322 HEARD COUNTY. 



There are some small bodies of bottom lands upon the river 

 and its tributaries which will yield 50 bushels of corn, or 2,000 

 pounds of cotton per acre. Between 4,500 and 5,000 bags of 

 cotton are made annually. 



Productions. — The leading productions are cotton, corn, 

 and wheat ; rye, oats, and barley are produced in small quan- 

 tities ; most of the fruits and vegetables known to middle 

 Georgia are successfully cultivated. The forest trees are 

 larger than any in the adjacent counties. 



Early Settlers. — Major Daniel Whitaker, Mr. C. B. 

 Brown, Colonel Winston Wood, John Jean, Thomas Awbry, 

 and Colonel Dent were among the earliest settlers. 



Religious Sects. — Methodists, Missionary and Anti-Mis- 

 sionary Baptists, Protestant Methodists, and Presbyterians. In 

 the county there are nine Methodist Episcopal churches, three 

 Protestant Methodist, nine Missionary Baptist, two Anti-Mis- 

 sionary Baptist, and one Presbyterian. 



Indian Mounds, &c. — There are a few small mounds near 

 the Chattahoochee. On Colonel Dent's farm some negroes 

 ploughed up a gun, having on it the British coat of arms. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — No section of Georgia is 

 favoured with a more salubrious climate. The diseases are 

 few, and those which do prevail are manageable. The only 

 instance of longevity which has come to our knowledge is that 

 of Mr. James Stewart ; he has exceeded his threescore and 

 ten, being over 80 years of age. He is one of the soldiers 

 of " '76." 



Minerals. — Gold has been found in the bed of the Chatta- 

 hoochee, and in all the creeks and branches on the west of it. 

 On Black Jack mountain, near the Alabama line, is a vein mine, 

 supposed to be valuable. Iron ore and some specimens of lead 

 have been found. 



Roads, Bridges. — The public roads are not kept in good 

 order. There are but few bridges. The interests of the 

 county call for a bridge over the river at Franklin. 



Character of the People. — There is much republican 

 simplicity in the manners of the people. They are improving 

 in every thing calculated to make them good citizens and 

 honest men. 



