Notes for Joel Berry NEWTON

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Notes for Joel Berry NEWTON

Military Service: CSA, Orrs Rifles
Note:
Anderson paper dated August 30, 1877 was the following:
"A man named Joel B. Newton of about fifty years of age, and an inhabitant of the Corner of this County, was committed to jail in the place last week upon the charge of having committed a most outrageous and infamous crime upon one of his own daughters, and for having attempted to commit the same heinous outrage upon another daughter. Newton was originally from Pickens County, but has resided at his present home for fifteen or twenty years, and has been a well-to-do and kindly-thought-of citizen during that period. His wife has been a lunatic confined in the asylum for some time since, but there have been no indications of insanity on his part. It is one ot the most revolting charges that has ever been tried in an Anderson Court, and for the sake of the accused, as well as for the reputation of the County, we hope he can prove himself entirely innocent. If he is guilty, however, there is no human punishment severe enouth to expeate his crime. We learn that he will be defended at the coming court by Messers: Moore and Allen and in justice to the prisoner, public judgement should be suspended until after the judicial trial."

The article also appeared in the Pickens Sentinel.

In the Anderson paper dated Sept. 20, 1877, "The State vs. Joel B. Newton, Rape and assault and battery with intent to commit a rape. The prisoner was bailed in the sum of $1,000 for his appearence at the January term of Court."

February 21, 1878 "The State vs. Joel B. Newton, Nol pros."

His dad Wm. G. Newton gave him 100 acre of land Aug. 17, 1867 which he sold to his brother John Thomas for $1,000 on Dec. 2, 1874.

Joel was in service from April 7, 1862 until April 1864. He was injured. However, other information received from Jane Newton Watson indicates he was in service until 1865, possibly a POW.
Joel was admitted to the confederate home in Columbia Aug. 31, 1919 and died there Dec. 21, 1919. He is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Columbia, SC. There is a marker there with his name included in a list erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy. "The State" newspaper listed is name as A.B. Newton in his obituary on 12/22/1919.
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