206 DE KALB COUNTY. 



Mineral Springs — Within the incorporated hmits of At- 

 lanta, there is a fine chalybeate spring, and another one and 

 three-fourths of a mile south of Decatur. 



Minerals. — Some gold has been found in the vicinity of 

 Rockbridge, near Yellow river, and on Nancy's creek ; asbes- 

 tos in large quantities at the plantation of John Evans, Esq. ; 

 granite in quantities sufficient to supply the State of Georgia 

 for a century to come ; tourmaline, quartz, iron, &:c. 



Manufactures, Mills, Distilleries. — Two wool carding- 

 mills, about 25 saw-mills, 35 grist-mills, 2 merchant-mills, 2 

 distilleries. 



Roads and Bridges. — The roads and bridges are not kept 

 in the state which the comfort and convenience of the citizens 

 require. 



Religious Sects, Education. — Methodists, Presbyterians, 

 Baptists, Catholics, Episcopalians, and Christians. In Atlanta 

 and Decatur are good schools. The subject of education 

 begins to be more appreciated than formerly. 



Character of the People. — We hazard nothing in saying 

 that the citizens of this county are generally industrious and 

 temperate. The farms are not kept with that neatness which 

 could be wished. Some improvement in agricultural imple- 

 ments is much wanted. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — The climate is remark- 

 ably healthy. Indeed, the united testimony of intelligent men 

 who have given this subject special attention, declares De Kalb 

 to be unsurpassed for health by any region in the world. It is 

 not pretended that there are no diseases, but these are very 

 few. A number of persons have died in this county at a great 

 age. A few, only, of their names are inserted. John Biffle, 

 106 ; D. Greene, 90 ; Mr. Brooks, 92; Mr. Rooks, nearly 95; 

 and there are now living, Wm. Terrell, 90 ; Mrs. Biffle, 100; 

 and a great many between 80 and 90. 



Original Settlers. — William Jackson, '"George Heard, 

 William Terrell, Judge Cone, Mr. Scaife, and James Mont- 

 gomery were among the first who settled in this county. 



Antiquities. — There is a mound near Montgomery's Fer- 

 ry, and what may be called an intrenchment six miles west of 

 Decatur, on the Chattahoochee. 



