Sept 18, 1854

McQueen Home

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 []. This particular document, with it's question & answer session, has been formatted differently than it appears so that it is easier to read.

Document 2

Estele [sic] County State of Kentucky. Sct.

This 18th day of September 1854 John McQuin or McQueen personally appeared in open court and at a previous term of this court had papers prepared for a pension under the act of June the 7th 1832. Upon motion of his cousel, he has underwent a full and complete investigation in ____ particular relating to his services as stated in his declaration heretofore filed, and the court has put the following interrogations:

Q: Where were you born and what year?

A: I was born on the 22nd of April 1761 and in the State of Virginia.

Q: Have you any record of your age?

A: Have had but it is now misplaced or lost.

Q: Where were you living when you was called into the Service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War?

A: When I entered the service, I lived not far from Jonesborough Tennessee, or where it now stands. It was then North Carolina and don't recollect the county. About that time it was called Squabble State and I have lived since 1794 in Kentucky. Some of my time in Clay County, Madison, Laurel, Owsley and Estill.

Q: State the names of the officers either of the regular or militia service.

A: I had but little chance to know much about the regular service, but he was acquainted with Mike Harrison, Col. of the Dragoons. I volunteered under Col. Cleveland, served under Capt. North, Robeson, and afterwords under General Sevier and I was well acquainted with Col Lacy of South Carolina, Campbell, Cleveland, Shelby, Sevier, Williams, Brandy, Capt. Lewis _______, Larkin Cleveland, North, Col. Martin Elliot. That I was mostly confined to the fort for its defense, but was in the Battle of Kings Mountain and saw General Ferguson after he was killed and the battle was over. All the officers I have mentioned was in the Battle of Kings Mountain.