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branch of the river Little St. Ilia, to the southern branch of the 

 river Great St. Ilia, the parish of St Thomas ; from the south- 

 ern branch of the river Great St. Ilia, to the southern branch 

 of the river St. Mary's, and from the head of the river St. 

 Mary's in a due west line, including all the islands within the said 

 boundary, the parish of ^^. Mary's. When Georgia, in common 

 with the other colonies, threw of the yoke of Great Britain, the 

 parishes were organized into counties. In the constitution of 

 Georgia adopted in 1777, it was declared, " that the parish of 

 St. Paul should be known by the name of Richmond. The 

 parish of St. George should be known by the name of 

 Burke. The parish of St. Matthew, and the upper part of St. 

 Phillip above Cannouchee, Effingham. The parish of Christ 

 Church, and the lower part of St. Phillip below Cannouchee, 

 Chatham. The parish of St. John, St. Andrew and St. James, 

 Liberty. The parish of St. David and St. Patrick, Glynn. 

 The parish of St. Thomas and St. Mary's, Camden. The ceded 

 lands north of Ogeechee, Wilkes." In 1784, two counties were 

 laid out called Franklin and Washington. Franklin began tit 

 the Savannah river, " where the west line of Wilkes county 

 strikes the same, thence along the said line to the Cherokee 

 corner, from thence on the same direction to the south branch 

 of the Oconee river, thence up the said river, to the head or 

 source of the most southern stream thereof, thence along the 

 temporary line separating the Indian hunting ground, to the 

 northern branch of Savannah river, known by the name 

 of Keowee." Washington embraced an extent of country 

 bounded by a line beginning at the Oconee river, where the 

 last mentioned line strikes the same, thence along that river 

 to where it strikes the former temporary line, thence along 

 the said line to the Cherokee corner, and from thence to the 

 beginning. As new territory was acquired, new counties 

 were added, and these were divided and subdivided into other 

 counties. The State now comprises ninety-three counties. 



In addition to this division of the State there is an organ- 

 ization of eight congressional districts. First district, has 18 

 counties, viz. : — Appling, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, 

 Effingham, Emanuel, Glynn, Laurens, Liberty, Lowndes, 

 Mcintosh, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Thomas, Ware, 



