Joshua was in Scott County from at least 1797 (this court order through 1820 census)

Scott County, Kentucky
Order Book A, page 102
October 23, 1797
John Newingham, who is blind and infirm to be kept by Joshua Newningham for twelve months at 16L agreeable to a report of Samuel Shephard,
who ___ his keeping to the lowest bidder.

On Feb 10, 1834, Joshua made an application for a pension in Marion County, Indiana, aged 78 years old.  He stated he served in War and was
living in Queen Anne County, MD at time of enlistment.  His pension states he has lived in the county for about 20 years coming here from
Kentucky.  The pension is started as John Newman, but John is marked out and Joshua written in.

State of Indiana
County of Marion
In the probate court of said county, the same being a court of record, on the tenth day of February 1834 at the term of said Court begun and held at the
courthouse in Indianapolis in open court personally appeared Joshua Newnam a resident of Brown Township in Hendricks County in said state, aged
seventy eight years, who being in open court first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, to wit; that he entered the army of the United States but at what precise time or in what year he
cannot recollect, but knows that it was previous to the battle of Saratoga and the surrender of the British army under General Burgoyne.  That he entered
the service and during the wat of the Revolution with Captain William Faulkerner or Forknor of the Maryland line as he believes thought it may have been
of the Delaware line.  The number of the regiment into which he enlisted he cannot recollect but he knows that said Captain Faulkner remained his
commanding officer until he was discharged.  William Clark the Lieutenant of the Company to which he belonged and Bixley Newnam the Ensign the corps
to which he belonged was only about sixty strong and he cannot say who were his commanding officers other then is above stated except the one Colonel
John Hawkins appeared to have on occasional command of said cops and orders were he believes received from or through him.  That at the time he
entered the service he lived in Queen Anne County, Maryland that he served for fifteen months immediately after his entering the army although the
period for which he first entered the army was only sixty day or at least he was told at the time.  That during said term of fifteen months he served as a
private and was stationed at a place called the Big Quarter belonging to Mathew Tilghman or Tilman.  That the duty performed by the corps to which he
belonged consisted entirely of operations in ____ to the Tories and except one slight ___ ____ _____ ring persons from the Toried he was in no battle
but in the duty above named he and the corps to which he belonged was engaged   ___ or rather mighty for the duty.  Was generally discharged at
night.  He was regularly discharged and received a written discharge from his said Captain but not supposing it to be of any value he long since lost the
same and he knows of no person living by whom he can prove said facts and services.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatsoever to any pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any
agency in any state.

Joshua Newnam (his mark)

Subscribed and sworn in open court this February 10, 1834
James M. Ray, Clark

We Jamison Hawkins, a clergyman residing in Marion County near said applicant and John W. Reding also residing in the same county & near said applicant
certify that we are well acquainted with said applicant Joshua Newnam who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we have been
acquainted with him the former for thirty years and the latter for upwards of twenty years that he was ____ ____ understood in the neighborhood in which he
has resided, first in Kentucky and lately where he now resides and reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that
opinion.  We also certify that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age as he states.

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
James R. Ray, Clark
Jameson Hawkins
J. W. Reding

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after purring the interrogations ____ by the War Department that the
above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jameson Hawkins who
has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resides at Marion County and that John W. Reding who has also signed same is a resident of said county
and a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, James M. Ray, Clerk of the County of Marion do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Joshua Newnam for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this tenth day of February 1834

James M. Ray, Clark