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Rejected or Suspended Pensions
Section II |
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 II
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 |
| William | Anderson | TN | Nashville, Davidson | For further proof and more precise specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Atkins | TN | Clinton, Anderson | For further proof and more correct specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Benjamin | Allen | TN | Athens, McMinn | For more reliable testimony. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Baker | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | For further proof and more precise specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Barnet | Barnes | TN | --, Stewart | Rejected application for Barnett Barnes (deceased). For further proof. Papers sent to Hon. Cave Johnson, February 1, 1840. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Begley | TN | --, Morgan | He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Berdsong | TN | Somerville, Fayette | Period, length and grade of service, and names of company and field officers, and service submitted for proof to the North Carolina comptroller. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Walter | Bellingsly | TN | Athens, McMinn | For direct proof of service, and that he was made prisoner. As a scout and spy he is not allowable. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Bleakley | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Absalom | Blundell | TN | Unknown | For further proof and more precise speciflcation. Papers withdrawn by E. J. Shields. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Braly | TN | Huntingdon, Carroll | For further proof from the North Carolina records, and more correct specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Lodovick B. | Beech | TN | Franklin, Williamson | For amended specification of the details of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Richard | Bearden | TN | Purdy, McNairy | For further proof from the South Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Josiah | Branden | TN | Winchester, Franklin | Josiah Branden (deceased), heirs of, applied. No regular papers on file. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Braden | TN | Clinton, Anderson | Not on the rolls--no proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Brandon | TN | Carthage, Smith | Captain. For proof of identity--three persons of the same name who served, and one who did not serve. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Robert | Brown | TN | Reynoldsburgh, Humphreys | For period, length and grade of service, and names of company and field officers, and localities. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Buil | TN | --, Hardin | For proof from the South Carolina records, and more precise specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Ivoy | Burnham | TN | --, Dickson | For proof from the North Carolina records, and more precise specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Cornelius | Bussy | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | For proof of service by witnesses. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Robert | Caldwell | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | For additional evidence. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Christopher | Carver | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | For proof from the Harrisburg records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Ambrose | Caya | TN | Chesnut Grove, Davidson | Defective proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Chessher | TN | McMinnville, Warren | No proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Cole | TN | Lexington, Henderson | Not on the North Carolina rolls--witnesses required for the regular service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Derby | Conner, (deceased) | TN | Benton, Polk | No proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Condry | TN | Tazewell, Claiborne | Claims for service as an Indian spy. His authority is required to serve as such. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Cannon | TN | --, Green | For a more perfect setting forth of service. Declaration not in form. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Neill | Conly | TN | --, Lawrence | A wagon driver in the South Carolina militia. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Dafnow | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Name not on the rolls. No proof of service. If he served in the militia he must name period, length and grade of service, and names of company and field officers, and stations, battles and marches. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joshua | Davis | TN | Tazewell, Claiborne | For further proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Surry | Davis | TN | Kingston, Roane | For details of service and officers, and proof from the South Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Ransom | Day | TN | Tazewell, Claiborne | Name not on the rolls of the Virginia line--proof by two witnesses required. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Denham | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | For proof and specification of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Dickson | TN | Clinton, Campbell | The Pennsylvania records afford no proof of his, or of his captain's service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joshua | Dover | TN | Pikeville, Bledsoe | For further proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Dunaway | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | For further details and proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Richard | Drewry | TN | Trenton, Gibson | For further proof and specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Hugh E. | Duff | TN | Rutledge, Grainger | Not on Colonel Preston's rolls, fifteenth regiment Pennsylvania line--nine months continuous militia service not admissible. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Andrew | Elder | TN | Rutledge, Grainger | Application on behalf of "Andrew Elder (deceased)" (not stated by whom) rejected: Not on the rolls of the Virginia line. No proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Ellis | TN | Jonesboro', Washington | Service in Indian wars after the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Falkner | TN | Knoxville, Knox | No proof of service--no proof of such service--claim rejected. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Elijah | Fooshell | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Not military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Matthew | Fox | TN | --, Cocke | For period, length and grade of service, and names of company and field officers, and proof by reference therewith to the Comptroller General of South Carolina. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Gaiter | Fox | TN | Trenton, Gibson | Survivors in Wake county, N. C., and the records at Raleigh, must must furnish evidence in this case. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Arthur | Green | TN | Sparta, White | For period, length and grade of servlce, and names of company and field officers. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Grimsley | TN | Lexington, Henderson | For period and length of each tour--North Carolina militia did not serve six months' continuous service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Garner | TN | Savannah, Hardin | For a more particular detail of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Meshack | Gentry | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | For proof of his commission as captain, and service in the North Carolina militia. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Charles | Gibson | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | For more particular details of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Matthew | Gower | TN | Lawrenceburg, Lawrence | For period, length and grade of service, and names of company and field officers. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Zephaniah | Gowan | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | Service in the militia requires specifying of each tour--period, length and grade, and names of company and field officers. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Goodwin | TN | --, Bedford | Period, length and grade of service, and names of company and field officers. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Isaac | Grant | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | For proof of identity with the soldier of the same name on the certificate of North Carolina. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Hackney | TN | Clarksville, Montgomery | For further and better proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Robert | Head | TN | Springfield, Robertson | He has not proved six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Moses | Hitchcock | TN | Waverly, Humphreys | For further proof and explanation. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Drewry | Hembree | TN | Clinton, Campbell | For more perfect details and less overrating of his militia service of South Carolina. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George Lewis | Henderson | TN | Jamestown, Fentress | For proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Hendrix, (deceased) | TN | Elizabethtown, Carter | Militia service overrated--no proof whatever exhibited. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Hill | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | There is a discrepancy in the periods of service between claimant and the certiflcate of pay of Comptroller of North Carolina--he states 1776 '77--the certificate, 1781, '82. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Archibald | Hiffington | TN | Lawrenceburg, Lawrence | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Holmes | TN | Perryville, Perry | No evidence of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Robert G. | Hoskins | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Hollis | TN | Waynesboro', Wayne | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Hobbs | TN | Tazewell, Claiborne | Service must be proved by certificate of pay of the Virginia comptroller or auditor. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Hansard | TN | Knoxville, Knox | Not military service--service as a jail guard. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joseph | Hardaway | TN | Springfield, Robertson | For further proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Hall | Hudson | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Elisha | Humphries | TN | Elizabethtown, Carter | He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Francis | Hunter | TN | Clinton, Anderson | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Humphreys | TN | Joneshoro', Washington | Service in Indian wars in 1793 and 1795--no claim. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Hutcheson | TN | Pulaski, Giles | For further proof and specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Elijah | Isom | TN | Athens, McMinn | He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Richard | Jones | TN | --, Weakly | No proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Solomon | Johnson | TN | Sevierville, Sevier | For further proof and specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Zachariah J. | Keaton | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Not on the rolls--no proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jacob | Kendrick | TN | Unknown | Not on the rolls--service as an Indian spy after the peace. [Papers withdrawn by W. B. Carter.] (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Lay | TN | Waynesboro', Wayne | Not on the rolls--no proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Lawson | TN | Paris, Henry | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Lawson | TN | Jacksboro', Campbell | Militia service overrated. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Drewry | Lawson | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Abner | Lee | TN | Gainesboro', Jackson | Militia service overrated. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joel | Lucas | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | Not on the rolls--no proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Dickerson | Lumpkins | TN | Jacksboro', Campbell | Not on the rolls--no proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Nathan | Luttrell | TN | --, Weakly | For further proof and specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Lodon | TN | Pikeville, Bledsoe | For proof by witnesses. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Leonard | Marberry | TN | Brownville, Haywood | Militia service overrated. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Nathaniel | Martin | TN | Pulaski, Giles | A soldier of the same name on the New Hampshire rolls--needs some proof to identify his service as claimant. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Mallory | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | For proof of identity with the soldier of the Virginia line. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Mason | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | For proof of his commission and service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Marr | TN | Brownsville, Haywood | For proof of identity that claimant was the soldier of the same name marked on the Virginia auditor's certificate for £41 2s. 2d. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Morris | TN | Waynesboro', Wayne | For proof of identity that he is the soldier of the Virginia line bearing his name. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Cader | Measles | TN | Spencer, Van Buren | For further proof from the North Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Monteith | TN | --, Greene | Not on the Pennsylvania rolls--no proof of service--papers withdrawn. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Moore | TN | Kingston, Roane | Militia service overrated. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joel | Means | TN | McMinnville, Warren | He did not serve six months in any regularly organized corps. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Mitchell | TN | --, Dickson | Militia service of Pennsylvania overrated. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | McClung | TN | Maryville, Blount | For further proof and specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | McDaniel | TN | Washington, Rhea | For more specific details of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | McDonough, (deceased) | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | The certificate of the Virginia auditor adduced as proof, speaks of a John McDonald, a different person evidently. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | McWhirter | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | For proof of his commission as lieutenant and service under it. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Miles | TN | Gainesboro', Jackson | For proof of his commission as lieutenant, and service in the Maryland line. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Josiah | Montgomery | TN | Kingston, Roane | Not revolutionary service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Mark | Murray | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | For proof from the North Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Nevins | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | Not on the rolls of the Georgia line--no proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Nichols | TN | --, Hardin | For further proof of his militia service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Norris | TN | Athens, McMinn | Minnte man's service overrated--suspended for better details. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Oliver | TN | Jonesboro', Washington | Militia service overrated--for more correct details. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Elisha | Parker | TN | Lawrenceburg, Lawrence | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Paul | TN | Maryville, Blount | Fraudulent. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Philip | Pearce | TN | Woodbury, Cannon | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Record | Primes | TN | Kingston, Roane | For further proof from the North Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Prichard | TN | Paperville, Sullivan | For proof of service--papers sent to Hon. Andrew Johnson, January 17, 1848. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Prewitt | TN | Cleveland, Bradley | For proof from the South Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Micajah | Pruett | TN | Pikeville, Bledsoe | Militia service overrated--proof and specification of each tour required. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Rawlett | TN | Shelby Corner, Shelby | The records of the Virginia line afford no proof--other evidence awaited. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Robinson | TN | Savannah, Hardin | The certificate of the Secretary of State of North Carolina exhibits the name of Thomas Robertson, in Captain Taylor's company--Thomas Robinson, claimant, served in Captain Harden's company. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Rogers | TN | --, Lawrence | No such enlistments in 1775 for two and a half years--no proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Larkin | Seymour | TN | Red Hill, Grainger | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Moses | Sharp | TN | Red Hill, Grainger | Scant evidence for six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Shively | TN | Charleston, Bradley | Name not on the rolls--no proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James C. | Skaggs | TN | Knoxville, Knox | For further proof from the records of South Carolina. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jesse | Sledge | TN | Bolivar, Hardeman | For some positive proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Simmsrly | TN | Maryville, Blount | For further proof--pork packing not considered military service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Spencer | Smith | TN | Waynesboro', Wayne | For further proof and more correct details of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Daniel | Story | TN | --, Henderson | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Peter | Snider | TN | Paris, Henry | For proof of service by two witnesses. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Robert | Stevenson | TN | --, Carroll | For further proof and more precise specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Smith | TN | Pulaski, Giles | Service as a wagoner--not provided for. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Stricklin | TN | Columbia, Maury | For further proof. [Papers withdrawn March 30, 1844, by Hon. A. V. Brown.] (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Allen | Sneed | TN | Jasper, Marion | For proof from the North Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Snider | TN | Paris, Henry | Alias William Taylor. Proof of service by two witnesses required. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jacob | Stukesbury | TN | Clinton, Anderson | Evidence of service insufficient. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Tucker | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | He did not serve six months after he rejoined the ranks from deserting. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Taylor | TN | South Harpeth, Davidson | No proof of service--no proof of such service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jacob | Taylor | TN | Rockholstore, Sullivan | Not on the rolls--no proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Taylor | TN | Paris, Henry | Alias William Snider. Proof of service by two witnesses required. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Isaac | Tignor | TN | Franklin, Williamson | He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Thompson | TN | Nashville, Davidson | For proof of service and that the officers he names were in command at the period of his enlistment. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Turner | TN | Tazewell, Claiborne | For further proof of service either by the North Carolina records or by witnesses who served with him. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Matthew | Varnedoor | TN | Kingsport, Sullivan | Claims for three years' enlistment in the South Carolina line--proof should be produced from the State records at Columbia. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Waddell | TN | Newport, Cocke | For proof of service from the records at Raleigh, North Carolina. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Watkins | TN | Pulaski, Giles | For proof that he was the John Watkins named in the certificate of the Secvetary of State of North Carolina as a soldier of the line of that State. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Christopher | Waggoner | TN | Reynoldsburgh, Humphreys | He has not proved six months' service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Rowland | Ware | TN | McMinnville, Warren | For proof from the Raleigh records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Wells | TN | Sevier C. H., Sevier | Proof of service in the North Carolina line should be found on the rolls at Raleigh. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | West | TN | Rutledge C. H. | For a more full description of his service, and the dates, and officers, and places if possible. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | West | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | For a more specific detail of his service in all its material facts. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | White | TN | --, Gibson | Two tours in the Virginia militia would make six months' service, provided they were served out in full, which requires proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | White | TN | Benton, Polk | For proof from the South Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | White | TN | Kingston, Roane | For a more correct narrative of his service, and one more within the bounds of probability. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Lewis | Willbourn | TN | Purdy, McNairy | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joseph | Williams | TN | Clinton, Anderson | For proof from the records at Albany. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Williams | TN | Clinton, Anderson | For proof from the South Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Augustus | Wilson | TN | Clinton, Anderson | He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Wood | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Windham | TN | --, Hamilton | For proof from the South Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
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