144 CAMPBELL COUNTY. 



Laid out in 1828, from Coweta, Carroll, De Kalb, and Fayette. 

 Length 16 miles, breadth 12, square miles 192. 



County Town. — Campbellton is the seat of justice. It 

 occupies an elevated position on the southeast side of the 

 Chattahoochee river, distant from Milledgeville 151 miles, 

 from Atlanta 22, from Newnan 25, from Marietta 26, from 

 Fayetteville 20, and from Villa Rica 22. It has a very large 

 court-house, built of brick, far too large for the county; a jail, 

 an hotel, two churches, an academy, &c. Population 175. 

 The water is only tolerable. Amount of goods annually sold is 

 25,000 dollars. The merchants buy in Charleston and New- 

 York. The town was settled and incorporated in 1829. 



Sand Town, is a small village on the Chattahoochee river, 

 two miles from Campbellton. 



Post-Offices. — Campbellton, Cedar Branch, County Line, 

 Dark Corner, Rivertown, Sand Town, Rasselas. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — In 1845, the po- 

 pulation of the county was 4,705 whites, and 1,051 blacks;* 

 total, 5756. Amount of State tax, for 1848, $1,367 73 cts. 

 Sends one representative to the Legislature. 



Religious Denominations. — Methodists, Baptists, Presby- 

 terians, and Universalists. 



Education. — Education is neglected. 



Manufactures, Mills. — Sweet Water Factory, situated 

 on Sweet Water creek, 16 miles S. of Marietta; building five 

 stories high, 48 by 120 feet. Designed for 6,000 spindles, 90 

 looms. Capital, $50,000. Water power good, 23 feet fall. 

 Owners, Gov. McDonald and Col. Ro2;ers. 11 saw-mills. 

 14 grist-mills, 2 flour-mills, 4 distilleries in the county. 



Face of the Country, Nature of the Soil. — The face 

 of the country is broken and undulating. The lands on the 

 rivers and creeks have a black and loamy soil, finely adapted 

 to cotton, wheat, and corn. These are valued at $25 per 

 acre. The red lands produce well, valued at $10 per acre. 

 The gray hickory lands are worth from 5 to $10, and pro- 

 duce fine crops of corn. 



Productions, Average Product per Acre. — Cotton, corn, 

 wheat, rye, oats, &c. Cotton averages 600 pounds per acre, 

 corn 18 bushels, wheat 10 bushels. Three thousand bags of 

 cotton are raised annually. 



