The Pritchard land is a part of the old Col. Thomas Leftwich estate, Mt. Airy. Aaron 
Pritchard, son of Charles, Jr, lives on the land and has one of the finest collections of 
Indian artifacts around, all found in the area. Aaron is teaching his children ecology.
NEWMAN - NUIMANN - NEIUMANN
Conrad and Nimrod Newman left Germany or Switzerland before 1760. We find them 
first in Shenandoah County (formerly Dunmore, formed from Frederick County in 1772).
All early records in Bedford County written by Conrad were in the German script, and 
with the German spelling. Nimrod used the English spelling and writing. They were 
probably brothers or uncle and nephew.
Conrad married Anna Margaret Brubeck of Shenandoah County. Anna's parents were 
Elizabeth Zehnder and Adam Brubeck, Sr. of Muttenz, near Basel, Switzerland. Adam, a 
weaver, and Elizabeth arrived in Philadelphia with daughters, Anna and Maria, in 1749. 
Adam later received a land grant and settled in Virginia in 1766.
Conrad fought in the Revolutionary War and, for his services, received a grant of 582 
acres of wild and unsettled land in Bedford County.
Nimrod was a fifer in the old Va. Reg. under Col. Byrd, and received a certificate for 50 
acres of land. He received a grant of 354 acres of land for his services in the Revolution.
Conrad and Anna moved to Grayson County in 1803. It is believed he died in 1806, so he 
was probably old at this time. Their children are: 
Anna Margaretta, 1771-1858, married John Bryant Franklin in 1792, second, Samuel 
Williams ?.
John Geihardt (Garrett) Newman, 1772 - 1851, married in 1791 Elizabeth Dixon, second 
married in 1805, Hannah Burgantine.
Mary, --- married in 1785, John Dieterick Jos.
William Henry, --- married in 1788, Mary Arthur, daughter of Thomas Arthur and Mary 
Jane Bowling.
Barberry, 1779, married in 1795, John Wilkes. 
Adam, 1775-1851, married in 1795, Mary Dixon. 
Dorothy ---, married in 1790, William Hackworth. 
Caty ---, married in 1813, Peter Elliott.
Rosnah ---, married in 1788, Edmund Franklin. 
Conrad Newman, Jr. -- m ---
Elizabeth ---, married in 1782, Samuel Wilkes.
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