The Newsome - O`Conner Family History
1880/1881
The family of James and Precilla Newsome had its beginning around 1880 in Burke County, Georgia. He was a native of Suffolk, Virginia. History shows that relatives of James Newsome joined the Nat Turner Insurrection to help free the slaves of South Hampton, Virginia.
As a young man, James Newsome came to the south, after drought and crop failure in Virginia, to work with the Turpentine Industry in Georgia and South Carolina. In Georgia he met and married the former Percilla Thomas. This unin was blessed with ten children.
The family of Jacob and Eliza O`Conner had its beginning around 1881 in Burke County, Georgia. Jacob was a native of Aiken County, South Carolina. As a young man he met and married the former Eliza Thomas in Burke County, Georgia. This union was blessed with nine children.