Newman Virginia Roots

Military

Militia

British Civil War

French & Indian War

• Colonel John Baylor
• George Washington

Revolutionary War

Valley Forge Muster Roll

Army

• Alexander Newman, Ensign

Navy

Militia

Culpeper Minute Men

Dragoons

The men wore green and brown uniforms.

• Thomas Andrew, Essex
• Colonel George Baylor, Orange
• John Baylor, Orange
• Walker Baylor, Orange
• Reuben Finnell, Culpeper
• William Halbert, Essex, Lee’s Partisans
• George Newman, Orange, Lee’s Partisans
• William Newman, Orange, Lee’s Partisans

War of 1812

local issues: fires, rivers, blockades, impressment

Virginia: Significant Events in War of 1812

Army

Navy

Militia

Some veterans of the War of 1812

• Morgan Finnell, 1st Reg. Crutchfield’s Militia
• Benjain Finnell, 1st Reg. Crutchfield’s Militia
• Charles W. Finnell, 1st Reg. Crutchfield’s Militia
• John Finnell, 1st Reg. Crutchfield’s Militia
• Reuben Finnell, 1st Reg. Crutchfield’s Militia
• Robert Finnell, 1st Reg. Crutchfield’s Militia
• James Finney, 1st Reg. Crutchfield’s Militia
• James Madison Macon, Orange County
• Abner Newman (son of William & Ann), Orange County
• Reuben Newman (son of William & Ann), Orange County
• William Newman Jr (son of William & Ann), Orange County
• William Newman, Albemarle County, 8th VA Militia Captain Triplett Ellis

Local News about the War

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*Map credit at top of page, 1782 map pf York County, on Library of Congress website