324 HENRY COUNTY. 



Inferior Court, and a Trustee of the Academy in Washington. 

 He died 15th November, 1815, and left four sons, one of 

 whom, Col. Thomas J. Heard, of Elbert county, has been fre- 

 quently a member of the Legislature. Mr. Heard was married 

 twice. His first wife was a Miss Germany. During his 

 absence from home, the tories came to his house and drove 

 her off, and such was the exposure she suffered, that it brought 

 on a severe sickness which finally terminated her life. His 

 second wife was Miss Elizabeth Darden, who died in Elbert 

 on the 5th of June, 1848, at the advanced age of 83 years. 

 The brother of Stephen Heard, Major Barnard Heard, was 

 taken prisoner by the tories in Wilkes and carried to Augusta 

 in irons, where he was sentenced by a court-martial to be 

 hung ; but on the day before the siege of the town commenced 

 he made his escape, and fought on that occasion under Clarke 

 and Jackson ; and after the battle he went to the British gar- 

 rison, where he found his father, John Heard, who was quite 

 advanced in years, almost exhausted by hunger, with another 

 old man, both of whom he took by the hand, and brought 

 them to the American post. 



HENRY. 



Boundaries, Extent. — This county is bounded N. by 

 De Kalb, N. E. by Newton, E. by Butts, S. by Pike, and W. 

 by Fayette. Laid out by the Lottery Act of l^J, and portions 

 since that time added to other counties. It is 27 miles long 

 and 15 miles wide, containing 405 square miles. 



Rivers, Creeks. — South river, one of the head branches 

 of the Ocmulgee, and Cotton river. The creeks are Trouble- 

 some, Sandy, Towaliga, Indian, Tussahaw, Little Walnut, 

 Line, and Reeves. 



Post Offices. — McDonough, Double Cabins, Flat Rock, 

 Forsterville, Locust Grove, Sandy Ridge, White House, 

 Stock Bridge, Buena Vista, Spring. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — The population, 

 according to the census of 1845, was 9,609 whites, and 3,786 



