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blacks; total, 13,455. Amount of State tax returned for 1848, 

 $3,360 82. Entitled to two representatives to the Legislature. 



Towns, Public Places. — McDonough is the capital, and 

 is pleasantly located on the waters of Walnut creek. First 

 settled in 1822; incorporated and made the county site in 

 1823. From Milledgeville it is distant 70 miles N. W., from 

 Fayette ville 20, from Griffin 18, from Covington 21, from 

 Jackson 16, from Indian Springs and from Decatur 28. The 

 public buildings are a brick court-house, jail, three churches, 

 and one academy. This town declined in business when Grif- 

 fin was first settled, although it now begins to revive. The 

 amount of goods sold in a year is over $50,000. Population 

 500. Great effo rts are making to put a stop to the sale of 

 ardent spirits in McDonough. 



Hollinsworth's Store, or Tucker's Cabin, is 14 miles N. of 

 McDonough. 



Double Cabins, 6 miles N. of Griffin. 



Hale's Store, on Sandy Ridge, 10 miles E. of McDonough. 



White House, 7 miles N. E. of McDonough. 



Cotton River, 6^ miles N. of McDonough. 



Pittsfield, 8 miles W, of McDonough. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — The climate is healthy, 

 and there are few diseases except on the water-courses. The 

 instances of longevity are the following. Mr. John Smith, 

 between 90 and 100 ; Mr. James Daniel, over 80 ; Mr. John 

 Treadwell, over 80 ; Mr. Jacob Coker, over 80 ; Mr. John 

 Wyatt, over 83 ; Mr. Richard Card, over 80 ; Mr. John Oslin, 

 80 ; Mr. Ezekiel Cloud, 92 ; Mr. Cuncle, 82. 



Religious Sects, Education. — Baptists the most numer- 

 ous, Methodists, a few Presbyterians, Roman Catholics, Uni- 

 versalists and Christians. There are about thirty churches in 

 the county. Proper attention is paid to education. 



Markets. — Atlanta, Griffin, Macon, and Jonesborough. 



Mineral Springs. — Five miles east of McDonough, on 

 Key's Ferry road, is a spring said to have mineral qualities. 



Mountain. — Little Rock mountain, in the N. E. corner of 

 the county. 



Character of the People. — The citizens of this county 

 are plain and unassuming in their manners, industrious, benevo- 

 lent, and enterprising. 



