From The Records of deeds for the district of West Augusta, Virginia : for the court held at Fort Dunmore (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1775-1776, copied consecutively as recorded:
"Ordered--That Samuel Newell Gentleman be appointed to Take in the List of Tithables...".
From Samuel Newell's (1754) Entry at BKM Places:
"West Augusta The West Augusta District of Virginia was influenced more by Winchester and Frederick County than by Staunton. It was split into Monongahala, Yohogania, and Ohio counties. Another Samuel Newell, son of SN1754’s uncle William Newell, was Yohogania county judge at Fort Pitt, now Pittsburg. Several Frederick County VA Newell cousins were involved around Fort Pitt in the preparations for the George Rogers Clark expedition. The agreement to square up western Pennsylvania..took Fort Pitt and Yohogania County away from Virginia."
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