Rejected or Suspended Pensions Section I – Revolutionary War
Excerpted from “Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions,” Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., originally published in 1838, expanded in 1852 to include later records.
Reminder: These are partial records. In many cases, the applicant, widow or heir applied successfully at a later date.
| First Name | Last Name | State | City/County | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willis | Alman | TN | Alexandria, Cannon | Only three months' and twelve days' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thaddeus | Armistead | TN | Carthage, Smith | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Arnold | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Hugh | Allison | TN | Columbia, Maury | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Claiborne | Brown | TN | Unknown | Soldier was dec'd, heirs ("both parties") died before the passage of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Barkley, sen | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Not military, but team service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Boyte | TN | Nashville, Davidson | Only four months' and eight days' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Braden | TN | Clinton, Anderson | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Bozman | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Not military, but team service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Blair | TN | Nashville, Davidson | He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Brown | TN | --, Greene | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Bradberry | TN | Pulaski, Giles | Not under military authority. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Bond | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Desertion. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Solomon | Bennett | TN | Huntingdon, Carroll | Desertion. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Carter | Barnett | TN | Kingston, Roane | Privateer service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Burch | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Service on board his father's schooner, which was pressed into the commissary's service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Burnett | TN | Washington, Rhea | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jease | Byrd | TN | Kingston, Roane | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Hugh | Carter | TN | Unknown | Not military service. [Papers withdrawn.] (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John H. | Champman | TN | Clinton, Anderson | Service after the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Eli | Coffey | TN | Athens, McMinn | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Copeland | TN | Waynesboro', Wayne | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jesse | Crouch | TN | Jonesboro', Washington | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Elisha | Cahill | TN | Boiling Spring P. O., Fentress | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Paul | Chapin | TN | --, Overton | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jonathan | Collum | TN | Jonesboro', Washington | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Isaac | Coffman | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | Service after the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Aaron | Collier | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Call | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Privateer service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Cruchfield | TN | Tazewell, Claiborne | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Alexander | Casey | TN | Kingston, Roane | Or Kasey. Service after the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Cunningham | TN | Columbia, Maury | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Julius | Duggle | TN | Elizabethtown, Carter | Service after the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Silas | Dunn | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Application on behalf of "Silas Dunn (dec'd)" rejected as he had died before the passage of the act [Does not state who applied]. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joseph | Durham | TN | Perryville, Perry | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Daffron | TN | Pikeville, Bledsoe | Not under military organization. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Day, 2d | TN | --, Campbell | Desertion. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Everly | TN | Pulaski, Giles | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Edwards | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Desertion. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Earnhart | TN | Jackson, Madison | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Fulton | TN | Waynesboro', Wayne | Service after the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Francher | TN | Livingston, Overton | Or Fancher. Service after the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Foster | TN | Vernon, Hickman | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Rachel | Gwinn | TN | Nashville, Davidson | Died before the passage of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Garrott | TN | Pall Mall, Fentress | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Guthrie | TN | Nashville, Davidson | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Gillespie | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Glisson | TN | Paris, Henry | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jacob | Gregory | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joseph | Grammar | TN | Kingston, Roane | Belonged to the army of France. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Hagar | TN | Nashville, Davidson | Belonged to the army of France. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Hass | TN | Alexandria, Cannon | Team or wagon service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Richard | Hale | TN | Pulaski, Giles | Only three months' and twenty-one days' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Hitchcock | TN | Sparta, White | Service after the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joseph | Hamilton | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jacob | Howe | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joseph | Hodgins | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Benjamin | Hazlewood | TN | Knoxville, Knox | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Bennett | Hargrove | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Henderson | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | Wagon or team service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Harlow | TN | Jonesboro', Washington | Desertion. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Answorth | Harrington | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Benjamin | Hickman | TN | Sparta, White | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Featherstone | Holt | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jesse | Hodges | TN | Purdy, McNairy | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jacob | Hollingworth | TN | Clinton, Anderson | Not six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Rowland | Horseley | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Adam | Harpole | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Service not during the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Robert | Hamble | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | His service was not six months during the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Emery | Jarman | TN | Knoxville, Knox | Desertion. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Jones | TN | Troy, Obion | Not military service--served as a butcher. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Jones | TN | Paris, Henry | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jerusha | Johnson | TN | Lexington, Henderson | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Conrad | Kimes | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Knowles | TN | Sparta, White | Forage master--not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Kerr | TN | Cleveland, Bradley | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Kirk | TN | Jonesborough, Washington | Service after the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Arthur | King | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | Not under military organization. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Owen | Lloyd | TN | Unknown | Papers withdrawn by E. J. Shields, December 28, 1837. He did not serve twelve months by order of competent authority. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Reuben | Long | TN | Rutledge, Granger | Only five months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Livingston | TN | Livingston, Overton | Not military service--driving pack-horses. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Lyles | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Not six months military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jarrett | Lloyd | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Not military service--a wagoner. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Rowland | Ledbetter | TN | Lewisburg, Marshall | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Lovel | TN | Gainesboro', Jackson | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Luttrell | TN | Knoxville, Knox | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Lester | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Not six months military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Hezekiah | Lasater | TN | Winchester, Franklin | Did not serve six months in person. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Owen | Lane | TN | Nashville, Davidson | Did not serve six months in person. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Latham | TN | Centreville, Heickman | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Moore | TN | Sparta, White | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Mank | TN | Kingsport, Sullivan | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Richard | Morrow | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Martin | TN | Unknown | Papers withdrawn by Hon. Cave Johnson, December 20, 1836. He did not serve six months during the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Redman | McMahan | TN | McMinnville, Warren | Desertion. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jacob | Miller | TN | Unknown | Did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | McKenzie | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | Did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Daniel | Marshall | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Died before the passage of the act [Does not state who applied for 'Daniel Marshall (deceased)']. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jonas | Meador | TN | Carthage, Smith | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Peter | Owen | Tennessee | Paris, Henry | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Edmund | Partee | Tennessee | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Not six months military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jesse | Price | Tennessee | Mellyville, Bedford | Served only four months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Poe | Tennessee | Blountsville, Sullivan | Desertion. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Alexander | Ritchie | Tennessee | Tazewell, Clairborne | Not under military organization or competent authority. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Rutherford | Tennessee | Gallatin, Sumner | Service as a wagoner, except three months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Ryal | Tennessee | Chesnut Grove, Davidson | Did not serve during the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Benjamin | Reeder | Tennessee | Pall Mall, Fentress | Not under military organization, or competent authority. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Hamilton | Reynolds | Tennessee | Purdy, McNairy | Not six months service. |
| Thomas | Robertson | Tennessee | Dover, Stewart | Under age--not on the rolls--no proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Richardson | TN | Sevier C. H. | Did not serve during the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Ross | TN | Greenville, Greene | Served as a volnnteer with wagon and team. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Richy | TN | Lewisburg, Marshall | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Ramsey | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Already pensioned under act May 15, 1828. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Edward | Ross | TN | Jonesboro', Washington | Did not serve six months during the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Sylvester | Ryland | TN | Jonesboro', Washington | Service after the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Spurlock | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Swanson | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Stephen | Snell | TN | Perryville, Perry | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Schrimspear | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | Desertion. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Simpson | TN | Pikeville, Bledsoe | Died before the passage of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Stanfield | TN | Sparta, White | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Sheddin | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | Service after the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Benjamin | Smith | TN | Covington, Tipton | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Sims | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Not military service--shad fishing. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Nathaniel | Simmons | TN | Murfreesboro', Maury | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Sell | TN | Blountsville, Sullivan | Not regularly organized service under competent military authority. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Francis | Sampson | TN | Carthage, Smith | Not six months personal service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Nathaniel | Smith | TN | Murfreesboro', Maury | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Ezekiel | Trogden | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Not under competent authority. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Troxell | TN | Unknown | He did not serve during the revolution. Papers withdrawn February 21, 1846, by Hon. R. Johnson. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Isaac | Thompson | TN | Maryville, Blount | Not military service--pork and beef packing. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Richard | Watkins | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Winkle | TN | Jonesboro', Washington | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Peter | Wolfinbarger | TN | Knoxville, Knox | Not six months personal service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Randolph | Wall | TN | Sevierville, Sevier | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Frederick | Winter | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Not under military organization. Indian wars for self-defence. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Francis | Williams | TN | Sparta, White | Not full six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Elisha | Waller | TN | Tazewell, Claiborne | In wars for self-defence--not regularly embodied or paid. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Williams | TN | Pulaski, Giles | Not under military authority or organization. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Hall | Willington | TN | Paris, Henry | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Wood | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | Desertion. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Yearwood | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Alexander | Zollinger | TN | Sevierville, Sevier | Only three months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
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