Mary Amanda Morton Newsom

Mrs. Mary Amanda Morton Newsom
Died:  Aug 6th 1953 1:25am
Age:  78
Services:  Rover Baptist church on Friday Aug 7th 1953
Burial:  Simpson Cemetery
Lawrence Funeral Home in charge of services
Parents:  Elijah & Mary Culverhouse Morton
Husband:  Jerry Newsom(d. 1935)
Member of Baptist Church
Lifelong Bedford Co. resident

Survivors
Daughters:  Mrs. Albert Hudson of Rover & Mrs. Tanner Farris of Rockvale
Sons:      Frank Newsom of Morrison
                    Roy Newsom of Nashville
            Howard Newsom of Christiana
            James P Newsom of Rover Community
18 Grandchildren
7 Great Grandchildren
One sister, Mrs. Anna Anthony of Lakeland Florida
Two Half-brothers:  Jacob Morton & Robert Morton of Rockvale

Source:

"Mrs. Mary Morton Newsom," Nashville Banner, 6 August 1953, p. 10, col 2; digital images, Newspapers.com(https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 15 April 2023).

North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection

After Elvira's sister, Abigail Allen made the statement about the length of the prayer given by the minister at Elvira and William's marriage ceremony(1786) I had to go looking to see what I could find about him.  His name was Jacob Crocker and as she mentioned he was a Baptist preacher.  Wake Forrest has a great NC Baptist Historical Collection  So far I've searched the NC Baptist Biographical Files Collection.  In it I found not only Jacob Crocker, but some family information within his file which showed interaction with the Winston family(they are connected to the Shem Cooke descendants).  There was also a card for Roland Cooke within that collection with a notation of Records and an additional item to check.  

In addition to the previously mentioned NC Baptist Biographical Files Collection you can also find:

• Baptist Newspapers 
• Baptist State Convention of NC Digital Collection
• Books & Pamphlets
• NC Baptist Church Records & Association Files
• Religion in NC Project

If your family was of the Baptist faith in the area around the Carolinas it wouldn't hurt to check out this collection.  There is a good bit available online. Visit this page to check out the library catalog, finding aids and more.

"U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900," database with images, Ancestry(https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/26266:1995?tid=77121678 : accessed 12 February 2023), H > Harris, William - Hawley, James > Harrison, Sarah - Harsin, Garret > image 381-473 of 1112: citing NARA microfilm publication M804, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.[Image is from the portion of the War Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Application File of Elvira Harrison which includes a sworn statement by her sister Abigail Allen who lived one county to the west of Elvira at the time of her application.  Abigail was in attendance at the wedding of her sister to Wm Harrison and detailed her memories of the ceremony]

Elvira Harrison's Bounty Land Warrant File

From the Bounty Land Warrant file of Elvira Harrison, widow of William Harrison

(There are lots more tidbits of information within the pages but these are some of the highlights.)

William Harrison(1750-22 Jan 1833)
Appointed & commissioned a Lieutenant of Capt. John Macon's Company of the continental army of the US during the Rev War in Nov 1776 of the NC continental line in the 7th Reg commanded by Col James Hogan.  He served for 15 months.  Was at Brandywine and Germantown both battles were won by British

Included is a statement from Capt. Macon 17 Jan 1820 from Maury Co TN

Elvira States they were married 14 of February 1786 at Cannon Cooper's home.  The signed statements from Charles Allen & Abigail Allen indicate that they can't remember the year(they gave a date range.) Charles said he was not at the wedding but knew them to be married.  Abigail was at the wedding which she said was in Warren Co NC.  She recalled that Wm and Elvira were married by a Baptist preacher named Jacob Crocker.  According to Abigail, Elvira wore her bonnet and the preacher made such a long prayer during the ceremony that she told him that when she was married she would not get him to perform the ceremony.

Records show the Marriage bond in Granville Co NC was made Jan 4th 1786.

Elvira includes a list of her children and their dates of birth but says "the first Sarah Harrison was born May 17th in the year seventeen hundred & eighty seven.  The original record from which this list was taken was in an old Dictionary which was sold to one Stephen Lynch and the record afterward destroyed."

April 18th 1843 when Elvira files for increase  Hiram Putman and Anny G Putman(wife of Wm Putman) are witnesses.  Hiram is Elvira's son in law and Anny(if she is the sister of Wm C Cook) is the granddaughter of Elvira.

Elvira was living with grandson William G Hight (son of  Nancy) during her later years and he is appointed the admin of her estate and as such files to claim to get an increase she was due at the time of her death.

Sources:  

"United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WB-Q54R?cc=2069831&wc=MXMQ-529%3A355665101 : accessed 12 February 2023), 1-vol A Revolutionary War pensioners > image 528 of 593; citing NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962).

"U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900," database with images, Ancestry(https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/26266:1995?tid=77121678 : accessed 12 February 2023), H  > Harris, William - Hawley, James > Harrison, Sarah - Harsin, Garret > image 381-473 of 1112: citing NARA microfilm publication  M804, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-RYSP-JL?i=1030 : 13 February 2023), Granville > Marriage bonds, 1758-1868, box 1-5 > image 1031 of 1370; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.