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=Slaveowners in Newton County=

In 1860, according the U.S. Census slave schedule (the last census before emancipation) 6,460 persons were enslaved, by 756 slave owners.. In that year, major slave-owners in the county included:


 * J.S. Anderson (42 slaves)
 * Dolly H. Burge (32 slaves)
 * B.F. Carr (41 slaves)
 * John P. Carr (72 slaves)
 * W.W. Clark (54 slaves)
 * J.M. Cody (35 slaves)
 * J.J. Floyd (78 slaves)
 * Henry Gaither (71 slaves)
 * Iverson L. Graves (31 slaves)
 * John Harris (100 slaves)
 * J.J. Henderson (62 slaves)
 * A.M. Lee (68 slaves)
 * Andrew Miller (31 slaves)
 * C.D Pace (36 slaves)
 * Walter B. Perry (61 slaves)
 * Alexander Pharr (50 slaves)
 * P. Reynolds (80 slaves)
 * Prentis (sp?) Reynolds (77 slaves)
 * J.B. Slack (80 slaves)
 * Charles Strong (75 slaves)
 * Caroline L.D. Wilson (40 slaves)
 * R.B. Wood (34 slaves)