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HARRIS. 



Boundaries, Extent. — This county has Troup and Meri- 

 wether on the N., Talbot on the E., Muscogee on the S., and 

 the Chattahoochee on the W. Laid out from Troup and Musco- 

 gee, in 1827. Length 20 miles, breadth 18 miles; 360 square 

 miles. 



Rivers, Creeks. — The Chattahoochee forms the western 

 boundary of the county. West End, Standing Boy, Sowahachee, 

 Mulberry, Flat Shoal, Old House, and Mountain creeks, empty 

 into the Chattahoochee. 



Post Offices. — Hamilton, Cochran's Cross Roads, Ellers- 

 lie, Mulberry Grove, King's Gap, Piedmont, Waverly Hall, 

 Whitesville, Valley Place. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — Population in 

 1845, 7,166 whites, 6,972 blacks; total, 14,138. Amount of 

 State tax returned for 1848, $4,922 49 cents. Sends two rep- 

 resentatives to the Legislature. 



Towns. — Hamilton is the seat of justice, two miles north 

 of Mulberry creek, at the extremity of the Oak mountain, and 

 one mile south of the Pine mountain. It is a small place, sur- 

 rounded by beautiful scenery. Population about 400. It con- 

 tains a pretty court-house, a jail, two churches, one male school, 

 one female school. Amount of goods sold per annum, $50,000. 

 It is healthy, and the water good. Distant from Milledgeville 

 110 miles; from Columbus 22|^ miles ; from Talbotton 22| ; 

 from Greeneville, 22^ ; from La Grange, 22^ ; from West Point, 

 22|^ ; and 1 1 from Whitesville. Incorporated and made the 

 county site in 1828. 



Whitesville is on the road leading directly from Columbus to 

 La Grange. Population 150. Distant from Columbus 27 miles. 



Valley Place, 10 miles N. E. of Hamilton, in the valley 

 between the Oak and Pine mountains. One church, one 

 school, two stores, &c. 



Cochran's, 7 miles N. of Hamilton. 



Ellerslie, 10 miles S. E. of Hamilton. 



Religious Sects. — Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians. 



Education. — This subject is generally appreciated, and 

 schools are established in nearly every portion of the county. 

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