{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3634", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "^o^\\n-^v-^^", "height": "3436", "width": "2077", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3436", "width": "2077", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3447", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3447", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3409", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "A\\nGazetteer of Georgia;\\nCONTAINING\\nA PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE;\\nITS\\nKesources, Counties, Towns, Yillages,\\na:nd whateyee is usual in statistical works.\\nBY ADIEL SHERWOOD,\\nHONORARY MEMBER OF THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL BOOIETT, AND COEEESPONDIKa\\nSECRETARY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ILLINOIS.\\nFOURTH EDIT iB iST,\\nREVISED AND CORRECTED.\\nGEORGIA:\\nMacon S. BOYKIN Griffin BRAWNER PUTNAM.\\nAtlanta J. RICHARDS.\\n1860.", "height": "3409", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by\\nADIEL SHERWOOD,\\nIe ikQ Clerk s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of Georgia,\\nABBREVIATIONS.\\nAla.\\nap.\\nIs.\\nin.\\nM.\\nAlabama,\\nMt.\\nMountain.\\nGreek or branch,\\nN. C.\\nNorth Carolina.\\nCapital or place of\\nNo.\\nNumber.\\npublic business.\\np. t.\\nPost Town. p. place\\nCounty.\\nIsland.\\np. V.\\nr.\\nPost Village.\\nRiver.\\nMiles.\\nS. C.\\nSouth Carolina.\\nMilledgeville.\\nTen.\\nTennessee.\\np\\nc*--\\\\\\n,!rb-]", "height": "3474", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "^g^\u00c2\u00ab^Jg^^", "height": "3474", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3409", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3331", "width": "2845", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "r\\nL-V.", "height": "3409", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nn\\nSince ths 3d editioii of the G-azetteer of Greorgia was\\npublished, in 1837, some forty now counties have been\\norganized, making the whole number 132. True, since\\nthat date Eev. George Wkite^ has issued two statistical\\nworks; but as great changes have baen made, a new\\nedition of the G-azetteer is demanded. The census of\\n1859 has not been included, because it was not complete\\nat first, as published by the Comptroller General, in the\\nhope that the enumeration of 1860 woald be out in time\\nfor this work. The papers will print it as early as pos-\\nsible, and when desired can be pasted upon the inside\\ncover of this book.\\nThe Railroad routes, with the distances from place to\\nplace on the rude maps, will be a great convenience to\\ntravellers, and furnish all the information necessary in\\nthe cars. Over 1,200 miles of railroad are now open;\\nextensions are made every month. Soo.i Sivannah will\\nbe in direct communication with Thomasville and the\\nSouth-west. Soon Macon and Albany will be in conncKion\\nwith Brans wick another seaport will be accessible to the\\nproduce of the Empire State of the South, and all the\\nThis geiitlemiQ, in his statistics of 1849, pages 44 and 45, prifits,\\nIn 1717 the P.ilatiiij and Lords Proprietors, c., from my Gazetteer\\nthis paragraph, except what is enclosed io doable comnaas, is ray own\\ncomposition. The next seatence is also mine. Below is this la\\nJuly, 1732, the Charter from Greorgia, the record was read, a. Here\\nhe has taken my words and my printer s error, verbatim the error is\\ncorrected in mybook, page 358, in ttiis way: \u00e2\u0080\u0094For Georgia, the Record,\\nread George the Second (see 3d edition, 1S37) this correction the\\nplagiarist did not discover, or he would not have subjected himself to\\nexposure in a minner sj pilpible. If he had acknowledged his obliga-\\ntion, no notice would have been taken of his rapacity. This bill of\\nplagiarism could be greatly enlarged if necessary.", "height": "3409", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "4 PKEFACE.\\nSouthern and South-western part greatly benefited. Ma-\\ncon, too, will soon be connected with Augusta direct.\\nGriffin and Atlanta will be united with Jacksonville,\\nAlabama.\\nVery few words are necessary in this preface. A good\\nmap, containing every County and every Court-house,\\naccompanies the book. Former editions have received\\nso much approbation from the citizens, that hope is bright\\nin regard to this. Many distinguished persons have\\nurged its early publication.\\nGriffin^ August^ 1860,", "height": "3409", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nAntiquities, 184\\nBoundaries, 11\\nClimate, 19\\nColleges, 143\\nCotton Factories, 112\\nCounties, alphabetically, with Towns, Post-Offices, etc., 25\\nDiagrams of Railroads, 6\\nGovernment Officers, 193\\nHistory and Progress of Education, 142\\nLakes and Ponds, 18\\nList of Governors and Congressmen, 160\\nLiterature, Georgia Authors, 154\\nManners, Customs, etc., 183\\nMineral Resources, 188\\nNatural Historv, 182\\nOld History, 12\\nPopulation, 192\\nPreface, -3\\nPresidents of the United States, 181\\nPublic Debt, 180\\nRailroads, 149\\nReceipts and Disbursements, 178\\nReligious Denominations, 193\\nRevolutionary facts, 1*15\\nRivers, 15\\nSchool Statistics, 143\\nSoil and Productions, 194\\nSummer Retreats, 170\\nSupreme Court, 165\\nThe Press, 165\\nTreaties^ Acquisition of Territory,etc., 13", "height": "3409", "width": "1973", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "RAILROAD ROUTES.\\nAtlanta to West Point,\\n87 Miles.\\nAtlanta.\\nEast Point. R.R. to Macon.\\nAtlanta to Augusta,\\n171 Miles.\\n18\\n41\\n72\\n87\\nFairburn.\\nNewnan.\\nLagrange,\\n171\\n160\\n160\\n142\\n124\\nWashington. 114\\nAugusta.\\nBelair.\\nBerzilia.\\nDearing.\\nCamac.\\nAthens.\\n106\\n95\\nCrawfordville.\\nUnion Point.\\nWestpoint.\\nWarrenton.\\nGumming.\\nGreenesboro\\nOconee River.\\nMadison.\\nSocial Circle.\\nAlcovee River.\\nCovington.\\nRock Mountain.\\nDecatur.\\nAtlanta.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "Savannah and Gulf Road, R. R. Atlanta to Chatta-\\nabout 190 miles to Thomasville, nooga, 138 miles.\\n20\\n58\\n125\\n155\\n167\\n190\\nSavaDnah,\\nOgechee River.\\nAltamaha River.\\nZero.\\nMcDonald.\\nAlapaha River. Rome.\\nValdosta, capital of Lowndes.\\nQuitman, capital of Brooks.\\n138\\n114\\n107\\n100\\n82\\n70\\n60\\n50\\n45\\n84\\n20\\nThomasville.\\nCars will run near to Thomasville,\\nand so on to Bainbridge, in all, 1861.\\nDistances in some places estimated.\\nChattanooga.\\nState Line.\\nRinggold.\\nTunnellville.\\nDalton.\\nCalhoun.\\nAdairsville.\\nKingston.\\nCartersville.\\nEtow ah iliver.\\nAlatoona.\\nAcworth.\\nMarietta.\\nCbattahoochee River.\\nAtlanta.\\nClmvdand.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "Railroad from Macon to Savannah, 191 Miles,\\n191 Savannah.\\n170\\nEden\\n140\\nHalcyondale\\n128\\nOgechee.\\nq\\nC8\\nca\\n120\\nScarboro\\nS)\\n63 miles.\\n111\\nMillen.\\n100\\nHerndon.\\n68\\nDavisboro RiddlevUle.\\nBandersville.\\n56\\nTennille.\\n6\\nB\\ni\\n1\\nQO\\nrH\\n28\\np\\ns\\nMclntire. To Irwinim.\\n38 miles.\\n20\\nGordon.\\n9\\nGriswold.\\nMacon.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "Atlanta and Macon R. B., Macon to Columbus,\\n103 MUes. 100 MUes.\\nlOSlAtlanta.\\n97\\n92\\n81\\n60\\n49\\n42\\n26\\n15\\n100 Columbus.\\nEast Point.\\nRough and Ready.\\nJonesboro\\nGriffin.\\nMilner.\\nBarnes ville.\\nForsyth.\\nCrawford s.\\nMacon.\\n91\\n80\\n70\\n65\\n50\\n42\\n28\\n12\\nShetulga.\\nUpatoie.\\nGeneva, Talbot Co.\\nSteam Mills.\\nButler, Taylor Co.\\nFlint River.\\nReynolds Crawford Co.\\nFort Valley, Houston Co. S.W.R.R^\\nEchoconnee Creek.\\nMacon.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "S. W. R. R., Macon to\\nFort Gaines Eufala,\\n140 miles.\\n8^\\n90\\n97\\n120\\nBrown s Mills.\\nDawson, Terrell Court-house.\\nTo Outhhert.\\nS. W. R. R., Macon to Albany,\\n106 miles.\\nMacon.\\n12\\n28\\n38\\n48\\nEchoconnee.\\nFort Valley.\\nWinchester.\\nMontezuma,\\nFlint River.\\nSmithville. To Albany. 50 Oglethorpe\\nCuthbert. Fort Gaines.\\n95\\nAmericas.\\nSmithville.\\nWooten s.\\n140 Georgetown, opposite Eufala. 107 Albany,", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES AND EXTENT. 11\\nBoundaries and Extent,\\nGeorgia is bounded on the N orth by Tennessee and\\nNorth Carolina on the North-east by South Carolina,\\nfrom which it is separated by the Savannah river on\\nthe South-east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the South\\nby Florida, and on the West by a corner of Florida and\\nAlabama.\\nThe line between this State and Tennessee begins at\\nNickojack, in Latitude 35\u00c2\u00b0, West Longitude from Wash-\\nington city, 8\u00c2\u00b0 38^ 45 and runs due East 66 rniles, to\\nnear the centre of Gilmer county, where it meets the North\\nCarolina boundary. The line between us and North\\nCarolina is 74 miles in length so that the whole of our\\nnorthern boundary, from Nickojack to Ellicott s Rock, at\\nthe head of Chatooga, is 140 miles.\\nFrom the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint\\nrivers, in Latitude 30\u00c2\u00b0 42 42 and Longitude 8\u00c2\u00b0 53 15\\nto the head of the St. Mary s, the distance is 157 miles.\\nExtend this line to the Atlantic, 47 more, and we have a\\nsouthern boundary of 200 miles.\\nThe Chattahoochee, in its various meanderings, forms\\nthe western boundary 360 miles, to Miller s Bend, in\\nLatitude 32\u00c2\u00b0 52 16 Longitude, 8\u00c2\u00b0 12 45 Here the\\nline diverges from the river, and runs N. 9\u00c2\u00b0 26 W- to\\nNickojack, a distance of 146 miles.\\nGeorgia extends from Latitude 30\u00c2\u00b0 34 26 6 N. to\\nthe 35\u00c2\u00b0; and from 3\u00c2\u00b0 45 to 8\u00c2\u00b0 38 45 W. Longitude\\nfrom Washington city. Length from north to south 300\\nmiles breadth from east to west 240, containing upwards\\nof 58,000 square miles 37,120,000 acres. In shape,\\nthis State is a pentagon, having its nortli-eastern angle in\\nRabun, its south-eastern in Chatham, its south south-east-\\nern in Camden, its south-western in Decatur, and its north-\\nwestern on the summit of Raccoon mountain, in Dade\\ncounty.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "12 OLD HISTORY.\\nOld History.\\nSir Walter Ealeigli is the reputed discoverer of the\\nterritory now called Georgia. A large number of old\\nTracts have lately been gathered up and reprinted by Mr.\\nForce, of Washington city from these extracts are made,\\nshowing the early History of our State, which will, no\\ndoubt, be full of interest to every citizen.\\nFrom An Account showing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia,\\nc. printed in London, by order of the Trustees, in the vear\\nMBCCXLI.\\nMr. Oglethorpe has with him Sir Waltei- RawleigJi s\\nwritten Journal, and by the Latitude of the Place, the\\nMarks and Traditions of the Indians, it is the very first\\nPlace where he went on shore, and talked with the In-\\ndians^ and was the first Englishman they ever saw and\\nabout half a Mile from Savannah is a high Mount of\\nEarth under which lies their Chief King And the In-\\ndians informed Mr. Oglethorpe that their king desired, be-\\nfore he died, that he might be Buried on the Spot where\\nhe talked with that great good man.\\nIn 1717 the Palatine and Lords Proprietors of South\\nCarolina, granted unto Sir Eobert Mountgomery, all\\nthat Tract of Land which lies between the rivers Altamaha\\nand Savannah, under the title of the Margravate of\\nAzilia. There is extant a pamphlet in which the owner\\ndescribes the country, and his plan of settling it, c. but\\nit is presumed he did not carry his plans into execution.\\nIn 1725 the Carolinians had built forts on the Altama-\\nha, to prevent the negroes escaping to Florida, and to\\noverawe the Indians. The boundary between the Spanish\\nand Carolinians not yet defined.\\nIn July, 1752, the trustees for establishing a Colony in\\nGeorgia, held their first regular meeting in London. The\\ncharter from George the 2d was read, granting all the\\nlands between the Savannah and Altamaha rivers. This\\ncharter covers 1 6 large octavo pages it excludes Eoman\\nCatholics from the benefits of the country.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "TKEATIES, ETC.\\nThe reins of the Britisli Government were thrown off\\nin January, 1776. The Provincial Governor, Wright,\\nwas imprisoned, and Archibald Bullock acted as Gov-\\nernor.\\nIn 1777 our Constitution was formed. The separate\\nsections of the settled parts of the State were denominated\\nParishes St. John s, St. Paul s, c., eight in number;\\nnow they were called counties and, except Liberty, re-\\nceived their names from distinguished individuals in the\\nEnglish Parliament, who were opposing the war, and jus-\\ntifying the Americans in their manly resistance to op-\\npressive taxation, without representation. The Constitu-\\ntion was revised in 89 and 95. In 1831 or 2, a conven-\\ntion suggested some alterations, specially in regard to\\nrepresentation, but the people did not sanction them.\\nThe sessions of our Legislature were held at Savannah\\ntill 1776 then the body met in Augusta. Its sessions\\nwere at Savannah and Augusta, as the perilous condition\\nof the country would admit, till the close of the war.\\nMajor Prince could find no account of any session in\\n1780. The Governor and Council were once at Ebene-\\nzer, when it was dangerous to remain in either of the\\nabove cities.\\nThe first session at Louisville was held in the winter\\nof 1795-96.\\nIn 1807, Milledgeville became the seat of Government,\\nand the sessions of the Legislature have ever since been\\nheld in that place. [M Call, and Journals of the Legisla-\\nture.]\\nTreaties, Acquisition of Territory, c.\\nBy a royal charter of the King of England, dated\\nJune 9th, 1782, to General Oglethorpe and other trustees,\\nthe lands between the Savannah and Altamaha rivers\\nwere granted in trust; and, in 1763, the lands between\\nthe last river and St. Mary s. In 1780, General Ogle-\\nthorpe held a treaty of friendship with the Creeks, at an\\nIndian town, on the west bank of the Chattahoochee\\nabove the falls, called Coweta.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "By a treaty held at Auguafca, 1773, with the Greeks\\nand Cherokees, the lands were acquired which now com-\\npose Wilkes, Lincoln, c. and by another treaty at the\\nsame place, in 1783, the land was acquired up to the\\nmouth of the Kiowe, and the line followed nearly the\\npresent line between Elbert and Franklin, leaving Daniels-\\nville a little south thence on the west to the source of the\\nAppalachee and down this stream, the Oconee, and Al-\\ntamaha, to an old Hue. The south part of this territory\\nwas, in the next year, named Washington county, and the\\nnorth part Franklin. The treaty at Golphinton was held\\nin 1785. Possession was obtained of the lands included\\nin a line running south-west, from the fork of the Ocmul-\\ngee and Oconee to the south stream of St. Mary s.\\nThe treaty at Shoulderbone, 1786, was not to acquire\\nlands, but to establish the other treaties more permanently,\\nand to secure the punishment of offenders.\\nIn 1 802, by a treaty held at Fort Wilkinson, just below\\nMilledgeville, part of the lands between the Oconee and\\nOcmulgee was obtained. The line began on the Appa-\\nlachee at the High shoals, leaving Madison four miles\\neast, crossing Little river at Lumsden s Mills; Commis-\\nsioners creek at Bushing s Mills, and down Palmetto\\ncreek to the Oconee. In 1805, at Washington city, the\\nremainder of the lands between the Oconee and the Oc-\\nmulgee were acquired up to the mouth of the Alcovee\\nriver, the corner of Newton and Jasper counties. These\\nlands were distributed by lotteries, and all since acquired.\\nIn 1814, General Jackson having conquered the Creeks\\non the Tallapoosa, made a treaty with them at Fort Jack-\\nson on that river, by which the lands between the Chat-\\ntahoochee and Altamaha were acquired. This territory\\nincludes Early, Baker, south part of Irwin, Appling,\\nWare, c. The act to survey these lands was not passed\\ntill 1818.\\nIn 1817, by a treaty at the Cherokee agency, and by\\nanother at Fort Laurens, on the Flint river, in 1818, that\\nterritory which now includes Newton, Dekalb, Gwinnette,\\nWalton, most of Hall, and Habersham, was acquired.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "RIVERS. J.5\\nIn 1819, by a treaty at Washington, Kabun county was\\nobtained, and the western parts of Hall and Habersham\\nto the Chestatee.\\nIn 1821, the lands between the Flint and the Ocmulgee\\nwere acquired by a treaty. Counties are Munroe, Bibb,\\nCrawford, Dooly, Houston, Upson, Fayette, Pike, and\\nHenry.\\nIn 1825, those between the Flint and Chattahoochee\\nwere acquired by a treaty at the Indian Springs. Counties\\nCoweta, Campbell, Carroll, Troup, ;c.\\nThe Cherokee country was annexed to contiguous coun-\\nties for judicial purposes, in 1830; i. e., the laws of the\\nState were extended over it, in order to punish crime, and\\nbring offenders to j ustice for, prior to this, unprincipled\\nmen would secrete themselves in the nation, and no law\\ncould reach them, inasmuch as the Greorgia laws required\\nthat the criminal should be tried in the county in which\\nthe crime was committed; but the Cherokee country was\\nno county^ and thus became a hiding-place for villains.\\nIt was under the operation of this law that the missiona-\\nries became obnoxious, as they would not take the oath\\nto demean themselves like good citizens.\\nAfter this the whole country was surveyed, but those\\nlots on which the Indians resided were not to be taken pos-\\nsession of, unless the rights of occupancy were purchased\\nthis was done in many instances, aad the Indians removed\\nwest of the Mississippi. Now there are white settlers in\\nall parts of that country. The right to the soil has\\nalways been maintained by Georgia. The last Chero-\\nkees left in 1841.\\nRivers.\\nThe general course of our rivers, which can be seen\\non the map, is S. S. E., if we except that of the Flint\\nand Chattahoochee, which is south, .flowing into the\\nGulf of Mexico. There is no rapid in ascending the\\nSavannah, till you reach Augusta, above the 33^ N.\\nLatitude. The/a?^ in the Oconee is further south and,", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "16 KIVERS.\\nas you advance west, the first rapids are still further\\nsouth so that those in our western river are 32\u00c2\u00b0 25^ In\\ntravelling from the seaboard, one wonld suppose the\\ncountry so perfectly level for more than a hundred miles,\\nthat the streams would be very sluggish but they are\\nmuch more rapid than those in the Northern States.\\nWhile the tide finds its way up the Potomac to Wash-\\nington, 300 miles from the ocean, and the Hudson to\\nWaterford, 160 it can get up our rivers but 20 or 30\\nmiles. This furnishes abundant proof that the bed and\\nchannel of our rivers are not so near on a level with the\\nocean as those in the more Northern States, gushing\\nfrom high hills, and tumbling down inacessible moun-\\ntains. Most of our rivers have their rise in the southern\\nextremity of the Alleghany mountains and as there is\\nno great descent in any of them at one place, they must\\ndescend imperceptibly very fast, so that their mouths may\\nbe on a level with the ocean. They rise so rapidly dur-\\ning heavy rains, and overflow their banks so far, that it\\nis difficult to keep a bridge over or a mill upon them.\\nThey have no high banks like the northern rivers, but\\nyou are upon them before you entertain any suspicion\\nthat they are near. Exceptions to this remark may be\\nmade in regard to some parts of the Flint and Chatta-\\nhoochee.\\nElijay river, an Indian word, emphasized on the\\nlast syllable, rises in Gilmer, and runs into Coosewatee in\\nN. E. corner of Gordon.\\nNotley river rises in the south part of Union county,\\nruns N. W. into Tennessee.\\nToccoa river rises in the south part of Fannin, and runs\\nN. into Tennessee.\\nBut the rivers are now very little used since the rail-\\nroads are in operation. The Savannah is, however, an\\nexception this is used as much as ever. The Altamaha\\nand Chattahoochee to Columbus are also in use but a\\nsteamer seldom comes up to Milledgeville or Macon.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "RIVERS.\\n17\\nRIVERS, A.\\nThe following Is taken from the first edition, 1827\\nNames of Rivers.\\n^3\\na\\nP\\nli\\nSi\\n1\\ni\\ns\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s\\n1\\no\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 t\\no\\n-I\\nAltamaha\\nal20\\n570\\n140\\n300\\n25\\n275\\n290\\n200\\n130\\n153\\n90\\n550\\n25\\n12\\n120\\n6180\\nChattahoochee. ^-TT\\n890\\n;c470\\nCanoochee\\nf/50\\nFlint\\nys5\\nddlOO\\n200\\nNewport\\nOcmulgee. /rT.\\nOconee\\nOgechee\\nOhoopie.\\n/150\\nA120\\n150\\n120\\n^215\\niciho\\niiso\\nMO\\nSaint Ilia.\\n7n48\\n30\\nol8\\ng\\nwl08\\nSt Mary s\\n60\\nSavannah T-fT\\n\u00c2\u00bb340\\n18\\n^410\\nr490\\nTurtle\\na To confluence of Oconee and Ocmulgee.\\nb To Fort Mitchell.\\nc To mouth of Chestatee Indians still in possession, and capacity not\\nknown but so far as explored seems to be navigable.\\nd To mouth of Cedar creek in Tattnall.\\ndd Steamers have been up to old Agency in Crawford.\\ne To Sunbury.\\n/To Macon.\\ng To confluence of chief branches corner of Jasper.\\nh To Milledgeville.\\ni To Athens, though no produce has been floated so far boats have\\nascended to Barnet s shoals in Clarke. Thomas Terrell and others\\nwrought on this river some 30 years ago.\\nj To Fort Argyle.\\nk To Louisville.\\nI To mouth of Jack s creek in Emanuel.\\nm To Burnt Fort in W. part of Camden now in Charlton.\\nn To Ellabka in Appling.\\no To Savannah p to Augusta q to Petersburg r to Mullen s Ford,\\nHabersham.\\nSince that time steamers have navigated the Coosa from Rome into\\nAlabama. Boats of 10 tons have been down the Connesanga, and con-\\nveyed flour, bacon, whisky, c. to Rome.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "18 FACE OF THE COUNTRY, ETC.\\nLakes and Ponds.\\nIn the Okefenoke swamp are two ]akes, and tbrongh-\\nont the sonth-western counties are many large ponds.\\nIn Oglethorpe is the Goose Pond covering 20 or 80 acres,\\nand one in Greene nearly as large. This latter one af-\\nnfe abundance of fish and several individuals, in 1825,\\nendeavored to drain it into the Oconee, to save the trouble\\nof angling but, after several days of toilsome labor, the\\nproject was abandoned.\\nFace of the Country.\\nIn regard to surface, Georgia may be divided into three\\nsections the first extending from Florida, the southern\\nboundary, to the Z2 N. Latitude, is level the second,\\nfrom the 38\u00c2\u00b0 to the 84\u00c2\u00b0, is uneven; the third, from the\\n34\u00c2\u00b0 to the 35\u00c2\u00b0, is hilly and mountainous. The second sec-\\ntion is the most populous.\\nSoil.\\nIn the southern section the soil is sandy, with rich low\\ngrounds. Where pine only grows, the soil is not so produc-\\ntive but where other kinds of timber gTow with the pine,\\nit is generally fertile. In the middle section the soil is a\\nred loam, and remarkably fertile. In the northern, there\\nis a grey gravelly soil, and it is quite productive. It is not\\npretended that these three kinds of soil are confined to\\nparallels of latitude, exclusively, to the several sections\\nnamed but that they generally prevail in these sections\\nis obvious to all acquainted with the State.\\nProductions.\\nIn the southern section only rice is cultivated for ex-\\nportation. The sea-island or hlack-seed cotton, which is\\ngenerally worth twice as much as the green-seed^ grows\\nkindly in all the lower parts of this section. The sugar-", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "CLIMATE. 19\\ncane has been in successful cultivation for several years,\\nand many hogsheads of sugar are raised on the planta-\\ntions and sold in the country, but none has been exported.*\\nOranges, figs, olives, pomegranates, and most of the\\ntropical fruits grow here.\\nCorn, sweet-potatoes, peaches, c., c., grow abundantly\\nin all parts of the State.\\nIn the middle and northern sections, the green-seed cot-\\nton is cultivated, and some tobacco. Upland or dry-cul-\\nture rice is raised here by many families for their own\\nuse.\\nClimate.\\nThe mercury in Fahrenheit usually fluctuates from\\n75\u00c2\u00b0 to 86\u00c2\u00b0 between April and October. Governor El-\\nlis says it rose as high as 102\u00c2\u00b0, in 1757, in Savannah\\nbut it has not in that city been higher than 94\u00c2\u00b0 in\\nseveral years. At Eatonton, and in Wilkes county, in\\n1827-8, it never rose higher than 96\u00c2\u00b0. An Augusta pa-\\nper, on the 5th June, 1828, says, The mercury is to-day\\nup to 92\u00c2\u00b0, as high as it has been in two years. f The\\nfrost falls in the middle section of the State about the\\nmiddle of October the earliest for the last ten years fell\\non the 10th October, 1819. There was no frost in 1796\\nand 1822, till about the 20th December. The mercury\\nfalls every winter almost as low as 20\u00c2\u00b0 sometimes to\\n16\u00c2\u00b0.\\nIn 1774 there was a severe frost in May, which killed\\nlarge trees. In January, 1827, the Oconee river was\\nfrozen over near Milledgeville, and the Savannah at Au-\\ngusta, a circumstance never before knowD. The winter\\nof 1828 was unusually mild, the mercury ranging, in the\\nfirst ten days of January, from 64\u00c2\u00b0 to 76\u00c2\u00b0 The jessa-\\nmine, woodbine, althea, hyacinth, and jonquil, were in\\nall the verdure of spring. Watermelons and shad were\\n1828 may be considered a new epoch in the culture of sugar, when\\nprobably some hundred hogsheads were raised.\\nf July, 1859 and 1860. Mercury was several times 98 to 100 degrees.\\nIn the United States and Europe, it was higher than ever known before.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "20 CLIMATE.\\nin the Savannah, and Macon markets. The China and\\nplum-trees were in bloom in the up-countrj. Many per-\\nsons lost all their meat. On the 5th of April, there was\\na mighty change the mercury fell to 26\u00c2\u00b0, much lower\\nthan it had been all winter. Small creeks were frozen\\nover half an inch thick. The corn and cotton were\\nkilled, and some trees In the first of September, it\\nwas down to 52\u00c2\u00b0, lower than was ever recollected to\\nhave been before so early.\\nThe December of 1828 was also unusually warm.\\nFlies were troublesome to horses musquitos were buz-\\nzing about the sun was oppressive to the traveller and\\nthe mercury at Eatonton, on the 11th instant, was up to\\n74\u00c2\u00b0 at 8 P. M.\\nOn the 10th January, 1828, the captain of an English\\nvessel presented Mr. Cowper, of St. Simon s Island, with\\na few peas which he had brought from England. On\\nthe 27th of February, thirty-seven days after, Mr. C.\\ncomplimented the captain with a peck of fine green\\npeas, a part of the produce of the seed which he had\\ngiven him I\\nSo warm was this winter, that the cotton plant in some\\nplaces was not killed, and sprouts from the old roots\\nsprung up and produced a new crop, without the labor of\\nplanting.\\nAll the winter of 1828-9 was very mild, till the 9th of\\nJanuary, 1829. On the 9th, at 4 P. M., the mercury was\\nat 76\u00c2\u00b0, and on the 11th, at 6 A. M., it was down to 16\u00c2\u00b0,\\na change of 60 degrees in about 36 hours I The remain-\\nder of the winter and spring was colder than ever before\\nknown. Scarcely a night of February or March but in\\nwhich there was frost. No peach bloom was seen till\\nabout the 1st of April whereas they generally appear\\nabout the 1st of February.\\nThere is no purer water nor any healthier climate on\\nthe globe than is found in the northern section of this\\nState. Many individuals have seen the frosts of a hun-\\ndred winters. In the months of August, September, and\\nOctober, the bilious fever obtains in the lower and mid-", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "CLIMATE. 21\\ndie sections of the State but for the two last years very\\nfew deaths have been occasioned by it.\\n1830, June 1. Mercury down to 60\u00c2\u00b0 so cool that\\nmuch cotton dies. It is reported that snow fell in Kabun.\\nJune, July, August, September, and October, without\\nrain, except some partial showers.\\nCamp and Tobler s creeks, in Jones and Baldwin, and\\nEichland, in Greene, nearly dry a little water in holes.\\nEarth not wet one inch in Greenesboro from 1st June\\ntill 8th November Persons came from Washington, in\\nWilkes, 40 miles, to Parke s mill there were counted 72\\nwagons and carts at a time, waiting for grists.\\nSeptember 20. Slight frost.\\nSeptember 29. Frost which killed vines, and leaves\\non some trees never before known so early. Yet all\\nOctober and most of November the heat was oppressive,\\nand no general killing frost till the 11th December. Cot-\\nton was in bloom the day before.\\nAll November was said by the Northern papers to be\\nrainy and cloudy. In Boston the sun was not visible for\\n11 days. In Georgia there was rain but 4 or 5 days, and\\nthese were the Sabbaths the rest of the timiB it was clear\\nand dry.\\n1831, January 14. Snow, and it continued, in the shade,\\nsome days.\\nFebruary 6. Snow; six to eight inches. Ground was\\nalmost constantly frozen in the morning, for near two\\nmonths.\\nApril 8. Heavy rains. In Hall county, snow that\\ncovered the ground\\nApril 11 and 12. Frost that killed beans and po-\\ntatoes in gardens severer in Augusta than at Milledge-\\nville.\\nMay 10. Frost and some ice, though not to injure veg-\\netation.\\nMay 25 and 26. Frost near Savannah in Monroe\\nand Pike, it touched the corn and cotton, and bit the\\nbeans.\\nJuly 1 and 11 and 12. Very cool mercury down to", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "22 CLIMATE.\\n64\u00c2\u00b0 not higher than 88\u00c2\u00b0 in Eatonton up to 15th instant,\\nnor above 90\u00c2\u00b0 in Milledgeville. Northern papers com-\\nplain of excessive hot weather.\\nAugust 9. Yery cool mercury down to 66\u00c2\u00b0.\\nAugust 14. Sun had a singularly green appearance,\\nshorn of its beams, and spots could be seen with the\\nnaked eye. Eain almost incessantly till middle of Sep-\\ntember fodder spoiled.\\nOctober 4. Slight frost.\\n1832, February 2. We have rarely, if ever, had\\nsuch weather in Georgia. On the 26th January, the\\nthermometer stood at 7\u00c2\u00b0 above zero, or 25\u00c2\u00b0 below freez-\\ning point.\\nWeather more intensely cold than we recollect ever\\nto have known it. In 1816, the severe cold of a few\\ndays was longer remembered. On Friday last, thermom-\\neter was 6\u00c2\u00b0 above zero. The novel scene of skating par-\\nties was exhibited in the vicinity of the town. Milledge-\\nville papers.\\nChina trees were killed, and put forth next spring from\\nthe ground.\\nMay 24 and 25. Yery cool.\\nJune 6 to 10. Yery cool a fire every morning com-\\nfortable and even needed.\\nJune 19 to 23. Yery cool, with stifp north-east breeze.\\nPersons changed their summer for winter clothing fire\\nwas kept up in sitting-rooms all day, and students sought\\nthe sun to study in rather than the shadi.\\nOctober 1. Frost.\\n1833, March 1. Terrible wind and rain; blew down\\nhouses, chimneys, and buildings, and destroyed sovenil\\nlives.\\nMarch 3. Sabbath coldest this season.\\nMarch 29. Slight snow in middle section mountains\\ncovered in upper part of State.\\nApril 6 and 7. Heavy rains water higher than\\nknown for twenty years. IS ot a bridge left on the Ap-\\npalachee river. The rains all winter and spring heavier\\nthan usual.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "CLIMATE. 23\\nJuly. Warmest weather constantly that we have ever\\nhad.\\nAugust 15. Cool for fifteen days, so that fir e is pleas-\\nant. Wind north-east, but no rain.\\n1835, January 8. At night snow fell eight inches,\\nand thirteen in Troupe and Pike seldom known at such\\na depth.\\nFebruary 3. Four inches snow\\nFebruary 8. Mercury 3\u00c2\u00b0 below zero in Baton ton, in a\\nclose passage, and 8\u00c2\u00b0 below zero in open air in Milledge-\\nville Nothing like this ever known before in Greorgia.\\nThe snow of 8th January was only five inches in Chero-\\nkee, 150 miles north of Milledgeville, very little at Au-\\ngusta, none in Charleston, and none in Petersburgh, Va.\\nTlie cold weather in Kew England was about the 25th\\nJanuary, when the mercury froze but it did not reach\\nus till the 7th and 8th of February in Florida i t was not\\nso severe till the 4th of March, when most of the orange-\\ntrees were killed.\\nA Lapland Winter. We continue the record of\\nthe weather (which with us has little mitigation of sever-\\nity since Saturday night) in such parts of the country as\\nwe have accounts from it being acknowledged on all\\nhands to be more rigorous than ever before known.\\nIn New Haven, on Monday, at 8 A. M., Professor\\nSilliman s thermometer was 23 degrees below zero A\\ngentleman who has been in the habit of making notations\\nof the weather for forty -four years, states that he never\\nknew the mercury before more than 16 degrees below\\nthe cipher. The famed cold winter of 79-80, according\\nto the notes of President Styles, in the month of January,\\nwas only at 19 degrees.\\nThe extremes of cold on Sunday or on Monday\\nmorning were, at Lowell, Mass., 24 degrees below zero\\nat Concord, Mass., 27; Dorchester 22; Worcester 19;\\nWoonsocket Falls, E. L, 24 Montreal 35 Branford,\\nConn., 16 Saratoga Springs 33 Poughkeepsie 33, 13\\ndegrees lower than ever before known Troy 28, 7 de-\\ngrees lower than since the present century commenced", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "24 CLIMATE.\\nNorthampton, Mass., 38 many wells were frozen at the\\ndepth of fourteen feet from the surface, and a colt was\\nfrozen in a stable Providence and Smithfield, E. I., 26\\nElizabethtown, N. J., 18 Utica 84; New Lebanon 89;\\nSchenectady SS] Belleville, N. J., 20. iV. Y. Com,\\nAdv.\\nJanuary 15. Tremendous thunder shower. One flash\\nin Eatonton killed two cows and two hogs a chimney\\nwas struck in Savannah. Three or four showers and\\nheavy thunder up to the close of the month then the\\ncold weather begins.\\nThe summer of 1835 unusually cool. Most of Sep-\\ntember cool as October is ordinarily. Frost on the 26th\\nSeptember.\\nOctober 6. Killing frost, but in five days the weather\\nturned warm as summer, and so continued till the last of\\nNovember. The gardens flourished cotton, which had\\nlost its leaves, again shot forth, and the crop was greatly\\nincreased.\\nMay 18 and 14. Severe hail storm near Macon.\\n1886. Winter of 1886-6 mild in comparison with the\\npreceding. Last part of November severe frost and ice\\nthen mild till the 25th of January,- 1886 then cold two\\nweeks mercury down to 12 degrees above zero 20 de-\\ngrees warmer than February, 1885.\\nMarch 11. Slight snow, hardly enough to cover the\\nground only one during the winter.\\nDecember 5. Snow 4 inches 6 in Norfolk, but none\\nin Eichmond. No snow in Georgia before Christmas for\\nmany, many years\\nIt is very evident that our winters are becoming\\ncolder.\\n1887, February. Snow 4 or 5 inches, and also in\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2March not much during the winter.\\nMarch 8. Violent hail storm at Zebulon stones as\\nlarge as hen s eggs destroyed windows and killed one\\nhorse.\\nMay 7. Snow in upper part of the State, loading the\\ntrees. Papers,", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "COUNTIES,\\nALPHABETICALLY,\\nWith the Towns, Villages, and Public Places in\\nthem,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rivers, Creeks, c.\\n1. Appling County is bounded on the N by Alta-\\nmaha river, which separates it from Montgomery and\\nTatnall, E. by Wayne, S. by Wayne, Pierce and Ware,\\nand W. by Coffee. It is still a large county, though it\\nhas supplied most of Coffee county with its dimensions.\\nHead streams of St. Ilia river are in this county. The\\ntitle claimed by the Creek Indians to this territory was\\nextinguished by the treaty at Fort Jackson, Ala., and\\norganized in 1818. Post offices as by II. S. List, are\\nHolmesville, the capital, Cook s store, 12 W. C. l\\\\,,\\nReddishville or Rushville in S. E. part, Hall near Camp\\nGround N. part, and Middleton s store in IST. E. Public\\nplaces are Initial Point and Scriven on the K. K. from\\nSavannah in S. E. corner. Fort James and Oglethorpe\\nBluff on Altamaha river in the N. E., beside several\\nother Bluffs.\\nHolmesville contains the usual public buildings, and\\nbut few houses and stores; it is some 120 miles S. E. M.\\nThis county received its name in honor of Col. Daniel\\nAppling, a native of Columbia Co., Ga. Col. A. was\\nborn in 1787, was a soldier in war of 1812, captured a\\nnumber of British at Lake Ontario, died 1817 in Ala-\\nbama.\\n2. Baker County was created out of Early in 1825,\\nlying in the S. W. part of the state. The counties of\\nDougherty and Calhoun are on the North, Mitchell on\\n2", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "26 BALDWIN.\\nthe East; Flint river forms the eastern boundary.\\nDecatur is on the South, and Miller and Early on the\\nWest. Ichaway-nochaway creek, running through the\\ncounty, falls into Flint near southern corner.\\nNticton was made the capital in 1831, and contains\\nthe usual public buildings; it stands on the Flint, near\\nthe mouth of Coolewahee creek, in the 8th District of\\nOld Early, 20 m. S. Albany.\\nThe county was named for Col. John Bciker, a soldier\\nin the Revolutionary war, given in 1825. He died in\\nSunbury, soon after the war.\\n3. Baldwin County is in the central part of the\\nState, cut in twain by the Oconee. It is bounded on\\nthe N. by Putnam, west of the river, and by Hancock\\nE. of it; E. by Hancock and a corner of Washington\\nS. by Wilkinson, and W. by Jones. Town creek was\\nformerly the eastern boundary but lately a strip E. of\\nit has been annexed from Hancock. The south part\\nof the county is sandy, and produced in 1828, on Mr.\\nBoykin s plantation, fine specimens of sugar cane, giving\\nassurance to the inhabitants of the metropolis that, in\\na few years, they need not go far for the luxury of sugar.\\nThe north part is red clay.\\nThis county was purchased of the Creeks in 1802, and\\nit extended to the High Shoals on the Appalachee. The\\ncourts were held for some time at Hill8boro\\\\ a small\\nvillage, now containing a few log-houses and a dram\\nshop, 6 miles East of Eatonton. Population 9,091.\\nMilledgeville is the capital. The whole nlimber of\\nBanks in the State is 21. Amount of Poor School\\nfund received $960 60, and all expended. The trustees\\nof this fund report 200 children, who, according to the\\nprovisions of the law ought to share in its benefits; but\\nthe fund is insufficient to educate them all. Academic\\nfunds received $1,267 05.\\nMilledgeville^ p.t. and cap. Baldwin county, and named\\nin honor of Governor Milledge, is the seat of Govern-\\nment for Georgia, and is situated on the west side of the\\nOconee river at ?the head of steamboat navigation, in", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "BALDWIN. 27\\nLatitude 83\u00c2\u00b0 4 10 West Long, from Washington, 6\u00c2\u00b0\\n19 This town is 659 miles S. W. Washington City;\\nl,584S.W.KobbinstoQ, in Maine; 158 K W. Savannah;\\n89 W. S. W. Augusta; 193 K Darien 71 S. Athens;\\n82 E. K E. Macon, and 125 E. N. E. Columbus.\\nThe act of the Legislature, in which Commissioners were\\nappointed to lay off the town, was passed in May, 1808,\\nand by the original plan contains twenty streets, to most\\nof which are given names of distinguished patriots. The\\nfirst building, constructed of logs, was erected in 1804.\\non Franklin street, on Mr. Baxter s lot and the first\\nframed house was put up by Gen. Scott, in 1805, and\\nwas standing 1829, a two-story building, on the corner\\nof Franklin and Elbert streets, diagonally from Jackson\\nHall. For some years, most of the buildings were erect-\\ned and business done east of the State House but now\\nthe town is travelling westward from the hurried atmos-\\nphere of the river and Fishing creek, and the hum of ac-\\ntivity is heard on Wayne street.\\nThe State House stands on an eminence, three-fourths\\nof a mile from the river, exhibiting a tasteful appearance,\\nof Gothic architecture. In this are rooms for the Legis-\\nlature during its sessions, the offices of the Governor,\\nSecretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, and Surveyor\\nGeneral, beside apartments for Clerks and Committees,\\nand several fire proof rooms for public records.\\nThe Kepresentative Hall is 60 by 54 feet, ornamented\\nwith full length portraits of Franklin and La Fayette,\\nand the Senate Chamber with those of Washington and\\nJefferson. In the Executive office is an old portrait of\\nOglethorpe, sitting, dressed in an antique costume, and\\nexamining the map of Georgia. This building, with the\\nwing erected at the N. end in 1828, cost $115,000. The\\ncost of an excellent clock in the cupola was $1,000. En-\\nlarged since.\\nThe other public buildings are, a State arsenal, three\\nstories high, containing implements of war-; Government\\nhouse, houses of worship for the Methodists, Baptists, and\\nPresbyteiians, the dimensions of which are about 60 by", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "28 BALDWIN.\\n40 feet, a Market House, containing a room for the meet-\\ning of the town police, Penitentiary, Court-honse, Jail,\\nAcademy, and several Banks.\\nSince the seat of Government has become permanently\\nfixed here, considerable improvements have been made\\nin buildings, and some new ones erected. The river op-\\nposite the town is 560 feet wide, over which is an ex-\\ncellent bridge, private property, which cost about\\n$20,000 the income for tolls is about $3,000. The prin-\\ncipal cotton warehouses were a mile and a half from\\ntown till 1828, when a lock was completed, so that boats\\ncan ascend to the bridge. From 4,000 to 8,000 bags on-\\nly are deposited in Milledgeville annually, and yet it is\\nin the heart of a cotton country.\\nFreights, per bag, in February, 1828, were $2 to\\nSavannah, and $2 50 with insurance. There seems to\\nbe no spirit to invite the planters here, no purchasers\\nare waiting, and yet 5 and 600 bags can be taken\\ndown the river at a time, and 70 tons brought back in\\nreturn. The railroad now takes all the cotton.\\nFrom the presses in this town, there go forth weekly\\n6 or 7,000 newspapers.\\nThe surface of this place is quite uneven, the soil is\\nred, and but few of the streets have good sidewalks. It\\nhas been healthy for the past two years, scarcely a case\\nof fever having been known. Should it be sickly, a\\nhealthy retreat is found at a distance of three miles, in\\nthe pine lands south. Augusta also is supplied with a\\nsafe retreat on the sand hills.\\nThe Legislature held its first session here in 1807. The\\nnet amount of postage accruing at the post-office here in\\n1827 was $2,240 45 in 1828, $2,489 26.\\nMilledgeville was constituted a city by the Legislature\\nin December, 1836, and is now governed by a Mayor and\\nsix Aldermen. An addition has been made to the State\\nHouse, a wing has been added to correspond with that at\\nthe north-western end. A large Masonic Hall, with\\nstores in the basement story, has been erected. A new\\nBank, the Milledgeville Bank, with a branch in Augusta\\nhas been established.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "bajn^ks. 29\\nThe post-offices are Black Spring E. of tlie river, and\\nTalmage at Midway village, the site of Oglethorpe Uni-\\nversity, some 2 miles S. of the Court-house. Scottshord\\nis 5 niiles S. W. in the pine woods, containing about a\\ndozen houses. Some years ago it had a flourishing Fe-\\nmale School, and attracted boarders from a distance now\\nit is a very quiet spot, and a pleasant retreat from the bus-\\ntle of the capital. It furnishes much fruit, apples, peach-\\nes, grapes, c. Its contiguity to the State capital would\\ninduce the belief that it is a place of refinement. Popu-\\nlation of Milledgeville 2,229\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in the county 7,876\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nfamilies 719. In 1858, 5,029 bags of cotton.\\nMidivdy contains Oglethorpe University, some 50\\nfamilies, and a mixed school of respectable grade; by the\\nlate census there are 700 souls probably, including all\\nthe pupils in college and schools. Huson, Mt. ISTebo,\\nSandtown, Whiting, and Woodville are residences and\\npublic places, but quite small.\\nFort Wilkinson^ on the Oconee, 2 or 3 miles S., is the\\nspot where the treaty was held with the Creek Indians\\nin 1802, by which much of the land between the Oconee\\nand Ocmulgee was acquired. This territory was divided\\ninto two counties: the southern part Wilkinson, north-\\nern, Baldwin; the seat of justice for the latter was called\\nHillshoro\\\\ and located 6 m. E. of Eatonton. In 1807, it\\nwas divided into Jones, Laurens, Telfair, Putnam, and\\nEandolph this latter was changed in 1812 to Jasper.\\nAbraham Baldwin^ after whom this county was named,\\na graduate of Yale College, settled in Columbia Co. in\\n1783. He was one of the founders of Franklin College,\\n1785 Senator in Congress helped to form the Federal\\nConstitution died in A^^asliington city, 1807.\\n4. Banks County was organized in 1858, from the\\ncounties of Habersham, Fi-anklin, and others. It has 7\\npost-offices the cap. Homer. Head waters of Broad\\nriver are in this county. Homer is on west side of Hud-\\nson river, on the road from Gainesville to Carnesville\\nnew place.\\nDoctor Banks^ after Avhom it was named, had been", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "30 BERRIEN BIBB.\\nsenator from the adjoining county, Hall, a number of\\nyears, and was succeeded by his son he was a man of\\ninfluence in our Legislature.\\n5. Berrien County was formed out of Irwin chiefly,\\nin 1856. The AUapaha is its eastern boundary, dividing\\nit from Coffee and Clinch Lowndes and Brooks are on\\nthe south Colquitt and Worth on the west, separated\\nby Little river; Irwin on the north. Withlacoochee\\nrises in this county.\\nNashville is the capital, but a small place, as the county\\nhas been so lately organized it is located S. E. from the\\ncentre Ava P. O. is on the west side, and Milltown in the\\nS. E. corner; Hahira is S. W. from C. H.\\nThis county perpetuates the name of John McPherson\\nBerrien, judge of our courts, Attorney General under\\nGen. Jackson, Senator in Congress many years. President\\nof Ga. His. Soc, one of our most distinguished and\\ntalented men born in N. J., 1781 died in Savannah,\\n1856.\\n6. Bibb County is bounded N. by Monroe; N. E.\\nby Jones; E. by Twiggs; South by Houston, and W.\\nby Crawford. The Ocmulgee runs through the eastern,\\nand the Tobesofskee through the central part. The soil\\nin the northern part is red loam, in the southern sandy.\\nSugar-cane has been successfully cultivated in this\\ncounty. The academy fund received is $,1,269 42,\\n$525 85 of which is expended. There are three incor-\\nporated academies in the county, Macon, Washington,\\nand Lake academies, at each of which, in 1828, there\\nwere 45, 30, and 80 pupils.\\nMacon, p. t. and cap., Bibb county, and named after\\nNathaniel Macon, of North Carolina, long President of\\nthe U. S. Senate, is situated on both sides of the Ocmul-\\ngee river, 32 miles W. S. W. Milledgeville, 12 S. W. Clin-\\nton, 80 N. E. Perry, 22 E. Knoxville, and 25 S. E. For-\\nsyth estimated population, 8,500.\\nNo place has risen up with greater rapidity than\\nMacon. The first lots were sold^ 6tli and 7th March,\\n1828. The first cabin was built here by Thomas Tatum,", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "BIBB. 31\\nin 1822, on Walnut street, on the lot now owned by\\nMajor Napier now it contains more than 200 inhabited\\nbouses, many of which are neat, and some very large, 43\\nstores, 11 groceries and confectioneries, beside druggists,\\nand mechanics of all kinds, 8 doctors, and 12 lawyers.\\nThe Court-house stands on Bridge street, three stories\\nhigh, 93 by 47 feet, with a cupola, and has a fine ap-\\npearance from Fort Hawkins, on the east side of the\\nriver. In the basement story are apartments for offices\\nof various descriptions, in the second are large rooms for\\nthe Superior Court and for county purposes, in the third\\nthe offices of the clerks.\\nThe streets in Macon run N. W. and S. E., and are\\nalternately 180 and 120 feet wide, i. e. Wharf street, the\\none parallel with the river and near it, is 180 feet, the\\nnext parallel one is 120 so those which meet at right\\nangles. Until the spring of 1828, the incorporation\\ncovered only the west side of the river then 20 acre\\nlots, beside many 10 acre ones, were sold, and the pur-\\nchasers are putting up good buildings.\\nA fine bridge, beside the Railroad bridge, connects both\\nparts of the town. This was built by the State, cost\\n$9,200; was rented the first quarter of 1828 for $1,802\\n50, and the second for $925. It is now sold to the town\\nfor $25,000, and ten years allowed to make the payments.\\nCotton and corn pass over toll-free.\\nAs a commercial place, Macon has many advantages\\nit is in the heart of a thickly settled and fertile country,\\nand on a navigable river. Though steamboats have\\nbeen up, the produce and merchandise are transported\\non flat-bottomed boats. Thirty or forty boats are owned\\nhere, and they carry at a time from 400 to 700 bags of\\ncottoD, and return with 70 and 80 tons. On both sides\\nof the river are thirteen warehouses.\\nMacon received as the crop of 1824, 4,000 bags cot-\\nton of 1825. 17,000 bags of 1826, 30,000 of 1827,\\na dry year, 1,700 of 1828, about 39,000. The price of\\nfreight to Savannah varies from 62i to 75 cents per\\nhundred, and has been as high as a dollar.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "52 BIBB.\\nWithin nine miles of Macon are 14 Saw and 9 Grist\\nmills five are on Swift creek. The Macon Bank is a\\nfine three story building. There are also here branches\\nof the Darien Bank, of the Fire Insurance, and an\\nagency of the State Bank. The net amount of postage\\naccruing to the United States in this place for 1827 was\\n$1,665 12, and for 1828, $2,124 47.\\nHitherto Macon has been very healthy, though its\\nfriends have entertained fears that it would be sickly.\\nSeveral attempts were made in the Legislature to re-\\nmove the seat of Government from Milledgeville, and\\nmake Macon the metropolis, but a final decision was\\nmade in 1827, and $20,000 appropriated to enlarge the\\nState House, and which has been accomplished. But\\nthis has not repressed the anxieties of the people to\\nsettle in this thriving town, for new houses are starting\\nup all around almost as rapidly as the mushroom of the\\nnight.\\nFive weekly papers are published here, and there are\\n3 bookstores with pretty good assortments of books.\\nFemale College completed in 1889. Has 150 pupils.\\nIn the winter of 1817 and 18, Mr. Eoger McCall\\nwent down the river with 500 bags of cotton, principal-\\nly from Jones s county. This was the first cotton that\\nwent from Macon (that now is).\\n1818, Eoger McCall and Harrison Smith built three\\nboats, carrying 300, 350, and 400 bags first boats, built\\nhere.\\n1822, town was laid out and surveyed. James\\nWebb, Surveyor.\\n1823, first lots were sold 1828, last lots, with re-\\nserve, were sold. Lots were sold in each intermediate\\nyear.\\n1125, first Bank located here. Darien branch, Sam-\\nuel Wood, Cashier.\\n1827, first steamboat came to Macon, owned by Jno.\\nT. Lamar. Steamer run but a short time resumed in\\n1833.\\n1834, Commons (70 lots) sold by order of Council.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "BROOKS. 83\\n1837, commons (100 lots or more) sold by order of\\nCouncil.\\nThere are 5 houses of worship, 1 cotton factory, 3\\nfoundries, 2 variety works for sash, c., 2 furniture fac-\\ntories, 4 carriage factories, female college, free school,\\nseveral select and private schools, 6 hotels, several board-\\ning houses, 175 stores, 2 banks, 4 agencies. 100,000\\nbags of last crop cotton sold here. Academy for blind is in\\nMacon.\\nDoctor Wm. W. Bibb, after whom this county was\\nnamed, a Virginian by birth, settled in Wilkes; was\\nMember of Congress, 1813-16 first governor of Alabama,\\nappointed by President Madison died in 1824.\\nThe population of Macon is over 11,000. A Wesley-\\nan Female College, the first chartered in the state, is in\\nMacon, and Southern Botanical College.\\n7. Brooks County was created out of Thomas and\\nLowndes, in 1858. Little Eiver runs through the north-\\neast corner about half its length, where it falls into the\\nWithlacoochee river, which separates it from Lowndes\\nto the Florida line Thomas is on the west Colquitt and\\nBerrien on the north Ocopilco and Piscola creeks fall\\ninto AVithlacoochee.\\nMorven is a post village in the N. E., and Tallokas in\\nthe N. W., Mineral Spring in S. E., near Withlacoochee\\nriver.\\nQuitman is the seat of justice, a new place, in 12th\\nDistrict, near middle road from Thamasville to Troup-\\nville, two miles from the Ocopilco river, on the line of\\nthe Savannah Eailroad. A few houses and stores are\\nerected. Daily stage from Thomasville via Milltown to\\nterminus of railroad crossing river at Radford s Mills,\\nsonie 165 miles from Savannah, and about 30 east from\\nThomasville.\\nPreston G, Brooks was Member of Congress from S. C.\\nHe acquired much notoriety in the South for castigating\\nCharles Sumner, senator from Mass., who had, in his speech,\\nabused Gen. Butler, senator from South Carolina. Mr.\\nS. was a rank abolitionist, and Mr. Brooks supposed this\\n2*", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "84 BRYAN BULLOCH.\\nthe only way to obtain satisfaction. This Co. was named\\nafter him.\\n8. BuYAN County is in the S. E. part of the State.\\nBounded on the N. by Ballock N. E. by Chatham E.\\nby the Atlantic and S. by Liberty. The Ogechee sepa-\\nrates this county from Chatham, and the Cannouchee\\nruns nearly diagonally through it. It chief produce is\\nrice. The Court-house is four miles N. E. Cannouchee,\\n174 S. E. Milledgeville, 26 W. Savannah. This county\\nwas represented in the convention for revising the con-\\nstitution by Judge Clay, who afterwards became a most\\ndistinguished minister, and died in Boston, Pastor of the\\nFirst Baptist church. From its contiguity to the ocean\\nand marshes, the roads, in several of these neighboring\\ncounties, are made with great difficulty. For crossing\\nthe Ogechee bridge and causeway, W. of it, with a four-\\nwheel carriage, you pay two dollars for a gig, one dol-\\nlar horse, twenty-five cents but this has been made\\nat great expense.\\nEden is the capital, some 4 miles from Cannouchee\\nriver, containing the usual public buildings, but few\\nhouses.\\nHmxlwkk is in S. E. part near the Ogechee, and was\\nsuggested by some early Governor to make it the capi-\\ntal of the State, instead of Savannah it has never at-\\ntained any size, for its contiguity to the river must ren-\\nder it a sickly spot. Old Fort Argyle was in this coun-\\nty erected by the Carolinians before Georgia was\\nsettled.\\nJonathan Bryan^ after whom this county was named,\\nwas one of the first Judges in this State one of the\\nCommissioners of the Treaty at Dewit s corner, 1777\\nmember of Governor s council in 1774, but resigned be-\\ncause he opposed the Governor s designs. He resided\\non Wilmington Island after the War, universally be-\\nloved.\\n9. Bulloch County is bounded on the K by Scull s\\ncreek, which separates it from Emanuel; E. by the\\nOgechee, parting it from Scriven and Effingham S. by", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "BURKE. S5\\nLiberty, and W. b}^ Tatnall. Much of the land is\\npoor.\\nStaieshoro is the capital, and continues small. Bengal\\nand Mill Ray are post-offices. County laid out in\\n1796.\\nArchibald Bulloch was among the first patriots that\\nadvised resistance against England Member of Con-\\ngress 1775, and helped form our State Constitution in\\n1777 was President of the Provincial Council of Geor-\\ngia in 1776.\\n10. Burke County has Richmond on the N., the Sa-\\nvannah on the E., Scriven on the S., Emanuel on the\\nS. W., and Jefferson on the W. Much of the soil is\\nfertile, and many wealthy inhabitants reside here. The\\nred calcareous earth is found in some spots. A rotten\\nlimestone pervades many parts of the county, and ren-\\nders the water bad.\\nBurke county has in it a great number of ponds,\\nsome large enough to be denominated lakes one is\\ncalled Heshman s lake. It must of course be sickly.\\nThe site for public buildings loas a mile or two east of\\nWaynesboro on Mcintosh creek. Here the jail stood\\nduring the Revolutionary war, and a considerable bat-\\ntle was fought near it. The soil is fertile, enriched by\\nthe marine deposits made when the Atlantic pushed its\\nwaves over the whole country. Many of the inhabi-\\ntants spend their summers at Bath and at Mount Enon.\\nWayneshorough^ p. t. and cap., Burke county, and\\nnamed after General Anthony Wayne, is 80 miles E. Mil-\\nledgeville, 4 from Briar creek, 25 E. Louisville, 80 S. S.\\nW. Augusta, and contains C. H., Jail, houses of worship\\nfor Presbyterians and Methodists, 25 dwellings, 6 stores,\\nand seven offices and shops.\\nThis town has increased in size since the R, R. from\\nMillen to Augusta has been constructed, as it runs near\\nits eastern border. Barton, Birdsville, Bark Camp, Gush-\\ning, and Brushy creek are public places.\\nAlexander is a post village, 12 miles S. E. C. H., with\\na meeting-house, school, store, mechanics, c.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "56 BUTTS.\\nBark Camp M. H. in W. part is a public jDlace.\\nBirdsville is a small village in the south part. So me\\n18 or 14 post-offices in this county. David Emanuel re-\\nsided in this county, and Lyman Hall s mortal remains\\nsleep in the N. E. corner, near Savannah river.\\nEdmund Burke was a member of Parliament, and a\\nwarm friend of the Colonies in the Kevolutionary strug-\\ngle. This Co. named after him 1777.\\nSt. Glair is a small place in the north-western part,\\nnear Bushy creek M. H., and some years ago had a P.\\nO. Grove Mount and Waterloo are places of resort.\\nRev, Edmund Botsford preached in this Co. in 1771, and\\norganized the church at Botsford s M. H., east of C. H.\\nRev. James Matthews preached to this church about\\n1786.\\nRev. Edmund Byne, as early as 1785, proclaimed the\\ngospel here.\\n11. Butts County was taken from Henry and Monroe\\nin 1825. Newton is on the north, separated by S. Ocmul-\\ngee. The Ocmulgee separates it from Jasper on the east,\\nMonroe on the south, and Henry on the west. The In-\\ndian Springs the most fashionable resort in this state\\nare in the south part of this county. The soil is not very\\nfertile, though there is quite a dense population settled\\non it.\\nJackson, p. t. and cap., Butts county, named in honor\\nof General Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United\\nStates, is situated 55 miles N. W. Milled gevill e 8 W.\\nCargill s Ferry, on the Ocmulgee 4 N. Indian Springs\\n20 W. Monticello; 25 E. Zebulon; 17 S. E. McDon-\\nough, and contained, in February, 1828, seventeen\\nhouses, nine stores, two doctors, and nine mechanic\\nshops, three law offices, houses of worship for the Meth-\\nodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians, 0. H., jail, and acad-\\nemy. This latter building, 45 by 25 feet, and two stories\\nhigh, was erected and finished, except chimneys and plap-\\ntering, for $475 Carpenter s work will fall in price\\nwhen we have mechanics enough to hold more competi-\\ntion. The C. H. of brick, nearly completed in February,", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "CALHOUN CAMDEN. 37\\n1828, was consumed by fire, to the loss of the contractor,\\nCol. Hitchcock, of four or five thousand dollars. A ne-\\ngro was at work at night, and drojoped a candle, which fell\\nthrough the loose floor, among the rubbish below, and\\nthe roof was in a few minutes in a blaze. It has grown\\nvery much.\\nIndian Springs are in this county, a very fashionable\\nwatering place. Seven Islands cotton factory is on the\\nOcmulgee river.\\nThis county perpetuates the name of Capt. Sam. Butts,\\nof Hancock, a soldier in Floyd s army, killed at the battle\\nof Chalibbee, in Alabama, 27th January, 1814 born in\\nYirginia, 1774.\\nJesse Mercer died in this county, September, 1841, at\\nthe house of the Eev. James Carter, 4 miles N. Indian\\nSprings his remains interred at Penfield. Mr. Carter\\ndied in 1858, aged about 60; moderator of Flint River\\nAssociation; of moderate talents, but of deep piety.\\n12. Calhoun County was erected out of north part of\\nEarly, in 1854. Ichaway-nochaway, a large creek, runs\\nsouth centrally through the county.\\nMorgan is the capital, with public buildings, 50 to 60\\nhouses, Methodist and Baptist meeting-houses, and acad-\\nemy where the languages are taught 30 miles W. Al-\\nbany.\\nWhitney is 4 miles west of Court-house, with a dozen\\nhouses, tannery, academy, c. This place was settled\\nchiefly by Presbyterians from S. C.\\nPachitta is a Presbyterian meeting-house, 6 miles S.,\\nbut no village. Concord, Hop well, and Pleasant Hill\\nare also public places.\\nJohn C. Calhoun was one of South Carolina s most\\ndistinguished sons, a graduate of Yale College, Secretary\\nof War, Vice-President with Jackson, again in the Cabi-\\nnet, Senator many years in Congress he was the idol of\\nhis native State.\\n13. Camden County forms tlie S. S. Easterl}^ corner\\nof the State. The St. Mary s is the southern boundary;\\nthe St. Ilia the western most of the way, and then runs", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "88 CAMPBELL CARROLL.\\ndiagonally tlirougli it; Little St. Ilia the eastern.\\nCharlton county has diminished the dimensions of\\nCamden. Gren. John Floyd resided and died in this\\ncounty after 1829.\\nJeffersonton^ on the St. Ilia, in S. W. part of the county,\\nis the capital 25 miles N. N. W. St. Mary s, 28 S. W.\\nBrunswick, and 50 S. W. Darien. Sloops sail up to the\\ntown. 75 to 85 houses.\\nSt. Mary s is a port of entry, 6 m. from the ocean, and\\nsaid to be one of the most pleasant and healthy towns in\\nthe State. Population over 1000 Methodist and Pres-\\nbyterian houses of worship.\\nLangshury is a post village in the uorthern part. Cum-\\nberland, Dover, and Horse Islands are in this county.\\nThe west part has been added to Charlton.\\nThis county was named after an English nobleman\\nwho advocated the cause of the colonies in the Eevolution-\\nary war.\\n14. Campbell County has Paulding and Cobb on the\\nnorth, Fulton and Fayette on the east, Coweta south,\\nand Carroll west; formed in 1828.\\nCamphellton is the capital, on the E. side of the Chat-\\ntahoochee. It is not a large, but healthy place.\\nThis county has a dozen post-offices and other public\\nplaces, as Elton, Campbell Factory, New Manchester\\nFactory, N. and Sweetwater Factory, on the Cobb\\ncounty line.\\nMount Vernon, Holly Springs, and Antioch, are pub-\\nlic places.\\nCol. Duncan Gr. Campbell^ a native of North Carolina,\\nrepresented Wilkes in our Legislature, and urged, as\\nearly as 1825, a charter for a Female College. He did\\nnot succeed, but it was granted in 1836, the first, it is\\nbelieved, ever chartered. He was Commissioner in the\\ntreaty at Indian Springs, 1824 died in 1828, a firm\\nbeliever in the Christian religion, and a Presbyterian by\\nprofession.\\n15. Carroll County lies in the N. W. part of the\\nState it is bounded by Paulding and Haralson on the", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "CASS. 39\\nK., by Campbell aad Coweta on the E., by Troup on\\nthe S., and Alabama on the W. This county was\\nacquired by the treaty of the Indian Springs, in 1825.\\nLarge quantities of gold have been dug from this\\ncounty. The Court-house has been removed from the\\n5th to the 10th district, since a portion of this county\\nwas taken off the east side to form Heard.\\nCar7vlUon, post town and capital of Carroll county,\\nnamed after that distinguished patriot, Charles Carroll,\\nof Maryland, contains over 75 houses, stores, court-house,\\nand jail, and is situated in the 10th district of the county;\\nis 22 miles W. N. W. Hammond s Ferry, or Pumpkin-\\ntown, on the Chattahoochee, 44-1 miles N. W. Fayette.\\nThis town has been much enlarged since the last edition\\nwas issued it has good schools, and the county has be-\\ncome very populous.\\nVilla Rica was in existence about as early as Carroll-\\nton, as it was in the midst of the gold diggings it is in\\nthe N. E. part, some 16 miles from the court-house.\\nFifteen or more post-oflSces are in the county, proof\\nthat there is a dense population and a reading people.\\nHead waters of Little Tallapoosa are in this county.\\nTrickum and Bonner s mines have no post-office.\\nBowdon is a post-office in W. part of the county, and\\nhas a collegiate institute, a good institution of learning,\\nin a flourishing condition 177 pupils on the last cata-\\nlogue. A collegiate institute was begun in Carrollton by\\nMr. Leake, in 1858, under favorable auspices.\\nCharles Carroll^ of Maryland, one of the signers of the\\nDeclaration of Independence, has a world-wide fame\\nborn in 1737, died 1832, aged about 95. Some years\\nprior to his death, in a publication, he reaffirmed the\\nfacts stated in regard to the Declaration of Independence.\\n16. Cass County has Gordon N., Cherokee E., Cobb,\\nPaulding, and Polk S., Floyd W. The Etow ah runs\\nthrough the southern part Allatoonah Mt. in S. E.\\ncorner. Limestone abounds the lands are fertile. Ten\\nor twelve post-offices. Oothkaloga Yalley is in the\\nwestern part, and furnishes rich bottoms. The north", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "40 CASS.\\npart was cut off to form Gordon, yet now it is one of the\\nmost populous in the State over 13,000.\\nIron and marble abound Cooper s iron- works, a few\\nmiles from Cartersville, do much business hollow ware\\nis made in abundance, and some railroad iron. Colonel\\nCooper has constructed a road from the Western and\\nAtlantic road, some five or six miles, to his works his\\ncoal is brought from Dade, where he owns a mine.\\nCassville is the capital, containing, beside the public\\nbuildings, near 100 houses, beside stores, offices, shops,\\netc. The Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians have\\ngood houses of worship.\\nCherokee Baptist College is located here. It has gradu-\\nated a few small classes opened in 1 854.\\nMethodist Female College is at this place of several\\nyears standing. Both institutions have fine brick\\nedifices.\\nOakland Institute in E. part.\\nEtow ah Iron- works, Etow ah Cliffs, and Etow ah Yal-\\nlej^, all in this county, not far from Cartersville, in S. E.\\npart. Kowland s Mineral Springs are in E. quarter.\\nAt Kowland s Springs, some 8 miles N. E. Cartersville,\\nhollow ware is also made. These Springs were much\\nfrequented by the Indians in the sickly season. There\\nhas been a first-rate school at the Springs.\\nCartersville is a village of some 50 houses, stores, shops,\\nand offices on the Railroad, 7 miles S. E. Cass Sta-\\ntion. Good carriages, wagons, and harness are manu-\\nfactured here by an industrious people. Cartersville is\\nasking for the Court-house and public buildings.\\nCass Station is the depot on the Railroad, some 2^\\nmiles S. of the Court-house. This has a. dozen houses\\nand a Baptist meeting-house.\\nKingston is 6 miles N. W. where the Railroad for Rome\\ndiverges. This is a pretty, healthy village, of some 60\\nhouses and a good Academy.\\nAdairsville, Allatoona, and Dawsonville are small\\nplaces on the Railroad. About a dozen post-offices are\\nin this county.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "CATOOSA CHARLTON. 41\\nStilesboro is a pretty village in tlie S. W. part, S. of\\nEtow^ah river, 8 miles from Cartersville. Tlie Stilesboro\\nInstitute, lately established, is in a flourishing condition.\\nEuliarley is a few miles from Stilesboro\\nLewis Cass, a native of ISTew England, is now Secre-\\ntary of State under President Buchanan born in Exeter,\\nN. H., 1782 Governor of North-Western Territory\\nand of Michigan; first President of Michigan Historical\\nSociety; Minister to France; Secretary of War imder\\nGeneral Jackson Senator from Michigan a stout, ath-\\nletic man never tasted a drop of spirits near 80, yet\\nfull of life and vigor.\\n17. Catoosa County was formed by the Legislature\\nin 1856 out of Walker and Whitefield. Tennessee is\\nN., Whitefield E. and S., Walker S. and W. Both Chi-\\ncamauga creeks run N. through this county into Tennes-\\nsee river above Chattanooga.\\nRingold is the capital, named after an officer killed in\\none of the earliest battles of the Mexican war, before our\\narmy crossed the boundary. It has been in existence a\\ndozen years, but is yet. a small place since it has become\\nthe point for public business it begins to improve.\\nCatoosa Springs, in this county, are a few miles N.\\nE. the Court-house, and one of the most fashionable re-\\nsorts in the State: the buildings are splendid, beside\\ndomicils for boarders. Thousands visit this spot every\\nseason.\\nWood^s Station Post- Office is just W. of Taylor s\\nEidge, in the S. E. corner of the county, some 10 miles\\nN. of Gordon s Spring.\\nThis county perpetuates the name of Mineral Springs,\\nmuch celebrated for their healing virtues. The Indians\\nmade this a place of public resort for many years the\\nname is quite appropriate.\\n18. Charlton County was created out of Camden\\nin 1856, and part from Ware has since been appended.\\nIt has an odd shape, not unlike a huge axe with a large\\nhandle N. and S. its wide blade turned W. has severed\\nWare county nearly in twain. It is 70 miles N. and S.,", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "42 CHARLTON.\\nbut most of the way only some 12 to 15 wide, except\\nwhere it has cat into Ware. The St. Ilia and St. Mary s\\nrivers form most of the long eastern boundary, separat-\\ning from Florida and Camden. Wayne, Pierce, and\\nWare are on tlie N. and W. The south part of Ware\\nhas been added to Charlton. Burnt Fort, Colcrain, a\\nvillage on St. Mary s river, Camp Pinckney, and Mizell\\n12 miles W. Colerain, are public places.\\nTrader s Hill is the capital, near the St. Mary s river, in\\nthe same latitude with St. Mary s city. Camp Pinckney,\\nColerain, and Centre Village are all in this vicinity, some\\n65 miles W. St. Mary^s, and 22 S. W. Jeffersonton.\\nMuch of Okefenoka swamp is in this county.\\nCentre Village is a post village of some importance,\\nand has been a market for cotton from Thomas and\\nLowndes counties. The Railroad, however, will divert\\nthe trade to Savannah and Brunswick. It was also the\\ncentre of the fur trade, hides, peltry, c., in Camden\\ncounty before this county was organized.\\nThis county was named after T. U. P. Gharltori, of\\nSavannah, Judge of the Superior Courts. His son has\\nalso been judge ^a scholar, and flxscinating writer and\\npoet. The father was born in Maryland, and educated\\nat the College in Annapolis. The son was a native of\\nSavannah, and was celebrated as a writer and man of\\ntaste.\\n19. Chatham is the first settled portion of the State,\\nforming its S. E. corner, separated from South Carolina\\nby Savannah river, from Bryan by the Ogeechee on the\\nwest Effingham is on the north. From February, 1733,\\nfor many years, this was the chief point of attraction.\\nMany distinguished men have been reared in this county.\\nThe Revolutionary struggle developed mental strength\\nand energy of character, that nothing but those trying\\ntimes could develop \u00e2\u0080\u0094they showed the genius and great-\\nness and endurance which belonged to our race, especially\\nto the patriot and hero.\\nBonaventure, the bii th-place of Gov. Tatnall, Cherokee\\nHill, Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island, are public places.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "CHATHAM. 43\\nMany interesting spots are in this county. Cockspur\\nIsland, Tybee, Wilmington, and several other islands are\\nnear.\\nSavannah City and port of entry in Chatham county,\\nis the largest town in the State. It is on a sandy bluff,\\n40 feet above the surface of the Savannah river, on the\\nS. bank of which it is situated, and was laid out in 1733,\\nby General Oglethorpe. It contains 16 houses of public\\nworship, viz two for Presbyterians, 2 each for Episco-\\npalians, 1 Methodists, 2 Baptists, Lutherans, Roman Catho-\\nlics, Jews, and 4 for Africans, one of which has more\\nthan 2,000 church- members attached to the congregation.\\nThe other public buildings are an Exchange, Court-\\nhouse, Jail, Poor-house, Hospital, Theatre, an Academy,\\n180 by 60 feet, 4 Banks, Hall of the Historical Society,\\nReservoir for distributing water 80 feet high, c. The\\nnew Presbyterian house of worship is one of the most\\nelegant in the United States.\\nThe town is regularly laid out, the streets wide and\\nornamented with the Cliina tree, which afPords a refresh-\\ning shade in the sultry months.\\nThe chief part of the exports and imports for the State\\nare landed in this place. The amount of exports in nine\\nmonths, of 1817, was computed at $9,966,503. From\\n30th September, 1824, to 30th September, 1825, were\\nexported 137,695 bags of cotton 7,235 tierces of rice\\nand 14 hogsheads of tobacco. Erom 30th September,\\n1825, to 30th September, 1826, 190,578 bags cotton;\\n11, 455 tierces rice 170 hogsheads tobacco. The value\\nof these items of export of 1825, at the present low\\nprices, is $6,800,000. Other articles were exported to\\na considerable amount. About 9 cents was the average\\nprice for cotton when the estimate of $6,800,000 was\\nmade but put it at 15 cents, the ordinary price, and\\nother articles accordingly, and we have more than\\n$11,000,000. Since a safe inland passage has been dis-\\ncovered, via Beaufort to Charleston, some part of\\nthe exports from Augusta has passed by Savannah to\\nCharleston.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "44 CHATHAM.\\nIn January, 1820, this town was burned, but it has\\nrisen from its ashes in new splendor and beauty. The\\nbuildings are now more elegant and of more durable\\nmaterials than those that were drowned in the fiery\\nocean. Savannah is in Lat. 82^^ 6 Long. 4^ 14\\nSavannah abounds in benevolent institutions. Among\\nthese the Union Society, for educating boys, should not\\nbe forgotten. It has just held its 80th anniversary.\\nCol. Campbell commanded the British when this place\\nwas taken, on the 29th December, 1778. Gen. Howe,\\nthe American commander, was compelled to retreat with\\nconsiderable loss.\\nThis town has increased in size and beauty by the\\nerection of several fine buildings. A new house of wor-\\nship for sailors has been erected, through the liberality\\nof the late Josiah Pe7ifieldj deacon of the Baptist church,\\nwho willed away, also, many thousand dollars besides\\nthat for this building.\\nThe plan of this city was drawn by Oglethorpe, and it\\nis one of the most beautiful in the country. The streets\\nare all wide, and planted with trees, and where they cross\\nare squares enclosed, and also surrounded by trees the\\nstreets parallel with the river are nearly east and west.\\nWest Broad street has two rows of trees in the centre,\\nand one on each side: those in the centre furnish a\\nrefreshing shade in the heat of summer. This street is\\n180 feet wide.\\nThe monument in memory of Gen. Green and Count\\nPulaski, was finished in February, 1830. It stands south\\nof the Exchange, in one of the squares. It is a simple\\nobelisk of white marble. The pedestal is 8 feet 5 inches\\nby 4 feet 8|, rising 18 feet, and surrounded by a cornice\\nof 1 foot. The needle is 5 feet 4 inches at the base, and\\n4 by 2 feet 8 at the apex, rising 86 feet. The pedestal is\\nformed of 12 pieces, each 1 foot 7 inches in height. The\\nwhole weighs 56,000 pounds. Altitude of the whole 50\\nfeet.\\nThis monument has no inscription upon it, and is\\ntherefore the subject of much inquiry by strangers. It", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "CHATTAHOOCHEE CHATTOOGA. 45\\nwas designed to erect two monuments, and tlie corner\\nstones were both laid when Lafayette visited the city in\\n1825 but it was ascertained that the funds collected\\nwould build only one, so the naming has been omitted\\ntill the other shall be erected. It however goes by the\\nname of Pulaski monument, and a public house near by\\nhas taken the name of Pulaski House.\\nSavannah has grown immensely, and has now between\\n20 and 30,000 inhabitants had 15,300 in 1850.\\nIt has greatly increased in size and beauty since the\\nCentral Railroad has been completed to Macon.\\nThe Georgia Hist. Soc. has erected a beautiful hall.\\nWater has been introduced into the city from the\\nriver; the distributing reservoir is 80 feet high.\\nMany distinguished men have resided in Savannah.\\nHer patriots during the Revolution were many and\\nnoble men. Bryan, N. W. and James Jones, Haber-\\nsham, John and Joseph Clay, John Barnard, Colonel\\nWhite, Dr. Holcomb, Dr. Kolloch, Judge Berrien, and\\nmany others.\\nThis county was named after Wm. Pitt, the Earl of\\nChatliam^ one of the most bold and most able defenders\\nof the rights of the colonies during our struggle for\\nliberty.\\n20. Chattahoochee County was formed out of Mus-\\ncogie and old Randolph in 1854, and named after the\\nriver that washes its western boundary. The Upatoic\\ncreek divides it from Muscogee. Marion is on the E.\\nand Stewart on the S. It is a small county. Old Fort\\nMitchell is opposite its N. W. corner.\\nOusseta is the capital, in a central point, and but a\\nsmall village. Post-offices are Jamestown, Cottage Mill,\\nHalloca.\\nThis county receives its name from the river that\\nwashes its western border; a Creek word signifying\\npictured or painted rocks, as that kind, variegated rocks,\\nabound in the stream.\\n21. Chattooga County is south of Walker, Gordon is\\non the east, Floyd on the south, Alabama on the west", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "46 CHATTOOGA.\\nerected out of Walker and Floyd in 1838. It is named\\nafter its principal river, which falls into the Coosa in\\nAlabama. It has 10 post-offices, one factory Broom-\\ntown and Islandtown, public spots, which were old\\nIndian towns.\\nSummerville is the capital, near the west side of\\nChattooga river, and is a thriving town; Baptist, Metho-\\ndist, and Presbyterian meeting-houses, and academy.\\nArnurchee academy is two miles from Dirttown post-\\noffice.\\nSuhligna is a post village 12 miles N. Dirttown, and\\nhas a good school begun this year.\\nThis county is named after its principal river, which\\nrises in Walker, runs S. W., and in Ala. falls into the\\nCoosa.\\nCherokee Indians^ a nation which occupied several\\nthousand square miles in the N. W. part of the chartered\\nlimits of this State. Within the last twenty years, the\\nCherokees have rapidly advanced towards civilization.\\nThey now live in comfortable dwellings, cultivate large\\nfarms, and raise large herds of cattle, which they sell\\nto the neighboring States. Many mechanical arts have\\nbeen introduced among them they have carpenters,\\nblacksmiths, c., and their women spin and weave, and\\nmake butter and cheese. The population, instead of\\ndecreasing^ as is the case generally with tribes surrounded\\nby the whites, increases rapidly. There were in 1826,\\n13,563 natives in the nation (i.e. covering all the\\nterritory claimed by them, not only in Georgia, but also\\nin Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee,) 147 white\\nmen, and 73 white women, who had intermarried with\\nthem, and 1,277 slaves. Total, 15,060 souls; increase\\nin the six preceding years, 3,563.\\nIn 1802, Georgia ceded to the United States all that territory\\nwhich now forms Mississippi and Alabama and, as a part of the con-\\nsideration for such cession, the United States promised to extinguish\\nfor the use of Georgia, as early as can be peaceably obtained, on rea-\\nsonable terms, the Indian title to all the other lands within the State\\nof Georgia.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "CHATTOOGA. 47\\nBy a convention of delegates in 1826 or 7, a written\\nconstitution was formed by which the power of govern-\\nment is vested in three departments, Legislative, Execu-\\ntive, and Judicial. The Legislative is a Committee and\\nCouncil, answering to our Senate and House of Eepre-\\nsentatives. The territory is divided into eight districts,\\nin each of which are to be elected on the first Monday\\nin August of every other year, two members for the Com-\\nmittee or Senate, and three for the Council. These are\\nto meet annually at their metropolis, New Echota, on\\nthe second Monday in October. The members of the\\nCommittee are to receive for their services per day, two\\ndollars and fifty cents, and those of the Council two\\ndollars.\\nThe supreme executive power is in a principal chief,\\nwho is chosen by the General Council, that is, both\\nHouses united.\\nThe supreme judicial power is vested in three judges,\\nwho hold their sessions annually at New Echota, com-\\nmencing on the second Monday in October. There are\\nalso in the nation circuit judges and magistrates.\\nThe mission at Spring Place was established in 1801,\\nand since that time several establishments have been\\nmade among them, and a number of the Indians con-\\nverted to the Christian faith. The missionaries have\\ntranslated the Kew Testament into the Cherokee lan-\\nguage. A Mr. Guess, a native, has invented an alphabet\\nconsisting of 86 characters, and by which many of the\\nolder Indians have learned to read and write. A weekly\\npaper called the Cherokee Phoenix, was issued at\\nNew Echota, part in English and part in Cherokee.\\nThe editor received his education at the missionary\\nestablishment in Connecticut. Their superstitious no-\\ntions are leaving them. Bigamy is quite common\\namong the older men. Property is not vested in the\\nmale; and the woman on marrying, does not forfeit her\\ntitle to her stock, c., but property is held distinct by\\nhusband and wife.\\nIn his last message to Congress, President Adams", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "48 CHEROKEE CLARKE.\\nseems to discover the impropriety of allowing an inde-\\npendent nation to rise up in any of the States; and no\\ndoubt measures will be adopted to remove the Cherokees\\npeaceably to lands beyond the Mississippi, where we\\nhope they may be the means of extending the light of\\nthe gospel to surrounding tribes. Left Georgia twenty\\nyears ago.\\nSome words in their language are very long, as is the\\ncase with most languages in their rude state. One or\\ntwo words are here inserted to keep in remembrance\\nthe sounds which were used by the Cherokees, when,\\nperhaps, they shall have faded from the earth\\nCulchota, a house.\\nSoquillah, a borse.\\nYonah, a bear.\\nChestatee, pine torch.\\n0-se-sa-nawlah, good morning.\\n22. Cherokee County. In 1831 the country was\\nsurveyed into sections, and in 1832 divided into 10 coun-\\nties Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Floyd, Gilmer, Cass,\\nLumpkin, Paulding, Murray, and Union. Murray was\\nafterwards divided, and the western part named Walker.\\nA small strip of Paulding was added to Campbell in\\n1832. Several new counties are organized in this region.\\nThis county has several gold mines and some copper\\nmines, and also marble quarries, sources of immense\\nwealth. The Etow^ah runs through the county. Over a\\ndozen post-offices, several merchant mills, lands rich and\\ncrops abundant. Sharp Top is a singular mountain in\\nthe north part.\\nCanton is the capital on south side of Etow^ak river,\\nand has risen up to be a considerable town. The last\\nof the Cherokees removed to their new home on the north\\nside of Arkansas river in 1841.\\nGold and copper mines are in this county. Laffing\\nGal is the name of a public place in western part.\\n23. Clarke County is watered by the Oconee and\\nAppalachee rivers, laid out from Jackson in 1801. Four\\nor five factories, paper mill, and 40 saw and grist mills.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "CLARKE. 49\\nWatJcmsviUe-is the capital. 64 miles IST. N. W. Mil-\\nledgeville, 7 S. Athens, 20 N. N. E. Madison, 27 K N.\\nW. Grreenesboro For twenty years this place seemed to\\nstand still in regard to improvements. An important\\nsuit was determined, by which the title to the lots was\\ndecided to be good then it moved forward rapidly.\\nAthens, the seat of Franklin College, is one of the most\\nimportant towns in the State. For nearly forty years it\\nwas the only town having within its borders a college,\\nby which literary men are attracted to a spot, and where\\nthey begin to draw others into the paths of science. No\\nplace surpasses it in refinement, morals, splendid resi-\\ndences, good society, and learned men. As Greece was\\nenlightened by a city after which this town was named,\\nso Georgia for years regarded this place. She gave laws\\nto fashion and literature and frequently from her college\\nchapel politics sent forth its decrees, who should be Gov-\\nernor, Members of Congress, and sustain the highest of-\\nfices. Since, other colleges have been established, yet she is\\nstill attractive, is thronged with the elite of the State, and\\nsits a queen but she is not now the only oracle to be\\nconsulted in pronunciation, polite literature, and the eti-\\nquette of fashionable life.\\nEstimated population 4,000.\\nFarmington is a new village comparatively, having re-\\nceived a name about 18B7. 6 miles S. Court-house, and\\n5 N. Salem. It has good schools and some 20 families.\\nSalem is a village of some 80 houses and Methodist\\nmeeting-house, in the S. W. corner of the county, 10 miles\\nS. S. W. Court-house, 6 W. Scull s Shoals or Poullain s\\nFactory on the Oonee, and 3 East Floyd s Mills on the\\nApalachie. Mr. Archibald Scott and lady taught here\\nbetween 1835 and 1840.\\nLucy Cobb is the name of a high school lately estab-\\nlished in IST. W. part of Athens, chiefly through the ef-\\nforts of T. E. R. Cobb. It is represented as being one of\\nthe first schools in the country, and having a most com-\\nmodious and most tasteful edifice.\\nGeneral Elijah Clar\\\\ a brave soldier in Eevolutionary\\n3", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "60 CLAY CLAYTON.\\ntimes, and father of Jolm Clarke, governor in 1819, is\\ntlie person after whom this county was named. He\\nfought in South Carolina, at Kettle creek, in Wilkes,\\nand at the siege of Angusta, and routed the Creeks on\\nJack s creek in Morgan, in 1787.\\n24. Clay County was erected in 1854 out of old\\nEarly and Kandolph. Quitman is N., Eandolph and\\nCalhoun E., Early S., and Chattahoochee river W.\\nColomochee creek forms most of the southern boundary,\\nand Pataulau, or Potatoe, runs through the N W. part.\\nFort Qaines^ near the Chattahoochee on the western\\nside is the capital, and terminus of the R. R. from Ma-\\ncon. This will give an impetus to building, although it\\nhas been a considerable town for twenty years.\\nOther post towns are Pomaria and Fall Creek in S. E.\\npart.\\nLowell is on Potatoe or Pataulau creek in the IST. W.\\nFalls here give great water-power. In 1887 Fort Gaines\\ncontained about 500 inhabitants 10 merchants, 2 tav-\\nerns, 3 doctors, 4 confectioneries, 1 or 2 houses of wor-\\nship. 25 miles S. W. Cuthbert 20 Blakely 59 New-\\nton. Many of the people are industrious mechanics.\\nHalf a million dollars worth of goods and groceries are\\nannually sold here, brought up the river and dispersed\\ninto Clay, Early, Calhoun, and Dougherty counties.\\nThis place will be much enlarged as soon as the cars\\nreach it now growing rapidly in anticipation.\\nClay County receives its name from Henry Clay of\\nKentucky a native of Virginia many years Speaker\\nof House of Representatives Secretary of State under\\nJ. Q. Adams Foreign Minister Senator from Ken-\\ntucky a long period died in the discharge of his public\\nduties at Washington city one of our most eminent\\nand useful statesmen.\\n25. Clayton County was formed in 1858 out of\\nFayette and Henry. Fulton and De Kalb on the N.,\\nHenry E., Spaulding S., and Fayette W. Rough and\\nReady is a small post village near the northern line on\\nthe R. R.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "CLINCH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 COBB. 51\\nJonesborough is the capital, witli some 50 houses and\\nstores, Meeting-houses for Baptists and Methodists, and\\nAcademy, Steam Mill, c., standing on the Macon and\\nWestern R. R, 23 miles S. Atlanta, 20 N. W. Griffin.\\nA. S. Clayton^ after whom this county was named,\\nspent most of his life at Athens was in the first class\\ngraduated at Franklin College in 1804 Judge of North-\\nern Circuit; Member of Congress 1883. Died June,\\n1839, aged 55.\\nJudge C. Clayton was an author of celebrity his\\n**Mysterious Picture is an ingenious work. His wit\\nwas keen and satirical. He exerted great influence by\\nhis writings. He professed religion late in life.\\nIn this county Rev. Joshua S. Callaiuay resided and\\npreached many years to the Jonesboro church. His in-\\nfluence was commanding in all this region. Died 1855\\nor 56, about 60 years of age, greatly beloved.\\n26. Clinch County was laid out from Ware in 1852.\\nCoffee is on the N., Ware E., Florida and Echols S.,\\nand Echols, Lowndes, and Berrien W. Suwanoochee\\ncreeks, head of Suwanee river, are in this county.\\nMagnolia is the capital. Beside this town, Homers-\\nville 12 miles N. E., Carter s Bridge west side on Ala-\\npalah river Cow creek on the Echols line, are post-\\nofiices.\\nGen. Clinch^ a native of North Carolina, was the hero\\nof the Battle of Withlocoochee in Florida, in the Flori-\\nda War Member of Congress from Greorgia, 1843-5.\\nHonor, gallantry, and a faithful discharge of every\\ntrust, were his shining virtues. Died in December,\\n1849. In 1847 he received 41,937 votes for Governor\\nTowns, 43,220.\\n27. Cobb County has Cass and Cherokee on K, Mil-\\nton and Fulton on the E., parted by Chattahoochee\\nriver, Fulton and Campbell S., and Paulding W. Some\\n11 or 12 post-offices laid out in 1832 population in\\n1850 near 14,000.\\nThis county has a large number of mills Desmead s,\\nMerrit s, Marshall s, c.. Paper factory, variety works", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "52 COFFEE.\\nfor sash and farniture. Cotton factories, 2 or 8 Tanneries,\\nand other industrial concerns. Thej must be an indus-\\ntrious people in Cobb. The Military Institute is in this\\ncounty, now owned by the State, just S. of the Court-\\nhouse.\\nMarietta^ the capital, 26 miles S. Cassville on the R. R.\\nis now a large and flourishing town, with some splendid\\nprivate residences. Two Female High Schools, one lately\\nestablished by Rev. Mr. Robert. Marietta is 1152 feet\\nabove the ocean the highest point on the R. R. except\\none six miles west, which is four feet higher. Ex-Gow-\\nernor McDonald resides here, late Judge of Supreme\\nCourt.\\nBos well, a post village, is in S. part of Milton, some\\nfourteen miles from Marietta and Wahoo, near the Chat-\\ntahoochee. Here are the Roswell Cotton factories 1000\\ninhabitants excellent casimere is manufactured here\\nRoswell is in Milton, not in Cobb.\\nAndersonville is a small place in N. W. part of Cobb.\\nPowder Springs is a post village, much frequented in\\nthe summer months, S. W. part, twelve miles from\\nCourt-house.\\nGolgotha and Sweetwater are public places, the lat-\\nter near the S. E. corner. Kenesaw mountain is three\\nmiles N. Court-house, and strikes the traveller with de-\\nlight. Lost mountain is on W. side of the county.\\nTlios. W. Cobb, a native of Columbia, 1789, was Mem-\\nber of Congress 1817-21 and 1823-4; Judge of Ocmul-\\ngee Circuit Senator in Congress died 1830. He was\\na man of distinguished talents. About 1822 he re-\\nmoved from Lexington and settled in Greenesboro He\\nentertained great respect for religious people, but never\\nmade a profession. He was a great admirer of Rev. Jesse\\nMercer.\\n28. Coffee County was erected out of Irwin, Telfair,\\nand Appling in 1854. The Ocmulgee is on the N., Ap-\\npling and Ware on theE., Clinch on theS., and Berrien\\nand Irwin on the W. Head waters of the St. Ilia river\\nare in this county.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "COLQUITT COLUMBIA. 53\\nDouglas is the capital, located on the railroad proposed\\nto be run from Initial Point to Albany that is, an ex-\\ntension of the road from Savannah. Bird s Mill, Red\\nBluff, Torronia in the N. W. corner, andOcmulgeeville\\non the river, are post-offices, but the villages are small.\\nGen. John Coffee^ a citizen of Telfair, was a native of\\nVirginia in 1780, whence his father, when he was a child,\\nremoved to Hancock, Georgia, where he was many years\\na member of Powelton church. Gen. Coffee was active\\nin the Indian wars and war of 1812, and Member of Con-\\ngress 1883\u00e2\u0080\u00945, 1835\u00e2\u0080\u00946.\\n29. Colquitt County was taken from Irwin and Tho-\\nmas counties in 1756. Worth is IST., Berrien E., Brooks\\nand Thomas S., and Mitchell W. Head streams of the\\nOchlockonee river are in this county.\\nMoultrie is the capital, located centrally between the\\nOchlockonee and Ocopilco creek in the 8th District.\\nOchlockonee^ northern part, and Greenfield, are named\\nas post villages.\\nW. T. Colquitt^ after whom this county is named, was\\nborn in Halifax county, Virginia, 1799. Soon his parents\\nremoved to Hancock, Georgia, where the subject of this\\nmemoir attended the academy, at Mount Zion, conducted\\nby Dr. Beman then spent some time in Princeton\\nCollege, but did not graduate studied law with Colonel\\nEockwell in Milledgeville was elected Judge of Chatta-\\nhoochee Circuit at the age of 27. Member of Congress\\n1838 in 1842 Senator, and continued to fill that ofBce\\nmany years. Died in Macon, May, 1855. He was a w^arm\\nMethodist, and frequently preached, and often opened his\\nCourts with prayer. He possessed great versatility of\\ntalent; there was sometimes a levity about him that did\\nnot so well tally with his holy profession. Some of his\\nchildren exhibit strong marks of their father s character.\\nThey are respectable, and talented, and bid fair to shine\\nin the councils of the state and nation.\\n30. Columbia County is on Savannah river, between\\nRichmond and Lincoln, watered by Kiokee, Uchee and\\nUpton s creeks. Bev. Daniel Marshall preached in this", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "64 COLUMBIA.\\ncounty in 1770, then St. Paul s Parish;. was arrested, ta-\\nken to Augusta, and chiefly, before Parson Ellington of\\nApostolic succession^ was tried, and ordered no more to\\npreach in Georgia. He had the courage, however, to\\nmove into the State with his family, and went every\\nwhere preaching the word. Abraham Baldwin resided\\nin this county.\\nPeter Crawford^ father of Governor Crawford, a most\\nuseful member of our Legislature, resided many years in\\nthis county, where Governor Crawford was born.\\nDr. Wadd,ell taught an academy in this county in 1794,\\nand was assisted by Wm. H. Crawford. T. W. Cobb,\\nJ. C. Calhoun, and E. Simpkins were pupils. Some 14\\npost-offices.\\nAppling is the capital, named after Colonel Daniel Ap-\\npling, a native of this county. Governor Towns was\\nalso born in Columbia. The place has never reached\\neminence, nor attained to a large size. The Methodists\\nand Baptists have houses of worship. The Academy, a\\ngood brick building, is a quarter of a mile West of the\\ntown. Is has a Library and Apparatus, and some\\nfunds. This town is 82 miles E. N. E., M. 23 N. W.\\nfrom Augusta, 30 S. E. from Washington, 16 S. R. from\\nWrightsboro\\nWrightshoro is an old village, built before the Revolu-\\ntion, in the N. W. corner of this county, 56 miles N. E.\\nM., 22 from Crawfordsville, 15 from Appling, containing\\na house of worship and an Academy.\\nRaysville is a small place on both sides Little river,\\nin this and Lincoln counties.\\nTFrn/e^c? is between this latter place and theCourt-house.\\nCohham was made the seat of justice for this county,\\nwhen it was first laid out from Richmond in 1790, but it\\nwas south of the centre. A few houses still linger here.\\nThis county was named after Christopher Cohimbus,\\nwho discovered America in 1492.\\nAt a meeting of the Georgia Association in this\\ncounty. May, 1785, a Protest and Remonstrance were\\npassed against an Act of the Legislature at its recent ses-", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "COWETA CRAWFOKD. 65\\nsion, giving two pence per pound to the minister cliosen\\nby any thirty families, in order to his support, to be paid\\nout of the State Treasury. Silas fiercer father of Jesse\\nand Peter Smith, were appointed a committee to bear\\nsaid Protest to the Legislature and pray for its Kepeal\\nthe petition was heard, and the Act repealed. The Bap-\\ntists then were ten to one of all other denominations, and\\ntheir ministers would have filled all the places but re-\\nligious liberty is one of their cardinal principles, which\\ncan never be enjoyed in all its length and breadth, if\\nchurch and state are leagued together as the Act antici-\\npates. (See MS. Yol. of Legislature, Book B.)\\n3L Coweta County has Campbell and part of Car-\\nroll on the N., Fayette E., Merriwether and part of Troup\\nS., and Heard W. Mcintosh Reserve was in N. W. cor-\\nner of this county, and here he resided for some time\\nthe Coweta Indian towns were near this, and were once\\nvisited by general Oglethorpe. Population in 1860\\nabout 11,000.\\nTwo Academies, beside those in Newnan, are in the\\ncounty besides a dozen post-office villages or places,\\nMineral Springs, Pleasant Hill, Orr, and other frequented\\nspots.\\nBose Bower, a village 8 miles N. from the Court-house\\nhas a good school.\\nNewnan, after general ISTewnan, a brave soldier. Mem-\\nber of Congress, is the capital. It is now a large town,\\n125 miles N. W. M., 30 N. E. from Lagrange, 42 S. W.\\nfrom Atlanta, 26 from Carrollton, and same distance\\nfrom Campbellton. Methodists and Baptists have good\\nhouses of worship.\\nThis county was named in 1826 after general Wm.\\nMcintosh, the head chief of the Cowetas, a tribe of Creek\\nIndians. He had been a firm friend of Greorgia, and aid-\\ned in the war of 1812, when the British had excited many\\nof the Creeks against us he was basely assassinated in\\nhis own house by Indians.\\n32. Crawford County lies S. of Monroe. Bibb and\\nHouston are E. andS.E., Macon S., and Taylor and Up-", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "56 DADE.\\nson W. Flint river forms part of western boundary,\\nEchoconnee creek separates it from Bibb. This is a Mus-\\ncogee word, and signifies Deer-trap. Much of the soil is\\nsandy. Five or six post-ofiices.\\nThe Muscogee railroad runs through the southern\\ncorner.\\nKnoxville^ after general Knox of Revolutionary memo-\\nry, is the capital, 7 miles E. Fort Lawrence on the Flint,\\non Lot No. 14 of the second district, old Houston, 62\\nmiles S. W. M., 28 S. from Thomaston, 1^8 N. W. from\\nPerry. The Academy is a neat two-story building.\\nFrancesville, W. from Sandy Point, 6 miles N. E. of\\nthe Court-house, Hammock s Grove N. W, and Everett\\non railroad are public places.\\nW. H. Oraivford, after whom this county was named,\\nwas born in Yirginia, 1772, came to Columbia county,\\nGeorgia, 1783 learned the languages of Dr. Waddel; re-\\nmoved to Oglethorpe, 1799, which count}^ he repre-\\nsented in the Legislature four years; elected to the U. S.\\nSenate 1807 Minister to France 1818 Secretary of Treas-\\nury under Madison and Monroe till 1825 then had a\\nrespectable vote for President U. S., but J. Q. Adams\\nwas elected. Governor Troup appointed him Judge of\\nthe Northern Circuit in 1827, after the death of Judge\\nDooly, which he held till his death in September, 1834.\\nOne of Georgia s most distinguished Statesmen.\\n33. Dade County was cut from Walker in 1837 in\\nshape it is nearly an isosceles triangle, standing on its\\napex south. Tennessee is N., Walker E., and Alabama\\nW.\\nThe Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad runs in this\\ncounty, some three miles, near the N. E. corner. Chief\\nmountain is Raccoon, running N. and S., jutting into\\nTennessee, and Look-Out Mt., which holds up its high\\nhead within three miles of Chattanooga. Cooper and\\nGordon s coal mines are in this county.\\nSalipetre Cave is near Trenton.\\nThe famous Nichojack Cave was supposed to be in this\\ncounty till 1818, when the line was run between the", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "DAWSON. 57\\nStates. The mouth, which can be seen from the cars\\njust where the Nickojack creek enters Tennessee river, is\\nnearly half a mile south but the cave itself belongs to\\nGeorgia, for it was traced south some two miles from its\\nentrance. Judge Stocks and others were six hours in\\nexploring its wonders in 1818. The creek is 60 feet\\nwide, which they navigated in a boat over two miles. It\\nis nearly equal to the Mammoth cave of Kentucky. This\\nregion is the place for huntsmen and those fond of the\\nchase; deer, turkeys, bears, and even pantherfe are\\nplenteous. County named in 1837.\\nTrenton is the capital, a small place, and difficult of\\naccess, because of the mountains 22 miles Lafayette, 37\\nN. Summersville, and 230 N. W. M.\\nKising Farm and Saludd Farm post-offices are in the\\nsouth Look-Out Station in the north Hobbie is also a\\npost-office.\\nFrancis L. Dade was a native of Dumfries, Virginia, a\\nmajor in the Forida war. With his company he started\\nwith 200 men from Tampa Bay, 1835, but not far off\\nthey were surrounded by Indians, and only two escaped\\nbutchery.\\n34. Dawson County was formed out of Lumpkin,\\nForsyth, and Gilmer, in 1857. Hall bounds a few miles\\non the E., a corner of Cherokee, Pickens, and Gilmer\\nbound the W., Fannin touches N. E. corner; Arma-\\nchola creek is the boundary between this county and Gil-\\nmer, on ]Sr. W., the falls of which, 17 miles W. Dalonega,\\nare said to be higher than Toccoa, which are 180 feet.\\nThis county is of small dimensions. Etow^ah river\\nruns through the southern part. Some six or eight post-\\noffices.\\nDawsonville is the capital a new place. It is 14 miles\\nS. W. Auraria, and 26 from Dalonega.\\nWm. Crosby Daivsonwsis born in Greene county, Jan.,\\n1798 died 1856, 58 years old; a graduate of Franklin\\nCollege. He was a dozen years clerk of Georgia, House\\nof Kepresentatives both Kepresentative and Senator\\nfrom Greene county a terror to the Seminole Indians,\\n3#", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "58 DECATUR DEKALB.\\nin 1836 Member of Congress 1837 Judge Ocmulgee\\nCircuit, 1845, and received 33,703 votes for governor, in\\n1841 his opponent, Gov. McDonald, was elected by\\n87,847 votes Senator in Congress, 1849 to 1855. He\\nwas a popular and faithful representative of his con-\\nstituents.\\n35. Decatur County forms the S. W. corner of the\\nState, at the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint.\\nThe Flint cuts it in twain diagonally from N E. to S. W.\\nSome eight or ten post-offices. Spring creek passes\\nthrough the western portion into Flint, some eight miles\\nabove the confluence with the Chattahoochee. The Slue,\\nsome 30 miles long, and 1 to 2 broad, enters this county\\nfrom Mitchel, with a lakish appearance, and comes down\\nwithin 9 miles of Bainbridge. Some lands are very\\nfertile, and some barren and unproductive.\\nBainbridge^ the capital, with some 1500 inhabitants,\\nwas also named after a distinguished commodore in our\\nnavy. It is on the site of old Fort Hughes, in south\\npart of 15th district of old Early. Steamers come up to\\nthe wharf. 190 miles S. W. M., 35 W. Thomasville, 40\\nIST. Tallahassee. The railroad from Savannah will soon\\nreach this place, and render it a very important town.\\nFoivltown is an old Indian town on the Chattahoochee,\\nS. W. from Bainbridge. Fowltown academy is 18 miles\\nS. Court-house.\\nNunnerline is ten miles S. Court-house.\\nArgyle is near the confluence on Chattahoochee.\\nOlivegrove is eight miles above Fowltown.\\nThis county was named after Com. Decatur^ a brave\\nnaval officer, who performed most efficient service in the\\nMediterranean in 1804, and during the war of 1812; he\\nwas killed in a duel by Com. Barron, in 1820.\\n36. Dekalb County has Milton N., Gwinnett E.,\\nNewton S. E., Henry and Clayton S., and Fulton W. Chat-\\ntahoochee river is the northern boundary, but only some\\n15 miles, for the western portion has been cut off to form\\nFulton. The Kock mountain, a solitary sugar-loaf peak,\\nis in this county, some 2000 feet above the creek that", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "DOOLY. 69\\nwinds around its base. Immense quantities of marble\\nare wrought at Eock mountain, and sent to various\\npoints.\\nDecatur is the capital, but since the rapid growth of\\nAtlanta this town has ceased to improve. It is 95 miles\\nN. W. M., 9 from Rock Mt., 28 N. W. Covington.\\nBock Mountain is a post- village just by the mountain,\\ncontaining some 30 to 40 houses. The Georgia Rail-\\nroad seems to turn 20 miles out of its course to give pas-\\nsengers a clear and near view of this wonderful sight\\nThe cloudy tower on its summit has been blown down.\\nRock^ instead of stone^ mountain is the true name it is a\\nvast mass of rock not a high pile or heap of stones.\\nThe Baron Dekalb^ after whom this county was named,\\na German by birth, accompanied Lafayette to this\\ncountry, and was appointed a Major-General in our\\narmy. At the battle of Camden he received eleven\\nwounds, and was made prisoner. When condoled with\\nby a British officer, he replied, I thank you for your\\ngenerous sympathy; but I die the death I always prayed\\nfor the death of a soldier fighting for the rights of man.\\nNoble sentiment In October, 1780, Congress directed\\na monument to bfe erected to his memory, in Annapolis,\\nMaryland.\\n37. Dooly County has Marion and Houston on the\\nN., Pulaski and Wilcox on the E., Worth and a corner\\nof Macon on the S., Sumter and corners of Lee and\\nMacon W. Flint river is the western boundary. Lands\\nlook beautiful, but are not so lasting as some others,\\nthough they have sold high.\\nVienna is the capital, 13 miles E. Flint river, in 7th\\ndistrict, 97 miles S. W. M., and probably near the site\\nof the old capital called Berrien^ 6 miles W. Blackshear s\\nroad from Hartford to Fort Early. It is a small place,\\ncontaining the usual public buildings.\\nDrayton^ on Flint river, became the capital in 1835,\\nand Berrien ceased to wear its honors. Drayton still\\nhas a name about midway between the Court house and\\nAmericus, the Court-house of Sumter.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "60 DOOLY.\\nTraveller s Rest is in the N W. corner, and was named\\nBristol, some 20 years ago, which seemed to be stretching\\nits dimensions and business hugely.\\nFort Early is in S. W. corner there is a large pond\\nnear Byromville in N. W.\\nCol. John Dooly after whom this county was named,\\nwas born in North Carolina, in 1740. His residence\\nwas Lincoln was in several battles, beside Kettle creek,\\nin 1779. McCorckle and other tories murdered him in\\nhis own house in the night. His son, John M., was a\\ndistinguished jurist, and judge of the Northern Circuit.\\n88. Dougherty County was laid out from Baker,\\nin 1854; Lee and Terrell K, Mitchell and Baker S.,\\nWorth E., and Calhoun W. Flint river cuts the eastern\\npart, Kioka the west Kinchafoone enters the Fliut on\\nthe north line.\\nAlbany is the capital, now a considerable town, and\\ngrowing rapidly, as it is the present terminus of the rail-\\nroad from Macon. It has a flourishing academy, houses\\nof worship for Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, and\\nEpiscopalians. Estimated population 2500 it may reach\\nthis in the winter season, if the suburbs be included.\\nOver 30,000 bags of the cotton crop of 1^58 were sold, and\\nthat of 1859 will be several thousands larger. Colonel\\nTift built the first house or cabin in 1886. The bridge\\nis over 900 feet long, though it extends much beyond the\\nnatural channel of the Flint, so as to cross the bottom\\nwhen the water is high. A fine brick house is built for\\nthe keeper the 2nd story is called Concert Hall,\\nwhere concerts and lectures are given. There are some\\nfine brick blocks of stores, and beautiful residences. In\\nproportion to the number of voters, it is said Dougherty\\ncounty pays more taxes than any other county. This\\ntown has begun to make a railroad to Waresboro some\\n80 miles east, to meet the road from Brunswick.\\nQ-illionville is a post village in the N. W., nearly ex-\\ntinct. Millwood is S. Blue Spring is S. E., Court-house\\nE. of the Flint.\\nByron, the old capital of Baker, is 12 miles W.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "ECHOLS. 61\\nCourt-house, now a corn-field. Fort Hill is E. of the\\nFlint, Oak Lawn is N. on Kioka creek.\\nCharles Dougherty was born near Athens educated at\\nFranklin College active member of our Legislature, and\\nJudge of the Northern or Western Circuit, 1831 and\\nalso 1841. He was a sterling man, and useful in many\\ndepartments. He was of a Presbyterian family, and was\\ndoubtless a member. In 1835 he received for Governor\\n28,606 votes, and 32,807 in 1839 his opponents were\\nWm. Schley and Chas. J. McDonald.\\n39. Early County was once very large, out of which\\nnear a dozen counties have been created. Clay and Cal-\\nhoun are N., Baker and Mitchell E., Miller and Decatur\\nS., and Alabama W. Laid out in 1818. Seven post-\\noffices.\\nBlaJcely is the capital, 180 miles S. W. M., 50 N. Bain-\\nbridge, 22 S. Fort Gaines. This town has grown since\\nour last edition it is N. E. of the centre.\\nGatesville in the N. W., and Pine Eidge in southern\\npart, are small places. Spring creek is in N. E. cor-\\nrier.\\nPeter Early was born in Virginia, 1773 graduate of\\nPrinceton began to practise law in Wilkes, 1776 Mem-\\nber of Congress from Greene, 1802 first Judge Ocmul-\\ngee Circuit, 1807 Governor, 1813-15 vetoed the Alle-\\nviating Law^ a law to prevent the collection of debts,\\nand hence became unpopular elected to State Senate\\n1816 died August, 1817, universally lamented. He\\nwas a perspicuous and impressive speaker, and in the\\narrangement of his argument was superior to any speaker\\nI ever heard. Wm.ff. Crawford. He had no superiors.\\n40. Echols County was formed in 1S58 out of Clinch\\nand Lowndes; they are on the N. E. and W., Florida S.,\\nAlapaha river runs through western part. Troublesome\\npost-office is on E. of Alapaha, though the maps put it\\non the W. side. Cow creek post-office in the N. part E.\\nof the river. Fort Gilmer is S. E. Levere is 6 miles N.\\njStatenville, on the site of Troublesome post-office, on\\nthe E. side of Alapaha, is selected for the seat of justice.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "62 EFFINGHAM.\\nIt is of course a small place, as the county was laid out\\n1858.\\nRobert M, Echols, of Walton county, after whom this\\ncounty was named, was a native of Georgia President\\nof our Senate, and an active man. He was Colonel of\\nthe Georgia Regiment in the Mexican war died in that\\ncountry, and was buried on his farm near Broken Arrow,\\nin S. W. part of the county.\\n41. Effingham County was settled by Germans in\\n1735, soon after Oglethorpe had laid out Savannah.\\nScriven, Chatham, and Bullock are contiguous counties.\\nSpringfield is the capital, 140 miles S. E. M., 27 N. N.\\nW. Savannah, and though laid out, and the place of\\npublic business some 60 years, it is still a small but\\nhealthy town. The Academy is richly endowed, with\\nhouse for teachers it had $15; 000 twenty years ago.\\nLutheran and Methodist meeting-houses.\\nEhenezer is an old place on the Savannah river, 25\\nmiles from the city, once a large and flourishing town,\\nfor 841 persons came from Germany and made the set-\\ntlement. Mr. Wesley visited them at an ordination of a\\nminister, and says: the great simphcity as well as\\nsolemnity of the whole scene almost made him forget\\nthe 1700 years between, and imagine himself in one of\\nthose assemblies where form and state were not, but Paul\\nthe tent- maker, or Peter the fisherman, presided, yet with\\nthe demonstration of the Spirit. (Law s Oration.)\\nWhitefield also made them a visit in 1738. Most of the\\npost-offices are on the railroad, on the western side of\\nthe county. Sister s Ferry in N. E., on Savannah river,\\nis a post-office,\\nEev. Mr. Storbel has written a history of this people.\\nAhercorn and Tuchaseehing were once considerable towns\\nin this county, but both are now gone to decay. Tucka-\\nseeking was the seat of justice in 1784, and Ebenezer in\\n1799. At this former place, as early as 1771, Edmund\\nBotsford preached with great acceptance and usefulness\\nto a small church.\\nThis county was named in honor of Lord Effingham,", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "ELBERT. 63\\na warm friend in the British Parliament to the Colo-\\nnies.\\n42. Elbert County is in the fork of Savannah and\\nBroad rivers. Hart is N., Lincoln, Wilkes, and Ogle-\\nthorpe S., Madison W.\\nElherton is the capital, 90 miles IST. N E. M., 26 miles\\nN. E. Lexington, 8 miles S. Webb s Ferry on Broad\\nriver, 7 miles W. Ruckersville, and 21 miles E. S. E.\\nDanielsville. This county pays considerable attention to\\neducation two academies at the Court-house, and meet-\\ning-houses.\\nElherton was a village, years ago, in Effingham.\\nRuchersville is a pretty village 7 miles E. Elherton,\\nnear Yan s creek, containing a dozen dwellings, stores,\\nshops, academy, and Baptist meeting-house.\\nJEdinhurg is a small place N. E. on the river.\\nPetersburg^ at the confluence of Savannah and Broad\\nrivers, was once a considerable town, a distributing post-\\noffice; but it has dwindled. It was the great depot for\\ntobacco raised in this region, and thence floated to\\nAugusta. But tobacco has yielded to cotton, and very\\nlittle has been raised since 1810.\\nOver a dozen post-offices in the county.\\nA factory was erected near Ruckersville as early as\\n1837 or 8.\\nRev. Dozier Thornton preached the gospel in this county\\nnear 60 years, that is, from 1784 to 1843. His voice,\\nlike that of Hope Hull^ was loud as a trumpet. He could\\ncount the attestations of his ministry by hundreds.\\nSlander never breathed a whisper against his holy name.\\nRev. Thomas 3Iaxivell died in this county in 1837,\\naged 97. He had preached through the grates of his\\nprison in Virginia, and the scars were on his large nose\\nthrough life. The author saw him in 1819 at Tugelo\\nAssociation.\\nRev Wm. Davis preached in this county, but resided\\nin Wilkes.\\nCol. Samuel Elbert was a brave soldier during the\\nRevolutionary war distinguished at the fatal battle of", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "64 EMANUEL FANNIN.\\nBriar creek. He was Governor 1785-6. He was a\\nnative of South Carolina. His father was a Baptist\\nminister. Died in Savannah, 1788. This county was\\nnamed to honor him.\\n43. Emanuel County has Burke, Jefferson, and\\nJohnson N., Scriven and Bullock E. S. E., Tat-\\nnall S., Montgomery S. W., a corner of Laurens and\\nJohnson N. W., touching 9 counties. The Ogechee\\nseparates it from Burke and Scriven the Ohoopie runs\\nthrough western part. It is but sparsely populated.\\nSwainshorougli is the capital, though a small place, 80\\nmiles S. E. M., 98 N. W. Savannah. Col. Swain, for many\\nyears in our Legislature, furnished the name. He was\\na choice specimen of the hardy back woodsman, a man of\\ngood strong common sense, but, as of Paul, it would not\\nbe said, much learning hath made thee mad.\\nCanooche and Ohoopie are post-offices, besides the\\ncapital the first is some 10 miles E. and the last 15 S. W.\\nDavid Emanuel, a native of Pa., 1744, represented\\nBurke county a number of years in our Legislature\\nwas President of the Senate, and a while acting Governor\\nin 180 L He was a colonel during the war, and taken\\nprisoner was near death but while the others were shot,\\nhe escaped and fled to Twiggs army.\\n44. Fannin County was erected out of Union and\\nGilmer, in 1856. Both N. C. and Tenn. are on the\\nNorth, Union E., the South point touches Lumpkin and\\nDawson, Gilmer and Murray West. Toccoa river, a\\nconsiderable stream, rises in South part and runs North\\ninto Tennessee. Mountains are in the S. E. and N. W.\\nportions. Copper mines in N. part. Some ten or twelve\\npost-offices.\\nMorganton, in S. E. part, is the capital, and of course a\\nsmall but healthy town.\\nPierceville is in the North, near the copper mines, a\\npost village.\\nBonner calls this Paris, Butts, Swainsborough, which name has been\\nattached over 30 years by Legislature of 53 or 54 it was named\\nParis.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "FAYETTE. 65\\nCol. J. W. Fannin, after wliom this county was named,\\nwas born in Greene, about 1801 was educated at West\\nPoint was killed in Texas 1886-7, while aiding to achieve\\nher independence he was taken prisoner and shot not\\none of the men escaped to tell the tale.\\n45. Fayette County has Fulton N., Clayton, and a\\npart of Spalding E., Spalding S., and Coweta and Camp-\\nbell West. The head streams of the Flint are chiefly in\\nthis county. This county was acquired by treaty of 1821,\\nand soon organized. ISTot a spot in this county where\\nliquor is retailed This fact invests the county with\\ngreat interest may it continue so 1,000 years.\\nFayettevilh is the capital, 107 miles N. W. M., 21 W.\\nMcDonough, 441 S. W. CarroUton, 22i S. A\u00c2\u00a5. Pumpkin-\\ntown on Chattahoochee. Since the people have patronized\\nand built up good schools here of a high grade, the town\\nhas been growing no inland town will increase much\\nwithout the aid of schools, and no people need to wonder\\nor complain that their place is small, if they fail to.nur-\\nture and encourage schools. The last Te deum in the\\ntemple of ignorance has been sung to its idol the light\\nof science is pouring its beams with such brightness upon\\nthe eye-balls of its worshippers, that they will be com-\\npelled to see even against their inclination. Not a place\\nto retail liquors in the county Whitewater post-office\\nin S. E, Grlengrove in the S. ^W., and Eed Oak in the\\nNorth, are all that are now in the county, except at the\\nCourt-house.\\nMr. Looney has a celebrated Academy here, at the\\nCourt-house; he has written a good arithmetic, and pub-\\nlishes a weekly paper.\\nIn memory of the Marquis de La Fayette, a native of\\nFrance, who came to this country in 1777, to help us to\\nachieve our Independence, was this county named. He\\nwas promoted to high military office, was in several bat-\\ntles, the confidant of Washington, and received the\\ntendered sword of Cornwallis when he surrendered at\\nYorktown 1781. He went to France, and brought the\\nglorious news that a French fleet and army would soon", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "6Q FLOYD.\\nbe on our coast to aid us. Between 1784 and 1792 he\\nsustained high offices. His sufferings in the prison at\\nOlmutz, in Austria, and the attempt of two Americans\\nto rescue him, are well known finally he was released bj\\nBonaparte in 1797, when he settled himself at Lagrange,\\nsome 80 miles from Paris.\\nWhen his intention of visiting the United States was\\nknown, Congress offered to send a national ship for him;\\nbut he declined the invitation of such an escort, and ar-\\nrived in New York, 15th August, 1824, and was received\\nwith the greatest demonstrations of joy by all the people.\\nHe visited most of the States, and every where was\\ntreated with entire respect and honor. Congress voted\\nhim a township of land in Florida and $200,000 in grati-\\ntude for his services during the war, for he had not\\nreceived any compensation. Died May, 1834.\\n46. Floyd County was organized 1832 Chattooga\\nand a part of Gordon lie N., Cass E., Polk S., Alabama\\nW. Oostenaulu and Etow ah unite their waters near the\\ncentre of the county, and form the Coosa, which passes\\ninto Alabama a navigable stream, on which steamers ply\\nbetween Eome and the Rapids in the Tallapoosa,/ Over\\na dozen post-offices in this county of fertile land.\\nVaji s Valley is situated in this county, 15 miles S. the\\nCourt-house, in which is a most wonderful cave. The\\nAsylum for the Deaf and Dumb is at this place, brought\\ninto operation 1848-9, and is sustained by Legislative\\nappropriations. There is much romantic scenery in all\\nthis region. Part of Chattooga county was taken from\\nFloyd.\\nThe Hearri School^ an academy of high grade, some 8\\nmiles S. W. at Cave Spring^ 17 miles S. W. Court-house,\\nestablished about twenty years ago. Lott Hearn, of\\nHearnville, Putnam Co., bequeathed $12,000 for this\\npurpose, and the fund is well managed. It affords a lib-\\neral salary to a thorough teacher and assistants.\\nRome is the capital, and is now a large town at the\\nconfluence of the two rivers named above. Livingston^\\n12 miles, was the first capital Rome became so in 1834.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "FORSYTH. 67\\nWestern Bank is located here. There are several fine build-\\nings in and around Rome, and some excellent hotels. It\\nhas been the terminus of a branch road from the Western\\nand Atlantic Railroad about a dozen years. The schools\\nare good. Rev. Mr. Hillyer has a select school for young\\nladies. Estimated population 7,000.\\nRome is 40 miles S. Lafayette, 20 miles W. Cassville.\\nCourtesy is S. of the Court-house, Hermitage N. E.\\nThe historian of Alabama conjectures that De Soto\\nvisited this county in 1540, and our Legislature named a\\nplace after him in 1853, just opposite Rome, but it has a\\nname only.\\nThe Presbyterian Female College here is in high repu-\\ntation.\\nGeneral John Floyd^ after whom this county was named,\\nwas born in S. C, 1769. His father having lost his prop-\\nerty during the war, aj^renticed his son to carpenter,\\nbut by extra work at night he paid persons to instruct\\nhim. In 1794 he came to Georgia, a good mechanic, but\\nsoon became a planter. In 1813 he was selected to com-\\nmand the Greorgia troops against the Creek Indians. He\\nmarched into the nation, built Fort Mitchell, just below\\nColumbus, on the west side of the river. Here he left\\nhis main army, and with 950 troops and a few friendly\\nIndians under Mcintosh, their chief, he marched to the\\nTallassee and Autopee towns, and burned them, killing\\n250 Indians, and losing only 11 men He also routed,\\nJanuary, 1814, the Indians at Camp Defiance, command-\\ned and aided by Col. Woodbine, an English officer; the\\nenemy was charged with the bayonet, leaving many dead\\non the field. He was elected to Congress, 1826.\\n47. Forsyth County has Dawson on the north,\\nChestatee and Chattahoochee on the east, Milton on the\\nsouth, and Milton and Cherokee west. About a dozen\\npost-offices, and also Ashland E. Court-house on the\\nriver Lewistown N W., and Concord near the north\\nline. Parts of both Gordon and Milton have been taken\\nfrom this county.\\nGumming^ after Col. Wm. Cumming, of Augusta, a", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "68 FKANKLIN.\\nsoldier in the war of 1812, is the capital, 24 miles from\\nGainesville, 150 N. W. Milledgeville. It has not grown\\nup as rapidly as those towns situated on great thorough-\\nfares.\\nJohn Forsyth^ a native of Va., was born in 1781 a\\ngraduate of Princeton, 1799. For several years he was\\nAttorney General of the State, and in 1812 elected to\\nCongress. He was also Senator in 1818, and 29 to 37.\\nSecretary of State under President Van Buren; Minister\\nto Spain 1819. Gov. of the State.\\n48. Feanklin County has Habersham N.W., South\\nC. N. E., Hart county E., Madison S., Banks W. This\\ncounty had over twenty post-offices, before it gave away\\nits territory to form Banks and Hart now it has a large\\nnumber. This county began to be settled in 1784. In\\n1819, the author met on Eastan^le creek near Savannah\\nriver, four ministers, each about 80 years old. They\\nwere Cleaveland, Callaway, Maxwell, and Thornton.\\nCarnesvilJe^ after Col. Carnes of Athens, is the capital.\\nIt is 108 miles N. M., 80 K E. Jefferson, 80 N. W.\\nElberton, 21 N. Danielsville, 87 N. E. Athens, 16 W.\\nCleaveland ferry on Savannah 45 E. N. E. Gainesville\\n16 S. Currahee mountain. The first settler was George\\nRainer. Daniel Beall built the first house in this place.\\nFrom 1816 to 1840 there was much travelling through\\nthis town, from the low country, Athens and Danielsville,\\nto visit Currnhee mountain, Toccoa and Tallulah Falls.\\nThe Springs in the S. E. part of this county are Chalyb-\\neate, and as much impregnated with iron as those in Madi-\\nson the chief visitants lodged in cabins.\\nBenjamin Franklin^ in whose honor this county was\\nnamed, was born in 1706, and apprenticed to a tallow-\\nchandler and soap-boiler yet he became the greatest\\nPhilosopher of his age, especially in Electricity. He was\\nMinister to England and France.\\nHonor and shame from no condition rise,\\nAct well your part, there all the honor lies\\nwas exemplified in his life.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "FULTON. 69\\n49. Fulton County was laid out from Dekalb in\\n1854. A corner of Cobb separates it from Milton N.,\\nDekalb is on the E., Ckyton and Fayette S., and Camp-\\nbell and Cobb W.\\nIrhyville N. and Oakgrove are post-offices. A factory\\nis near tbe first- named place. Copper mine in S. W. part.\\nEast Point i^ six miles S. Court-house, where the rail-\\nroad diverges to Westpoint.\\nGartrell is some three miles N E.\\nAtlanta, Lat. 33\u00c2\u00b0 54^, now a large city of some 12,000\\ninhabitants, is the capital. This whole country was a wil-\\nderness a few years ago Decatur Avas the terminus of\\nthe Georgia railroad. Now it is the terminus of the\\nGeorgia, Macon, Western, and Westpoint, Western,\\nAtlantic railroads. In 1843 this place was incorpora-\\nted MariJiaville changed in 47 to Atlanta.\\nKeal estate in 59 $2,760,000. Goods sold in 58\\n$3,000,000. Stores about 200. Four machine shops;\\ntwo sash and blind factories. Thp. Iron Rolling M^\\nmakes 30 tons of rails daily. The City Hall is a splendid\\nbuilding Medical College 2 Baptist 3 Methodist 1\\nEpiscopal 2 Presbyterian 1 Protestant Methodist hous-\\nes of worship. Four weekly and daily papers 2 month-\\nlies. Fulton Bank and 3 Agencies Female Institute,\\nbesides a large number of schools. The railroad depot,\\nwhere the cars on four roads receive their passengers, is\\nvery large. This is the terminus of the State road to\\nChattanooga. The Georgia from Augusta; the West-\\npoint and Macon and Western roads. Trout House, At-\\nlanta, Washington Hall, and others, are all large hotels.\\nThe city was lighted by gas in 1855.\\nRobert Fulton, after whom this county was named, was\\na native of Pennsylvania 1765 was the first man to ap-\\nply steam to propel boats. He ran a steamer from New\\nYork to Albany and back in 1807 while building it, he\\nwas the butt of ridicule but his labors were crowned\\nwith success. His efforts render him a public benefactor.\\nDied in 1815. His first effort was on the Seine in France,\\nwhere he propelled a boat in 1803.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "70 GILMER\u00e2\u0080\u0094 GLASCOCK GLYNN.\\n50. Gilmer County has Fannin on N. and E., Dawson\\nS. E. corner, Pickens S., Gordon and Murray W. Car-\\nticary creek and Ellijay river meet centrally, near the\\nCourt-house these are the head waters of Coosawatta\\nriver. Most of Fannin and part of Pickens were taken\\nfrom this county. Amacolola Falls on the E, line of this\\ncounty and W. line of Dawson said to be the highest\\nin the State. Eight post-offices.\\nEllijay^ named after the chief water course, an Indian\\nword, accented on the last syllable, is the capital. 48\\nmiles Cassville, 40 Dahlonega, 42 from Blairsville, 80\\nSpring Place, 22 S. of N. C. line. It is a high, healthy\\nspot, and contains, besides the public buildings, an acad-\\nemy, house of worship, and 50 dwellings.\\nGeo, R. Gilmer was born in Oglethorpe 1790. He\\nwas an officer in the war of 1812 was in our Legislature\\nMember of Congress 21\u00e2\u0080\u00943 27\u00e2\u0080\u00949 83\u00e2\u0080\u00945. Governor\\n29 31 87 89. He was the amiable gentleman, the in-\\nstructive companion. His residence was Lexington. Died\\nNov., 1859.\\n61. Glascock County was laid out from the S.\\npart of Warren in 1858. Warren bounds two sides, and\\nJefferson and Washington the other. Eocky Comfort creek\\nflows through it. It is a very small county, some 9 miles\\nwide and 18 in length.\\nGibson is the capital, and a new place.\\nGen. TJios. Glascock^ after whom this county was named,\\nwas a young soldier in the Kevolutionary war. He was\\nin our Legislature, and Speaker of the House Member\\nof Congress, 85\u00e2\u0080\u009486 87\u00e2\u0080\u009488. His residence was Au-\\ngusta. Died in 18\\n52. Glynn County is bounded by Mcintosh, the\\nOcean, Camden, and Wayne. Numerous islands are in\\nthis county, among which is St. Simon s. Named in\\n1777.\\nBrunswick is the capital, with a good harbor on Turtle\\nriver, a few miles (18^) from the Bar, 201 m. S. E. M.,\\n80 S. S. W. Savannah, 11 S. Darien. Though an old\\nplace, it has never flourished some causes have crippled", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "GORDON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 GREENE. 71\\nits efforts towards enlargement and prosperity the rival-\\nry and power of wealth in other places have retarded its\\ngrowth. Her E. R. which runs out W. some 30 miles\\nwill doubtless be the means of future prosperity. It has\\na Bank, a weekly Paper, houses of worship for Method-\\nists and Baptists. The vicinity is poor pine land and\\nthe town is on a salt water Bay it must be healthy.\\nIT. S. Navy-yard is opposite Brunswick. It is said to\\nbe the deepest, and longest, and most secure harbor on\\nthe Southern coast. It will rise up to eminence de-\\npression can chain it down no longer. The railroad to\\nAlbany will give it an impetus that will push it on to\\ngreatness.\\nFrederica is a p. o. on St. Simon s island. This, with\\nthe old fort, long since gone to decay, was built by Gen.\\nOglethorpe in 1736, where he spent much of his time.\\nBethel is a post-office in S. W. part, near the rise of\\nTurtle river, some 15 miles from Brunswick.\\nThis county was named to honor an English noble-\\nman who was a warm friend of the Colonies during the\\nRevolution.\\n63. Gordon County was taken from Cass and Floyd\\nin 1850. Whitefield and Murray N., Gilmer and Pick-\\nens E., Cass and Floyd S., Chattanooga, and corners of\\nFloyd and Walker W. Coosawatta and Connesaugee\\nunite centrally in this county to form the Oostenaula.\\nCalhoun is the county town, situated just south of a\\nhigh elevation. It is new the buildings look neat, and\\ngive an aspect of beauty to the place. The Baptists and\\nMethodists have houses of worship.\\nAdamsville is near the eastern side of the county.\\nThis county perpetuates the name of Geo. W. Oordon,\\nof Savannah, a native of Augusta. He was the inde-\\nfatigable President of the Central Railroad and through\\nhis efforts it was pushed on to completion so rapidly.\\nDied in 1842.\\n54. Greene County is bounded on the N. by Clark\\nand Oglethorpe, E. by Taliaferro, S. by Hancock, and\\nW. by Putnam and Morgan. Part of this county lies\\nin the fork of the Oconee and Appalachee, and the", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "72 GREENE.\\nnorthern boundary of this part is a line from the mouth\\nof Rose creek, at PouUaih s bridge, to Walker s ford, on\\nthe Appalachee.\\nThis county was surveyed in 1784, and settlers began\\nto construct their rude cabins the same year. Maj. Por-\\nter and Mr. Willson settled in the northern part. For a\\nnumber of years the people were comjfelled, for self-\\ndefence, to live in forts. Gen. Thomas Dawson was the\\nfirst person iDorn in the county. In this county Peter\\nEarly began and ended his political career and his\\nDones now rest in the fork, one mile below Poullain s\\nbridge. Greene county has furnished five Judges, Early,\\nLongsteet, Cobb, Dawson and Cone, for the Ocmulgee\\nCircuit.\\nVillages^ Public Places, c. Scull Shoals, Newhope,\\nWoodville, Penfield.\\nOreenesboro\\\\ p. t. and cap. Greene county, so called\\nin honor of Gen. N. Greene, is on an elevated spot, be-\\ntween Richland and Beaverdam creeks, 40 miles N. Mil-\\nledgeville, by the road, 29 in a straight direction 22 N.\\nE. Eionton 18 E. S. E. Madison 25 S. S. W. Lexing-\\nton; 31 W, S. W. Washington. It contains Court-house,\\nJail, brick Clerk s Office, Female Academy, a Metho-\\ndist Chapel, Male Academy, new house of worship for\\nthe Presbyterians and Baptists, 68 dwelling-houses, 10\\nstores, 6 law offices, 4 doctors, and many mechanic\\nshops; 910 inhabitants in 1826; 382 whites, and 528\\nblacks. This town is 76 miles N. W. Augusta, 19 from\\nCrawfordville, 23 Powelton, 6 E. of the confluence of the\\nOconee and Appalachee. New meeting-houses lately\\nbuilt for both Methodists and Presbyterians, with tall\\nsteeples.\\nThe lots were sold in 1786. The first Court-house\\nwas merely a cabin.\\nGreenesboro was once burned by the Indians and in\\n91 it contained about a dozen cabins, built on the ruins\\nof the old town. Col. Jonas Faushe erected the first\\nframed building here, the same in which Mrs. Park now\\nlives, near the Bank. The fort, to defend the town.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "GREENE. 78\\nStood, in 94, on the spot long occupied by Mr. Wood-\\nruff as a dwelling and storehouse. A Mr. Furlow went\\nout of it one morning to get roasting-ears, was fired upon\\nby the Indians, and wounded in the arm but he made\\nsafe his retreat into the fort, closely pursued.\\nPenjield^ p. v., 7 miles N. Greensboro, is the seat of\\nMercer University, opened as a manual labor school in\\n1833. It has about 80 families, academy, stores, offices,\\nand the college buildings.\\nJesse Mercer s mortal remains were interred in the\\ncemetery in Sept., 1841. Those of B. M. Sanders lie\\nthere also.\\nWoodville is 4 miles E. Pennfield, on the Branch\\nEailroad to Athens.\\nUnion Pomt is 9 miles E. Court-house, where the\\nAthens Branch diverges.\\nCotton Factory at Scull Shoals was built before 1840.\\nCurtwright Factory is at Long Shoals, in S. W. corner\\nof the county.\\nWhite Plains is a pretty villnge in S. E. part of\\nthe countv, with some 15 houses, academy, and meeting-\\nhouses for Baptists and Methodists, 13 miles from Court-\\nhouse.\\nDistinguished men. Peter Early, governor of Georgia.\\nHis brother, Clementine Early, was a learned and pious\\nman. Dr. Francis Cummins, Presbyterian minister, was\\nabout 80 at his death. Major Oliver Porter was elector\\nof President four times. John Bethune, Surveyor-\\nGeneral for several years, now 87, resided some 40 years\\nin this county. Yincent Sanford, aged 82, died in\\nJune, 1859, one of the best of men, beloved and respected\\nby all. Colonel W. C. Dawson, Member of Congress,\\nsenator, judge, a native of this county, died in 1856.\\nDoctor Lovic Pierce resided here many years, and here his\\nson George F. was born, and here preached his first\\nsermon, 1830. A. B. Longstreet, judge of Ocmulgee\\ncircuit, was many years a resident before he became\\nPresident of the College at Oxford, graduate of Yale\\nCollege, and one of our most popular writers. T. W.\\n4", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "74 GWINNETTE.\\nCobb, senator in Congress, and judge of this circuit, a\\nnative of Columbia, died here in 18^0. Thomas Stocks,\\nstill living, was born in a fort near his present residence\\n1st Feb., 1786 now 78 years of ao;e. He was many\\nyears President of Georgia Senate; Commissioner to run-\\nthe line between Georgia and Tennessee; 1818 President\\nGeorgia Agricultural Society honored and beloved by\\nall. Nathaniel Greene was a native of Rhode Island in\\n1740. He was at the battles of Trenton, Princeton, and\\nGermantown was appointed to chief command of our\\nforces in the South. For seven months he was in the\\nfield, without taking off his clothes a single night.\\nWashington excepted, he scarcely had his equal in\\nthe army, for prudence, integrity, and far-sighted\\npolicy. County named after him.\\nOur Legislature presented him 24,000 acres of land,\\nto which he removed in 1785, 14 miles above Savannah,\\ncalled Mulberry Grove. Riding out one hot day in June,\\n178(3, he was smitten with the heat so intensely that he\\ndied in a day or two. Savannah has erected a monu-\\nment to his memory, which is held in the highest res-\\npect.\\n55. GwiNNETTE County has Milton and Forsyth IST.,\\nHall, N. E., Jackson, E., Walton and Newton, S.,\\nDekalb, West. Yellow river rises in this county and\\nChattahoochee forms the N. W. boundary some head\\nwaters of Oconee are here also. About a dozen post-\\noffices in the county. The country is hilly.\\nOrrsville is in the N. W., near Chattahoochee river.\\nLaivrenceville is the capital, a town of considerable\\nbeauty, for good taste is shown in the public and private\\nbuildings. It is 90 miles N. N. W. M., eight from\\nChattahoochee, 80 N. Covington, 30 S. Gainesville.\\nEducation has been much inculcated, schools have\\nflourished. From the academy grounds you have a\\nfine view of Rock mountain 16 miles S.W. The Metho-\\ndists, Baptists, and Presbyterians, all have houses of\\nworship in or near the town. The spring on E. side of\\nthe town flows into Alcovee river, that on the west into\\nYellow river. Ten post-offices.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "HABERSHAM. 75\\nButton Gwinneite, after whom this county, was named,\\nwas born in England came to Georgia 1772 appointed\\na Representative in Congress, 1776; subscribed the Decla-\\nration of Independence; Governor 1777; and was killed\\nin a duel in May.\\n56. Habersham County has a corner of Towns and\\nRabun on the N., South Carolina on the E., Franklin\\nand Banks S., Hall and White W. Head waters of\\nChattahoochee rise in this county, called Sooquee.\\nToccoa creek is in the eastern part, and Tallulah river\\nis the boundary on the N. E. between this county and\\nRabun. Cur7 aJiee mountain is in the south part, an\\nobject of much interest, much more 40 years ago than\\nnow, when a trip to Tennessee or through the Cherokee\\nnation was not very desirable, and the numerous and\\nhigher mountains in all those regions were unknown.\\nGold was first found in this count}^ about 1829.\\nClarkesville is the seat of justice, 133 miles N. M.,\\n23 S. Clayton, 12 S. Tallulah Falls, 12 Currahee moun-\\ntain, 11 N. W. Toccoa Falls, 30 Gainesville, 44 K E.\\nJefferson, 28 N. W. Carnesville, and 62 N. Athens.\\nThis place was begun in 1823, and is as healthy a spot\\nas any in these United States. Judge Clayton held\\nCourt here when there was not as much refinement as\\nnow. This is now quite a large town.\\nDawson, eight miles S. W. Court-house, iron-works,\\nCurrahee mountain, and the Falls are all spots much\\nvisited. Beside are some 10 post-offices, with small\\nvillages or clusters of houses.\\nRev. Littleton Meeks, a poor but pious and energetic\\nlaborer in the Lord s vineyard, resided many years in\\nthe N. W. part of this county. He and Thomas Johnson\\nfrequently preached the Gospel among the Cherokees\\nas early as 1816, if not before.\\nJosefh Habersham, a native of Savannah, a colonel\\nin the Revolutionary war; Member of Congress, was\\nthe third Postmaster-General of the U. S. His descend-\\nants have sustained high offices, and the family is one\\nof the most respectable in the State, lie died 1815.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "76 HALL HANCOCK.\\nFew men were more bold and useful during our Eevo-\\nlutionary struggles.\\n57. Hall County has Lumpkin and White N.,\\nHabersham and Banks N. E. and E., Jackson and\\nGwinnette S., Forsjih and Dawson W., from which the\\nChestatee and Chattahoochee separate it. Argo, Gills\\nville, Hog Mountain, Oakland, Polksville, Eancher\\nSugar and War Hill post-offices.\\nMurraysville is in N. W. Chestnut Hill in S. W.\\nPoplar Spring in N. E., are not on the list of post\\noffices.\\nGainesville is the seat of justice 111 miles N. N. W\\nM., 22 N. W. Jefferson, 40 N. Athens, 30 Lawrenceville\\n80 S. Clarkesville, 45 W. Carnesville. Colonel Eeed\\nbuilt the first house in this place in 1821. Most of\\nthe denominations have houses of worship. Yery re-\\nspectable schools in this place and vicinity. In going\\nto Clarkesville you pass over most interesting scenery.\\nThe head waters of the Oconee rise within 200 or 800\\nyards of the Chattahoochee, and on this ridge you\\ntravel. You have a fine view of Yonah mountain, now\\nin White county. Indeed, mountains are in view all day.\\nMany pass the summer in this county at the springs.\\nDoctor Lyman Hall, a native of Connecticut, settled\\nin St. John s parish, now Liberty county, 1752. He\\nmay be regarded as the prime mover in all this region\\nin exciting the people to resist British oppression. He\\nwas elected to Congress 1775, signed the Declaration\\nof Independence, was Governor 1783-4. Died in Burke.\\n58. Hancock County has Greene and Taliaferro on\\nthe N., Warren and a corner of Glascock on the E.,\\nWashington on the S., and Baldwin and Putnam on\\nthe W. The Ogechee is on the K. side, and Oconee on\\nthe W. Shoulder-bone Creek is in N. W. part, on\\nwhich a treaty with the Creeks was held in 1786, to\\nconfirm former treaties and secure the punishment of\\noffenders.\\nSeveral mounds are in this county.\\nSparta is the place of public business, 23 N. E. M.,", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "HANCOCK. 77\\n14: S. W. Powelton, 22 W. Warrenton, 28 E. Eatonton,\\ncontaining academy, houses of worship, beside Court-\\nhouse and other public buildings, cotton factory. Some\\n25 years ago, a school on the Eensselaer plan was\\nstarted and flourished for some years, but then, like\\nmost things among us, it grew into disuetude.\\nAbout 1831, a model school attracted considerable\\nattention and young ladies from various quarters but\\nit had its day and faded away like all flowers.\\nShoals of Ogechee is a noted spot both in this county\\nand Warren, where are some houses and shops, 32 miles\\nW. M., 13 Sparta, 12 Warrenton, 53 Augusta, 28\\nLouisville, 17 Powelton, 2-1 Sandersville, This place\\nis in S. E. corner of Hancock, and S. W. of Warren. A\\nfactory is in Hancock.\\nGovernor Wm. Kabun and his father resided and\\ndied in this county, and the bones of most of the family\\nrest some 10 miles N. E. Courthouse.\\nThe father of General Coffee was an early settler in\\nthis county, and was a member of Powelton church.\\nSo also the father of Eichard M. Johnson, Professor\\nat Athens, who is still living, over 72. He has been\\npreaching the gospel near 30 years. Dr. Terrell died\\nin Sparta, having given some $20,000 to Franklin\\nCollege.\\nLinton^ the site of Washington Institute, opened in\\n1858, is a good school; over 90 pupils under Eev. Car-\\nJos Stevens; building, brick, two stories, 75 x 52 feet;\\nsome 25 families; two miles from Long s bridge on Buf-\\nfalo, one from Line road 26 Eiddleville, 16 E. Mil-\\nledgeville, 12 Sparta.\\nPowelton is a long village containing some 30 houses,\\ntwo academies, houses of worship for Baptists and\\nMethodists. The academies were opened here about\\n1814, and flourished many years. Salem Town^ whose\\nelementary works are in our schools, taught here in\\n1822-3-7. Otis Smith, a well-known educator, also gave\\ninstruction here for some years. Here Jesse Mercei- was\\nthe revered pastor of the Baptist church some thirty\\nyears he removed to Washington, 1827.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "78 HARALSON.\\nMount Zion is another educational town, 7 mile N.\\nSparta. Eev. N. S. S. Beman began to teach here in\\n1811, and continued till after 1820. Most of the time\\nsince a good school has been kept up in this place.\\nHere the Missionarj^, a weekly, was begun in 1819,\\nand afterward removed to Charleston. The Hancock\\nAdvertiser was issued after the other was removed.\\nHere lives now the patriarch of the place, Joseph Bryan^\\nprobably now 90 years old.\\nMayfield is a post village of four houses on the Ogechee,\\nmill, c., 13 miles E. Court-house.\\nCulverton, 5 miles E. Court-house, has a post-office,\\nfive houses, and a good school.\\nJohn Hancock, of Boston, was one of our most distin-\\nguished patriots; President of Mass. Provincial Congress,\\nalso of the General Congress at Philadelphia many\\nyears Grovernor of his native State. He was the first to\\naffix his name to the Declaration of Independence.\\nWhen Gen. Gage, soon after the battle of Lexington,\\noffered pardon to the rebels for opposing his Majesty s\\nGovernment, John Hancock and Samuel Adams were ex-\\ncepted\\nNumerous beautiful minerals are found in Hancock\\ncounty. Jaspers of all colors, white, red, cream, yellow,\\nc. Cornelian, opal, chalcedony, feld-spar, talc, c. Dr.\\nWatkins has a fine cabinet of them, some beautifuUj\\npolished; worth a visit to the place.\\n59. Haralson County has Polk N., Paulding and\\nCarroll E., Carroll S., Alabama W. It was cut out of\\nCarroll and Polk in 1856.\\nBuchanan is the seat of justice, near head waters of\\nTallapoosa. Seven or eight post-offices are in this\\ncounty. It was erected in 1856, and hence everything\\nis new. Newsville, Repose, Burnt Stand, Etna, Tala-\\npoosa are post-offices.\\nGen. Hugh A. Haralson was a native of Greene, born\\non the hill half a mile E. of Penfield, where his father\\nresided. He studied the Law removed to Troup\\nMember of Cono^ress 1845-50.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "HARRIS HART. 79\\n60. Harris County has Troup and Merri wether on N\\nTalbot E., Muscogee, S. The Pine and Oak mountains\\nare in this county. Laid out in 1827. Some rich lands\\nin this county.\\nHamilton is the county town, just at the termination\\nof Oak mountain, 25 S. S. E. Lagrange; 23 N. Colum-\\nbus, and contains houses of worship for Baptists and\\nMethodists academy with 75 pupils.\\nWhitesville is a pretty village in N. W. part, on K.\\nside of Pine mountains, 27 Columbus, 23 Lagrange, 10\\nS. E. Westpoint. It has an academy and house of\\nworship. This place was begun in 1833 some 11 other\\npost-of ces. Cochran s cross roads north among the\\nmountains.\\nAfter Charles Harris of Savannah a distinguished\\nJurist, but so rnodest as to decline public office, though\\nqualified for any station was this county named. Died\\nin 1827 universally lamented.\\n61. Hart County was taken from Elbert, Franklin,\\nand Madison, in 1856. These counties and S. C. furnish\\nthe boundaries. This county, it is said, was named in\\nrespect for 3frs. Nancy Hart^ who formerly resided in\\nElbert but the stories related in fancy sketches ought\\nto be taken with some grains of allowance.\\nPost-offices named are Air Line, Western Part, Bio S.,\\nBowersville S. W., Amandasville S., Montevideo S. E.\\ncorner, and Eaglegrove, central. Public places are\\nEord s Store W., and Hendley s N. E., Parker s in N.\\nE. corner.\\nHartwell is the seatof justice in the fork of Lightwood\\nLog Creek near the centre of the county.\\nHart county was so named to perpetuate the memory\\no^ Mrs. Nancy Hart^ of Elbert, who is said to have been\\na greater terror to the tories than a dozen men. She\\nactually took prisoners and killed many a British soldier\\nand tory. The accounts may have been exaggerated,\\nbut there is no question that she was an extraordinary\\nwoman, of great courage, Amazonian strength, and\\nhigh temper. Hon. Thomas Hart Benton, the great", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "80 HEARD HENRY.\\nMissouri Senator, a relative of her husband, confirms\\nthe accounts of this remarkable woman in some degree.\\n62. Heard County has Carroll on the N., Coweta E.,\\nTroup S., Alabama W. The Chattahoochee runs through\\nthe eastern part. Laid out in 1880.\\nFranklin^ on the east side of the river, is the seat of\\njustice. Franklin had been given as a name to a village\\nopposite Westpoint in Troup, but in 1832, this name\\nwas obliterated, and Westpoint covers all the ground\\non both sides of the river. Franhlinville was the capital\\nof Lowndes but, like Nineveh, it is now lost. Frank-\\nlin is a healthy spot, though not large. Meeting-houses\\nfor Methodists and Baptists.\\nCorinth is a pretty village in S. E. corner of Heard, 11\\nmiles S. E. Franklin, 16 Newman, 12 Lagrange.\\nState Line is a post village in S. W. part, on the Ala-\\nbama line. Enon Grove is N. E. Berrien is 5 m. N. E. of\\nState line. Union Mills are N. Houston is in S. W. cor.\\nStephen Heard was an officer during the Revolution.\\nHe was with Clarke in several battles; was President of\\nthe Executive Council Governor in 1781 resided\\nfor some time in Wilkes. One of his sons has been an\\nactive member of our Legislature.\\n63. Henry County has Dekalb N., Newton N. W.,\\nseparated by South Ocmulgee, Butts and Spalding S.,\\nClayton W. Beside a dozen post-offices, Pittsburgh is\\na small place on W. side, Tucker s Cabin N. W., Fac-\\ntory N. Court-house.\\nMcDonough is the seat of justice, with houses of wor-\\nship for Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians; acade-\\nmy, with dwellings for teachers. 70 miles N. W. M.,\\n83 N. N. W. Forsyth, 18 N. Griffin, 21 E. Fayetteville,\\n22 S. Covington. It is a healthy, moral place. For\\nsome years The Jacksonian, a small weeklj by Mr.\\nMinor, was published in this place, started in 1827 he\\navers that his paper first nominated Gen. Andrew Jack-\\nson for President.\\nMajor Ahner Davis, a pious, intelligent, and benevo-\\nlent gentleman, resided here many years, till called up", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "HOUSTON. 81\\nhigher. Edmund Low was another excellent citizen and\\nchurch-member. William Beck was their equal in piety\\nand good works.\\nPatrick Henry^ born in Hanover county, Virginia,\\n1736, was one of our most distinguished patriots; was\\namong the first to excite resistance to the Stamp Act\\none of the five selected to prepare the Declaration of\\nIndependence Governor of Virginia. No purer pat-\\nriot ever lived. Died June, 1799.\\n64. Houston County has Bibb and Crawford N. and\\nN. W., Twiggs and Pulaski E. and S. E., Dooly S., and\\nMacon W. Ocmulgee river bounds it on the E Mossy\\nand Big Indian creeks are also in this county. South\\nWestern R R. runs through the northern part. Lands\\nare rich.\\nPerry is the place of public business, situated on Lot\\n49 of the 10th District, 67 miles W. S. W. Milledge-\\nville, 35 S. W. Macon, 23 N. W. Hawkinsville. A Fe-\\nmale College of high grade Houses of worship for\\nPresbyterians, Methodists, and Baptists. This is a large\\ntown.\\nPublic places are Asbury Academy W., Minerva,\\nBuzzard s Roost on Ocmulgee, Wilna, and other places.\\nFort Valley, on the R. R. 12 miles N. W. Court-house,\\nis a large village with good academy, and houses of\\nworship for Methodists and Baptists. Here the R. R.\\ndiverges to the south for Albany, and one continues\\nwestward to Columbus.\\nHaynesville is a post village some 10 miles S. E., with\\na Baptist meeting-house and good school.\\nHenderson is 12 miles S., with house of worship.\\nMinerva is 7 miles W., near which is an academy\\nand Asbury chapel.\\nHouston Cotton Factory is N. E. on Mossy creek. Well-\\nborne s Mills N. E., Wilna, Buzzard Roost Ferry, and\\nother public spots. Echaconnee is 12 miles S. Macon.\\nJohn Houston was a patriotic soldier during the Revo-\\nlution assembled with the friends of Liberty in Savan-\\nnah in 74 Governor 78 and 84 died 96. His name\\n4*", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "82 IRWIN\u00e2\u0080\u0094 JACKSON.\\nwould have been on the Declaration of Independence\\nwere it not for the strange conduct of Dr. Zublj.\\n65. Irwin County was once very large, extending\\nfrom the Ocmulgee near to the Flint, S. to Thomas and\\nLowndes, and B. to Appling. Parts of Worth, Wilcox,\\nBerrien, and Coffee have been deducted from her. The\\ntitle was acquired 1814, surveyed in 1818. Much poor\\nland in this county. Population sparse.\\nInuinville is the seat of justice, 5 miles E. Alapaha\\nriver, in a central position. Formerly it was near Oc-\\nmulgee river in N. E. part of the county.\\nEdenfield is a post-office in S. E. corner, some 20 miles\\nfrom Court-house.\\nLoyola is near the west boundary. Spalding is on the\\nriver in N. E. corner.\\nJared Irioin^ a native of North Carolina, came to\\nBurke when seven years old represented Washington\\ncounty many years was President of the Senate, and\\nGovernor 1806 to 1809 helped revise the Constitution,\\n1789 and 98. He was buried in N. part of Washington\\ncounty, 1815. His son. Dr. Jared, was in the first grad-\\nuating class at Athens. Descendants numerous and re-\\nspectable.\\n65. Jackson County is bounded by Hall on the N.,\\nBanks and Madison on the E., Clarke S., ^alton and\\nGwinnette W. Both branches of the Oconee are in this\\ncounty.\\nCotton factory in the W. and woollen in the N, E.\\nPost-offices, 8 or 9. Centre Village 8 miles S. Court-\\nhouse, Jug Factory near the Clarke line, Jug Tavern\\nS. W. corner, are public places.\\nJefferson is the seat of public business, 87 miles N. N.\\nW. Milledgeville, 18 K W. Athens, 80 S. Gainesville.\\nLaid out in 1806; incorporated 1802.\\nBascobel S. E., Delay S. W., Harmony Grove N. E.,\\nMarcus N. W., Maysville N. E., Mulberry N. W., Pond\\nFork N., are post-offices.\\nWool Factory on North Fork IST. E. part. Hurricane\\nShoals N., Jackson Factory W., are public places.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "JASPER. 83\\nEdward Adams, Ordinary of this county, was a pious,\\nupright man a member of Academy church died 25\\nyears ago his widow only a few months since. jRev.\\nThos. Johnson was a most useful minister.\\nJames Jackson was one of our most distinguished citi-\\nzens and noble soldiers in the Eevolution commander\\nof the Georgia Legion. In 1788 he was selected for\\nGovernor by the Legislature, but he declined the honor,\\nas he was only 31 years old. In 1789 he was Member\\nof Congress, and was Senator several years. He ex-\\nposed the famous Yazoo speculation, and had the Act of\\nthe Legislature burned in Louisville. Governor 1798 in\\n1801 sent back to United States Senate. Died in.\\nWashington city, March, 1806. He was very active in\\nbuilding up Franklin College. His brother. Dr. Henry\\nJackson, waa Professor in the College, so was also one\\nof his sons. His descendants are numerous one of his\\nsons has been Member of Congress from Savannah.\\nFew men have exerted more influence in the State than\\nJames Jackson.\\n67. Jasper County was named Randolph in 1807,\\nbut changed in 1812. Newton and Morgan are N. W.\\nand N. E., Putnam E., Jones S., Monroe and Butts W.\\nOcmulgee is the western boundary, and Murder creek,\\na large stream and tributary of Little river, is in the east-\\nern part. Seven post-offices.\\nConcord is a public place, near the Ocmulgee, where\\nis a Baptist meeting-house.\\nTrickem, or Trick-him, is a spot 4 miles W. Half-\\nacre, in Putnam, which latter place is now Stanfordville,\\nand is a considerable village, with a school.\\nHillsboro is in the S. part, 9 miles from Monticello, on\\nthe road from Clinton. Small village.\\nMonticello is the capital, named after Jefferson s resi-\\ndence in Virginia. 35 miles W. N. W. Milledgeville,\\n27 K. E. Forsyth, 18 W. Eatonton, 25 N. Clinton, 25\\nS. Madison, 28 S. Covington, 33 S. E. McDonough.\\nLots sold in 1808. Baptists, Methodists, and Presby-\\nterians have houses of worship two academies.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "84 JEFFERSON\\nWilliam Jasper^ after whom this county was named,\\nwas only a sergeant during the War, bat was more use-\\nful than many that wore epaulettes. He was at the\\nBattle of Fort Moultrie, and when the Flag-staff was\\nshot off, he jumped over and recovered it. His rescue\\nof the prisoners at the Spring near Savannah, with\\nNewton, is known to all. In 1779 Jasper went up to\\nput the flag on the Fort at Savannah, and was shot and\\nfell into the Ditch, Major Horry called to see him,\\nwhen he observed I have got my furlough that\\nsword was presented me by Governor Rutledge for my\\nservices in defence of Fort Moultrie give it to my fa-\\nther, and tell him I have worn it with honor if he\\nshould weep, tell him his son died with the hope of a\\nbetter life. Noble patriot. He was as bold as Julius\\nCaesar,\\nRev. Gyrus White spent most of his life in western part\\nof this county. About 1830 he became erratic, and in\\npart embraced Arminian sentiments; formed a small\\nbody called Whiteiies, but they did not last long. He\\nremoved S. W. and died.\\nGen. David Adams resided in S. W. part, and probably\\ndied there. He was useful in our Legislature.\\nGen. Reuben Shorter was many years the reliable phy-\\nsician of Monticello died in Eufala, Alabama, about\\n1847.\\n68. Jefferson County has Richmond and Columbia\\non the north, Burke east, Emanuel and Johnson south,\\nWashington west, Glascock and a corner of Warren\\nnorth-west. The Ogechee, Rocky Comfort, and William-\\nson s Swamp creeks are the chief streams.\\nRev. John Newton^ father of Sergeant Newton^ the com-\\npanion of Jasper, settled in this county soon after the\\nRevolution, near Fenn s Bridge. Died in 1790.\\nRev. Jephthah Vining was also a minister in this region\\nsoon after the war, and pastor of Providence church.\\nLouisville contains the public buildings for the county,\\n54 miles E. S. E. Milledgeville, 26 E. Sandersville, 25\\nW. Wajnesboro 43 Augusta, 28 Swainsboro From", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "JEFFERSON. 86\\n1795 till 1807, this was the seat of government. Here\\nthe famous Yazoo Act (an act which had been passed by\\nbribery and corruption, to dispose of millions of acres of\\nland in our western territory, now Mississippi, was car-\\nried through the Legislature in 1795) was burned by a\\nsun-glass, 13th February, 1796. Gov. James Jackson\\nhad resigned his seat in the U. S. Senate, and was elected\\nto the Legislature from Savannah, to overthrow this stu-\\npendous scheme of iniquity. [See Clayton s Digest, page\\n680.] The old State House has been converted into a\\nCourt-house. Ten thousand dollars were raised by sub-\\nscription to clear the Ogechee of obstructions, and boats\\nhave descended from Louisville to Savannah, with 200\\nand 800 bags cotton. This was before railroad times.\\nCentral Railroad runs through the south part of this Co.,\\nabout 12 miles S. Louisville.\\nGalphinton^ in this county, was the residence of an In-\\ndian family. The old place was on the Ogechee, below\\nLouisville the new one six miles above, on the west side\\nof the river, and is memorable as the spot where a treaty\\nwas concluded, in 1784 or 85, by Gen. Twiggs.\\nBenjamin Whitaker^ for years Speaker of the House of\\nRepresentatives, resided and died in this county. His\\ndescendants are all over the State.\\nGen. Homer V. Milton^ son of John Milton, after whom\\nMilton county was named, resided and died in Louisville.\\nHe was a lawyer by profession, and a soldier in the war\\nof 1812, but did not rise to great distinction. Died about\\n1820, a young man.\\nRoger L. Gamble^ Member of Congress, judge, and ac-\\ntive member of our Legislature, died in Jefferson.\\nBonny Boon and Gamble are in the north-east corner.\\nSpread Oak and Sylvan Grove north Pine Hill, and\\nPine View, west of the river, beside 7 or 8 post-offices.\\nThos. Jefferson^ author of the Declaration of Indepen-\\ndence, was born in Virginia, 1743 educated at William\\nand Mary s College; early in Virginia Legislature, and\\nMember of Congress in Philadelphia Minister to Europe\\nSecretary of State under Washington, and President U.\\nS. 1800 to 1808.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "86 JOHNSON JONES.\\n69. Johnson County has Washington and Jefferson\\non the north, Emanuel on the east and south-east, Laurens\\non the south and south-west, and a corner of Wilkinson\\nwest. It was cut off chiefly from Emanuel and Laurens\\nin 1858. Battle-ground* post-office on Little Ohoopie,\\neastern part.\\nThe site for public buildings is called Wi^ightsville^ prob-\\nably after Silas Wright, of New York, governor, and\\nsenator in Congress. It is between the two Ohoopies, 20\\nmiles south Sandersville, 15 south Eiddleville, a new and\\nsmall place.\\nH. V. Johnson] a native of Burke educated at Athens\\nclassmate of Gov. Cobb was senator in Congress to fill\\na vacancy judge of Ocmulgee Circuit in 1849 govern-\\nor 1853-7. He is a powerful orator on the stump, and\\nexerts great influence in any deliberative assembly. Mr.\\nJohnson is still a young man, and no doubt has\\nanticipations of future preferment. As a campaign ora-\\ntor, it is said, he has no superiors. He sways the multi-\\ntudes as with a plastic wand, and moulds their opinions\\nafter his own. Candidate for Vice-President, 1860, in\\nconnection with S. A. Douglas, for President.\\n70. Jones County had a few settlers in 1804, though\\nnot laid out till 1807. Its soil, the real mulatto land, is\\nvery rich in its ^drgin state, but it is much exhausted by\\ncultivation. Edmund Talbot, a cousin of Hon. Matthew\\nTalbot, governor ex officio after Gov. Rabun s death, be-\\ngan to preach in this county in 1809, and continued till\\nabout 1830, when he removed to Henry county, Alaba-\\nma, where he died in 1853, eighty-six years old.\\nHenry Hooten preached here many years.\\nJohn and Benjamin Milner^ brothers, both announced\\nthe glad tidings in Jones.\\nFalling creek is in the west. Walnut creek falls into\\nOcmulgee just below Macon. Commissioners is in south-\\neast part, on which is a woollen factory.\\nClinton is the capital, named after Gov, De Witt Clin-\\nton^ a distinguished statesman of New York, and the\\nchief promoter of its great western canal. In 1836 it", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "LAURENS. 87\\ncontained 56 dwellings, 10 stores, 5 lawyers, 3 doctors,\\n8 mechanic shops. 22 miles west Milledgeville, 25 east\\nForsyth, 28 Marion, 12 Macon, 28 Irwinton, 55 Hart-\\nford, 28 S. S. W. Eatonton. Methodist and Baptist houses\\nof worship, the latter built in 1836 by the efforts and con-\\ntributions, in a great part, of James Locket. It has had\\ngood schools some seven or eight post-offices.\\nBlountsville is a post village on the Eatonton road, 10\\nmiles N. E. Court-house, 16^ W. Milledgeville.\\nFortville is E. Etheridge also N. E., near Blountsville.\\nGrab- All is in the N. W. corner.\\nTranquiUa is north.\\nGriswold is a post village, 9 miles E. Macon, on south\\nline of the county, a manufactory for cotton gins, which\\nare made here by the thousand. It is a pretty village,\\noccupied chiefly by Mr. Griswold and his workmen, in\\nthe gin- making business. The first depot from Macon\\non Central Railroad.\\nWoollen Factory is southeast, near Wallace post-office.\\nThis has been one of the most fertile counties in the\\nState the real chocolate soil.\\nJames Jones, of Savannah, known as Chatham Jemmy\\nbecause there were several distinguished men named\\nJones, was born in Chatham county. He was frequently\\nin our Legislature, and Member of Congress 1799-1801.\\nDied in Washington city. Col. Troup informed the\\nauthor in regard to the name, and he was in the Legisla-\\nture when it was affixed to this county.\\n71. Laurens County has Wilkinson and Johnson\\nN., corner of Emanuel and part of Montgomery E., the\\nlatter S., and Paluski W. The Oconee runs through E.\\npart, Palmetto, Pues and Turkey creeks.\\nDublin is the seat of justice, half a mile from the Oco-\\nnee, 48 miles S. S. E. M., 28 S. Irwin, on lot 232, 1st\\ndistrict of old Wilkinson. Dublin was incorporated in\\n1811. Sumterville was the old capital.\\nBuck-eye post-office is in the N. E., near both Cedar\\nHill and Mount Pleasant. Laurens Hill post-office is JST.\\nW. Anderson is S. E.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "88 LEE.\\nOeo. M. Troup resided some 80 years in this county,\\n12 miles below Dublin, on the E. side of the river, where\\nhe died in 1858, 78 years old. His farm was named Yal-\\ndosta.\\nGen. David Blackshear was a resident of Laurens from\\n1807, and died 4th of July 1837. The author lodged at\\nhis hospitable dwelling winter of 1820, in N. E. part of\\nthe county.\\nJohn Laurens, son of Henry Laurens of South Carolina,\\nthe second President of the Continental Congress, was\\nborn in South Carolina, 1755. He was sent to France to\\neffect a loan for Congress, and succeeded, and in less than\\na year was back and fighting for his country. In oppos-\\ning the enemy on Combahee river he was wounded, and\\ndied 1782.\\n72. Lee County is bounded by Sumter on the K,\\nWorth and a corner of Dooly E., Dougherty S., and Ter-\\nrell W. The Flint forms the E. boundary, and Kincha-\\nfoona and Muchalee run through centrally, and, uniting\\nin the N. part of Dougherty, fall into Flint just above\\nAlbany.\\nStarkvilU is the seat of justice, near the W. bank of\\nMuchalee creek, named after Gen. Stark, the hero of the\\nBennington battle, on lot 241 of 13th district, 25 miles S.\\nAmericus, 10 E. Flint, 27 S. W. Drayton, 16 K. Al-\\nbany, 46 K Newton, 60 S. W. Hawkinsville, 45 E.\\nCuthbert, 90 S. W. Macon, and 120 Milledgeville. The\\nrailroad leaves it some 3 miles E. It has 7 post-offices,\\nand is a county of fertile land. Palmyra, a village origi-\\nnally settled by families from Greene and Taliaferro, is 5\\nmiles above Albany in S. part of Lee, 6 miles Byron, 15\\nfrom Pinderton. Academy and Baptist meeting-house.\\nThis place has declined since Albany has begun its giant\\ngrowth railroad leaves it W. some 4 miles.\\nSamterville is 12 N E. Court-house, with a dozen\\ndwellings and post-office.\\nSlade is in N. E. corner.\\nOsceola is on S. W., and Adams on railroad. Hook s\\nFerry is below Cotton Bluff.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "LIBERTY. 89\\ni?. H. Lee^ a native of Virginia, was opposed to the\\nStamp Act in tlie Virginia Legislature in 1765 Member\\nof Congress 1776 and 78. Died 1794. His eloquence\\ngave him great influence in the councils of the nation.\\nHe first proposed the Declaration of Independence. This\\ncounty was named in 1826.\\n73. Liberty County in shape, is similar to the letter\\nL. The inhabitants were the first in the State to express\\ntheir detestation of the measures of Parliament to op-\\npress the Colonies erected into a county in 1777, being\\nknown before as St. John s Parish.\\nHinesviUe is the county seat, but a small place.\\nRicehoro is 12 miles S. E.. and was the capital till 1836.\\nSloops come up to the town, 20 miles from St. Catharine s\\nSound.\\nWalthourville is near the railroad, a healthy, sandy\\nspot, containing good schools and houses of worship.\\nSunhnry on Midway river, S. E. part of the county, was\\nonce a large town, built in 1758, and was a rival of Sa-\\nvannah. It w^as captured by Gen, Provost, and never re-\\ncovered its prosperity et for many years, until lately, it\\nhad good schools. Dr. McQuirr taught here several\\nyears, aided by Eev. Jas. Shannon.\\nDorchester is a new^ place on North Newport river.\\nMidway meeting-house was erected about 1753 54.\\nHere are buried the Hon. John Elliot, Senator in Con-\\ngress; Rev. Joseph Osgood, 1st pastor; Rev. Thomas S.\\nXVinn, much beloved died in 1819. Gen. Scriven was\\nkilled in this neighborhood in 1778 his son. Rev. C. O.\\nScriven, died in New York, 1830, whither he had gone\\nto be relieved of a cancer. He was a graduate of Rhode\\nIsland College.\\nAn enlightened, liberal, educated people inhabit Lib-\\nerty county. This count}^, like Fayette, it is believed,\\nretails no liquor.\\nThe love for Liberty, the spirit of the people, long be-\\nfore Independence was declared, induced the Legislature\\nto confer this name on the county, then, 1777, known as\\nSt. John s Parish. It was resolved by the people to use", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "90 LINCOLN LOWITDES.\\nno British articles which. Congress should prohibit. Ly-\\nman Hall was a leader.\\n74. Lincoln County, has Elbert K, South Carolina\\nE., Columbia S., and Wilkes W. Graves Mountain is in\\nS. W. part near the Wilkes boundary, about 800 feet high;\\n14 E. Washington, 6 S. W. Court-house. Petersburg, 15\\nmiles N. E., can be seen from the top.\\nLincolnton is the place of public business, 90 miles N.\\nE. Milledgeville, 40 N. W. Augusta, 18 E. Washington.\\nIt is not a large place.\\nDark corner is in S. E. part.\\nCol. John Dooly resided in this county, in Revolution-\\nary times. His son, John i/i, was many years Judge of\\nthe Courts. Thos. W. Murray was a native of this coun-\\nty, and once Speaker of the House.\\n74. Benjamin Lincoln^ a native of Hingham, Mass., in\\n1783, was a brave soldier, the second in command at the\\nbattle of Saratoga. lie was appointed to command in the\\nSouthern Department but Greene was more successful.\\nHe died in 1810 in the same house in which he was born,\\nhaving been eminently useful to his country.\\n75. Lowndes County is on the Florida line, Berrien\\non the N., Clinch and Echols on the E., and Brooks W.\\nAlapaha river bounds half of the eastern side,\\nWithlacoochee S. W. half, and also runs through N. W.\\npart. This county was taken from Irwin in 1825. Ocean\\nPond, 7 miles S. Court-house, is 5 or 6 miles square.\\nTroupville was the county seat on the west line of the\\ncounty (since Brooks has been taken from the west), in\\nthe fork of Little and Withlacoochee rivers, which, it\\nwould seem, must render it sickly. This town was laid\\nout in 1836, in order to be on the line of the Brunswick\\nand Chaiahoochee Railroad but the road, like some\\nother Georgia schemes, is in statu quo, as in ^36. The\\nCourt-house is now 4 miles S. E., and located on Savan-\\nnah and Grulpli road, which will soon reach it with cars,\\n155 miles from Savannah.\\nValdosta is the name of the C. H. site in Lowndes,\\nselected in fall of 1859, on lot 62 in the 11th dis-", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "LUMPKIIf. 91\\ntrict, 155 miles from Savaonah by railroad, 22 from\\nMadison, Florida, whence a railroad is to be constructed\\nto Valdosta, thus connecting the Savannah road with\\nthe Jacksonville road.\\nFranklinville was the original capital, near the centre\\nof the county as it existed in 1825, 140 miles St. Mary s,\\n36 N. E. Thomasville, and 50 Waresboro.\\nPosi-offices are Grand, Bay and Clyattsville, S. W. cor-\\nner near Withlacoochee. Public lAaces are Carter s Bridge\\non Alapaha, K E. The Springs, 2 miles from Ocean\\nPond which is full of fine fish, are visited by many, and\\ngood accommodations are provided. Most of the ponds\\nin the southern part of the State furnish trout and other\\nexcellent fish.\\nWm. Lowndes^ a native of Charleston in 1782, first\\nappeared in S. C. Legislature in 1810, and in 1814 was\\nsent to Congress. He made a speech on the Missouri\\nquestion in 1820. Died while on his way to Europe in\\nOctober, 1822, in his 41st year.\\nMr. L. married a daughter of Gen. Thomas Pinckney\\nhad a high sense of the value of religion, and great\\nrespect for true Christians.\\n76. Lumpkin Counts is in the northern part of the\\nState, and contains the richest gold mines. A corner of\\nFannin and Union is N., Whitehall S. E., Dawson S.\\nand W. The Etow ah river rises in this county Tes-\\nsentee Falls in S. E. part, near White county.\\nDahlonega^ an Indian word, signifying yellow money^\\nis the capital, and is quite a large town, the centre of\\ngold diggings. This metal was first discovered in 1829\\nin Habersham. By 1832, $528,000 had been dug in this\\nregion, and coined at Philadelphia. The mint was\\nerected here soon after. Within the last 20 years, it is\\nestimated that some eicjht millions have been dug in\\nGeorgia.\\nSeven or eight post-offices, besides which are Cavender,\\nCooper s Gap, Loudsville, Tessentee Falls, public places.\\nWillson Lumpkin^ born in Virginia, Jan., 1783, came to\\nOglethorpe Co. when a child, and was the oldest of eight", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "92 MACKINTOSH MARION.\\nbrothers. From 1815 to 1831 he was frequently in our\\nLegislature, and in Congress. Some years he resided in\\nMorgan, and thence removed to Walton Gov. 1831-35;\\nSenator in Congress. His residence is Athens. For\\nmore than 50 years he has been a member of the Bap-\\ntist church.\\n77. Mackintosh County borders on the ocean, and\\nhas several islands attached to it: Sapelo, Guy ton s,\\nGeneral s, etc. Johnston s Station, p. o., is on the Bail-\\nroad near Altamaha river N. W. part. South Newport\\nis a post village on S. Newport river, E. part. Metjno-\\ndist chapel is central. Ebenezer is some 5 miles N.\\nBuffalo Swamp. Enon is 12 miles N. Fort Barringtou,\\nwhich is on Altamaha river. Jonesville is N. E.\\nDarien^ an incorporated city, settled by Highlanders,\\nand first called New Inverness^ is the capital, 12 miles\\nfrom the ocean, 12 Brunswick, 190 miles W., 62 S. S.\\nW. Savannah. It contains two or three houses of wor-\\nship, and once had a Bank, that failed. It does not\\nthrive as its position would seem to promise. Immense\\namounts of lumber are shipped here for eastern states,\\nand much cotton used to descend the river but the\\nCentral Railroad has diverted most of the produce to\\nSavannah; the Gulph Railroad, which runs through\\nnorth part of the county, will divert still more. Cotton\\nbrought here in 1827,47,000 bales.\\nThomas Spaulding^ who resided in this county, on\\nSapelo island, born in 74 and died in 51, was one of our\\nmost useful and distinguished men. He was in our Leg-\\nislature, and Member of Coiigress, 1805-6.\\nGen. Lachlan Mcintosh, Major General during the\\nRevolution, resided in this county after him this county\\nreceived its name. Mrs. Ann Mcintosh, a native of\\nDarien, died at Cedar Point in 1833, aged 100 years.\\n78. Macon County has Taylor and Crawford N.,\\nHouston E., Dooly and Sumter S., Schley and Taylor W.\\nFlint river runs through the eastern part, is the boundary\\n10 miles Whitewater and Buck creeks are. in S. W. part.\\nThe railroad runs through eastern portion, and crosses", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "MADISON. 93\\nFlint river near S. part. This county was created by\\nLegislature in Dec, 1837, out of Marion and Houstou.\\nLanier, situated in 1st district of old Muscogee, lots\\n97 and 103, is the place of public business. It is on\\nwest side of Flint river, 12 miles Traveller s Rest, 30\\nfrom Tazewell, old capital of Marion, 23 Perry, 27\\nKnoxville, 50 Talbotton, 30 Americus, and 40 north\\nDrayton, old capital of Dooly, selected in 1838.\\nHamburg, p. v., is in southern part. Orayigerville p. v.,\\nin the west. Marshallville is a p. v. on railroad, east\\npart. Montezuma is another p. v. on east side of the\\nriver, and on the west is Oglethorpe, a considerable\\ntown, though in a state of dffapidation. When S. W.\\nRailroad reached this point, say in 1851, the people im-\\nagined it would never extend any further, and they be-\\ngan to build a perinanent city many of the buildings\\nof brick, large, splendid, beautiful. Speculation in lots\\nand dwellings was a profession, and everybody desired\\nto be in Oglethorpe, as if bewitched by some unaccounta-\\nble hallucination. Soon as the cars moved on to Ameri-\\ncus, thence to Albany, the bubble burst, and now they\\nare removing houses, and they are falling into decay.\\nCotton in thousands of bags was sold here.\\nWinchester and Marthasville are small villages on Rail-\\nroad, east side of Flint.\\nNathaniel Macon, a native of North Carolina, born\\n1761 died 1837. He was in Princeton College during\\nthe Revolution, but left and joined the army. Member\\nCongress 1791, and chosen Speaker in 1801, which post\\nhe held 6 years. In 1815 he was Senator, and continued\\ntill 1828. No man in Congress possessed as much weight\\nof character he was patriot, statesman, not a mere\\npolitician.\\n79. Madison County was laid out in 1811, from the\\nsurrounding counties Banks a new county, and Frank\\nlin are North, Hart and Elbert East, Oglethorpe and\\nClarke South, Jackson West. Broad river runs through\\nthe Eastern part, and South Broad is the Southern\\nboundary. ^iom.Q branches of Oconee are in the Western\\npart.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "94 MARION.\\nDanielsville, 87 N. M., 22 E. Jefferson, 16 N. N. E.\\nAthens, 21 S. Carnesville, 45 N. W. Washington, 22\\nN. Lexington, 1^ S. W. Madison Springs, is the seat of\\nJustice. Post-offices by United States list are Danielsville,\\nBrooklyn in S. part. Fort Lamar, Madison Springs N.,\\nPaoli, Planters Stand Taylorsville in the W. has no\\npost-office.\\nCharles J. Jenkins^ a pious, intelligent man, once Col-\\nlector of Port of Pensacola, resided in N. W. part of this\\ncounty, father of Colonel J., of Augusta. He removed\\nto Georgia from S. C, and about 1818 to Madison\\ncounty.\\nJames Sanders^ another deacon of the Baptist church,\\nlived 4 miles S. of Danielsville. He lived to a good old\\nage. Both loved to contribute of their substance to ad-\\nvance the cause of religion and education.\\nOen. Allen Daniel^ after whom the town was named,\\nwas an intelligent legislator; so was his colleague S.\\nGroves.\\nJames Madison was born in Orange county, Virginia,\\n1750, and was graduated at Princeton a member of the\\nold Congress, and distinguished himself in the Virginia\\nlegislature by a protest against an established religion.\\nWith Messrs. Hamilton and Jay, he was engaged in writ-\\ning for a work called The Federalist, the design of\\nwhich was to show the value of the Federal Constitution.\\nMember Congress 1800. In 1801, appointed Secretary\\nof State by Jefferson. In 1809, elected President of the\\nUnited States, which office he held 8 years. In 1817, he\\nretired to his farm in Orange. Died June, 1837. Mrs.\\nMadison,- one of the most superior ladies that have ever\\ndone the honors of the Presidential mansion, survived him\\nsome 20 years.\\n80. Maeion County has been handled without gloves\\nshe and Muscogee together reached from Flint to Chatta-\\nhoochee rivers in 1829 portions of Taylor, Macon and\\nSchley have been torn from her original limits. In 1829,\\nshe ^s^as bounded by Talbot N, Flint river E, Lee and a\\ncorner of Kandolph S., Muscogee West. Now she has", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "MEKRIWETHER. 95\\nTalbot N, Taylor and Schley East, and a corner of\\nSumter AVebster South. Head waters of Kinchafoonee\\nare in this county, and the Eailroad cuts the N. W.\\ncorner.\\nBuena Vista, S. and E. of the centre, is tlie capital,\\nmade so in 1847. It is small, but a thriving place, and\\nbas good schools, three or four in number Baptist meet-\\ning-house about 1,000 inhabitants.\\nTazewell, old capital, is 6 miles N. E., near E. boundary\\nof the county, and is a small post village.\\nPineville is a small post village in S. W. corner, witb a\\ngood school.\\nMoss Hill, near tbis, has a fine scbool of 75 pupils.\\nFort Perry is in K. E. part.\\nOlenalta post-ofiice is west side, 10 miles W. Court-\\nhouse Pea ridge is S. E.\\nSearsville is on S. line, bordering on Webster county.\\nFrancis Marion was born in Charleston, 1732, when\\ntbe attack was made on Sullivan s Island, 1776, he was a\\nmajor in Col. Moultrie s regiment, and with Gen. Greene\\nat the Eutah Springs. He seldom failed to capture the\\nenemy when he went on the errand. No man was more\\nuseful to S. C. during the war be lived in the woods\\nand swamps, and was ever ready to attack bis foes.\\nDied in 1795.\\n81. Merriwether County has Coweta K, Spalding,\\nPike, and Upson E, Talbot and Harris South, Troup\\nWest. Flint river is the eastern boundary White and\\nBed Oak creeks fall into the Flint, and Flat Shoals run\\nthrough Troup and Harris into Chattahoochee. Warm\\nsulphur and cold springs are in South part, in the Pine\\nmountains some 14 post-offices, viz\\nErin N. E. Farmer s, Flat Shoals E. on Flint here is\\na bridge across the river, several houses, good Academy,\\nFlouring mill, c. Holly post-office N., Magdalene S.\\nE. near the Springs.\\nOak Eidge IST. W. Eocky Mount, 15 N. Court-house.\\nWarm Springs S., Warnerville JST. E., Cedar Eock\\nAcademy S. E. Court-house.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "96 MILTON.\\nOreeneville is the seat of justice, and is quite a large\\ntown, with Methodist and Baptist houses of worship 108\\nmiles W. M., 25 N. Talbotton, 12 East Flat Shoals on\\nthe Flint. Cotton market, Grriflan has been for years some\\nnow goes to the Railroad in Troup county.\\nGen. David Merriwether was born in Yirginia, 1755,\\nwas in the Revolutionary war and fought for his country s\\nrights; settled in Wilkes 1715; Speaker of our Legislature\\nseveral years he was a pious Methodist\u00e2\u0080\u0094 his house was\\nthe house of prayer. Died near Athens, 1823. Some of\\nhis sons have been in Congress; James was one of the\\nCommissioners at the Indian Springs Treaty.\\n82. Miller County was formed out of Earl^ and\\nBaker in 1856. Those two counties are on the North and\\nEast. Decatur on the South and Early West. The\\nlargest stream is Spring creek, which runs centrally\\nthrough the county sparsely settled.\\nColquitt is the site of the public buildings small place.\\nISTo post-offices named in the county.\\nAndrew J. Miller was born in Camden County, 1806,\\nand settled himself in Augusta as a lawyer, 1825 Presi-\\ndent of Georgia Senate distinguished Jurist and able\\nChairman Judge of the Augusta Circuit 1853. Died in\\n1856. Some 18 years in our Legislature; beloved and\\nrespected by all.\\n83. Milton County was laid out in 1857 from\\nCherokee, Forsyth, and Cobb. Those counties bound\\nit on the N., K W. and S. W.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gwinnette and DekaU)\\non the S. E. and S. Chattahoochee river separates it from\\nthe last named counties.\\nPost-offices named Alpharetta, Freemansville N. E.\\ncor., Farmhouse S. E., Warsaw E., Lebanon S. W., and\\nSocial Plill IST., are public places.\\nThe Capital is Alpharetta, formerly Miltonville, 6 m.\\nK E. Rosvvel], 18 E. Marietta; about 250 inhabitants.\\nRoswell is in this Co., not in Cobb.\\nCol. John Milton was a soldier in the Revolution was\\nSec y of State of Ga. in 1789; he received two votes of\\nthe Ga. College of Electors for Vice President of U. S.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "MITCHELL MONROE. 97\\nHis widow resided near Waynesboro on her plantation,\\nin 1819. His son, Gren. H. Y. Milton, resided in Louis-\\nville at the same time, and had been a soldier in the war\\nof 1812. Both died in a few years.\\n84. Mitchell Coukty was formed out of Baker, in\\n1857 the 9th, lOtb, and 11th districts on the East side\\nof Flint, with small portions of 8th and 12th, form the\\ncounty.\\nPost-offices are Gum Pond N. W., Yiola, McElvin-\\nville S. W., Pryor. Lile Oak Grove, W. of Court-house,\\nis a noted place. Camilla is the seat of justice in 11th\\nDist., some 10 to 15 m. S. E. Newton.\\nDavid Brady Mitchell^ of Scotch descent, was Judge of\\nthe Eastern Circuit as early as 1798, Solicitor in 96,\\nGovernor in 1809 and in 1815.\\n85. Monroe County has Butts K, Jasper and Jones\\nE., Bibb and Crawford W., Ocmulgee river is East, Tow-\\nelaggie through Northern part, and Tobesofskee and\\nEchaconnee in the Southern, falling into Ocmulgee some\\nsmall streams also flow S. W. into Flint. This territory\\nwas acquired in 1821, and rapidly did the settlers press\\nin to clear lands. This whole region has given much at-\\ntention to education, Towelaggie Falls are in this Co.,\\n12 m. N. Court-house.\\nForsyth, 50 m. W. M., 27 S. W. Monticello, 25 N. N.\\nW. Macon, 27 N. E. Zebulon, 20 S. Jackson, 27 S. E.\\nGriffin, is the Capital laid out in 1823. Baptists, Meth-\\nodists, and Presbyterians have houses of worship, though\\nthe latter is going to decay, and the members few.\\nMonroe Female University is located in this place, a\\nschool of high order. It was opened in 1850, and in\\n1851: the present energetic President entered upon his\\nduties. A good library and apparatus and cabinet of\\nminerals are connected with the Institution. The build-\\ning for the Botanical College, large and commodious\\nhas been purchased, and some 125 young ladies gener-\\nally in attendance, ten teachers, and about 30 graduates\\ndomestic education is taught, viz., to cook, sew, cut gar-\\nments, c.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "98 MONTGOMERY.\\nHilliard Institute^ half a mile west of the town, was open-\\ned in 1858, and is in a flourishing condition; over 80\\nyoung men and boys. The county is full of schools; in\\n1829 three Academies, Forsyth, Cicero and Rock Spring,\\nwere reported.\\nCulloden is a post village in S. AV; cor. of Monroe, 16\\nm. S. E. Thoniaston, 16 S. W. Forsyth, 13 Knoxville,\\n82 W. Macon. It has ever been famous for good schools.\\nCentral Female Institute is located here, and another es-\\ntablished by Protestant Methodists. Meeting-houses for\\nMethodists and Protestant Methodists, i he tow^n con-\\ntains some 30 to 40 dwellings, and is located in a beauti-\\nful, level country. A Baptist church was organized\\nhere in 1858.\\nMontpelier Springs, 17 m. W. Macon on the Thomaston\\nroad, w^as for some years a fashionable watering-place.\\nIt was purchased by the Episcopalians, and a good High\\nSchool, under Bishop Elliot, was conducted for some 10\\nyears; but it has declined, and the property sold very\\ncheap, to Rev, C. B. Martin, who opened a school, 1859.\\nSome 9 post-offices and public places were here in 1829,\\nviz Gulletsville, Pittsburgh, Paran, High Shoals, Will-\\nson s Bridge: others are now on R. R.\\nJames Monroe, the 6th President of the U. S., was born\\nin Va., the mother of Presidents, 1758 educated at Wm.\\nand Mary s was in the Revolution at Trenton and other\\nbattles. He was Sec y of State under Madison, Presi-\\ndent 1817 to 1825; died 4th July, 1831, aged 72.\\n86. Montgomery County has Laurens on the N.,\\nEmanuel E., Tatnall S. E. Appling and a corner of Cof-\\nfee S., Telfair W. The Oconee cuts it in twain, and Lit-\\ntle Ocmulgee forms most of the Western boundary.\\nBoxville S. part. Little York on Alligator creek W.,\\nSterling S. E. Hot House and Seward are post-offices.\\nColquitt is near the Altamaha, S. W. cor.\\nMount Vernon is the place of public business, 85 m.\\nS. S. E. M., 100 W. N. W. Savannah, 100 N.Darien, 35\\nN. W. Tatnall Court-house a small place, though over\\nhalf a century old.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "MORGAN. 99\\nRev. Wilson Conner resided many years in this Co.\\nwas 18 years Justice of the Inferior Court, and member\\nof the Legislature. The last years of his ministry were\\nsignally blessed: he died in the pulpit, in Telfair Co., in\\n1844, 76 years old.\\nGen. Richard Montgomery^ a native of Ireland, fought\\nwith Wolf at Quebec. He was commander of the North-\\nern Department of our army in the Eevolution which\\ncaptured Chamblee, St. John s, and Montreal, but he was\\nkilled in the attack on Quebec, 39th year of his age.\\n87. Morgan County was laid out from North part\\nof Baldwin, in 1807 a county of rich land, and has pro-\\nduced the most bountiful crops. The Appalachee, which\\nforms the entire eastern boundary, and Little Eiver in\\nS.W. part, are the principal streams; Indian and Hard-\\nlabor creeks. A good merchant mill, 4 miles N. E.\\nCourt-house, was on this creek as early as 1830, owned\\nby Mr. Boon.\\nEbenezer in the S.W., near Little River, Double Shoals\\non Appalachee N. E., are the sites of post-offices, except\\nthose on Eailroad.\\nWdlington N. E., and Rehobothville extreme N. W.,are\\nvillages with a few houses; Parksbridge on the Oconee;\\nKingston 3 miles W., Evansville S. W., near Antioch\\nMeeting-house, and old factory, are public places.\\nMadison is the seat of justice, 43 miles N. N. W. M.,\\n22 N Eatonton,27 S. S. W. Athene 18 W. Greenesboro,\\n102 miles by Railroad, Augusta. It contains houses of\\nworship for Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists;\\nthe latter was built in 1833 the Methodists had long\\nbeen in existence, and Presbyterians worshipped in the\\nMale Academy, taught many years ago by Mr. Alden.\\nGeorgia Female and Madison Female Colleges are in\\nthis place, good institutions the former has been in\\noperation near twenty years chartered in 1849. The\\nGa. Railroad ran its cars to this place about 1839, which\\nwas the terminus some years this gave it great enlarge-\\nment.\\nColonel Bedney Franklin, Solicitor of Ocmulgee Cir-", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "100 MUERAY.\\ncuit, Lazarus Battle, and Reuben Mann, were among the\\nearly settlers. Grovernor Wilson Lumpkin resided several\\nyears 4 miles W. Court-house. Dr. John Wingfield,\\nwhose goodness and pleasant smile, enough to make a\\ncrowd feel cheerful, will never be forgotten.\\nRev. John E. Dawson resided over a quarter of a cen-\\ntury, and was ordained, in this county.\\nJudge Isaac Walker, and his father John, died in this\\ncounty, long residents.\\nGen. Daniel Morgan entered the army with Brad dock\\nin 1755 was at Quebec, and when Montgomery was\\nkilled, the brunt of the battle fell upon him, and he was\\ntaken prisoner. He fought bravely at Saratoga; was\\nwith Gates at Camden, and Greene in the Southern De-\\npartment defeated Tarlton at the Cow pens, and spread\\nterror among the British and tories. He led a rifle\\ncorps that performed deadly work among the enemy.\\nBorn in Kew Jersey died July, 1802.\\n88. Murray County has been diminished nearly\\nhalf, by the formation of Whitefield out of its western\\nside. Tennessee is N., Fannin and Gilmer E., Gordon\\nS., and Whitefield W. The Connesauga is the vfestern\\nboundary, and Coosawattee part of the southern. Holly\\nand Mill creeks are in the county.\\nSpring Place, a missionary station as early as 1801,\\nwithin 4 miles of Connesauga river, western part of the\\ncounty, is the capital, and lias been for a good many\\nyears 194 N. W. of M., 30 W. Ellijay.\\nCohutta Springs are 12 miles N. Court-house, and has\\na post-ofi ce, Coosawattee in S. E., Fancy Hill, Holly\\nCreek S. W., Woodlavvn N. W., are also post-offices.\\nIron-works N. E. corner; l- actory N. W. Pleasant Val-\\nley 7 mile N. Court-house, Rock Spring S. E. are public\\nplaces.\\nTJios. W. Murray was frequently in our legislature\\nfrom Lincoln, and a while Speaker of the House. He\\ndied while a candidate for Congress, in 1833. Born in\\nLincoln, 1790. He was a pious man, and member of a\\nBaptist Church, faithful and prompt in the discharge of\\nduty.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "MUSCOGEE. 101\\n89. Muscogee County has Harris N., Marion and a\\ncorner of Talbot E., Chattahoochee S., and Alabama W.\\n5 post-offices Wynnton^ a kind of suburban village, is\\non the Bluff, H miles N. E. the Court-house; several\\nfamilies with large lots reside here.\\nColmnhus^ post town and capital, Muscogee county,\\nand named after Christopher Columbus, is situated at\\nthe foot of the falls* on the east bank of the Chatahoo-\\nchee river, 800 miles above its confluence with the Flint.\\nThe river just below the falls is only 854 feet wide, but\\nsoon widens to 250 yards.\\nThe^town, elevated 60 feet above the ordinary height\\nof the river, covers 1,200 acres. Two of the streets,\\nrunning parallel with the river, and directly N. and S.,\\nare 165 feet wide, and six others 132 those intersecting\\nthese at right angles, twelve in number, are 99 feet in\\nwidth. The Commissioners laid off 614 half-acre lots,\\n(beside 10-acre and 100-acre lots in reserve,) and beg^n\\nto sell on the 10th July, 1828, and they brought, each,\\nfrom 100 to 1,859 dollars! At that time there were 800\\nor 900 persons on the ground, some living in temporary\\ncabins, and others in good two-story buildings, which\\nthey afterwards removed to the lots as they purchased.\\nIn December, Columbus contained about 100 framed\\nbuikiings, most of which were finished and neatly paint-\\ned, beside two good brick buildings under way.\\nThe water of the river is clear and good and as there\\nis an ascent of 111 feet in four miles up the stream, facili-\\nties will be afforded to conduct it to any part of the town\\nby aqueducts, giving thereby freshness to the air and\\npleasure to the sight, hy jets cfeau.\\nThere is an easy and safe steamboat communication\\nbetween this town and the Gulf of Mexico and boats\\nare plying between it and New Orleans. The distance\\nto the confluence with the Flint is 300 miles to the\\nAppalachicola Bay 430. The Steubenville, 133 feet in\\nThe Indians called the falls We-tump-kah, signifying, in their lan-\\nguage, troubled waters.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "102 NEWTON.\\nlength, 117 in the keel, carrying 1,100 barrels and draw-\\ning 5 feet water, it is said, can navigate tlie river ut any\\nseason. Passages to the bay are made in 52 to 86 hours.\\nColumbus is 128 miles W. S.W. Milledgeville, and 11\\nabove Ft. Mitchell. The best road for carriages, when\\nthe season is dry, is via Clinton and Forsyth.\\nColumbus contains the usual public buildings Court-\\nhouse, Jail, and houses of worship for Methodists, Bap-\\ntists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Catholics; and\\nacademies. A fine bridge connects the town with a\\nsmall one on the Alabama side, called Girard. In 1830,\\npopulation was 1,152; in November, 1835, 3,624; in\\n1837, estimated at 5,000 1859, 10,000. One of the\\nmost beautiful towns in the State.\\nColumbus contains three cotton factories, another three\\nmiles north, a paper factory, two founderies, marble\\nworks, four flouring and corn mills, furniture or variety\\nwprks, c. Meeting-houses for Methodists, Presby-\\nterians, Episcopalians, Catholics, and Baptists, besides\\nthree for colored persons. Sales of cotton from 100 to\\n150,000 bags. One bank and five agencies.\\nMuscogee County received its name to perpetuate the\\ngeneric tribes of Indians which formerly inhabited\\nGeorgia and Alabama. They removed west some years\\nago, and are settled on the waters of Arkansas river\\nin the Indian Territorj They have several native\\npreachers. The son and other descendants of Gen. Wm.\\nMcintosh proclaim the gospel. Many have been gath-\\nered into the churches.\\n90. Newton County has Walton and Gwinnette north,\\nMorgan and Jasper south-east and south, Butts and Hen-\\nry south and south-west, Dekalb north-west. The In-\\ndian title was extinguished in 1817. Streams are Alco-\\nvee. Yellow, and South Ocmulgee rivers. Some twelve\\npost-offices.\\nCovington^ p. t. and cap., Newton county, named after\\nGeneral Covington, an officer in our late war, is situated\\non a ridge of land 3|- miles east of the Yellow river, 3\\nwest of the Alcovee, and about 15 above the confluence", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "OGLETHORPE. 103\\nof those rivers 67 N. W. Milledgeville 20 S. Law-\\nrenceville 24 N. W. Madison 28 E. Decatur 18 S.\\nW. Monroe, crossing the Alcovee at Whil ley s, 13 miles\\nfrom town, but 22 via Quert s Bridge, 3 miles from Cov-\\nington. This latter way is the best road for carriages.\\nIt contains 52 houses, court-house, jail, academy, 15\\nstores, besides offices and shops, meeting-houses for Bap-\\ntists and Methodists. The road is good to Lawrenceville\\nand to Madison.\\nCovington has increased rapidly in size, and greatly in\\ntasteful appearance. It has now 150 famiUes, and a popu-\\nlation of about 1300. The Protestant Methodists have\\nerected a house of worship. A bookstore, with a good\\nassortment of books and stationery, is established here.\\n6 lawyers, 3 doctors, and 50 mechanics. Distances 36\\nEatonton, 25 Jackson, Social Circle 12, Newborn 12.\\nThe Georgia Conference Manual Labor School was lo-\\nGated near this place, and Emory College is two miles\\nnorth; besides several houses of worship and large\\nfemale college. This place has vastly improved since\\n1837.\\nThree or four factories in this county and 20 mills.\\nEmory College is some 2^ miles north, at Oxford.\\nMasonic Female College is in town of Covington, and\\nhas many pupils.\\nSolomon Graves and Joel Colly were among the early\\nsettlers. The first was several times chosen elector of\\nPresident the other was a Baptist minister, but of slen-\\nder advantages in early life.\\nPalmyra Academy, Newborn post-office, south-east part\\nof the county, has been seven years under the charge of\\nMr. Cheeney. Over 100 girls and boys, with 5 teachers.\\nSeveral young men have been fitted for junior class in\\ncollege.\\nJohn Newton was a companion of Jasper, during the\\nKe volution, and aided him to rescue the prisoners at the\\nSpring near Savannah. In the capitulation of Charles-\\nton, 1780, Sergent was among the prisoners, and died of\\nthe small-pox.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "104 OGLETHORPE.\\nHe was born in Charleston, in January, 1755. Soon\\nafter the war, his father, Kev. John Newton, who had\\npreached to the Baptist Church in Charleston, removed\\nto Georgia, and resided near Fenn s Bridge, on the Oge-.\\nchee, in the neighborhood of Providence Church.\\n91. Oglethoepe County, has Madison north, Elbert\\nnorth-east, Wilkes east, Taliaferro south-east, Greene\\nsouth, and Clarke west. The title to this territory was\\nextinguished by treaty with the Creeks and Cherokees in\\n1783.\\nLexington is the seat of justice, 64 miles IST. N. E. Mil-\\nledgeville, 25 N. Greensboro 76 N. W. Augusta, 25 W.\\nWashington, 16 S. E. Athens, 22 S. Danielsville, and 26\\nS. Elberton. Two academies, houses of worship for\\nMethodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians. The Meson\\nAcademy is endowed with $18,000 by Francis Meson\\nopened about 1806.\\nGov. Mathews, Gov. Gilmer, Wm. H. Crawford, Ste-\\nphen Upson, Daniel Dupree, Kev. Miller Bledsoe, a\\nEevolutionary soldier, are buried in this county.\\nJudge T. W. Cobb resided here many years. George,\\nJoseph H., and John H. Lumpkin, their nephew, Mem-\\nber of Congress and judge in Cherokee, were born\\nin this county. Gov. Mathews, who resided in north-\\neast part, near the Goose Ponds, was a soldier of the\\nRevolution a very singular man, rather apt to be ex-\\ncited,\\nBairdstown is a small post village in south part of the\\ncounty, on the railroad. Crawford is 3 miles west Court-\\nhouse; Maxey s is south Millstone is in north-east, near\\nBroad river Philomath is south-east, near Woodstock\\nPoint Peter is north. State Rights is a small place\\nsouth-east, and Bowling Green is eight miles south Court-\\nhouse. Stephens is another place. The branch railroad\\nto Athens leaves Lexington 3|- miles east.\\nOglethorpe was the narfie of Georgia s first governor in\\n1738. For some thirty years he managed the affairs of\\nthe colony with great prudence and foresight. When", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "PAULDING PICKENS. 105\\nthe Eevolutionary War broke out, he was residing in\\nEngland, his native land, and offered the command of\\nthe army, but he refused.\\n92. Paulding County was organized in 1832, but\\nhas been lessened by the portion that forms Polk.\\nHeadwaters of Tallapoosa that run south-west into\\nAlabama, and Pumpkin Vine creek that runs north into\\nEtow^ah, are in this county. Cass is north, Cobb east,\\nCampbell and Carroll south, Haralson and Polk west.\\nDallas is the capital, centrally located.\\nVanwert, the old capital, is in Polk, some seventeen\\nmiles west of the new. Paulding and Yanwert and Wil-\\nliams were the captors of Major Andre, a J^ritish spy,\\nOctober, 1780, who had had correspondence with Ar-\\nnold, and had arranged to deliver up West Point to the\\nEnglish. He tried to bribe them, but, though poor, they\\nwere proof against his gold. The two names ought to be\\nin the same county.\\nThere are gold mines in this county some eight post-\\noffices and New Babjdon in south-west.\\nSuch fidelity as John Paulding^ s should be rewarded\\nand held up to public admiration, that it may find imita-\\ntors. The Georgia Legislature has sanctioned the doings\\nof Congress in regard to Paulding, by naming a county\\nafter him. That medal voted him by Congress and pre-\\n,sented by Washington, inscribed Vincit amor patrice^\\nwas enough to swell any patriotic heart with joy. New\\nYork City erected a monument to his memory. He was\\nborn in New York 1769 died 1818.\\n93. Pickens County was formed out of Gilmer and\\nCherokee, in 1856. Gilmer is N., Gilmer and Dawson\\nE.. Cherokee S., Gordon W. Talking Rock creek falls\\ninto Coosawatta river near the old Indian town Moun-\\ntain creek runs S. into Etow ah river. Several marble\\nquarries Statuary marble in S. E. part.\\nJasper is the seat of justice, centrally situated, but all\\nis yet new.\\nSeven post-offices. Then New Liberty in W., Ber-", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "106 PIERCE PIKE.\\nrien in S. W., Harnageville, an old Indian stand, S. E.,\\nnear marble works, are public places.\\nThe Pickens family, in South Carolina, has been illus-\\ntrious many years: it was known in many Eevolution-\\nary battles in that State, and in Georgia, and in the\\nCouncils of the nation in later times. Oen. Andrew\\nPickens was at Kettle Creek battle in Wilkes, and at\\nthe siege of Augusta. He was a laborious soldier and\\nself denying patriot.\\n94. Pierce County was taken from Appling and\\nWare, in 1857. Appling is N., parts of Wayne and\\nCharlton E., Charlton S., Ware and a corner of Appling\\nW. Head streams of St. Ilia run through it and bound\\na portion on the N. E. and also S. W.\\nBlacksliear, after Gen. David Blackshear, of Laurens\\ncounty, a soldier and legislator, is the seat of justice,\\nsituated on the middle branch of St. Ilia, called Hurricane\\ncreek. New place.\\nZero is a post-office, near Initial Point. Strickland\\npost-office is in N. W., and Grey s in S. central, 9th\\nDistrict,\\nK. K. from Savannah runs through this county.\\nOen. Frankin Pierce^ an officer in the late Mexican\\nwar, 12th President of the United States, was born in\\nNew Hampshire, 1801 inaugurated March, 1858\\nMember of Congress from New Hampshire.\\n95. Pike County has Spalding N., Monroe E., Up-\\nson S., Merriwether W. Portions of the Pine mountains\\nare in this county, and form the boundary between it\\nand Upson on the S. Spurs are visible near Barnes-\\nville, which become a continuous range to Flint river,\\nwhich flows through them, when they rise again form-\\ning the boundary between Merriwether and Talbot, and\\nbending S. W. in Harris, reach Chattahoochee river be-\\ntween Mountain and Mulberry creeks. Plainly seen\\nfrom Griffin, some 15 miles S. and S. W. Flint river is\\nW., and Elkins and Potatoe creeks are in this county.\\nZehulon is the capital, 12 miles S. Griffin, 77 W. Mil-\\nledgeville, 27 S. Fayetteville, 17 N. W. Thomaston, 30", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "POLK. 107\\nW. Indian Springs, 25 Forsyth. Since the R. R. brings\\nevery thing to their doors at Griffin and Barnesville,\\nZebulon, out of the way, is rather on the decline.\\nBarnesville^ post village, is in S. E. corner of the\\ncounty, where a R. R. diverges, 18 miles S. E. Griffin,\\nfrom the Macon and Western, and runs to Thomaston,\\nsome 18 miles. It has an academy, two houses of wor-\\nship, hotels, shops, stores, and some 50 dwellings.\\nLiberty Hill is another post village in N. E. part, 12\\nmiles N. Barnesville.\\nMilner is on the R. R, 6 miles from Barnesville, a\\npost-office and 5 or 6 houses, with a steam mill, nearly\\ncentral between Macon and Atlanta.\\nHarmony is 4 miles W. Milner.\\nVan Buren is in I^. E. corner 20 houses and 2\\nschools 14 Forsyth, 12 Griffin.\\nWilliamsville is in the S. W., and Hollands N. W.\\nZebu on Montgomery Pike spent some years in explor-\\ning the country west of the Mississippi, by direction of\\nthe Government. He was a most strict disciplinarian, yet\\nthe idol of his troops. He was killed by an explosion of a\\nmine of powder at Little York, Canada, 27th April, 1813.\\nBorn in New Jersey, 1779. Congress order a large\\nfrigate built soon after his death, to be called General\\nPike, as a token of respect. County named 1822.\\n96. Polk County was taken chiefly from Paulding in\\n1851. Floyd and a corner of Cass N., Pauling E.,\\nHarralson S., Alabama W. Euharlee creek runs N. E.\\ninto Etow^ah and Cedar, N. W. into Coosa river. Dug\\nDown mountain in S. part.\\nCedar 2ow7i, in Cedar Valley, and near Cedar Creek,\\nis the county town, 10 miles from Cave Spring, 24 Dal-\\nlas, and 20 from Rome. New, and not a large place.\\nPost-offices are, Punkin Pile, 10 miles S. Court-house,\\nand Vanwert, in the N. E.\\nMineral springs are in S. W., Esom Hill W.\\nCamp Ground 8 miles W. Court-house, Mount Ver-\\nnon academy N.\\nIn Cedar Valley is a good Female school.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "108 PULASKI PUTNAM.\\nSlate Quarry is near Vanwert, the old capital of\\nPaulding. Tiiis slate is of an excellent quality and\\neasily obtained, and can be furnished on the R. Rs. for\\nabout $10 per square i. e., enough to cover 100 square\\nfeet.\\nYellow Stone was a post-office, but not on the last\\nUnited States list.\\nJames K. PolJc^ 10th President of the United States;\\na native of North Carolina, 1795 died 15th of June,\\n1849, in Tennessee, where he had spent most of his life.\\nHe was Member of Congress and Speaker during Jack-\\nson s administration a most excellent chairman, with a\\nfine, sonorous voice. He conducted the Mexican war,\\nthe commencement of which was somewhat unusual.\\n97. Pulaski County is bounded N. by Twiggs and\\nHouston, E. by Laurens, S. by Telfair, S. W. by Wil-\\ncox, and W. by Dooly and a corner of Houston. The\\nOcmulgee runs through the W. part. Gum Swamp\\ncreek through the E., and falls into Little Ocmulgee.\\nHawhinsville^ on the W. side of the river, is the capi-\\ntal, and is quite a flourishing place. 62 miles S. S. W.\\nMilledgeville, 44 N. W. Jacksonville.\\nHartford was the place of public business till 1836.\\nPerhaps it is not so health}^\\nSea shells in abundance are found on the banks of the\\nriver.\\nLawson is a post-office, in S. W. part Longstreet in N.\\nW., a long village of several houses with Baptist meet-\\ning-house, also Cross creek post-office S. W. Public pla-\\nces are Walker^s in the N., Gum Swamp N. E.\\nCount Pulashi, a Brigadier General in our Revolution-\\nary army, was a Polander of distinguished birth, courage,\\nand patriotism. He failed in his efforts to restore his\\nown country to freedom. Mortally wounded in the at-\\ntack on Savannah, 1779. Savannah has erected a monu-\\nment to his memory.\\n98. Putnam County has Morgan on the IST., Greene\\nand Hancock on the E., Baldwin and Jones on the S.\\nand Jasper on the W.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "PUTNAM. 109\\nThis county was erected from Baldwin in 1807. The\\nfirst Superior Court was held at Hillsboro by Judge\\nEarly, in February, 1808 and the next session in Ea-\\ntonton, in August, in the building lately occupied by\\nMr. Randall, as a storehouse. The first election was\\nheld in January, 1808, and 540 votes given for county\\nofficers. Eatonton is the capital.\\nPublic Places^ Hillsboro Half Acre, Cross Roads.\\nEatonton^ Post-town and capital, Putnam county,\\nnamed after General Eaton, for some years consul in the\\nBarbary States, is situated 21 miles N. K. W. Milledge-\\nville 22 miles S. W. Greensboro 22 S. S. E. Madison\\n18 E. Monticello; 28 N. N. E. Clinton 28 N. W. Spar-\\nta, and contains Court-house, which cost 6,000 dollars;\\nJail two Academies brick Masonic Hall a branch of\\nthe State Bank, and one of the finest houses of worship\\nin the up-country. In this, which cost $6,000, the Bap-\\ntists and Presbyterians worship. To the meeting-house\\nis attached a fine toned bell, weighing three hundred\\npounds. A good bell is a great convenience in a vil-\\nlage. The Academies and meeting-house aresitiiated in\\na most beautiful grove. With the Academies is con-\\nnected a Library, which cost 600 dollars, and which has\\nsince been enlarged, and a Philosophical Apparatus pur-\\nchased in London, for $2,500.\\nThe citizens have evinced considerable tasto in their\\npublic buildings, and much public spirit in erecting\\nthem. The fence around the grove needs repairing.\\nPopulation in November, 1828, 726; 379 whites, and\\n847 blacks. The number of houses is 69 doctors 6,\\nlawyers 7, shops, etc. 85 four-wheel carriages 18.\\nAmong the venerable dead in the cemetery near the\\nmeeting-house, lie the remains of Stephen W. Harris, for\\na number of years Judge of our Superior Court.\\nThe lots for this town were sold on the 14th April,\\n1808. The hrsi framed building was erected during this\\nyear, by Wm. Williams, and is now occupied by Mr.\\nHolt, as a shoe store.\\nEatonton hasgrown some fine buildings erected since", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "110 PUTNAM.\\n1837. The Methodists built a new meeting-house in*\\n1857. The male Academy is on the S. E. border of the\\nTown, instead of being in the Grove near the Female\\nSchool. Here Jesse Mercer preached many years, till 1827.\\nDistinguished men have resided in this county.\\nJudges S. W. Harris, Shorter, andMerriwether, W. W. Ma-\\nson, Chancellor of Alabama, Charles P. Gordon, a Legis-\\nlator and pious man died 1836. Thomas Cooper, father\\nof Colonel Mark A.Cooper, of CaSvS, Wm. Flourney^ both\\nintelligent and benevolent men. Bev. John Collingsworth,\\na Methodist preacher, resided and died in this county, a\\nman of prayer and faithfulness. Doct Henry Branham,\\none of the earliest physicians, lived to a good old age.\\nThe Great Revival of 1827 began in Eatonton, during\\nwhich over 20,000 persons were hopefully converted.\\nThe first convention on the subject of railroads was\\nheld in Eatonton, September, 1831, attended by some 80\\ndelegates from over 30 counties. Liberty, Chatham,\\nKichmond, Talbot, Campbell, etc., were represented.\\nThis meeting was called by C. P. Gordon and W. W.\\nMason, and others. It was resolved that at the ensuing\\nLegislature, a charter be asked for a railroad from Au-\\ngusta to this place, which was granted; but altered to\\ngo to Athens and Madison at the next session.\\nTurnwold Academy is 10 miles N. E.\\nArrarat W. Enon, Harmouv near Glades Eoads,\\nTirzah 7 miles W., Fairfield S.^K, Salem S. W-\\nHear7iville is a post-office, and few houses in K W.\\ncorner of the county.\\nBockville is 9 miles E. of the Court-house. There are\\nother public spots besides the other post-ofi5ces.\\nTheFactory on Little river, 3 miles W. of the Court-\\nhouse, is a public spot, where a house of worship has\\nbeen built for the laborers.\\nCamp Ground, 7 miles S. E.\\nRexi, Alonzo Churchy now President of Franklin Col-\\nlege, taught the Academy in Eatonton several years,\\nand was called hence to be a Professor in the College.\\nAs a teacher he sustained a high reputation.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "QUITMAN. 111\\nBev. Carlisle Beman has also taught in this place.\\nIsrael Putnam was born in Salem, Massachusetts, iu\\n1718 was Commander at the battle of Banker s Hill,\\n17th June, 1775. Greneral Warren, the first distinguish-\\ned martyr to Liberty, was killed in this battle. Died in\\nConnecticut, 1790. In his last years he was a religious\\nman, and his hou^ was the house of prayer. General\\nPutnam was the oldest Major-General in the army for\\nseveral years prior to his death.\\n99. Quitman County was cut out of Randolph and\\nStewart, in 1858. Stewart is K, Randolph E., Clay and\\ncorner of Randolph S., Chattahochee river W. The\\nrailroad, which diverges from South Western, on S.\\nboundary of Sumter, at Smithsville, terminates in this\\ncounty just S. of Georgetown, opposite Eufaula in Ala-\\nbama. Pataula, a large creek, runs through the S. E. part,\\non which are falls that would turn any kind of machinery.\\nGeorgdown is the seat of justice, 27 miles S. W. of\\nLumpkin, near Chattahochee river. It will soon grow\\ninto notice and enlargement, and probably extend its\\nlimits S. to the railroad depot. The cars reached this\\nspot in June, 1860.\\nBladen Greek post-office N. E. corner.\\nPataula is a public place 9 miles S. E. of the Court-\\nhouse.\\nGen, Quitman was Member of Congress from Mississip-\\npi, and an officer in the late Mexican war died 1859.\\n100. Rabun County forms the N. E. corner of the\\nState. North Carolina is on the N., South Carolina E.,\\nHabersham, separated by Tallulah river is S., and Towns\\ncounty W. Nature has provided the Blue Ridge for its\\nWestern boundary. County was organized in 1821 or\\n1822.\\nClayton is the capital, 156 miles N. Milledgville, 23\\nClarksville, 12 N. Tallulah Falls, and 20 S. Franklin in\\nNorth Carolina. Laid out in 182L\\nWhy does not enterprise lay hold of this spot, now called Lowell,\\nand make it what its namesake in N. E. is It is begun.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "112 RABUN.\\nLike Clarksville this is a high and healthy spot and\\nit would be a kind of generous charity, to leave with the\\ntavern-keepers in those two places, some of the loose\\nchange which is bestowed so freely on our northern\\nhaunts of pleasure provided, nevertheless.^ that they will\\nmake their houses of entertainment as comfortable and\\ndesirable as have their neighbors at Athens, and at Pen-\\ndleton and Greenville, in our sister State. What is the\\nstate of the pubhc houses at Clayton and Clarksville, I\\nknow not. There is at least one good one at Gainesville\\nbut there is so little attention paid to them in some places,\\nthat I will leave one remark for those who conduct them\\nsheeting is easily made, and chickens easily raised give\\na genteel traveller a clean bed, a broiled chicken, and a\\ncup of coffee^ (not stained water,) and he will not com-\\nplain no, he will forego the gratification of his appetite\\nfor the luxuries and sweet things of Savannah and Au-\\ngusta, and remain the summer with you, to inhale your\\nmountain air, and drink your pure water but give him\\na dirty bed, sheets that any one else has lain in, without\\nwashing, and he is gone! Let the tavern-keepers of\\nthese two places repair the road to Athens, prepare com-\\nfortable accommodations (if they have not already) for\\ngenteel company, and they need not fear but that in a few\\nsummers, as many visitants will flock to them as do now\\nto Pendleton and Greenville.\\nClayton is the most northerly town in the State, except\\nHiwassee in Towns, being not more than ten miles S. of\\nthe 35\u00c2\u00b0.\\nWm. Eabur),.Si native of Halifax, North Carolina,\\nin 1771, was many years President of the Senate; Gov-\\nerner, ex officio and elected Governer in 1817. He was\\na member and chorister of Po^velton church many years,\\nand a truly religious man giving aid to all the benevo-\\nlent institutions of the age. Like some small men^ he was\\nnot bloated by office. In a correspondence, when he was\\nGovernor, with Gen. Jackson, he exhibited great strength\\nof intellect.\\nDied while Governor, at his plantation, Oct., 1819. Dr.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "EANDOLPH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 RICHMOND. 113\\nMercer, at the request of the Legislature, preached his fun-\\neral sermon.\\n101. Randolph County has Stewart and Webster N.,\\nTerrell E., Calhoun and Clay S., and Cla}^ and Quitman\\nW. In 1829, Randolph and Lee extended from Chatta-\\nhoochee to Flint, and from Muscogee and Marion on N.,\\nto Early and Baker on the S. Head waters of Ichaway-\\nnochaway are in this county. Laid ont in 1828 from\\nLee.\\nGuthbert is the capital, a place of much importance, the\\nseat of South-Western Female College, which has been\\nin operation some 7 years. The cars reached this spot\\nin June here the road divides one branch runs to Fort\\nGaines S. W., the other W. N. W. to Eufaiila.\\nSome 9 post-offices Brooksville is in N. E., Buford S.,\\non Pachitla creek near Utah. Odchodka is an Indian name,\\nand has a post-office, but mnst be in Quitman. Pinior is\\nW. of Court-house. Pumpkintown is 10 miles N. Court-\\nhouse.\\nJohn Randolph was an eccentric character, a native of\\nVirginia, in 1778, and descended from Pocahontas. So\\nyoung did he appear when he first went to take his seat\\nin Congress, that the Speaker seemed unwilling to quali-\\nfy him, and asked him if he was of age Ask my constitu-\\nents, was his answer. Member of Congress and Senator\\nseveral years Minister to Russia, in 1830. Died in Phil-\\nadelphia, 1884, on his Avay to Europe.\\n102. Richmond County is one of the early settled coun-\\nties. Houses were built in Augusta, in 1735. Men trading\\nwith the Indians for peltry resorted to this place. Mc\\nBean s creek forms the Southern boundary between this\\nand Burke.\\nBath and Mount Enon are on Spirit Creek, 14 or 15\\nmiles S. W. Augusta.\\nMount Enon was the site of an Academy where seve-\\nral young men were instructed, from 1807 to 1811. Both\\nplaces are now used as summer retreats chiefly, by fami-\\nlies from Burke. Bath had in 1836, 14 families Presby-\\nterian Meeting-house, Academy, etc. This is a healthy", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "114 RICHMOND.\\nregion, of pure water, sandy soil, rising into considerable\\nelevation. Dr. Flenry Holcomb made his home here be-\\nfore he went to Philadelphia. Kev. C. 0. Scriven was\\nthe first Rector of the Academy.\\nAugusta^ city and cap., Richmond county, is the second*\\ntown for srze in the State. The Savannah river here has\\na large bt nd, so that the town stands on the south-west\\nbank, 88 miles E. K E. Milledgeville, 127 N. N. W.\\nSavannah, 140 N. W. Charleston, 83 W, Columbia, 23\\nS. S. W. Edgefield Court-house. Latitude 33.\u00c2\u00b0 33\\nlongitude 5\u00c2\u00b0 18 The town is well laid out, the streets\\nare wide, meeting each other at right angles, and orna-\\nmented with trees, and many of the houses are spacious\\nand elegant. The public buildings are an elegant city\\nhall, 120 feet by 60 feet, three stories high a masonic\\nhall a spacious academy, the main body of which is 45\\nby 40 feet, with two wings 93| by 32 feet, containing\\ncommodious rooms for the rector and other instructors\\ncourt-house, jail, theatre, arsenal, hospital, female asjdum.\\nbuilding for free school, two markets, five banks, and\\nseven houses for public worship, viz: one for Presbyte-\\nrians, one f )r Methodists, one for Episcopalians, one for\\nBaptists, one for Roman Catholics, one for Unitarians,\\nand one for Africans.\\nThe City Hall is a most splendid building, and a beau-\\ntiful ornament to the city the cost was $100,000. The\\nhouses of worship for the Baptists, Methodists, and Uni-\\ntarians, are on Greene street; the Presbyterian, which\\nhas an excellent clock, on Telfair street, and the Episco-\\npalian near the bridge.\\nThe Methodist house was built about 1805, Presbyte-\\nrian 1808 or 9 Catholic about 1815 Episcopal about\\n1820; Baptist 1820; Unitarian 1828.\\nAmong the benevolent institutions of Augusta ought\\nnot to be forgotten its Poor School, which has been\\nsupported a number of years by private liberality, and\\nhas now one hundred pupils. Lately it has become a\\nfortunate legatee Dr. Anderson Watkins, well known\\nas a gentleman of great benevolence, has bequeathed to\\nit $5,000, and Mr. Campbell a similar sum.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "RICHMOND. 115\\nIn the Academy are seventy pupils. The salary of the\\nrector is $1,500, and that of the English teacher $1,000.\\nA branch of the Academy is located at the Sand hills,\\nand the salary of its teacher is $200, besides the taiiion\\nmoney. The annual income of the Academy is more\\nthan $4,000, arising from rents, tuition money, c.\\nAugusta is a place of much trade. More than 250,000\\nbags of cotton are annually deposited here, and thence\\ncarried down the river to Savannah and Charleston, for\\nthe European and Northern markets. From October 1,\\n1825, to October 1, 1826, there were 143,633 bags of\\ncotton stored in this place. Here are 20 warehouses,\\nlarge buildings, from 300 to 500 feet long, and 40 broad,\\nto secure the immense quantities of produce and mer-\\nchandise brought to town. Broad street, where the\\ngreatest part of the produce is sold, is 180 feet wide, and\\ntwo miles long, passing nearly through the centre of the\\ncity.\\nThere are ten to fifteen steamboats on the river, which\\nperform a trip in four or five days, and carry passengers,\\nand from 800 to 1,000 bags of cotton. Besides these,\\nthere are pole boats, which take from 500 to 1000.\\nAugusta supplies all the up-country, east of the Oconee,\\nand a good deal west of it, with merchandise she also\\nsends many tons into Tennessee, and into North and\\nSouth Carolina. Recently, however, Hamburg, a small\\ntown opposite, on the South Carolina side, founded in\\n1821, has supplied some goods for the Carolinas. A\\nbridge, four hundred yards long, connects the two towns.\\nFive papers are issued from the Augusta press.\\nThe first house in Augusta was built in 1735, by Gen-\\neral Oglethorpe. Near the spot where the Episcopal\\nChurch now stands, a British fort, commanded by Col.\\nBrown, was surrendered to the Americans. Gen. Pickens,\\nand Cols. Clarke and Lee commanded. The Legislature\\nmet here in 1776.\\nThe city is governed by a mayor and members of coun-\\ncil.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "116 KICHMOND.\\nFreights to Savannah are from one dollar to 37 1 cents\\nper bag to Charleston $1 50 to 75 cents.\\nOlden History. In the fall of 1776, there were not\\nmore than forty or fifty houses most of these log. The\\nriver was then crossed by a ferry-boat, owned by Mr.\\nHicks, just where the bridge now crosses. Families re-\\nmembered to be there residing were, Messrs. Bug, Glas-\\ncock, Walton, McLean, c. Harrisburg was then a\\nplantation, but houses were raised there about 1794.\\nSoon after the termination of the Ee volution, people\\nflocked here in scores: Ennis, Jack, J. Wilson, Connell,\\nBush, Fox, c., were merchants; Criswell, DeAmmon,\\nand Leigh, were mechanics; soon Brown, Gardner, two\\nTubmans, Longstreet, Wallace, c., were settled in this\\nplace.\\nIn 1805 there were no buildings west of Bennoch s\\ncorner, on Campbell and Broad streets all west, where\\nthe Planter s Hotel is situated, was a cornfield. Around\\nthe site of the new market, was a cluster of houses called\\nSpringfield, and a house of worship for the blacks. Here\\nwas Grayson s fort during the war. There were some\\nhouses in Harrisburg, and an old tobacco ware-house\\nnear the river this was used in the late war as barracks\\nfor the soldiers. The lower part of the town below the\\nbridge was then the most populous and fashionable.\\nAshton^s Beireat, low i^v^ii-rioi Broad street, was the re-\\nsort for the fashionables of the day. Public houses then\\nwere Eagle Tavern, on Eeynold street, and City Hotel,\\nwhere the Eagle and Phoenix now stands. There were\\nno warehouses at this period for the reception of cotton,\\nbut McKinnc s was soon built, just above the bridge.\\nEach purchaser of cotton weighed it before his own door,\\nwhere it remained, piled up among the trees on the side-\\nwalks, till sent off in boats. Barter was then much_ in\\nvogue, and the proportion to the amount in goods which\\nthe seller would take, frequently would control the price\\nof the article.\\nAt three or four gin-houses much of the cotton raised\\nin the vicinity, and in Burke, was cleaned. One near", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "KICHMOND. 117\\nthe Methodist Meeting-house, and one near Fox s cor-\\nner, are still standing, having been converted into dwell-\\nings.\\nDoctor Wray opened a drug store in 1802, on the north\\nside of Broad street, near his present residence. Doctor\\nMurray, as a physician, had sold drugs prior to this pe-\\nriod, but his stock was small.\\nThe old Court-house was on the river bank, and here\\nthe Legislature assembled for some years. It is believed\\nthat they assembled afterwards in a house on Greene\\nstreet, below Doctor Anthony s this house was burned\\nsome twenty years ago.\\nAugusta has suffered severely from fires within the last\\nten years. In February, 1829, several buildings were\\nburned west of the Planter s Hotel, on south side of\\nBroad street but in April of the same year, a fire broke\\nout in the day-time in Ellis street, and swept every build-\\ning almost to the river; hundreds of families were house-\\nless. In the fall of 1836, several buildings were con-\\nsumed on Broad street, in front of the Planter s Hotel.\\nThrough the energy of Col. Samuel Hale, the city is\\nsupplied with pure water from Turnkit s spring, a mile or\\ntwo west. Families are supplied at a moderate price.\\nColonel Gould established a law school in this city\\nsome four or five years ago, and instructed three or four\\nclasses of young men but he relinquished it on being\\nappointed to a more lucrative office.\\nKear the city, on the Sand-hills, is the United States\\nArsenal. Formerly it was located near the river, but was\\nfound to be a very sickly spot.\\nAugusta Cemetery. The oldest epitaph is that on a\\nstone erected to the memory of Francis Lander^ who died\\nIn 1785, Judge Walton, in his address to the Jury, mentions that\\nthe Legislature is soon to assemble in Augusta, and a?ks, where they\\nare to sit, since there are no public buildings It is probable the\\nCourt-house was destroyed during the war. The public records were\\nall carried off by the British, or burned, so that we have no documents\\nfurther back than the Revolution. Judges in this region John Stew-\\nart, in 1782 Walton, in 1783-5 William Stith, in 1786 John Hous-\\nton, in 1792.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "118 EICHMOND.\\n1787. Many stones are broken down, and urns knocked\\noff a disgrace to the city. The police now prohibit sep-\\nnlture in this spot, i. e. around the Episcopal Church.\\nHere lie the bones of General Geoi-ge Mathews, Seaborn\\nJones, Commodore Oliver Bowen, a patriot of 1775, died\\nin 1800. Robert Forsyth, federal marshal of Georgia,\\ndied in the year 1794, a victim of his office in the sup-\\nport of the laws. William Thompson, Esq., an officer\\nof the 9th Pennsylvania regiment, made a sacrifice of\\nhis blood on the altar of Liberty died in 1794. Here,\\ntoo, are the remains of Caroline Elizabeth jSmelt, born De-\\ncember, 1800; died September, 18i7. Her memoirs were\\nwritten by Eev. Dr. Waddell, and passed through many\\neditions an eminent instance of early piety.\\nSuch was Augusta in 1837. In 1859, 16,984 was the\\nnumber of inhabitants, and the city greatly enlarged. It\\nis widening out on both the Georgia and Savannah rail-\\nroads, on which houses are erected several miles from the\\nCourt-house. Tlie question of a railroad direct to Ma-\\ncon absorbs every n)ind. It would run via Milledgeville\\nand Sparta to Warrenton, and will be a popular thorough-\\nfare. It has very warm advocates in this place.\\nPost-offices: Eichmond Factory on Spirit creek, is 14\\nmiles S. Court-house.\\nBelair is on the Georgia railroad, 10 miles W. Court-\\nhouse. McBean depot, is on Savannah railroad, near Burke\\ncounty line.\\nSummerville, formerly Sand hills, is 8 miles W. A\\nlarge number of families reside here the whole year.\\nSummerville is capital of Chattooga county an incorpo-\\nrated town in Emanuel mistakes will be made in regard\\nto mail matters, unless post-masters and others are very\\ncareful.\\nThe Augusta Canal, which begun in 1845, by building\\na dam across Savannah a few miles above, which affords\\npower for mills and machinerj of every kind, adds very\\nmuch to the industrious pursuits and wealth of the place.\\nThere are in the county some 20 saw-mills, and the same\\nnumber of grist-mills, that run by water^ besides those on", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "SCHLEY SCRIVEN. 119\\nthe Canal then some 8 steam saw and grist-mills. There\\nare stone quarries, in several directions machine shops\\nfor railroads cars, and for almost every kind of machin-\\nery are in operation, which gives the place a business-like\\nappearance. Flouring mills are splendid.\\nEev. Dr. Eobert Cunningham was the Presbyterian\\nminister in this citj^, many years. Eev. Dr. Wm. T.\\nBrantly, was the Baptist both men of talent and varied\\nlearning, gone, gone long since, to their unchangeable\\nhome. The Charleston Eailroad Co. have erected a E.\\nE., bridge, and run their cars into the city.\\nThe Duke of Richmond, was active in Parliament in be-\\nhalf of the Colonies this county was named in 1777.\\n103. Schley County was formedout of Macon, Marion,\\nand Sumter, in 1857. Taylor, separated by Cedar-creek,\\nis N., Macon and Sumter E., Sumter S., and Marion W.\\nBuck s creek runs E., through the county. Head waters\\nof the Muchalee are in the S. part.\\nEllaville is the seat of justice, yet but d small place, S.\\nof the centre, 18 miles S. E. Buena Yista, 21 North Ameri-\\ncus. It is on, or near the site of Pond toion the fabled\\nBird is renovated.\\nFragoetta in N. W., and Poindexter in N. E., are the\\npost-offices.\\nQuebec post-office is in the S. part, just on the line of\\nSumter.\\nFriendsMj) post-office. Baptist meeting-house erected\\nat Court-house in 1860.\\nWm. Schley, a native of Maryland Judge of the Mid-\\ndle Circuit, 1825 7 Gfovernor 1835 7, resides in Au-\\ngusta. He is much beloved, and respected by all.\\n104. Scriyen County was cut off from Burke in 1793.\\nThe mouth of Briar creek, where it falls into Savannah,\\nis in this county. Ogechee forms its western boundary\\nalong which the Central railroad runs.\\nSylvania is the county seat, 6 miles S. of the old capi-\\ntal, 130 miles S. E. M., 63 N. Savannah, 60 S. E. Au-\\ngusta.\\nJacksonhoro, in the fork of Briar and Beaver dam creeks,\\nwas the old capital, but a sickly spot.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "120 SPALDING.\\nNine or ten post-offices. Black and Buck creeks post-\\noffices, are in the E. part, Mobley s Pond N. E. corner,\\nHaley ondale, Ogechee, and Scarboro, are on the railroad.\\nTemperance in E. of Jackson sboro Barcom Academy 3\\nmiles N., and Paris Academy 4 miles from the railroad,\\nWestern part.\\nGen. Scriven^ a native of South Carolina, was killed by\\nthe British, near Midway, M. H., Liberty county, in\\nNov., 1778. Several of his descendants have been use-\\nful and prominent men in the State. Chas. O., his son,\\na graduate of Brown University, was the Baptist pastor\\nof Sunbury, many years. Died of a cancer in N. York\\nJuly, 1830, aged 57.\\n105. Spalding County was laid out from Pike and\\nHenry, in 1851. Flint river is the western boundary,\\nmost of the whole length of the county, and Towaliga\\ncreek separates the N. E. part from Henry, Potatoe\\ncreek runs S. through Pike and Upson into Flint. A\\npoint of Clayton touches the N. W. corner, Henry\\nbounds the remainder of the north line, Butts and a cor-\\nner of Munroe on the E., Merriwether and a corner of\\nCoweta and Fayette lie W.\\nGriffin is the capital, 12 miles N. Zebulon, 25 Forsyth,\\n48 by Railroad S. Atlanta and 60 N. W. Macon.\\nFive houses of worship, for Methodists, Baptists, Pres-\\nbyterians, Reformers, and Primitives. New court-house\\nerected 1859.\\nGriffin Female andSynodical Female College are good\\ninstitutions, under Methodists and Presbyterians. They\\nhave been in operation some 7 or 8 years, and have from\\n100 to 130 pupils each in both are some 14 teachers.\\nShops for manufacturing most kinds of useful articles,\\nare in operation.\\nMarshall College was opened in 1854. It has graduat-\\ned one class 93 young men and boys last session of 1859.\\nA. E. Marshall. A. M., now has charge of it.\\nNo healthier spot in the State soil very poor, and\\nwater excellent; bilious fever or ague is seldom known.\\nThere is not a musqueto-bar in the city, it is presumed.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "STEWART. 121\\nPine mountains have a beautiful appearance some six\\nmiles below Zebulon. Eock mountain in Dekalb can be\\nseen from the higher stories of some dwellings.\\nPopulation a fraction less than 3,000 in 1859 city\\ngreatly improved by the erection of rows of brick build-\\nings, and more still in progress great fire, November,\\n1859.\\nDrewryville is a small village in S. W. corner, W. side\\nFlint.\\nDouble Cabins 6 miles E. contains 8 or 4 houses. York\\nis a post-office N. W. Less cotton comes to this place\\nsince railroads are become convenient to regions that\\nused to send here 30,000 bags of last crop sold here.\\nThe new railroad via Newman to Jacksonville, Ala.,\\nnow nearly graded to Newman, and one expected from\\nMadison via Indian Springs and Monticello, are giving\\nlife and activity to Griffin houses much needed many\\nare crowding to the place.\\nThos. Spalding^ a native of Glynn county in 1774,\\nwas an eminently useful man in our State for half a cen-\\ntury. He was in our Legislature, Member of Congress,\\nresiding on Sapelo Island in Mcintosh. He wrote the\\nBiography of Oglethorpe, and was useful in our Histori-\\ncal Society. Died in 1851, aged 77 years.\\n106. Stewart County is bounded by Chattahoochee\\nN., Webster E., Randolph and Quitman S., Chattahoo-\\nchee river W., Hodchodkee and Hannahatchee creeks.\\nSoil fertile, and climate healthy.\\nLumpkin is the seat of justice, 23d district of old Lee,\\nand on lot 82 from Cuthbert 22 miles, from Columbus\\n35, Starkville 50, Americus 45, Florence 16, which\\nwas first called Liverpool.\\nThe first house was built in August, 1830, and the\\nplace incorporated in December.\\nThis is now a large town, with several houses of wor-\\nship, masonic female college population estimated at\\n2,500.\\nRoanoke^ an incorporated village in 1832, which had\\ngrown up to be a considerable town, was burned in May,\\n6", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "122 SUMTEE.\\n1836, by the Creek Indians several families were killed,\\nand. much goods carried off. There was a battle the\\nsame year, at Shephard s plantation, in which Capt. Ger-\\nmany exhibited true courage, to whose aid C;ipt. Jer-\\nnigan came several men and many Indians were killed.\\nPost-offices are Florence, on the river below Roanoke,\\nwhich is now nearly extinct, and 7 others.\\nScienceville is a post village in S. E. The inference\\nfrom the name is logical, that a good school is located\\nhere, and that the people are fond of learning, and some\\nlearned men are residents of the neighborhood. Sum-\\nmerfield is near, Spring Grove is N. W., Green Hill is in\\nK. E. corner.\\nGen. Daniel Stewart was in our Legislature 21 years.\\nHe was in the Revolutionary army when only 15 years\\nold. On a stormy night he and eight others made their\\nescape from a prison-ship in Charleston Harbor. Joined\\nthe Presbyterians in Liberty when near 60 years old\\nborn in Liberty 1761 died 1829.\\n107. Sumter County was laid out from Lee, 1830.\\nSchley and Macon a\u00c2\u00bbe N., Dooly E., separated by Flint\\nriver, Lee and Terrill S., Webster and a corner of Ma-\\nrion W. Mucbalee creek runs through centrally, and\\nKinchafoonee in S. W. corner.\\nAmericus^ near Muchalee creek, on lot 156 in 27th\\ndistrict originally Lee 30 miles Drayton, 26 N. Stark-\\nville, 40 S. E. Lumpkin, 30 from Tazewell, old Court-\\nhouse of Marion, 100 S. W. M.; was incorporated 1832.\\nIn;1836 it counted 160 dwellings, now probably 150\\nmeeting-houses for Methodists, Presbyterians, and Bap-\\ntists, and two female high schools.\\nA Female Institute, by a Lutheran minister, was opened\\nhere in 1852. The town covers a large space, houses\\nscattered, but many of them large and elegant.\\nNine or ten post offices Botsfordi^ a small post village\\nof 12 houses, S. W., 10 from Court-house Danville p. o.\\nis 16 E., on Flint river.\\nPlains of Dura are west rather a long village, with a\\nstore, few houses, doctor, post-office, etc.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "TALBOT. 123\\nPondtown^ a post village many years ago, used to be in\\nMarion, some 14 miles N. Americus. Providence, another\\np. o., is in the western part on Kinchafoonee.\\nCorinth, Lamar, and Huguenin in S. E. corner, are\\nsmall places.\\nSm.itJiville is on S. line of this county, just above the\\nLee boundary, where the railroad leaves the road to Al-\\nbany and runs to Fort Gaines and to Eufaula. This will\\nrise to importance begun in fall of 1867,\\nGen. Thos. Sumter^ a distinguished soldier in S. C.\\nduring the Eevolution, was bora in Va. Marion was\\nknown as the Swamp-fox^ Sumter as the Game-cock f\\nthey possessed both cunning and courage to rival their\\nenemies. Died June, 1832, and, as usual, had ridden 20\\nmiles the previous day.\\n108. Talbot County has Merriwether IST., Upson IST.\\nE., separated by Flint river, Taylor E., Marion and\\nMuscopee S., Harris W. Lazer is the principal creek. All\\nthe S. E. part was cut off to make Taylor county. This\\ncounty has produced immense crops.\\nTalbotton is the seat of justice, 93 miles from M., 35\\nS. E. Lagrange, 22 Hamilton, 14 Marshall s Ferry on\\nFlint river. It was begun about 1828-9. It has three\\nhouses of worship, two academies, and the Collingsworth\\nInstitute is 1 mile south. The Oak mountains begin in\\nN. E. part and go on west. Hamilton is on the most\\nwestern spur. Pine mountains, too, are in the northern\\nboundary.\\nGeneva, on the railroad 7 miles S. Court-house, is the\\nmost important village, as it is the spot where travellers\\ngoing to Talbotton stop, and where stages take them to\\nrailroad, over 30 miles from Columbus.\\nBelvue is a small village 8 miles N. Court-house.\\nBox S^yring is 10 miles S. W. Bluff Sjpring is on\\nwestern side. Centre is 7 miles E, it is about as old as\\nTalbotton. Pleasant Hill is N. E., about 6 miles from\\nDouble Bridges. Redhone p. o. Prattshurgh is E. on the\\nTaylor line. Quito iS K. W. near Oak Mt.\\nBesides the above post-offices. Pine Hill is in S. W.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "124 TALIAFEERO\u00e2\u0080\u0094TATTNALL.\\ncorner Buchanan s store near Pine mountains, N W.\\nChalybeate Spring is on the mountains, 8 miles E. Warm\\nSprings in Merriwether.\\nMatthew Talbot^ a native of Bedford, Ya., was a useful\\nmember of our Legislature, President of the Senate, and\\nGovernor ex-officio between the death of Gov. Rabun\\nand a new election by the Legislature. His father, who\\nwas a Presbyterian, removed to Wilkes, Ga., 1783. The\\nsubject of this notice was born in 1767 died 1827.\\n109. Taliaferro County was formed out of the coun-\\nties contiguous, in 1^25. It has an irregular shape.\\nTributaries of Little river bound part of the B. and N.\\nlines. Head streams of Ogechee river are in S. part.\\nGrawfordville is the county town, 45 miles N. E. M.,\\n19 Greenesboro 20 S. Washington, 28 S. S. E. Lexing-\\nton, lOPowelton, 22 Wrightsboro 18 Warrenton houses\\nof worship for Baptists and Methodists, and good acade-\\nmies. It is on the Ga. railroad from Augusta to Atlanta,\\nbut has not grown much.\\nRayiown is a post village in N. E. part, 8 miles Graw-\\nfordville, 13 Washington, 12 Wrightsboro 35 Lexing-\\nton. It is but a small place. Fair-Play and Fielden are\\nalso in this region.\\nSharon, a post village, is on the Branch Railroad from\\nDouble Wells to Washington, 6 miles from Gumming.\\nNear Raytown is Catholic house of worship.\\nThe celebrated Robert Greer the Ga. Almanac Maker\\nresided many years in this neighborhood, and thence re-\\nmoved to Butts.\\nBenjamin Taliaferro, a native of Va., removed to\\nBroadriver, Wilkes, when young. He was President of\\nGa. Senae, Judge of Supterior Courts, and Member of\\nCongress, 1801. Died in 1820.\\n110. Tattnall County is surrounded by Emanuel,\\nBullock, Liberty, and a corner of Bryan, Appling, and\\nMontgomery. It is some 60 years since it was laid out.\\nOhoopie river runs through the county and falls into\\nAltamaha on the S. W. Pendletoli s creek is a large\\nbranch of this river.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "TAYLOR TELFAIR. 125\\nReidsville is the county seat, some 5 miles E. Ohoopie\\nriver. It was incorporated in 1832, having been called\\nTattnall Court-house it is a small place.\\nBull Creek^ Long Branch, Matlock, Perry s Mills, an\\nold place near Altamaha, N. W., and Watermelon are\\npost-offices. Brinton s mills are in S. E.\\nJosiah Tattnall^ a native of Bona venture, the old family\\nhomestead, 4 miles S. Savannah, was in our Legislature\\nfrequently also Member of Congress, and Senator, and\\nGovernor of the State. A son of his was in Con-\\ngress in 1821-7 another has won renown as a naval\\nofficer.\\n111. Taylor County was formed out of Talbot,\\nCrawford, Macon, and Marion, in 1852. It touches also\\nSchley on the S., and Upson on the N. The Flint\\nbounds it on the N. and N. E. Whitewater creek is in\\nthe S., and Patsaliga in the N. E.\\nButler is the county town, on the E. E., centrally lo-\\ncated, yet a small place.\\nPost-offices are Daviston N. W., Howard W. side, on\\nE. E., Carsonville N., near the Flint, Agency, on Flint\\nriver, Eeynolds, on E. E., E. part of county.\\nZachary- Taylor^ a general in the Mexican war, was\\nmost successful in discomfiting the enemy. He was\\nPresident of the United States, but died, and Mr. Fill-\\nmore, Vice, managed public affairs with great propriety.\\n112. Telfair County lies in the same circle of Oc-\\nmulgee river. Pulaski and a corner of Laurens are N.,\\nMontgomery E., Coffee and Irwin S,, and Wilcox W.\\nOcmulgee bounds it W. and S., Little Ocmulgee E.\\nTurnpike and Sugar creeks fall into Little Ocmulgee.\\nJacksonville^ near Ocmulgee river, is the capital. An\\nold but small place.\\nLumber Citi/^ near the mouth of Little Ocmulgee, is\\nthe seat of extensive mills to saw the immense quanti-\\nties of Pine lumber that grows in this region this is\\nfloated down the Altamaha to Darien, thence taken to\\nNew York and to Europe. This town has declined\\ngone down.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "126 TERRELL THOMAS.\\nCobbuille, Copeland N. W. corner, McRae s store S.\\nW., Sugar Creek E., Temperance W. side, are all post-\\noffices.\\nThen Clayville is 10 miles E. Court-house. Some\\nother public places.\\nEdward Telfair^ a native of Scotland in 1735, came\\nto Georgia in 1766 was a Member of Congress 1778\\nSenator from Chatham, in our Legislature, during a ses-\\nsion of which, at Louisville, he spoke on an important\\nsubject, for Congressmen then had the privilege of debat-\\ning iMajor Oliver Porter). He was Governor in 1786,\\nalso 90 to 93. One of his sons was a Member of Con-\\ngress another has been useful to his country. Mr. T.\\ndied 1807, in the 72d year of his age.\\n113. Terrell County was made out of Kandolph\\nand Lee in 1856. Webster and Sumter are N., Lee E.,\\nDougherty and Calhoun S., and Eandolph W. Kinche-\\nfoonee runs through N. B. corner, and Ichaway-noch-\\naway forms the S. W. boundary some 20 miles. Chicka-\\nsawhatchie is in the central part.\\nJDawson is the county seat, centrally located on the\\nK. K. to Fort Gaines. Baptist meeting-house, and prob-\\nably others.\\nChicasawhatchie is a wealthy settlement in S. E. part\\nof the county, near the creek of that name.\\nGhenuhha is a post village near the north lin\\nDover, post-office, is on W. line. Nochaway st-office\\nis also W, on the R. R.\\nHortonville and Chickasawhatchie are pub 3 places\\nin S. E. Brown s mills are in N. E.\\nDr. Wm. Terrell, a native of North Carolina, was an\\neminently useful citizen and wise legislator was Member\\nof Congress 1817- 2L He was the popular physician of\\nSparta. Afflicted with a cancer, he visited Europe and\\nPalestine with his family, two voyages. He contributed\\n$20,000 for an Agricultural Professorship in Franklin\\nCollege. Died July, 1855, aged 73.\\n114. Thomas County has suffered in size, by giving\\noff its territory to make other counties. Both it and", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "TOWNS. 127\\nLowndes extended, in 1829, from Florida to Irwin coun-\\nty north. Ochlocknee is the chief river. Mitchell and\\nColquitt are N., Brooks E., Florida S., Decatur W.\\nThomasville is the seat of justice, and is quite a large\\ntown, containing Methodist and Baptist houses of wor-\\nship, and a high school under Methodist denomination.\\n206 miles S. Milledgeville, 22 N. Leon county, Florida,\\n40 N. Tallahassee, 35 E. Bainbridge, on Lot 39, 13th\\nDistrict, old Irwin.\\nBoston^ post village, in S. B. part. Glasgow is a con-\\nsiderable village, 11 miles S., near Florida line. Grroo-\\nversville is in S. E. corner. Tatesville, post-office,\\nDuncan ville, post-office, and Dawson N.\\nGen. Jett Thomas was captain of artillery in Floyd s\\narmy at the battles of Autossee and Chalibbe, in the lat-\\nter of which he distinguished himself. The Indians\\nattacked the American camp just before day, 27th Jan-\\nuary, 1814, but were compelled to fly into the swamp.\\nGen. Newnan received three wounds in this battle.\\nAutossee was an Indian town on the Tallapoosa, say 20\\nmiles above its confluence with theCoosee, and Chalibbe\\nis a few miles above. He was born in Yirginia, 1777;\\ndied in Milledgeville, of a cancer, 1815.\\n115. Towns County was laid out from Union and Ea-\\nbun, 1856. North Carolina is on the north, Eabun east.\\nWhite south, and Union west. Hiav^ssee is the princi-\\npal stream, which runs north-west into Tennessee river.\\nBrasstown creek is in north-west corner. Hiawassee\\nrises very near the head streams of Chattahoochee, on the\\nBlue Ridge.\\nHiaivassee^ p. t., is the county site, on the river, within four\\nmiles of the Korth Carolina boundary -the most north-\\nerly county town in the state.\\nBrasstown and Eolia are post-offices in north-west\\npart of the county, on the creek of that name. The for-\\nmer was an old Indian town. Shadygrove post-office is\\ncentral on Hiawassee river.\\nGeo.W. Towns, a native of Wilkes, in 1810, was a re-\\nmarkable man. He studied law, with a slender educa-", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "128 TROUP.\\ntion, and made Talbotton his home in 1826. About\\n1880 he is in the Legislature, and exhibits so much\\ntalent that he is soon elected to the Senate thence to\\nCongress in 1834. In 1847 he receives 43,220 votes for\\ngovernor, and Gen. Clinch 41,931. In 1849 he receives\\n46,514 votes, E. Y. Hill 48,322. Died in Macon, July,\\n1854, in the 54th year of his age. His children are yet\\nyoung, but bespeak paternal talent.\\n116. Teoup County has Heard and a corner of Cow-\\neta north, Merriwether east, Harris south, and Alabama\\nw^st. Chattahoochee runs through western part. Car-\\nroll used to come down to Westpoint, but the 14th and\\n15th Districts Avere annexed to Troup in 1827.\\nLong Cane, Yellow Jacket, and Flat Shoal creeks.\\nLagrange^ named after Lafayette s country residence in\\nFrance, 130 miles W. Milledgeville, 22 W. Greeneville,\\n25 N. Hamilton, 35 N. W. Talbotton, 42 N. Columbus,\\n16 Westpoint, is the seat of justice. Here are houses of\\nworship for Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians;\\nthe Baptists was built of brick in 1857, and has a tall\\nspire.\\nSouthern Female College, opened in 1848, by Kev. John\\nE. Dawson, as Lagrange Female Seminary, is a flourish-\\ning institution, with 15 teachers, and over 150 pupils. It\\nhas graduated, in some 15 classes, about 130 young ladies\\nhas good apparati:^, library, c.\\nLagrange Female Institution was begun in 1845-6,\\nand is also a good school.\\nLagrange High School was established by Eev. Otis\\nSmith, who had taught in Powelton some years.\\nBrownwood Collegiate Institute is some two miles west,\\nand was established as early as 1837, by Doctor Eobert\\nBrown, who had taught a female school at Scottsboro\\nwhich was opened about 1828.\\nNo county has exhibited a warmer spirit for education\\nthan this, or provided more liberally for their children s\\nimprovement. Troup is a model county in this respect.\\nSome ten post-offices and one cotton factory.\\nWestpoint is quite a town, on both sides the Chatta-", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "TWIGGS. 129\\nhoochee, 17 miles south-west Court-house. It has houses\\nof worship for Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists,\\ntwo schools, five bank agencies, ten family groceries, nine\\ndry goods stores, two cotton warehouses. Twenty thou-\\nsand bags of cotton are sold here. The groceries sell\\nfrom $50,000 to $75,000 worth every year. This town\\nis at Miller s Bend in the Chattahoochee, latitude 82\\n52 16 146 miles from Nicojack.\\nVerno7i is some eight miles west Court-house. It has\\nbeen in existence since 1829, and yet has not attained to\\nmagnitude.\\nHarrisonville is also a small place ten miles south.\\nGeo. M. Troup was one of Georgia s most distinguished\\nsons, born in Mcintosh, September, 1780, and a graduate\\nof New Jersey College. Mr. T. was in Congress during\\nthe war of 1812, and was chairman of some important\\ncommittees. In 1823 he was elected Governor by the\\nLegislature, and in 1825 by the people.\\nWhile he was governor the treaty of Indian Springs\\nwas made, and a conflict with Mr. Adams, the President,\\nseemed unavoidable; but Gov. T. was resolute, and\\nmaintained the right of the State to survey the lands ob-\\ntained of the Indians, which he had done. After this,\\nin 1829-35, Col. Troup was again in the Senate six\\nyears. Died in Laurens county, where he had resided\\nover a third of a century, in 1858, nearly 80 years old.\\n117. Twiggs County has Bibb and Jones north, Wil-\\nkinson east, Pulaski south, and Houston west. The Oc-\\nmulgee is the western boundary. Big Sandy east. Savage\\nand Flat creeks running south-west into Ocmulgee, are\\nchief streams.\\nThe Central Railroad barely touches this county at\\nGriswold, a village on south line of Jones. This was a\\npart of old Wilkinson, the title to which was extinguish-\\ned in 1804.\\nMarion, 36 miles S. W. Milledgeville, 20 S. E. Macon,\\n30 N. Hartford, and 20 W. Irwinton, is the seat of justice.\\nIt is not a large place, but has some fine dwellings.\\nJeffersonville^ formerly known as Raine s store, is a\\n6*", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "130 UNION.\\npost village of some forty dwellings, good academy, Bap-\\ntist meeting-house, and refined society.\\nTarversville is in south-west part of the county, but a\\nsmall village.\\nJohn Twiggs^ a native of Maryland in 1750, was among\\nthe most useful men in the State, and was in more battles,\\nexposed to more perils and dangers, than any one during\\nthe Kevolutionary struggle. Greorgia owes him a debt of\\ngratitude which she can never liquidate. One of his sons\\nwas killed in the Mexican War, and one, D. E., is now a\\ngeneral in the regular army.\\n118. Union County, formed in 1832, is on the North\\nCarolina line. Towns is east, Lumpkins south, and Fannin\\nwest. This is a mountainous region. Notley river rises\\nin the mountains which separate this county from Lump-\\nkin, runs north into Tennessee. Cooper s creek, in south-\\nwest part, is one of the head streams of Toccoa river, in\\nFannin.\\nBlairsville^ 165 miles IST. Milledgeville, 35 Clayton, 42\\nEllijay, near Notley river, is the capital. The scenery is\\nromantic and beautiful\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one of the healthiest spots in the\\nworld.\\nChoestoe is a post-office in south-east part, Gaddistown\\nin south-west, Ivylog in the north, Youngcane 9 miles\\nwest Court-house, Track Kock 8 north-east, near the\\nTowns line, five offices in all. Track Rock, or Enchant-\\ned Mountain, has tracks of bears, turkeys, children, c.,\\non a kind of soapstone, which are a wonder to many.\\nThe Creeks and Cherokees are said to have had several\\nbattles in this region, on account of claims to territory.\\nOrigin of the name given to Union county. When\\nthe question was asked in the Legislature, the represen-\\ntative from that region answered, Union, for none but\\nUnion men reside in the county that is, it must be re-\\nmembered that two parties existed at the time, State\\nRights and Union men, those who loved and would\\ngo for the State at all events, and those who would go\\nfor the Union, to the crashing out of State rights. The\\nForce Bill was passed about these times.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "UPSON ^WALKER. ISl\\n119. Upson County has Pike K., Monroe and Craw-\\nford E., Taylor S., and Merri wether W. The Flint is the\\nwestern boundary Potatoe and Tobler s creeks are the chief\\nstreams in the county. The Pine mountains, on the N.\\nline between this and Pike county, are visible at Grriffin,\\nsome 18 miles K. The most easterly spur is E. of Barnes-\\nville. Four or five Cotton Factories are in this county\\non Potatoe and Tobler s creeks some have been in opera-\\ntion near a quarter of a century.\\nTliomaston is the capital, to which a railroad from\\nBarnes ville, on the Macon and Atlanta road, began to\\nrun its cars in the fall of 1857. It is 75 miles W. of M.,\\n45 W. Macon, 27 K K W. Knoxville, 17 S. S. E. Zebu-\\nIon, 26 Talbotton, 30 Forsyth. It contains 100 houses\\nhouses of worship for Methodists and Baptists an Acad-\\nemy or two. Place lately improved.\\nDouble Bridges post-oiiice on Flint river, 11 M. W.,has\\n3 or 4 houses, with one or two Drunkeries. A man was\\nshot here in Oct., 1858 another near this, 4th of July,\\n1859.\\nFlint Kiver Factory post-office, the Kock post-office,\\nThundering Spring post-office, in N. W. corner Way-\\nmansville post-office E., Hootensville S. W. point of the\\ncounty. Beside the above. Camp-ground 4 miles E. of\\nthe Court-house. Delay and Harmony are public places.\\nWarm Springs are 5 miles S. E. Thundering Springs.\\nStephen Upson had few superiors as a Jurist or States-\\nman his honesty and fidelity were never questioned. He\\nwas a native of Ct., graduate of Yale College student of\\nLaw with W. H. Crawford. His influence in our Legis-\\nlature for several years reached and controlled more\\nmembers (not the bigoted partisans) than any otlier man.\\nBut he died in the prime of life, in August, 1824, aged 39.\\nLexington was his only home in his adopted State.\\n120. Walkek County has been in the hands of the\\nLegislators, and lost much of its large dimensions Dade\\nwas taken 1837, Cliattooga in 1838, from this county and\\nFloyd and since, Catoosa and part of Whitefield have\\nbeen taken. West Chicamauga creek rises in S. part,", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "132 WALTON.\\nbetween Pigeon and Look-out mountains, and runs N.\\nthrougli Catoosa into Tennessee river.\\nLafayette is now in the S. E. part of the county, on lots\\n26 and 27 in the 7th district. It is a lai ge and flour-\\nishing town, with houses of worship for Baptists and\\nMethodists, and an Academy.\\nIt is 30 miles S. Chattanooga, 1 9 N. Summerville a\\nbeautiful Lake is in the N. W. part near Look-out moun-\\ntain, oval in shape, and about 3 miles in circumference.\\nPost-offices^ Frick s Gap in western part Pond Spring\\nW., on Chicamauga, Kock Spring E. Kossville, an old\\nplace on the State. line; Duck creek in S. near Chattooga\\nboundary, Yillanow on Taylor s Kidge, Snow Hill in N.\\nE. Public places^ Chestnut Flat, 5 W. Gordon s Springs\\nin Whitefield.\\nFreeman Walker^ a native of Ya., 1780, came to Augus-\\nta when a youth, and studied law with his brother\\nGeorge. He was in our Legislature and in Congress in\\n1819-21. Died of consumption, Sept., 1827, having faith-\\nfully served his country. Valentine, George, and Eob-\\nert were also lawyers, all men of talent and respec-\\ntability.\\n121. Walton County has Jackson on N. E., Clarke\\nE., Morgan S., Newton S. W., Gwinnette IST. W., Appa-\\nlachee forms most of the Eastern boundary, and head\\nwaters of Alcovee and Yellow rivers run through the\\ncounty.\\nMonroe, 65 N. W. M., 20 N. E. Covington, 25 W. S.\\nW. Athens containing Methodist, Protestant Methodist,\\nand Baptist houses of worship, about 100 houses, stores\\nand shopSj and academy is the county seat. It is a high\\nand healthy spot. The Kock mountain has a beautiful\\nappearance from this place.\\nCut-off in N. E., Good Hope 9 miles E. Court-house,\\nLogansville, Social Circle in S. W. corner, a pretty vil-\\nlage of some 40 houses, with houses of worship and\\nschools, in existence 30 years, on the Ga. railroad, Walnut\\nGrove, and Windsor in N. W., are post-offices. Bro-\\nken Arrow 7 miles S. W., Cowpens, a noted spot for", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "WARE. 133\\nmany years, 5 miles S. E. Conrt-hoiise, and Alcovee Moun-\\ntain, are public spots. Gen. Ecliols is buried near Broken\\nArrow.\\nGeorge Walton, a Virginian by birth, in 1740, was ap-\\nprenticed to a carpenter, who would allow him no can-\\ndles to study nights; so he would collect knots during the\\nday, to afford him light by night. He was early engag-\\ned in Savannah with the friends of Liberty in 1774, and\\nwas a Colonel of a regiment. Governor of Ga., and sub-\\nscribed the Declaration of Independence. Died in\\n1804.\\n122. Ware County has been roughly handled. In\\n1829 she extended one whole degree of Longitude, from\\n82\u00c2\u00b0 to 88\u00c2\u00b0, from Camden and Wayne to Lowndes, and\\nfrom Florida to Appling. Parts of Coffee, Pierce, Clinch,\\nand Echols, have been taken from it and Charlton, with\\nits hroad axe^ has hacked it almost in twain, near the S.\\nW. part indeed, so nearly is it severed, that we may\\ncall it North Ware, and South Ware.* Much of it is poor\\nland. North Ware will be passed through by railroad\\nfrom both Savannah and Brunswick. Rivers are St.\\nIlia, and Suwanee the latter rises in Okefenoka swamp\\npart of this swamp is now in Charlton county.\\nWareshoro\\\\ 163 measured miles S. S. E. M., 76 N. W.\\nSt. Mary s, 89 S. Holmesville, and 75 N. E. Thomasville,\\nis the county site. Brunswick will run her railroad to\\nthis town, where the people of Albany intend to meet it\\nwith another. Kettle Creek post-of ce E., Burrell post-\\noffice, Isabel post-office.\\nMc Donald is situated in the Western part, where the\\nrailroads meet, some fifty miles W. Wayneville. Ocean\\nWave is in N. W. and St. Ilia in N. E., Pleasant Valley\\nE., near St. Ilia river Yankee Town is E., near Savannah,\\nrailroad.\\nNicholas Wai^e, of Augusta, native of Ya., studied law\\nwith the elder Seaborn Jones, in Augusta. In our Leg-\\nislature he opposed the popular Alleviating Law which\\nSome maps represent all the south part, as attached to Charlton.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "134 WARREN WASHINGTON.\\nnearly ruined the State. He was President of the Trus-\\ntees of Eichmond Academy, when he died. The offices\\nof Mayor, and Judge of the City Court, he resigned when\\nelected to the U. S. Senate, 1821. Died in New York,\\n1824, with a lively hope of a blessed immortality.\\n123. Warren Counts has Taliaferro and Wilkes\\nN., Columbia E., Jefferson and Glascock S., Hancock W.\\nOgechee river forms most of the Western and head streams\\nof Briar creek, part of the Eastern boundary. Ga. mil-\\nroad passes through, 4 miles N. of the Court-house, and\\na branch runs into town.\\nWarrenton, 45 miles N. K E. M., 43 W. Augusta, 12\\nS. E. Powelton, 22 E. Sparta. Academy and houses of\\nworship for Methodists and Baptists. This county was\\nlaid out before 1800. The railroad has increased the size\\nof the town, and many more goods and groceries are sold\\nhere, for parts of contiguous counties, than years ago.\\nPost-offices, Double Wells, on R. R., where R. R. di-\\nverges to Washington, Jubilee, and Tannville. May-\\nfield is a small post village at Shivers Mills on Ogechee,\\n12 E. Sparta on old stage road. Camac and Camming\\nare small places on the R. R., the one 4 m. from Court-\\nhouse where the branch comes into town, the other on\\nthe Western border of the county.\\nGen. Joseph Warren, the first distinguished martyr to\\nthe cause of liberty, fell on 17th of June, 1775, at the\\nbattle of Bunker Hill. A monument is erected on the\\nspot; Webster made the oration.\\n124. AYashington County lies S. of Hancock, W. of\\nGlascock and Jefferson, N. of Johnson, E. of Wilkinson\\nand a cor. of Baldwin. It comprises the whole territory\\nfrom Cherokee corner, 8 m. W. of Lexington, from the\\nOgechee to the Oconee, nnd down S. to Liberty Co. It was\\nsurveyed in 1781, and divided into Greene, Hancock, c.\\nThe first election for county officers was held below the\\nShoals of Ogechee, and voters, among whom was Major\\nOliver Porter, of Greene, had to travel 100 miles to attend.\\nIn the first settlement, a village was built 8 m. below\\nthe site of Milledgeville, on the E. bank of the Oconee,", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "WAYNE. 135\\ncalled Federal Town, containing 4 framed houses, a dozen\\ncabins, and fort. The spot was sickly, the soldiers died,\\nand another site was selected.\\nIt is to be regretted that some other territory had not\\nbeen selected for Glascock county, as it separates the\\nunion of four counties, connected together, as were the\\ndistinguished men after whom named, were connected\\ntogether in the Continental Congress and Eevolutionary\\nwar. Washington, Hancock, Jefferson, and Warren the\\nfirst eminent martyr in the cause of liberty lie side by\\nside on the map of our State. Gen. Glascock, a youth,\\nwas in the struggle, but never became so conspicuous as\\nthe immortal four.\\nSandersville is the seat of justice, 28 miles E. M., 26\\nN. W. Louisville, 135 from Savannah. It is a thriving\\nplace, grown very much in the last few years, both in\\npopulation and refinement. Methodist Meeting-house,\\nand the Baptists about to build.\\nPost-offices^ Davisboro in the B. on E. E., Hebron 12\\nm. W. Court-house, Irwin s Cross Eoads in the S., Oconee\\non E. E. W. side. Gov. Irwin, who resided and died in.\\nthis county, is buried 2 miles S. the E. E. on Sand-hill\\ncreek.\\nTennille is a small place on the R. E., where travel-\\nlers stop to go to Sandersville, 3 m. N.\\nDrummond in the S. E. Worthen s Store is a post vil-\\nlage in N. E. part, and has a good Academy, 9. m. from\\nSandersville.\\nRiddleviUe, 10 m. S. E. Sandersville, 6 S. W. from Da-\\nvisboro 10 W. Fenn s Bridge, is the site of an Academy,\\njust begun in 1859, called Mount Vernon Institute.\\nSome 22 families, and good school building is 60 by\\n40 75 pupils. This county was named after the Fa-\\nther of his Country.\\n125. Wayne County has Appling N., Mcintosh F.\\nE., separated by Altamaha river, Glynn E., Camden and\\nCiiarlton S., Pierce W. The two large branches of\\nSt. Ilia river meet in southern part. Pinhollaway creek\\nruns N. E. into Altamaha river. The Court-house is a", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "136 WEBSTER.\\nsmall place in the woods, in the S. part, 9 m. N. W.\\nWayneville, within two miles of St. Ilia river.\\nPost-offices^ named Bennettsville, Doctor Town in IST.\\nE. cor. on K. R. Santilla in S. part, on the Brunswick\\nR. R, 2 m. S. St. Ilia river. St. Saville is an old place\\non Altamaha river, Pendarvis store in N. E.\\nThe Brunswick R. R. cars run now (July, 1859) some\\n10 m. over St. Ilia river, into Pierce Co., 15 m. W.\\nWaynesville, and some 35 E. of McDonald.\\nGen. Anthony Wayne, born in Pa., 1745, was in the\\nbattles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth.\\nBoth Generals, Harmar and St. Clair, had been unsuc-\\ncessful in subduing the Indians in the N. W., Ohio, and\\nIndiana. Gen. Wayne was appointed by Washington\\non this important business, and he succeeded he built\\nFort Defiance, in the N. W. part of Ohio, in 179-1 in\\nAugust, with 3000 troops, he met the British and Indi-\\nans at the rapids of the Maumee, 18 m. from its mouth\\nin Lake Erie, and conquered them, and laid waste their\\ncountry. The British were in Fort Maumee, claiming\\nthe country.\\nOur Legislature had given him a large tract of land,\\nfor his services, in this State. He died at Presque Isle,\\nnear Lake Superior, in 1796. No man could do more to\\nearn the respect and veneration of his countrj Judge\\nWayne, of Savannah, of the Supreme Court, is his son.\\n126. Webster County is bounded by Marion on the\\nN., Sumter E., Terrell and Randolph S., Stewart W. Kin-\\nchafoonee runs diagonally through it, from IST. W. toS. E.\\nThis Co. was named Kinchafoonee, in 1854, and changed\\nin 1856 to Webster.\\nPreston, formerly Mcintosh, is the seat of justice, on\\nthe E. side of Kinchafoonee, centrally situated. It has\\n2 schools, beside the public buildings, Baptist Meeting-\\nhouse, c.\\nHard Money, now called Weston., is another post-ofQce\\nin S. W. part, Lannahassee, Holly Grove in N. E., and\\nSearsville in theN., are public places.\\nThis county was formed out of Stewart and Sumter.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "WHITE WHITEFIELD. 137\\nDaniel Webster, a native of N. H., Senator from Mass.,\\nSec y of State under both Harrison and Taylor, 1841,\\nand 1850, has a world-wide fame. He was an able States-\\nman, a powerful debater, a historian, and scholar he\\nhad no superior in acquaintance with our govermental\\naffairs. Died in 1852.\\n127. White County was formed out of Lumpkin\\nand Habersham in 1857. Towns is N., Habersham E., Hall\\nS., and Lumpkin W. The Chattahoochee, and Tessen-\\ntee, or Tesnatee, are the chief streams. On Duke s creek,\\nare falls in the Western part. (See Antiquities.)\\nMount Yonah is the capital, in S.W. part of the Co.,\\nsome 5 m. S. Yonah mountain, just north of a short\\nridge, a spur of Kitt s Mountain. It is a small place.\\nPost-offices are Naucoochee in the N. E., in the valley\\nof Duke s creek, and Leo, 6. m. S. Court-house. Kitt s\\nmountain is still S.\\nCol. John White, of Savannah, was a brave and favor-\\ned soldier in the Kevolutionary war. By stratagem, on\\nOgechee river, he captured 111 soldiers, and took 5 ves-\\nsels, with only seven men under his command This he\\ndid by building watch-fires all around the camp of Capt.\\nTrench, so as to induce him to believe he was surround-\\ned by a large army. (McCall and Lee s Memoirs.)\\n128. AVhitefield County, from Murray and Walker,\\nwas formed in 1852. Tennessee is on the N., Murray\\nis E., Gordon is S., and Walker and Catoosa W. Con-\\nnesauga is the Eastern boundary, Cohutta and branches\\nof Chickamauga creeks.\\nDalton is the capital, the place where the E. Tennes-\\nsee Railroad diverges for Knoxville and Virginia, This\\ntown was erected, and was the terminus of the Western\\nand Atlantic Railroad, years before the cars ran to\\nChattanooga, say 47 or 48 100 miles K Atlanta, 38\\nS. Chattanooga. It is a large town, with houses of\\nworship for Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists.\\nFillmore is a post village, 9 m. N. E. Court-house.\\nCedar Ridge is 7 miles E. Gordon s Springs, which are in\\nS. W. corner, near Walker county Red Clay in the K,\\nnear Tennessee.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "138 WILCOX WILKES.\\nTunnell Hill is 3 m. E. of Catoosa county, now called\\nTunnelville. Public places are Anderson post-office\\nW., Tilton in S. E., Eed Clay Council G-round K\\nBev. Oeorge Whitefield, a scholar of Oxford, an associ-\\nate of Wesley, was one of the most extraordinary men,\\none of the most fascinating orators, that ever lived. As\\nWesley, who had been a few years in Georgia, was re-\\nturning to England, Whitefield was just starting with\\nOglethorpe for this country. He preached and begged\\nthrough most of the States, and established a school for\\norphan children some 10 miles below Savannah, where\\nmany were educated.\\nIn most of the N. E. States his labors were abundant-\\nly blessed in exciting revivals of religion, though he was\\nopposed by the cold and lukewarm by the President\\nof Harvard College, and by some bishops in England,\\nwhere he preached in the fields to 20,000 at a time.\\nCharleston also felt the influence of his pious labors.\\nDied at Newburyport, Mass., 1770.\\n129. Wilcox County was formed out of Dooly, Irwin,\\nand Pulaski, in 1857. Pulaski is K, the same county\\nand Telfair are E., Irwin is S., and Dooly W. Ocmulgee\\nriver is the Eastern boundary; Alapaha is in S. W.,\\nCedar creek in N. E., Folsom s E., and House creek\\nin S. E. corner, are chief streams. House Creek P. 0.\\nis on this creek, S. E. part of county.\\nAbbeville is the county site, on the E. side, on the\\nriver, nearly opposite the N, W. corner of Telfair county,\\n37 m. E. Vienna, 25 N. W. Jacksonville, a new and\\nsmall place.\\nBoweiwille post village is in S. E. corner Adams P. 0.\\nis 5 m. S. Court-houvse in E. part.\\nLawson and Vineyard are public places, the latter\\nnear the centre of the county, the other N. part.\\nGen. Mark Wilcox was a son-in-law of Gen. Coffee, and\\ncitizen of Telfair, frequently in our Legislature. He is\\nrepresented to be a native of this State.\\n180. Wilkes County is bounded N. by Elbert, E. by\\nLincoln, S. by parts of Columbia, Warren, and Talia-", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "WILKES. 189\\nferro, and W. by the latter county and Oglethorpe.\\nPopulation, 16,975. In 1824 this was the most populous\\ncounty in the State, but, since that time, part of the\\ncounty has been taken to form Taliaferro, and of course\\na deduction must be made in the number. Academy\\nfunds received, $778 30. Poor School do., $1,875 13,\\nand no report of expenditure. We should hope the en-\\nlightened county of Wilkes has not forgotten the chil-\\ndren of the poor. Washington is the capital.\\nThe territory now called Wilkes was obtained by the\\ntreaty at Augusta, in 1773. The inhabitants during the\\nwar were unanimous almost to a man, in their opposition\\nto Britain, and so fierce was their resistance that the\\ntories gave this section of our State the distinctive ap-\\npellation of Hornet s Kest.\\nThe bones of several distinguished men rest in this\\ncounty, among which may be mentioned those of Rev.\\nMessrs. Mercer, Springer, and Whatley, of the clergy.\\nMr. Mercer was a bold, plain, nervous, and powerful\\npreacher; few men could produce such lasting impres-\\nsions on a congregation. Mr. Springer, though of a dif-\\nferent denomination, was his intimate friend, and they\\nfrequently preached together. Both of these men estab-\\nlished classical schools in their neighborhoods, and\\nthough Mr. M. himself was not much of a scholar, they\\nboth were mindful of this well-established fact, that\\nScience is the handmaid of Religion, and that neither\\nwill flourish long alone. A nation wholly infidel will\\nsoon sink into barbarism and that mind which has been\\nillumined by the truths of the Grospel, will be reaching\\nafter all the lights which the torch of Science can throw\\non these truths.\\nMr. Whatley was a soldier at the siege of Augusta,\\nand his story of suffering and trial would bring tears\\nfrom the dryest eye. He was an odd, blunt man, and\\nbegan preaching at an advanced age, and though some-\\ntimes a smile was excited by his oddities, he was univer-\\nsally beloved; he was a sterling man. Humility was one\\nof the distinctive features of his character. Among the", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "140 WILKINSON.\\nStatesmen who lived here may be named Abbott, and\\nCampbell, and Talbot. Bibb also resided in this county,\\nbut he removed to Alabama.\\nWashington^ p. t. and cap., Wilkes county, named in\\nhonor of the illustrious Washington, after whom counties\\nin every State in the Union, and towns without num-\\nber, have received their names, is situated on the great\\nroad from Augusta to Nashville, Tennessee, ^Q miles\\nN. E. Milledgeville, 53 K W. Agusta, 18 W. Lincoln-\\nton, 14 S.E. Mallorysville, 81 E. N. E. Greensboro 24\\nS. E. Lexington, and contains Court-house, with an ex-\\ncellent clock, Jail, Branch of the State Bank, Academies,\\nand houses of worship for Methodists, Presbyterians, and\\nBaptists, 78 dwelling-houses, 38 stores and shops, and\\nabout 400 white inhabitants, with probably the same\\nnumber of blacks.\\nIn 1774 a fort was built on the site of this town as a\\ndefence against Indian intrusion and assault.\\nA weekly paper has been published at Washington\\nsince 1800.\\nSince the branch of the Georgia Railroad has been ex-\\ntended to this place, from Double Wells, it has been\\nsomewhat enlarged and improved. Rev. Jesse Mercer\\nwas a citizen of this town, but died in Butts. His father\\nlived and died in Wilkes.\\nPost-offices are Centreville, on the road to Lexington,\\n12 W. Court-house; has some 20 houses. Danburg is\\nN. E. on the road to Petersbarg 14 m., Delhi, Mallorys-\\nville is in N. W. part, and has been for 30 years a con-\\nsiderable village. Public places, Bookersville is 9 E.,\\nand Rehoboth post-office 12 N. E. Tyrone is near S.\\nline, Stony Point, Aonia.\\nMmWilkes, a warm friend of the Colonies in the Brit-\\nish House of Commons, Alderman of London, was born\\nin 1727. He plead our cause boldly, and the county\\nwas named after him in 1777.\\n131. Wilkinson County has Jones and Baldwin N.,\\nWashington E., Laurens and Pulaski S., and Twiggs W.\\nThe Oconee is the eastern boundary. Commissioner s", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "WORTH. 141\\ncreek runs from N. W. to S. E. Big Sandy passes\\ndiagonally. Turkey creek cuts the S. W. corner. This\\nterritory was acquired by the treaty at Fort Wilkinson,\\n1802, and all embraced in two counties, Baldwin and\\nWilkinson.\\nIriointon^ equi-distant from Commissioner s and Big\\nSandy creeks, is the county site. ISTot a large place. A\\nquarry of beautiful soft stone, of which many chimneys\\nare constructed, is near town. Rev. Charles Culpepper\\nresided and preached in this county a third of a cen-\\ntury.\\nPost-offices Cool Spring, a small place in S. W. corner\\nof the county. Gordon is on the railroad where it\\ndiverges to go up to Milledgeville and Eatonton.\\nMclntire is the station where travellers stop, in order\\nto go to Irwinton 4 miles S. Milton is in j S. E.\\nStephensville is S. Toombsboro is also a post-office 6\\nin all. Nesbit is just on the Jones line. Irwinton has\\nBaptist and Methodist meeting-houses, and intends to\\nhave a high school of first order. Gen. James Wilkinson,\\na native of Maryland, was a useful officer during the\\nRevolution, and in the war of 1812. He published\\nMemoirs of my own Times, 2,300 pages. Lost repu-\\ntation in his later years.\\n132. Worth County was laid out from Dooly and\\nIrwin, 1856. Irwin and part of Berrien are E., Dooly\\nis N., Colquitt is S., Mitchell, Dougherty, and Lee, W.\\nAbram s creek falls into Flint in N. W. Indian and\\nother creeks S. W. into Little river, which forms most\\nof the eastern boundary.\\nIsabella, centrally located, is the county site. A new\\nplace.\\nBloomfield is a post village in N. W., near mouth of\\nAbram s creek.\\nBrooks Post-office. Deerland post-office is in the S.\\nMinton is in the S. W.\\nWarwick is in N. W. corner. Pennsboro is on E.\\nside.\\nPublic places are, Orel in S. E. corner; Fennsboro 7", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "142 PROGRESS OF EDUCATION.\\nmiles S. Court-house Gintown S. W., near the corners\\nof Dougherty and Mitchell.\\nGeii. Worth was an efficient officer in the Mexican war,\\nwith his father-in-law Gen. Taylor died in 1858. A\\nmonument is erected to his memory in New York city.\\nHistory and Progress of Education.\\nWhitefielcCs Orphan House, near Providence Island,\\nsome 16 miles S. of Savannah, was begun in February,\\n1740. This was the first of the kind in the United\\nStates. Until the buildings were finished, the children\\nwere placed in the city they will work in picking\\nand carding cotton, a quantity having been purchased\\nalready. The buildings were extensive, and the con-\\ncern flourished some years. At his death Whitefield be-\\nqueathed the property to lady Huntington, and a class\\nof children has been educated in Savannah many years\\npast from the avails.\\nSchools were early in operation in Savannah, Augus-\\nta, and a few other towns in the lower part of the\\nState but little attention was paid to learning above\\nAugusta, till 1800, if we except the following\\nRev. Mr. Springer opened a classical school 5 miles\\nN. Washington, near the present residence of Rev. Mr.\\nArmstrong, in 1791. Here the Rev. Jesse Mercer com-\\nmenced the study of the learned languages.\\nIn 1798 the Rev. Silas Mercer employed a Mr. Ar-\\nmour to open an academy at his residence, called Salem,\\n9 miles S. Washington, now owned by Mr. Gibson.\\nThis continued till the death of Mr. Mercer, in 1796,\\nand at which several persons were educated.\\nIn 1794 or *5 Rev. Dr. Waddell taught a classical\\nschool in Columbia county, called Carmel Academy,\\nand was assisted in it by William H. Crawford.\\nIn 1802 the College commenced operations at Ath-\\nens, then in the wilderness, where could be distinctly\\nheard,\\nThe fox s bark, or wolf s lugubrious howl.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "COLLEGES. 143\\nThe first class was taught in a small building, 20 by 14\\nfeet, standing between the post-office and house former-\\nly occupied by the President of the college.\\nIn 1801, only six academies had been incorporated in\\nthe Stace. These were in Savannah, Augusta, Sunbury,\\nLouisville, and in Burke and Wilkes counties. In 1802,\\n2i female school was commenced at Athens, by Mrs. Allen\\nand daughters. In 1805, Mrs. Dugas, a French lady,\\nopened a boarding-school in Washington, which flourish-\\ned a number of years. In 1805 or 6, the Meson Acad-\\nemy at Lexington was opened. In 1804 the Baptists,\\nin general committee, resolved to establish a college.\\nLand 15 miles S. W. Augusta, was purchased, and an\\nacademy opened in 1807, called Mount Enon. Appli-\\ncation was made to the Legislature for a charter for a\\ncollege, but the request was denied! The academy\\nflourished several years, and educated several men of\\npromise, but declined about 1812. Eev. Dr. Holcombe,\\nJudge Clay, Mr. Mercer, Joel Early, Sen., Esq., were\\namong the active friends of the scheme. Large con-\\ntributions w^ere made throughout the Baptist commu-\\nnity.\\nIn 1811 the Mount Zion Academy, and soon after,\\nthat at Powelton, were brought into operation. The\\nimportance of education now seemed to be more appre-\\nciated and academies, both male and female, sprang\\nup in almost every town. The Academies bad each\\nthe right, by the act of 1792, to purchase, for their use,\\n\u00c2\u00a31,000 worth of confiscated property.\\nColleges.\\nL FranMin College, chartered in 1785, opened in 1801,\\nThis is a State Institution. First class graduated 1804\\nconsisting of 6 young men. Presidents, Josiah Meigs\\n1801 to 1808. John Brown, D. D., 1810 to 1817. Dr\\nFinley, 1817 to Sept., 1818. Moses Waddell, D.D., March\\n1819 to 1829. Alonzo Church 1819 to 1859, now re\\nsigned. Its funds, granted by the State chiefly, except", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "144 COLLEGES.\\nDr. Terrell s donation, $20,000, for instruction in Agri-\\ncultural Chemistry, are over 306,500, including library,\\napparatus, and buildings.\\nII. Mercer University had its beginning, like the two\\nfollowing, Oglethorpe and Emory, in manual labor\\nschools. In 1833 Mercer Institute was opened at Pen-\\nfield, the seat of the University, by that untiring man,\\nEev. B. M. Sanders, and manual labor was continued in\\nthe University till 1845. Funds are $155,946.57, be-\\nside library, apparatus, and buildings. Mr. Mercer gave\\n225 shares in Georgia Kailroad and State Bank, his li-\\nbrary, and the residuary of his estate. The Central As-\\nsociation gave nearly $20,000. Benevolent persons gave\\nconsiderable sums. The charter for Southern Baptist\\nCollege, to be located at Washington, was passed De-\\ncember, 1836 but in December, 1837, the Executive\\nCommittee was authorized to build up a College, and it\\nwas named Mercer University located 6 miles JST.\\nGreensboro The town is called Penfield. Presidents^\\nKev. B. M. Sanders, 1838 to 1839 Eev. Otis Smith\\nEev. John L. Dagg, D. D. Eev. N. M. Crawford, D. D.\\nIII. Oglethorpe University is at Midway, 2 miles S.\\nMilledgeville. In its incipiency was a manual labor\\nschool begun in 1835. The corner-stone for the Col-\\nlege was laid in March, 1837. Its funds are respecta-\\nble\u00e2\u0080\u0094over $100,000. Presidents, Eev. Carlisle P. Be-\\nman, 1838 to 1841 Eev. S. K. Talmage, D. D., 1841.\\nlY. Emory College is 2 miles N. of Covington, in a\\ntown called Oxford. The manual labor school was be-\\ngun in March, 1835, near Covington. Funds of the\\nColleg e not ascertained, but not so large as those of the\\nother thre^ named. Presidenis, Eev. J. A. Few, to\\n1839 Eev. A. B. Longstreet, 1839 to 1848 Eev. Geo.\\nF. Pierce, 1848 Eev. G. H. Thomas.\\nY. Cherokee BaptiU College, at Cassville. This was\\nbegun in 1851. Its fine brick building was burned, and\\nanother built in 1856-7. Funds, some $20,000 sub-\\nscribed. President, Eev. Thomas Eambaut, A. M.\\nYI. Marshall College was begun in 1854. Eev. J. W.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "FEMALE COLLEGES. 145\\nAttaway and Rev. W. H. Robert were among the first\\nteachers. It graduated a small class of four, July, 1859.\\nIt has a good brick building, but no funds. 93 students\\nlast term of 1859. President, Rev. E. A. Marshall, A.\\nM., Chairman of Faculty.\\nThe Military Institute, at Marietta, owned by the\\nState, has several officers and several students. Major\\nCapers has been recently appointed Superintendent.\\nSome 30 students dismissed at once for insubordination\\nin 1859.\\nThe Legislature passed an Act last year to appropri-\\nate several hundred thousand dollars as a common-\\nschool fund but no good system has been devised\\nthe poor-school fund has failed to accomplish much\\ngood.\\nFemale Colleges.\\nI. Wesleyan, Macon, chartered in 1886, the first in\\nthe State, and perhaps in the world; first name was\\nFemale College, and funds contributed by all classes\\nopened in 1839 Rev. O. L. Smith, President.\\nII. Southern, Lagrange, begun by J. E. Dawson,\\n1848 H. C. Brookes.\\nIII. Georgia, Madison, chartered in 1849 Gr. W.\\nBrown.\\nIV. Monroe University, begun in 1850; W. C.\\nWilkes.\\nY. Methodist^ Lagrange Rev. W. A. Harris.\\nYI. Methodist, Madison James Pierce.\\nYll. Masonic, at Covington; C. Fulton.\\nYin. Masonic, at Lumpkin W. H. Yernon.\\nIX. Synodical, Griffin James C. Patterson.\\nX. Griffin, Griffin W. A. Rogers.\\nXL Cassville, Cassville D. Kelsey.\\nXII. Presbyterian, Rov[ie.\\nXIII. Gree7iesboro\\\\ Greenesboro Homer Hender.\\nXIV. Lucy Cohb, Athens.\\nXV. Perry, Perry H. M. Holtzclaw.\\n7", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "146 FEMALE COLLEGES.\\nXVI. College Temple, Newnan; Kellogg.\\nXVII. Baptist, Yilla Nova; E. D. Mallory.\\nXVIII. Andrew, Cuthbert; O. P. Anthony.\\nXIX. Marietta, Marietta W. H. Eobert.\\nXX. Troo(ited Cedar Town J. M.Wood.\\nThose below, it is not known whether all are char-\\ntered as colleges, or all female entire\\nAugusta Wm. J. Hard.\\nColumbus; Thos. B. Slade.\\nAlbany; Ingraham.\\nBarnesville W. T. Bead.\\nFort Valley G. A. Holcomb.\\nSparta.\\nCulverton, Hancock County.\\nTurnwold, Putnam do.\\nEatonton Smith.\\nPalmetto, Heard do.\\nPranklin Seminary, Heard M. S. ISTall.\\nEose Bower, 8 miles N. Newman, Coweta\\nC. M. Hammond.\\nAcademies and Institutes, some male entirely, some\\nfemale, and some mixed\\nBrownwood, near Lagrange, 20 years old W. Johns.\\nAnother near Lagrange, 15 years old, begun by Otis\\nSmith.\\nBowdon Collegiate Institute McDaniel and Eichard-\\nson.\\nCarrolton, Carrolton, 1858 Mr. Leake.\\nHearn School, Cave Spring, over 20 years old.\\nThomasville, Methodist.\\nSelect School, Macon Benj. Polhill.\\ndo. Female J. E. Branham.\\nThomaston\\nJonesboro\\\\ mixed Candler.\\nCidloden Central Institute, Methodist.\\nCuUodeji, do. Protestant Methodist.\\nWashington Institute, Linton, Hancock Co.; C. W.\\nStevens.\\nMount Verjion, Eiddleville, Washington Co. Evans.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "FEMALE COLLEGES. 147\\nWarthen^s Store, Washington Co.\\nAlexander, Burke Co.\\nBock Mountain, Cooper.\\nEatoriton, Male, Eatonton; Hudson.\\nMixed, Fayetteville M. H. Looney.\\nMount Zion Northern.\\nWhite Plains, Greene.\\nMeson, Lexington, (begun in 1806).\\nWashington!\\nStileshoro\\\\\\nHilliard, near Forsyth, 1858 T. G. Scott.\\nColling sivorth, near Talbotton, (15 years old).\\nHamilton.\\nFalniyra, Newborn, Newton Co. Kev. Mr. Cheeney.\\nAmerkus, two or three High Schools, one called Furlow.\\nArmuchee Academy, two miles from Dirttown p. o.,\\nChattooga Co.\\nSubligna, do. post village with a new academy, 12\\nmiles N. Dirttown.\\nMale and Female schools at Buenavista.\\nPineville, nine miles S. W., has a large school.\\nPreston, cap. Webster, has two schools.\\nMorgan, Calhoun, has an academy, languages taught;\\nalso at Whitney in same county.\\nOakland Institute at Eowland s Mineral Springs and\\nIronworks.\\nBrunswick, R. Fleming.\\nThere are Academies, in which the learned lan-\\nguages are taught, at nearly eYQrj Court-house in the\\nState, besides at many country places and villages, as\\nFarmington and Salem in Clark, Social Circle in Walton.\\nIt is estimated that we may reckon for each county,\\ntwo high schools or academies, besides all the common\\nschools it is true, several of the lower counties, as Ap-\\npling, Irwin, Tattnall, Telfair, Bulloch, Emanuel, Charl-\\nton, Miller, Mitchell, Colquitt, Worth, Brooks, Wilcox,\\nc., may have no classical school yet the 182 counties will\\naverage two schools each, equal to 264 schools where\\nlanguages are taught.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "148 SCHOOL STATISTICS.\\nSchool statistics.\\n[From the Governor s Message.]\\nTTius far returns have only been received from 102\\ncounties. These returns contain much valuable informa-\\ntion. I have had them arranged in a statistical table,\\nwhich is in this office, and will be at all times subject to\\nthe inspection of Members of the Legislature. So soon\\nas the Ordinaries of the other counties shall have made\\ntheir returns, the table will be printed, if desired by the\\nGeneral Assembly. The returns from those 102 coun-\\nties, furnish the following among other interesting facts\\nWhole number of children between the ages of 8 and 18\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094107,825. Number between 8 and 18 taught in 1859,\\n67,155 total of all persons taught, 79,922 of these 45,-\\n090 are males, and 34,832 are females. Whole number\\nof males taught in the elementary branches, 29,238 num-\\nber of females, 22,681. Whole number of males taught\\nthe higher branches, 8,032 females, 7,913. Average\\ntuition, per annum, in the elementary branches, $15.50\\nin the higher branches, $26.00. Whole number of school--\\nhouses, 1775 number of schools 1777. Kumber of\\nMethodist Male Colleges, 4, in which there have been\\ntaught 358 pupils Methodist Female Colleges, 4, pupils,\\n524; Baptist Male Colleges, 3,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 pupils, 207; Baptist\\nFemale Colleges, 4, pupils, 322 Presbyterian Male Col-\\neges, 1, pupils, 97; Presbyterian. Female Colleges, 3,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\npupils, 325 Colleges and High Schools not sectarian,\\nmale, 16, pupils,774 female,16, ^pupils, 1,222 number\\nof Academies, 57 Out of the 102 counties, 99 have ap-\\npointed boards to examine teachers, and 129 teachers\\nhave passed an examination. The Ordinaries of only 49\\nof the counties of this State, have given bonds as required\\nby the statute for the proper disbursement of the school\\nfund. The remaining 83 have not yet complied with the\\nlaw in this particular, and will not be entitled to draw\\nthe fund until they shall have given bond as directed by\\nthe statute. For the benefit of their constituents, Pshall\\nhave the names of the defaulters published soon.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "KAILROADS HISTORY. 149\\nRailroads -History.\\nThere was a great deal of talk about railroads as early\\nas 1822 and 3, but in talk it ended. A railroad conven-\\ntion was got up at Eatonton, in September, 1831, through\\nthe exertions of Charles P. Gordon, Wiley W. Mason,\\nand others. Col. Cummingfrom Augusta, Major Prince\\nfrom Macon, Judge Nichols of Savannah, and distin-\\nguished men from m^ny counties, were present, Now an\\nimpulse was given to the subject. At the next Legisla-\\nture a charter was granted for a railroad from Augusta\\nto Eatonton, but, at the session in 1832, the charter was\\nso altered as to run direct to Athens, with branches to\\nEatonton and Madison. This was afterwards extended\\nto the Chattahoochee. Operations were commenced in\\nMay, 1835, and in November twenty-five miles more\\nwere let out this was called the Georgia Railroad. Prior\\nto this, Mr. JJavis had obtained a charter for a railroad\\nfrom Darien to Brunswick, and, by the help of the State,\\nhad succeeded in cutting down the trees and clearing out\\nthe path but his interest was purchased, and in 1835\\nthe charter was so altered as to make a canal instead of\\na railroad.\\nThe charter of the Central Railroad, i. e., from Savannah\\nto Macon, was granted December, 1833 or 4.\\nThe railroad from Macon .to Forsyth, twenty -five miles,\\nwas begun in the winter of 1836.\\nIn December, 1835, the Legislature granted to the\\nGeorgia and Central, and some other railroad companies,\\nthe right to establish banks and issue bills.\\nIn December, 1835, Col. T. Butler King obtained a\\ncharter for a railroad from Brunswick to the confluence\\nof the Flint and Chattahoochee this was surveyed in the\\nwinter of 1836-7.\\nSeveral miles of the Central railroad, from Savannah,\\nwere completed in the spring of 1837, and cars were run-\\nning so also of the Georgia railroad, from Augusta.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "150 EAILROADS HISTORY.\\nThis latter is intended to be finished to Crawfordville by\\nChristmas, 1837.\\nI. The Georgia Railroad runs from Augusta to Atlan-\\nta, 171 miles; cost $1,000,000. Branch to Athens, from\\nUnion Point in Greene, is 40 miles. Branch to Warrenton\\nfrom Camac, 4 miles, and to Washington, about 18 miles.\\nThe cars ran up from Augusta some 25 miles into Colum-\\nbia county, in January, 1837 to Augustin Greene s,\\nnear Burke s meeting-house, in November, 1838 to\\nGreensboro in May, 1839 and to Madison, in March,\\n1840; 102 miles from Augusta. The whole was not\\ncompleted to Atlanta till September, 1845. Dividend,\\n1859, 8 per cent.\\nII. Central Railroad. The company formed 1836.\\nFirst of May, 1838, the cars ran 25 miles 1st July, 32\\nmiles by Christmas, it was designed to run 50 miles.\\nThe whole was completed to Macon, 192 miles, by Octo-\\nber, 1843. Two branches one from Millen, in Burke,\\nvia Waynesboro to Augusta, 53 miles, and one from\\nGordon to Eatonton, via Milledgeville, 38 miles, cost,\\nwithout the branches, about $4,000,000. Dividend\\n\\\\l859, 20 per cent. Stock 120 to 123.\\nIII. Macon and Western Road. Macon to Atlanta, 102\\nmiles. The first charter was for a road to Forsyth, some\\n31 miles. To this spot cars ran about 1840. In 1843\\nthe bank connected with the road became deeply in-\\nvolved. The road was sold in 1845, and a new company\\nformed, which hastened the concern to Atlanta in 1846.\\nIn the fall of 1845, the cars, with locomotive, for first\\ntime reached Jonesboro with a load of salt. There\\nis a branch from Barnesville to Thomaston, say 18\\nmiles, completed in summer of 1857. Dividend 16 per\\ncent, on the Macon and Western.\\nIV. South- Western Railroad. The companj^ was or-\\nganized in. 1847. It was opened to Oglethorpe, just over\\nFlint river, in Macon county, 50 miles from Macon, in\\n1851. Here it met difficulties, probably want of funds,\\nand was detained some years. The people supposed it\\nwould never be removed. Oglethorpe became a city in", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "RAILROADS HISTORY. 151\\nsize and in corporation, in 1850.* In the fall of 1857\\nthe cars ran to Albany, which is now the terminus. At\\nSmithville it diverges to Greorgetown and Fort Gaines,\\nvia Cuthbert.\\nY. Muscogee Railroad unites with South-western Rail-\\nroad in Taylor county, 50 miles east of Columbus. Fort\\nValley^ in Houston, is the point where the roads to Co-\\nlumbus and to Albany diverge. Some 12 miles south of\\nAmericus, on the road to Albany, on the south line of\\nSumter county, a railroad diverges south-west at Smith-\\nville, and, passing through Dawson, the capital of Terrell,\\nreaches Cuthbert, where one branch strikes the Chatta-\\nhoochee, opposite Eufaula, in Alabama, near Georgetown,\\nthe capital of Quitman county the other turns south-\\nwest to Fort Gaines, in Clay county. This road from\\nSmithville was in operation a few miles in 1857. Cars\\nreached Cuthbert in June, 1859, and the river in July,\\n1860.\\nYI. Atlanta and Wesipoint Road^ 87^ miles in length,\\n\\\\da Kewnan and Lagrange. At Westpoint the cars\\nmeet those from Montgomery.\\nWII. The Western and Atlantic Railroad was chartered\\nin 1836. This road is owned by the State. Much of it\\nwas graded in 1841, but it was slow work, as all public\\nworks are when managed by the Stata. The cars ran to\\nDalton, Cross Plains, in 1849, where ii; seemed to hang a\\nlong time, till the people supposed it would never get\\nthrough the ridge by a tunnel. It was completed to\\nChattanooga in 1851, 138 miles from Atlanta. A branch\\nruns from Kingston, down the Etow^ah to Rome, 20\\nmiles. Pays over $1,000 per day into state treasury un-\\nThe cars reached Oglethorpe in July, 1851, then an incorporated\\ntown, where A. H. Chappell addressed thousands of people in a large ware-\\nhouse. It was then the county seat, and contained some 2,500 inhabitants,\\nbank agencies to buy cotton, and mighty wealth flitted before the people\\nof the city; but its glory and magnificence faded away as soon as the cars\\nmoved on southward. Houses have been sold to planters, and removed\\nto their plantations. It is difficult to conceive how every one was deluded,\\nand led to suppose that the march of improvement would stop at this place", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "152 EAILROADS HISTORY.\\nder Grov. Brown s administration, by Doctor Lewis, su-\\nperintendent.\\nYIII. jSavan7iah and Gulph JRoad, from the citj to\\nthe confluence of Chattahoochee and Flint, thence to\\nstrike the waters of the Gulph. The cars now (July,\\n1859,) run over St. Ilia river, within 12 miles of McDon-\\nald, a point in Ware, where the road from Brunswick is\\ndesigned to intersect. By January, 1860, the cars ran to\\nMcDonald, 125 miles, soon to reach Yaldosta.\\nIX. Brunswick Boad, Cars run on this road into\\nPierce county, west of St. Ilia river, some 10 miles, over-\\n85 from Brunswick. The route now is to go direct to\\nWaresboro thenge to Albany.\\nX. Air Line Road is surveyed from Atlanta, through\\nDekalb, Gainesville, Carnesville, and Hartwell, thence\\ninto South Carolina.\\nXL Macon and Brunswick is now (1859) being sur-\\nveyed. It crosses Ocmulgee river six miles below Ma-\\ncon, is to run through Twiggs, Pulaski, eastern part of\\nTelfair, corner of Coffee, Appling diagonally, in the\\nsouth-east corner of which it crosses Savannah railroad,\\nand strikes the Brunswick railroad near Wayneville.\\nGrading is begun, and all will be completed in winter\\nof 1861. Soon, say in summer of 1861, much will be\\nin running order.\\nXII. Savannah and Charleston Railroad. Length 102\\nmiles, crossing the Savannah 13 miles above the city,\\nand soon unites with Central road to come into Sa-\\nvannah. Probably all will be completed in winter of\\n1860.\\nXIII. Proposed Roads. From Grifi n, via Kewnan, to\\nJacksonville in Alabama, 90 miles. The talking and\\npaper and puffing work are now in operation, and route\\nsurveyed. Grading begun in Griffin, 1st January, 1860.\\nSoon to be graded to Newnan, 80 miles.\\nXIY. Eailroad from Kome, via Cave Spring, to Jack-\\nsonville, Alabama.\\nXY. Eailroad from Macon, via Milledgeville, Sparta,\\nWarrenton. This will no doubt be built.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "PROGRAMME OF THE RAILROADS* 153\\nXYI. Griffin, via Indian Springs and Monticello, to\\nMadison, 66 miles.\\nXYII. Railroad from Rock Mountain, via Marietta, to\\nJacksonville, Alabama. Surveyed from Marietta, via\\nCedar Valley, to State Line, 53^ miles.\\nXYIII, From Dalton to Rome. Work on north part\\nbeguD\\nProgramme of the Railroads.\\n1. Georgia Rom Augusta to Atlanta, 171 miles\\nBelair 10 miles, Berzilia 20, During 29, Thomson 37,\\nCamac 47, CummiDg 56, Crawfordville 64, Union Point\\n76, Greenesboro 83, Buckhead 95, Madison 103, Rut-\\nledge 112, Social Circle 119, Covington 130, Conyers\\n140, Lithonia 146, Rock Mountain 155, Decatur 164,\\nAtlanta 171.\\nBranches from Double Wells to Washington, 18, and\\nfrom Union Point to Athens, 40 miles. Augusta depot\\n147 feet above tide- water, Berzilia 517 feet, Social Circle\\n890, Atlanta 1,050.\\n2. Western and Atlantic Road 138 miles, Atlanta to\\nChattanooga:\\nChattahoochee river 8, Marietta 20, Acworth 34,\\nEtow ah river 47, Kingston 60, Williams (Adairsville)\\n70, Calhoun 82, Oostenala (Reasaca) 85, Cross Plains\\n(Dalton) 100, Tunnellville 107, Dogwood (near Ringold)\\n114, Tennessee Line 121, Chattanooga 138.\\nBranch from Kingston to Rome, 20 miles. Atlanta\\n1,050 feet above tide-water, Marietta 1,132, thence a\\ndescent to Tennessee river; on Tennessee Line 714 feet\\nabove tide-water.\\n3. Macon and Western\u00e2\u0080\u0094Yvom Atlanta to Macon 103\\nmiles. Griffin is 975 feet above the sea\u00e2\u0080\u0094 75 lower than\\nAtlanta.\\nAtlanta to East Point 6, Rough and Ready 5, Jones-\\nboro 11 23 miles Lovejoy s 9, Bear Creek 3, Fayette\\n4, Griffin 7 43 miles Thornton 6, Milner 6\u00e2\u0080\u009455 miles\\nhalf-way station nearly. Barnes ville 6, Crogan 5,\\n7#", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "154 LITEEATURE.\\nCollier s 6, Forsyth 6\u00e2\u0080\u009478 Smarr s 5, Crawford 6, How-\\nard 8 Macon 6 103.\\nBranch from Barnesville to Thomaston, 16 miles.\\n4. Central Road Telfair 4, Pooler 9, Bloomingdale 13,\\nEden 20, Marlow 26, Guyton 30, Brewer 35, Egypt 40,\\nOliver 45, Haley ondale 50, Cameron 55, Ogechee 62,\\nShelton 65, Scarborough 70, Millen 79 here a branch\\ndiverges for Augusta 53 miles; Cushingville 83,\\nHerndon 90, Burton 96, Sebastopol, the S. W. corner\\nof Burke county 99, Bostvvick 103, Spier s 111, stopping\\nplace for Louisville; Key West, ll l^^visboro 122,\\nPowers 130, Tennille 134, landing for Sandersville\\nEobinson 140, near Oconee river, 146, Toombsboro 154,\\nMclntire 102 (sixteenth station near Irwinton), Gordon\\n170, Whitaker 175, Griswold 181, Macon 191. Tennille,\\nnear Sandersville, 465 feet above tide- water, is the high-\\nest point.\\nBranch to Augusta via Waynesboro^\\nMillen to Lumpkin s 10, Thomas 5, Waynesboro 7,\\nGreen s 7, McBean 7, Allen s 8, Augusta 10\u00e2\u0080\u009453.\\nBranch to Eatonton:\\nGordon to Whiting 9, Milledgeville 8 17; Merri-\\nwether 8, Dennis 5, Eatonton 8 38 miles in all.\\nLiterature.\\nBut few authors in our State have attempted to write\\nbooks, or even pamphlets. It may not be uninteresting\\nto call up to memory a few.\\n1802. Eev. Dr. Holcomb, of Savannah, commenced a\\nquarterly periodical, of some 40 pages, entitled the\\nGeorgia Analytical Eepository. This was literary\\nand religious, conducted with ability, and continued\\nabout two years it was one of the first of the kind in\\nthe United States.\\nAfter 1808, Judge Charlton published the life of Gen.\\nJames Jackson.\\n1816. Capt. McCall wrote a History of Georgia, in two", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "LITERATURE. 156\\nvolumes. This is an interesting and useful work, and\\ndeserves to be better known.\\nMessrs. Russell, a Methodist, and Polhill, a Baptist,\\npublished each a Book on the Baptismal contro-\\nversy.\\nEev. Dr. Cummins published a pamphlet on Presby-\\nterianism in 1820, a Historic Sermon.\\n1819. Rev, Jesse Mercer s sermon on the death of Grov.\\nRabun, was preached before the Legislature, and by their\\norder published.\\n1818. Memoirs of Miss Smelt, by Dr. Waddell.\\n1825. The Baptist Convention published two Disserta-\\ntions and a sermon, by J. Mercer and A. Sherwood the\\nsermon was on the education of the Ministry, and Theo-\\nlogical Schools.\\nIn 1825, Dr. Daniel, of Savannah, published a work on\\nfevers, and suggested the use of mustard and pepper tea,\\ninstead of so much drastic medicines his plan is gain-\\ning with the people.\\nDr. Jones, of Lexington, published a work on fevers,\\nspecially on the fever which had made dreadful havoc in\\nOglethorpe during the fall of that year.\\nPrior to this, Mr. Brantly, of Augusta, had printed\\ntwo or three sermons one on presenting children for\\nprayers, one at the dedication of the Baptist meeting-\\nhouse, one on the proofs of the Christian religion, Trini-\\ntarians rational, etc.\\nThe Rev. Mr. Kilpatrick printed two sermons one\\non Grod s Willingness to save Sinners, and also a Dia-\\nlogue on Missions, etc., by A. and B. a very useful\\npublication.\\n1828. Strictures on the sentiments of the Kehukee\\nAssociation, by Nehemiah, were published, and passed\\nthrough three or four editions.\\nWm, Mosely, of Henry county, published an Essay on\\nWashing the Saints Feet, in which he attempts to show it\\nis an ordinance, and to be administered in connection\\nwith the Lord s Supper.\\n1831. J. L, Brookes, of Jasper, published a sermon on", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "156 LITERATUEE.\\nthe opposite side. His object is, to prove it is no ordi-\\nnance, and has no connection with the Eucharist.\\n1829. Joseph H. Lumpkin published an Essay on the\\nSabbath.\\n1828. Eev. Dr. Cummins published a sermon on the\\nsalvability of infants, and their right to the ordinances\\nthis was answered in 1830, by Rev. Robert Fleming.\\n1829. View of the Atonement, by Rev. Cyrus White,\\nof Jasper. His views were supposed to border on Ar-\\nmenianism. He was answered by the Rev. Thomas\\nJ. Hand, Rev. Luke Robinson, and Rev. Jesse Mercer,\\n*Rev. Mr. Scott published, in Columbus, a work ad-\\ndressed to young Christians it contains many sensible\\nremarks.\\n1830. Education sermon before the Baptist Convention\\nat Bethesda.\\n*Rev. Mr. Pressly, of Gwinnette, on Baptism as held\\nby Presbyterians.\\n*Rev. Mr. Goulding, on the same subject.\\nThe Way of Transgressors is Hard, a sermon by J.\\nShannon.\\n1832. Education sermon before Baptist Convention at\\nPowelton, by J. Lumpkin.-\\n1833. The Introductory before the Baptist Convention\\nat McDonough.\\nRev. Mr. Cassells published a book on the Faith and\\nPractice of the Presbyterian Church.\\n1835. Mission sermon before the Georgia Association\\nat Augusta.\\nFrom 1829 to 1835, Mr. Mallory, of Augusta, pub-\\nlished numerous tracts and pamphlets of sterling value\\nand about 1832, Memoirs of Rev. Edward Botsford a\\nvaluable production.\\nAfter 1825, the orations delivered before the literary\\nsocieties at Athens were frequently published those by\\nJudges Clayton, Wayne, and Longstreet Messrs. Nes-\\nbit, Chandler, etc. The one by the last-named gentle-\\nThe dates of these are not certainly known.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "LITERATURE. 157\\nman was on Female Education, and, of course, popular\\nwith the ladies.\\nIn 1836, Col. Lumpkin s oration before the Societies\\nat the Mercer Institute, was published.\\nThe foregoing is all that memory can, at present, call\\nup, and it is a meagre list indeed. Look at our circum-\\nstances Thirty years have not passed away since civil-\\nization crossed the Oconee westward. Our fathers and\\nbrothers have been compelled, while they have felled\\nthe trees and cleared our lands, to stand sentinel, the one\\nfor the other they have labored, like the Jews in build-\\ning the second Temple, with the hoe in one hand and\\nthe rifle in the other. Literary leisure has not been\\nafforded them.\\nBut in no country is the spirit of education more\\nroused up. In 1829, the estimate was, that about 27,000\\npupils attend our academies and schools now more\\nthan 50,000 are gathering knowledge from those foun-\\ntains. Since 1829, too, three colleges have been planned,\\nand over $100,000 secured for each this in about two\\nyears past. A Female College^ at Macon, is in progress.\\nGeorgia is not wholly destitute of writers of taste\\nthese have furnished contributions for various periodi-\\ncals. Georgia Scenes and Incidents, a facetious work\\nof some 200 pages, ascribed to a gentleman near Augusta,\\nhas obtained much favor even in neighboring States.\\nIt represents the customs and manners of former days-\\ndays when there was less refinement than now. This\\nappeared first in the papers about 1834.\\nThe right to authorship of My Life is Like a Sum-\\nmer Eose, etc., has occasioned much discussion. It\\nwas ascribed to an Irish bard of great celebrity in by-\\ngone days; to a Greek poet who flourished before the\\nChristian era yet so modest was the real author that he\\nasserted no claims. An English gentleman of distinc-\\ntion, who was so much pleased with the poem as to\\ntranslate it into Greek, when he witnessed the attempts\\nto deprive Georgia of the honor of producing such a\\npoet, made known the original writer. He resides in\\nAugusta,", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "158 LITERATURE.\\nNew List\\nWhite s Statistics, 1849, 700 pages; valuable work\\nDo., .Historical Collections, 1854 full of in-\\nterest.\\nBench and Bar of Georgia, 1859 Biographical\\nSketches of Judges and Lawyers the most distinguish-\\ned men of the profession with much other matter. 2\\nvols. 8vo. 987 pages in all. By Stephen F. Miller of\\nOglethorpe, Macon Co. Interesting work.\\nFirst vol. History of Georgia. W. B. Stevens.\\nLaw of Slavery, and a Sketch of Slavery. T. R.\\nR. Cobb, of Athens.\\nMysterious Picture, 1825. By Judge Clayton, of\\nAthens.\\nPoems, by J. J. Cassells.\\nTallulah, and other Poems, by Judge H. R. Jack-\\nson, Savannah.\\nPoems, by Judge P. M. Charlton, Savannah.\\nA work on Austria, by Hon. W. H. Stiles.\\nYoung Marooners, by Rev. Mr. Goulding.\\nManolia, by Wm. Rembert.\\nThe Pastor s Daughter, by Mrs. C. W. Dubose.\\nWorks of Mrs. C. Lee Hentz.\\nMiranda Elliot or, The Voice of the Spirit, by Mrs. S.\\nH. Maxwell.\\nProse and Poems, by Miss Gay.\\nPoems, by Miss Sinclair.\\nPoems, by Miss Blount.\\nManual, by Wm. M. Reese.\\nForm Book, by R. K. Hines.\\nGeorgians, l3y ex-Governor Gilmer, of Lexington.\\nAnalysis and Book of Forms, by T. R. R. Cobb.\\nLife, Love, and Madness of Torquato Tasso, by Hon.\\nR. H. Wilde.\\nDigest of Laws, by T. R. R. Cobb.\\nIndex to Georgia Reports, by do.\\nWork on Slavery (1856), by Howell Cobb, of Houston\\ncountv.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "LITERATURE. 159\\nHistory of Southern Central Agricultural Society, by\\nD. W. Lewis.\\nFort s Practice of Medicine, by Dr. T. Fort, Milledge-\\nville.\\nHenry Vernon, by James M. Smythe, of Augasta.\\nEthei Somers, by do.\\nMedical work, by Dr. Jos. Jones.\\nHisto ry of Presbyterian Church, by C. C. Jones.\\nHist. Instruction of Negroes, Catechism, etc., by do.\\nEngineering, by Prof. C. F. McCay, of Franklin Col-\\nlege.\\nCalculus and Civil Engineering, by do.\\nManual of Medicine, by Thos. S. Powel.\\nWork on Baptism, an Answer to a Presiding Elder,\\nby J. H. T. Kilpatrick.\\nProgress, by Wm. J. Sassnet.\\nSir John Franklin, and other poems, by J. A. Turner.\\nPhysical Manipulation, by J. D. Easter.\\nMemoirs of Jesse Mercer (1844), by C. D. Mallory.\\nHistory cf Georgia Association, by Jesse Mercer.\\nGeorgia Baptists, 1847, by Jesse H. Campbell.\\nGeorgia Pulpit (sermons), 1849, by Kobert Flemings\\nJohn s Baptism, 1848, by do.\\nBiography of B. M. Sanders, by C. D. Mallory.\\nWimberly, by do.\\nManual of Theology, 1858, 2 vols., by J. L. Dagg.\\nNotes on New Testament, 1857, by Ariel Sherwood.\\nOrigin and Authority of the Bible, by J. L. Dagg.\\nValue of Sabbath-schools, by C. D. Mallory.\\nNature and Means of Sanctification, by do.\\nPredestination and Perseverance, by P. H. Mell.\\nBaptism, by do.\\nBaptism of Jesus, by K. M. Crawford.\\nChristian Paradoxes (1858), by do.\\nThree vols. Sermons (say 1825), by Dr. Kollock.\\nSouthern Arithmetic, by M. H. Looney, of Fay^tte-\\nville.\\nThe Sisters, Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Kandal, of Greenes-\\nboro", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "160 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.\\nGeorgia Historical Society, one vol.\\nElection, a discourse by B. F. Tbarpe.\\nBaptism by Pedobaptist Ministers, by Joseph Walker.\\n1858. Address at Synod, Female College; Griffin, by\\nJudge Nesbit.\\n1859. Do. Societies of Griffin Female College, by C. W.\\nHoward.\\nCentral Africa, 1856, by T. J. Bowen.\\nA Grammar of Yarruba Language, published, by\\nSmithsonian Institute, 1858, by do.\\nDiscourse before Baptist Convention, 1859, by C. D.\\nMallory.\\nWillie Huard, 1859, by W. J. Hard.\\nMaps of Georgia. Early s, say 1816; Sherwood s,\\nsmall, 1829 and 1837 Greene s; Bonner s, large, 1854\\nButts large, 1859.\\nSherwood s Gazetteer, 1827- 29- 37.\\nJohn s Baptism, by J. H. Corley.\\nMany Discourses and Sermons not recollected.\\nChronological Table of the G-overnors of the State of\\nG-eorgia,\\nNames of Governors. Elected. Time Expired.\\nJames Edw d Oglethorpe July 15, 1732 June 9, 1762\\nWm. Stephens, act. Gov. July 11, 1743 Ap l 8, 1751\\nHenry Parker, act. Gov. Ap l 8, 1751 Oct. 1, 1754\\nJohn Keynolds* Oct. 1, 1754 Feb. 15, 1757\\nHenry Ellis Feb. 16, 1757 Oct. 31, 1760\\nJames Wright Oct. 31, 1760 July 11, 1762\\nJ. Habersham, act. Gov. July 2, 1771 Feb. 11, 1773\\nWilliam Erwinf June 22, 1775 Jan. 20, 1776\\nArchibald Bullock^ Jan. 20, 1776 Feb. 22, 1777\\nButton Gwinnett Feb. 22, 1777 May 8, 1777\\nJohn A. Treuilen\u00c2\u00a7 May 8, 1777 Jan. 8, 1778\\nJolfM Houston Jan. 8, 1778 Dec. 29, 1778\\nGovernor under the Crown of Great Britain.\\nt President of the Council of Safety under the American Government.\\nX President of the Provincial Council.\\nGovernor under the New Constitution.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 161\\nJohn Werriatt\\nDec.\\n29,1778^\\nNov.\\n4, 1779\\nGeorge Walton\\nNov.\\n4, 1779\\nJan.\\n7, 1780\\nEichard Howley\\nJan.\\n7, 1780\\nu\\n7, 1781\\nStephen Heard\\nJan.\\n7, 1781\\nAug.\\n15, 1781\\nNathan Brown son\\nAug.\\n15, 1781\\nJan.\\n8, 1782\\nJohn Martin\\nJan.\\n8, 1782\\nu\\n9, 1783\\nLjraan Hall\\n9, 1783\\nu\\n9, 1784\\nJohn Houston\\nu\\n9, 1784\\nu\\n14, 1785\\nSamuel Elbert\\nu\\n14, 1785\\nu\\n9, 1786\\nEdward Telfair\\nu\\n9, 1786\\n9, 1787\\nGeorge Matthews\\nu\\n9, 1787\\na\\n25, 1788\\nGeorge Handly\\nu\\n25, 1788\\n7, 1789\\nGeorge Walton\\n7, 1789\\nNov.\\n9, 1790\\nEdward Telfair\\nNov.\\n9, 1790\\nu\\n7, 1793\\nGeorge Matthews\\n1793\\nJan.\\n15, 1796\\nJared Irwin\\nJan.\\n15, 1796\\nu\\n12, 1798\\nJames Jackson\\n12, 1798\\nMar.\\n3, 1801\\nDavid Emanuelf\\nMar.\\n3, 1801\\nNov.\\n7, 1801\\nJosiah Tattnall\\nNov.\\n7, 1801\\nu\\n7, 1802\\nJohn Milledge\\n7, 1802\\nSep.\\n3, 1806\\nJared Irwin, Pres. Senate\\nSep.\\n22, 1806\\nNov.\\n7, 1806\\nJared Irwin\\nNov.\\n7, 1806\\nC(\\n9, 1809\\nDavid B Mitchell\\nu\\n9, 1809\\nu\\n13, 1813\\nPeter Early\\na\\n1813\\nii\\n1815\\nDavid B. Mitchell\\nu\\n1815\\nMar.\\n4, 1817\\nWilliam Eabun:!:\\nMar.\\n4, 1817\\nNov.\\n1817\\nWilliam Eabun\\nNov.\\n1817\\nOct.\\n28, 1819\\nMatthew Talbotg\\nOct.\\n28, 1819\\nNov.\\n13, 1819\\nJohn Clark\\nNov.\\n13, 1819\\nli\\n1823\\nGeorge M. Troup\\nu\\n1823\\n1827\\nJohn Forsyth\\n1827\\n1829\\nGeorge E. Gilmer\\nu\\n1829\\n(C\\n1831\\nWilliam Lumpkin\\nu\\n1831\\nu\\n1835\\nWilliam Schley\\n16, 1835\\nu\\n1837\\nG. E. Gilmer\\n1837\\n1839\\nPresident of the Executive Council,\\nt President of the Senate.\\nPresident of the Senate, Governor ad interim.\\nPresident of the Senate, Governor ad interim.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "162\\nMEMBERS OF CONGRESS.\\nClias. J. McDonald\\nG. W. Crawford\\nG. W. Towns\\nHowell Cobb\\nH. V. Johnson\\nJoseph E. Brown\\n1839\\n1843\\n1845\\n1847\\n1847\\n1851\\n1851\\n1853\\n1853\\n1857\\n1857\\n1861\\nMembers of Congress from Georgia, from 1774 to\\n1788.\\nAbrn in Baldwin, 1785 88\\nNathan Brownson, 1776 78\\nArch bkl Bullock, 1775 76\\nJoseph Clay, 1778 80\\nTxr-iT -c^ 1780 82\\nWilliam Few, 1^35 ,39\\nAVilliam Gibbons, 1784 86\\nButton Gwinnette, 1776 77\\nJohn Habersham, 1785 86\\nLyman Hall, 1775 79\\nJohn Houston, 1775 77\\nWilliam Houston, 1784 87\\nRichard Howley,\\nN. W. Jones,\\nEd. Langworthy,\\nW. Pierce,\\nEdward Telfair,\\nGeorge Walton,\\nJoseph Wood,\\nJohn J. Zubly,\\n1780 81\\n1775 76\\n1781 \u00c2\u00bb83\\n1777 79\\n1786 87\\n1777 79\\n1780 83\\n1776 79\\n1780 81\\n1777 79\\n1775 76\\nSenators from 1789 to 1860.\\n*A. Baldwin,\\n*John M. Berrien,\\n*Wm. W. Bibb,\\n*Wm. B. Bullock,\\n*Thos. W. Cobb,\\n*Wm. H. Crawford,\\n*John Elliott,\\nWilliam Few,\\n*J. Forsyth, -j\\n*James Gunn,\\n*James Jackson,\\n1799 07\\n1825 29\\n1813 16\\n1813 13\\n1824 28\\n1807 13\\n1819 25\\n1789 93\\n1818 19\\n1829 37\\n1789 90\\n1791 01\\n1793 95\\n1801 06\\n*George Jones,\\n*John Milledge,\\n*01iver H. Prince,\\n*Charles Tait,\\n*Josiah Tattnall,\\n*G. M. Troup, I\\n*Freeraan Walker,\\n*John Walker,\\n*George Walton,\\n*Nicholas Ware,\\nJohn P. King,\\n*Alfred Cuthbert,\\nWilson Lumpkins,\\n07\\n09\\n29\\n19\\n99\\n18\\n35\\n21\\n91\\n1795 96\\n1821 24\\n1834 38\\n1835 43\\n1838 41\\n1857\\n1806\\n182S\\n1809\\n1796\\n1816\\n1829\\n1819\\n1790\\nDeceased.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "REPRESENTATIVES.\\n163\\nW. T. Colquitt, 1843 49 R. M. Charlton, 1852\\n*J. M. P. Berrien, 1847 52 Alfred Iverson, j Present\\n*W. C. Dawson, 1849 55 R. A. Toombs, Senators.\\nMepresentatives from 1789.\\n*Joel Abbott,\\n*A Baldwin,\\n*William Barnett,\\n^William W. Bibb,\\nJoseph Bryan,\\n*Thos. P. Carnes,\\n*George Cary,\\n*A. S. Clayton,\\n*Howell Cobb,\\n*T. W. Cobb. -j\\n*Zadock Cook,\\n*Joel Crawford,\\n*A. Cuthbert,\\nJohn A. Cuthbert,\\n*Peter Early,\\n*John Floyd,\\n*J. Forsyth,\\n*Tonilinson Fort,\\n*Thos. F. Foster,\\n*Geo. R. Gilmer,\\n*Bolling Hall,\\n*Sam l Hammond,\\n*Chas. E. H lynes,\\n1817\\n1789\\n1812\\n1806\\n1803\\n1793\\n1823\\n1831\\n1807\\n1817\\n1823\\n1817\\n1817\\n1814\\n1821\\n1819\\n1802\\n1827\\n1813\\n1823\\n1827\\n1829\\n1821\\n1827\\n1833\\n1811\\n1803\\n1825\\n25\\n99\\n15\\n14\\n06\\n95\\n27\\n25\\n12\\n21\\n24\\n19\\n21\\n17\\n27\\n21\\n07\\n29\\n18\\n27\\n29\\n35\\n23\\n29\\n35\\n17\\n05\\n31\\n*James Jackson,\\n*James Jones,\\nHenry G. Lamar,\\nW. Lumpkin, -j\\n*Geo. Matthews,\\n*D. Merriwether,\\nJas. Merriwether,\\n*John Milledge,\\n*Daniel Newnan,\\n*Robert R. Reid,\\n*Dennis Smelt,\\n*Thos, Spalding,\\n*Benj. Taliaferro,\\n*Ed. F. Tattnall,\\n*Thomas Telfair,\\n*William Terrell,\\n*Wiley Thompson,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^George M. Troup\\n*Anthony Wayne,\\nJames M. Wayne,\\n*Francis Willis,\\n*R. H. Wilde,\\nJulius C. Alford,\\n1789\\n1799\\n1829\\n1815\\n1827\\n1789\\n1802\\n1825\\n1792\\n1795\\n1801\\n1831\\n1818\\n1806\\n1805\\n1799\\n1821\\n1813\\n1817\\n1821\\n1807\\n1791\\n1829\\n1791\\n1815\\n1824\\n1827\\n1836\\n91\\n01\\n33\\n17\\n31\\n91\\n07\\n27\\n93\\n99\\n02\\n33\\n23\\n11\\n06\\n02\\n27\\n17\\n21\\n33\\n15\\n92\\n30\\n93\\n17\\n25\\n33\\n37\\nMembers of the 23 7 Congress (1833- 35.) *A. S. Clayton,\\n*John Coffee, *T. F. Foster, *R. L. Gamble, *G. R. Gilmer,\\nSeaborn Jones, Wm. Soliley, J. M. Wayne, *R. H. Wilde.\\nDeceased.", "height": "3441", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "164 MEMBEKS OF CONGRESS.\\nMembers of the 24(h Congress (1835- 37.) Jesse F.\\nCleveland, *John Coffee, *Thos. Glascock. Seaton Grantland,\\n*CJiarles E. Haynes, Hopkins Halsey, Jabez Jackson, Geo.\\nW. Owens, *George W. B. Townes.\\nMembers of the 25th Congress (1837- 39.) *Thomas\\nGlascock, J. F. Cleveland, Seaton Grantland, Charles E.\\n*Haynes, Hopkins Halsey, Jabez Jackson, G. W. Owens, *G.\\nW. B. Townes, *W. C. Dawson.\\nMembers of the 2Qth Congress (1839- 41.) Julius C. Al-\\nford, E. J. Black, *W. T. Colquitt, Mark A. Cooper, R. W.\\nHabasham, Thos. B. King, E. A. Nesbit, Lott Warren.\\nMembers of the Tith Congress (1841- 43.) E. J. Black,\\n*W. T. Colquitt, Mark A. Cooper, *Thos. F. Foster, *Roger\\nL. Gamble, R. W. Habasham, T. B. King, *J. A. Merri-\\nwether, L. Warren.\\nMembers of the 28th Congress (1843- 45.) E. J. Black,\\nA. H. Chappell, *D. L. Clinch, Howell Cobb, *Hugh A.\\nHarralson, *John H. Lumpkins, A. H. Stephens, Wm. H.\\nStiles.\\nMembers of the 2Uh Congress (1845- 47.) Howell Cobb,\\n*H. A. Harralson, Seaborn Jones, Thos. B- King, *John H.\\nLumpkin, A. H. Stephens, Robert A. Toombs, *George W.\\nTownes.\\nMembers of the ^Oth Congress (1847- 49.) How^ell Cobb,\\nH. A. Harralson, Alfred Iverson, John W, Jones, Thos. B.\\nKing, *J. H. Lumpkin, A. H. Stephens, Robert A. Toombs.\\nMembers of the ^\\\\st Congress (1849- 51.) Howell Cobb,\\nThos. C Hackett, H. A. Harralson, T. B. King, Allen J.\\nOwen, A. H. Stephens, Robert A. Toombs, M. J. Welborn.\\nMembers of the ^2d Congress (1851- 53.) David J. Bai-\\nley, Jackson, E. W. Chastain, Toccoa, Junius Hillyer,\\nMonroe, Joseph W. Jackson, Savannah, Jas. Johnson, Co-\\nlumbus, Chas. Murphy, Decatur, A. H. Stephens, Robert\\nToombs.\\nMembers of the Mth Congress (1853- 55.) Howell Cobb,\\nM. Crawford, Nathaniel Greene Foster, *John H. Lumpkin,\\nJas. L. Sew^ard, A. H. Stephens, R. P. Trippe, Hiram War-\\nner.", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS. 165\\nMembers of the S5th Congress (1855- 57.) Martin Craw-\\nford, Lucius Gartrell, Joshua Hill, Jas. Jackson, Jas. L. Sew-\\nard, A. H, Stephens, R. P. Trippe, Augustus Wright.\\nMembers of the SQth Co?tgress (1857- 59.) M. Crawford,\\nColumbus L. Gartrell, Atlanta Thos. Hardraan, Macon\\nJoshua Hill, Madison Jas. Jackson, Athens John J.\\nJones, Waynesboro Peter Early Love, Thomasville J.\\nW. Underwood, Rome.\\nJudges of the Supreme Court. Established in 1845.\\nJoseph Henry Lumpkin, Dec, 1845 Hiram Warner,\\nDec, 1845 Eugenius A. Nesbit, Dec, 1845 Ebenezer\\nStarnes, July, 1853 Henry L. Benning, Nov., 1853 Chas.\\nJ. McDonald, Jan., 1856.\\nPresent members. Lumpkin, R. F. Lyon, and one va-\\ncancy. Judge McDonald resigned in 1859, and Linton\\nStephens was appointed by the Governor, and he resigned.\\nLyon was elected in December, 1859 vice Judge Benning,\\nPhiladelphia^ 1776. Subscribers to the Declaration of\\nIndependence Button Gwinnette, Lyman Hall, George\\nWalton.\\nPhiladelphia^ 1778. Who subscribed the Articles of\\nConfederation Edward Langworthy, Edward Telfair,\\nJohn Walton.\\nPhiladelphia^ 1787. Framers of the Constitution of the\\nUnited States Abraham Baldwin, William Few, William\\nPierce, George Walton, William Houston, Nathaniel Pen-\\ndleton.\\nThe Press- 1837.\\nThe first press, says Dr. Holmes, in his Annals of\\nAmerica, set up in this country, was at Cambridge,\\nMass., in 1639 the first thing printed was the Freeman s\\nOath the second was an Almanac, and the third the\\nPsalms of David, newly turned into metre.\\nWe cannot be so minute in our statements in regard to\\nthe Georgia Press. About 1762 or 3, a paper was pub-\\nlished in Savannah, called the Georgia Gazette, by James\\nJohnson. This expired in 99. 1775 there was still but", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "166 THE PRESS.\\none paper in the State. In 1810 there were thirteen.\\nNow there are eighteen weekly, semi-weekly, and daily\\npapers published.\\nAs a people we have been too much engaged in pursuits\\nnecessary to a livelihood, to write books or to read them.\\n1. Augusta Chronicle. This paper was established\\nabout 1785, now issuing its 44th volume, by J. E. Smith.\\nIt has passed through several owners, and now published\\nby A. H, Pemberton, who offers it for sale.\\n2. Savannah Republican^ established in 1798, by Lyon\\nMorse. Now conducted by Frederick S. Fell.\\n3. Washington News^ established in 1800, by Alexan-\\nder M Millan, and called Washington Gazette. In\\n1801 it was conducted by Capt. D. P. Hillhouse, and call-\\ned Monitor. In 1820 it took its present name, and\\nwas edited by Mr. Gieu. In 1827, Mr. Pasteur assumed\\nthe duties of its editor.\\n4. Georgia Journal, established in 1809, by Seaton\\nGrantland in 1819, Camac k Hines were the conduct-\\nors in 1823, Camac Ragland, who now conduct it.\\nNumiber issued, 2,500.\\n5. Savanyiah Georgian., established in 1818, by a socie-\\nty of gentlemen. George Harny, Editor. Now conduct-\\ned by Robinson Bevan.\\n6. Southern Recorder^ established in 1820, by Grant-\\nland k Orme, who now conduct it. Number issued, 2,000.\\n7. Georgia Messenger^ established 18th March, 1823, by\\nMajor Matthew Robertson. Now conducted by Rose k\\nSlade, price $3. Number issued, 700. The press with\\nwhich this paper was commenced had been used to print\\nthe Louisville Gazette, a paper established at Louisville,\\nsay 1796, by Day k Healy. It was changed to Ameri-\\ncan Advocate. Then by Wheeler to the Columbian\\nAdvocate. Wheeler died insolvent. In 1820 Major\\nRobinson bought the press and type for $30, at auction,\\nand conducted a paper, called the Sentinel^^ a while, and\\nthen exchanged the old types for new, in Philadelphia.\\nBrought the press to Macon, and commenced the Geor-\\ngia Messenger with it, and having purchased a new one,", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS. 167\\nbroke it in pieces. It was an oak press, and made in Eng-\\nland.\\n8. Constitutionalist, established in Jnlj, 1823, by Wil-\\nliam J. Bunce, who now publishes it, on Tuesdays and\\nFridays.\\n9. Athenian, established in 1827, by O. P. Shaw.\\nNumber issued, 500. This paper was called the Colum-\\nbian Sentinel, in 1824, and conducted by P. Eobinson.\\n10. Statesman and Patriot, established in 1827, by E.\\nH. Burrett. The Patriot, established in 1822, and\\nGeorgia Statesman, in 1825, were amalgamated to form\\ntbe Statesman and Patriot.\\n11. Georgia Courier^ established in May, 1826, by\\nBrantly k Clarke, now conducted by J. Gr. M Whorter,\\nand published on Mondays and Thursdays.\\n12. Hancock Advertiser, established in 1826, by J. P.\\nNorton, conducted by the same price $2 in advance.\\n18. Macon Telegraphy established in 1826, by M. Bart-\\nlett, now conducted by the same. Number issued, 700.\\nPrice, $3 in advance.\\n14. Columbus Enquirer, established in 1827, by M. B.\\nLamar. Price, $3 in advance. Number issued 600.\\n15. Jackson JRejoublican, established at McDonough, in\\n1827, by Minor.\\n16. Rural Cabinet^ established in 1828, by P. Eobin-\\nson.\\n17. Savannah Mercury, established in 1828, by C. E.\\nBartlett.\\n18. Darien Phoenix, established in 1829.\\nNewspapers^ 1859.\\n1. Dailies.\\nState Press Macon.\\nChronicle and Sentinel\\n1, Augusta.\\n2. Tri- Weeklies.\\nEvening Dispatch,\\ndo\\nPatriot, Marietta.\\nConstitutionalist,\\ndo\\nAdvocate, do\\nEepublican,\\nSavannah.\\nNational American, Atlanta.\\nMorning News,\\ndo\\n3. Semi- Weeklies.\\nTimes,\\nColumbus.\\nSouthern Confederacy, Atlanta.\\nEnquirer,\\ndo\\n4. Weeklies.\\nSua\\ndo\\nTemperance Crusader, Atlanta.\\nIntelligencer,\\nAtlanta.\\nGa. Telegraph, Macon.", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "168\\nMINERAL SPRINGS.\\nGa. Citizen, Macon.\\nJournal Messenger, do\\nChristian Index, do\\nFederal Union, Milledgeville.\\nSouthern Recorder, do\\nS. Com. Advertiser, Rome.\\nCourier, do\\nS. Western News, Americus.\\nSumter Republican, do\\nAlbany Patriot, Albany.\\nNorth Ga. Times. Dalton.\\nAmerican Union, Griffin.\\nDemocrat, do.\\nEmpire State, do.\\nMiddle Georgian, do.\\nAmerican Citizen, Westpoint.\\nSouthern Banner, Athens.\\nSouthern Watchman, do\\nIndependent Blade, Newnan.\\nBanner Sentinel, do\\nArgus, Bainbridge.\\nSouthern Georgian, do\\nPalladium, Lumpkin.\\nStandard, Cassville.\\nDemocratic Platform, Calhoun.\\nWaynesboro News, Waynesboro.\\nSouthern Enterprise, Thomasville.\\nWire Grass Reporter, do\\nWeekly Gazette, Greensboro\\nS. Ga. Watchman, Troupville.\\nWilkes Republican, Washington.\\nPulaski Times, Hawkinsvillc.\\nCentral Georgian, iSandersville.\\nEducational Journal, Forsyth.\\nIndependent Press, Rock Mount n\\nA few others have been\\nmade out.\\nUpson Pilot,\\nCuthbert Reporter,\\nExpress,\\nJournal,\\nNews,\\nWeekly Visitor,\\nMountain Signal,\\nS. Field Fireside,\\nCorner Stone,\\nHerald,\\nLiterary Casket,\\nTimes,\\nExpress,\\nNineteenth Century\\nStar of the South.\\nThomaston.\\nCuthbert.\\nCartersville.\\nClarkesville.\\nLawrence ville.\\nMadison.\\nDahlonega.\\nAugusta.\\nColumbus.\\nBrunswick.\\nFayetteville.\\nCovington.\\nRingold.\\nFort Valley.\\nElberton.\\nMacoi^.\\ndo\\nAugusta,\\ndo\\n5. Bi- Monthly\\nSpiritualist,\\nChampion,\\n6\\nSouthern Cultivator\\nBusiness Director,\\nS. Med. and Surg. Journal, do\\nSavannah Journal of Medicine, Sa-\\nvannah.\\nSouth Countryman, Marietta.\\nMedical Journal, Atlanta.\\nProgressionist, Newnan.\\nCollege Miscellany, (Female,) Cov-\\nington.\\nFly Leaf, (Female,) Newnan-,\\nUniversity Magazine, Athens.\\nOne at Newnan, by Davis.\\ndo at Waresboro\\ndo at Elberton.\\nestablished since this list was\\nMineral Springs. There are several of this kind, that\\nare much celebrated for their healing virtues.\\nThe Indian Springs, in Butts county, 7 m. W. of the\\nOcmulgee, in the fork of two creeks. The chief ingredi-\\nent in the waters is sulphur, though they contain many\\nothers, and are considered infallible in the most obsti-\\nnate cases of rheumatism. They are said also to be a rem-\\nedy for the gravel; they cure all cutaneous disorders,\\nand are efficacious in removinor the effects of a too liber-", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "MINEKAL SPRINGS. x 169\\nal use of calomel. This is at present the most fashion-\\nable watering-place in the State. From 600 to 800 are\\nfrequently here at a time. There are several large hotels,\\ncapable of accommodating 1500 f)ersons, besides 30 or 40\\ncabins, which are comfortable buildings, and rented\\nevery year to one or more families. The treaty by\\nwhich the late purchase was acquired, was concluded at\\nthis place.\\nMadison Springs, in Madison county, are 23 m. N. W.\\nAthens, 7 N. W. Danielsville. The waters are strongly\\nimpregnated with iron, and are effectual in the cure of\\nrheumatism, and cutaneous disorders. This has been a\\nfashionable resort, but is not at present so much fre-\\nquented as the Indian Springs. Here is a spacious ho-\\ntel, capable of affording accommodation to 150, or 200\\npersons. Several lots have been purchased of the pro-\\nprietor, and comfortable houses erected on them for a\\nsummer residence. A school is kept here during the\\nsummer season. People in search of health can find no\\npurer water, nor healthier climate than are found in this\\nsection. The soil is very poor around the Springs.\\nFranklin Springs are 8 m. N. of the above, in Frank-\\nlin county and the quality of the water is quite similar.\\nHere are several cabins, and many persons resort here to\\nspend the sultry season.\\nIn the neighborhood of Athens are several springs\\nhighly impregnated with iron; so much so, as to render\\nthe water quite unpalatable.\\nIn Wilkes is also a spring, which formerly was a place\\nof considerable resort.\\nCobb s Mineral Spring in Jefferson, has been visited\\nby many.\\nIn Greene are several springs, having much chalybeate\\nin their waters.\\nIn Wayne county are also mineral springs.\\nIn Taliaferro is a spring.\\nIn Pike, near the Flint river, is one called the Thunder-\\ning Spring. The waters have effected cures in several ob-\\nstinate cases of rheumatism.\\n8", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "170 SUMMER RETREATS, ETC.\\nGordon^ Springs, near Taylor s Eidge, some 8 m. S. of\\nTunnelville, in S. W. cor. of White-field county, formerly\\nWalker, are much celebrated. The accommodations are\\nample hundreds of persons spend the hot months in\\nthis cool shady valley. Here are some 20 springs; some\\nare chalybeate, strongly tinctured with iron, some are\\nsulphur, and some magnesia. From Taylor s Eidge, just\\nby, the eye can see into North Carolina, Tennessee, and\\nAlabama. A view here, of the charming and wonderful\\nscenery, is worth a visit, if you have to travel 1000\\nmiles.\\nCatoosa Springs are some 2 m. N. of Eingold, in Ca-\\ntoosa county the buildings are elegant, the mountain\\nscenery, as around Gordon s, is most romantic and de-\\nlightful. About 50 springs are in this valley, all of a\\nmineral character they used to be called Eed Sulphur\\nSprings.\\nCohutta Springs are in Murray, on the waters of the\\nConnesauga, 10 m. N. E. Court-house. Many persons\\nvisit these waters, though not so accessible as the others.\\nPowder Sp7 ings, in Cobb, 12 m. from Marietta, in the\\nWestern part. Here is a pretty village, with Academy,\\nMethodist and Baptist houses of worship. Incorporated\\nin 1838.\\nIn almost every county in the Cherokee country, e.,\\nall N. W. Chattahoochee river, there are springs of va-\\nrious medicinal qualities.\\nSummer Retreats, Objects of Am.usement, c.\\nThese are numerous, and full of interest. It is not nec-\\nessary that we pack off to the North, to kill the ennui\\noccasioned by our long summers there are objects of\\ninterest enough in our own State, to detain every patri-\\not. Let us enumerate some.\\n1. The Madison and Indian springs; Warm springs,\\nand Chalybeate, and Limestone springs, in all the upper\\npart of our State most of them are in spots as healthy\\nas any part of this globe.", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "SUMMER RETREATS, ETC. 171\\n2. There are the Kock, and Currahee mountains;\\nToccoa, and Tallulah falls; Nickojack, and Walker\\ncaves; and water- falls, and cascades, and caves, and\\nmountains, and valleys, all over Cherokee country.\\n8. Then Clarkesville, Gainesville, Cassville, Eome,\\nand other villages, furnish healthy and pleasant places\\nfor visitors. Limestone and Chalybeate springs abound\\nnear all those places.\\nShould it be said, polite people cannot be entertained\\nat those places, let it be remembered that for fifty years,\\nthere was but one old Indian hut at the Saratoga\\nSprings, the most fashionable watering-place in the world,\\nnow containing a population of some 2,000. If you do\\nnot spend your summers in the up-country, you cannot\\nexpect the citizens to make preparations for you try it\\none season, and make out the best you can, promising to\\nreturn the next, and your accommodations will be greatly\\nimproved. Several reasons urge this course now, viz:\\nthat you spend your money in your own State you can\\nhave your own servants with you, without the danger of\\na mob. Again, railroads will be convenient, in a short\\ntime, for travelling all over the State.\\nFor the benefit of those who have not enjoyed your\\nlow country polite society, and who are rather awkward,\\nclownish hosts, in the commencement, the following old\\nletter, addressed to a daughter, just commencing a pub-\\nlic house, is inserted:\\nHome, July, 1783.\\nDear Bess Entering on a new sphere of business, you will need ad-\\nvise. I am an old traveller, and know how to give it. The following\\nremarks regard your treatment of genteel company others will not ex-\\npect so much attention\\n1. Let your house be kept neat. Have your furniture, and rooms,\\nbrushed and wiped every morning.\\n2. Keep scrapers at the outside doors, and mats at every door.\\n3. Let your beds have clean sheets for every vLsitor: this is indispensa-\\nble.\\n4. Let your bedsteads be cleansed every March, and you will be sel-\\ndom troubled with multipedes if you should be, use quicksilver and\\ntallow.\\n5. Have your cooking done free from coals and ashes frequently\\nlet your ham and chickens be broiled, instead of fried.", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "172 COTTON FACTORIES.\\n6. Travellers like strong coffee, and well settled but they cannot en-\\ndure smoky, or greasy tea.\\n7. Let your water bucket stand so high, that your children shall not\\ndabble in it.\\n8. Keep a spit-box in each room this will teach vulgar people that\\nthe floors were not made to spit on.\\n9. In a large establishment, you may have two or three large rooms,\\nwith several beds but, as a general thing, have small rooms, and single\\nbeds.\\n10. Teach all around you to perform their duty in a silent manner\\nlet each know the particular ring of the bell for him.\\n11. Let it be the business of one, to receive strangers, and show them\\nthe common entrance room.\\n12. Don t allow your children to examine the baggage of your guests\\nnor to belch up wind at the tab e.\\n13. If you are intent on keeping a still, genteel house, noisy, vulgar\\npeople will soon take the hint, and leave your worthy guests.\\n14. Furnish your public rooms with some good books, geographical,\\nand descriptive works, and papers for the season.\\n15. If you clear expenses the first season, you should be satisfied for\\nI am certain, unless you have greatly changed for the worse, since you\\nleft my roof, your winning manners will secure the return of old guests,\\nand each will bring a new one for the next year.\\nIf you follow the above directions, and such suggestions as will nat-\\nurally arise in your inquisitive mind, your guests will always leave you\\nwith regret, and hasten to return to your well-managed establishment.\\nYour loving Father,\\nJOSHUA CLIFFORD.\\nCotton Factories.\\nFactories. Factories to make cotton and woollen cloths\\nhave been established in two or three counties; but^ow;\\ning to the liigh price of labor, they have been but short-\\nlived. Since the late tariff, however, they have begun\\nto start up in several places.\\nIn 1810, the Wilkes Manufacturing Company was in-\\ncorporated, with a capital of $10,000. About this time,\\none was brought into operation on Little river, in Mor-\\ngan, but they were short-lived. About 1828, one was\\nerected 4 miles below Athens, on the Oconee, by Judge\\nClayton and others, and it was found profitable. In 1830,\\nanother was erected at Athens, which was burned soon\\nafter its operations were commenced; it was, however,\\nrebuilt. After this, the number began to increase, and\\nthe capital invested has been very productive.", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "COTTON FACTOKIES. 173\\nThe following is the best list to be procured (1837)\\n1 four miles below Athens.\\n1 at Athens.\\n1 two miles south-west of Athens, on the middle branch\\nof the Oconee.\\n1 twelve miles west of Athens, on the Appalachee, at\\nthe high shoals.\\n1 eighteen miles below Athens, in Greene, at the Scull\\nshoals on the Oconee.\\n1 three miles west of Eatonton, on Little river.\\n2 in Upson county, on Potatoe creek.\\n1 three miles above Columbus, on the Chattahoochee.\\n2 ten miles south-west of Augusta, on Spirit creek.\\nOne of these was in Jefferson county, but removed.\\n1 on the Ogechee, nine miles above the shoals, in War-\\nren. This is owned by Mr. Shivers.\\n1 in Newton county, three miles south-west of Coving-\\nton, on Yellow river.\\n1 in Upson has but 500 spindles, the other 1,000. The\\nothers are all probably larger. That near Eatonton con-\\nsumes about 600 bags of cotton annually about half the\\nproducts is sold in yarn, and half in cloth. Much of the\\ncloth is heavy, say two yards to the pound. The num-\\nber of spindles is 1,920, besides a mule and a machine to\\ncard wool. A good deal of winter cloth, with cotton\\nwarp and woollen woof, is made, and sells rapidly. Price\\nof the woollen is about 45 cents; of the coarse cotton, 17\\nto 18.\\nManufactures. Leather, shoes, hats, carriages, saddles,\\ncabinet work, cotton and woollen cloths, c., are manu-\\nfactured throughout the State. But little is manufac-\\ntured in the southern section, even for the blacks but\\nhomespun in the upper sections is worn by the most\\nwealthy and respectable inhabitants. Much, however, is\\nimported for every part of the State.\\nThe Governor s Secretary writes, (1859,) that the num-\\nber of factories is estimated at about 60. After examina-\\ntion from books and papers, only about 43 could be found.\\nEstimated in 1855 at 43 Chattagoo, 1 Clarke, 3, and a", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "174 COTTON FACTORIES.\\npaper-mill Cobb and Milton, 2, and a paper-mill Butts\\n1 Baldvv^in, 1 Bibb, 1 Campbell, 1 Hancock, 1\\nHouston, 1 Greene, 2 Merriwether, 1 Morgan, 1\\nMuscogee, 4, and a paper-mill Newton, 3 Upson, 4\\nPutnam, 1 Eichmond, 4 Troup, 1. Woollen facto\\nries in Jones, Jackson, and other counties some cotton\\nfactories not reported.\\nGoal Mmes. Col. M. A. Cooper s and Rev. Zach. Gor-\\ndon s are in the north part of Dade this coal is bitumi-\\nnous, not anthracite but excellent for fires and for work-\\ning railroad iron. Col. Cooper has constructed a railroad\\n5 miles long from the State road to his iron-works.\\nThe Slate Quarry in Polk county is a most valuable\\nacquisition. It is situated about 20 miles south-west of\\nCartersville, which is on our State railroad, and the slate\\ncan be laid down at your door on the railroads at from\\n$10 to $12 per square of 100 feet. No public building\\nthat contains valuable property, or records, should be\\ncovered with shingles. The proprietors pledge them-\\nselves to furnish it as cheap as a tin roof Address J. F.\\nDever, Yanwert. S. Jones also has a quarry near.\\nMarble Quarries are found in Pickens and several other\\ncounties. Statuary marble^ said to be as good and polish\\nas beautifully as any in Italy, is found in Pickens, near\\nHarnageville, south-east part. Rock mountain affords\\nmuch marble Richmond produces large quantities.\\nIron-Works. Etow^ah and Altoona Iron works are\\nin Cass. In Murray and other counties iron is wrought.\\nThe number of tons could not be ascertained; many\\nthousands.\\nThere were forges to melt ore and make iron years\\ngone by at the fork of Briar creek, in Warren, in Jackson,\\nand other places but the matter declined entirely till since\\n1830. Near Clarksville is a forge, where thousands of\\ntons are prepared every year. The Cherokee country\\nis said to abound in iron ore copper in Cass and others.\\nThe Atlanta Rolling Mill. Messrs. Blake, Scofield\\nMarkham are the proprietors and operators of the Atlanta\\n(Ga.) Rolling Mill. A correspondent of the Albany (Ga.)", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "REVOLUTIONARY FACTS. 175\\nPatriot furnislies the following relative to their enter-\\nprise\\nTheir business is the re-rolling of wornout railroad\\niron. Capital invested, $125,000. They employ 130\\nhands, and work night and day. They burn 32 tons of\\ncoal per day, costing $5 per ton. They roll 30 tons of\\niron per day, which pays $30 per ton. They pay Mark\\nA. Cooper for new iron for working with old rails, about\\n$2,500 per month. They pay hands every two weeks\\nfrom $1,800 to $2,500. The power used is two engines,\\none of 100 horse-power, and the other of 24 horse-power.\\nCopper Mines are found in Fannin, Cherokee, and other\\ncounties. In Cherokee they are wrought and well reward\\nthe proprietors.\\nGold was first discovered in Habersham about 1828.\\nThe work was prosecuted, and, by the summer of 18S0,\\n$230,000 worth was obtained in Habersham, Hall, and\\nCherokee counties. Parts of the Cherokee country were\\ndivided into 40-acre lots the balance into squares of\\n202 1- acres. The counties where the principal part of\\nthe gold has been found, are Lumpkin and Carroll, though\\nin those contiguous, considerable quantities have been\\ndug. One 40-acre lot in Lumpkin was sold by the for-\\ntunate drawer for $30,000\\nThe value of the gold dug in the State, and carried to\\nthe mint in Philadelphia, up to 1832, was $528,000;\\namount dug in the last twenty years estimated at\\n$8,000,000.\\nSee Mineral Resources,\\nRevolutionary Facts.\\n1773. Doctor Franklin was appointed agent to rep-\\nresent the wants and wishes of the Colony, in Great\\nBritain.\\n1774, January. Sherrill s Fort was attacked by a\\nparty of Creeks.\\nJuly 14. A publication, requesting the people to as-\\nsemble in Savannah, appears in the Georgia Gazette:", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "176 REVOLUTIONARY FACTS.\\nthe object was, to enter into such resolutions as other\\nProvinces had in regard to the hostile attitude of -Great\\nBritain.\\nAugust 10. The people met the third time, and ap-\\npointed a committee to receive subscriptions for the suf-\\nfering citizens of Boston.\\n1775, January 18. Deputies met in Savannah, on\\nthe subject of grievances from the crown, but accom-\\nplished nothing.\\nMarch 21. Dr. Lyman Hall was elected to Congress\\nby the inhabitants chiefly of Liberty county.\\nJuly 15. Delegates met at Savannah, and chose six\\nmembers to Congress.\\nNovember 25. Snow fell 18 inches deep.\\n1776. Col. John Baker marches to St. Mary s, in\\norder to dislodge a band of loyalists, but, by the treachery\\nol two men, who stole most of the horses in the night,\\nthe expedition was unsuccessful.\\nCol. Jack destroys the crops and houses of the Chero-\\nkecs, on Tugalo and Chattahoochee rivers they had\\npreviously murdered many families. Capt. Clarke, in\\nescorting provisions for Jack s army, is attacked by a\\nbody of Indians, but, after an hour s contest, they were\\ncompelled to retreat.\\n1777, February 17.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fort Mcintosh, on the St. Ilia,\\nwas attacked by Cols. Brown, Cunningham, and McGirth,\\nand was nobly defended by Capt. Bichard Winn. He\\nafterwards surrendered, and being left exposed, as he\\nfeared, to the Indians, he aroused his men in the night\\nand reached Fort Howe.\\nIn this month the Constitution of the State is formed,\\nby a Convention at Savannah.\\nMr. Bullock dies, and Mr. Gwinnette is elected Gov-\\nernor. Disputes between the Governor and Gen. Lachlan\\nMcintosh.\\nCols. Baker and Elbert meditate an expedition against\\nSt. Augustine, and pass beyond the St. Mary s. Com-\\npelled to retreat without effecting their purpose.\\nJuly. Indian s kill Delk s family near Ogechee river.", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "REVOLUTIOKARY FACTS. 177\\n1778. Unsuccessful attack upon the enemy near Alli-\\ngator creek.\\nNovember. Battle at Midway, and Gen. Scriven kill-\\ned. Col. White pursued by the British at the Midway\\nMeeting-house wrote a letter, which fell into the hands\\nof the British commander, and so alarmed him that they\\ndared not pursue the Americans much further, though\\nthey were double in number.\\nNovember 25. Col. John Mcintosh is requested to\\nsurrender the fort at Sunbury, but he answered Col.\\nFuser, Come and take it but this he did not attempt,\\nbut retreated towards Florida.\\nDecember. British ships appear off Tybee. John\\nMilton, Secretary of State, is ordered to remove the public\\nrecords they are taken in boats to Purysburgh. It was\\nsupposed the British had abandoned their intention of\\nattacking Savannah, and the records were ordered to be\\nreturned but Milton disobeyed the order, and soon the\\nfleet is seen off our coast Savannah is taken.\\n1779, January. Sunbury is taken by Provost.\\nFebruary. Battle at Burke Jail. Brown commanded\\nthe British, and was twice defeated by Twiggs and Few.\\nAugusta falls into the hands of the British.\\nBattle at Kettle creek.\\nMarch. General Ash defeated on Briar creek.\\nJune. Col. Twiggs defeats Mullen on Ogechee, and\\nMcGirth on Buckhead creek, in Burke.\\nOctober. The Americans, assisted by a French fleet,\\nattack Savannah, but are repulsed with great loss. Pu-\\nlaski and Jasper are killed.\\n1780, September. First siege of Augusta, under Col.\\nClarke it proved unsuccessful.\\n1781, May. Stores, ammunition, c., taken from the\\nBritish, by Capt. Kudolph, at Fort Galphin, several\\nmiles below Augusta.\\nJune 5. Augusta surrendered to Capt. Kudolph.\\n8#", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "178 EECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.\\nReceipts and Disbursements at the Treasury.\\nOf the receipts into the Treasury during the fiscal year\\n1859, there was received\\nOn account of the General Tax, 1858 $379,614 84\\nNet earnings of the W. A. Railroad. 420,000 00\\nTax on Bank Stock 33,417 52\\nDividends on Bank Stocks 25,005 00\\nTax on Railroads 8,026 56\\nTax on Lotteries 2,000 00\\nReceipts from U. S. Military Claims 5,323 09\\nGeneral Tax, 1859 1,500 00\\nFrom miscellaneous items 6,883 93\\nSale of Bonds to the Atlantic and Gulf Rail-\\nroad 151,108 33\\nTotal Receipts $1,032,879 27\\nAdd to this balance the available funds in\\nthe Treasury, 21st October, 1858 130,354 65\\nAnd we have a total fund of $1,163,233 92\\nIt will be seen that the increased receipts of the\\nWestern and Atlantic Railroad, this year over last, are\\n$220,000.\\nOf the disbursements of the Treasury during the same\\ntime, there has been paid\\nOn account of Civil Establishment, 1858. $15,507 13\\nContingent fund, 1858 5,818 30\\nPrinting fund, 1858 1,867 02\\nPoor School fund, 1858 29,569 00\\nCivil Establishment, 1859.. 48,841 32\\nContingent fund, 1859 9,045 92\\nPrinting fund, 1859 17,203 00\\nOver-payments, 1859 8,145 24\\nFor pay of members and officers of Legis-\\nlature, 95,529 40\\nFor redemption of the Public Debt not due, 99,250 00\\ndo do do due, 50,565 00", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "RECEIPTS AND DISBU-RSEMENTS. 179\\nFor interest on do do 138,677 48\\nsubscription to Atlantic Gulf Rail d 150,000 00\\nLunatic Asylum\u00e2\u0080\u0094 for buildings 14,500 00\\ndo do pay of Com rs of build-\\nings 5,oeo 00\\ndo support of pauper patients 9,577 83\\ndo salary of superintendent. 1,800 00\\ndo do officers and ser-\\nvants 10,000 00\\nDeaf and Dumb Asylum for support\\nof pupils 9,000 00\\nAcademy for the Blind\u00e2\u0080\u0094 for buildings 30,000 00\\ndo do support of pupils 5,000 00\\nPenitentiary\u00e2\u0080\u0094 for buildings 15,000 00\\nGeorgia Military Institute, support of\\ncadets 2,000 00\\nTaking State census, 1859 22,835 87\\nFor purchase from the Penitentiary of\\ngood Bonds of Rail ds of other States 36,750 91\\nPenitentiary for purchase of provi-\\nsions 2,500 00\\nother miscellaneous appropriations, 45,482 50\\nTotal $874,465 92", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "180 THE PUBLIC DEBT IN BONDS.\\nThe Public Debt\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in Bonds.\\nSince the payment of the bonds due this year, and the\\nredemption, by order of your Excellency, of $99,250 of\\nseven and six per cent, bonds, due in the years 1860,\\n1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1868, 1869, 18Y0, 1871,\\n1872 and 1873, the public debt in bonds of the State is as\\nfollows\\nDue in 1860, 7 per cent. Central R. bonds 7,000 00\\n1861, do do do 12,000 00\\n1862, do do do 52,000 00\\n1862, do 100,000 00\\n6 do 20,000 00\\n1863, do 55,000 00\\n1863, do., now rdeemable 62,500 00\\n1865, do 25,000 00\\n1868, do., now redeemable... 205,000 00\\n1869, do 272,500 00\\n5 do 72,000 00\\n1870,6 do 150,250 00\\n1871, do 161,500 00\\n1872, do 625,500 00\\n7 do., redeemable in 1862, 100,000 00\\n1873, 6 do 173,000 00\\n1874, do 80,000 00\\n7 do 181,500 00\\n1878, 7 do 100,000 00\\n1879, do 150,000 00\\n$2,604,750 00\\nAmount subscribed, but not issued 250,000 00\\npledged conditionally 500,000 00\\nTotal $3,354,750 00", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "PRESIDENTS.\\n181\\nO^OOO^OCnrf^OStsSi\\nws-\\nN\\nSi-\\no 2\\n\u00c2\u00ab-i\\ne-i \u00c2\u00ab-i 3 g\\nft) P sr- JT. -S cj\\n(t o o va\\np M f^ 7^ 2\\nCO\\npr-\\nB S B o o g--\\no\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a7f fr 5:5:\\nD (y. \u00c2\u00a93 DC\\nO oq aq\\no\\n2 CD O! O 2 J-;.\\nP O 3 5g p\\na -s fc\\no\\nf6 J3\\n5- P\\n00\\na\\n00 00 ^1 ^1 ^i\\n^1 ^I\\nCO o\\nAge at\\nthat time.\\nZC t-^ t^\\nYears in\\nthe office.\\n2 CO* 00-\\n00 00\\nto t-o\\n05 Ci\\nGO\\nGO\\n01\\nGO CO\\nAge at\\ndeath.\\ncc\\nCD\\nO\\nP\\nP- CD\\nCD S- p O\\nD C\\nD !2^ o\\nP^C3g 00;:^0\\nB 2 -s O 3\\n_ 2- 5I(w cjQ D\\nO (jq f^\\n3 \u00c2\u00bbr ?r\\no o\\nD o\\n9535\\nGOQOOOQOC\u00c2\u00bbCOOOQOGOOOQOOOQOOOQOOO(\u00c2\u00bb^I^^J\\nCnCnm f\u00c2\u00bb.*^hJ: .Hi.COCOtObOlsSi\u00e2\u0080\u0094 000\u00c2\u00ab0\u00c2\u00abDOO\\nInstciiied\\ninto office.", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "182 NATURAL HISTORY.\\nNatural History.\\nZoology. The Alligator^ a loathsome amphibious ani-\\nmal, and the ugliest creature that crawls or walks on this\\nearth, infests the rivers of Greorgia. It has been found in\\nthe neighborhood of Milledgeville, and even in Murder\\ncreek but does not frequent the upper parts of the State.\\nIn 1800, Mr. Ellicott opened several of them, and found\\nin their stomachs wood, charcoal, and various indigestible\\nsubstances. It is supposed they swallow these substances\\nin order to prevent the parts of the stomach from collaps-\\ning during the dormant state, when they take no suste-\\nnance.\\nThe largest alligators are 16 feet long. Before stormy\\nweather, they make a singular roar or bellow.\\nWhen killed, the body emits an intolerable smell of\\nmusk,. and it is asserted that its head contains a quantity\\nof that drug. They will chase children, and a negro girl\\nwas so much injured by one, that it became necessary to\\namputate her arm. It is difficult for them to overtake\\nthat which they would devour, because they cannot make\\na quick lateral movement, or change their direction. They\\nare destructive to calves and pigs, and their skins are good\\nfor tanning. It is said a rifle ball will glance from their\\nbodies, unless it goes in a particular direction.\\nThe Opossum is a singular animal, about the size of the\\nwoodchuck of the northern States, and of a light greyish\\ncolor. It climbs trees, and is very fond of poultry. It\\nhas ten or twelve young at a time, and, when attacked,\\nthese hide themselves in a kind of pouch which nature has\\nprovided under the abdomen of the dam. It is a most de-\\nceitful little rogue, and as soon as caught by the dog, pre-\\ntends to be dead. This circumstance has given rise to an\\nexpression in the country, in regard to any individual who\\nfeigns himself sick, or what he is not really, He is play-\\ning possum with you^\\nThe Gopher is a species of the land-turtle, burrowing in\\nthe ground in the low country. It is able to walk with a\\nheavy man on its back.", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "NATURAL HISTORY. 183\\nThe Coach-whip Snake is a curiosity. The head and a\\npart of the body are black, and the tail brown, resembling\\nvery much a carriage- whip.\\nThe Glass Snake is from one to two feet long, and of a\\ngrassy green. At some seasons of the year, take it up, and,\\nfalling, it breaks into many pieces and it is said that,\\nafter you leave the snake, the parts find each other, co-\\nalesce, and the reptile crawls off!\\nOrnithology. The Mocking-bird^ (Turdus Polyglottas)\\npeculiar to the southern States, may be properly denomi-\\nnated the nightingale of America. The color of the bird is\\na pale blue, with white stripes on its wings, and its size and\\nform do not differ much from those of the Blue Jay^ as it is\\ncalled ill New York. He has a variety of notes, and\\nthough he sings no regular and continued strains, he makes\\na great deal of music. If he could modulate his voice a\\nlittle better, he would be the most melodious songster in\\nthe world. When the moon shines brightly, he frequently\\nsings the whole live-long night.\\nThe Bed bird is one of the most beautiful of his species.\\nThe male is of a deep scarlet color, with a tuft upon his\\nhead, and about as large as the robin. He whistles as\\nplainly as the mocking-bird or parrot, chatters a great\\ndeal, and has occasionally one very sweet note. The fe-\\nmale is rather a brownish red, and though not destitute\\nof voice, seems to think that whistling is not becoming\\nher sex.\\nCharacter, manners^ customs^ and amusements. The\\npeople are generally polite and affable in their manners,\\nand hospitable even to a fault. The distinction into classes\\nof society^ which obtains in the northern States, is unknown\\nin Georgia a man in homespun is as good as one in silk\\nor broad-cloth. There is a bold independence of charac-\\nter among the poorer classes truly republican and praise-\\nworthy. This trait no doubt derives its perpetuity from\\nthe fact that every man is a land-holder, and has the\\nmeans of living in his own hands he is not compelled to\\nsubmit to the dictum of a lord of the soil for permission to\\nwork his lands.", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "184 ANTIQUITIES.\\nDrinking, and cursing, and Sabbath-breaking are bad\\nhabits among us but the former, within ten years past,\\nhas greatly abated.\\nDancing, chicken-fighting, and horse-racing used to be\\nfavorite amusements. The first two are out of fashion\\nvery much now the latter seems to be growing again\\ninto greater use. A vivid picture of our former manners\\nand customs may be seen in a work, published in Augus-\\nta, some years ago, entitled Georgia Scenes and Inci-\\ndents, and ascribed to the pen of Judge Longstreet.\\nDivisions. The State is now divided into 132 coun-\\nties. These counties are also subdivided into militia dis-\\ntricts, being from 8 to 12 or more in each county. In\\neach of these districts is a captain and a company of\\nmilitia.\\nAntiquities.\\nThat Georgia was settled in many parts by a race of\\ncivilized people, long before the existence of General\\nOglethorpe, admits of not the shadow of a doubt. In\\nGreene, Hancock, Bibb, Coweta, Habersham, Dekalb,\\nand other counties, are the remains efforts and tumuli,\\nwhich existed so long ago, that the present tribes of In-\\ndians are unable to give any account of their origin,\\neven through the uncertain medium of tradition.\\nAn intrenchment in. Coweta, covers, in a circular form,\\nseven or eight acres, surrounded by a ditch. The\\nsite is well suited for the defence of those within, being\\non a neck of land, betwixt two creeks, safely pro-\\ntected.\\nOn Shoulderbone creek, in Hancock, on Mr. Shivers\\nplantatioTi, are three mounds, the largest of which covers\\nan acre and a half, and is fifty feet high. This is sur-\\nrounded by a regularly -constructed intrenchment, pro-\\njected and executed upon the best rules of fortification. The\\nditch, which is in the form of a parallelogram, is not yet\\nfilled up, and, before the land was cleared, was three\\nfeet deep. Ten years ago several persons were deter-", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "ANTIQUITIES. 185\\nmined to see what was contained in the mound but\\ntheir patience was exhausted by a few days labor. Ten\\nfeet from the top, they passed through a smooth dirt\\nfloor, which was evidently that of a large tenement,\\nsince caved in. There is another mound about two\\nhundred yards distant, and seems to have been for the\\npurpose of protecting the spring.\\nThe large one, when covered with grass or oats, has\\nan enchanting appearance. In the extensive low\\ngrounds of the creek, it seems like a verdant island ris-\\ning from the bosom of the ocean.\\nIn the vicinity of Macon are several, the largest of\\nwhich is about half a rnile below the bridge, on the\\neast side of the river, and is in the shape of a cone flat-\\ntened at the top. This rests on more than an acre of\\nground.\\nIn Greene, near the mouth of Harris s creek, 10 miles\\nabove Greenesboro on the east side of. the Oconee, are\\nseveral mounds and forts. Near a fort an iron claw\\nhammer was found in 1787, just after the country was\\nsettled, and well burnt brick were plowed up On the\\nforts were trees at least 200 years old.\\nA cedar post, of octagon form, was standing in a small\\nfort at the Cherokee Corner, with a cross cut on it, long\\nbefore the land was ceded by the Indians.\\nHammers, swords, gun-locks, etc., have been found\\nin various sections of the State, in the first settling of\\nthem.\\nCurious Discovery. In 1831:, a subterranean Indian\\nvillage was discovered in Nacoochee valley, in Georgia,\\nby gold miners, while excavating a canal for the purpose\\nof washing gold. The depth to which it is covered\\nvaries from seven to nine feet some of the houses are\\nimbedded in a stratum of rich auriferous gravel. They\\nare thirty-four in number, built of logs, from six to ten\\ninches in diameter, and from ten to twelve feet in length.\\nThe wajls are from three to six feet in height, forming a\\ncontinuous line of street of three hundred feet. The\\nlogs are hewed and notched as at the present day. The", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "186 ANTIQUITIES.\\nland beneath which they are found, was covered, at the\\nfirst settlement bj the whites, with a heavy growth of\\ntimber, denoting the great antiquity of those buildings,\\nand a powerful cause which submerged them. Cane\\nbaskets and fraorments of earthenware were found in\\nthe rooms the houses are situated from fifty to one\\nhundred yards from the principal channel of the creek.\\nA great number of curious specimens of workmanship\\nhave been found in situations which preclude the possi-\\nbility of their having been moved for more than a thou-\\nsand years among these, half a crucible, of the capac-\\nity of nearly a gallon, ten feet below the surface, and\\nimmediately beneath a large oak tree, which measured\\nfive feet in diameter, and must have been four or five\\nhundred years old. The soil is diluvial, or what may be\\ntermed table-land. The stratum of quartz gravel, in\\nwhich the vessel was imbedded, is about two feet in\\nthickness, resting on decomposed chloride slate. It is\\nnot difficult to account for the deposit of those sub-\\nstances in an alluvial soil; for the hills are generally\\nvery high and precipitous, and from the immense quan-\\ntity of rain which falls, the streams are swollen to a\\ngreat height, sweeping everything with them, and fre-\\nquently forming a deposit of several feet in thickness in\\na season. A vessel resembling a double mortar was\\nfound in Duke s creek, about six inches in diameter, and\\nthe excavation on each side nearly an inch in depth,\\nbasin like, and perfectly polished. It was made out of\\nquartz, which had been semi-transparent, but had be-\\ncome stained with the iron, which abounds in quantity in\\nall the country. In the bottom of each basin was a\\nsmall depression, half an inch in depth, and about the\\nsame in diameter. What its use could have been is\\ndifficult to conjecture. The high finish, and its exact\\ndimensions, induce the belief that it is the production\\nof a more civilized people than the present race of\\nIndians.\\nBut how shall we account for these wonders This,\\nno doubt, is a difficult task, and one which the reader", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "ANTIQUITIES. 187\\nhas no right to demand of the author; it is sufficient for\\nthe design of his book to state facts, and leave it to his\\nwise readers to form their opinions in regard to them as\\nthey please. He will, however, leave a few suggestions\\non this subject.\\nThere are three kinds of mounds in our State, the\\nlarge ones described above, smaller ones, containing\\nhuman bones and Indian implements of war, and regular\\nfortifications. These last were, without doubt, con-\\nstructed by European adventurers, either before or after\\nColumbus visited our shores. In his History of North\\nCarolina, Williamson has in substance this passage\\nFerdinand de Soto landed in Florida in May, 1539,\\nwith 600 men and 200 horses. This adventurer had\\nserved with Pizarro in South America, and shared the\\nspoils of Peru. He came in quest of gold, not with any\\ndesign to plant a colony. He passed the second winter\\namong the Chickasaws, who had the address to get some\\nof his horses. He crossed the Mississippi, and died on\\nKed river,\\nTradition informs us that a number of persons from\\nWales passed a winter in Greorgia, and made potash.\\nA learned savant of Copenhagen has given us assur-\\nance, lately, that he has in his possession manuscript de-\\nscriptions of America, written by adventurers who had\\nvisited it in the latter part of the tenth century It\\nwas in the year 985 that America was (irst discovered\\nby Biaske Herjeufsen; but he did not land. In the year\\n1000, or perhaps earlier, the coast was visited by Leif, a\\nson of Erik the Red^ who first colonized Greenland.\\nNow, if these documents be genuine, the conjectures of\\nantiquaries about our mounds and fortifications will be\\nover. The great difficulty has lain in assuming it as a\\nfact, that Columbus first saw the new world. This is\\nthe logic employed America was not discovered till\\n1492 the Indians were then on the soil the mounds\\nmust have been constructed by a civilized people, at\\nleast 300 years ago but there were no civilized people\\nliving in America 300 years ago therefore, all is vague", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "188 MINERAL RESOURCES OF GEORGIA.\\nconjecture. But if the learned Dane shall show that\\ncivilized people were here as earlj as the year 1000,\\nthen we can account for these artificial tumuli.\\nEvidences that the Ocean once overflowed the South-\\neastern part of the State. In the S. E. corner of Burke,\\nis a spot called Shell Bluffs which is composed of\\noyster shells, 80 feet deep, on the bank of the Savannah.\\nAt Hartford are great quantities of sea-shells. Millstones\\nare prepared in Burke, and the quarry from which they\\nare dug is formed of sea-shells. These millstones are\\nfull of petrified oysters, conch-shells, etc. A rotten lime-\\nstone, formed of vegetable productions and sea-shells,\\npervades all the lower counties in this State and, as\\ndeep into the earth as man has yet penetrated, sea-shells\\nare to be found.\\nThe Mineral Resoiirces of Georgia.\\nThe magnitude of the Mineral Eesources of Northern\\nGeorgia, is but little known to, and less appreciated by,\\nthe people of our State. No estimate is put on them,\\neven by the people of Cherokee, within whose limits they\\nare found in such rich abundance. Iron, Gold, Copper,\\nPlumbago, chiefly, with traces of Lead, Silver, Cobalt, and\\nTin, and Marble and Slate, in great quantity; for the devel-\\nopment of these, but little is done, except in Gold. Iron,\\nMarble, and Slate. Products of these are being furnish-\\ned daily. The most important of these is Iron, because\\nmost useful. We propose to consider the resources of\\nthis metal in Northern Georgia, its products as manufac-\\ntured, and the interest that Georgia, as a commonwealth,\\nhas in it.\\nWith no little opportunity to observe, we have ven-\\ntured the assertion, that the resources of Northern and\\nWestern Georgia, in Iron Ore, are superior to any por-\\ntion of the Union. That they are found better than any\\nin the Middle or Eastern States, is beyond doubt. That\\nthey excel those of the Western States, not excepting", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "MINERAL RESOURCES OF GEORGIA. 189\\nMissouri, witH lier far-famed Iron mountain, is maintained\\nby competent Geologists who have examined both.\\nThis Iron district lies north-east and south-west,\\ncoming down from North and South Carolina, into Rabun\\nand Habersham counties, through this part of Georgia, to\\nAlabama, in Chattooga, Floyd, Paulding, and Polk coun-\\nties. It passes through the intermediate counties, com-\\nprising a belt of fifty or seventy-five miles the best sup-\\nply and most convenient locality for it, being Cass coun-\\nty. This county alone, it is believed, has concentrated in\\nits limits as much Iron Ore as all Pennsylvania to-\\ngether, and is of superior quality. Here are found the\\nchief operations in Iron of the State of Georgia. This\\nIron and Gold region of Georgia, (they lie contiguous,) is\\ntraversed by the Stow ah river, from its source to its junc-\\ntion with the Oostenala at Rome.\\nThat part which lies in Cass county has been par-\\ntially explored by the Geologists, who are familiar with\\nall the remarkable localities in the Union. To enable\\nthe people of Cass county, and of Cherokee, as well as\\nthe Statesmen of Georgia, to estimate the worth of its sec-\\ntion, we cannot do better than to give the published\\nopinion of such men, taken from a book of highest au-\\nthority, recently published. The Iron-Master s Guide,\\nspeaking of the Ore of Cass county, says\\nOf the wonderful profusion of these Ores, and of theirt\\nrichness, I can, unhesitating!}^, speak in the highes\\nterms and the best varieties and largest quantities I saw,\\nwere among these, within two or three miles of the\\nEtow ah river, where it is crossed by the railroad. I have\\nvisited almost all the great Iron Ore deposits of\\nthe United States I have explored the beds of the Iron\\nmountain of Missouri, but have never been so impressed\\nby any exhibition of Ore, as by the Mines of the Etow ah\\ndistrict. They pass along within from one to five\\nmiles of the great Limestone formation of Cass county,\\nso that this essential material for flux, in the making of\\nIron, will everywhere be conveniently supplied. They\\nare near a rich Agricultural district, where provisions", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "190 MINEKAL RESOURCES OF GEORGIA.\\ncan be afforded at the cheapest rates and yet they ex-\\ntend into the heart of the Allatoonachain of hills, where\\nthe air, in the heat of summer, is most salubrious, and\\nthe climate, like that of the table-lands of Mexico, perfectly-\\nhealthy. Where the Etow ah river has broken through\\nthese hills, the high ledges of rock still resist its progress,\\nand a succession of falls over them furnishes abundant\\nwater-power for the most extensive works.\\nA large portion of this region is covered with a heavy\\ngrowth of good, hard-wood timber the original unbrok-\\nen forest. The best of Charcoal was offered at the Fur-\\nnace in 1842 for 3| cents per bushel.\\nSuch is the recorded opinion of competent men, who\\nhave examined our county. Wood is still abundant,\\nand Charcoal at 4 cents per bushel. Stone Coal and\\nCoke can be had in full supply, at three and a half dol-\\nlars per ton. The Iron Ore here, as developed to date, is\\nmore wonderful. It leduces remarkably easily, requiring\\nonly 150 to 166 bushels of charcoal to a ton of pig metal.\\nIt makes Bar Iron, in quality, like that of Salisbury and\\nPeru, yielding sixty per cent, of Iron from the Ore. It\\nmakes a superior quality of Steel. For this purpose, a\\nton of Etow ah pig metal has been fully tested in England,\\nand files and cutlery of the best quality were made, and\\nsent to us as samples, with a report in full from the. Eng-\\nlish manufactory, classing our Iron and Steel made from\\nit, amongst the first.\\nWe will next consider the progress in manufactures of\\nIron in the Etow ah district.\\nIn speaking of the ojiinions of competent Geologists, as\\nrecorded in the book referred to, touching the compara-\\ntive values of the Iron Ores of Georgia, we ought not to\\npass by what is said concerning the Iron Ores in Chero-\\nkee and Gilmer counties.\\nOf these he says Beyond the Furnaces Lewis\\nFord s Furnaces) to the norlh-east, the Ore is found in\\neven greater quantities than before noticed. Upon a\\nhigh knob, eight miles from the river (Etow ah,) is a\\ngreater show of it than I have seen at the famous Iron", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "MINEKAL RESOUECES OF GEOIiGIA\\\\ 191\\nmountain of Missouri. Of the vicinity of Sharp moun-\\ntain, he says The quantity here, too, upon Sharp\\nmountain, within six miles of the river, is enormous.\\nPassing through Lumpkin county, he might have said\\nthe same of the hills and mountains there.\\nWho, in Europe or America, that considers these sub-\\njects, has not heard of the Pilot Knob, and Iron moun-\\ntain of Missouri, so famous for Iron Ore And we\\nhave greater than those in Cass county greater in Chero-\\nkee, Gilmer, and Lumpkin counties and yet it creates no\\nsensation in Cherokee, Georgia is not known, or\\ncared for by our Legislators and Statesmen at Milledge-\\nville. They are not prompted to appoint a competent\\nman to examine and report the facts\\nHundreds of thousands of dollars are invested in Fur-\\nnaces in different States, relying on those localities in\\nMissouri to keep them going. Millions of tons of the\\nraw Ore of Missouri are transported to Ohio, and even\\nto Pennsylvania, and sold to make Iron for the use of\\nCotton-planters in Georgia! We are greater in these re-\\nsources than Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania all put\\ntogether, and our own Statesmen over-look it, and the\\ncourse of legislation is such as to drive capital and labor\\nfrom this region, and keep more of this wealth than Mis-\\nsouri has, buried in the hills of Georgia\\nThe progress which individuals have made in the de-\\nvelopment of this hidden wealth, is slow and limited. A\\nfew, however, unsparing of their means, their time, and\\ntheir efforts, have done enou /h in prospecting^ as Min-\\ners term it, to expose the Mines, and lead the Common-\\nw^ealth of Georgia to a knowledge of where the treasure\\nlies. Just enough to show what could be done, if aided\\nby that countenance which the State, having so large and\\ndeep an interest, could and ought to afford.\\nThe main progress has been made wdthin fifteen years\\npast. Prior to that, one or two small Blast Furnaces,\\nand these of recent origin, with as many Piimitive For-\\nges, now abandoned, was the limit of Iron operations in\\nGeorgia. During the past fifteen years, there have been", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "192 POPULATION.\\nerected six Charcoal Furnaces, making now seven in all.\\nThese are all located in Cass county, to wit Lewis Fur-\\nnace; the Fire-Eater, or Ford s Furnace Pool s Furnace\\nMilner s Furnace Allatoona Furnace, and the Etow ah\\nFurnace, and Kiver Furnace, owned by the Etow ah\\nManufacturing and Mining Company. All are blown\\nby water-power, and use Charcoal as fuel. The five first\\nproduce annually an aggregate of about twenty-five hun-\\ndred tons of Pig metal. The two last are making at the\\nrate of about 3,000 tons per annum. The Pig metal here\\nsells at about $25 per ton. All of these Furnaces produce\\nmore or less Castings. There is, however, but one Foun-\\ndary with a Cupola. This is at Etow ah Furnace, habitu-\\nally producing cast machinery and hollow ware.\\nThere is at Eto\\\\\\\\r ah, a Polling mill for Merchant Iron\\nof all kinds, now turning out about ten tons of Iron per\\nday. Also a Kail Factory, with ten machines for cutting\\nnails a machine for Eailroad Spikes, machine shops, c.,\\nfor fitting up all propelled by water-power. A Rail-\\nroad has been built, and is now in operation, from the\\nWestern Atlantic Eailroad along the bank of Etow^ah\\nriver, four miles, to the Rolling-mill at Etow ah, passing\\nimmediately by the River Furnace. These Furnaces and\\nother operations in Iron, give employment to five or six\\nhundred operators and laborers, and afford support to a\\npopulation of about 2,000 people, of all ages and sexes.\\nOf these, about one hundred are blacks.\\nPopulation.\\nIn 1790, 82,000 inhabitants; 1800, 162,000; 1810,\\n252,432; 1820,340,989; 1824, 400,930; 1830, 616,823;\\n1840, 691,392 1850, 905,999. Census for 1859, from 130\\ncounties, 1,014,418 and when that of the other two\\ncounties is reported, it will be about 1,024,000.\\nYalue of lands, $149,5478,80, equal in average value\\nto $4,43 per acre.\\nYalue of 443,364 slaves, $271,620,405.\\nThe am.ount of exports of the State in 1853, was $371,-\\ni", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "GOVERNMENT 1859. 193\\n883\u00e2\u0080\u0094 imports, $508,261 received at her ports, 394,490\\nbags cotton, and 39,929 tierces of rice. Since, however,\\nit is stated that 600,000 bags cotton have been exported\\nin one year. These, at 500 pounds to the bag, would\\nmake 300,000,000 pounds. But then, much rice is con-\\nsumed in the State; so also in the 50 factories, many-\\nthousand bags of cotton are manufactured. Georgia ex-\\nports, also, lumber, and naval stores. Steamers ply regu-\\nlarly twice a week Thursdays, and Saturdays between\\nSavannah ar^d New York also between Savannah and\\nPhiladelphia, to Charleston, Augusta, Brunswick, Jack-\\nsonville, Ala., and other points.\\nIn 1850, 7,209,292 yards of cloth, and 4,198,351\\npounds of yarn were manufactured, employing 873 males,\\nand 1399 females, chiefly white laborers.\\nGold, iron, copper, slate, marble, and coal, are sources\\nof wealth. (See Col. Cooper s letters, p. 188.)\\nCapital in manufacturing, about $7,500,000. Banks\\n28, capital about $12,500,000. Lunatic Asylum, near\\nMilledgeville do. for the blind, in Macon do. for the\\ndeaf and dumb, near Cave Spring Mint at Dahlonega,\\nJ. M. Patton, Supt. and Treas.\\nReligious Denominations.\\nAs reported by U. S. census, 1850. Baptists, churches\\n879; Methodists, 809; Presbyterians, 97; Episcopal,\\n20; Catholic, 8; Union, 16; Universalists, 3; minor\\nsects, 7 Christians, 5 Friends, 2 Moravian, 1 Con-\\ngregationalist, 1.\\nMost have greatly increased since 1850. The Baptists,\\nin 1859, report 64 Associations 1317 churches 90,000\\nmembers; Ministers, 980; baptised, -the previous year,\\nGrovernment.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 859.\\nJos. E. Brow?^^ Governor, term ends Nov., 1861 E.\\nP. Watkins, Sec y of State J. B. Trippe, Treasurer\\nP. Thweat, Comptroller Gen l A. J. BoGGS, Surveyor", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "194 SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS.\\nGen l T. L. Guerry, President of the Senate J. T. Ir-\\nVIN, Speaker of the House.\\nJudges, Thos. W. Thomas, Sparta Wm. B. Flem-\\ning, Savannah; A. H. Hansell, Thomasville; N. L.\\nHuTCHiNS, Lawrenceville W. W. Holt, Augusta I.\\nL. Harris, Milledgeville E. G. Cabaness, Forsyth\\nE. H. Warrell, Talbotton L. W. Crook, Dal ton O.\\nA. Bull, Lagrange A. A. Allen, Bainbridge H. G.\\nLamar, Macon Geo. D. Eice, Marietta A. E. Cock-\\nran, Brunswick W. C. Perkins, Cuthbert; D. F. Ham-\\nmond, Newnan.\\nSoil and Prodiictions.\\nI. It was not thought necessary to describe the soil\\nand productions in each county, after the general state-\\nment in regard to the three divisions. The line of divi-\\nsion should vary a little, from east to west, and bear\\nsouth, so as to strike Columbus about 82J degrees, for\\nthe sandy soil runs further north, on the east side of\\nthe State. Persons desirous of purchasing, would of\\ncourse examine for themselves. South-western Georgia,\\nas much of it is fresh, now presents the best region for\\nthe planter to accumulate a fortune.\\nII. The second, or middle section, from the 38rd, to\\nthe 34th deg. contains the red soil, and mulatto, or choco-\\nlate, generally very fertile though much of it is very\\nmuch exhausted by cultivation. Sickly in all the sec-\\ntions on the water-courses and rich bottoms, but by no\\nmeans so sickly as it was 40 to 20 years ago. Few per-\\nsons dared to venture on a trip from the middle sectioQ\\nto Savannah, in the summer and fall a fever, fatal to\\nlife, was the consequence. Now, the whole State is trav-\\nelled over without dread of sickness.\\nIII. In the third division, from the mouth of Broad\\nriver, through Clarke, Fulton, Paulding, and Polk, the\\ngrey, gravelly soil predominates, and when you reach\\nthe valleys of the Cherokee country, the land is very\\nyich. This produces cotton, not however so kindly as", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS. 195\\nthe lower divisions. Wheat, apples, Irish potatoes, cab-\\nbage, grow finely in all this region. Much wheat is ship-\\nped in the month of June, from the middle region, every\\nyear. In the Northern part of this division are beauti-\\nful water-falls and cascades, high, abrupt mountains,\\nand scenery as romantic and wild as ever the eye look-\\ned upon Mineral springs are abundant in number, and\\nthe proprietors will beguile you with good fare, pleasant\\ncompany, hunting, fishing, and bathing, to your heart s\\ncontent.\\nIndustrial Pursuits.\\nThe mechanic arts have come into use very much,\\nin the last twenty-five years there is scarcely a town in\\nwhich these are not carried on. Augusta, Macon, Griffin,\\nAtlanta, Columbus, and others, may be regarded as man-\\nufacturing towns almost any article needed is made in\\nthose places. The busy hum of industry is as palpable\\nas in any part of the land.\\nAnother thing it is the settled determination of many\\nplanters and merchants to have direct trade with Eu-\\nrope to send our produce there, in our own bottoms,\\nand bring back the goods we do not see fit to manufac-\\nture. Non-Intercourse in regard to the North, in the\\nminds of thousands, is now the settled policy. They do not\\nintend to have any more intercourse and interchange of\\ncommodities with those that are attempting to steal away\\ntheir rights and their property.", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nThe United States Post Office list is very incorrect,\\nowing to the fact that several new counties are not named.\\nAhbeville, p t and capital,\\nWilcox,\\nAcquisition of Territories,\\nAcworth, p o on R.R., N W.\\npart Cobb\\nAdairsville, p o in Cass\\nAdams, p o E. part Wilcox\\nAdamsville, Gordon Co\\nAirline, p o in Hart\\nAlapaha river, rises in Dooly\\nAllandale, p o in Banks\\nAllatoona, place in Cass\\nAlbany, cap. Dougherty\\nAllen s, p Richmond\\nAlma, p o Gilmer\\nAlexander, p o in Burke\\nAlleghany mountains, N.\\npart State\\nAlligator Creek, Montgom-\\nery\\nAlpharetta, cap. Milton\\nAltamaha, formed by Oconee\\nand Ocmulgee\\nAlpine, p o Chattooga\\nAmandasville, p o S. Hart\\nAmericus, cap. Sumter\\nAmi, p o Forsyth\\nAnderson, p o W. White.\\nfield\\nAndersonville, p o Sumter\\nAntioch, p o in Troup, and\\nvillages in Berrien, Polk\\netc,\\nAntiquities, po\\nAnthony Shoals, p o Elbert\\nAonea, p o S. E. Wilkes\\nAppling county, page 26\\nAppling, cap. Columbia\\nAppalachee river\\nArabia, p o Thomas\\nArgo, p o in Hall\\nArmuchee, p o Floyd\\nArrarat, village in Putnam\\nArgyle Island, p o S W De-\\ncatur\\nArnette, village in Decatur\\nArmicalola, p o Lumpkin\\nAsbury, p o Troup\\nAsbury Academy, Houston\\nAtlanta, cap. Fulton\\nAthens, town Clarke\\nAuburn, p o Gwinuette\\nAuburn Hill, p o Franklin\\nAuraria, p o Lumpkin", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n197\\nAugusta, cap. Richmond\\nAva, p o Berrien\\nAvalona, p o Putnam\\nAquilla, p o Franklin\\ndo Falls, on line, between\\nDawson and Gilmer\\nBainbridge, cap. Decatur\\nBaker county, page 25.\\nBald Hill, p o Chattahoochee\\nBall ground, p o Cherokee\\nBaldwin county, page 26\\nBancroft, p Franklin\\nBanks county, page 29.\\nBankston, Monroe\\nBarker s Store, p o Floyd\\nBark Camp, C. M. H.\\nBurke\\nBairdstown, p o Oglethorpe\\nBatesville, p o Habersham\\nBascobel, p o Jackson\\nBarnesville, p village. Pike\\nBarrcttsville, p o Decatur\\nBattle ground, p o Johnson\\nBath, Summer retreat, Rich-\\nmond\\nBengal, p o Bullock\\nBeckom s x roads, p o Cal-\\nhoun\\nBibb county, page 30\\nBennettsville, p o Wayne\\nBelair, p o Richmond\\nBelview, p o Talbot\\nBerrien county, page 30\\nBenevolence, p o Randolph\\nBerrien, village Heard do in\\nPickens\\nBerzilia, p o Columbia\\nBethel, p o Glynn\\nBirdsville, village Burke\\nBeulah, ip o Hancock\\nBethlehem, p o Forsyth\\nBear Creek, p o Henry\\nBeard s Ci-eek, p o Liberty\\nBeersheba, p o do\\nBelt on, p o Franklin\\nBenevolence, p o Randolph\\nBig Creek, p o Forsyth\\nBio, p o Hart\\nBlakely, cap. Early\\nBlairsville, cap. Union\\nBlackshear, cap. Pierce\\nBlackcreek, p o Scriven\\nBlackspring, i o Baldwin\\nBladen s Creek, p o Quit-\\nman\\nBloomfield village, Worth\\nBlowingcave, p Decatur\\nBookersville, p Wilkes\\nBonnydoon, p Jefferson\\nBoltonville, p o Cobb\\nBlue Ridge, p o Gilmer\\nBlue Creek, p o White\\nBoston, p Thomas\\nBrunswick, cap. Glynn\\nBrooks county, page 33\\nBrooks, p o Worth\\nBrooksville, p o Randolph\\nBowden, p o Carroll\\nBowenville, p o Wilcox\\ndo p o Carroll\\nBowersville, p o Hart\\nBlountsville, p o Jones\\nBerkshire, p o Gwinnette\\nBrookline, p o Madison\\nBottsford, p o Sumter\\ndo M. H. Burke\\nBrown s, p o Cobb\\nBrasstown, p o Towns\\nBrewton s Mills, Tattnall\\nBoxville, p o Montgomery\\nBox Spring, p o Talbot\\nBluff Spring, p o do\\nBuena Vista, caj). Marion", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "198\\nINDEX.\\nBuck Creek, p o Scriven\\nBroad River, p o Elbert\\nBuck Head, p o JVrtrgan\\nBuford, p Pickens\\nBusbyville, p o Houston\\nBuffington Fort, p o Chero-\\nkee\\nBuffalo, p o Carroll\\nBunkerhill, p Pulaski\\nBushville, p o Banks\\nBrick Store, p o Newton\\nBryan county, page 34\\nBurke county, page 35\\nBuchanan, cap. Haralson\\nBullock county\\nBull Creek, p o Tattnall\\nBurrett, p o Ware\\nByron, p Dougherty\\nByromville, p o Dooly\\nBuzzard s Roost Ferry,\\nHouston\\nBurnt Fort, Charlton\\nBurnt Stand, do\\nButts county, page 36\\nButler, cap. Taylor\\nByrd s Mills, p o Coffee\\nCalhoun county, p. 37\\nCalhoun, cap. Gordon\\nCairo, p in Decatur\\nCamac, p in Warren, on R. R.\\nCamden county, p. 37\\nCampbell county, p. 38 do.\\nCampbellton, cap.\\nCarroll county, p. 38\\nCamilla, cap. Mitchell\\nCarroUton, cap. Carroll co.\\nCanton, cap. Cherokee\\nCarnesville, cap. Franklin\\nCave Spring, vil. and school\\nFloyd\\nCartersville, p t Cass\\nCartersbridge, on Alapaha,\\nLowndes\\nCarticary, p o Gilmer\\nCanoochee river\\nCanoochee, p o Emanuel\\nCass county, p. 39\\nCassville, cap. Cass co.\\nCatoosa county, p. 41 do.\\nSpring\\nCatoosa, p o Dawson\\nCamp Pinckney, in Charlton\\nCedar town, cap. Polk\\nCentre, p v Talbot\\nCentreville, Wilkes\\nCentre, v Charlton\\nChattoogaville, p o Chattoo-\\nga CO.\\nCidron, or Kidron, p o Cow-\\neta\\nCataula, p o Harris\\nCharlton county, p. 41\\nChatham county, p. 42\\nChoestoe, p o IJnion\\nChattahoochee county, p. 45\\nChestnutgap, p o Fannin\\nChattooga county, p. 45\\nCherokee county, p. 48 do.\\nCherokees\\nClay county, p. 50\\nClaysville, p in Telfair\\nClayton county, p. 50\\nClay Hill, p o Lincoln\\nClayton, cap, Rabun\\nClinch county, p. 51\\nClarke county, p. 48\\nClarkeville, cap. Habersham\\nClinton, cap. Jones\\nClyattville, v. Lowndes\\nCobb county, p. .51\\nCoffee county, p. 52\\nCoweta county, p. 55\\nCold Water, p o Elbert", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n199.\\nCook s Law office, do.\\nCook s Store, p o Appling\\nColleges, Male and Female,\\np. 142\\nColumbia comity, p. 53\\nChenubba, p o Terrell\\nChickasawhatchie p o\\nCohimbus, cap. Muscogee\\nColeraine, p in Charlton\\nColquitt county, p. 53\\nColquitt, cap. Miller\\nCorinth, p v Heard\\nCork, p o Butts\\nCrawford county, p. 55\\nCrawfordville, cap. Taliaferro\\nCovington, cap. Newton\\nColeparchee, p o Monroe\\nCohutta Springs, Murray\\nCollingsworth Institute, Tal-\\nbot^\\nCopeland, p o Telfair\\nCourtesy, p in Floyd\\nCraftsville, p v. N. E. Elbert\\nCusseta, cap. Chattahoochee\\nCO\\nCulverton, p v in Hancock\\nCuthbert, cap. Randolph\\nCumberland Island\\nCedar Branch, p o Campbell\\nChapel Hill, p o do.\\nC base vi lie, p o Gordon\\nChanceville, p o Carroll\\nCentral Point, do.\\nConcord, p Calhoun\\nCottage Mill, p o Chatta-\\nhoochee\\nCompton, p o Stewart\\nCobbville, p o Telfair\\nCane Creek and Cassandra\\nCedar Grove, Chestnut Flat,\\np o in Walker\\nCut-off, p o in Walton\\nCool Spring, p b Wilkinson\\nCrossville, p o Dawson\\nCrosskeys, p o Dekalb\\nCrosscreek, p o Pulaski\\nCoal Mountain, p o Forsyth\\nClay Hill, p o Lincoln\\nClyatville, p o Lowndes\\nChurchill, p o Marion\\nCherry Log, p o Gilmer\\nCotton Hill, p o Randolph\\nCurtwright, p o and factory,\\nGreene\\nChinkapin Grove, p o Gwin-\\nnette\\nChestnut Mt., p o Hall\\nChestnut Gap, p o Fannin\\nCoosawatta, p o Murray\\nClopton s Mills, p o Putnam\\nCreek Stand, p o Macon\\nCurry s Mills, p o Washington\\nDade county, p. 56\\nDahlonega, cap. Lumpkin\\nDallas, cap. Paulding\\nDalton, cap. Whitefield\\nDamascus, p o Early\\nDarien, cap. Mcintosh\\nDanville, p o Sumter\\nDanielsville, cap. Madison\\nDanburg, p o Wilkes\\nDawson county, 57\\nDawsonville, cap. D. co\\nDawson, cap. Terrell\\nDawson, p in Habersham\\nDelay, p o Jackson\\nDeerland, p o Worth\\nDelhi, p o Wilkes\\nDarkcorner, p o Campbell\\nDarkcorner, place in Lincoln\\nDavisboro p v in Washing-\\nton\\nDaviston, p v Taylor", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "200\\nINDEX.\\nDavis Creek, Forsyth\\nDecatur county, p. 58\\nDekalb county, p. 58\\nDecatur, cap. Dekalb\\nDover, p Terrell\\nDooly county, p. 59\\nDrayton, old, cap. Dooly\\nDougherty county, p. GO\\nDouglas, cap. Coffee\\nDubhn, cap. Laurens\\nDirttown, p v Chattooga\\nDuncansville, p o Thomas\\nDraketown, p Paulding\\nDouble Cabins, p Spalding\\nDouble Branches, p o Lincoln\\nDouble Wells, p o on R R,\\nWarren\\nDouble Bridges, p o Upson\\nDuane St., p o in Banks, on\\nthe maps, though reported\\nfor Habersham, but it is in\\nBanks\\nDesoto, p o Paulding\\nDennis, p o Putnam\\nDuck Creek, p o Walker\\nDoctor Town, p o Wayne\\nDry Lake, p o Thomas\\nEarly county, p. 61\\nEbenezer, p o Morgan\\nEast Point, p on R R, Fulton\\nEaton ton, cap. Putnam\\nEchols county, p. 61 Ebe-\\nnezer village, Eff. co.\\nEffingham county, p. 62\\nEast Wood, p o Thomas and\\nMonroe\\nEchoconnee, p o and creek,\\nBibb\\nEleanor, p o Bibb\\nElbert county, p. 63 Elber-\\nton, cap. E.\\nEgypt, p o Effingham co.\\nEden, cap. Bryan co.\\nEdenfield, p o Irwin\\nEffingham county\\nEdom, p o Gilmer\\nEmanuel county, p 64\\nEUaville, cap. Schley\\nElijay river, Gilmer\\nElijay, cap. Gilmer\\nEllerslie, p o Harris\\nErin, p o Merriwether\\nEolia, p o Towns\\nEnon Grove, p Gilmer\\nErastus, p o Banks\\nEtna, p o s in Haralson, Ma-\\ncon, and Paulding.\\nEuharlee, cr. in Polk, and p o\\nin Cass\\nEubanks, p o Columbia\\nEutaw, p in Randolph\\nEverett s Spring, p o Floyd\\nEtow ah river, Etow ah p o\\nEagle Grove, p o Hart\\nEmpire Mills, p o Campbell\\nPaceville, p v Decatur\\nFairburne, p o in Caiiipbeli\\nFairplay, p o Morgan\\nFairview, p v in Franklin\\nFail- Mount, p o Gordon\\nFancy Hill, p o Murray\\nFannin County, p 64\\nFall Creek, p o Clay\\nFarmers, p o Merriwethei-\\nFarmersville, p o Chattooga\\nFarmington, p o in Clarke\\nFayetteville, cap Fayette\\nFayette County, p 65\\nFenn s Bridge, p o Jefferson\\nFalls, Armicalola, Tallulah,\\nToccoa\\nFennsboro p. Worth", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n201\\nFeronia, p o Coffee\\nnilinore, p o Whiteficld\\nFishdam, p o Elbert\\nriatcreek, p o Berrien\\nFlat Shoals, p o Merriwether\\nFlat Pond, p o Lee\\nFlat Rock, p o Henry\\nFlint River\\nFlint Factory, p o Upson\\nFlintsville, p o Franklin\\nFlint Hill, p o Carroll\\nFlorence, p o Stewart\\nFloyd County, p. 66\\nFloyd Springs, p o\\nForsyth, cap. Monroe\\nForsyth Co., p. 67\\nFoster s Mills, p o Cherokee\\nFord s Store, p o\\nFort Argyle, on Al tarn aha\\nFort Early, Dooly\\nFort Barrington, p o\\nFort Gaines, cap. Clay\\nFort Hawkins, in East Macon\\nFort Lamar, p o Madison\\nFort Valley, p o Houston\\nFree Bridge, p o Gordon\\nFowl town, Decatur\\nFort Wilkinson, Baldwin\\nFranklin College, Athens\\nFranklin Co., p. 68\\nFranklin, cap. Heard\\nFranklin Springs, p o\\nFrancisvilie, p Crawford\\nFred erica, p o Glynn\\nFrecniansville, p o Milton\\nFriendship, p o in Terrell\\nFricksgap, p o Walker\\nFriers Pond, p o Burke\\nFulton Co., p 69\\nFulton, p o Cobb\\nFragoletta, p o Schley\\n9*\\nGaddistown, p o Union\\nGlascock Co., p. 70\\nGainesville, cap. Hall\\nGlynn Co., p. 70\\nGaines Fort, cap. Clay\\nGeorgian, p o Franklin\\nGeneva, p v Talbot\\nGalphinton, old place Jeffer-\\nson\\nGartrell, p o Campbell\\nGatesville, p Early\\nGeorgetown, cap. Quitman\\nGlenalta, p o Marion\\nGibson, cap. Glascock\\nGilmer County, p. 70\\nGladesville, p o Jasper\\nGlades XRoads, Putnam\\nGillionville, p v Dougherty\\nGlasgow, p v Thomas\\nGin Town, p Worth\\nGrantville p o Cowta\\nGolgotha, p Cobb\\nGoodwill, p o Franklin\\nGordon County, p. 71\\nGordon, v Wilkinson\\nGoshen, p o Lincoln\\nGreene County, 71\\nGreensboro cap. Greene\\nGlilsville p o Banks\\nGreeneville, cap. Merriwether\\nGraysville, p o Catoosa\\nGreenbush, p o Walker\\nGrab-all, p Jones\\nGreenhill, p Stewart\\nGood hope, p o Walton\\nGriffin, cap. Spalding\\nGriffin s Mills, p o Berrien\\nGriswold, p o Jones\\nGrove Level, p o Banks\\nGrooverville, p Brooks\\nGumpond, p o Mitchell\\nGwinnette County, p 74", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "202\\nINDEX.\\nGullettsville or Newmarket,\\np o Monroe\\nGuy ton, p o Effingham\\nGreen s Cut, p o Burke\\nGhentsville, p o Henry\\nGuys, p o Pierce\\nGordon s Springs, p o White-\\nfield\\nGreenwood, p o Whitefield\\nGreenfield, p o Colquitt\\nGrove, p o Elbert\\nGoodman s XRoads, Harris\\nHabersham County, p. t5\\nHahira, p o Berrien\\nHall County, p. 76\\nHall, p o Appling\\nHamburg, p v Macon\\nHall oca, p o Chattahoochee\\nHamilton, cap. Harris\\nHamet, p o Ciierokee\\nHamlet, p o Randolph\\nHannahatchie, p o Stewart\\nHancock Co., p. 76\\nHaralson Co., p. 78\\nHalcyondale, p o Scriven\\nHaralson, p o Coweta\\nHarnageville, p o Pickens\\nHarris Co., p. 79\\nHarrrisonville, p Troup\\nHarmony, p o Elbert\\nHart Co., p. 79\\nHeard Co., p. 80\\nHartwell, cap. Co.\\nHartford and Hawkinsville,\\ncap. Pulaski\\nHearnsville, p o Putman\\nHayneville, p v Houston\\nHartford, p o Forsyth\\nHog Mountain, p o Hall\\nHebron, p o Washington\\nHigh Shoals, p o Morgan\\nHightower, p o Forsyth\\nHenderson, p o Houston\\nHead of Tennessee, p o Rabun\\nHerndon, p o Burke\\nHenry Co., p. 80\\nHillsboro p o Jasper\\nHinesville, cap. Liberty\\nHickory Level, p o Carroll\\ndo Flat, p o Cherokee\\ndo Grove, p o Crawford\\nHiawassee, cap. Towns\\nHopewell, p o Crawford\\nHollingworth, p o Banks\\nHobbie, p o Dade\\nHogansville, p o Troup\\nHomer, p t cap. Banks\\nHolcomb, p o Burke\\nHolmesville, cap. Appling\\nHolmes, p o Early\\nHomersville, p o Clinch\\nHopeful, p o Burke\\nHouston Co., p. 81\\nHouston Factory\\nHortonville, p Terrell\\nHolly, p o Merriwether\\nHolly Grove, p Terrell\\nHuguenin, p Sumter\\nHothouse, p o Montgomery\\nHuntsville, p o Macon\\nIda, p o Greene\\nIndians, see Cherokee and\\nCreek\\nIrwin Co., p. 82\\nIrwinton, cap. Wilkinson\\nIrwinville, cap. Irwin\\nIsabel, p o Ware\\nIsabella, cap. Worth\\nInitial Point, in Appling or\\nPierce\\nIndian Springs, p v Butts\\nIsland Creek, p o Hancock", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "V\\nINDEX.\\n203\\nIvy log, p o Union\\nIrbyville, p o Fulton\\nIrwin s X Roads, Washington\\nJackson County\\nJacksonville, cap. Telfair\\nJackson, cap. Butts\\nJasper Co., p. 83\\ndo cap. Pickens\\nJefferson Co., p. 84\\nJeffersonton, cap. Camden\\nJefferson, cap. Jackson\\nJefferson ville, p o in Twiggs\\nJamestown, p Chattahoochee\\nJerusalem, p Pickens\\nJohnson County, p. 86\\nJohnstonville, p o Monroe\\nJones County, p. 86\\nJones s Mill, p o Merriwether\\nJonesboro cap Clayton\\nJonesville, p Mcintosh\\nJoy s Mills, p o Burke\\nJuno, p o Lumpkin\\nJubilee, p o Warren\\nKettle Creek, Wilkes\\ndo p o Ware\\nKennesaw Mountain, Cobb\\nKidron, p o Coweta\\nKingston, p o Cass\\ndo p Morgan\\nKiokee, p o Columbia\\nKinchefoonee Creek, trib. Flint\\nKnoxville, cap. Crawford\\nLafayette, cap. Walker\\nLamar, p in Sumter\\nFort Lamar, p o Madison\\nLagrange, cap, Troup\\nLanahassee, p Stewart\\nLanier, cap. Macon\\nLawson, p o Pulaski do p\\nWilcox\\nLaurens Co., p. 87\\nLaurens Hill, p o Laurens\\nLawrenceville, cap. Gwinnette\\nLeathersville and Lisbon, p o\\nLincoln\\nLeathersford, p Lumpkin\\nLee county, Leo p o\\nLeaksville, p o Jasper\\nLester dist., p o Burke\\nLexington, cap. Oglethorpe\\nLittle River, p o Cherokee\\nLittle Prairie, p o Cass\\nLiberty county, Liberty Hill,\\np o Pike\\nLime Sink, p Laurens\\nLincoln county, do Lincolnton,\\ncap\\nLinton, village and school,\\nHancock\\nLithonia, p o Dekalb\\nLodi, p o Coweta\\nLoudsville, p Lumpkin\\nLongstreet, p o Pulaski\\nLouisville, cap. Jefferson\\nLowndes eo., Locust Grove,\\np o Henry\\nLowell village, Clay\\nLombardy, p o Columbia\\nLook-out Station, p o Dade\\nLocation, p o Coweta\\nLong s Bridge, p o Hancock\\nLumpkin county, do cap. Stew-\\nart\\nLittle York, p o Montgomery-\\nMacon county, p. 30 do cap.\\nBibb CO.\\nMadison co., do cap. Morgan\\nMacedonia, p o Cherokee\\nMagnolia, cap. Clinch\\nMagdalene, p o Merriwether\\nMallorysville^ p o Wilkes", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "204\\nINDEX.\\nMarshallviile, p o Macon\\nMarthasviile, p do.\\nMarion county, do cap. Twiggs\\nMay field, p o Warren\\nMarble Works, p o Pickens\\nMaysvilie, p o Jackson\\nMcElvinville, p o Mitchell\\nMerriwether co., p, 95\\nMcDonald village. Ware\\nMcBean, cr and p o Richmond\\nMcDonough, cap. Henry\\nMechanicsville, p o Jasper\\nMcintosh county, do p o Lib-\\nerty\\nMidway, p o Baldwin\\nMidway, M. H. Liberty\\nMellville, p o Chattooga\\nMilledgeville, cap. Baldwin p,\\n26\\nMiller co,, Mickasukee Lake,\\nThon)as\\nMillray, p o Bullock\\nMillen, p o Burke\\nMil ford, p Baker\\nMilton county, do p o Wil-\\nkinson\\nMitchell c(\u00c2\u00bb,, p. 97\\nMiddle River, p o Banks\\nMinton, p Worth\\nMillwood, p Dougherty\\nMineral Springs, p. 168\\nMontezuma, p o iMacon\\nMillhaven, p o Sonora\\nMillgrove, Moon and Moun-\\ntain, p o in Cobb\\nMidville, p o Burke\\nMill Creek, p o Union\\nMill Stone, p o Oglethorpe\\nMilltown, p o Berrien\\nMill Creek, p o Union\\nMcRae s Store, p o\\nMorgan co., do cap. Calliuun\\nMilner, p in Pike\\nMonticello, cap. Jasper\\nMillard, p o Stewart\\nMinerva, p Houston\\nMisletoe Bower, p o Carroll\\nMonroe county, do cap. Walton\\nMoultrie, cap. Colquitt\\nMuckalee creek, trib. Flint\\nMulberry Grove, p o Harris\\nMurray co., p. 100\\nMuscogee co,, p. 101\\nMount Zion, p o Hancock\\nMorven or Sharp s Store, p o\\nBrooks\\nMountain Hill, p o Harris\\nMountain Town, Gilmer\\nMount Carmel, p o Henry\\nMount Yonah, cap. White\\nMount Vernon, cap. Mont-\\ngomery\\nMountain cene, p o Towns\\nMountville, p o Troup\\nMountain House, p o Cass\\nMountain (Rock) Dekalb\\nNaucoochee, p o and valley\\nWhite\\nNew Echota, p o Gordon\\nNebraska, p Columbia\\nNewnan, cap. Coweta\\nNewsville, p o Plaralson\\nNewton comity, p. 102\\ndo cap. Baker\\nNewton Factory\\nNewbridge, po on Chestatee,\\nLumpkin\\nNewborn, p o Newton\\nNew Market, p o Monroe\\nNickojack cr. and cave, Dade\\nNotchaway, creek and p o\\nTerrell\\nNunnerlin, p Decatur", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n206\\nOak Lawn, p Dougherty\\nOak Eidge, p o Merriwether\\nOak Mountain, Talbot\\nOcean Pond, Lowndes\\nOcean Wave, p in Ware\\nOsceoJa, p o Terrell\\nOcopilco, p o and creek\\nBrooks\\nOcilla river, Thomas\\nOgechee\\nOchlochnee river, and p o\\nCol qnitt\\nOcmulgee river\\nOconee river\\nOdchodka, p o Quitman\\nOhoopie river\\nOglethorpe county, p. 103\\ntown Macon\\ncollege Baldwin\\nOlive Branch, p Merriwether\\nOlive Grove, p Decatur\\nOrel, p o Worth\\nOostenaula river\\nOxford Town, Newton\\nOphir, p o Cherokee\\nOrange, p o do\\nPachitla, p o Calhoun\\nPalmyra v Lee\\nPataula cr. in Clay, Falls and\\ntown\\nPaulding county, p. 105\\nPickens county, p. 105\\nPenfield, p o Greene\\nPennsboro p Worth\\nPerry, cap. Houston, Peters-\\nburg, p o Elbert\\nPerry s Mills, p o Tattnall\\nPierceville, p o Tannin\\nPierce county, p. 106\\nPike county, p. 106\\nPhidelta, p o Banks\\nPine Hill\\nPine Mountains, Talbot\\nPinckneyville, p o Gwinnette\\nPineridge, p Early\\nPineville, p Marion\\nPinderton, p Worth\\nPlains of Dura, p o Sumter\\nPleasant Retreat, Lumpkin\\nPoindexter, p o Schley\\nPiscola, p V Brooks and cr.\\nPolk CO., Powder Springs,\\nCobb\\nPoverty Hill, p o Jones\\nPowelton, p V Hancock\\nPondtown, see cap. Schley co\\nPrattsburg, p o Talbot\\nPom aria, p o Clay\\nProvidence, p Sumter\\nPaloalto p o Jasper\\nPulaski county, p. 108\\nPondfork, p o Jackson\\nPulaski Monument in Savan-\\nnah\\nPhilomath, p o Oglethorpe\\nPumpkintown, p Randolph\\nPreston, cap. Webster\\nPumpkinvine, p o Paulding\\nPunkinpile, p o Polk\\nPutnam county, p. 108\\nQuaker Springs, Columbia\\nQuebec, p o Schley\\nQuitman county, p. Ill\\nQuitman, cap. Brooks\\nQuito, p o Talbot\\nKabuii county, p. Ill\\nRaccoon Mt., Dade Co\\nRaesville, p v Columbia\\nRay Town, p v Taliaferro\\nRailroads, page 149\\nRandolph county, p. 113", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "206\\nINDEX.\\nRancher, p o Hall\\nReasaca, p o Gordon\\nRed Bud do\\nRedbone, p o Talbot\\nRepose, p o Haralson\\nRedishvllle, or Rushville, p o\\nAppling\\nRiedsville, cap. Tattnall\\nReedy Creek, p o Jefferson\\nRehoboth, p o Wilkes\\nRiceboro p o Liberty\\nRepublican, p o Warren\\nRichland, p o Stewart\\nRichmond county, p, 113\\nRiddleville, v school in\\nWashington\\nRinggold, cap, Catoosa\\nRio, p Coweta\\nRiverton, p o Campbell\\nRoanoake, v Stewart\\nRockbridge, p o Gwinnette\\nRockhill, p o Gilmer\\nRocky Mount, p o Merri-\\nwether\\nRocky Plains\\nRich Mountain, p o Pickens\\nRollin, p o Fannin\\nRome, cap. Floyd\\nRossville, p o Walker\\nRoswell, p o Cobb\\nRosehill, p o Union\\nRotherwood, p o Carroll\\nRuckersville, p v Elbert\\nRusselville, p v Monroe\\nRound hill, p o Lumpkin\\nSaffold, p o Early\\nSaint Ilia river, p o Wayne\\nSaint Cloud, Heard\\nSaint Mary s river, Town\\ndo Camden\\nSanta Luca, p o Gilmer\\nSalem, p v Clarke\\nSaluda, p o Coweta\\nSaluda Farm, p o Dade\\nSandhill, p o Carroll\\nSandersville, cap. Washington\\nSalt Springs, p o Campbell\\nSandtown, p o do\\nSaint Cloud, p o Heard\\nSavannah, cap. Chatham\\nSawdust, p o Columbia\\nScarboro p o Scriven\\nSchley Co., p. 119\\nScottsboro, V Baldwin\\nSearsville, p Webster\\nSeward, p o Montgomery\\nScienceville, p o Stewart\\nScull Shoals, p o Greene\\nSlade village, Lee\\nSharon, p o Talliaferro\\nSherwood, p Wayne\\nSheltonville, p o Forsyth\\nSlate Quarry, Polk\\nShady Dale, p o Jasper\\nSandy Ridge, p o Henry\\nSleepy Hollow, p Early\\nSharp Top, p o Cherokee\\nSooque, p o Habersham\\nSocial Circle, p o Walton\\nSkeinah, p o Fannin\\nScriven Co., p. 119\\nShoals of Ogechee, Hancock\\nSanderstown, p o Pickens\\nSpier s Turn-out, Jefferson\\nSnowhill, p o Walker\\nSneed, p o Lee\\nSpringfield, cap. Effingham\\nSpalding Co., p. 120\\nSpring Place, cap. Murray\\nSmithville, p o Dawson\\ndo p Lee\\nSpring, p o Henry\\nStockbridge, p o Henry", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n207\\nSpring Creek, p o Early\\nStarkville, cap. Lee\\nStarsville, p o Newton\\nStatesboro, cap. Bullock\\nState Line, p o Heard\\nStatenville, cap. Echols\\nStockJ|ill, p o Fannin\\nSummerville, cap. Chattooga\\nSubligna, p v Chattooga\\nSuinmerfield, p Stewart\\nSummerville, v Richmond\\nSummervale, p o Elbert\\nSummer Retreats\\nSwainsboro cap. Emanuel\\nSugar creek, p o Telfair\\nSugar Valley, p o Gordon\\nSugar Hill, p o Hall\\nSuwannee, p o Gwinnette\\nStephens, p o Oglethorpe\\nStephensville, p o. Wilkinson\\nStrickland, p o Pierce\\nSheffield, p o Newton\\nSnaffing Shoals, p o do\\nStamfordville p o Putnam\\nSulphur Springs, p o Merri-\\nwether\\nSweetwater, p o Gwinnette\\nSylvania, cap. Scriven\\nSylvan Hill, p Hancock\\ndo Grove, p Jefferson\\nStark, p o Butts\\nSumter Co., p. 122\\nSumterville, p. Sumter\\nTalbot Co., 123\\ndo. cap Talbot\\nTallapoosa, p o Carroll\\nTallocas, p o Brooks\\nTail s cr, p o Gilmer\\nTallulah p o Habersham\\nTalmadge, p o Baldwin\\nTannville, p o\\nTalking Rock, p o Pickens\\nTarversville, p o Twiggs\\nTattnall Co., p 124\\nTavern-keepers, letter to\\nTazewell, p v Marion\\nTaylor Co., p 125\\nTaylor s Creek, p o Liberty\\ndo Mountain p o Walker\\nTelfair Co. p 125\\nTennille, p o Washington\\nTemperance, p o and p Tel-\\nfair\\nTemperance, p o\\nTeloga Springs, p o Chat-\\ntooga\\nTerrell Co., p. 126\\nTharp, p Bibb\\nTexas, p in Merri wether\\nThompson, p o Columbia\\nTiger, p o Rabun\\nThomas county, p. 126\\nThomaston, cap. Upson\\nThomasviile, cap. Thomas\\nTired Creek, p o Decatur\\nThundering Spring, p Upson\\nTooinbs, p Richmond\\nToombsboro p o Wilkinson\\nTowns county, p. 125\\nTowel iga river and p o in\\nButts\\nTrader s Hill, cap. Charlton\\nTraveller s Rest, p Dooly\\nTroublesome, p o now Staten-\\nville, Echols\\nTroup county, p. 128\\nTroupville, cap. Lowndes\\nTreaties and acquisitioi. of\\nterritory\\nTrickem p. p. Carroll\\nTroy, p o Cherokee\\nTucker s Cabin, p Henry\\nTunnelville, p o Whitefield", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "20^\\nINDEX.\\nTurin, p o Coweta.\\nTwiggs county, p. 129.\\nTwiggsville, p o Twiggs,\\nTyrone, p o Wilkes.\\nUnion county, p. 130.\\nUnion Point, p o Greene.\\nUnionville, p o Monroe.\\nUnion Hill, p Upson.\\nUpson county, p. 131.\\nUpatoy, p o and creek, Mus-\\ncogee.\\nUtoy, p o Fulton.\\nTaldosta, cap. Brooks.\\nVanwert, cap. Polk.\\nVarnell s, p o Whitefield.\\nVan s Valley, Floyd.\\nValley Store, p o Chattooga,\\nVernon, p o Troup.\\nVerona, p o Run do] ph.\\nVilla Rica, p o Carroll.\\nVienna, cap. Dooly.\\nVillanow, p o Walker.\\nVineville, suburb of Macon.\\nVineyard, p o Wilcox.\\nViola, p o Mitchell.\\nWalker Co., p. 131\\nWalton Co., p. 132\\nWalthourville, p o Liberty\\nWalnut Grove, p o Walton\\nW.arm Spring, see Mineral\\nSprings\\nWarnerville, p o Me rri wether\\nWare Co. p. 133\\nWaresboro, cap. Ware\\nWarren Co. p. 134\\nWarrinton, cap. Warren\\nWarsaw, p o Milton\\nWartbem, p o Wasbington\\nWashington Co. p. 134\\nWaverley, p o Harris\\nWashington, cap. Wilkes\\nWayne Co., p. 135\\nWaynesville, p o and cap.\\nWayne\\nWebb s Creek, p o Banks\\nWebster Co., p. 136\\nWaynesboro cap. Burke\\nWebster-place, p o Elbert\\nWalnut Hill, p o Franklin\\nWalesca, p o Cherokee\\nWarhiU, p o Hall\\nWarwoman, p o Rabun\\nWarwick, p o Worth\\nWatkinsville, cap. Clarke\\nWater oak, p o Muscogee\\nWatermelon, p o Tattnall\\nW^aynman s Factory, Upson\\nWays, p o Bryan\\nWeston, p o Webster\\nW^estpoint, town Troup\\nWelborn s Mills, p o Houston\\nWhite Co., p. 137\\nWhitesville, p o Harris\\nWhite Plains, p o Greene\\nWhitefield Co., p. 137\\nWhitehouse, p o Henry\\nWhitney, p o Calhoun\\nWhitepath, p o Gilmer\\nWinchester, p o Macon\\nWinficld, p o Columbia\\nWimberly, Carroll\\nWhite Oak, p o\\nWhite Water, p o Fayette\\nWilkes Co., p. 138\\nWilkinson Co., p. 140\\nWillow Dell, p o Coweta\\nGrove, p o do\\nW^indsor, p o Walton\\nWisdom s Store, p o Harris\\nAVithlacoochee river\\nWoodbury, p o Merriwether", "height": "3436", "width": "2060", "jp2-path": "gazetteerofgeorg00sher_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n209\\nWooclburn, Jefferson\\nWood! awn, p o Murray\\nWoodville, p o Green\\nWoodstock, p o Cherokee\\nWorth Co., .p. 141\\nWorthville, p o Butts\\nWrightsboro p o Cohimbia\\nWrightsville, cap. 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