Founder of Lexington Presbyterian Church. John Newton was a volunteer missionary in the Hudson River area. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1759, he was a 37 year old minister in 1796 and the first resident of Georgia ordained by the Presbyterian Church. He was Educated in North Carolina and licensed by that state's Orange Presbytery in 1783, he was ordained by south Carolina Presbytery at Duncan's Creek Presbytery Church in Clinton on October 18, 1788. He served as monthly minister to Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Oglethorpe County, Georgia and New Hope Presbyterian Church in Madison County, Georgia beginning in 1788 and continuing until his death in 1797.
Bio according to Hebron Presbyterian Church "God's Pilgrim People"
1796-1996
John Newton was a graduate of Queen's College (later Davidson College) in Charlotte, North Carolina and was a Chaplin during the Revolutionary War. He was a founder of the first Presbyterian churches in Georgia.
He moved with his wife to Wilkes County Georgia (now Oglethorpe) and settled in the spring of 1786 near the present town of Lexington, preaching and organizing churches. On October 18, 1788 he was ordained and installed as pastor of New Hope and Beth-Salem churches in Georgia, and was was one of five ministers who, with three elders, met at Liberty (later Woodstock Church in Oglethorpe County) and formed the first Presbytery in Georgia, naming it Hopewell, in March 1797, the year in which he died.
His daughter and her husband and daughter are in Long Cane Baptist in LaGrange Ga.
John Newton's daughter-Cynthia Newton Hall
Cynthia Newton Hall
Bio according to Hebron Presbyterian Church "God's Pilgrim People"
1796-1996
John Newton was a graduate of Queen's College (later Davidson College) in Charlotte, North Carolina and was a Chaplin during the Revolutionary War. He was a founder of the first Presbyterian churches in Georgia.
He moved with his wife to Wilkes County Georgia (now Oglethorpe) and settled in the spring of 1786 near the present town of Lexington, preaching and organizing churches. On October 18, 1788 he was ordained and installed as pastor of New Hope and Beth-Salem churches in Georgia, and was was one of five ministers who, with three elders, met at Liberty (later Woodstock Church in Oglethorpe County) and formed the first Presbytery in Georgia, naming it Hopewell, in March 1797, the year in which he died.
His daughter and her husband and daughter are in Long Cane Baptist in LaGrange Ga.
John Newton's daughter-Cynthia Newton Hall
Cynthia Newton Hall
Founder of Lexington Presbyterian Church. John Newton was a volunteer missionary in the Hudson River area. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1759, he was a 37 year old minister in 1796 and the first resident of Georgia ordained by the Presbyterian Church. He was Educated in North Carolina and licensed by that state's Orange Presbytery in 1783, he was ordained by south Carolina Presbytery at Duncan's Creek Presbytery Church in Clinton on October 18, 1788. He served as monthly minister to Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Oglethorpe County, Georgia and New Hope Presbyterian Church in Madison County, Georgia beginning in 1788 and continuing until his death in 1797.
Bio according to Hebron Presbyterian Church "God's Pilgrim People"
1796-1996
John Newton was a graduate of Queen's College (later Davidson College) in Charlotte, North Carolina and was a Chaplin during the Revolutionary War. He was a founder of the first Presbyterian churches in Georgia.
He moved with his wife to Wilkes County Georgia (now Oglethorpe) and settled in the spring of 1786 near the present town of Lexington, preaching and organizing churches. On October 18, 1788 he was ordained and installed as pastor of New Hope and Beth-Salem churches in Georgia, and was was one of five ministers who, with three elders, met at Liberty (later Woodstock Church in Oglethorpe County) and formed the first Presbytery in Georgia, naming it Hopewell, in March 1797, the year in which he died.
His daughter and her husband and daughter are in Long Cane Baptist in LaGrange Ga.
John Newton's daughter-Cynthia Newton Hall
Cynthia Newton Hall
Bio according to Hebron Presbyterian Church "God's Pilgrim People"
1796-1996
John Newton was a graduate of Queen's College (later Davidson College) in Charlotte, North Carolina and was a Chaplin during the Revolutionary War. He was a founder of the first Presbyterian churches in Georgia.
He moved with his wife to Wilkes County Georgia (now Oglethorpe) and settled in the spring of 1786 near the present town of Lexington, preaching and organizing churches. On October 18, 1788 he was ordained and installed as pastor of New Hope and Beth-Salem churches in Georgia, and was was one of five ministers who, with three elders, met at Liberty (later Woodstock Church in Oglethorpe County) and formed the first Presbytery in Georgia, naming it Hopewell, in March 1797, the year in which he died.
His daughter and her husband and daughter are in Long Cane Baptist in LaGrange Ga.
John Newton's daughter-Cynthia Newton Hall
Cynthia Newton Hall
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