Research Summary by direct descendant, family historian and genealogist, Rose H. Bonnell.
MARRIAGE: Elizabeth "Betty" Terrell became the wife of Giles Newton Sr. of Caroline Co VA.
MIGRATION: From Caroline County, Virginia, to Charlotte County, Virginia, to Marlboro/ugh District/County, South Carolina.
As a resident of Caroline County, Virginia, Giles Newton supplied "beeves" to the patriot army:
p. 21, Newton, Giles -- 500# beef [value?] L5-4-2. SEE ALSO: p. 14, Herndon, David -- 175# beef [value?] L1-15-5 1/2.
(REF: Book, Virginia Publick Claims: in three volumes, Vol. 1, compiled and transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten, 1992, pages 185, 191. "PREFACE: The Revolutionary Publick Claims and their genealogical value: ..."Auditors accounts still survive in the Virginia State Library and Archives which reflect continuing reliance of military forces on provisioning from the local inhabitants, ... ." For verification, I also viewed microfilms of the original documents at the LDS Family History Library in SLC, UT, now called FamilySearch Library, call number US/CAN 975.5 P28a v.1, "Caroline County Court Booklet II, page 21," see page 185 for county booklet name, page 191 for original page number 21 & Giles Newton contribution.)
IDENTITY PROVEN: This is the correct Giles Newton, his identity proven via successive deeds linking the Newton & Herndon families.
THE MOST CRUCIAL IDENTITY FACTS (AMONG MANY):
FACT-1: At the same period, from Caroline Co VA, both Giles Newton and David Herndon (probable relative, possible father or uncle, of Benjamin Herndon), supplied beef "beeves" to the patriot army.
(REF: Virginia Public Claims, Vol. 1, by Abercrombie and Slatten, 1992, pages 185 (County booklet title), 188 (original page 14 & info on David Herndon contribution.)
FACT-2: Newton-Herndon migration and relationship attested to by deeds.
(A) Residence & Migration Chain proven by evidence in Land Purchase Deed:
(Significance: deed of son-in-law witnessed by father-law)
Date & Place: 14 Dec 1782 • Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Event: Benjamin Herndon of Caroline Co VA bought 200 acres land in Charlotte Co VA.
Witnessed by father-in-law (or soon-to-be) Giles Newton.
(REF: FHL US/CAN Film #30,783 : Virginia, Charlotte County : Deed books, 1765-1900; general indexes to deeds, 1765-1905 Deed books, v. 4-6, 1777-1793, TLC, 1949/1977, page 45.)
(B) Residence & Migration Chain proven by evidence in Witnessing Deed:
(Significance: deed of father-law witnessed by son-in-law)
Date Span & Place: 1784-1787 • Charlotte County, Virginia, USA
Event: Benjamin Herndon, who had acquired 200 acres there on 14 Dec 1782; did also, on 5 Dec 1787, witnessed a land sale of Giles Newton of Charlotte Co VA.
(REF: FHL US/CAN Film #24,111 : Marlboro County, South Carolina conveyance books, 1786-1905 ; indexes to conveyance books, 1786-1973 Conveyances (deeds) v. A-AA 1786-1796, Book A, page 183.)
There are many more proofs among the deeds, but these two are the most important.
FACT-3: The relationship of Giles Newton Sr., Younger Newton, etc., Ann Newton, and Benjamin Herndon are spelled out in the 1804 Will of Giles Newton: Ann Herndon is daughter, Younger Newton is son, Benjamin Herndon is son--in-law; both Younger Newton and Benjamin Herndon were designated "nominated and appointed" as his "executors." (REF: Marlboro Co SC Will Book A, page 53.)
FACT-4: Son-in-law, Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC) Witnessed Will of William Terrell, believed to be brother of Elizabeth (Terrell) Newton and uncle of Ann "Nancy" (Newton) Herndon (1763/64 VA-aft 1830 TN). Date: 22 Oct 1792 • Place: Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Witnessed will of William Terrell [Need to verify whether this is the maternal uncle of Benjamin's wife Ann!] (REF: FHL Book 975.5661 P2h, Halifax Co. Va. Wills 1792-1797, page 73 [orig. pg. 330].)
CHILDREN OF GILES & ELIZABETH (TERRELL) NEWTON:
[1] Younger Newton Sr. (1761/63 VA–1847 SC), married Elizabeth Cargill/Carghill (1765 VA-aft. 1847 SC).
[2] Ann "Nancy" Newton (abt. 1763/64 VA-aft. 1830 TN), married (Pvt) Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC).
[3] Elizabeth Newton (1765 VA–1840 MS), married Thomas Sum/me/ral/l/ (abt. 1763 VA-1854 MS)
[4] Martha Newton (1765/67? VA–1808/40? SC/GA), married Robert Sidney Bullard Sr. (1766 VA-1827 GA) -- Please correct!
[5] Mary Terrell Newton (1769 VA–1798 VA), married Robert Portwood (1763 VA-1829 VA)
[6] James Newton (1771/bef/70? VA–1836 SC), married ?Sarah Terrell (bef 1778 VA-bef 1830 SC)? -- Want verified.
(ADDITIONAL DATES & PLACES which were added above are included merely as clues from the linked descendants of Giles Newton Sr. (URL: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Newton-976.)
ORIGINAL PRIMARY SOURCES (GENEALOGICAL PROOF STANDARD):
Document copies obtained on the 2014 Genealogy Research trip of my father and I, (April 15-20, 2014) to Bennettsville, Marlboro Co SC, researching at the Courthouse, County Clerk's Office, PVA Office, Historical Society and Museum, Marian Edleman Wright Library Genealogy Room, and Bennettsville Visitor's Center, which all provided crucial information. Prior to our research trip, I sent a letter in advance, explaining the known facts, documents, and what we were hoping to learn while there, which created a flow of sequential appointments with informed clerks. Afterward, I sent a public thanks and Informative trip report as a "Letter to the Editor" of the Marlboro Herald Advocate newspaper in Bennettsville. As representative of the Trigg Co KY & Stewart Co TN descendants of the Newton-Herndon branch, I exchanged info with Donald A. "Don" Newton, former president of the Newton Family Reunion Association & supplied Newton-Herndon descendancy info to their historian Anita Stanton via email correspondence in 2018 & 2023.)
REFERENCES FOR KEY DOCUMENTS:
Giles Newton Will dated 1804, probated 1807, at Marlboro County Courthouse, Bennettsville, SC. Seen, handled, and photocopied in person in 2014. Dated 31 Mar 1804. Proven, Recorded & Probated on 21 Oct 1807.
ONLINE ACCESS INFO NOTES: MARLBORO CO SC: PROBATE BOOK ALERT (PERTAINING TO GILES NEWTON): THERE ARE TWO ORIGINAL BOOKS: There are TWO original Will & Probate "A" books digitized & viewable at Ancestry.com.
NEATEST has Giles Newton will & probate on pages 52-53 & 54-55.
(REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Will Books, Vol A, 1787-1881, pages 53-55; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9080/images/007642198_00054, images 54-55 of 500.)
MESSIEST has Giles Newton will on pages 54-55 & 56-57; but ALERT, pages 56-57 missed being digitized.
(REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Will Books, Vol A, 1787-1881, pages 54-57; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/59526:9080, image 365 of 500. FYI: The skipped material should have been on image 366 (pp.56-57), but is NOT, apparently the microfilmer &/or digitizer accidentally turned to pp. 58-59, accidentally missing pp. 56-57, which requires seeing the original will book at the courthouse. Marlboro County Courthouse, Bennettsville, South Carolina.)
FOR EASE OF READING AND COMPARISON FOR ACCURACY:
Typed Transcript of Book A, Will of Giles Newton, dated 31 Mar 1804; will proven & recorded 21 Oct 1807. (REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Index and Will, Book A, 1787-1853; URL https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9080/images/007649569_00103, images 103-104, pages 68-69.)
COMPILED HISTORIES: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. 2, by Southern Historical Association, 1895, pp. 759-76-; Randolph County Biographical Sketch for H. C. Newton, page 759-760; URL: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/560950-memoirs-of-georgia-containing-historical-accounts-of-the-state-s-civil-military-industrial-and-professional-interests-and-personal-sketches-of-many-of-its-people-v-02.)
In early days I also referred to the book, "Pate, Adams, Newton, and allied families principally in Richmond, Scotland, and Robeson Counties in North Carolina and Marlboro County, South Carolina," by Julia Clair Pate, 1958, pp. 108-110, which provided crucial clues. (URL: "https://archive.org/details/pateadamsnewtona00pate/page/n239/mode/2up, images 239-241-243-245, pages 108-109-110A.)
NEWTON-HERNDON LINE: Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC) & his wife Ann Newton, the sister to Younger Newton (children of Giles Newton & Elizabeth "Betty" Terrell) had such an esteem for each other that they named sons after each other, and the names "Younger" & "Younger Newton" were carried down through the Herndon family. By the late teens and the 1820 US Federal Census, Benjamin's widow, Ann (Newton) Herndon, and the majority of her posterity had migrated into 1820 Stewart Co TN, with some ending up in Trigg Co KY.
MORE DOCUMENTARY INFO is available in the posted Case Studies on webpage (URL: https://familydisambiguation.wordpress.com/).
MARRIAGE: Elizabeth "Betty" Terrell became the wife of Giles Newton Sr. of Caroline Co VA.
MIGRATION: From Caroline County, Virginia, to Charlotte County, Virginia, to Marlboro/ugh District/County, South Carolina.
As a resident of Caroline County, Virginia, Giles Newton supplied "beeves" to the patriot army:
p. 21, Newton, Giles -- 500# beef [value?] L5-4-2. SEE ALSO: p. 14, Herndon, David -- 175# beef [value?] L1-15-5 1/2.
(REF: Book, Virginia Publick Claims: in three volumes, Vol. 1, compiled and transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten, 1992, pages 185, 191. "PREFACE: The Revolutionary Publick Claims and their genealogical value: ..."Auditors accounts still survive in the Virginia State Library and Archives which reflect continuing reliance of military forces on provisioning from the local inhabitants, ... ." For verification, I also viewed microfilms of the original documents at the LDS Family History Library in SLC, UT, now called FamilySearch Library, call number US/CAN 975.5 P28a v.1, "Caroline County Court Booklet II, page 21," see page 185 for county booklet name, page 191 for original page number 21 & Giles Newton contribution.)
IDENTITY PROVEN: This is the correct Giles Newton, his identity proven via successive deeds linking the Newton & Herndon families.
THE MOST CRUCIAL IDENTITY FACTS (AMONG MANY):
FACT-1: At the same period, from Caroline Co VA, both Giles Newton and David Herndon (probable relative, possible father or uncle, of Benjamin Herndon), supplied beef "beeves" to the patriot army.
(REF: Virginia Public Claims, Vol. 1, by Abercrombie and Slatten, 1992, pages 185 (County booklet title), 188 (original page 14 & info on David Herndon contribution.)
FACT-2: Newton-Herndon migration and relationship attested to by deeds.
(A) Residence & Migration Chain proven by evidence in Land Purchase Deed:
(Significance: deed of son-in-law witnessed by father-law)
Date & Place: 14 Dec 1782 • Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Event: Benjamin Herndon of Caroline Co VA bought 200 acres land in Charlotte Co VA.
Witnessed by father-in-law (or soon-to-be) Giles Newton.
(REF: FHL US/CAN Film #30,783 : Virginia, Charlotte County : Deed books, 1765-1900; general indexes to deeds, 1765-1905 Deed books, v. 4-6, 1777-1793, TLC, 1949/1977, page 45.)
(B) Residence & Migration Chain proven by evidence in Witnessing Deed:
(Significance: deed of father-law witnessed by son-in-law)
Date Span & Place: 1784-1787 • Charlotte County, Virginia, USA
Event: Benjamin Herndon, who had acquired 200 acres there on 14 Dec 1782; did also, on 5 Dec 1787, witnessed a land sale of Giles Newton of Charlotte Co VA.
(REF: FHL US/CAN Film #24,111 : Marlboro County, South Carolina conveyance books, 1786-1905 ; indexes to conveyance books, 1786-1973 Conveyances (deeds) v. A-AA 1786-1796, Book A, page 183.)
There are many more proofs among the deeds, but these two are the most important.
FACT-3: The relationship of Giles Newton Sr., Younger Newton, etc., Ann Newton, and Benjamin Herndon are spelled out in the 1804 Will of Giles Newton: Ann Herndon is daughter, Younger Newton is son, Benjamin Herndon is son--in-law; both Younger Newton and Benjamin Herndon were designated "nominated and appointed" as his "executors." (REF: Marlboro Co SC Will Book A, page 53.)
FACT-4: Son-in-law, Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC) Witnessed Will of William Terrell, believed to be brother of Elizabeth (Terrell) Newton and uncle of Ann "Nancy" (Newton) Herndon (1763/64 VA-aft 1830 TN). Date: 22 Oct 1792 • Place: Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Witnessed will of William Terrell [Need to verify whether this is the maternal uncle of Benjamin's wife Ann!] (REF: FHL Book 975.5661 P2h, Halifax Co. Va. Wills 1792-1797, page 73 [orig. pg. 330].)
CHILDREN OF GILES & ELIZABETH (TERRELL) NEWTON:
[1] Younger Newton Sr. (1761/63 VA–1847 SC), married Elizabeth Cargill/Carghill (1765 VA-aft. 1847 SC).
[2] Ann "Nancy" Newton (abt. 1763/64 VA-aft. 1830 TN), married (Pvt) Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC).
[3] Elizabeth Newton (1765 VA–1840 MS), married Thomas Sum/me/ral/l/ (abt. 1763 VA-1854 MS)
[4] Martha Newton (1765/67? VA–1808/40? SC/GA), married Robert Sidney Bullard Sr. (1766 VA-1827 GA) -- Please correct!
[5] Mary Terrell Newton (1769 VA–1798 VA), married Robert Portwood (1763 VA-1829 VA)
[6] James Newton (1771/bef/70? VA–1836 SC), married ?Sarah Terrell (bef 1778 VA-bef 1830 SC)? -- Want verified.
(ADDITIONAL DATES & PLACES which were added above are included merely as clues from the linked descendants of Giles Newton Sr. (URL: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Newton-976.)
ORIGINAL PRIMARY SOURCES (GENEALOGICAL PROOF STANDARD):
Document copies obtained on the 2014 Genealogy Research trip of my father and I, (April 15-20, 2014) to Bennettsville, Marlboro Co SC, researching at the Courthouse, County Clerk's Office, PVA Office, Historical Society and Museum, Marian Edleman Wright Library Genealogy Room, and Bennettsville Visitor's Center, which all provided crucial information. Prior to our research trip, I sent a letter in advance, explaining the known facts, documents, and what we were hoping to learn while there, which created a flow of sequential appointments with informed clerks. Afterward, I sent a public thanks and Informative trip report as a "Letter to the Editor" of the Marlboro Herald Advocate newspaper in Bennettsville. As representative of the Trigg Co KY & Stewart Co TN descendants of the Newton-Herndon branch, I exchanged info with Donald A. "Don" Newton, former president of the Newton Family Reunion Association & supplied Newton-Herndon descendancy info to their historian Anita Stanton via email correspondence in 2018 & 2023.)
REFERENCES FOR KEY DOCUMENTS:
Giles Newton Will dated 1804, probated 1807, at Marlboro County Courthouse, Bennettsville, SC. Seen, handled, and photocopied in person in 2014. Dated 31 Mar 1804. Proven, Recorded & Probated on 21 Oct 1807.
ONLINE ACCESS INFO NOTES: MARLBORO CO SC: PROBATE BOOK ALERT (PERTAINING TO GILES NEWTON): THERE ARE TWO ORIGINAL BOOKS: There are TWO original Will & Probate "A" books digitized & viewable at Ancestry.com.
NEATEST has Giles Newton will & probate on pages 52-53 & 54-55.
(REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Will Books, Vol A, 1787-1881, pages 53-55; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9080/images/007642198_00054, images 54-55 of 500.)
MESSIEST has Giles Newton will on pages 54-55 & 56-57; but ALERT, pages 56-57 missed being digitized.
(REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Will Books, Vol A, 1787-1881, pages 54-57; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/59526:9080, image 365 of 500. FYI: The skipped material should have been on image 366 (pp.56-57), but is NOT, apparently the microfilmer &/or digitizer accidentally turned to pp. 58-59, accidentally missing pp. 56-57, which requires seeing the original will book at the courthouse. Marlboro County Courthouse, Bennettsville, South Carolina.)
FOR EASE OF READING AND COMPARISON FOR ACCURACY:
Typed Transcript of Book A, Will of Giles Newton, dated 31 Mar 1804; will proven & recorded 21 Oct 1807. (REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Index and Will, Book A, 1787-1853; URL https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9080/images/007649569_00103, images 103-104, pages 68-69.)
COMPILED HISTORIES: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. 2, by Southern Historical Association, 1895, pp. 759-76-; Randolph County Biographical Sketch for H. C. Newton, page 759-760; URL: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/560950-memoirs-of-georgia-containing-historical-accounts-of-the-state-s-civil-military-industrial-and-professional-interests-and-personal-sketches-of-many-of-its-people-v-02.)
In early days I also referred to the book, "Pate, Adams, Newton, and allied families principally in Richmond, Scotland, and Robeson Counties in North Carolina and Marlboro County, South Carolina," by Julia Clair Pate, 1958, pp. 108-110, which provided crucial clues. (URL: "https://archive.org/details/pateadamsnewtona00pate/page/n239/mode/2up, images 239-241-243-245, pages 108-109-110A.)
NEWTON-HERNDON LINE: Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC) & his wife Ann Newton, the sister to Younger Newton (children of Giles Newton & Elizabeth "Betty" Terrell) had such an esteem for each other that they named sons after each other, and the names "Younger" & "Younger Newton" were carried down through the Herndon family. By the late teens and the 1820 US Federal Census, Benjamin's widow, Ann (Newton) Herndon, and the majority of her posterity had migrated into 1820 Stewart Co TN, with some ending up in Trigg Co KY.
MORE DOCUMENTARY INFO is available in the posted Case Studies on webpage (URL: https://familydisambiguation.wordpress.com/).
Research Summary by direct descendant, family historian and genealogist, Rose H. Bonnell.
MARRIAGE: Elizabeth "Betty" Terrell became the wife of Giles Newton Sr. of Caroline Co VA.
MIGRATION: From Caroline County, Virginia, to Charlotte County, Virginia, to Marlboro/ugh District/County, South Carolina.
As a resident of Caroline County, Virginia, Giles Newton supplied "beeves" to the patriot army:
p. 21, Newton, Giles -- 500# beef [value?] L5-4-2. SEE ALSO: p. 14, Herndon, David -- 175# beef [value?] L1-15-5 1/2.
(REF: Book, Virginia Publick Claims: in three volumes, Vol. 1, compiled and transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten, 1992, pages 185, 191. "PREFACE: The Revolutionary Publick Claims and their genealogical value: ..."Auditors accounts still survive in the Virginia State Library and Archives which reflect continuing reliance of military forces on provisioning from the local inhabitants, ... ." For verification, I also viewed microfilms of the original documents at the LDS Family History Library in SLC, UT, now called FamilySearch Library, call number US/CAN 975.5 P28a v.1, "Caroline County Court Booklet II, page 21," see page 185 for county booklet name, page 191 for original page number 21 & Giles Newton contribution.)
IDENTITY PROVEN: This is the correct Giles Newton, his identity proven via successive deeds linking the Newton & Herndon families.
THE MOST CRUCIAL IDENTITY FACTS (AMONG MANY):
FACT-1: At the same period, from Caroline Co VA, both Giles Newton and David Herndon (probable relative, possible father or uncle, of Benjamin Herndon), supplied beef "beeves" to the patriot army.
(REF: Virginia Public Claims, Vol. 1, by Abercrombie and Slatten, 1992, pages 185 (County booklet title), 188 (original page 14 & info on David Herndon contribution.)
FACT-2: Newton-Herndon migration and relationship attested to by deeds.
(A) Residence & Migration Chain proven by evidence in Land Purchase Deed:
(Significance: deed of son-in-law witnessed by father-law)
Date & Place: 14 Dec 1782 • Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Event: Benjamin Herndon of Caroline Co VA bought 200 acres land in Charlotte Co VA.
Witnessed by father-in-law (or soon-to-be) Giles Newton.
(REF: FHL US/CAN Film #30,783 : Virginia, Charlotte County : Deed books, 1765-1900; general indexes to deeds, 1765-1905 Deed books, v. 4-6, 1777-1793, TLC, 1949/1977, page 45.)
(B) Residence & Migration Chain proven by evidence in Witnessing Deed:
(Significance: deed of father-law witnessed by son-in-law)
Date Span & Place: 1784-1787 • Charlotte County, Virginia, USA
Event: Benjamin Herndon, who had acquired 200 acres there on 14 Dec 1782; did also, on 5 Dec 1787, witnessed a land sale of Giles Newton of Charlotte Co VA.
(REF: FHL US/CAN Film #24,111 : Marlboro County, South Carolina conveyance books, 1786-1905 ; indexes to conveyance books, 1786-1973 Conveyances (deeds) v. A-AA 1786-1796, Book A, page 183.)
There are many more proofs among the deeds, but these two are the most important.
FACT-3: The relationship of Giles Newton Sr., Younger Newton, etc., Ann Newton, and Benjamin Herndon are spelled out in the 1804 Will of Giles Newton: Ann Herndon is daughter, Younger Newton is son, Benjamin Herndon is son--in-law; both Younger Newton and Benjamin Herndon were designated "nominated and appointed" as his "executors." (REF: Marlboro Co SC Will Book A, page 53.)
FACT-4: Son-in-law, Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC) Witnessed Will of William Terrell, believed to be brother of Elizabeth (Terrell) Newton and uncle of Ann "Nancy" (Newton) Herndon (1763/64 VA-aft 1830 TN). Date: 22 Oct 1792 • Place: Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Witnessed will of William Terrell [Need to verify whether this is the maternal uncle of Benjamin's wife Ann!] (REF: FHL Book 975.5661 P2h, Halifax Co. Va. Wills 1792-1797, page 73 [orig. pg. 330].)
CHILDREN OF GILES & ELIZABETH (TERRELL) NEWTON:
[1] Younger Newton Sr. (1761/63 VA–1847 SC), married Elizabeth Cargill/Carghill (1765 VA-aft. 1847 SC).
[2] Ann "Nancy" Newton (abt. 1763/64 VA-aft. 1830 TN), married (Pvt) Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC).
[3] Elizabeth Newton (1765 VA–1840 MS), married Thomas Sum/me/ral/l/ (abt. 1763 VA-1854 MS)
[4] Martha Newton (1765/67? VA–1808/40? SC/GA), married Robert Sidney Bullard Sr. (1766 VA-1827 GA) -- Please correct!
[5] Mary Terrell Newton (1769 VA–1798 VA), married Robert Portwood (1763 VA-1829 VA)
[6] James Newton (1771/bef/70? VA–1836 SC), married ?Sarah Terrell (bef 1778 VA-bef 1830 SC)? -- Want verified.
(ADDITIONAL DATES & PLACES which were added above are included merely as clues from the linked descendants of Giles Newton Sr. (URL: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Newton-976.)
ORIGINAL PRIMARY SOURCES (GENEALOGICAL PROOF STANDARD):
Document copies obtained on the 2014 Genealogy Research trip of my father and I, (April 15-20, 2014) to Bennettsville, Marlboro Co SC, researching at the Courthouse, County Clerk's Office, PVA Office, Historical Society and Museum, Marian Edleman Wright Library Genealogy Room, and Bennettsville Visitor's Center, which all provided crucial information. Prior to our research trip, I sent a letter in advance, explaining the known facts, documents, and what we were hoping to learn while there, which created a flow of sequential appointments with informed clerks. Afterward, I sent a public thanks and Informative trip report as a "Letter to the Editor" of the Marlboro Herald Advocate newspaper in Bennettsville. As representative of the Trigg Co KY & Stewart Co TN descendants of the Newton-Herndon branch, I exchanged info with Donald A. "Don" Newton, former president of the Newton Family Reunion Association & supplied Newton-Herndon descendancy info to their historian Anita Stanton via email correspondence in 2018 & 2023.)
REFERENCES FOR KEY DOCUMENTS:
Giles Newton Will dated 1804, probated 1807, at Marlboro County Courthouse, Bennettsville, SC. Seen, handled, and photocopied in person in 2014. Dated 31 Mar 1804. Proven, Recorded & Probated on 21 Oct 1807.
ONLINE ACCESS INFO NOTES: MARLBORO CO SC: PROBATE BOOK ALERT (PERTAINING TO GILES NEWTON): THERE ARE TWO ORIGINAL BOOKS: There are TWO original Will & Probate "A" books digitized & viewable at Ancestry.com.
NEATEST has Giles Newton will & probate on pages 52-53 & 54-55.
(REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Will Books, Vol A, 1787-1881, pages 53-55; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9080/images/007642198_00054, images 54-55 of 500.)
MESSIEST has Giles Newton will on pages 54-55 & 56-57; but ALERT, pages 56-57 missed being digitized.
(REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Will Books, Vol A, 1787-1881, pages 54-57; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/59526:9080, image 365 of 500. FYI: The skipped material should have been on image 366 (pp.56-57), but is NOT, apparently the microfilmer &/or digitizer accidentally turned to pp. 58-59, accidentally missing pp. 56-57, which requires seeing the original will book at the courthouse. Marlboro County Courthouse, Bennettsville, South Carolina.)
FOR EASE OF READING AND COMPARISON FOR ACCURACY:
Typed Transcript of Book A, Will of Giles Newton, dated 31 Mar 1804; will proven & recorded 21 Oct 1807. (REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Index and Will, Book A, 1787-1853; URL https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9080/images/007649569_00103, images 103-104, pages 68-69.)
COMPILED HISTORIES: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. 2, by Southern Historical Association, 1895, pp. 759-76-; Randolph County Biographical Sketch for H. C. Newton, page 759-760; URL: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/560950-memoirs-of-georgia-containing-historical-accounts-of-the-state-s-civil-military-industrial-and-professional-interests-and-personal-sketches-of-many-of-its-people-v-02.)
In early days I also referred to the book, "Pate, Adams, Newton, and allied families principally in Richmond, Scotland, and Robeson Counties in North Carolina and Marlboro County, South Carolina," by Julia Clair Pate, 1958, pp. 108-110, which provided crucial clues. (URL: "https://archive.org/details/pateadamsnewtona00pate/page/n239/mode/2up, images 239-241-243-245, pages 108-109-110A.)
NEWTON-HERNDON LINE: Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC) & his wife Ann Newton, the sister to Younger Newton (children of Giles Newton & Elizabeth "Betty" Terrell) had such an esteem for each other that they named sons after each other, and the names "Younger" & "Younger Newton" were carried down through the Herndon family. By the late teens and the 1820 US Federal Census, Benjamin's widow, Ann (Newton) Herndon, and the majority of her posterity had migrated into 1820 Stewart Co TN, with some ending up in Trigg Co KY.
MORE DOCUMENTARY INFO is available in the posted Case Studies on webpage (URL: https://familydisambiguation.wordpress.com/).
MARRIAGE: Elizabeth "Betty" Terrell became the wife of Giles Newton Sr. of Caroline Co VA.
MIGRATION: From Caroline County, Virginia, to Charlotte County, Virginia, to Marlboro/ugh District/County, South Carolina.
As a resident of Caroline County, Virginia, Giles Newton supplied "beeves" to the patriot army:
p. 21, Newton, Giles -- 500# beef [value?] L5-4-2. SEE ALSO: p. 14, Herndon, David -- 175# beef [value?] L1-15-5 1/2.
(REF: Book, Virginia Publick Claims: in three volumes, Vol. 1, compiled and transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten, 1992, pages 185, 191. "PREFACE: The Revolutionary Publick Claims and their genealogical value: ..."Auditors accounts still survive in the Virginia State Library and Archives which reflect continuing reliance of military forces on provisioning from the local inhabitants, ... ." For verification, I also viewed microfilms of the original documents at the LDS Family History Library in SLC, UT, now called FamilySearch Library, call number US/CAN 975.5 P28a v.1, "Caroline County Court Booklet II, page 21," see page 185 for county booklet name, page 191 for original page number 21 & Giles Newton contribution.)
IDENTITY PROVEN: This is the correct Giles Newton, his identity proven via successive deeds linking the Newton & Herndon families.
THE MOST CRUCIAL IDENTITY FACTS (AMONG MANY):
FACT-1: At the same period, from Caroline Co VA, both Giles Newton and David Herndon (probable relative, possible father or uncle, of Benjamin Herndon), supplied beef "beeves" to the patriot army.
(REF: Virginia Public Claims, Vol. 1, by Abercrombie and Slatten, 1992, pages 185 (County booklet title), 188 (original page 14 & info on David Herndon contribution.)
FACT-2: Newton-Herndon migration and relationship attested to by deeds.
(A) Residence & Migration Chain proven by evidence in Land Purchase Deed:
(Significance: deed of son-in-law witnessed by father-law)
Date & Place: 14 Dec 1782 • Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Event: Benjamin Herndon of Caroline Co VA bought 200 acres land in Charlotte Co VA.
Witnessed by father-in-law (or soon-to-be) Giles Newton.
(REF: FHL US/CAN Film #30,783 : Virginia, Charlotte County : Deed books, 1765-1900; general indexes to deeds, 1765-1905 Deed books, v. 4-6, 1777-1793, TLC, 1949/1977, page 45.)
(B) Residence & Migration Chain proven by evidence in Witnessing Deed:
(Significance: deed of father-law witnessed by son-in-law)
Date Span & Place: 1784-1787 • Charlotte County, Virginia, USA
Event: Benjamin Herndon, who had acquired 200 acres there on 14 Dec 1782; did also, on 5 Dec 1787, witnessed a land sale of Giles Newton of Charlotte Co VA.
(REF: FHL US/CAN Film #24,111 : Marlboro County, South Carolina conveyance books, 1786-1905 ; indexes to conveyance books, 1786-1973 Conveyances (deeds) v. A-AA 1786-1796, Book A, page 183.)
There are many more proofs among the deeds, but these two are the most important.
FACT-3: The relationship of Giles Newton Sr., Younger Newton, etc., Ann Newton, and Benjamin Herndon are spelled out in the 1804 Will of Giles Newton: Ann Herndon is daughter, Younger Newton is son, Benjamin Herndon is son--in-law; both Younger Newton and Benjamin Herndon were designated "nominated and appointed" as his "executors." (REF: Marlboro Co SC Will Book A, page 53.)
FACT-4: Son-in-law, Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC) Witnessed Will of William Terrell, believed to be brother of Elizabeth (Terrell) Newton and uncle of Ann "Nancy" (Newton) Herndon (1763/64 VA-aft 1830 TN). Date: 22 Oct 1792 • Place: Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Witnessed will of William Terrell [Need to verify whether this is the maternal uncle of Benjamin's wife Ann!] (REF: FHL Book 975.5661 P2h, Halifax Co. Va. Wills 1792-1797, page 73 [orig. pg. 330].)
CHILDREN OF GILES & ELIZABETH (TERRELL) NEWTON:
[1] Younger Newton Sr. (1761/63 VA–1847 SC), married Elizabeth Cargill/Carghill (1765 VA-aft. 1847 SC).
[2] Ann "Nancy" Newton (abt. 1763/64 VA-aft. 1830 TN), married (Pvt) Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC).
[3] Elizabeth Newton (1765 VA–1840 MS), married Thomas Sum/me/ral/l/ (abt. 1763 VA-1854 MS)
[4] Martha Newton (1765/67? VA–1808/40? SC/GA), married Robert Sidney Bullard Sr. (1766 VA-1827 GA) -- Please correct!
[5] Mary Terrell Newton (1769 VA–1798 VA), married Robert Portwood (1763 VA-1829 VA)
[6] James Newton (1771/bef/70? VA–1836 SC), married ?Sarah Terrell (bef 1778 VA-bef 1830 SC)? -- Want verified.
(ADDITIONAL DATES & PLACES which were added above are included merely as clues from the linked descendants of Giles Newton Sr. (URL: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Newton-976.)
ORIGINAL PRIMARY SOURCES (GENEALOGICAL PROOF STANDARD):
Document copies obtained on the 2014 Genealogy Research trip of my father and I, (April 15-20, 2014) to Bennettsville, Marlboro Co SC, researching at the Courthouse, County Clerk's Office, PVA Office, Historical Society and Museum, Marian Edleman Wright Library Genealogy Room, and Bennettsville Visitor's Center, which all provided crucial information. Prior to our research trip, I sent a letter in advance, explaining the known facts, documents, and what we were hoping to learn while there, which created a flow of sequential appointments with informed clerks. Afterward, I sent a public thanks and Informative trip report as a "Letter to the Editor" of the Marlboro Herald Advocate newspaper in Bennettsville. As representative of the Trigg Co KY & Stewart Co TN descendants of the Newton-Herndon branch, I exchanged info with Donald A. "Don" Newton, former president of the Newton Family Reunion Association & supplied Newton-Herndon descendancy info to their historian Anita Stanton via email correspondence in 2018 & 2023.)
REFERENCES FOR KEY DOCUMENTS:
Giles Newton Will dated 1804, probated 1807, at Marlboro County Courthouse, Bennettsville, SC. Seen, handled, and photocopied in person in 2014. Dated 31 Mar 1804. Proven, Recorded & Probated on 21 Oct 1807.
ONLINE ACCESS INFO NOTES: MARLBORO CO SC: PROBATE BOOK ALERT (PERTAINING TO GILES NEWTON): THERE ARE TWO ORIGINAL BOOKS: There are TWO original Will & Probate "A" books digitized & viewable at Ancestry.com.
NEATEST has Giles Newton will & probate on pages 52-53 & 54-55.
(REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Will Books, Vol A, 1787-1881, pages 53-55; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9080/images/007642198_00054, images 54-55 of 500.)
MESSIEST has Giles Newton will on pages 54-55 & 56-57; but ALERT, pages 56-57 missed being digitized.
(REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Will Books, Vol A, 1787-1881, pages 54-57; URL: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/59526:9080, image 365 of 500. FYI: The skipped material should have been on image 366 (pp.56-57), but is NOT, apparently the microfilmer &/or digitizer accidentally turned to pp. 58-59, accidentally missing pp. 56-57, which requires seeing the original will book at the courthouse. Marlboro County Courthouse, Bennettsville, South Carolina.)
FOR EASE OF READING AND COMPARISON FOR ACCURACY:
Typed Transcript of Book A, Will of Giles Newton, dated 31 Mar 1804; will proven & recorded 21 Oct 1807. (REF: South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, a 2015 database, Marlboro Index and Will, Book A, 1787-1853; URL https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9080/images/007649569_00103, images 103-104, pages 68-69.)
COMPILED HISTORIES: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. 2, by Southern Historical Association, 1895, pp. 759-76-; Randolph County Biographical Sketch for H. C. Newton, page 759-760; URL: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/560950-memoirs-of-georgia-containing-historical-accounts-of-the-state-s-civil-military-industrial-and-professional-interests-and-personal-sketches-of-many-of-its-people-v-02.)
In early days I also referred to the book, "Pate, Adams, Newton, and allied families principally in Richmond, Scotland, and Robeson Counties in North Carolina and Marlboro County, South Carolina," by Julia Clair Pate, 1958, pp. 108-110, which provided crucial clues. (URL: "https://archive.org/details/pateadamsnewtona00pate/page/n239/mode/2up, images 239-241-243-245, pages 108-109-110A.)
NEWTON-HERNDON LINE: Benjamin Herndon (1760 VA-1814 SC) & his wife Ann Newton, the sister to Younger Newton (children of Giles Newton & Elizabeth "Betty" Terrell) had such an esteem for each other that they named sons after each other, and the names "Younger" & "Younger Newton" were carried down through the Herndon family. By the late teens and the 1820 US Federal Census, Benjamin's widow, Ann (Newton) Herndon, and the majority of her posterity had migrated into 1820 Stewart Co TN, with some ending up in Trigg Co KY.
MORE DOCUMENTARY INFO is available in the posted Case Studies on webpage (URL: https://familydisambiguation.wordpress.com/).
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