172 CHATTOOGA COUNTY. 



on the 11th of May, in the seventieth year of his age. His re- 

 mains were deposited with great solemnity in Westminster 

 Abbey, where a monument was erected to his memory, with the 

 following inscription : 



Erected by the King and Parliament, 



as a testimony to 



The virtues and ability 



of 



William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 



During whose Administration 



Divine Providence 



Exalted Great Britain 



To an height of Prosperity and Glory 



Unknown to any former age.* 



A statue of this great man formerly stood at the intersec- 

 tion of Meeting and Broad-streets, in the city of Charleston, 

 but has been removed to the middle of the court, fronting the 

 Orphan House. 



CHATTOOGA. 



Boundaries. — This county is bounded N. by Walker, E. by 

 Floyd, S. by Floyd, and W. by Alabama. Laid out in 1838, 

 from Walker and Floyd. 



Post Offices. — Summerville, Alpine, Dirt Town, Tryon 

 Factory, Teloga Springs, Broomtown, Melville, Chattoogaville. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — According to the 

 last census, the population was 2,237 whites, 732 blacks; total, 

 2,969. The amount of State tax for 1848 was $1475 01. 

 Sends one representative to the Legislature. 



Rivers and Creeks. — The principal streams are Chattooga 

 river ; Snake, Eukelanaquaw, John's, and Amuchee creeks. 



Towns. — Summerville is the capital, situated in Chattooga 

 valley, in the centre of the county, 195 miles N. W. of Mil- 

 ledgeville, 25 miles from Rome, and 16 from Lafayette. It 

 has a handsome brick court-house, jail, two hotels, five dry 



* Allen's American Revolutian. Mills' Statistics of South Carolina. 



