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porated and made the county site in 1823. Distant from Mil- 

 ledgeville 107 miles, N. W. ; from Griffin 20 miles, from Newnan 

 23, from McDonough 21, from Campbellton 20, and from At- 

 lanta 25. One Masonic Lodge, one printing office, one Divi- 

 sion of the Sons of Temperance. 



Jonesborough, on the Macon and Western Railroad, 10 

 miles N. E. of Fayetteville, has been settled about six years, 

 and has a population of 200. It contains one church of the 

 Methodist denomination, three schools, besides stores and 

 shops. The population is improving. The place is called 

 after Samuel G. Jones, Esq. 



Rough and Ready is 1 1 miles from Atlanta, on the Macon 

 and Western Railroad. 



Religious Sects, Education. — Baptists, Methodists, Chris- 

 tians, Presbyterians, Universalists, Roman Catholics, Episco- 

 palians, and a few Mormons. The subject of education does 

 not engage the attention of the people as much as it ought, 

 although there are indications of a greater interest than 

 formerly. 



Character of the People. — The citizens are spirited, 

 industrious and temperate. Great changes have been pro- 

 duced through the instrumentality of religion and temperance. 



Roads and Bridges. — The roads are far from being in the 

 best condition. There are more than a dozen bridges which 

 are kept in tolerable repair. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — The climate is generally 

 healthy. The most common diseases are fevers of the remit- 

 tent and intermittent character, pleurisies, &c. Mr. W. 

 Waldroup died in this county, at the age of 104 years; Mr, 

 Graves died over 80 ; Mr. Hanes, 87 ; Mr. Gray, 80 ; Mr Gil- 

 bert Gay, 80; Wm. Gay, over 80; Mrs. Waldroup, over 80; 

 Mr. John Fuller, 94 ; Morris Harris, 87 ; Wm. Powell, 90 ; 

 Wm. Shaddix, 82; Greene Hill, over 80 ; Henry Mitchell, 85. 

 S. R. Minor, now living, is 90, and editor of the Fayetteville 

 Advertiser ; says he owns the original type of Dr. Franklin. 

 John Dearing, S. Wilkins, Simon Whitaker, James and Wm. 

 Brassell, Z. Petty, C. Williford, are over 80. 



Early Settlers. — Collin Alford, Alexander Ware, T. D. 

 King, C. Terry, James Montgomery, Gilbert Gay, Wm. Gay, 



