GREENE COUNTY= 291 



Manufactures, Mills. — Long Shoals factory ; capital, 

 $100,000. The Company own 500 acres of land, including all 

 the water power on the Greene county side of the river. The 

 main building is of brick, with stone foundation and tin roof, 

 150 feet long, and three stories high. Connected with the fac- 

 tory, is a building of brick, having a store, school-room and 

 place of worship. 



Scull Shoals Cotton Manufacturing Company, 14 miles 

 northwest of Greenesborough, on the Oconee river. 



Sixteen saw-mills ; fifteen grist-mills ; three or four flour- 

 mills. 



Nature of the Soil. — There is much worn-out land in 

 this county ; but it is confidently believed that, by judicious 

 management, it may be redeemed ; and it affords us much 

 pleasure to state, that many of the planters are turning their 

 attention to this subject. Lands which some years ago were 

 considered worthless, have been made to produce abundantly. 

 The best lands are situated on the water-courses. 



Average Ppoduct per Acre. — Cotton averages 500 lbs. ; 

 corn, 3^ barrels ; wheat, 10 bushels. 



Minerals. — Excellent granite, beautiful amethystine quartz, 

 and most of the minerals found in the adjoining counties. 



Productions. — Cotton, corn, wheat, rye, oats, &c. Fruits 

 do very well when proper attention is paid to them. The 

 Hon. Judge Stocks has raised lemons in his garden of a large 

 size and fine quality. 



Early Settlers. — Jonas Fauche, Wm. Heard, S. M. 

 Devereaux, Isaac Stocks, Joseph Heard, John Pinkerd, John 

 Harrison, Samuel B. Harris, John Young, Josiah McDonald, 

 Charles Watts, Joseph White, George Reid, Major Porter, and 

 others. 



Eminent Men. — Greene county has produced a number 

 of distinguished men. Among them may be mentioned Jonas 

 Fauche, a gentleman whose merits have not been properly ap- 

 preciated by the people of this State. In the early settlement 

 of Greene he bore a conspicuous part in the defence of the 

 frontiers against the Creek Indians. He was a very peculiar 

 man in every respect. 



Rev. Dr. George F. Pierce, President of Emory College, 



