296 GWINNETT COUNTY. 



There is a belt of red land, which enters the county at the east, 

 and runs south, which is of very superior quality. The 

 river and creek lands are fertile. A large portion of the soil 

 is gray land. More beautiful farms than many with which 

 we met in this county, cannot be found in Georgia. We were 

 pleased to notice the number of fences made of stone. 



Productions, Average Product per Acre. — The pro- 

 ductions are cotton, corn, wheat ; and indeed this county fur- 

 nishes all the resources necessary for the support and comfort 

 of industrious farmers. Cotton averages 500 pounds per acre ; 

 corn 20 bushels ; wheat 10 bushels. 



Value of Lands, Cotton. — Red lands command $8 per 

 acre. The lands on the Chattahoochee are worth from $20 

 to $30 per acre. The gray lands are worth from 50 cents to 

 $3 per acre. About 2500 bags of cotton are raised annually. 



Markets. — Augusta, Stone Mountain, Atlanta. 



Mineral Springs. — Bankston's springs, six miles from 

 Lawrenceville, on the road to the Stone mountain, are said to 

 be \ery mnch like the Madison springs. There is a limestone 

 spring in the Sugar Hill district, twelve miles north of Law- 

 renceville, and another on the farm of Mr. Elisha M. Winn, 

 six and a half miles east of Lawrenceville. 



Minerals. — Gold is found in the Chattahoochee, in the 

 Sugar Hill district, and in vai'ious places. Granite of excel- 

 lent quality is abundant ; also antimony, iron, quartz, burr 

 stone, &c. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — This county has a fine cli- 

 mate, and is generally exempt from diseases, except those which 

 emanate from colds. Instances of longevity are numerous. 

 Daniel Clover, aged 87 ; John Lawrence, 85 ; Stephen Har- 

 ris, 90 ; Jonathan Johnson, 80; Lewis Dishons, 90 ; Owen An- 

 drews, 90; Edward Jackson, 87; Sarah Hunt, 81 ; Mrs. Sha- 

 dock, 100; Mrs. Ruth Liddel, 90 ; Mrs. Campbell, 90 ; John 

 Davis, 110, who connected himself with the church when he 

 was 99 ; Mr. Hunt, 100 ; John McDade, 95 ; George Thrasher, 

 93; George Wilson, 100; and many others might be named, 

 who reached a great age. There are now living, Nathan 

 Dobbs, aged 92 ; Mrs. McCree, 93 ; Thomas Cox, 92 ; Leonard 

 Wills, 92; John Brown, 90; John Bowen, 90; J. S. Head, 

 85 ; Mrs. Elizabeth Haney, 84 ; Elizabeth Gower, 83. 



