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early life he had been a communicant of the church. He was 

 about five feet nine inches in stature ; his face round, his 

 eyes blue, and his complexion light. He wrote essays on va- 

 rious subjects. He was a man of true piety. All his trusts 

 he performed with incorruptible integrity.* 



LOWNDES. 



Boundaries, Extent. — Bounded N. by Irwin, E. by 

 Ware, S. by Hamilton and Madison counties in Florida, and 

 W. by Thomas. Laid off from Irwin, and organized in 1825. 

 Its length from N. to S. is 52 miles, breadth 40, and contains 

 2080 square miles. 



KivERs, Creeks. — The rivers are the Allapahaw, Little, 

 and Withlacoochee. Among the creeks are the Allapahoo- 

 chee, Ocopilco, Allapacoochee, Cat, Camp, Mule, &c. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — The population 

 has been steadily on the increase. The census of 1845, gave 

 this county 4,437 whites, 1,662 blacks; total, 6,099. Amount 

 of State tax for 1848, $2,169 91 cents. Sends one representa- 

 tive to the Legislature. 



Post Offices. — Troupville, Allapahaw, Ocopilco, Piscola, 

 Sharp's Store, Flat Creek. 



Towns. — Troupville is the seat of justice, immediately in 

 the fork made by the confluence of the Withlacoochee and 

 Little rivers. It has the usual county buildings, three hotels, 

 two churches, four stores, several mechanics' shops, two 

 physicians, and four lawyers. It is distant from Milledgeville 

 180 miles S. ; 40 from Thomasville ; 75 from Waresborough, 

 and 75 from Irwinville. It is a healthy and pleasant village. 

 Population about 20 families. Made the county site in 1828. 

 Named after George M. Troup. 



Early Settlers. — Rev. William A. Knight, Benjamin 

 Serman, Bani Boyd, William Smith, and others. 



Religious Sects, Education. — Methodists, Baptists, and 

 a few Presbyterians. There are churches in almost every 



* Thatcher's Journal. Sullivan's Letters. Sanderson's Lives. 



