350 JASPER COUNTY, 



Religious Sects, Education. — Methodists, Presbyterians 

 and Baptists. Of churches there are 10 Methodist, 1 Presby- 

 terian, 2 Oxford Baptists, 4 Anti-Missionary and 7 Missionary 

 Baptists; total 24. Education is not neglected, but in this 

 county as well as in most of the counties in the State, the system 

 adopted for the education of the poor is defective. 



Markets, &c. — Covington, Madison, Macon, are the chief 

 markets. 10,000 bags of cotton are annually produced. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — The climate is tempe- 

 rate. The diseases are fevers, chills, and pneumonia. There 

 are now living, Anthony Dyer, over 83 ; George Clark, 90 ; 

 Mr. Caps, nearly 80 ; John Davidson, over 80 ; David Smith, 

 over 80 ; Richard Carter, 83. Dr. Carroll died at the age of 

 100; Jeremiah Campbell, a revolutionary character, was over 

 80 ; Sion Barnett published the first proclamation connected 

 with the Mecklenburg meeting, was present at the battles of 

 Stono and Cowpens, and died at the age of 82 ; Littleton John- 

 son, 86; Mr. Waters, 105, killed by fall from a horse; Mr. 

 Abner Chapman, 86 ; Mrs. Chapman, 80 ; Mr. Yaney was at 

 the siege of Savannah, and was within five steps of Pulaski 

 when he was shot down. A negro man named Shade, at 

 110; Gilbert Shaw, at 80, killed by a tornado, in 1842. 



Towns. — Monticello, so called from the residence of 

 Thomas Jefferson, is the county site, situated on the waters of 

 Murder creek. The court house is a handsome brick edifice, 

 cost upwards of $12,000. The jail is a plain building. There 

 are in the town, three churches, Methodist, Baptist and Pres- 

 byterian, one county academy for males and one school for fe- 

 males, two hotels, five stores, several mechanical shops, seven or 

 eight lawyers, and four physicians. It is 35 miles W. N. W. of 

 Milledgeville, 125 from Augusta, 28 from Forsyth, 36 from 

 Marion, and 16 from the Indian springs. The citizens of this 

 town are eminently distinguished for intelligence and polite- 

 ness. More than $100,000 worth of goods are annually sold. 

 The fire in 1843 destroyed property valued at $50,000. 



Hillsborough, 9 miles S. E. of Monticello, has one church, 

 two academies, and one store ; population 100. Named after 

 Mr. Isaac Hill, one of the early settlers of the county. 



Shady Dale, 8 miles from Monticello, has two churches, one 



