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Hon. Wm. H. Crawford, and settled in Lexington. In a short 

 period he attained to a degree of eminence in his profession 

 which probably has been seldom surpassed by any lawyer in 

 Georgia. He was elected to Congress in 1816, and in 1823, 

 and in 1824 was elected senator, which office he resigned in 

 1828, and became a judge of the Superior Court for the Oc- 

 mulgee circuit. He died in 1830 at Greenesborough, where he 

 had removed from Lexington. Mr. Cobb was deeply versed 

 in the knowledge of the law, eloquent and argumentative. In 

 his intercourse with men, he was sprightly and entertaining. 

 He held religion in the highest veneration, and his house was 

 open to the ministers of the gospel. 



COLUMBIA. 



Boundaries, Extent. — This county has Wilkes and Lin- 

 coln on the North, Savannah river on the Northeast, Rich- 

 mond and Jefferson on the South, and Warren on the West. 

 Laid out from Richmond in 1790. It is 25 miles long and 20 

 miles wide, containing 500 square miles. 



Post Offices. — Appling, Berzelia, Culbreath, Darby's, 

 Eubank's, Lombardy, Raysville, Republican, Thomson, White 

 Oak, Wrightsborough. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — According to the 

 census of 1845, the population was 3,888 whites, 7,382 blacks : 

 total, 11,270. State tax for 1848, $5,197 and 70 cents. Sends 

 two representatives to the Legislature. 



Rivers, Creeks. — The Savannah river separates this 

 county from South Carolina, and Little river from Wilkes and 

 Lincoln. Keg, Lloyd, Uchee, Green Briar, Kiokee and Little 

 Kiokee, empty into the Savannah. Upton and Sullivan's 

 creeks discharge themselves into Little river. Sweet Water 

 and Head Stall creeks in the southern part, are branches of 

 Briar creek. 



Towns. — Appling is the seat of justice, situated on Great 

 Kiokee, 82 miles E. N. E. of Milledgeville, 23 from Augusta, 

 and 30 from Washington. It has a court-house, jail, academy, 



