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14. In Middle Georgia the timber is mostly oak and hickory. This is purely an agricultural section, and is a rich farming region.
15. In North Georgia the timber is better than in Middle Georgia, and consists of oak, ash, hickory, poplar, chestnut, oak and walnut, and occasional growths of the long-leaf pine growing in almost every county.
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16. The minerals of Georgia are found almost entirely in North Georgia. Gold is mined in paying quantities in a few counties, especially in Lumpkin County. Copper is found to a considerable extent in Paulding County and vicinity. Iron ore abounds in every county in northwest Georgia. Manganese is found in Floyd, Bartow, Polk and Catoosa counties. Beauxite has been found in large quantities in Bartow, Floyd and Polk counties. Asbestos, mica, kaolin, and talc, or soapstone, are found in large quantities.
17. The largest marble quarries in the South are in Pickens County, and the best granite in America is that from Stone Mountain, near Atlanta. Coal is found in only three counties : Dade, Walker and Chattooga. ·
18. In South Georgia, the principal products are cotton, rice and sugar-cane.
19. In Middle Georgia, cotton, corn and oats, with some wheat and hay.
20. In North Georgia, cotton, wheat, rye, peas and hay.
21. Fruits grow abundantly in all sections of the state, and the shipments of peaches, watermelons, grapes and pears, are large, and steadily increasing.
22. Extending as it does, from a semi-tropical climate at the sea-coast to a region of comparative cold in the mountains of North Georgia, the state offers every variety of temperature, soil and products, and its resources, both vegetable and mineral, are more numerous and varied than those of any other state in the Union.
23. The principal rivers of the state are, the Savannah, navigable 250 miles, from Augusta to Savannah ; the Ogeechee, navigable from its mouth to Louisville, 150 miles ; the Oconee, navigable from its junction with the Ocmulgee to Milledgeville, about 200 miles ; the Ocmulgee, from its junction with Oconee to Macon, about 275 miles ; the Ocmulgee and the Oconee from the Altamaha, navigable to Darien, about So miles ; the Flint to Albany, about 250 miles ; the Chattahoochee, navigable to
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Columbus, 300 miles ; the Coosa, 50 miles in Georgia and 150 in Alabama ; the Oostanaula and the Coosawattee from Rome to Carter's Landing, 105 miles.
24. There are very many smaller streams, such as the Etowah, the Conasauga, Chicamauga, Ohoopee, Satilla, St. Marys, and others. The state is exceedingly well watered.
25. The highest mountains are in North Georgia, Mount Enotah, in Towns county, being the highest, 4796 feet above the sea level. Bald Mountain, in Rabun County, is 4718 feet high. Other very high mountains are Blood Mountain, Yonah, Grassy and Pine Log, with many of less elevation.
26. A straight line from the mouth of the Savannah River to the mouth of the St. Marys is only a little more than 100 miles long, but the coast-line is so irregular that the actual length of coast is more than 400 miles.
27. The principal harbors are Savannah, Brunswick, St. Marys and Darien, and others of less depth of water. These four furnish ample outlet and inlet for the commerce of a dozen states.
28. The largest island belonging to Georgia is Cumberland Island, about thirty miles long and from two to four miles wide. It has the finest sea beach in America. Other islands are St. Simons, Sapelo, Ossabaw, Warsaw, St. Catherines, Jekyl, and some smaller ones. They are all low and flat, but are capable of producing fine crops of Sea Island cotton and sugar-cane. Their natural vegetation consists of live oaks, pines, palmettos and many tropical plants and vines.
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX.
THE GEORGIA PENITENTIARY, GEORGE H. JONES, PRINCIPAL KEEPER.
1. The Penitentiary of Georgia was until the close of the war located at Milledgeville. It then had a local habitation, but now has none. There were massive brick walls and watch- towers surrounding a large area, within which were the cells, with grated doors and windows, where the convicts lived. Within this enclosure there were shops of various kinds for the manufacture of shoes, wagons, buggies, harness, and other things, and there was a tan-yard for making leather. The convicts were all white, not because the whites alone committed crimes, but the laws provided home punishment for the negroes.
2. When freedom came to the negro and he was declared a citizen the old penitentiary system had to be abandoned, and the lease system was substituted in its stead. There was much complaint from the mechanics because the convicts worked at their trades and competed with them and the state could undersell their products. It was also foreseen that under the new status of the negro, the penitentiary would have to be greatly enlarged and the expense of keeping it up be an ever-increasing burden upon the state.
3. And so the lease system was established and is yet in force. It has gone through many trials and received much adverse criticism, but so do all systems of punishment that take away the liberty of the citizen and force him to labor.
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Humane people are apt to forget the crime and sympathize with the criminal.
4. But it is believed that with the watchful care that the governor and the state officials exercise over the treatment of the convicts, they are really better off at outdoor labor than if confined by day within prison walls and in gloomy cells by night. The convicts are now located at seventeen perma- nent camps.
5. In Dade there are four camps, all under one control, and having in charge 631 convicts, all engaged in mining coal and burning coke. The Chattahoocheerick Company have in charge 604 men, who are mining in Walker County, making brick in Fulton or milling in Dooly County. James M. Smith has 203 men, some of whom are on his farm in Oglethorpe, and the remainder at saw-mills in Ware and Dooley counties. T. J. James has 104 men at saw-mills in Johnson County. W. B. Lowe has 342 men at saw-mills in Wilcox, Dodge, Liberty and Pierce Counties.
6. The women, numbering fifty-four negroes and two whites, are all worked on a farm in Elbert County, by Colonel W. H. Maddox.
7. There were in camp on Ist October, 1892, 1940 convicts, of whom 194 are whites and 1710 are negroes. Compared with ist October, IS90, there has been a net increase of 274 within two years. This increase is wholly colored, the number of white convicts increasing only about as fast as they are discharged.
S. This total of colored convicts does not include a consid- erable number (about 200) who are by special statutes assigned to the control of certain cities and counties for public work, and not included in the Commissioner's report. At present rate of increase of colored convicts there will be in ten years an average of over 3000 to provide for.
9. It is worthy of careful consideration that of these colored convicts there are 700 under twenty-one years of age, 1417
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under thirty years of age, and who knew nothing of slavery. Only eighty-two (or less than five per cent.) are over forty years. The old ante-bellum slaves are not convicts.
10. Of all the colored convicts, 965 are imprisoned for larceny in some form. Forty-four per cent. are members of the church in good standing, thirty-seven per cent. can read and write, and eight per cent. are serving a second term.
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.
I. The University of Georgia is located at Athens. From time to time branch colleges have been added to the university, subject to its control. These branch colleges are located as follows:
Technological School,
Atlanta,
Male.
North Georgia Agricultural College,
Dahlonega,
Male and Female.
South Georgia College,
Thomasville, Male and Female.
Middle Georgia College,
Milledgeville, Male and Female.
Womans' Normal and Industrial College, Milledgeville, Female.
South West Georgia College,
Cuthbert, Male.
2. The other most prominent colleges are: -
Mercer University,
Macon,
Male.
Emory College,
Oxford,
Male.
Gainesville College,
Gainesville,
Male and Female.
Georgia Female Seminary,
Gainesville.
Martin Institute,
Jefferson,
Male and Female.
Chappell College,
Columbus,
Male and Female.
Andrew Female College,
Cuthbert.
Le Vert College,
Talbotton,
Male and Female.
Young Female College,
Thomasville.
Wesleyan Female College, .
Macon.
Lucy Cobb Institute,
Athens,
Female.
Home School,
Athens,
Female.
Agnes Scott Institute,
Decatur,
Female.
Shorter College,
Rome,
Female.
Dalton Female College,
Dalton.
La Grange Female College,
La Grange.
Baptist Female College,
La Grange.
Young L. G. Harris Institute,
Towns Co.,
Male and Female.
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The principal colleges for colored students are :-
Clark University,
Atlanta.
Morris Brown College,
Atlanta.
Atlanta.
Spelman Seminary, Knox High School,
Athens. Savannah.
State Industrial College,
Beach Institute,
Payne Institute,
Savannah. Augusta.
3. These institutions for the colored race are all well equipped, well officered and most of them well endowed. They are doing good work and their graduates compare favorably with those of other institutions.
4. The percentage of illiteracy of both races is rapidly decreasing in the state. Among the whites in towns and cities it is now only 3.4. In the country it is 13.1. Among the negroes in towns and cities it is 9.3. In the country 21. Total in the state for whites 11.3 against 24 in 1860. Total for negroes 27.2.
5. Under the school law, all children between the ages of six and eighteen are entitled to receive a grammar school education, or to such extent as the school fund will provide for.
6. The last count of those entitled to the benefit of the school fund showed 604,971 children. In 1891 the enrollment was 360,268, and the average attendance was: whites 124,436; colored So,790. There are 4605 schools for whites and 26So for the negroes.
7. To pay the teachers of these schools for their services the sum of $1,058,532 has been provided for the present year. This will be supplemented by the poll tax and by local taxation. As an evidence of the desire of the people of the state to advance the cause of education, it is only necessary to state that within ten years appropriations have been more than quadrupled, the entire amount in 1882 being only $272.754.
8. The school fund is approximated upon the basis of school population, but is paid out on the basis of average attendance.
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There is no division of the fund between the races; the negroes receiving their full share in proportion to their numbers, not- withstanding the mere trifle their taxable property brings to the fund.
9. The Deaf and Dumb Asylum is located at Cave Spring, Floyd County. It was established in 1845, and placed in charge of Colonel Oliver P. Fannin, who may be regarded as its founder. In 1859, he resigned, and in a few years was succeeded by Wesley O. Connor, the present principal. It is sufficient to say of him that he has always received the cordial support of the trustees and of all Legislative Committees, and his pupils are all his friends. The number of pupils now in the Asylum is: white 76, colored 31, total 107.
10. As an instructive and significant statement the following table, taken from the Principal's report, is shown. Taking 258 deaf mutes as a basis, in twenty of the families from which these mutes came, the parents were first cousins, produc- ing thirty-three deaf mutes. In eleven families, the parents were second cousins, producing eighteen deaf mutes. In four families, the parents were third cousins, producing seven deaf mutes ; twenty-one per cent. of the parents of these 258 afflicted ones being related by blood ties. Sixteen marriages of deaf mutes produced fifty-nine children, nineteen of whom were deaf mutes.
II. The Blind Asylum is located at Macon, and has been ever since the war in charge of W. D. Williams, A.M., as Principal. He is a most worthy and efficient officer, devoted to his pupils and his pupils devoted to him. There are now 102 pupils in attendance, of whom twenty are colored. It is estimated that the marriage of blood relations produce about the same per cent. of blind as of deaf and dumb children.
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THE STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM
is located at Milledgeville, under the management of Dr. T. O. Powell, who for many years has filled the office to the com- plete satisfaction of several administrations and of the general public.
2. This institution is the largest charity that the state main- tains, and its successful management compares favorably with any in the older and wealthier states. As an evidence of the economy practiced in its management, the cost per capita per diem for each inmate has been reduced in twenty years from 521/2 cents to 32 1/3. About $190,000 per annum is required to support the Asylum. There are 200 men and women whose sole duty is to constantly attend and wait upon the inmates, who are all helpless as infants, hard to control and very destructive.
3. On October 1, 1892, there were 1061 white and 509 colored inmates, a total of 1570 persons to be nursed, fed and watched.
4. About four per cent. of the whites and twenty per cent. . of the negroes become insane from religious excitement. Fifteen per cent. of whites become insane from hereditary causes, while only five per cent. of the negroes are insane from the same cause. A majority of the inmates are between the ages of twenty and forty-five.
5. It is encouraging to note that the percentage of restored and improved patients grows larger each year ; but at the same time it is sad to note that the number of applicants increases proportionately faster than the population. There is but little difference between the number of males and females in the Asylum.
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MANUFACTORIES.
I. The census of 1880 shows that there were 3593 manu- factories of all kinds in the State of Georgia.
2. In 1890, there were fifty-three cotton factories, using annually 138,000 bales of cotton of 500 pounds each. This is an increase, in consumption, of more than 100 per cent. since 1880, only 67,500 bales being consumed at that time. The value of the cotton goods made in the state in 1890 was over twelve millions of dollars, making an increase of more than four millions of dollars in the value of the raw material. These factories employ 10,530 people. There are eighteen wool factories, using 208,000 pounds of wool annually, making a product valued at $340,000.
3. The full report for the census of 1890 has not been published, but the returns at hand show that the ten cities named below have manufactories of all kinds, as follows :
Cities
Number of Establishments.
Value of Products.
Atlanta,
404
$13,058,737
Augusta,
440
9,244,850
Savannah,
243
6,222,402
Macon,
203
5,171,530
Albany,
48
512,027
Athens.
57
$34,319
Columbus,
60
4,954,779
Dalton,
989,803
Griffin,
25
473.775
Rome,
23
756,423
Total,
I 534
$42,218,645
These establishments employ 27,955 hands, of whom 2298 are children under fifteen years of age.
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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
1. In 1879, Georgia produced 814,000 bales of cotton on 2,617,000 acres of land, averaging three and two tenths acres per bale. In 1889, the state produced 1,191,919 bales on 3.345,526 acres of land, averaging two and eight-tenths acres per bale. This shows marked improvement in methods of cultivation.
2. In 1889, Georgia produced 29,261,422 bushels of corn, being an average of eleven and one-third bushels per acre ; of wheat, 1,096,312 bushels, an average of five and six-tenths bushels per acre ; of oats, 4,767,456 bushels, an average of nine and one-quarter bushels per acre.
3. It will be seen from these statistics that cotton is the great staple crop of the state, but the farmers raise sufficient quantities of other cereals, rice, potatoes and all vegetable products, not only to satisfy their own wants, but for sale and export.
4. As an evidence of the good condition of the farmers of Georgia, the census of 1890 shows that forty-two per cent. of them own the farms they cultivate; fifty-eight per cent. rent or hire their farms - this class being principally negroes.
5. Of the farmers who own their farms, ninety-six and one- half per cent. own them free from incumbrance. No other state in the Union can show as favorable a condition of its farmers.
6. The wealth of the state, that is, the value of the property in the state, has increased about 100 per cent. from 1879 to 1892.
7. In 1879, the value of all property in the state, as returned by the owners thereof, was $234,959,548.
8. In 1892, the value is $463.753.534. These figures include railroad property, which has increased from $9.866, 129 in 1879, to $42.604,025 in 1892. Besides, there is railroad property exempt by law from ad valorem taxation, valued at
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$20,000,000. So that the total value of property in the state, in 1893, is not far from $500,000,000.
9. The chief items of property that show marked increases since 1879, are as follows :
1879.
IS92.
City and Town Property,
$49,007,286
$121,683,110
Lands,
90,493,822
137,194,720
Farm Implements,
2,97 1,37 2
6,125,555
Household Furniture,
9,1 56,404
16,257,394
Cotton Mills,
1,640,000
11,025,778
Railroads,
9,866,129
42,604,025
Io. This table shows a gratifying increase in items that indicate improved methods of farming, with largely more domestic comforts and luxuries. Of these taxable values, it is to be remarked that in 1879 the negroes returned $5, 182,398. In 1892, this had increased to $14,869,575, or less than three and one-quarter per cent. of the whole taxable property of the state. Nevertheless, they have received and are now receiving about forty per cent. of the entire school fund; they consti- tuting about forty-seven per cent. of the population of the state.
POPULATION.
I. In ISSo, the total white and colored population of the state was 1,542, 1So. In 1890, the census shows a total of I,837,353, being an increase in ten years of some nineteen per cent.
2. The following table shows the population, both white and colored, by counties, according to the census of 1890. Also. the county seats, for whom the counties were named, and when laid out.
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LIST OF COUNTIES, Showing names, for whom named, when laid out, County Seats, and population from Census of 1890.
NAMES.
FOR WHOM NAMED.
COUNTY SEATS.
LAID OUT.
WHITES
COLORED.
TOTALS.
Appling
Colonel Daniel Appling
Baxley
1818
6,214
2,462
8,676
Baker
Colonel John Baker
Newton
IS25
. 1,595
4,549
6, 144
Baldwin
Abraham Baldwin
Milledgeville
1803
5,262
9,346
14,608
Banks
Dr. Richard Banks
Homer
IS 58
6,999
1,563
S, 562
Bartow
General Francis Bartow
Cartersville
1861
14,574
6,042
20,616
Berrien
John M. Berrien
Nashville
IS 56
8,277
2,417
10,694
Bibl
Dr. W. W. Bibb
Macon
1822
19,029
23,341
42,370
Brooks.
Preston 1 .. Brooks
Quitman
1858
6,342
7,637
13,979
Bryan
Jonathan Bryan
Belknap
1793
2,833
2,687
5,520
Bullock
Arch. Bullock
Statesborough
1796
9,023
4,689
13,712
Burke.
Edmund Burke
Waynesboro'
1777
5,817
22,684
28,501
Butts
Captain Sam. Butts
Jackson
1825
5,167
5,398
10,565
Calhoun
John C. Calhoun
Morgan
18 54
2,239
6,199
8,438
Camden
Earl of Camden
St. Mary's
1777
2,041
4,137
6,178
Campbell
Duncan C. Campbell
Fairburn
1828
5,621
3,494
9,115
Carroll
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
1826
18,450
3,851
22,301
Catoosa
Catoosa
Ringgold.
IS 53
4,795
636
5,431
Charlton
R. M. Charlton
Trader's Hill :
IS54
2,465
S70
3,335
Chatham
Earl of Chatham
Savannah
1777
22,965
34,775
57,740
Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee River
Cusseta
IS 54
1,837
3,065
4,902
Chattooga ..
Chattooga River
Summerville
18 38
9,204
1,998
11,202
Cherokee
Cherokee Indians
Canton
1832
13,904
1,508
15,412
Clarke
General Elijah Clarke
Athens
ISOI
7,072
8, 114
15,186
Clay
Henry Clay
Fort Gaines
I8 54
3,002
4,815
7,817
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Clayton
A. S. Clayton
Jonesboro
1858
5,220
3,075
8,295
Homerville
1850
4,292
2,360
6,652
Cobb
John Cobb.
Marietta ..
1832
15,510
6,776
22,286
Coffee
General John Coffee
Douglas
1854
6,621
3,862
10,483
Colquitt
Walter T. Colquitt.
Moultrie
1856
4,317
477
4,794
Columbia.
Christopher Columbus
Appling
1790
3,243
8,038
11,2SI
Coweta
Chief of Coweta Indians
Newnan
1826
9,740
12,614
22,354
Crawford
Win. II. Crawford
Knoxville
1822
4,159
5,156
9,315
Dade
Major Francis Dade
Trenton
18 37
4,614
1,093
5,707
Dawson
Win. C. Dawson
Dawsonville
1857
5,353
2 59
5,612
Decatur
Stephen Decatur
Bainbridge
1823
9,116
10,833
19,949
De Kalb
Baron De Kalb
Decatur
IS22
11,214
5,97 5
17,189
Dodge
Wm. E. Dodge
Eastman
1870
6,143
5,309
11,452
Dooly ..
Colonel John Dooly
Vienna
1821
9,232
18,914
18, 146
Dougherty
Charles Dougherty
Albany
IS53
1,975
10,231
12,206
Douglas
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglasville
1870
5,993
I,SOI
7,794
Early
Governor Peter Early
Blakely
1818
3.670
6,122
9,792
Echols
Robert M. Echols
Statenville
1858
20,59
1,020
3,079
Effingham
Lord Effingham.
Springfield
1777
3,388
2,21I
5,599
Elbert
Governor Sam. Elbert
Elberton ...
1790
7,492
7,884
15,376
Emanuel
Governor David Emanuel
Swainsboro'
1812
9,396
5,307
14,703
Fannin
Colonel J. W. Fannin
Morganton.
18 54
8,612
II2
8,724
Fayette
General La Fayette
Fayetteville
1821
5,654
3,074
8,728
Floyd ..
General Floyd.
Rome
1832
17,970
10,42 I
28,391
Forsyth
Governor John Forsyth
Cumming .
1832
9,866
1,289
II,155
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Carnesville
1786
11,372
3,298
14,670
Fulton
Robert Fulton
Atlanta
1853
49,238
35,417
84,655
Gilmer
Governor Geo. R. Gilmer
Ellijay
1832
9,005
69
9,074
Glasscock
General Thomas Glasscock
Gibson
1857
2,552
1,168
3.720
Glynn ...
John Glynn
Brunswick
1777
5,669
7,751
13,420
Gordon
W. W. Gordon
Calhoun
1850
11,030
1,728
1 2,758
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General D). S. Clinch
LIST OF COUNTIES. - Continued.
NAMES.
FOR WHOM NAMED.
COUNTY SEATS.
LAID OUT.
WHITES
COLORED
TOTALS.
Greene
General Nathaniel Greene
Greensboro'
1786
5,332
11,719
17,051
Gwinnett
Governor Button Gwinnett
Lawrenceville
1818
16,903
2,996
19,899
Habersham
Joseph Habersham
Clarkesville
1818
9,954
1,589
11,573
Hall
Governor Lyman Hall
Gainesville
ISIS
1 5.280
2,767
18,047
Hancock
John Hancock
Sparta
1793
4,739
12,410
17,149
Haralson
Hugh A. Haralson
Buchanan
IS 56
10,199
1,117
11,316
Harris
Charles Harris
Hamilton
1829
5,999
10,798
16,797
Hart
Nancy Hart
Hartwell
IS53
7,930
2,957
. 10,887
Heard
Stephen Heard
Franklin
1830
6,21 5
3,342
9,557
Henry
Patrick Henry
McDonough
1821
8,629
7,591
16,220
Houston
Governor John Houston
Perry
1821
5,272
16,341
21,613
Irwin
Governor Jared Irwin
Irwinville
4,241
2,075
6,316
Jackson
Governor James Jackson
Jefferson
1796
13,780
5,390
19,176
Jasper
Sergeant Jasper
Monticello
1812
5,392
8,487
13,879
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Louisville
1796
6,450
10,763
17,213
Johnson
Governor H. V. Johnson
Wrightsville.
IS 58
4,673
1,456
6,129
Jones
Hon. James Jones
Clinton
1807
3,931
8,778
12,709
Laurens
Colonel John Laurens
Dublin
ISO7
7,654
6,093
13,747
Lee
Richard HI. Lee
Leesburg
IS26
1,432
7,642
9,074
Liberty
Liberty
Hinesville
1777
4,207
8,680
12,887
Lincoln
General Ben. Lincoln
Lincolnton
1796
2,473
3,673
6,146
Lowndes
Wm. J. Lowndes
Valdosta
I825
7,128
7,974
15,102
Lumpkin
Governor Wilson Lumpkin
Dahlonega
1838
6,453
414
6,867
McDuffie .
George McDuffie
Thompson
1871
3,207
5,522
8,789
McIntosh
McIntosh Family
Darien.
1793
1,258
5,212
6,470
Macon
Nathaniel Macon
Oglethorpe
1837
4,001
9,182
13,183
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POPULATION.
Madison
James Madison
Danielsville
ISII
7,361
3,663
11,024
Buena Vista
1827
3,467
4.261
7,728
Meriwether
General David Meriwether
Greenville
IS27
9,201
11,539
20,740
Miller
Andrew J. Miller.
Colquitt
1856
2,70I
1,574
4,275
Milton
Homer V. Milton
Alpharetta
1857
5,536
672
6,208
Mitchell
Governor David B. Mitchell
Camilla
1857
4,800
6, 106
10,906
Monroe ..
James Monroe
Forsyth
1821
6,621
12,516
19,137
Mt. Vernon
1793
5,590
3,658
9,248
Morgan
General Dan. Morgan
Madison
1 807
5,043
10,998
16,041
Murray.
Thomas W. Murray.
Spring Place
1832
7,977
484
8,461
Muscogee
Muscogee Indians.
Columbus
1826
12,395
15,366
27,761
Newton
Sergeant John Newton
Covington
IS21
7,146
7,164
14,310
Oconee
Oconee River
Watkinsville
IS75
3,881
3,832
7,713
Oglethorpe
General James E. Oglethorpe
Lexington
1793
5,686
11,265
16,951
Paulding
John Paulding .. ..
Dallas
1832
10,443
1,505
11,948
Pickens
General Andrew Pickens
Jasper
IS53
7,832
350
8,182
Pierce
Franklin Pierce
IS57
4,396
1,983
6,379
Zebulon
IS22
8,223
8,077
16,300
Pike Polk
James K. Polk
IS51
10,289
4,656
14,945
Pulaski
Count Pulaski
Hawkinsville
1808
6,558
10,00I
16,559
Putnam
Israel Putnam
Eatonton
1807
3,939
10,903
14,842
Quitman
General John A. Quitman
Georgetown
IS 58
1,421
3,050
4,47I
Rabun
Governor Wm. Rabun
Clayton
1819
5,440
1 66
5,606
Randolph
John Randolph
Cuthbert
1828
5,794
9,473
15,267
Richmond
Duke of Richmond
Augusta
1777
22,346
22,848
45, 194
Rockdale
Rockdale Church
Conyers
IS70
4,127
2,686
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