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Descendants of James Newell




Generation No. 1


1. JAMES1 NEWELL was born Abt. 1795 in NC (Mecklenburg?), and died Aft. 1880 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL. He married SARAH BOYD Abt. 1823 in probably Mecklenburg Co., NC, daughter of ROBERT BOYD and TEMPERANCE PITMAN. She was born July 8, 1807 in Mecklenburg Co., NC, and died Aft. 1880 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL.

Notes for J
AMES NEWELL:
      The 1840 Tuscaloosa Co., AL census age brackets account for all the known children of James and Sarah (Boyd) Newell. However, there is one additional unknown male in the 10-15 age bracket.
      In addition to James and Sarah, the 1850 Tuscaloosa Co. census included Ala Newell, age 23 NC, with his wife Nancy, age 23 AL, and two children, Martin Van Buren Newell, age 3 AL and Mary C., age 9/12 AL. I have not been able to establish their relationship to James and Sarah. Ala would have been 13 in 1840 and could match the unknown male in the 1840 James Newell household. Being born in 1827, Ala's age appears to be too close to Matthew's to be a brother, and also does not show in Robert Boyd's Bible list of grandchildren.
      James and Sarah were #1395 on the 1860 Tuscaloosa Co., AL census. #1394 was Martha Newell and her children and #1396 was Reuben Newell, age 35 TN, with two children, William, age 10 AL, and John, age 8 AL. It is not known what Reuben's relationship to James was, but William's age matches the William J., age 20 living with James and Sarah in 1870. Reuben would have been 15 in 1840 and could also have been the unknown male on the 1840 census. Also on this 1860 census and living separately from James and Sarah were their sons, #1411 James G. Newell, and #1412 Thomas D. Newell. Nearby was #1415 Benjamin Newell, age 15, whose relationship I have not been able to establish.
      The 1870 Tuscaloosa Co., AL census shows a number of children and grandchildren, two of whom cannot be positively sorted out, J. William, age 23, and a William J., age 20. James' son, William J. was age 6 on the 1850 census, not with him on the 1860 census, and should be 26 by the 1870 census date . There was also a William J., age 22, on the 1870 Sanford Co., AL census living near Matthew.

More About J
AMES NEWELL:
Fact 1: January 25, 1833, #9030 SW1/4NE1/4 Sec32 T21SR7W Tusc Co
Fact 2: January 25, 1833, #9031 NW1/4SE1/4 Sec32 T21SR7W Tusc Co
Fact 3: 1840, Tuscaloosa Co. census
Fact 4: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co. census Dist 1 #637
Fact 5: December 8, 1854, #31052 S1/2NW1/4 Sec4 T22SR7W Tusc Co
Fact 6: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co. Trion Collins Bt #1395
Fact 7: 1870, Tuscaloosa Co. Pct 13 Trion
Fact 8: 1880, Tuscaloosa Co. Smallwoods Bt 13 #278/305

More About S
ARAH BOYD:
Fact 1: July 8, 1807, Boyd Family Bible
     
Children of J
AMES NEWELL and SARAH BOYD are:
2. i.   ROBERT BOYD2 NEWELL, b. December 19, 1824, NC; d. Bet. 1900 - 1910, AL (Tuscaloosa?).
3. ii.   MATTHEW PITMAN NEWELL, b. September 17, 1827, TN (or NC); d. October 16, 1906, Franklin Co., AL.
4. iii.   UNKNOWN NEWELL, b. Abt. 1830, AL.
5. iv.   ELIZABETH MARTHA NEWELL, b. Abt. 1833, Alabama (Tuscaloosa?).
  v.   JAMES G(ASAWAY) NEWELL, b. Abt. 1835, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama; d. February 17, 1864, Civil War.
  Notes for JAMES G(ASAWAY) NEWELL:
      James G. may have been enumerated twice on the 1850 Tuscaloosa Co., AL census. He appears as James G., age 15, with his father and family as #637. Then there is James Gasaway Newell, age 14, living with #641 James Pierson, an adjacent family based on land records. James G.'s Civil War record indicates he was born in Tuscaloosa Co., a farmer, 6' 3/4" tall, dark hair, blue eyes and that his father, James, received his claims.
      There is a "J. G. Newell" with death date given as Feb 18, 1865 buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery, CSA Section, Elmira, NY.

  More About JAMES G(ASAWAY) NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co. Dist 1 (#637 or #641)
Fact 2: March 5, 1855, 36826-NE1/4NW1/4 Sec 32 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 3: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co. @ Trion #1411
Fact 4: Abt. 1862, Pvt, Co F 50th Ala Inf 26 Rgt

6. vi.   JOHN A(LEXANDER) NEWELL, b. Abt. 1837, Tuscaloosa Co., AL; d. April 11, 1862, Civil War.
7. vii.   REV. THOMAS DIDYMUS NEWELL, b. November 1839, Tuscaloosa co., AL; d. April 1925, Franklin Co., AL.
8. viii.   WILLIAM JASPER NEWELL, b. April 16, 1844, Tuscaloosa Co., AL; d. Verona, Lee Co., MS.
  ix.   SARAH H(ORAN) NEWELL, b. Abt. 1847, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama.
  Notes for SARAH H(ORAN) NEWELL:
      Sarah is listed as Sarah H. on most censuses except 1860 when she is listed as Ann. One reference has been found to indicate her name may have been Sarah Horann.
      At least by1910, two neices begin living with Sarah. Elizabeth Newell, age 56, and Mary A. Newell, age 52 are on the 1910 census with Sarah as head of household. These are most likely the children of Elizabeth Martha Newell, Sarah's older sister.
      In 1920, Mary, age 61 is listed as sister, but should be Sarah's neice. Elizabeth isn't listed and may have died. Sarah is age 72.

  More About SARAH H(ORAN) NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co. Dist 1 #637
Fact 2: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co. @ Trion #1395
Fact 3: 1870, Tuscaloosa Co. Pct 13 Trion
Fact 4 1: 1910, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, Vance pg 222a
Fact 4 2: 1920, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, Vance pg 225b





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