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=African-American Historical Pioneers in Newton County, Georgia=

African-American Community Leaders in front of Washington Street __#|School__ (1952)

The following is a __partial__ list of African-American historical pioneers in Newton County. please let us know of other persons who have blazed trails for African-Americans in the community:


 * [|Timothy K. & Louise Adams Sr].
 * Richard Ammons (1919-2009) see his [|Obituary in Covington News]
 * Anthony Avery
 * Eddie L. Baker
 * [|Rev. Toney Baker.]
 * Melvin Baker
 * Ruth __#|Banks__
 * Jim & Zelma Belcher
 * Thedois Bell Sr.
 * Chester Benton
 * [|Hezikiah Benton ,Jr.]
 * Mose & Hattie (Ms. Shug) Benton
 * Ralph & Mlldred Benton
 * Garfield & Ruby Broughton
 * [|Ezell Brown]
 * Josephine B. Brown
 * T. Brown
 * Willie Bruno
 * Rev. James & Corine Brown
 * Tom Brown
 * Johnny B & Christine Blackshear
 * [|Dale Carter]
 * [|Jerry Carter]
 * John T. Clack
 * James R.(Ned) Clark
 * June Clark
 * John & Juanita Clay
 * Robert L. Clements
 * Harold & Reta Cobb
 * Toy Quintillous Cobb
 * Hattie Cody
 * Willie Davis
 * Homer (June Bug ) Durden
 * [|John Robert Hammonds, Sr.]
 * [|John Robert (Ricky) Hammonds, Jr.]
 * Marvin & Jannie Bell Hammonds
 * Robert ("Bob") Hammonds
 * James Hamm
 * Willie Gaither
 * [|Charlayne Hunter Gault]
 * Lonnie Gleaton
 * Elizabeth Godfrey
 * Israel Godfrey
 * J.P Godfrey Sr.
 * [|Bertha Goss]
 * Roger L. Goodman
 * [|Janet Goodman]
 * Louise Grier
 * Emanuel & Maude Lee Grimes
 * [|Ocie Franklin]
 * Norris Freeman
 * Malcom & Nellie Iola Hardeman
 * Sarah Francis Hardeman
 * James Hamn
 * Claudia Hardwick
 * Bishop Cornelius L. Henderson (Grace United Methodist Church) Covington ,Ga.
 * Dempsey Henderson
 * Edward Henderson
 * Emma Henderson
 * Emerson Henderson
 * Frank Henderson
 * Gus and Mary Alice Henderson
 * Isaacs Henderson, Sr.
 * J. C. Henderson
 * Jonathan Henderson
 * Ned Henderson
 * Thurman Henderson
 * Willie Henderson
 * Jesse Hendrix
 * Louise Hendrix
 * Garland Hillman
 * Olivia Howard
 * George E. & Arthur Mae Jefferson
 * Addie Johnson
 * Fredrich Johnson
 * Horace & Lottie Johnson, Sr.
 * Horace Johnson, Jr.
 * John Paul Johnson
 * P.D. Johnson. __#|Schoolteacher__ at old Washington Street School.
 * Richard Johnson ,Jr
 * Henry Thomas Johnson
 * Mildred Wright Joiner
 * James (Spoony) Jones
 * Ike Lackey
 * Minnie(Louise) Hendrix Lackey
 * Lester Lackey, Sr.
 * [|Lester Lackey, Jr.]
 * Wavey & Thelma Lackey
 * Christine Leslie
 * [|Clara M. Lett]
 * Fred & Carolyn Lewis
 * Florida Lightfoot
 * Joseph Lightfoot
 * Arleshia Little. See: [|Covington News profile]
 * Eddie Lee and Ora Maddox
 * George Washington (Judge) Marks
 * Homer Marks
 * Joe Lewis McKibben
 * Roger Vaughn McKibben
 * Arbie (Newt) Mcknight
 * Carl Mcknight Sr.
 * Charlie (Fatman) Mcknight
 * Henry Mitchell
 * Nathaniel H. & Ruby Mitchell
 * Annette Nash
 * Lucious Nelson
 * Frank Nolley
 * [|Flemmie Pitts]
 * Richard H. Pointer
 * Calvin Randall
 * W. J. Reid
 * [|Jake Reed]
 * Troy Robinson. See [|Obituary].
 * Rev. John H. Russell
 * Stockey Sanford
 * Elizabeth Hendrix Sawyer
 * Forrest (Preacher) Sawyer, Sr.
 * [|Forrest Sawyer, Jr.]
 * Archie Shepherd
 * Anthony Shy
 * Greg Shy
 * Ernest Simmons
 * Homer Nelson
 * Thomas (Tom) Sims
 * Lester & Ruth Smith
 * Smith ,Willie J.
 * Arlena Starr
 * Robert L. Stewart
 * Zelma Hillman Stewart
 * Rev. John Foster Stone
 * Ossie Lee Hamm Stone
 * Sarah L. Stone. Schoolteacher.
 * Ariel Young Sullivan
 * Ebbie & Sarah Syphoe
 * Willie G. Tigner, Sr.
 * Charlie Tinsley
 * Eddie J. Tomlinson
 * Carolyn Tuggle
 * Evelyn Tuggle
 * Joseph Tuggle, Sr.
 * [|Almond Turner]
 * Elmer (Hutt) Usher
 * Walter Usher
 * Glenn Weaver (Deacon)
 * Otis & Mamie Weaver
 * Hugh White
 * Charles Wilborn
 * Phillip Wise
 * [|Hawnethia Mitchell Williams]
 * Emogene Williams
 * Sarah Francis Mitchell Wise
 * Rev. A.C. Wright
 * Henry James (Jimmy) Wright lll
 * John H. Wright
 * Mary Eva Wright
 * [|Dan & Grace Young]

Please __#|contact us__ if you have information to share about other African-American pioneers in the community.

//For more information about the African-American Historical Association of Newton County, or to share information about the county's African-American history, please contact the association president Mr. Forrest Sawyer, Jr. (770) 788-0792.// //forrestsawyer1@gmail.com//