358 JEFFERSON COUNTY. 



Towns, &c. — Louisville is the county town, situated on 

 Rocky Comfort creek, 54 miles from Milledgeville, 26 from 

 Saundersville, 25 from Waynesborough, 45 from Augusta, 10 

 miles from the Central Railroad ,and 110 miles from Savannah. 

 It was once a place of importance. It was made the seat of go- 

 vernment for the State of Georgia, by the Constitution, on thg^^yty 

 16th of May, 1795, and continued such until 1804, when it was 

 removed to Milledgeville. Since that period it has deteriorated. 

 It has now a court-house, built of the materials which formerly 

 composed the state-house, a jail, church, academy, one tavern, 

 five stores, &c. Population 100. It was in Louisville that 

 the papers connected with the celebrated Yazoo Acts were 

 publicly burnt. About $25,000 worth of goods are annually 

 sold. 



Pine Hill, a summer retreat, four miles from Louisville. 



Roads, Bridges. — The roads are tolerably well kept. The 

 bridges are six. Two over Rocky Comfort creek ; two over 

 Big creek ; four over the Ogeechee river ; all of which are 

 generally in good condition. 



Mineral Springs. — There is a spring near the Warren 

 line called Jefferson Bath, supposed to be impregnated with 

 mineral virtues. 



Near Louisville is a spring formerly resorted to for its me- 

 dicinal qualities. 



Character op the People, Amusements. — The people 

 are moral, industrious, and kind. Temperance has produced 

 a great change in the habits of the people. The amusements 

 are chiefly hunting, fishing, and dancing. 



Mills, &c. — Eight saw-mills ; 13 grist-mills ; 2 flour-mills. 

 One burr stone quarry near the Ogeechee. 



Original Settlers. — Wm. Hardwick, John Fulton, the 

 family of the Clemmons's, Pattersons, Lawsons, Gambles, 

 Capt. Wm. Haddon, Capt. Patrick Connelly, Andrew Berri- 

 hill, the Shellmans, John Berrien, the Whiteheads, Hamptons, 

 &c. The most of the settlers of this county were from Ire- 

 land, and located themselves three miles below Louisville, at 

 a place which they called Queensborough. 



Distinguished Men. — Under this head we record the 

 names of Benjamin Whitaker, long the able Speaker of the 



