DOB:  June 2, 1838 DOD:  June 19, 1912 Age at Enlistment: 22 Date of Enlistment:  May 9,1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private Casualty:  None with the 1st Tennessee Comments:  Newton was born and raised off of the Wilson Pike in modern day Clovercroft of Williamson County.  His family is a little tough to trace but he was either the Uncle or Cousion of William Pollard also in the Williamson Grays.  The 1860 Census shows Newton living in District 9 (the city of Franklin) with the Frost Family and attending school.  He enlisted at the Company’s formation in 1861 but became very sick by August of the same year.  He spent the next several months in the hospital before being discharged on December 31, 1861 at Winchester, VA.  A few months later he reenlisted with the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry at Iuka, MS on March 28, 1862.  On July 31, 1862 he is listed as having his horse killed in battle.  In 1864, his regiment was redesignated the 22nd Tennessee Cavalry.  He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Harrisburg, MS on July 13, 1864, but was released from capture.  He surrendered with Forrest’s Cavalry at Citronelle, AL on May 4, 1865 and was paroled on May 10.  Following the war he married Mattie Shannon on October 16, 1870 and the couple had nine children.  He ran a general store in District 14 of Williamson County (near Clovercroft) for a few years before purchasing a farm off of the Wilson Pike near Clovercroft.  The 1880 Agricultural Schedule shows he owned an 80 acre farm.  From 1893 to 1898 he was the Postmaster for Clovercroft.  Newton was a member of the McEwen Bivouac of the United Confederate Veterans.  He died in 1912 and is buried in Section C of Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin. 

Top: Newton and Mattie Pollard in later life, courtesy of the Williamson County Heritage Foundation. Below:  Newton’s grave at Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin

Newtons’s UCV Application is here.