Pulaski County GaArchives Court.....Newman, John March 7, 1853
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Source: Court Documents From Georgia State Archives
Written: March 7, 1853

From Estate - Unbound, Pulaski County, Drawer 302, Roll 86, File “John Newman 
1855,” Georgia State Archives

Court of Ordinary Pulaski County March Term 1853

Whereas application having been made by publication in terms of the law for 
letters of Administration on the Estate of John Newman deceased and no 
objection having been filed, It is ordered that Letters of Administration be 
granted to Arthur Newman on said Estate by his giving bond in the sum of Eight 
Tousand (sic) dollars with Seaborn M. Manning as his Security.

It is further ordered that Tully Williams Robert S. Anderson William W. Mayo 
Henry Anderson and John Colson are hereby appointed appraisers to appraise said 
Estate.

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Georgia, Pulaski County

Know all men by these presents, that we Arthur Newmans and Seaborn M. Manning 
as security are held and firmly bound unto the Ordinary for said County, and 
his successors in office, and assigns, in the just and full sum of Eight 
thousand Dollars for the payment of which sum to the said Ordinary, and his 
successors in office, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and 
administrators, in the whole and for the whole sum, jointly and severally, and 
firmly by these presents.  Sealed with our seals and dated this Seventh day 
March 1853-

The Condition of the above Obligation is such, That if the above bound Arthur 
Newman Administrator of John Newman do make a true and perfect Inventory of the 
goods, chattels, rights, credits, lands and tenements of the said John Newmans 
late of Pulaski County, deceased, which have or shall come into the hands, 
possession or knowledge of the said Arthur Newmans - or the hands or possession 
of any person or persons for him and the same, so made, do exhibit unto the 
said Ordinary, when he shall be thereunto required; and such goods, chattels, 
credits, lands and tenements do well and truly administer according to law, and 
do make a just and true account of his actings and doings therein, when he 
shall thereunto be required by the Court:  Shall deliver and pay to such person 
or persons respectively, as they may be entitled to the same by law: And if it 
shall hereafter appear that any last Will and testament was made by the 
deceased, and the same be proven before the Court of Ordinary, and the Executor 
obtain a certificate of the probate thereof, and the said Arthur Newman in such 
case, if required, render and deliver up the said Letters of Administration, 
then this obligation to be void, else to remain in full force.


Signed, sealed and acknowledged in open Court

Arthur Newman
S. M. Manning

Test
John V Mitchell ordinary

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Arthur Newman
Petition as Admr of John Newman

The 11th March 1854

$169 vouchers
125     
$2.94
total?
[the first two numbers don’t appear to have a decimal point, the third does]

Entered this July the thirtieth? Day 1855
In Book (M)
Thos S Taylor
(Ordinary)



Additional Comments:
John Newman was born in Duplin County, North Carolina, ca 1775, the son of 
Edward and Sarah Newman.  Edward died in the Revolutionary War; his widow in 
children remained in Duplin in an area that eventually became Sampson County.  
John sold his land in Sampson to his older brother, William, in October 1827 
and was living in Pulaski County, GA, by the 1830 census.  He was married to 
Nancy Brown, daughter of Arthur Brown and Lucy Butler.  John and Nancy's known 
children were Edward, b. ca 1814 Sampson Co., NC, d. Nov 1879 in Pulaski; 
Arthur Newman, b. 10 Jun 1816 Sampson Co., NC, d. 6 Mar 1888 in Pulaski; and 
Sarah Newman, b. ca 1819 Sampson Co., NC, died between Nov 1887 and Mar 1888 in 
Pulaski.  

For more on John Newman, see http://newman-oaks2acorns.com/John-Newman-b.shtml



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