Jul 18, 1854

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Note - this is a transcription of the actual documents. I've done my best in transcribing this, but as you know, handwriting and document quality is not the best. Punctuation and spacing has been added in some places to make the documents easier to read. My comments are included in brackets [].

Document 1

State of Kentucky Estill County, Sct

On thus 17th day of July eighteen hundred and fifty four personally appeared before the undersigned Probate Judges of Estill County, John McQueen, sometimes called McQuin, a resident of said county and aged 93 years, and being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832.

The he entered the service of the United States under the offowing officers, and served as herein stated. That he volunteered to serve 12 months under Col. Cleveland and Capt. North and he states he surved part of his time under Col. Cleveland and part of his time under General John Sevier (but the most of his time under Gen. Davis) and Capt. Robeson. That he entered the service about Christmas 1779 or a few days after Christmas which that would make it perhaps in the beginning of 1780. That he was actually in the service performing duty 13 months. That he was when he entered the service a resident of what was then called (about that time) Squabble State (North Carolina) [Note from Jen: This is thought to be the area of present-day Northeast Tennessee that was to be become the "Lost State of Franklin"] and that part of territory embraced between Henderson's and Dixon's line, that he don't recollect the county. That after he first entered the service he was detached by Col Cleveland together with others to occupy and defend the old Forte [sic], or Block House, afterwords called Forte Selby [sic] and that he remainded there until the news ______ that General Gates had been defeated at Camden and he thinks that battle was fought in August previous to the Battle of Kings Mountain, and the news was alas that strong preparations were being made by the British to push their apperations for the South and it was upon the receipt [sic] of this news that both old and young was called into the service. That he then took his place in his company under General Sevier for the express object of meeting Fergerson some where. That he was in the Battle of Kings Mountain which was fought in October 1780, and as well as he now recollects the commanding officers were Col. Cleveland, Captain Larkin Cleveland, General Sevier, Capt, North, General Selby or Shelby, Col. Martin, Capt. Elliot and Capt. Lewis, while Ferguson commanded the British forces and was totally defeated. That there was a woman who Ferguson had been keeping who had left the British Army and came with news to Capt. Lewis, and she told him that Ferguson could be known by his using [?] his sword in his left hand as he had been wounded _______ in the right, and Capt. Lewis communicated this to Col. Cleveland and after the battle commenced he pointed out Ferguson and selected 8 or 9 of his best rifflemen [sic] , and told them he was to fall. There was 6 or 7 bullet holes through him after the battle and after the battle Col. Cleveland commenced to hanging and killing the Tories

The he don't know of no person now living that he could prove his service by. If Samuel Brashers, John Fields or John ______ was living, he could prove it, but they are all dead. Or by John Hasker [Barker?] of Perry Co., KY, in part. That he has had a record of his age and family, but it is destroyed or mislaid, and that he married to Polly Allendell and had by her 13 children, and she is dead. That he came to Kentucky 1794 and has remained her ever since, and born the 22nd August 1761. That relies on the muster roll or the Pay Register at Raleigh, NC to establish his services.

That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the resent; and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State except that of the Agency of the State of North Carolina

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State of Kentucky Estill County, Sct

This day, I, Abner W. Quin, Probate Judge of Estill County, do hereby certify that the above named John McQueen (sometimes called McQuin) made oath to the above declaration and made his mark to the same and that he further certifies that he

throughly in regard to this services, and all the particular

and having red carefully the declaration over to him, he has therefore ordered the following order to be

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