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- From Colonial Families of America----
"Jethro New enlisted in the Army about 1778, under Captain Rhodes; he witnessed, as a guard, the execution of the unfortunate Major Andre; fought at the battle of Cowpens and saw the surrender of Cornwallis; removed, after the war to North Carolina; and from there went to Gallatin, Kentucky; finally settled in Jennings County, Indiana,"
- News in Indiana Marriages Through 1850 [Jefferson & Jennings Co]
John B. New m. Amanda Eccles 9 Aug 1849 Jefferson Co
Malinda Jane New m. Arnold Custer 10 May 1839 Jefferson Co
Emily New m. Preston Branham 11 Aug 1845 Jennings Co
Samuel New m. Louisa Higbee 29 March 1840 Jefferson Co
- Kentucky Marriages to 1850
New, Jethro married Thomas, Agnes on 24 Sep 1813 in Gallatin County, Kentucky
- Jethro New (1760-1836) enlisted, 1778, serving under Capt. Rhodes. He witnessed, as a guard, the execution of the unfortunate Major Andre; fought in the battle of Cowpens, and saw the surrender of Cornwallis; was at the siege of Yorktown. Removed, after the war to North Carolina; and from there went to Gallatin, Kentucky; He was born in Virginia; died in Vernon, Ind.
- John André (1750-1780)
John André was the aide de camp of Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander-in-chief.
André purchased a commission as second lieutenant in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1771. In 1774 he joined a regiment in Quebec, where he pursued his first love of poetry and painting. In September and October 1775, American troops laid siege to his fort at St. Johns. He was captured, brought back to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and treated roughly. His days as a prisoner turned him against the American rebels. The Americans finally exchanged him in 1776, and he met up with British troops in New York City. Sir William Howe was especially interested in the information André had learned behindthe American lines. André then purchased a position as captain and become General Charles Grey's aide. He became known for behaving ruthlessly and aggressively on the battlefield. In 1778 André joined the staff of Henry Clinton, General Howe's replacement. Clinton made him head of intelligence in April 1779. André successfully kept track of intelligence from American disserters and British prisoners who had escaped or were exchanged. André's most famous success was the treachery of Benedict Arnold. As a result, Clinton promoted André rapidly, from deputy to adjutant general in October 1779. Yet Benedict Arnold was also André's downfall. Three American militiamen captured André, who was dressed in civilian clothes with a treasonous letter from Clinton to Arnold in his shoe. Andréwas tried with a court martial. Found guilty, he begged George Washington to shoot him as a gentlemen instead of hanging him as a spy. Nevertheless, he was hanged as a spy in Tappan, New York on October 2, 178
- Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
Name
Location Reference
NEW, Jethro Vernon IN 56 Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.3, p. —Serial: 11999; Volume: 8
- Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type Database ID#
1800 NEW JETHRO Gallatin County KY No Township Listed Tax list KY Early Census Index KYS1a2280332
- 1810 NEW JETHRO Gallatin County KY 187 31201-02101-00 Federal Population Schedule KY 1810 Federal Census Index KYS1a2280331
- 1820 NEW JETHRO Gallatin County KY 120 No Township
Listed Federal Population Schedule KY 1820 Federal Census Index KY3535409
- From "The Family of New" by Ann Wall Algood and Janet (New) Huff.
Page 169
Jethro New resided in Deleware during the war.
It also states that Jethro was born in Virginia.
- In his Will, Jethro disinherited his second wife Agnes (Maddox) Thomas, leaving her 50 cents.
- Indiana’s Revolutionary Ancestors
Office of the Registrar
- List of Members & Revolutionary Ancestors
State of Indiana
No. NAME IN FULLBy RIGHT OF DESCENT FROM
286 Harry S. New Major Jethro New, Continental Army, N.C.
- List of Members & Revolutionary Ancestors
State of Indiana
No. NAME IN FULLBy RIGHT OF DESCENT FROM
286 Harry S. New Major Jethro New, Continental Army, N.C.
- W, Jethro
Birth Date: 1757 Birth Place: Delaware
Volume: 124 Page Number: 162
Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 18 Jul 1928, 74
- NEW, Jethro
Birth Date: 175? Birth Place: Delaware,
Volume: 124 Page Number: 162
Biographical Info: Rev.War
Reference: :646, 766, 1210
- News in Indiana Marriages Through 1850 [Jefferson & Jennings Co]
John B. New m. Amanda Eccles 9 Aug 1849 Jefferson Co
Malinda Jane New m. Arnold Custer 10 May 1839 Jefferson Co
Emily New m. Preston Branham 11 Aug 1845 Jennings Co
Samuel New m. Louisa Higbee 29 March 1840 Jefferson Co
- There was a tremendous amount of confusion after the end of the Revolutionary War when settlers started on their trek to Kentucky which was not even a state at the time. Surveys, land claims - all were confusing. Settlers would accidentally settle on someone else's claim, or build a cabin on land set aside for the Virginia soldiers. Property lines were poorly marked and likely, changed by an eager settler who wanted a piece of land that had already been claimed. Deeds were sometimes lost, mixed up in the recorder's office or never filed at all. The result was many bitter land squabbles, law suits and frustration.
- To the surveyor, Kentucky presented an awesome and fearful task. Due to the physical layout of the land, they weren't facing thousands of acres of flatland ... Kentucky was an area of dense undergrowth, hills, creeks and Native Americans who didn't take too kindly to the white man's encroachment of their hunting grounds. Many wanna-be surveyors just couldn't understand the use of the instruments needed nor have a knowledge of plane geometry. Kentucky established in 1779-80 a land court to handle the conflicting claims and erroneous surveys, but it didn't provide any training for surveyors. Thus, the Virginia survey laws were used in Kentucky until 1794 - two years after statehood. Kentucky after 1792 was more concerned about establishing the true boundaries of the state than worrying about boundaries between settlers. I have written before in a previous tip about the problems and fights over the state boundaries. It is noted in the Kentucky Encyclopedia that "As late as 1990, boundaries were labeled "indefinite" on the topographical maps of the U.S. Geological Society." (page 862).
- Depending on the education of the surveyor, some surveys are beautifully done, accurate and easy to locate. Others are a nightmare. Some were so vague that for many years the land owners were not certain if they were clearing timberland on their land or their neighbors! Since many of the surveyors had to use trees marked with a slash as a property line, if he called a yellow poplar a white poplaror an oak a maple .... you can see what problem this might cause!
- Surveyors used as one of their instruments a "Jacob's Staff". This had been used as far back as George Washington and was the main surveying instrument. It was a one-legged staff on which was mountedan open-face brass compass. It could be tilted in order to balance the directional needle. They sighted through twin forks centered by hair-thin wires. It was light-weight, easily set up and taken down and was carried by the assistant surveyor. Distance measurements were taken in terms of "poles" A pole = sixteen and ½ feet long. Looped-wire chains were made up of sixteen inch segments; and the full chain was four poles in length. So, the surveyor had to hire chain carriers who couldn't be a 98 pound weakling! If you will use your imagination, you can easily see the problems with using these chains.
(1) with the terrain in which they were working, the chain carriers couldn't just lay the chain out straight on the ground many times. They were going around trees, over brush, up and down hills. (2)the chain was dragged (snagging often I would assume!), and the wear and tear on the chain caused the "joints" or links to wear out and be inaccurate.
- Another dirty little secret of many of the surveyors in eastern Kentucky was their lack of even trying. Land was so cheap there that they didn't feel it was worth their time to spend much effort on surveying accurately. One surveyor, doing a conscientious job could not survey 500 acres in one day. Yet many of the surveyors did and just added the words which we've all seen so many times: "500 acres more or less". This was a legal protection for them but some surveyors really took advantage of the term!
- Today's surveyor is a far cry from the old timers. Modern tools, knowledge of the higher math, satellites ... although still a strenuous job, is a far cry from what these old-time surveyors lived through. But I wonder how many present-day surveyors would like to go back in time for a day or so and walk along side the surveying party?
- Picture for just a moment what it would have been like. The surveyor might have been a big man, attired more like an Indian than a white man. Long heavy britches to protect his legs against the undergrowth. Stout shoes (although some men wore Indian moccasins) to guarantee, hopefully, a steady step. A bag around his neck and shoulders containing his survey books. By his side trod the deputy or assistant surveyor. He might have been a younger man who was in training to become a surveyor himself. Eager, of quick step to keep up with the surveyor, carrying the priceless and scarce surveying tools carefully as they waded creeks, climbed knobs, thrashed through the under brush. Axes were carried to make the slash marks in the trees or cut back brush so they could find their way. Food was a necessity as they might spend many days in the woods, or they might have relied on their hunting skills. Behind them were the chain carriers. These two men were normally neighbors or friends of the man having the survey done; they wanted to be sure the surveyor didn't stray into their land. Or, if there were no neighbors yet, men who had been hired by the surveyor to drag those painfully heavy chains.
- They might have plodded silently for miles, stopping only to catch their breath, check the compass or have some vittles. They heard nothing but the call of the birds, the howls of the wild animals, the gentle splashing of the creek ahead. Indians they never heard; they were the masters of silent movement. Ever alert as they walked or rested they sought a glimpse of the enemy. The gear grew heavier every step until they reached what the surveyor had been guaranteed was the beginning of the landowner's property. The settler likely met them there and showed the proof that he had been granted 400acres of 2nd class land here. How would you have determined where to start? How much is 400 acres when you're staring across virgin timberland? Marking that first tree or piling stones up to make a marker, the men worked through the day. Trees were climbed to get a better view of what lie ahead. Mosquitoes stung. Flies darted around the sweating faces of the men. Rocks, hidden in the underbrush, tripped up the deputy surveyor causing him to sprawl across the rocky ground and blood spurted from his face. His face turned red in shame lest the surveyor felt him not adequate to the task. Indians popping out from behind a tree with tomahawks possibly drawn causing the party to retreat. Rest at night by a campfire with one eye open for danger. But the beauty of what they had seen that day could not be explained on the surveyor's page. Grasses so tall that it came up to the belly of their horses. Streams so pure that they gulped from its crystal goodness. Birds of every variety flying overhead with their encouraging song. Animals standing back from fear of the human form. Trees reaching to the heavens it seemed. They were where no man had gone before. This was, in the early days, their final frontier.
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jethro New (September 20, 1757 – July 25, 1827) was an 18th century American frontiersman and Continental Army officer during the American Revolutionary War, at one time serving as an aid to General George Washington. He was a prominent settler in North Carolina and Kentucky as well as being among the first families to arrive in Jennings County, Indiana.
Of his twelve children, his son Hickman New was a minister of the Disciples of Christ and his son Robert New was the first Secretary of State following Indiana'a admission into the United States. His youngest son Jeptha Dudley New was a state representitive of Indiana in the United States Congress from 1879 to 1881. [1]
Biography
Born in Kent County, Delaware, he enlisted in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Serving under Captain Rhodes in the 2nd Delaware Regiment, [1] he saw action at the Battle of Cowpens, the Siege of Yorktown and was present at the execution of British spy Major John André in 1780. Captured by the British at one point, he was tied to a horse and forced to walk several miles on muddy roads. After his release, he became an aide to General George Washington at Valley Forge. [2]
Following the war, he married Sarah Bowman in North Carolina and together had 12 children. Sarah Bowman was one of the daughters of Virginia pioneer George Bowman and, in 1785, he moved his family to Kentucky County to join his brothers-in-law Abraham, Isaac and John Jacob Bowman who had settled in the area nearly a decade before. After his wife died in 1813, he and his family moved from Gallatin County, Kentucky to Jefferson County, Indiana in 1822 [1] and later to Vernon, Indiana.
He died there in 1827 and later buried in the lower part of Vernon Cemetery. [2]
References
1. ^ a b c Wayland, John W. A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. (pg. 587-588) ISBN 0-8063-8011-X
2. ^ a b Jennings County Historical Society. Jennings County, Indiana, 1816-1999. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Compan
y, 1999. (pg. 277) ISBN 1-56311-521-2
- BIRTH-MAR-DEATH:
1) Records of Clarence New, Albuquerque, NM, New researcher.
2) Some of the data on Jethro and his children from "Family Records" in possession of David Christian, see file.
3) Jennings Co, IN, Will and Probate Rec.
4) CONFLICT:Other records state his b year as possibly 1760 and d year as possibly 1825 or 1827. Grave marker (added later) gives 1827 date. 5)Data received via e-mail 9 Jul 1999 and taken from LDS Web site, shows Jethro's father as John New and mother as Mary Patience HICKMAN. This would explain the name given to Jethro's youngest son, Hickman New.
MAR:"Kentucky Ancestors," Vol. 14, No. 4, April, 1979, p. 204. New, Jethro to Agnes Thomas. Married Sept 24, 1813 by Rev. Wm. Morgan.
PROBATE: Jennings Co., IN, Will Book 1 - 1818-1830. Oct. 19, 1824: Jethro New's Will. In the name of God Amen. I Jethro New of the county of Jenning and State of Indiana considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind & memory Blessed be almighty God for the same Do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following Viz. 1st that all my just debts after my decease be paid out of my personal Estate 2nd I Do Give and bequeath to my wife Agness New the sum of Fifty cents to be paid in money & no More [NOTE: The will ends here; it appears that the complete will was not written, but no notation or reason is noted in the record.]
LAND RECORDS:
1) Guilford Co, NC Deed Rec.
2) Gallatin Co KY Deed Rec Bk. b-160, dated 14 Oct 1809; Jethro New from David Maddox.
3) "Jethro New of Jennings County, Indiana" bought land 4 Oct 1824; W1/2 NE1/4 Sec. 26 T6N R8E of District of Jeffersonville, IN, Cert. #859, p.332.
4) "Jethro New of Owen County, Kentucky" bought land 4 Oct 1826; NW1/4 of Sec. 26 T6N R8E, District of Jeffersonville, IN, Cert. #811, p. 294.
RESIDED: Jethro went to NC between years 1782 and 1786; to KY fall of 1794 near "Dry Run" in Franklin Co & stayed 5 years; later to farm near New Liberty, Gallatin Co on Eagle Creek (now Owen Co, KY.)
HISTORY: Transcription of a photo-copied newspaper article in possession of David G. Christian of Adelphi, NC. Sent to me by Mrs. Lynn Livenick of Hickory Hills, IL. in Mar of 1984. The article was in a genealogy column--no date or name of newspaper is given. It is very faded and some of the words and dates difficult to read. "273. New--Jethro (350) Data taken from autobiography written by my grandfather, John B. New, son of Jethro New, in 1862 ten years before his death, for a book entitled "Pioneer Preachers of Indiana." He states his father, Jethro New, was born in Kent county, Delaware, Sept. 20, 1757, and died at home of his son, John New, in Vernon, Ind., in 1827. Jethro New migrated to Kentucky in the fall of 1794. He first settled at a place called "Dry Run" in Franklin county, where he resided for five years, owning later a farm of 300 acres near where the town of New Liberty, KY is (?) now standing. He was a prosperous man for his time, but left Kentucky for Indiana because of slavery, and would not continue to live in a slave state. He had twelve children: William, married Susan Baker; Robert, married Susan Taylor; John Bowman, married Marie Chalfant, Dec. 19, 1818; George Washington, died 18?? (possibly 1825 but more probably 1814 in severe epidemic) unmarried; James, married 1) Eliza Tarbet, 2) Hulda Stoll; Jeptha, unmarried; Hickman, married Samira Anne Smythe; Mary, married Nathan Baker; Elizabeth, married William Harrod; Amelia, married John Sipple; Sarah--Lowe or Brackett; Nancy, married Thomas Cochran. Jethro New married Sarah Bowman, who was born in Kent county, Delaware, May 15, 1764, daughter of Henry [sic] Bowman, prominent in Sussex and Kent counties. In the province of Pennsylvania, he was a large land owner, a member of the Assembly under William Penn's government, 1683-1687 [sic]. One of Sarah Bowman's brothers was with George Rogers Clark's expedition. Jethro New's father was Henry [sic] New, lived in Kent county, Delaware, where Jethro was born. We have no knowledge of him other than his name.
Jethro served in the Revolution in Capt. Richard Dollivers (?) company, 2d Delaware regiment; Col. Henry Neill or O'Neill. Delaware state archives Vol. #? (poss. Vol. 2) Page (poss) 766. (Another source does give ref. as Vol. 2, p. 766.)
MILITARY: Delaware Military Archives, Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA; Call #F161D29, V. 1, 2, 3: Entries re Jethro New.
P. 1210 --
Extr. from State Auditor's Journal Pay of Col. Neill's reg.
7 Jun 1788
P. 646 -- Soldier, 2nd Del. Reg't
Col. Henry Neill
P. 766 -- A return of Rich'd Dallinar's Co. & time of enlistment.
Jetro [sic] New Nov 6 (no year stated.)
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1757 - 1827 (69 år)
