Benjamin Solomon Newport (abt. 1826 - abt. 1899)

Born about 1826 in Brimstone Creek area of Morgan County,Tennessee

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Died about 1899 at about age 73 in Helenwood, Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A.

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Biography

Benjamin Solomon was born in 1826 in the Brimstone Creek area of Morgan County, Tennessee. Brimstone Creek became part of Scott County on December 17, 1849. He was the son of Ezekiel Newport and Rebecca ( Cecil ) Newport. Benjamin married Elizabeth Goad in 1845 in Morgan County. He served in the Company C, 7th Regiment , Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry in the Union Army during the Civil War. Benjamin passed away in 1899 at Helenwood in Scott County.

Military Service : Private, Company C, 7th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Union Army, Civil War, and served in Company C, 7th Regiment U.S. Cavalry

Civil War Record :

Benjamin Solomon Newport joined the Union Army on August 1, 1862 at Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee, as a private in Company C, 7th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. He received a disability discharge from his commanding officer, Col. William Clift, at Fishing Creek, Pulaski County, Kentucky, on October 31, 1862, having contracted rheumatism due to exposure. In an application for a pension filed on June 3, 1889, Newport listed his age as 65, his height at 6- feet, with fair complexion, light hair and blue eyes. An affidavit by Joshua Goad, 67, Hughett, Scott County, Tennessee, supported Newport's claim for a pension. Goad stated in his affidavit on September 25, 1891, that he saw the claimant on March 27, 1863 being confronted by rebels. He said Newport told them he had a discharge from the United States Army and they demanded to see it. He said Newport showed them the discharge and they took it from him and turned him loose. ( This entry was compiled from information contained in the soldier's pension record obtained from the National Archives by Robert Bailey, Kingston, TN. )

Sources

Burial : Benjamin S. Newport Cemetery, Helenwood, Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A. (It has always been said that Benjamin is buried in this cemetery, but no maker has ever been found.) Find A Grave memorial # 140393279 [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140393279/benjamin-solomon-newport : accessed 29 September 2021), memorial page for Benjamin Solomon Newport (1826–Sep 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 140393279, citing Benjamin S. Newport Cemetery, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by RebeccaSue Daugherty (contributor 47328724) .

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDG-NM31 : 13 March 2018), Benjamin S Newport, 1889.

• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NH7N-BZ5 : 24 March 2016), Benjamin S. Newport, 1889.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD1-KNW : 9 November 2014), B S Newport, Scott county, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing family 165, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YQ-6K5 : 30 December 2015), Solomon Newport, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD89-DPV : 29 May 2021), Benjamin S Newport, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWH-9CL : 13 July 2016), B S Newport, Huntsville, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 128, sheet 229D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1277; FHL microfilm 1,255,277.

• North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Records, 1753-1931 for Benjamin S Newport, East Tennessee Land Grants, Source Citation :Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 86; Book: 29, Original data: Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.

• North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Records, 1753-1931 for B S Newport, East Tennessee Land Grants, Source Citation :Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 90; Book: 33, Original data :Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.