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Rejected or Suspended Pensions
Section IV |
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 IV
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 |
| Robert | Allison | TN | Blountsville, Sullivan | Martha Allison, widow of. No proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Adams | TN | Morgan C. H., Morgan | Mary Adams, widow of. For proof and specification by witnesses; also for proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Allen | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | Elizabeth Allen, widow of. For proof from the Raleigh records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Acre | TN | Blountsville, Sullivan | Lucy Acre, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Armstrong | TN | Livingston, Overton | Nancy Armstrong, widow of. Captain's commission requires proof from the State records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Francis | Arnold | TN | Sparta, White | Elizabeth Arnold, widow of. For further proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Michael | Awalt | TN | Winchester, Franklin | Eve Awalt, widow of. The joint resolutions of July 1 and 8 removed the difficulties in this case, and if living he may apply under act of February 2, 1848. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Baggerly | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | Rebecca Baggerly, widow of. For further proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Bazwell | TN | Columbia, Maury | Susan Bazwell, widow of. For proof of marriage previous to 1800, and application under act of July 29, 1848. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Beavert | TN | Smithville, DeKalb | Rachel Beavert, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Beard | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Mary Beard, widow of. For further proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Bennett | TN | Manchester, Coffee | Mary Bennett, widow of. For further proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Black | TN | Livingston, Overton | Margaret Black, widow of. For further proof and specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| David | Bragg | TN | Blountsville, Sullivan | Elizabeth Bragg, widow of. For further proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Brummett | TN | Robertsville, Anderson | Mary Brummett, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Brocken | TN | Lewisburg, Marshall | Elizabeth Brocken, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Aaron | Brown | TN | Madisonville, Monroe | Nancy Brown, widow of. Relieved from defective proof of service by the joint resolution of July 1, 1848, and proof of marriage only is required. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Brown | TN | Jonesboro', Washington | Mary Ann Brown, widow of. Married after the war--did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Baylor | Bird | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Nancy Bird, widow of. For further proof and specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Richard | Campbell | TN | Perryville, Perry | Rachel Campbell, widow of. She was not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Campbell | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | Jane Cantwell, widow of. For further proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Sennbah | TN | Maryville, Blount | Catharine Capshan, formerly widow of John Sennbah. Rejected for further proof of marriage and service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Carlisle | TN | --, Jackson | Nancy Carlisle, widow of. Barred by act of April 30, 1844. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Carney | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | Elizabeth Carney, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Robert | Cartwright | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Susannah Cartright, widow of. For further proof and specification, and day of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Patterson | Childress | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Nancy Childress, widow of. No proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Childress | TN | Smithville, DeKalb | Charity Childress, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Clayton | TN | Marysville, Blount | Hannah Clayton, widow of. For further proof of marriage and service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Christopher | Cooper | TN | Greenville, Green | Jane Cooper, widow of. For period, length and grade of service, and names of company and field officers. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Alexander | Cooper | TN | Sparta, White | Mary Cooper, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Coston | TN | Marysville, Blount | Lucy Coston, widow of. For period, length and grade of service, and names of company and field officers. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Daniel | Crenshaw | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Nancy Crenshaw, widow of. Suspended for further proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Crawley | TN | --, Van Buren | Margaret Crawley, widow of. Barred by act of April 30, 1844. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Acil | Cross | TN | Morgan C. H., Morgan | Temperance Cross, widow of. No proof of service on the records of Wm. Hill's office. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Crow | TN | Purdy, McNairy | Sarah Crow, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Crutcher | TN | Franklin, Williamson | Elizabeth Crutcher, widow of. For further proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Henry W | Davis | TN | Camden Court House | Judah Davis, widow of. To be allowed if living, or upon proof of her decease and children's names. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Davis | TN | Harrison, Hamilton | Mary Davis (dec'd), widow of. To be allowed from the date the husband died to the decease of the widow upon the proof thereof, and the children's names who survive. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Devine | TN | Maryville, Blount | Jemima Divine, widow of. Proof defective of service and of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Geo. | Kelly | TN | --, Cocke | Nancy Dewitt, formerly widow of George Kelly. Rejected for a more perfect form of declaration, for which a blank is furnished. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Ensly | TN | Marysville, Blount | Deborah Ensly, widow of. For further proof of marriage and service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Isaac | Eoff | TN | Carrollton, Carroll | Margaret Eoff (dec'd), widow of. For further proof--papers withdrawn December 5, 1845--A. Cullom. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Ewbanks | TN | Marysville, Blount | Catharine Ewbanks, widow of. Application rejected for: The regiment with the names of the company and field officers required, and proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Finley | TN | Huntingdon, Carroll | Nancy Finley, widow of. For further proof and specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Flowers | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | Sarah Flowers, widow of. For additional evidence. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Unknown | Fugate | TN | Unknown | Claim by Eleanor Fugate rejected; no papers in this case except a marriage license--bond filed by Wm. M. Cocke, H. R., given by claimant's husband in Virginia, November 8, 1785. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Boston | Graves | TN | Knoxville, Knox | Sarah Graves (dec'd), widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Gregg | TN | Blountsville, Sullivan | Rachel Gregg, widow of. He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Gregory | TN | Harrison, Hamilton | Sarah Gregory, widow of. For proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Griffith | TN | Clinton, Anderson | Susanna Griffith, widow of. For further proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Gwynee | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | Hanna Gwynee (deceased), widow of. Service not set forth, nor sustained by any proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Hall | TN | Morgan C. H., Morgan | Letitia Hall, widow of. For proof of service and specification by witnesses. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Ham | TN | Purdy, McNairy | Phebe Ham, widow of. For proof of his residence in the same military beat with the officers named in the certificate credits, although said officers were not named by him. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Hambright | TN | Calhoun, McMinn | Nancy Hambright, widow of. For want of proof. Papers enclosed to T. J. Campbell, June 20, 1842. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Abraham | Hanks | TN | Fayetteville, Lincoln | Lucy Hanks, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Robert | Hancy | TN | Benton, Polk | Elizabeth Hancy, widow of. For proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Henderson | TN | Purdy, McNairy | Elizabeth Henderson, widow of. Pension application rejected: papers sent to A. V. Brown, January 17, 1846--not replaced. Act of July 1, 1848, removed the objections to the service, and the parties interested may frame a new declaration and prove the marriage, provided she was a widow July 7, 1838. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Daniel | Henry | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | Margaret Henry (deceased), widow of. No agent and no action upon the case. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Hickey | TN | Sparta, White | Elizabeth Hickey, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Shadrach | Holt | TN | Winchester, Franklin | Martha Holt, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Robert | Houseley | TN | Harrison, Hamilton | Lydia Ann Houseley, widow of. He did not serve six months. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Daniel | Hull | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Mary Hull, widow of. Not six months service proved in this case. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jesse | Jackson | TN | Brownsville, Haywood | Elizabeth Jackson, widow of. Service not set forth nor proved--no proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Jones | TN | Jasper, Marion | Mary Jones, widow of. Sent for correction May 27, 1844, to Hon. J. W. Blackwell, and not replaced. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Jones | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Mary Jones, widow of. Not a widow under the act--died before August 16, 1842. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Philip | King | TN | --, Warren | Nancy King (deceased), widow of. Marriage requires further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Charles | Latimer | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | Mary Latimer, widow of: For further proof and specification. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Aquilla | Lane | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Agnes Lane, widow of. For proof from the South Carolina records, or two witnesses. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joseph | Large | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Mary Large, widow of. Barred by act April 30, 1844. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Solomon | Lewis | TN | Tazewell, Claiborne | Catharine Lewis, widow of. This case may be re-opened under the joint resolution of July 1, 1848. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Longley | TN | Charleston, Bradley | Mary Longley, widow of. She was not a widow at the date of the act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Key | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | Elizabeth Key, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Maholland | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Lucy Maholland, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Salathiel | Martin | TN | Speedwell, Claiborne | Mary Martin, widow of. For want of proof--papers enclosed to Hon. J. H. Crozier, March 19, 1846. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Maxwell | TN | Nashville, Davidson | Esther Maxwell, 2d, widow of. For want of proof--papers enclosed to E. H. Foster, February 15, 1845. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | May | TN | Benton, Polk | Charity May (deceased), widow of. For proof of the date of her marriage and decease. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Joseph | McAdams | TN | Lewisburg, Marshall | Margaret McAdams, widow of. For proof of service by the North Carolina records to be specified by survivors. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Hugh | McCrary | TN | --, Bedford | Jane McCrary (deceased), widow of. Proof of marriage required and service from the North Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | McKiddy | TN | Washington, Rhea | Catharine McKiddy, widow of. Proof of service required from the South Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Edward | Morris | TN | Lebanon, Wilson | Elizabeth C. Morris, widow of. For further proof from the Raleigh records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Barton | McPherson | TN | Athens, McMinn | Elizabeth McPherson, widow of. Not six months service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Benjamin | Murrell | TN | Dresden, Weakly | Mary Murrell, widow of. For further proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Andrew | Neill | TN | Lewisburg, Marshall | Mary Neil, widow of. For proof of service by the North Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Hanse | Nelson | TN | Kingston, Roane | Delila Nelson, widow of. For proof of the date of the marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Austin | Newman | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Elizabeth Newman, widow of. Period, length and grade of service, and names of company and field officers, fortified by the South Carolina records or surviving comrades. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Nevils | TN | Columbia, Maury | Sarah Nevils, widow of. Names of the company and field officers and number of the regiment of the original line required. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Alexander | Norton | TN | Columbia, Maury | Mary Norton, widow of. For further proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Solomon | Nukum | TN | Cleveland, Bradley | Susanna Nukum, widow of. For further proof and identity. [Newcomb?] (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Boston | Ollis | TN | Morgan C. H., Morgan | Barbery Ollis, widow of. For further proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Parks | TN | Marysville, Blount | Nancy Parks, widow of. For proof of the date of the marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Gabriel | Phillips | TN | Rogersville, Hawkins | Milly Phillips, widow of. Not on Col. Morgan's regimental returns--no proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Price | TN | Greenville, Green | Mary Price (deceased), widow of. If it can be clearly established that he served in 1781, a pension may be granted the children under act of July 4, 1836. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Price | TN | Knoxville, Knox | Esther Price (deceased), widow of. Died in 1838, and not more than one month's pension can be granted the children. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Price | TN | Sparta, White | Margaret Price, widow of. For proof of service by the records at Raleigh. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Purcelly | TN | Kingston, Roane | Sally Purcelly, widow of. For additional evidence. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Richard | Ransom | TN | Murfreesboro', Rutherford | Keziah Ransom, widow of Period, length and grade of service, and names of company and field officers, and proof from the Raleigh records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Richard | Rankin | TN | Unknown | Jane Rankin, widow of: For want of proof, November 28, 1844. Papers sent to Wm. Cocke January 21, 1846. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Richardson | TN | Nashville, Davidson | Nancy Richardson, widow of. For a statement of the officers he served under in the Virginia line and artillery, and papers withdrawn by Hon. John Bell. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Riley | TN | Pall Mall, Fentress | Nancy Riley, widow of. For further proof from the records at Richmond--February 3, 1845, J. L. Kennedy. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Roach | TN | Springfield, Robertson | Frances Roach, widow of. For proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Zacheus | Roberts | TN | Kingston, Roane | Nancy Roberts, widow of. For proof from the South Carolina records. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Rutherford | TN | Gallatin, Sumner | Elizabeth Rutherford, widow of. For further proof. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Satterfield | TN | Dandridge, Jefferson | Unicy Satterfield, widow of. For further proof of service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Simmons | TN | Springfield, Robertson | Margaret Simmons, widow of. For specification and proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Sims | TN | Calhoun, McMinn | Milly Sims, widow of. Not a widow at the date of the act; but her claim is reinstated under act of July 29, 1848. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Sumpter | TN | Knoxville, Knox | Lydia Sumpter, widow of. For proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Taber | TN | Morgan C. H., Morgan | Agnes Taber, widow of. No action on this case by order of the commissioner--received and filed from R. A. Dabney, Morgan C. H., February 4, 1840. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Taylor | TN | Jamestown, Fentress | Catharine Taylor, widow of. For further proof, as Captain Beal's rolls (Colonel Gibson's regiment) are silent. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Philip | Thurman | TN | Pikeville, Bledsoe | Keziah Thurman, widow of. For further proof of marriage and service. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Thurman | TN | Marysville, Blount | Nancy Thurman, widow of. For the names of the officers under whom he served in the Virginia line, and proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Charles | Thurman | TN | Pikeville, Bledsoe | Barbara Thurman, widow of. For proof of marriage or of the children's births. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Alexander | Trent | TN | Thornhill, Grainger | Jane Trent, widow of. For proof of service from the South Carolina records, and proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Vickers | TN | Sparta, White | Nancy Vickers, widow of. For proof of service and of marriage prior to 1800. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| George | Vincent | TN | Blountsville, Sullivan | Eleanor Vincent, widow of. No tour of service specified nor proved under his alleged commission as ensign. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Waddle | TN | Sparta, White | Phebe Waddle, widow of. For proof of service and marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Edward | Walker | TN | Tazewell, Claiborne | Jane Walker, widow of. For proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Elias | Washer | TN | --, Smith | Judith Washer, widow of. For deficient proof from the rolls of the Virginia line. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Jeremiah | Walker | TN | Thorn Hill, Grainger | Mary Walker, widow of. Service not set forth and names of officers and regiment in the Virginia line--proof of marriage also required. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| William | Warden | TN | Rock Castle, Kentucky | Sarah Warden, widow of. Printed regulations sent July 10, 1844, to Hon. John White, Richmond, Kentucky. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Thomas | Weakley | TN | South Haspeth, Davidson | Prudence Weakley, widow of. For defective proof. [Papers withdrawn January 24, 1848, by L. B. Chase.] (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| James | Weir | TN | Marysville, Blount | Margaret Weir, widow of. For further proof of service--the auditor's certificate relates to James Weir, of the Virginia line--not of the militia. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Richard | Whelan | TN | Robertsville, Anderson | Margaret Whelan, widow of. For further proof of marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Turner | Wooten | TN | Cleveland, Bradford | Nancy Wooten, widow of. Under act of July 1, 1848, no objections will be made on account of the service--the proof of the marriage, however, is required. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| John | Wright | TN | Kingston, Roane | Elizabeth Wright, widow of. Married in June, 1796--no claim under this act. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
| Samuel | Yates | TN | --, Cocke | Jane Yates, widow of. For proof of service from the Raleigh records, and the date of the marriage. (Rejected/Suspended Pensions, 1852) |
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