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tined for America did not sail. In the year 1784 he again 

 visited the country, the independence of which was owing in 

 a great measure to his exertions. He was received with every 

 mark of respect. In the States which he visited, legislative 

 assemblies, municipal bodies, officers of the army, and all 

 classes of society, vied with each other in rendering to him 

 the homage of their gratitude. During the French Revolution, 

 he was the steady friend of liberty. As commander of the 

 National Guards, he saved the lives of the Royal Family of 

 France. No man occupied a more prominent place than did 

 Lafayette. In August, 1825, he again visited the United 

 States, and from one extremity of the country to the other, 

 millions of freemen gave him a hearty welcome. He died May 

 21, 1834. In the United States, the intelligence of his death 

 was received with emotions of profound sorrow. All felt that 

 one of the best of men was gone for ever. 



FLOYD. 



Boundaries. — This county is bounded N. by Chattooga, 

 E. by Cass, S. by Paulding, W. by Alabama. Laid out from 

 Cherokee, in 1832. 



Rivers, Creeks. — The chief rivers are the Oostenaula and 

 Etowah, which unite their waters at Rome, forming the 

 Coosa. The other streams are Armucha, Cedar, Heath's, 

 Rocky, Ball Play, and Spring creeks. 



Mountains. — There is a range of mountains entering the 

 northwest corner of the county, and running through it in a 

 southwest direction, separating the waters of the Chattooga 

 from those that empty into the Oostenaula, and known as 

 Taylor's ridge. The Turnip mountain is a spur of Taylor's 

 ridge. There are other ranges of mountains of less magni- 

 tude. 



Towns. — Rome is the seat of justice, and is situated at the 

 junction of the Etowah and Oostenaula rivers, upon several 

 high hills, and commands an extensive view of Taylor's ridge 



