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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- John Newlin & Sarah Freeman
- Locations
- Logan County Ohio, Orange County, NC, Alamance County NC, North Carolina
- Researcher
- Amber Decker
- Researcher's E-mail
- amberdecker7 AT gmail.com
- Researcher Location
- Ohio
- Comments
- This project is researching the 42 enslaved people who were willed to John Newlin (a quaker) by Sarah Freeman. Freeman willed them to Newlin for the purpose of freeing them. Following a prolonged court case challenging Freeman's will which ended up in the NC Supreme Court, the group was freed and relocated to Logan County Ohio. Surnames of group members include: Newlin, Newland, Burnett, Carter. A number of the descendants of this group eventually relocated to Cass County, MI.
- On-line Tree or Website
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/159341171/family/familyview?cfpid=112323864002
- Join mailing list?
- Yes
- Beyond Kin Researcher?
- Yes