Samuel Black Newell (1754 - 1841)

Born 4 Nov 1754 in Opequon, Frederick, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Margaret (Montgomery) Newell — married 30 Sep 1782 (to 21 Sep 1841) in Virginia

Descendants

Died 21 Sep 1841 at age 86 in Gosport, Owen, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Samuel, son of Samuel Newell and Elizabeth Colville, was born 4 Nov 1754 in Opequon, Frederick Co., Virginia, and died 21 Sep 1841 in Gosport, Owen Co., Indiana. ^{[1] [2]}

Samuel, the son of Samuel Newell and Elizabeth Colville Black Newell, was a Revolutionary War veteran who served and was wounded at the Battle of King's Mountain. Shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War he removed to what was then Green County, North Carolina. He settled in what is now Sevier County, Tennessee located on a site then known as Newell's Station. He became one of the organizers of the Lost State of Franklin. He was a Justice, a North Carolina representative to the legislature, a Colonel in the Franklin militia and in 1789 he signed a document as "Secretary of State" of Franklin. The building where this, reportedly, happened was still standing until 1992. In Seymour, Tennessee on US 441, about 20 miles SSE of Knoxville, there are Historical Markers for Newell's Station. John Sevier was charged with treason but was permitted to escape. All others involved with the "State of Franklin" were later pardoned. Samuel moved to Kentucky, circa 1797, and resided in Lincoln, Wayne then Pulaski County Kentucky. He never moved - the county lines did. Samuel was the first Sheriff of Pulaski County, Kentucky and a presiding justice of the Pulaski County Court. He married Jane Montgomery. The land where Samuel, his wife and two grandchildren are buried was at one time the property of his son William T. Newell. ^[2]

Draper Collection - King's Mountain Papers NEWELL, Joseph B. Clio, KY. Letter to (Lyman C. Draper). Writer's grandfather, Samuel Newell, emigrated from Ireland; married a widow BLACK, nee ELIZABETH COLVILL; had one daughter and one son, Col. Samuel Newell, born Nov. 4, 1754, who fought in Indian campaigns and the Revolution, was probably in Powell's Valley, 1775; moved from Kentucky to Owen County, Ind., 1831; was Presbyterian elder; died 1836. A.L. S. 3pp

Also in Draper Collection (Same page) 1854 June 21 14DD60 NEWELL, Joseph B., Clio, Wayne Co., KY. Letter to (Lyman C. Draper). Writer's father, Samuel Newell, removed from Frederick to Washington Co., Va.; was never in regular army; as lieutenant of Capt. Andrew Colvill's company of Campbell's regiment, was wounded at King's Mountain; fought in many Indian campaigns, including Long Island; commanded Mutter's fort after his marriage in 1782 to Jane Montgomery and removal to Tennessee; held office in Tennessee; removed to Lincoln, later Wayne Co., KY; thence to Indiana, where he died; was not one of the Long Hunters. A.L. S. 3pp

King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain ... By Lyman Copeland Draper, Anthony Allaire, Isaac Shelby [1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV3-TL1L : 13 December 2015), Samuel Newell, 1841; Burial, , Owen, Indiana, United States of America, Miller Family Farm Cemetery; citing record ID 8040500, Find a Grave.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Capt Samuel Newell (4 Nov 1754–21 Sep 1841), Find A Grave: Memorial #8040500, citing Miller Family Farm Cemetery, Gosport, Owen County, Indiana, USA.

• Ancestry.com. A genealogical history of the Montgomerys and their descendants [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Montgomery, D. B.. A genealogical history of the Montgomerys and their descendants. Owensville, Ind.: J.P. Cox, 1903.
• Ancestry.com. Calendar of the Tennessee and King's Mountain papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Calendar of the Tennessee and King's Mountain papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1929.
• Newell Bio
• Revolutionary War Pension Application