Member of the grand jury that returned an indictment for murder against Daniel McCraney U.S. v. McCraney; later summon for jury duty in the McCraney murder trial, but did not actually serve on the jury, seeUnited States v. McCraney (1822)

Attorney; came to Arkansas Post in 1818 and lived at Crittenden's house, where he studied law and imbibed Crittenden's political beliefs (6 AHQ, p. 190); Deputy Clerk in the court of common pleas Pulaski County in 1821; Congressional Representative in 1846 and 1847; U.S. Marshal, fired by Tyler; fought duel with Sevier in 1827, in which no one died; deputy clerk in Murphy v. Douglass (1822), Murphy v. McElmurry (1822), Murphy v. Tindall (1822), Yarbrough v. Huttzman (1822), Russell v. Hogan (1823), Scull v. Bentley (1823), Earheart v. Campbell and Goza (1824), Johnston v. Ball, Williams & Blalock (1824), United States v. Osages (1824), Welborn v. Moore (1824), Musick v. Rice & Boran (1825), Dent v. Ashley (1826); Drope v. Miller (1826), Lanusse v. Flanakin (1826); Latting v. Miles (1826), Clerk of Pulaski Circuit Court and witness to deed in Paxton v. Crittenden & Trimble (1825); ally of Robert Crittenden in his battle with critics during the 1827 election campaign; Crittenden threatened his critics with "cow-hiding, dirking, ear-cropping, and shooting" to be performed by Thomas W. Newton if the critic were a single man (so as to equalize opponents under the code duello), see Crittenden v. Woodruff (1827); Cummins v. Cotton (1827), clerk of the Pulaski County Circuit Court, attested the oyer bond in Hogan v. Woodruff (1827);clerk of the Pulaski Circuit Court in Scott & Rutherford v. Sevier & Johnston (1827);fought a duel with Ambrose H. Sevier for which Sevier was indicted, see U.S. v. Sevier (1827); acknowledged a debt to Governor George Izard in 1828, that judgment being revived against him in the governor's son's name in 1830, see Izard v. Newton (1828); clerk in Davis v. Crittenden (1831); sued by Ralph F. Izard for debt, but summons was returned not found in Izard v. Newton (1831),

The controversy between Henry W. Conway and Robert Crittenden spawned other personal conflicts between citizens of the Territory. Ambrose Sevier, for example, announced that he would like to fight the author of the letter above the signature of "A Citizen of the Territory." It was generally understood that Thomas W. Newton had written the letters. After hearing Sevier's threat, he revealed himself as the author and the men met on the porch of Fisher's tavern - the fight was stopped, but a challenge to a duel was issued. The duel occurred on September 4, 1827 in the Cherokee lands at Point Remove. Newton had George W. Jones as his second, Oden as his friend, and Dr. William P. Reyburn as surgeon. Sevier had Wharton Rector as his second and Dr. Nimrod Menefee as his physician. Neither man was injured and the differences were settled without further violence. See Crittenden v. Woodruff (1827). (For more information, see White, Lonnie. Politics on the Southwestern Frontier: Arkansas Territory 1819-1836.)