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Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer. Poplar Plains, Kentucky, native. Son of John Newman and Nancy Donovan Newman. Married to Mary Ann Havens Newman in 1834. Father of Leah Newman, Nancy Jane Newman, Simpson R. Newman, Maria E. Newman, Lutieia Newman, Miram Newman, James Minor Newman, and Martha Newman. Farmer in Fleming County in 1850 and 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Division 2, p. 389. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 66. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 66. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Hillsboro, p. 4. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians, The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, vol. 3 (Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), p. 1566.

Citation

Newman, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198917 (November 12, 2026).

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E. Logan et al. to James F. Robinson

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