Lee Lamar write: >>My mother Nannie Mae Queen came to Missouri from Haywood County, NC in >1902, when she was 16 years of age along with her entire family. Her >parents were William Nathan Queen, b. 1881 and Mary Lucinda Burnett, b. >1866, both born near Pigeon River in Haywood County. The father of >William Nathan Queen was Nathan or Nathaniel S. Queen, b.1826 and Martha >Jane Rhodes, b 1829. > >Both are believed to have been born in Haywood County as it was >constituted in the years before 1850, which then included what is now >Jackson County. Nathan S. Queen was one of the Confederate soldiers that >were surrendered at Cumberland Gap during the Civil War, and sent to >Camp Douglas as a POW. He was in such poor condition that he did not >survive the trip home. He did manage to get almost home to his native >Haywood County, NC, making it to Greene County, TN, just across the >border, when he became too sick and his friends had to leave him there. >Martha Jane got there after he had died. (As a POW during World War II, >I have been particularly interested in this story). > >I do not know for sure who the father of Nathan S. might be, but have my >beliefs. I would appreciate anyone reading this if they would make any >comments for or against. Since some one said they wanted to try to tie >all the Haywood County Queens together, maybe this information will >help. Maybe I will obtain some good information in the process. > >Nathan S. Queen, b. 1826, was the bondsman for Robert Henry Queen, b. >1832, when he married Nancy Franklin in 1853, in Haywood Co. This would >strongly suggest that they were probably brothers. Where would two >brothers fit into a Queen family. The only place I can find that seems >to fit and be logical is as sons of William B. Queen, b. 1796 and Mary >Nicholson, b. about 1797. This would give us: > >William B. Queen, md. to Mary Nicholson >Lucinda Queen, b. 1818 Known >Americus H. Queen, b. 1820 Known >Nathan S. Queen, b. 1826 (????) >Rev. Benjamin Nicholson Queen, b.1831 Known >Robert Henry Queen, b. 1832 (????) >Dicey Queen, b.1834 Known >Hannah Queen, b. 1837 Known > >It appears to me that Nathan S. and Robert Henry Queen may have moved >over the mountain into the area that remained in Haywood when Jackson >County was formed, and thus few records that would be available to >confirm this. > >Does anyone know anything that might indicate this is incorrect, or >hopefully that would confirm it? >Thanks, Lee L. Lee, You may wish to check out the Queen Gen Forum at http://genforum.genealogy.com/queen/. Use the search engine at the top left corner and put in the name “Nathan” and this reveal all postings for Nathan. Entry #298, posted 2/5/00, refers you to the following link for surnames. http://members.nbci.com/GerowFamily/index.html Under surname Queen, Nathaniel S. Queen’s father is listed as Walter Brown Queen; click on Walter Brown Queen’s name and shows his father as Samuel Queen/DiceyRolls. You may wish to contact the owner of the list for further details/verification. Hope this help you, Betty Knight > > >==== QUEEN Mailing List ==== >GenConnect at Rootsweb >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Queen > >============================== >Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Is the middle initial "S" confirmed as Samuel or possibly some other name? Gayle -----Original Message----- From: betty knight [mailto:bettyknight@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 3:47 PM To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [QUEEN] Introduction Lee Lamar write: >>My mother Nannie Mae Queen came to Missouri from Haywood County, NC in >1902, when she was 16 years of age along with her entire family. Her >parents were William Nathan Queen, b. 1881 and Mary Lucinda Burnett, b. >1866, both born near Pigeon River in Haywood County. The father of >William Nathan Queen was Nathan or Nathaniel S. Queen, b.1826 and Martha >Jane Rhodes, b 1829. > >Both are believed to have been born in Haywood County as it was >constituted in the years before 1850, which then included what is now >Jackson County. Nathan S. Queen was one of the Confederate soldiers that >were surrendered at Cumberland Gap during the Civil War, and sent to >Camp Douglas as a POW. He was in such poor condition that he did not >survive the trip home. He did manage to get almost home to his native >Haywood County, NC, making it to Greene County, TN, just across the >border, when he became too sick and his friends had to leave him there. >Martha Jane got there after he had died. (As a POW during World War II, >I have been particularly interested in this story). > >I do not know for sure who the father of Nathan S. might be, but have my >beliefs. I would appreciate anyone reading this if they would make any >comments for or against. Since some one said they wanted to try to tie >all the Haywood County Queens together, maybe this information will >help. Maybe I will obtain some good information in the process. > >Nathan S. Queen, b. 1826, was the bondsman for Robert Henry Queen, b. >1832, when he married Nancy Franklin in 1853, in Haywood Co. This would >strongly suggest that they were probably brothers. Where would two >brothers fit into a Queen family. The only place I can find that seems >to fit and be logical is as sons of William B. Queen, b. 1796 and Mary >Nicholson, b. about 1797. This would give us: > >William B. Queen, md. to Mary Nicholson >Lucinda Queen, b. 1818 Known >Americus H. Queen, b. 1820 Known >Nathan S. Queen, b. 1826 (????) >Rev. Benjamin Nicholson Queen, b.1831 Known >Robert Henry Queen, b. 1832 (????) >Dicey Queen, b.1834 Known >Hannah Queen, b. 1837 Known > >It appears to me that Nathan S. and Robert Henry Queen may have moved >over the mountain into the area that remained in Haywood when Jackson >County was formed, and thus few records that would be available to >confirm this. > >Does anyone know anything that might indicate this is incorrect, or >hopefully that would confirm it? >Thanks, Lee L. Lee, You may wish to check out the Queen Gen Forum at http://genforum.genealogy.com/queen/. Use the search engine at the top left corner and put in the name “Nathan” and this reveal all postings for Nathan. Entry #298, posted 2/5/00, refers you to the following link for surnames. http://members.nbci.com/GerowFamily/index.html Under surname Queen, Nathaniel S. Queen’s father is listed as Walter Brown Queen; click on Walter Brown Queen’s name and shows his father as Samuel Queen/DiceyRolls. You may wish to contact the owner of the list for further details/verification. Hope this help you, Betty Knight > > >==== QUEEN Mailing List ==== >GenConnect at Rootsweb >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Queen > >============================== >Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com