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

 in good order. 



Mills. — Four or five saw-mills, eight or nine grist-mills. 



Early Settlers. — Philip Newton, Mr. Kennedy, WiUiam i 

 Stephens, Edward McGar, Edward Lane. I 



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

 healthy. There are but few diseases, except those common on 

 water-courses. There are several aged persons now living in 

 this county. Mr. Philip Newton is supposed to be 80 years 

 of age. Mr. Millar is over 80. Mr. Headspeth is 80. Mrs. 

 Campbell died in this county at the age of 100, Benjamin 

 Fareclauth 83, A. Sutton 82, Jacob Durdan 85, David Eden- 

 field 79, Matthew Curl 78, Wilson Drew 75, Henry Brown 70. 



Face of the Country, Nature of the Soil, Produc- 

 tions. — The face of the country is level. Most of the land is 

 unproductive. On the Ogeechee some good land may be found. 

 The productions are cotton, corn, sugar-cane, and rice. About 

 1,000 bags of cotton are annually produced. The county 

 affords a fine range for cattle and hogs, and probably no part 

 of the State furnishes better beef and pork. 



Value op Land. — The average value of land is fifty cents 

 per acre. 



Name. — The gentleman in honour of whom this county 

 is named was the Honourable David Emanuel, who came to 

 Georgia about 1768 or 1770, and settled on Walnut Braittch, 

 near WaynesbdVough, from whence he moved to the head of 

 Beaver Dam creek. At a very early age he took up arms in 

 defence of his country. Burke county was the scene of some 

 very severe skirmishes between the Americans and British, in 

 which Emanuel participated under his brother-in-law. General 

 John Twiggs. On one occasion he was captured by a party 

 of loyalists commanded by Captain Brantley, and conveyed to 

 McBean's creek, where, after consultation, it was determined to 

 shoot him. Brantley ordered a large fire to be made, and made 

 Emanuel and his fellow-prisoners, Lewis and Davis, take off 

 their clothes, with the exception of their shirts. They then de- 

 signated three men to shoot them, and placed the prisoners be- 

 tween them and the fire. The word " fire" was then given. 



