ARAA Families


Newton County
Slave Schedule, 1850
Newton County, Arkansas
 





             When the sun goes back and the first quail calls
             Follow the drinking gourd
             The old man is a waitin' for to carry you to freedom
             Follow the drinking gourd

288 dwellings were visited and recorded on Schedule 1 of the 1850 census for Newton County...15 individuals were recorded on Schedule 2 as owning slaves. 1,711 persons were named and recorded as living in the county...add to that the below 47 souls who were not named, ....making a total of 1,758 individuals residing in Newton County, Arkansas at the time the census was taken.

In the below Description of Slaves...B=black M=mulatto



Schedule 2. ------ Slave Inhabitants in The Different Townships in the County of Newton State
of Arkansas, enumerated by me, on the 15th day of October, 1850. Pendelton Porter Asst. Marshal.
 
Names of Slave Owners
Number
of 
Slaves
Description
Fugitive 
from 
the State
Number 
Manumitted
Deaf & Dumb, 
blind, insane,
or idiotic
Age
Sex
Colour
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
                 
01 Simon Jones
1
22
m
B
      
02 David Mayberry ...mentioned as being a slave owner
1
13
m
B
      
03 Edward Potts
1
2
m
M
      
   
1
34
f
B
      
   
1
2
m
B
      
04 William Ramsey (County Treasurer, 1842-1846)
1
45
m
B
      
   
1
29
f
B
      
   
1
8
f
B
      
   
1
10
m
B
      
   
1
6
f
B
      
   
1
4
m
B
      
   
1
2
f
B
      
   
1
1
f
B
      
05 Green O'Daniel (County Treasurer, 1848-1852)
1
23
f
B
      
   
1
23
f
B
      
   
1
1
m
B
      
   
1
4
f
B
      
06 Samuel Davis
1
24
f
B
      
   
1
20
m
B
      
   
1
5
f
B
      
   
1
2
f
B
      
   
1
1
m
M
      
07 Isaac Freeman ...mentions the death of his woman slave
1
18
f
M
      
08 E. W. McCutcheon
1
17
m
B
      
09 Joel Barnes
1
16
m
B
      
10 Edward Williams
1
25
f
B
      
   
1
2
f
B
      
   
1
1
f
B
      
11 Martha Rowland
1
10
m
B
      
   
1
33
f
B
      
   
1
30
m
B
      
   
1
1
f
B
      
12 Nancy Taylor
1
30
m
B
      
13 William Roberson
1
53
f
B
      
   
1
26
m
M
      
   
1
24
f
M
      
   
1
22
f
M
      
   
1
20
f
M
      
   
1
18
f
M
      
14 Elizabeth Villines (Elizabeth Penn, widow of Hezekiah Villines)
1
25
f
B
      
   
1
11
m
M
      
   
1
8
m
M
      
   
1
2
m
B
      
15 James P. Spring
1
60
m
M
      
   
1
30
m
B
      
   
1
18
f
B
      
   
1
1
m
B
      


The only free black family recorded on the 1850 census was household 288 in Osage Township, the family of Sarah Pulliman. 
 
             Sarah Pulliman  46 female black     born Tennessee
             Hezekiah        22 male mulatto          Arkansas
             Mary            19 female mulatto        Arkansas
             Sal             20 female mulatto        Arkansas
             Agga            17 female mulatto        Arkansas
             Jack            14 male mulatto          Arkansas
             Pete             8 male mulatto          Arkansas

In Walter Lackey's History of Newton County, Arkansas it is stated that all six of her children were born in Osage Township.

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