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ing himself with the end of his gun. He was afterwards 

 murdered by the foe, and Captain John Dooly concerted a 

 plan to attack the Indians at Galphinton, after propositions of 

 peace had been made by the constituted authorities. The 

 plan was discovered, Captain Dooly was arrested, and a court 

 martial ordered, but he gave up his commission, and was shortly 

 afterwards appointed colonel of militia in Wilkes county. His 

 conduct on all occasions was that of a brave and active offi- 

 cer, anxious to be employed in cases where danger was to be 

 incurred. The Indians were aware of his determination to 

 punish them for the murder of his brother, and the mere men- 

 tioning of his name would create terror among them. Colonel 

 Dooly was conspicuous in the various skirmishes on both sides 

 of the Savannah river, above and below Petersburg. At 

 Kettle creek he commanded the right wing of Colonel Clarke's 

 force, and contributed to the victory which declared itself in 

 favour of the American arms. After this signal action, he was 

 engaged for a length of time in affording protection to the 

 frontiers, in which harassing duty he gained much credit. In 

 1780, this brave officer came to his death by the hands of a 

 party of tories, who entered his house at midnight and mur- 

 dered him. He left several sons, among whom was Judge 

 Dooly, one of the ablest men in Georgia. 



DADE. 



Boundaries. — Bounded N. by Tennessee, E. and S. by 

 Walker county, and W. by Alabama. 



Rivers, Creeks. — Lookout creek is the only stream of any 

 size. p a yv n 



Post Offices — Trenton, Wauhatchee, Rising Town ; 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — In 18'15, the popu- 

 lation was 1,924 whites, and 103 blacks ; total, 2,027. Amount 

 of State tax for 1848, $280 29. Entitled to one representa- 

 tive to the Legislature. 



County Town. — Trenton is the seat of justice, situated on a 

 stream known as Town creek, on a considerable eminence mid- 



