NEWSOM / NEWSOME Family Reunion in Columbus area
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NEWSOM / NEWSOME Family Reunion in Columbus area
| retrofit (View posts) | Posted: 27 May 2008 11:54PM GMT |
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This announcement is directed to descendants and families of James & Elizabeth (NEWSOM) NEWSOM who married 1816 in Warren Co, GA, and were in Marion Co, GA, in 1830; Harris Co, GA, in 1840, and Musocgee Co, GA, 1850; as well as any other persons who are researching this branch of the family. We are planning two events that you may be interested in participating in, and perhaps even in helping to plan:
1) We will be holding a NEWSOME family info and photo swap-meet on the same weekend as the Golden Acres NEWSOME Family Reunion in Phenix City, AL, which is held the first Saturday in August (this year it's August 2, 2008). The time and place for the swap-meet are yet to be establshed - probably in the afternoon / evening of Saturday, August 2. Several local NEWSOME cousins have already expressed an interest in attending, and we hope to have representatives from as many of the NEWSOME children as possible. Already included on the contact list are descendants of brothers John NEWSOME, William Anderson NEWSOME, James NEWSOME, Henry M. NEWSOME, and George Washington Freeman NEWSOME, and sister Elizabeth (NEWSOME) BELCHER - and possibly brother Carter NEWSOME.
2) An NEWSOME Family Reunion, to be held in the Spring of 2009 in the Columbus-Phenix City area. This will include ALL of the descendants (with spouses and families) of James & Elizabeth (NEWSOM) NEWSOM, who married 1816 in Warren Co, GA; were in Marion Co, GA, in 1830; in Harris Co, GA, in 1840; and the widow and children being at Clapp's Factory in Muscogee Co, GA, by 1850. While we will welcome descendants on collateral lines (STATHAM, MORRIS, PIKE, ABNEY, PAGE, etc.) and NEWSOMES from other branches as well - we espeically want to get the word out to as many direct-line descendants of James & Elizabeth as we can.
The timing of the All-NEWSOME Reunion will probably coincide with the United Daughters of the Confederacy ceremony to dedicate the new military grave markers of our NEWSOME kin and others at the Clapp's Factory Cemetery - this ceremony is tentatively scheduled for March 2009. We are working on applications for VA-provided markers for Carter NEWSOME (1818-1896), John NEWSOME (b. 1820), Asa NEWSOME (b. 1823), William Anderson NEWSOME (b. 1826), and James NEWSOME (1834-1894) - we have service records for all these men and know Carter, John, and James are buried at Clapp's Factory; we suspect Asa and William Anderson are as well.
We are also looking for candidates to participate in the NEWSOME surname DNA study project as well - perhaps you know of a male with the surname NEWSOME in your branch who would be willing to participate?
Please let me know if you would be interested in participating in one or both of these events and fill me in on if you've learned anything new lately about your NEWSOME ancestry. I look forward to hearing from each of you! Thanks!
Cousin John in TX
John Mallory Land
10118 Timber Trail Dr.
Dallas, TX 75229-6023
469.995.5222
retrofit@flash.net
1) We will be holding a NEWSOME family info and photo swap-meet on the same weekend as the Golden Acres NEWSOME Family Reunion in Phenix City, AL, which is held the first Saturday in August (this year it's August 2, 2008). The time and place for the swap-meet are yet to be establshed - probably in the afternoon / evening of Saturday, August 2. Several local NEWSOME cousins have already expressed an interest in attending, and we hope to have representatives from as many of the NEWSOME children as possible. Already included on the contact list are descendants of brothers John NEWSOME, William Anderson NEWSOME, James NEWSOME, Henry M. NEWSOME, and George Washington Freeman NEWSOME, and sister Elizabeth (NEWSOME) BELCHER - and possibly brother Carter NEWSOME.
2) An NEWSOME Family Reunion, to be held in the Spring of 2009 in the Columbus-Phenix City area. This will include ALL of the descendants (with spouses and families) of James & Elizabeth (NEWSOM) NEWSOM, who married 1816 in Warren Co, GA; were in Marion Co, GA, in 1830; in Harris Co, GA, in 1840; and the widow and children being at Clapp's Factory in Muscogee Co, GA, by 1850. While we will welcome descendants on collateral lines (STATHAM, MORRIS, PIKE, ABNEY, PAGE, etc.) and NEWSOMES from other branches as well - we espeically want to get the word out to as many direct-line descendants of James & Elizabeth as we can.
The timing of the All-NEWSOME Reunion will probably coincide with the United Daughters of the Confederacy ceremony to dedicate the new military grave markers of our NEWSOME kin and others at the Clapp's Factory Cemetery - this ceremony is tentatively scheduled for March 2009. We are working on applications for VA-provided markers for Carter NEWSOME (1818-1896), John NEWSOME (b. 1820), Asa NEWSOME (b. 1823), William Anderson NEWSOME (b. 1826), and James NEWSOME (1834-1894) - we have service records for all these men and know Carter, John, and James are buried at Clapp's Factory; we suspect Asa and William Anderson are as well.
We are also looking for candidates to participate in the NEWSOME surname DNA study project as well - perhaps you know of a male with the surname NEWSOME in your branch who would be willing to participate?
Please let me know if you would be interested in participating in one or both of these events and fill me in on if you've learned anything new lately about your NEWSOME ancestry. I look forward to hearing from each of you! Thanks!
Cousin John in TX
John Mallory Land
10118 Timber Trail Dr.
Dallas, TX 75229-6023
469.995.5222
retrofit@flash.net