REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION ABSTRACT OF APPLICATION - BENJAMIN NEWTON Contributed by: A Mercer County Volunteer ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Name: NEWTON, BENJAMIN Pension #: S16493 State: NC Age: 80 Ap Date: 02 Oct 1832 NEWTON, BENJAMIN: He was born in Caroline Co., Va. at age 15 moved with his father to Orange Co., NC in it's divison, we fell in Caswell Co., NC., where I resided when the ARW began first volunteered in Aug 1778. Knows of no one who could prove his service, My neighbors, Claiborne Bradshaw, Scott Graves, William Wood have often heard me speak of my service.