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Rejected or Suspended Pensions
Section I |
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.
Rejected or Suspended Pensions
Section I
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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