250 FLOYD COUNTY. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — In 1845, the num- 

 ber of inhabitants was 4,617 whites, and 1,604 blacks; total, 

 6,221 ; but it is thought that the population has increased 

 33 per cent. Amount of State taxes paid, $2,569 53. Sends 

 one representative to the Legislature. 



Post Offices. — Rome, Cave Springs, Hermitage, Mission- 

 ary Station, Calipoenia, Coosa, Johnson, Vann's Valley. 



Nature op the Soil, Value of Land, Average Pro- 

 duct. — The lands in this county have a high reputation. 

 The bottom lands are very productive. These are composed of 

 a dark and loose loam, adapted to the cultivation of corn and 

 wheat. Cotton does not succeed so well, owing to the seasons. 

 These lands are valued at $20 per acre. The valley lands are 

 also very fertile, composed of a dark mulatto soil, adapted to 

 corn, wheat, barley, rye, oats, and cotton. It is the opinion of 

 some of the experienced farmers that, take one year with an- 

 other, the valley lands are better suited to cotton than the 

 bottom lands. They sell for $12 50 per acre. The lands on 

 the margin of the bottoms and valleys vary in character ; they 

 are worth $5 per acre. The mountain and hill lands are 

 worth about $2 per acre. There is in this county a tract of 

 land, commencing on the west of the Oostenaula and Coosa 

 rivers, extending to Turnip mountain, the surface of which is 

 almost a perfect plain resembling the flat lands of Houstoun 

 county, badly watered. Experiments prove, that this scope 

 of country is susceptible of cultivation. Marl is found in 

 several places, and many salt lakes. Some of the lands pro- 

 duce 1700 lbs. of cotton per acre; some 12 to 1400 lbs.; but 

 the average may be put down at 800 lbs. per acre. Corfi 

 from 5 to 12 bushels, wheat from 10 to 30 bushels per acre. 



Early Settlers. — Floyd county was originally settled by 

 persons from the older parts of Georgia, South Carolina and 

 Tennessee. 



Mineral Springs, Caves. — Cave springs are situated on 

 Little Cedar creek, in Vann's valley. These springs issue 

 from a mountain east of the valley. The force of the water 

 is sufficient to turn an overshot mill. There is a cave fifty 

 yards from the springs. You descend into it at an angle of 

 ninety degrees. Beautiful stalactites are in the different apart- 



