Welcome to Newton County, Texas
Welcome to the Newton County
Texas USGenWeb Project Genealogy
site.
Newton County was formed on April 22, 1846, from the eastern half of Jasper County. It was named in honor of John Newton who was a verteran of the American Revolution.
The first county courthouse was built in Burkeville in 1848. A new courthouse was built in Newton in 1853 after the county seat had been moved there. Unfortunately, the county courthouse burned in 2000.
It was rebuilt and rededicated on 8 Dec 2012. Pictures and description of the courthouse can be found here: Newton County Courthouse
Eleanor Colson
is the county coordinator and Carla Karbowski Clifton is the co-coordinator for this county. We have
adopted this site as part of the TXGenWeb Project. It is our goal to provide you with a great source for genealogical information on Newton County Texas. Thank you Jane Keppler for coordinating this site for many years!
Eleanor has a number of ancestors from Newton County who were residing in the county in 1850, including Enoch S. Phelps, Henry A. Jordan, and Matthew Marshall. Many of them are buried in Newton County.
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We have a new group on Facebook for Newton County, TXGenWeb. It is private but visible to join. The mailing lists are no longer active so I thought we would try this
version. Click on the link to join. Newton County, Texas Genealogy Facebook Group
Newton County wins the TXGenWeb COUNTY OF THE MONTH AWARD for December 2022
Thank you so much to all of our volunteers. Without you, Newton County TXGenWeb would never have won this award.
How you can help Newton County TXGenWeb
Newton County Historical Commission on FB
County of
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COUNTY!!!!
Do you enjoy "surfing"
the TXGenWeb county websites and have a few extra hours
available each month? Then contact
Laura
Gregory Roberts for more information on joining the surfing
committee.
If you are interested in adopting a
county, please check out the
Orphan
page.
If you or your genealogy group would like to
sponsor a county, please contact TXGenWeb
State Coordinator:
Gina Heffernan .
Assistant State Coordinators:
Jane Keppler,
Laura Gregory Roberts and
Carla Clifton
Copyright � 1997-present by
Eleanor Colson.
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given by the contributors or for errors of fact or judgment in material
that is published at this website.
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