Our Family Tree

wrote Family Story ~ Newman ~ Back in the mid 1700's, two Newman Brothers, Conrad and Nimrod came to the United States from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania. Both were believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier. Conrad married Anna Brobeck and moved to Crab Orchard, in area of what is now Huddleston. He bought land on both sides of Crab Orchard Creek, which totaled about 700 acres, and later bought land on Goose Creek, Amos Branch and Glade Branch. Both brothers moved to Grayson County after 1787 and must have died there.¶ Garrett Newman, son of Conrad and Anna grew up and settled in this area. In 1791, he married Elizabeth Dixon, daughter of John Dixon, their child John Clark Newman; born in 1799 married Elizabeth had at least eight children who mostly grew up and settled in this area.
Their son Elias Newman born 1828 was married three times, his second wife was an Indian, and he had children by the first two wives, some of who settled in the area, and some descendants are now living in Danville. One of Elias' sons, Montezuma Elias Newman was married to Bettie Durham and they were parents of about seven children. He was killed by lightning while taking refuge from a storm, in a tobacco barn with some of the other neighbors and family members. Some of the others were shocked, and horses were killed in the side shed.¶ They were living on land between Stone road and Goose Creek, and Monsie is buried at the top of the hill on what is known as the Old Durham house, which was ordered from Sears and Roebuck, still stands, in Goose Creek bottom.¶ One of John Clark Newman's and Elizabeth's sons, Wiley Clark Newman born in 1834, nicknamed "Boogie", married Ann Mildred Howell, daughter of Spicer Howell Sr. and Naomi Leftwich. Boogie rented farms all his life down around Leesville and Lynch Station, and moved his family, over to the North side of Bedford at one time.¶ Their oldest son was William Martin Newman born in 1868, known as "Willie" to family and friends. His first wife Lucy Wright died after giving birth to two living sons. Thurman and Albert Penn. Then he married Daisy Caleb Howell, daughter of James Ed Howell, niece of Ann Mildred, and granddaughter of Spicer Howell, Sr. and Naomi. And Daisy became mother of two sons, James Newman, who married a local girl and moved to Vinton area.¶ And Richard Edward "Chris" Newman who with his wife Lucy, still lives on the home place, which is built on Tingsley property which ajoined Spicer Howell land. Many of the Newman ancestors are buried in family cemeteries either where Newman's or Howell's have lived.¶ Submitted by: Richard Edward Newman¶ Some information gotten from Bedford Court House records and some from Newman descendents Billie Carwile, Davis Newman and from Bedford newspaper articles.¶ 497 words