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by the many, of both sexes and all ages, who attended his 

 interment, with tears and deepest sorrow ; and that he was 

 not wanting in the offices of humanity, was proven by the 

 heart-rending scenes exhibited in the moans and lamentations 

 of his numerous black family, when they were permitted to 

 view, for the last time, his mortal remains. They, indeed, had 

 cause for sorrow. Never had slaves a kinder master. In every 

 thing connected with their health and comfort he made the 

 most liberal and ample provision — in food, raiment, bedding, 

 and dwellings. In their sickness, his attentions to them were 

 those of a kind and tender friend. Nor did he neglect their 

 moral instruction and discipline. He was fond of reading, but 

 his favourite study was man. To this predilection did he owe 

 that consummate knowledge of the human character, and those 

 practical lessons of wisdom, of so much consequence to the 

 conduct of life, which gave him rank among the " wisest and 

 best." He died in Warren county, North Carolina, on the 

 29th day of June, 1837, in the 79th year of his age.* 



MADISON. 



Boundaries, Extent. — Madison is bounded N. by Frank- 

 lin, E. by Elbert, S. by Oglethorpe and a part of Clarke, and 

 W. by Jackson. Laid out from Oglethorpe, Jackson, Frank- 

 lin, and Elbert, in 1811, and additions made to it in 1813, '19, 

 '23, '29, '31. Length 14 miles, breadth 13. Square miles, 182. 



Rivers, Creeks. — North and south prongs of Broad river. 

 Mill Shoal, Brushy, Holly, Fork, Blue Stone, and Shoal creeks. 



Post Offices. — Danielsville, Brookline, Madison's Springs. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — The census of 

 1845 gave to this county 3,615 whites, 1,699 blacks; total, 

 5,314. Amount of State tax for 1848, $1,498 70 cents. 

 Sends one representative to the Legislature. 



Town. — Danielsville, named after General Allen Daniel, 

 situated on a high, uneven surface, is the capital. Distant 

 from Milledgeville 87 miles N., 15 from Athens, 23 from Lex- 



* Furniphcd by the Hon. Mr. Edwards, of North Carolina. 



