LEE COUNTY. 367 



by Baker. It is 40 miles in length, and 25 miles in width ; 

 square miles 1000. 



Lee county constitutes a portion of the territory acquired 

 from the Creek Indians, lying between the Flint and Chatta- 

 hoochee rivers, and west of the Chattahoochee, and was laid off 

 in 1826 ; since which period, portions of it have been added 

 to Muscogee, Marion, Randolph, and Sumter. 



Towns. — Starkville is the seat of justice, situated nearly in 

 the centre of the county; 130 miles S. W. of Milledgeville, 15 

 miles N. of Albany, and 25 miles south of Americus. The court- 

 house and jail are inferior buildings, constructed of wood. It 

 has a church of the Baptist denomination, stores, shops, and one 

 hotel. Population, 100. The water is not good. The town 

 was made the county site in 1832, and named after Major Ge- 

 neral John Stark, of revolutionary memory. 



Palmyra is situated on Kinchafoona creek, 10 miles from 

 Starkville, and 5 from Albany. This was once a flourishing 

 village ; but owing to its proximity to Albany, audits unhealth- 

 iness, it is on the decline. About 10 families reside here. 



Diseases. — Intermittent and remittent fevers, but they are 

 easily managed. Congestive fever, which sometimes occurs, is 

 more difficult to manage. The western portion of the county is 

 considered healthy for this part of Georgia. 



Mills. — Eight saw-mills, eight grist-mills, one merchant- 

 mill. 



Nature of the Soil, Average Products, Value op 

 Land. — The lands in the western part of the county are of an 

 inferior quality, having a reddish, thirsty, sandy soil. The 

 central portion is of a grayish soil, much cut up by shallow 

 ponds. Where it is sufficiently elevated it pi'oduces corn and 

 cotton well. The eastern part is mixed with oak and hickory, 

 not having many tall trees. The central part is pine land. 

 The southern portion is the most fertile, having a large pro- 

 portion of red oak and hickory land, generally supposed to 

 contain lime, but examinations prove that this is a popular er- 

 ror. These lands lie mostly on Fowl Town creek. In the 

 fork of Fowl Town and Kinchafoona creeks there is pine 

 land, equal to any in the world. On Kinchafoona and 

 Muckalee creeks, are many rich plantations of hammock 



