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		Wilkinson County slave records.
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The following slaves were named in the will of George Bell Newell of
Wilkinson county, who died in 1833.

"Rosa and Henry" given to Jane Newell Wailes, daughter of George and 
wife of Edward H. Wailes.

Nothing further is known of this family.
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These slaves were named in the will of William Newell (brother of
George Bell Newell) of Wilkinson county, who died in 1834.

"Mulatto girls Nancy and Patsy" given to daughter Jane Newell.

"Little mulatto girl Celeste" to daughter Caroline Belle Newell, who
married William Gready Hope of Wilkinson county in 1848.

"Negro boy Armisted" to son Blanchard Newell.

Caroline Belle Newell Hope later sued the estate of William Newell and
acquired other slaves that may have been a part of the William Newell
plantation.

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After William Newell died in 1834 (see above), his wife Adaline remarried 
in 1836 to Hiram Frayard (or Freyard).

In 1854, William G. Hope and his wife Caroline Belle Newell Hope
successfully sued the estate of William Newell for Caroline's share
of the estate as provided in William's will.  The court ordered the 
sheriff to sell the following slaves to settle the suit, and the Hopes 
acquired them:

"Nancy, Harriet, Elias, Nisa and 3 children, Washington, Charles,
Catherine and child, Louisa and child".

William Hope took these slaves to Amite, Louisiana, and his family
were planters there until the end of the War.

Nothing further is known of the slaves,
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Documentation comes from;

Last will and testament of George Bell Newell

Last will and testament of William Newell

Archives of the Woodville "Republican", 1854

Oral history from Lucy Dean Hope Kolb, granddaughter of William G. Hope

Oral history from Sarah Elizabeth Brett Hope, daughter-in-law of 
William G. Hope