Brief Life History of David Brock
When David Brock Newton was born on 5 June 1807, in Screven, Georgia, United States, his father, Samuel Newton, was 42 and his mother, Nancy Ann Brock, was 36. He married Mary Ann Tullis on 10 February 1837, in Effingham, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in District 259, Screven, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died on 28 May 1882, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Newington, Screven, Georgia, United States.
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- David B Newton, "United States Census, 1860"
- David B. Newton, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- David Brock Newton, "Find A Grave Index"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1811 · The Savannah Riots
A barroom brawl in Savannah on Tuesday, November 12, 1811, had international impact. An American seaman boasted of having joined the crew of a French vessel, likely named La Vengeance. Others became upset at the idea of the American joining a foreign nation and a brawl erupted. The county coroner asked for peace but was beaten with clubs. A second clash occurred the following day when French sailors attacked five American seaman. A day after the second attack, twenty French sailors attacked six Americans. Four of them escaped but two were beaten and stabbed. Jacob Taylor died on the scene and a rigger named Collins died the following day. By Friday, a full scale riot erupted when the French crewmen arrested on murder charges were released. Many were arrested and French ships La Vengeance and La Franchise were burned. In the end, the incident caused disruptions in French-American relations and affected shipping and trade.
1829
Historical Boundaries: 1829: Screven, Georgia, United States
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places in England and Scotland so named, from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’, or Middle English neue ‘new’ + toun ‘settlement, town’. According to Ekwall, this is the commonest English placename. For this reason, the surname has a highly fragmented origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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