Newby, brother of Nathan and Thomas M. Newby, was a farmer in Perquimans, NC at the outbreak of the war. He served as an agent in the Commissary Department for the John Harvey Guards, Co. H of the 7th NC Infantry, in the summer and fall of 1861. His letter of request for a presidential pardon, dated Sept. 5, 1865, states that "he was an active sympathiser with the South, having furnished some supplies for its army and for a short period of time having served as Commissary of his county militia while called into the field." His pardon was issued on Feb. 1, 1866.
After the war, Newby farmed in Perquimans County, NC until his death on May 29, 1896.
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