MACON COUNTY. 399 



west side of the Flint river, 80 miles from Milledgeville, 22 

 from Perry, 25 from Knoxville, and 25 from Americus. It 

 has the usual county buildings, two churches, two hotels, three 

 stores, &c. Population about 200. It is a very pretty village. 



Face of the Country, Nature of the Soil. — The coun- 

 try is level. The eastern bank of the Flint river averages 

 from 100 to 200 feet high, for several miles. West of the 

 Flint river, pine land mostly prevails, the greatest part of 

 which is fertile. East of the Flint river, the lands are mixed, 

 generally productive. 



Productions. — Cotton, corn, wheat, and other products 

 peculiar to this section of Georgia. 



Education, Religious Denominations. — Education is not 

 neglected, although more attention ought to be paid to it. 

 Number of poor children, 295 ; educational fund, 8255 84. 

 Methodists and Baptists are the prevailing denominations. 



Roads and Bridges. — The roads and bridges are gene- 

 rally kept in good order. 



Character op the People. — This county has an intelli- 

 gent population. 



Market. — Macon is the market. 



Rocks, Minerals, Fossils, Mounds. — Marl exists in con- 

 siderable quantities on the plantation of I. E. Helvenstein, 

 Esq., Buck's creek. The banks of the Flint river contain 

 numerous interesting localities, in which are found curious 

 fossils. On the Flint river are several mounds. 



Value of Town Lots, &c. — The value of town lots is 

 $7,825 ; value of stock in trade, $7,704. Money at interest, 

 $18,690. 



Miscellaneous. — There are several fine hedges of the Che- 

 rokee rose in this county. Col. John Young has his entire 

 plantation enclosed by hedges of this description, and all his 

 cross-fences are of the same. He has now almost eight miles 

 of fence of this kind on his plantation. Col. Young was the 

 first gentleman to introduce these hedges in Macon county, 

 and many are following his example. 



Name. — The Hon. Nathaniel Macon, whose name this 

 county bears, was one of the few patriots of the American Revo- 

 lution who survived to tell the trials of that day to the present 



