First Families of Newberry County South Carolina From the earliest land plats we find the following familes were the first to settle in the Newberry County area. Abernathy, Begg, Belton, Boyd, Brooks, Bush, Cannon, Coate / Cote, Cobbs, Cole, Compton, Crow, Dalrymple, Dart, Davis, DeMonge, Dobbins, Doud, Echard, Elmore, Evans, Fagan, Felts, Freeman, Gairy / Garey / Garie / Gary / Gearey / Geary, Garner, Gogings, Golden, Goodman, Griffin, Haies, Hallum, Hughston, Hunt, Johnson / Johnston, Jones, Kelly, Kinsler, Land, Levil, Maples, Marshall, Mazyck, McCraw, McGregor, Middleton, Miles, Millhouse, Mills, Moore, Morris, Neale, Newman, Neyle, Parry, Pearson, Pearson, Pilckney, Powell, Prunmuller, Seaborn, Simpson, Smith, Spitz, Stark, Stuart, Taylor, Teague, Thornton, Williams, Wilson, Winchester, Wright