Ezekiel Newport (1777 - bef. 1852)

Born 1777 in Culpeper, Virginia, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Cecil) Newport — married 3 Jan 1803 in Wayne, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died before 1852 before age 75 in Brimstone Creek, Scott, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Ezekiel was born 1777 in Culpeper County, Virginia, British Colonial America. Virginia had not yet became a state. He was the son of Richard Newport and Sarah ( O'Conner ) Newport. He married Rebecca Cecil on January 3, 1803 in Wayne County, Kentucky. According to an article that was first published in the Cumberland Chronicle in 1904. This was the first of a two-part series of articles obtained from the Scott County Historical Society relating the tales of native born and early Huntsville settler Jehu Phillips, who has many descendants still living in Scott County. Phillips was a Civil War soldier and later served for six years as Scott. County Trustee. At the time this article was published, Phillips was 86 years old and one of the oldest residents of the county.) The article states that Ezekiel was one of the old settlers living on Brimstone Creek when the county was first formed. Scott County was formed on December 17, 1849. He passed away before 1852.

Sources

Burial Details : unknown Find A Grave memorial # 173245585, [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173245585/ezekiel-newport: accessed 26 July 2023), memorial page for Ezekiel Newport (1777–1852), Find a Grave Memorial ID 173245585; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Scotty Griffith (contributor 46571571).

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ3-MFHG : accessed 24 April 2018), Ezekiel Newport and Becky Cecil, 03 Jan 1805; citing Wayne, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 591,550.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-7B5 : 7 September 2017), Ezekiel Newport, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; citing 93, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 180; FHL microfilm 24,538.

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-45G : 18 August 2017), Ezekiel Newport, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 218, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 528; FHL microfilm 24,547.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6M-MHV : accessed 19 July 2015), Ezekiel Newport, Scott county, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing family 194, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in Scott County, first published by the Cumberland Chronicle, in Spring of 1904. Reprinted by: FNB Chronicle, Vol. 2 No. 1 – Fall 1990, First National Bank P.O. Box 4699, Oneida, TN 37841(p8) From<http://www.tngenweb.org/scott/fnb_v2n1_pioneer_days_part1.htm>

• Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 for Ezikiel Newport, Morgan, 1836, Original data: Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 for Ezekiel Newport , Page 2, East Tennessee Land Grants, Roll 60: Book 3 ,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, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 East Tennessee Land Grants, Roll 85: Book 28, 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.