When his father died, John W. and Nestor became wards of their Uncle John Williams and moved to Warren Co., Ga. Newborn, Ga. was settled by Rufus Broome from N.C. around 1819. John W. and Nestor came to live with their sister Nancy Ann and her husband Rufus and clerked for Mr. Broome in his store in the 30's. John W. saved enough money to acquire a large section of land which he divided into 4 acre tracts. One lot he donated to a co?educational school which he named Palmyra for his oldest daughter. He also gave $400 and his services as teacher for one year. Palmyra Institute continued until 1908 when it became Newborn High School. John W. ("Jack") was a very colorful figure--a lawyer, writer, promoter, twice postmaster of Newborn, served in the Militia of 2nd Brigade of the 72 Division of the State of Georgia for 1829 as Aid-de-Camp, became a Union sympathizer, entertained Sherman in his home on the infamous "March to the Sea". The story is told that Sherman's men, before leaving Newborn, killed all of Mr. Pitts stock and burned his gin. For this Sherman apologized profusely and offered to pay for the same (information from Relius Pitts who was old enought to remember the event). General Sherman, in his diary, wrote of the occassion (Nov. 18, 1864) and described Pitts as a "strange cock". Pitts' son, Noel Marcellus, was killed during the war in Virginia, the only casualty from Newborn. Nestor Pitts' son, Olin, was the last survivor of the Newborn soldiers. Olin died Jan 28, 1926. On Jan 24, 1866, a tornado passed through Newborn killing both John's daughter, Margaret, and her husband of 3 months, James C. Bailey