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Rejected or Suspended Pensions
Section III |
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 III
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 | --, Knox | Nancy Anderson, widow, applied. Married after the war--he did not serve six months, and no allowance was made for his impressed team-service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Peter | Baker | TN | Sparta, White | Mary Baker, widow, applied. Married after service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Courcy | TN | Shelbyville, Bedford | Susannah Courcy, widow, applied. He did not serve six months during the revolution. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Craig | TN | --, Morgan | Barbary Craig, widow, applied. Not military service--not under military authority. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jonathan | Davis | TN | --, Anderson | Elizabeth Davis, widow, applied. He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Laban | Haislip | TN | --, Madison | Rebecca Peace, formerly widow of Laban Haislip. Married after the war. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Michael | Hossler | TN | --, Roane | Christian Hossler, widow, applied. He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Benjamin | Jones | TN | Manchester, Coffee | Elizabeth Jones, widow, applied. Did not serve in a military capacity. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Andrew | McCampbell | TN | --, Knox | Mary McCampbell, widow, applied. He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Farrell O'Neil | Dailey | TN | Unknown | Nancy Daily applied in Symthy County, Virginia, as widow of James O'Neill Daily. There was no pensioner of the name--the pensioner's name was Farrell O'Neil Dailey, and drew his pension in Tennessee. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Isaac | Watkins | TN | --, Davidson | Rebecca Watkins, widow, applied. Not in evidence that he died in the service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John T. | West | TN | --, Sumner | Kitty West, widow, applied. Married after the war. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| First Name | Last Name | State | City/County | Reason |
| Andrew | Boyle | TN | Maryville, Blount | Elizabeth Boyle, widow of. Not six months' service established in this case. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Nathan | Briggs | TN | Carthage, Smith | Mary Briggs, widow of. For proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Carroll | TN | Sparta, White | Keziah Carroll, widow of. For proof of marriage and of service from the South Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Chisam | TN | Sparta, White | Sarah Chisam, widow, applied. For proof of marriage and of service from the South Carolina, records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Clay | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Milison Clay, widow. For proof of marriage before service terminated. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Cunningham | TN | Chalk Level, Humphreys | Anna Craig, formerly widow of John Cunningham. For further proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Daniel | Creamer | TN | Greenville, Greene | Sarah Creamer, widow of. Rejected--married after service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joab | Daniel | TN | Lawrenceburgh, Lawrence | Elizabeth Daniel, widow of. For proof of service from the Raleigh records, and the date of the marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joseph | Davis | TN | Montgomery, Morgan | Elizabeth Davis, widow of. For proof of service from the records of North Carolina and South Carolina, if he served under both States. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Davis | TN | Springfield, Robertson | Rebecca Edwards, (deceased) widow of. Not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Frederick | Emmert | TN | Sevier, C. H., Sevier | Barbara Emmert, widow of. For further proof and specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Etheridge | TN | Nashville, Davidson | Mary Etheridge, widow of. For proof of the date of the marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Ford | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Esther Ford, widow of. For proof of marriage, and of service by the Pennsylvania records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Frederick | Hambright | TN | Knoxville, Knox | Mary Hambright, (deceased), widow of. For proof of service from the South Carolina records, and the date of the marriage, and her surviving children. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Barzilla | Harrison | TN | Shelbyville, Bedford | Ann Harrison, widow of. Proof of service required. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Sampson | Harp | TN | --, Overton | Sarah Harp, widow of. For further proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jonathan | Harris | TN | Sparta, White | Margaret Harris, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joseph | Hatfield | TN | Jacksboro', Campbell | Rachel Hatfield, widow of. No proof of service after marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Henry | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | Margaret Henry, widow of. For proof of identity of her husband with a soldier of the same name on the comptroller's certificate of New York for £60 15s. 5d. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Hutchinson | TN | --, Jackson | Polly Hutchinson, widow of. For proof of service from the South Carolina rolls, and proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Stephen | Jackson | TN | --, Humphreys | Nancy Jackson, widow of. For proof of service, from the South Carolina rolls and proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Jackson | TN | Jasper, Marion | Jane Jackson, widow of. For proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Jenkins | TN | --, Sevier | Hannah Jenkins, widow of. For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Jones | TN | --, Carroll | Martha Jones, (deceased) widow of. For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Lawrence | Lamberson | TN | --, DeKalb | Christina Lamberson, widow of. For further proof from the New Jersey records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Lawson | TN | Montgomery, Morgan | Anny Lawson, widow of. For proof of marriage and of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry | Miller | TN | Marysville, Blount | Martha Miller, widow of. For proof of identity with the warsman of the North Carolina line of the same name. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Millasaps | TN | --, Sevier | Bathsheba Millasaps, widow of. For period, length and grade, and names of company and field officers, and the test of the North Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Lovett | Morley | TN | Lewisburg, Marshall | Mary Morley, widow of. No action on this case--it was mailed from Lewisburg,TNin 1840, but it is not known by whom. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Robert | Morrow | TN | --, Warren | Elizabeth Morrow, (deceased), widow of. If the service and marriage can be proven, the children of the deceased will be entitled to the same amount from March 4 to death of widow. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Andrew | McCallister | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | Elizabeth McCallister, widow of. Proof of service and of marriage deficient. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | McCampbell | TN | Knoxville, Knox | Martha McCamphell, widow of. Witness should testify to the duration of each tour of actual service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joseph | McClasky | TN | Fayettville, Lincoln | Mary McClasky, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | McCoramck | TN | --, Overton | Nancy McCormack, widow of. For proof and specification of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | McKennon | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Elizabeth McKennon, widow of. For proof of service from the records of South Carolina, and of marriage before the termination of the service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Owens | TN | Boiling Springs, Fentress | Sally Owens, widow of. For proof of service by the North Carolina records, and of the marriage before the termination of the same. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Owsley | TN | --, Claiborne | Charity Owsley, widow of. He was a deserter. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Peck | TN | --, Overton | Jane Peck, widow of. For proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Perry | TN | --, Hickman | Jane Perry, (1st), widow of. For proof and specification of service and of marriage prior to the termination thereof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Benjamin | Rodder | TN | --, Marion | Keziah Pittman, widow of Matthew, formerly widow of Benjamin Rodder. Eighteen months' service admitted--rejected for proof of marriage wanting. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Price | TN | --, Sevier | Eleanor or Ellen Price, widow of. For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Daniel | Reeves | TN | Nashville, Davidson | Eleanor Reeves, widow of. For proof of marriage and service from the South Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Ezra | Roberts | TN | Lawrenceburg, Lawrence | Patsey Roberts, widow of. For further proof of service and of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Richie | TN | Dresden, Weakly | Martha Richie, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Julius | Rutherford | TN | Knoxville, Knox | Rhoda Rutherford, widow of. For a new declaration and the usual proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Philip | Sailor | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherfold | Mary Ann Sailor, widow of. Period, leugth and grade of service, and names of company and field officers and stations should be stated by the witnesses. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Sanderson | TN | Carthage, Smith | Jemima Saunderson, widow of. For further proof and specification, and date of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Saunders | TN | Jacksboro', Campbell | Mary Saunders, widow of. For further proof of marriage, and service subsequent thereto. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jeremiah | Smith | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | Margaret Smith, widow of. For proof of identity that the soldier in Secretary Hill's certificate was the husband of claimant, and proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Robert | Smith | TN | Jacksboro', Campbell | Blessing Smith, widow of. Names of the officers required in order to inspect the rolls--proof of marriage also required. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jesse | Smith | TN | Harrison, Hamilton | Sarah Smith, widow of. No claim--the rolls do not show that he died in the service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| A. G. | Smith | TN | Jacksboro', Campbell | Jane Smith, widow of. He did not serve in any regularly organized corps. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Moses | Spencer | TN | Lawrenceburg, Lawrence | Elizabeth Spencer, widow of. Married after service--No claim under this act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Stapleton | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | Mary Stapleton, widow of. The difficulty connected with the proof of services obviated by the joint resolution of July 1, 1848. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Meshack | Stevens | TN | Dresden, Fentress | Milly Stevens, (deceased), widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Conway | Stone | TN | Jasper, Marion | Elizabeth Stone, (deceased), widow of. For proof of marriage prior to or concurrent with service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Trotty | TN | South Harpeth, Davidson | Sarah Trotty, widow of. For further proof and specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Webb | TN | --, Sevier | Elizabeth Webb, widow of. Certificate of Secretary of North Carolina in favor of John Webb, under two enlistments from 1777 to 1783, cannot be received as proof in this case. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Daniel | White | TN | --, Morgan | Nelly White, widow of. For proof of identity with the soldier of the North Carolina line, and of the marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Yancey | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | Elizabeth Yancy, widow of. There does not appear to have been six months' service performed in this case. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| First Name | Last Name | State | City/County | Reason |
| John | Briggs | TN | Greenville, Greene | Isabella Briggs (dec'd), widow of. Died before the joint resolution of August 28, 1842--not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Zachariah | Butler | TN | Blountsville, Sullivan | Elizabeth Butler, widow of. Barred by act of April 30, 1844. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Daniel | Carroll | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | Hannah Carroll, widow of. Not a widow at the date of the act--died before August 23, 1842. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Cobb | TN | Carthage, Smith | Catharine Cobb, widow of. Not six months revolutionary service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Dabney | Cooper | TN | Carthage, Smith | Henrietta Cooper, widow of. Not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Dougherty | TN | --, Franklin | Mary Dougherty (dec'd), widow of. She died before the passage of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Elliott | TN | Jasper, Marion | Miriam Elliott, widow of. Not a widow under the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Isaac | Ferguson | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Nancy Ferguson, widow of. Not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Hodges | TN | Blountsville, Sullivan | Emilia Hodges, widow of. No proof of service--name not on the rolls. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Holland | TN | --, Morgan | Lavinia Holland, widow of. Not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Dempsey | Hunter | TN | Clarksville, Montgomery | Catharine Hunter, widow of. Married in 1795. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jacob | Hawk | TN | Blountsville, Sullivan | Margaret Hawk, widow of. Not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Johnson | TN | --, Roane | Delilah Johnson, widow of. Not a widow under the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Maxwell | TN | Lancaster, Smith | Elizabeth Maxwell, widow of. Not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Magill | TN | Greenville, Greene | Mary Magill, widow of. Did not serve six months--not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Reynolds | TN | Winchester, Franklin | Mary Reynolds, widow of. Not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Reed | TN | --, Morgan | Nancy Reed, widow of. Married after service--papers withdrawn--J. W. Blackwell, July 2, 1844. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Reed | TN | Shelbyville, Bedford | Sarah Reed, widow of. Not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Sharpe | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Margaret Hulme, formerly widow of John Sharpe. Married after the limit of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Sloan | TN | Carthage, Smith | Elizabeth Sloan, widow of. Not a widow under the act--died before joint resolution of August 23, 1842. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Tate | TN | Rutledge, Grainger | Comfort Tate, widow of. Not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Gordon | White | TN | --, Blount | Nancy White, widow of. Not a widow under the act--died before August 16, 1842. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
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