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.

[4] The Newman's league was located northwest of Wharton, Texas on the east side of the Colorado River.

Their offspring were Mary, William, Eliza, Minerva, Sally, Elizabeth, Thomas, Ali, Joseph Jr. and Andrew.

Rachel deeded all her property to her children four years after her husband's death, but she kept living in her original home.

In 1854, none of the original Newman league belonged to family members, so Rachel moved to Dewitt County where she remarried.

[1] Newman's daughter Sally led a very colorful life and was supposed to have gunned down several men.