Newton County Records Newton County Court House. In 1813 Creeks
still resided in this area when Governor Thorpe negotiated a
treaty and the last of the Creek residents were removed from
Georgia in 1833 on the Trail of Tears . Newton County was
created by the Georgia General Assembly on December 24, 1821. It
was named for Revolutionary War hero Sergeant John Newton and
was formed from parts of Henry, Jasper, and Walton Counties. The
first white settlers located in Eastern Newton County in a town
then-named Winton. Settlers went further west to establish
Newtonsboro. The name was later changed to Covington after
General Leonard Covington, a hero in the war of 1812. In 1853
Covington was incorporated as a City. The Creek Indians roamed
the land until 1813 when Governor Thorp negotiated a treaty in
which the Creeks gave up their claim to the land A decade later
the last of the Creek Indians were banished to Oklahoma over the
"Trail of Tears." The first white settlers located in Eastern
Newton County in a town the