Macon > County where I now live. I served several different terms. The first tour of > my service was in the troops called Georgia rangers. I cannot recollect > precisely 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 Wilkes county in the State of Georgia. > Elijah Clarke was our Colonel. James Smith was Major and George Duly > Captain. I was in some skirmishes but no battles in this tour. We were > frequently driven into South Carolina. There were no regiments of Militia > regulars with us in this tour. We ranged from one fort to another on the > line of forts which surrounded the frontier. > My second term of service was in the same year in which the battle at > Augusta was fought. I was out in this service something like five months. We > were compelled to retreat from Augusta and afterwards took it. I was in the > battle Colonel Elijah Clarke commanded in this > term and the same Major and Captain, who commanded in 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 retreated from Augusta we > marched through South Carolina to Saluda and on across the blue ridge. I was > also under General Pickens several times, but cannot recollect anything more > than that we marched under him within sight of Charleston. The total of my > service amounts to something like three years but being old and frail I > cannot specify any further than I have done I have acquired several > discharges but have lost them. I know of no person except my brother, Sam > Queen who can testify as to my services in part. Revd. Humphry Posey and > James Buchanan can testify as to my character and the belief as to my > services. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity > except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension role of > the agency of any state. Sworn to & subscribed this day and year aforesaid. > his > William L. Queen > mark > We, Humphrey Posey, a clergyman & James Buchanan, undersigned county of > Macon, acquainted with William L. Queen and sworn to the above declaration > that we believe him 83 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the > neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and > that we concur that opinion. > Humphrey Posey > James Buchanan > Samuel Queen (Note: scratched out) > 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 Soldier and > served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them > that Humphrey Posey, who has signed the preceding certificate is a > clergyman, resides in the county of Macon NC and that James Buchanan who has > also signed the Macon NC and is of the Court of same is a resident in the > county of a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit of > the Court Macon do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original > proceeding in the material of the application of W.L. Queen for a pension. > in testimony whereof I set y hand and seal of office this 12 day of October > 1832 McDowell, Clerk > > ======================================================= > North Carolina State > County of' Macon > On this 10th day of October. 1832 personally appeared in open court before > the Judge now sitting Samuel Queen a resident of Macon in the county of > Macon aged 73 years and being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth > and saith that he served in the revolutionary was with his brother William L > Queen who is now making application to the War department for a pension. > When I was at the seige 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 make > the declaration herewith accompanied and have good reason to believe that it > is correct & true. Sworn to the day & year aforesaid > 10th October. McDowell > his > Samuel x Queen > mark > > State of North Carolina > Rutherford County Court of Pleas ______________ > > 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 Revolution ary war as follows 'to wit He entered & > served under Capt. James Buoy on Ogache above Savanah 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 Pooly, then > under Captain James McFarland, That General Elijah Clark was his commmander, > that he was at the battle of Augusta when Colonel G_____ was taken in the > fort (in which battle he was wounded, that he served in South Carolina under > Downs when they fought .& defeated Major Dunlaps Corps. That he served > four or 5 years but cannot say exactly which for his memory has failed him > that he is very old and infirm. That, as well as he now time in the > Revolutionary Army until Regularly and Honorably discharged by the proper > officers but that he cannot now tell his name for he has forgotten it. That > he now files this declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension under > the provision of the act of Congress passed for the relief of Invalid & > indigent persons engaged in the Land and Naval service in the United States > during the Revolutionary war. In which said service he was wounded & has > become a cripple. > And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident and > 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 or Intent thereby to diminish it or to bring myself within > the provisions of the act of Congress Entitled an act to provide for certain > persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United 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 > > have I any ______ ______ than what is contained in the schedule herewith > _______ by me subscribed to wit > 1 cow and calf worth about $10 > 1 Large Iron Pot 3 > 1 Small Trunk 1.00 > 1 Small Dutch oven 1.75 > Four old Delf Table plates 62 1/2 > 3 or 4 knives & forks 37 > 1/2 > > $15.75 > and a Dubious claim to a negro wench wourth 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 anything for a livelihood > Sworn to in open Court his > this 14 July 1824 Wm L x Queen > Mark > I Isaac Craton clerk of Rutherford County > do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit & the schedule there unto > annoted are truly 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 if fifteen dollars & 75 cents. > In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of > said court at office the 14th day of July 1824 > Isaac Craton. -- Mandy Williams Queen, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/5932/ RHS Class of '86 info: http://www.onelist.com/group/RHSClassof86 Queen-L, Criner-L & Twiner-L mail listowner; http:www.rootsweb.com/