452 OGLETHORPE COUNTY. 



Oxford is a beautiful village three miles from Covington, 

 having a population of about 450 ; and is known as the seat of 

 Emory college. Many wealthy persons, influenced by a desire 

 to have their children educated, have removed to Oxford. It is 

 one among the most healthy spots in Georgia. The lots were 

 sold with the express understanding, that if ardent spirits 

 should be sold upon them, they should be considered as for- 

 feited. 



Sandtown, 12 miles from Covington, on the road to Mil- 

 ledgeville, has a church, school, and several mechanics' shops. 

 About twelve families reside here. 



Oak Hill, 10 S.W. of Covington, on the McDonough road, 

 has a church, school, and store ; and is inhabited by a very 

 moral people. 



Name. — The compiler of this work feels much regret, that 

 owing to his inability to procure information concerning Ser- 

 geant John Newton, his notice of him must be necessarily 

 brief His father was the Rev. John Newton, once minister 

 of a Baptist church in Charleston, and who came to Georgia 

 soon after the American Revolution, and settled in Jefferson 

 county, where he devoted his time in attending to the duties 

 of his sacred calling. He died in 1790. Sergeant John Newton, 

 it is probable, was born in Charleston, and entered the army 

 in the early period of the revolutionary war, and continued 

 in it until his death. We have in our memoir of Jasper, given 

 an account of the capture of a British detachment, two miles 

 from Savannah, by himself and Newton, a deed which will 

 cause the names of these dauntless soldiers to be remembered 

 as long as there are hearts capable of appreciating true courage. 

 At the surrender of Charleston, Newton was taken prisoner, 

 and soon after died of small-pox. 



OGLETHORPE. 



Boundaries, Extent. — This county is bounded North by 

 Madison and Elbert ; East by Wilkes ; Southeast by Talia- 

 ferro ; South by Greene, and West by Clarke. It lies within 

 the granite region. Laid out in 1793, and since that time por- 



