Queen Data, Part 8:

William A.Queen - Z Queen

 

William A(llen) Queen(b. abt. 1804 - d. aft. 1870)

b. abt. 1804, judging from his age on federal censuses; b. in Burke Co., NC, according to the death certificate of his son, William A. Queen, Jr. (see below).

1830 - the Rutherford Co., NC federal census, p. 467 (1st Regiment) includes Charles (10001-00001), George (110101-200101), and William A. Queen (0000100001-20001).  This William is probably the younger adult male, age 20-29, with a relative (most likely his father or father-in-law) the older male, age 70-79.  [Could this be Meredith Queen, son of William Lewis Queen? Age isn’t even close, with this man b. 1750-1760 - RK]
James Queen is on p. 461, and Hugh Queen is on p. 482 (2nd regiment). Is old enough to have been George’s father.

1840 - the federal census for Rutherford Co., NC includes (p. 261) Jane Queen; (p. 302) James Quean; (p. 305) Alfred Quean, James Quean, Jimson Queen; and p. 339, William A. Queen age 30-39 (100001-021001, no slaves).  Many Parkers and Elijah Hall adjacent.[1]
There is also an “Alick Quin” on p. 266, and an Oliver Quin on p. 263.

Also in February of 1840, William A. Queen is among the purchasers of items from the estate of Moses Wilkerson, deceased in Rutherford Co., NC.[2]

1860 - Rutherford Co. federal census, p. 613, First Broad settlement:
Richard Queen, age 94, born in NC (therefore b. 1765-66). No other Queens are in his household, but B.E. Rollins 35M Bapt. minister and his wife Mary 24F are there.  Next door is Elias Queen 44M cooper, b. NC, no real estate, could read, along with wife Mary 44F, Alfred 15M, Elvira 13F, Thomas 12M, Laura 10F, Elias 9M, Mary 7F, and Wm 2M.
Also on this census, in the Golden Valley P.O. district, are Meredith (p. 621, age 46), William (p. 624, age 48), and Richard Queen (p. 624, household 538, next to William, age 38); this Richard is a day laborer, with no personal or real estate, and could not read or write.  His wife (name appears to be Pantha), 35, is also illiterate.  Children are Rebecca 16F, Polly 10F, James 8M, Nancy 5F, Wm 3M, and Thos. 2M.
and in the Cedar Creek P.O., district, W.A. Queen (p. 679). [3]
This W.A. Queen is 55, a farmer, with $550 real estate and 155 personal estate, b. NC.  Also in this household are wife Mira, 54F b. NC, an d children Rebecca 25F, William 20M, and Moses 19M. [4]  The son William is the William A. Queen named below.

1866 - Nov. 1866, Rutherford Co., NC, WA Queen granted 44 acres.[5]

1870 - The Rutherford Co., NC census shows William Queen 65 b. NC, Mirah 65 NC, Mary 36NC, Rebecca 38 NC, Mirah M. 18 NC, Nancy E. 9 NC, Mary A.R. 8 NC, Moses L. 3 NC.[6]

William Allen Queen, Jr. (1835-1915)A William A. Queen, b. abt 1835, d. 1915.  His grave and that of his wife, Lou C. Rocker Queen (Jan 2 1836-Feb. 18, 1908, “wife of WAQ”) are in the Montford’s Cove Baptist Church Cemetery, Rutherford Co., NC.[7] 
His gravestone says that he served in Co. G, 16th NC Infantry, but the stone was placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and they may have been mistaken.  The Compiled Service record for this soldier gives his age at enlistment in 1861 as 45, and THIS William would have been 26, not 45.  A better candidate for this service is the William A. Queen above, or possibly the William Queen of Golden Valley, Rutherford Co., NC, married to Malinda, and 48 yo at the time of the 1860 census.[8]
This man is the son of the W.A. Queen b. abt. 1804, above.[9]

William B. Queen - son of Samuel and Dise Rolls Queen[10]

1796 - purported to have been born in NC 24 May 1796. [11]1812 - William Queen, “age 19, 5 ft. 10 in., from NC, born in Burke Co., NC” is among the enlistees in the War of 1812 in Roane Co., TN.[12]1816 - married Mary Nicholson; later had sons Americus and Benjamin Nicholson Queen, and several daughters. Lived all his adult life in Haywood/Jackson Co., NC.[13]

1830 - witnessed the Haywood Co., NC marriage bond for Bride: Susanah Barns (Daughter of Mary) & Groom: Hugh Brown, Bond Date: 15 May 1830, Record #: 01 008, Bondsman: Elihu Coward, Bond #000064952.[14]

1839 - Haywood Co. NC marriage bond for William Parker, Jr. and Lucinda Queen 11 Oct. 1839, surety William B. Queen, father, w. _____.[15]

1840 - The Haywood Co. NC federal census includes (p. 108) - Maxwell Queen, age 30-39; p. 111 - Harmon Queen, age 40-49; p. 112 - Americus Queen, age 20-29; p. 120 - John Queen, age 30-39; p. 121 Timothy Queen, age 10-14; p. 122 - John Queen, age 30-39, Samuel Queen, Sr., age 70-79 and “William B. Quin”, age 30-39; p. 123 - Margarett Queen, age 50-59 and Maxwell Queen; p. 124 - Timothy Queen, age 20-29; p. 125 - John Queen and James Queen, both 20-29; and p. 127, James Queen.  Also on this census are MANY Hensons, including rev. War veteran Elijah Henson, age 70-79, p. 78.  The elder Timothy Queen is said to have married Jane Henson, thus his son’s name.  Don Queen says that the Hensons probably came down the Great Wagon Road from MD.

1850 - the Haywood Co., NC federal census includes Samuel Queen (p. 140), Maxwell Queen (p. 154), J.F. Queen (p. 170), Nathaniel Queen (p. 171), Mary Queen (p. 187), John R. Queen, William Queen, and Americus Queen (all on p. 188) another John Queen (p. 189), James Queen (p. 192), and Margaret Queen (p. 203).
William Queen 53M, farmer $200 real estate, b. NC (could read and write), Mary 52F b. NC, and children Binjamen (sic) 18M in school, Dica 16F, and Hanner 13F in school; and William Brown 13 M in school, all b. NC.[16]

1860 - Jackson Co. NC census shows Lewis Queen 30M, Lucinda 24F, and children MM 5F, JL 3M, and HDK 1M.[17]  Also on this census are J.R. Queen 56M, with wife N. 48F, M. 32F, L. 30M, and M.E. 22F (p. 28), and W.B. Queen 63M, with wife N. 62F (p. 29).

1870 - Jackson Co. NC census, Caney Fork Twp (E. Laporte), includes (p. 223) Nancy Queen 60F with M.M. 27F, S.B. 22M;  (p. 224) Mary Queen 55F (living with Henry Huffman); W.B. Queen 74M b. NC, Mary 73 b. SC; (p. 225) J.R. Queen 68M, Mary 54F, and M.E. 27F; and Lewis Queen 40M, Lucinda 34F, M.M. 16F, S.J. 9M, T.M. 7M, J.L. 4M, an E.C. 2F; and (p. 229) B.N. Queen 39M, Mary C. 39F, and 6 children.[18]

1880 - not found in the Soundex for this census, but he’d not be listed by name; perhaps in the household of one of his children.

1887 - purported to have died in Jackson Co., NC 27 Jan 1887. [19]

William Lewis Queen, Sr.  [N.B.: some of these entries may pertain to Wm L., Jr.]

1749 - born in VA.[20]

No date - is listed in Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, along with Francis and Thomas. Queen.[21]

1773 - married Margaret Meredith in Wilkes Co., GA.[22]  Eldest son Meredith born the following year.

1777 - according to his pension application, he entered the service in the Georgia Regulars while a resident in Wilkes Co. Georgia, serving for a period of about 3 years, serving in the Companies of captains James Ducey, John Stewart, Jr., John Dooley, George Duly, James McFarland, and Anthony Walton Hughes, in the Georgia Regiments of Colonels Stewart and Elijah Clark. Was in two battles in Augusta, GA and was wounded in the first battle, in 1777.  Was taken prisoner by the Tories in 1778 and held about 5 days.  he was also captured in the last part of 1777 or the first of 1778 and held  prisoner in Ninety-Six (South Carolina) for almost 72 days, then released and returned home.[23]

1784 - William Queen, GA Soldier, receives Bounty Land Grant for 287.5 acres 27 April 1784.[24]
Apparently this land was in Franklin Co., GA - DB GGG, p. 196 records this grant in 1785.

1784 - BOUGHT from Henry Clark 240 acres on both sides of the W. fork of Knob Creek “including a Great Bottom, Cherokey path and forks of the creek,” Rutherford Co., NC, witnessed by Samuel Carpenter, Andrew Wilson.[25]  This land is in the northern part of present-day Cleveland Co., NC, east of Casar, NC and near the Lincoln Co. line.  His brother Samuel buys land nearby, on Beaver Dam branch of Knobb Creek, the following year, the deed witnessed by William Queen and Samuel Carpenter.  They have left GA and returned to NC.

1785 - Wilkes Co. GA Tax Digest show William Downs, trustee for William Queen, 287.5 acres, Franklin Co. GA.[26]

1786 - 2 March, William Queen of Rutherford Co., NC sells to John Helterbrand of Lincoln Co., NC two parcels of land: 240 acres on Knob Creek “including a great bottom at the Cherokee Path and forks of the creek”, and another 260 acres “on both sides of W. fork of Knob Creek, witnessed by Samuel Queen, Shad Hogan.[27]

1786 - appointed Constable in Rutherford Co. NC; also appointed juror to lay out road.[28]

1787 - William Queen named as juror for Rutherford Co. NC Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, April, July and October sessions.  [ this should be William Lewis, as “old William is by this time in Randolph Co., building his mill on the Uwharrie River.]  William Lewis Queen “charges his attendance as constable this term (April Session).”
At least one record of his acting as constable is recorded: a “Lewis Queen, constable” executed a tax on a tract of land in Rutherford Co., NC of David Roper and James Shepherd.[29]
October Session - “Shadrack Hogan appointed road overseer in the place of William Queen, resigned.”[30]

1788 - 26 February.  William Queen and Mary Walbert, Sr. of Rutherford Co., NC appeared before Morgan District Court judge, accusing a Capt. James Wilson of giving one or more daughters of John Anderson “savern” (apparently for the purpose of inducing a miscarriage of “the children they were big with”), and also accusing Anderson’s wife of giving her daughter Easter Wilson (James Wilson’s wife) “stealdust horseradish and vinegar”, apparently for the same purpose.  The purpose was achieved, and the Wilsons and Mrs. Anderson were charged with murder.  Witnesses for the state included “Oliff Queen”, Easter Going, and others. 
The judge was Shad Hogan.[31]

1788 - July 1788 William Lewis Queen appointed road overseer in place of William Going.[32]

1789 - was bondsman for Rutherford Co., NC marriage of Ruth (Queen?) Hambee and Thomas Upton 8-20-1789.[33]
Was also bondsman for Rutherford Co., NC marriage of Jesse McGlamry and Nancy Roper, 17 Sept. 1789, along with David Roper, Jr.[34]

1790 - federal census of Rutherford Co., NC shows a William Queen, 1 WM >16, 4 WM <16, 6 WF, 4 slaves.[35]  Nearby are Edw. Upton, Ben Brackett, Jesse McGlamery, Samuel Young and Shadrach Hogan.
No other Queens listed in Rutherford Co., NC.  Samuel Queen is in Lincoln Co. (Salisbury District), Henson is in Montgomery Co., and Francis is in Iredell Co.

1791 - Rutherford Co. NC land grants: “William Queen, surveyed 9 Sept. 1791, 100 acres on Ward’s Creek, chainbearers William Queen, Jr., Merriday Queen (his sons).[36]

1791 - Franklin Co., GA deed dated 31 Oct. 1791: William Queen, Sr. sells to John Lindsay 287.5 acres on the north fork of the Oconee River, granted to said Queen.  Wit.: J. Barnett, Henry Hamilton, John Lafferty.[37]1792 - NC General Assembly Sessions Records include a petition for Rutherford Co. signed by William Queen and Samuel Queen.[38]

1793 - William Queen is bondsman for the 8 April 1793 marriage bond of Timothy Twigs and Joicy Wilass.[39]

1793 - 5 Oct 1793, William Queen “of Randolph Co.” gives power of attorney to “my son and trusty friend William Lewis Queen”.[40]

1794 – April 11.  William Queen, Junr., agent and attorney for William Queen, Senr., (sells) to Jacob Prilhart, each of RCNC, (for) 75£, 200 acres on the west side of Wards Creek, first granted to Robt. Collingwood.  Wit. Robert H. Taylor, Peter Woodward.  #69, 6 January 1806.[41]
- April 11.  William Queen, Jnr., agent and attorney for William Queen, Senr. of RCNC to Jacob Prilhart of same, 75£, 150 acres including the crossroads and the improvements whereon he now lives joining Collingwood, granted to William Going 9 August 1780.  Wit. Robert H. Taylor, Peter Woodward.  #70, 6 January 1806.[42]
- July 1794, Rutherford Co., NC, William Queen granted 100 acres.[43]
- William Queen, Jr., attorney for William Queen, Sr., sells to Jacob Prilhart a tract of land on Ward’s Creek, originally granted to Robt. Collingwood.[44]

1795 - Rutherford Co. Land Entr, 14 April 1795: James Wilson enters `150 acres on Knob Creek joining William Queen.[45]        - Rutherford Co., NC Land Entry, 14 April 1795: William Queen enters 100 acres on Ward’s Creek of First Broad River, joining Edward Francis and Peter Woodward.[46]      

1795 - Rutherford Co. NC Land Grant Survey, 25 May, 1795: Christopher Walbert, Jr., a tract on Crooked Run.  Chainbearers, William Queen, James Queen.[47]        

1795 - Rutherford Co. NC marriage bond, 17 Sept. 1795: John Swink and Mary Smith.  Bondsman William Queen.[48]

1796 - Rutherford Co. NC Land Grant Survey, 13 Oct. 1796: William Queen, , 100 acres on Cox’s Creek; chainbearers Moses Queen, James Queen.[49]  Receives his grant 26 Nov. 1796.[50]       

1796 -  General Assembly Session Records, November-December 1796: William Queen was among signers of a petition from Rutherford Co.[51]

1797 - 3 January: Rutherford Co. land entry: James Wilson enters 100 acres on Knob Creek joining William Queen.[52]

1799 - 2 February: William Queen, Sr. buys 50 acres on First Broad River [ in the Golden Valley[53] of NE Rutherford Co.] from Peter Watson.[54]

1800 - the Rutherford Co., NC federal census, p. 138, has the following Queens: John Queen, age 16-26 - 10100-20100 [son of old Wm?  Thomas Queen b. 1745 also had a son named John, b. 1774[55]].)   William Queen, age 45 and older, with wife of similar age; Samuel Queen, age 26-45, with wife and 6 children; William Queen, age 45 or over, with wife 26-45 and 11 children or young adults [10301-23210-01]; Meredith Queen, age 16-25 with wife and two daughters 0-9; Timothy Queen, age 45 or older, with wife and 3 children or young adults; and Timothy Queen, Jr., age 26-45, with wife and two children.[56],[57]

1804 - 7 December, bought 100 acres on Merlin/Marlin’s Creek, a branch of Beatty’s Creek of First Broad River, “joining David Mooney and Wallas Beatie”, from John Walker.[58]  I cannot locate these creeks; the First Broad River begins in NE Rutherford Co, and runs E. into north-central Cleveland Co., then turns S. through Cleveland Co. to enter the (main) Broad River in southern Cleveland Co.

1807 - was bondsman for Rutherford Co., NC marriage of Jane Queen to Joshua Hall.[59]

1810 - there are a Hugh Queen, Jr.,. and a Hugh Queen Sr. in Rutherford Co., NC federal census, both on p. 429, along with Richard Queen, William Queen, Sr. age 45 and up [01001-02000-1 slave, but no real estate] and William Queen, Jr. [though listed by name, no numbers appear on his line, unlike the other entries!!].[60]

1811 - “William L. Queen, Sr. Granted power of attorney for Joshua Fraser.[61]

1820 - there is a “William Queen” on the federal census for Buncombe Co., NC, along with a Samuel Queen.[62]1820 - on the federal census for Rutherford Co. NC [“William Sr. - one M >45, one F >45, one slave”] (p. 36/390), along with Hency (p. 75/393), James (p. 32/384), Henson (p. 12/357),  Joseph (p. 59/393), and “Mesida” [Meredith?], p. 362.[63]

1820 - there is also a Lewis W. Quinn and a James Quinn on the Rutherford Co. NC census, just a few families away from Ebenezer Newton.  This raises the possibility that this listing is actually for William Lewis Queen, Jr.[64]

1824 - appeared before Court in Rutherford Co. NC, “aged 75 years, formerly of Wilkes Co. GA.” [65]  Names son Joseph H. Queen of Habersham Co. GA.
A different document, filed 14 July 1824, lists his meager possessions, worth a total of $15.75, states that he is indigent and living with a son, not named, “who is also poor.”[66]  By this time, his son and “trusty friend”, William Lewis Jr., has died (see below).

1824 - appointed to Rutherford Co. NC grand jury for the month of April.

1824 - an affidavit dated 14 July 1824 in his pension application for his Rev. War service says that he lives with a son, not named, in Rutherford Co., NC.[67]

1825 - Rev. War service attested to by Henson/Hensy Queen (relationship not stated).[68]

1828 - said to have moved to Haywood Co. with most of his family in 1828, “after the death of his wife Margaret.”[69]

1830 - was in Haywood Co., NC, living with son Joseph H. Queen at the time of the federal census.[70]

1832 - “born in VA in 1749, resided in GA when he served, since Rev. War lived in Rutherford and Burke Co. NC until 4 years ago, when he moved to Macon Co.”  Names brother Samuel Queen.[71]  His pension was initially approved in 1832, but then reconsidered and suspended in 1835, “until he can produce better evidence and documentation of his service.”
Macon Co. was formed from part of Haywood Co. in 1828.

1834 - in a letter or affidavit regarding his pension application dated 5 Feb. 1834 from Macon Co., NC, William Lewis states the he “entered the service on Feb. 28, 1778 for 5 months, and was discharged by Capt. Clark, but did not get home before I was taken prisoner by the Tories, and held for 5 days.”  He states that he served in SC and GA, and was in the Army at the close of the war.  Signed with an “X”.[72]

1835 - believed to have died in NC.  No documentation at this time.

 

William Lewis Queen, Jr.   [N.B.: some of these entries may pertain to Wm L., Sr., or another “William Queen”]

1807 - 27 Feb., “William L. Queen, Jr.” Bought 94 acres on Salley’s fork of First Broad River from the Speculation Land Company.[73]

1808 - was bondsman 12 Sept. 1808 for Rutherford Co. NC marriage bond between William Lasswell and Salley Hoge (Hogue), [dau. Of Rebecca Queen Hogue.[74]

1809 - Rutherford Co. NC DB 25, p. 88: James and Mary Bedford to “William Queen”.[75]

1811 - Rutherford Co. deed from Tench Coxe to “William L. Queen”.[76]

1811 - Rutherford Co. deed from Peter S. Duponcean to “William L. Queen”.[77]         

1811 - Rutherford Co. deed from Peter Fisher to “William L. Queen”.[78]- Rutherford Co. deed from Abraham Kintzing, Jr. to William L. Queen.[79]

1820 - there is also a Lewis W. Quinn and a James Quinn on the Rutherford Co. NC census, just a few families away from Ebenezer Newton.  This raises the possibility that this listing is actually for William Lewis Queen, Jr.[80]

no date - moved his family to the Webster area of Jackson Co., NC.  (see under Jane Queen) [81]

1822 - will of Mary Orr, dated 5 June 1814, admitted to record Oct. Court 1822, to Maxwell Queen, Jean Queen, Olivine Queen, Mary Queen, and Margaret Queen, Jr.; executor William L. Queen [Jr.?].  Witnesses: James McNeeley, Wm Downs, and Elizabeth Downs.[82]

1822 - Margaret Queen appointed administrator of William L. Queen [Jr.], dec’d, and also of Mary Orr, dec’d.[83]  Margaret Queen was the wife of William L. Queen, Jr., and the daughter of Mary Orr.
THUS, William Lewis Queen, Jr. died in 1822, preceding his father in death more than a decade.
Margaret Queen also submitted a petition for allowance against the heirs of William L. Queen (Jr.) in October 1822.[84]

William M. Queen

1850 - Cherokee Co., NC census includes William M. Queen 47, Martha 47, Elizabeth 17, Anderson 12, Charles 9, Hearrison 7; also in this county is Blackburn Queen 48, Dorothy 28, Lucinda 10, Nancy 8, Reuben 7, William 6, Hiram 4, James 1.

 



[1] census microfilm reviewed at NA 8/20/98 by RK - p. 339 (stamped), line 4.

[2] BGSOTC 23:102, August 2000,  citing Rutherford Co., Record of Estates, Re-A, pp. 497-504.

[3] enumerated 19 June 1860 - National Archives microfilm reviewed by RKL 8/20/98.

[4] Household 937/937, enumerated 7 July 1860, Cedar Creek P.O., on 1860 federal census microfilm, reviewed at National Archives, Seattle branch 8/20/98 by RK.

[5] Rutherford Co., NC land grants, book 164, page 422, posted to QL by Teddy Noye 8/25/98.

[6] dwelling # 99.

[7] Rutherford Co., NC Cemeteries Index, compiled and posted on the home page of WD Floyd, <rfci.net/wdfloyd>

[8] personal correspondence from Jon Sellin, <jsellin@tec.army.mil> 3/29/2000.

[9] his death certificate in 1915 gives his father's name in full: "William Allen Queen" and his mother as Mary Wilkerson. (Her name is also found as Myra and Miriam.) The death certificate also states that both his parents were born in "Burk Co, N.C." The informant is Aden Rucker Queen, one of his older children.

[10] a write-up by Andrew Queen, published in the Jackson Co., NC Heritage Book, was submitted by James B. Hardin to the QL on 8/22/98.
It names as chidren for Samuel and Disey Rolls Queen - Henson (m. ___ Visage), Nancy (m. Sam P. Carson), Harmon (m. Mary Brock), John R. (m. Mary Coward), William B. (m. Mary Nicholson), Sallie (m. Andrew Broom), and Lewis (m. a “Georgia woman named Sally”).

[11] Mandy Queen believes he’s the son of Samuel Queen, and grandson of old William, according to a chart posted on the QUEEN LIST 7/20/98.  She states he was born 24 May 1796, married Mary Nicholson, and died 27 Jan 1887 in Jackson Co., NC. 
WB Queen is also being researched by James B. Hardin, <golddragon@mindspring.com>.  He states that the children of WB Queen are Americus Queen, b. 5/1820, Benjamin Nicholson Queen, b. 5-6-1831, Dicey Queen, b. 10/1833 NC, and Hannah Queen, b. a. 1837 (personal correspondence, 8/16/98).  He has info on later descendants.

[12] “Tennessee Cousins”, p. 461; cites “History of Roane County” by Mrs. Wells, pp. 33-34; posted to QL by DQ 8/25/98.  Don states that this is William B. Queen, b. abt. 1796, and suspects that William is son of Samuel and Dise Queen.

[13] The “Chris Queen” document, written in 1962 and posted to the QL by James Hardin 8/22/98.

[14] State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.

[15] from “Early Marriage Bonds of Haywood Co., NC, 1808-1870”, extracted by James E. and Vivian Woolley, 1974, reprinted 1991 by Old Buncombe Co. Genealogical Society, Inc., Asheville, NC (posted to Queen List by Barb Stanford, 7-14-98).

[16] p. 188, dw. 790.

[17] census page 6, posted to QL by  Gene Queen 8/24/98.

[18] 1870 federal census data posted to QL by Gene Queen 8/24/98.

[19] Mandy Queen believes he’s the son of Samuel Queen, and grandson of old William, according to a chart posted on the QUEEN LIST 7/20/98.  She states he was born 24 May 1796, married Mary Nicholson, and died 27 Jan 1887 in Jackson Co., NC. 
WB Queen is also being researched by James B. Hardin, <golddragon@mindspring.com>.  He states that the children of WB Queen are Americus Queen, b. 5/1820, Benjamin Nicholson Queen, b. 5-6-1831, Dicey Queen, b. 10/1833 NC, and Hannah Queen, b. a. 1837 (personal correspondence, 8/16/98).  He has info on later descendants.

[20] Rev. War pensions, File S9462 abstract., Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file).

[21] p. 443. (SGS)

[22] Don Queen <CLCSF@aol.com>, personal correspondence, 5/4/98.

[23] Pension application review letter, 1932, part of his pension file (RK has copy).

[24] from Carol Queen to Queen List 7/8/98.

[25] 2 separate deeds - Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file). Rutherford Co. DB A-D, p. 331-333, Jan 13, 1784.  Witnesses were Andrew Willson and Samuel Carpenter.

[26] Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file).

[27] Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file.). Rutherford Co. DB E, p. 24-25.

[28] Rutherford Co. NC Abstracts of Minutes, Court Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1779-1786, p. 123. (SGS)

[29] Rutherford Co. NC Appearance Docket, January 1787, abstracted in BGSOTC27(1):25, Feb. 1999.

[30] Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[31] Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[32] Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[33] Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file), # 37.

[34] Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[35] posted to Queen List by Carol Queen 7/7/98.

[36] Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file.).

[37] Deed Book K, p. 11B, among Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[38] Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[39] Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[40] Rutherford Co. WB B, p. 20; among Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file.).

[41] RCNC Deed Book 23, p. 406, abstracted in BGSOTC 29(4):159, 2001.

[42] RCNC Deed Book 23, p. 406, abstracted in BGSOTC 29(4):159, 2001.

[43] Rutherford Co., NC land grants, book 82, page 329, posted to QL by Teddy Noye 8/25/98.

[44] Rutherford Co. NC B 22-23, p. 407 - among Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[45] among Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[46] among Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[47] among Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[48] 

[49] Rutherford Co. NC DB 6, p.219, among Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[50] NC Archives, Land Grants Book 91, page 171, sent by Dianne Sain 4/99.

[51] among Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[52] among Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[53] Golden Valley is in Rutherford County, NC. Until the end of the French and Indian War (called the Cherokee war in the South) the present Golden Valley community of Rutherford County technically lay within the predecessor counties of Rowan and Anson. The boundary between them was the Granville Line., an east-west bearing which passed through Golden Valley a short distance north of Fairview Baptist Church. First permanent residents arrived in about 1750.  In the later 1700's WIlliam Whiteside and Samuel Stockton moved their families from Virginia to the surrounding areas of the Golden Valley and their community was called the Whitesides Settlement. Around the turn of the 19th century most mem bers of the Whiteside family sold their many tracts of land on First Broad River to many new settlers.. Among these were John Queen and William Hunt. The Golden Valley was in 1800 a settled community of rather large farms nestled along the valleys between low  mountain ridges. Most of the farmers were prosperous and serveral owned numbers of slaves. Most of the valuable land had been claimed. But soon there came a new land rush, this time for gold!   Prior to 1850, North Carolina was the primary gold-producing area of the nation, and Golden Valley was in the heart of the gold belt. The old name of "Whitesides" fell into disuse as two post offices were established in the flourishing community , an upper one called Golden, and a lower one located at Gamble' s store.
Ultimately the name of the Golden Post Office was adopted and the entire area at the head of First Broad River became known as "Golden Valley."  According to Clarence Griffiiin in his “History of Rutherford County, 1937-1951,” the 1950 census showed 705 as the population of Golden Valley Township, a figure that apparently has increased a lot up to the present.  In the decade of the fifties Highway 226 was built and for the first time Golden Valley was opened to east-west cross-country traffic.

[54]Rutherford Co. DB 15-17, p. 204, among Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[55] Note from Don Queen, <CLCSF@aol.com>, no documentation of DATE, but John is named in Thomas’s will - see under Thomas.

[56] among Philbeck data posted to QUEEN LIST by CAROL QUEEN 6/24/98.

[57] Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file), # 39.

[58] Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file), # 43.  Rutherford Co. DB 22, p. 258.  Abstracted in BGSOTC 27:137, 1999.

[59] Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file), # 37.

[60] confirmed by RK at NA 8/20/98.  This census is organized by first letter in surname, and gives no info about neighbors.  It includes many Newtons (include Robt., 4 Ebenezers, Wm, etc., but no George Newton).

[61] From the Rutherford Co. NC Deed Index at www.rfci.wdfloyd, 6/98, DB 24-26, p. 394.

[62] Index to the 1820 NC census, by D.W. Fisher, 1974 (SPL).

[63] Index to the 1820 NC census, by D.W. Fisher, 1974 (SPL).

[64] 820 federal census, Rutherford Co., NC (NARA Reel 80), p. 346:  Lewis W. Quinn 101101-3101, 2 in agriculture, no slaves, James Quinn  220010-12010  3 in agriculture, no slaves.

[65] Rev. War pensions, File S9462 abstract., Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file).

[66] originally from Maisie Queen Young; posted to Queen List by Carol Queen 7/7/98.

[67] Rev. War pensions File S9462, William L. Queen, copy sent to RK by Don Queen.

[68] Rev. War pensions, File S9462 abstract., Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file).

[69] personal correspondence from Vicki Shaffer, <dixey@ix.netcom.net>, a descendant of WL’s son, Joseph H. Queen.  His Rev. War pension application letter dated 1832 states (in part) “lived in Rutherford and Burke Co. NC until 4 years ago, when he moved to Macon Co., NC.”

[70] personal correspondence from Vicki Shaffer, <dixey@ix.netcom.net>, a descendant of WL’s son, Joseph H. Queen.  Review of census microfilm at Natl. Archives 8/20/98 shows this listing for Joseph Queen, on p.364:
21000100001-01100100010.  It is presumed that the elderly male, age 80-89, in this household is old William Lewis Queen, since no other Queen households have a man this age in them.  He’s not listed by name.  The elderly woman is presumably his wife, or Joseph’s mother-in-law.
Nearby (p. 363) are Henson and Samuel Queen (age 60-69), Harmon Queen, John Queen, and (also on p. 364, next to Joseph) another Samuel Queen, age 50-59.

[71] Rev. War pensions, File S9462 abstract., Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file).
Also named in Pierce’s Register, p. 313 VOUCHERS, rank - Private; sum $120, NC Continental line, age 85 (from “Roster of Soldiers from NC in the American Revolution” at Ancestry.com.

[72] Rev. War pension File S9462.  RK has copy (from Don Queen).

[73] Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file), # 44.  Rutherford Co. DB 24-26, p. 497. [reference may be in error - identical to an 1811 reference.]

[74] Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file), # 45.

[75] From the Rutherford Co. NC Deed Index at www.rfci.wdfloyd, 6/98.

[76] From the Rutherford Co. NC Deed Index at www.rfci.wdfloyd, 6/98, DB 24-26, p. 497. [ref. Is identical to the 1807 entry  and the entry below - one is in error, and I have a copy of neither.]

[77] From the Rutherford Co. NC Deed Index at www.rfci.wdfloyd, 6/98. DB 24-26, p. 497. [see above]

[78] From the Rutherford Co. NC Deed Index at www.rfci.wdfloyd, 6/98. DB 24-26, p. 497. [see above]

[79] From the Rutherford Co. NC Deed Index at www.rfci.wdfloyd, 6/98, DB 24-26, p. 497.  [see above]

[80] 820 federal census, Rutherford Co., NC (NARA Reel 80), p. 346:  Lewis W. Quinn 101101-3101, 2 in agriculture, no slaves, James Quinn  220010-12010  3 in agriculture, no slaves.

[81] The Heritage of Swain County, North Carolina, published by the Swain Co. Genealogical and Historical Society, 1988, Bryson City, NC, p. 176 - write-up on the Hall family, by Willa Mae Trull.  Contains quite a bit of info on the Hall family (RK has a copy of this book).

[82] Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file), #48. 

[83] Maisie Queen Young data, sent to QUEEN-L by Carol Queen, 6/98 (copy in RK’s file), #47.

[84] BGSOTC 27(2):53, 1999, “References to Petitions, RCNC Appearance Dockets, Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, 1786-1868.”