Samuel Newberry Jr.1

M, #17986, b. Dec 25, 1773, d. Feb 12, 1857
Pedigree

Family

Nancy Eunice Powers b. Apr 4, 1771, d. Feb 13, 1862
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*Dec 25, 1773 Samuel Newberry Jr. was born on Dec 25, 1773 at Bland County, Virginia, United States.1 
Marriage*circa 1796 He married Nancy Eunice Powers, daughter of Jonas Powers Jr. and Jerusha Harmon, circa 1796.1 
Death*Feb 12, 1857 Samuel Newberry Jr. died on Feb 12, 1857, at age 83 at Wythe County, Virginia, United States.2 
Burial*Feb 13, 1857 He was buried on Feb 13, 1857 at Newberry Cemetery, Bland County, Virginia, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 112154553.3 
Book Excerpt* 
Samuel Jr. was not destined to become a farmer as his sole occupation in life. Born December 25, 1773 in what is now Bland County, then known as Montgomery County. He was bound under the terms of his fathers will to Andrew Crockett to learn the trade of Blacksmith. Montgomery Co. Deed Book B, page 129. He was licensed to preach as a Methodist minister July 4, 1812 at a place called Nicewanders Meeting House in 1812. His library consisted of the Bible and Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress, and his circuit commenced at Saltville and extended up to the head of North Holston, down Walkers Creek to New River at Narrows, up Wolf Creek so as to include Clear Fork and Burkes Garden. Think of the extent of this territory and you have an idea of his work. The county was an original forest with no churches, no school houses and the nearest post office twenty-five miles away with few contacts with other places. Samuel erected a church in Bland County Virgina known as Newberry Chapel which existed until 1960 (from Jane Newberry via Jami Hamilton). The old Newberry Chapel is no longer in existance. However, one of Samuels descendents has placed a hughe granite marker on the spot where it stood. Samuel Newberry is listed as Minister several times in the Virginia Historic Marriage Register for Wythe County Marriages 1790-1850. This is further borne out in the "History of Bland County Viriginia" article on the Newberry's Samuel II remained at his father's homestead as most of the others went to Wise
County, some on West and some to Tennessee. He married Eunice Powers whose family came from Vermont and settled in what is now the eastern part of Bland County. Together they had a total of ten children: Mary, Henry, Jerusha, Allen, Taylor, Ellizabeth, Julia, Nancy, Jane, Lucinda and Esther. All were given an education above the average as the conditions of the country would at that time permit. He also started them all on the road to permanent independence. This generation, too, scattered to other sections. Henry went to Missouri and then Texas where one of his sons was treasurer of Haraman County, Tx. His daugher Elizabeth married John Baldwin and went to Tennessee in the early part of 1800. Three of her grandsons in one family became Methodist ministers. Elizabeth married Rev. Reuben Steele and they lived in Scott County, Virginia.
Julia married Dunn Bogle;
Jerusha married Jame Robinette;
Nancy married Jonas Powers;
Jane married a Mr. Bogle;
Lucinda married John Henderson;
Mary married Alexander Suiter; and
Esther married George Suiter.2
 

Citations

  1. [S805] Site - One World Tree (SM), online at http://www.ancestry.com
  2. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  3. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.