Joseph Newman

Joseph Newman (c. 1787–1831) moved to Texas and became one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists. In 1806, he married Rachel Rabb in Ohio. Their family, which eventually expanded to include ten children, moved first to Illinois Territory and by 1820 was living along the Red River in Spanish Texas. In 1824, the Newmans and Rabbs moved to a land grant in modern-day Wharton County, Texas where they farmed and ranched. Joseph died in 1831 but his wife lived until 1872.

Early life and migration Joseph Newman was born around 1787. On June 21, 1806, then 19-year-old Joseph married 16-year-old Rachel Rabb in Warren County, Ohio. The family later migrated to Illinois Territory where Joseph did military service in the War of 1812. Again the Newmans moved, this time to Arkansas Territory, where they lived along the Red River. The larger sitio or league encompassed 4,428 acres while the labore was only 177 acres. The Newman's league was located northwest of Wharton, Texas on the east side of the Colorado River. Their labore was located near San Felipe. An adjoining league along the Colorado belonged to Rachel's brother Andrew Rabb.