423 MERIWETHER COUNTY. 



pulation was 15,381; of these 8,625 were whites, and G,756 

 blacks. Amount of State tax returned for 1848, is $5,248 38 

 cents. Sends two representatives to the State Legislature. 



Towns, Villages. — Greeneville, named in honour of Ma- 

 jor General Nathaniel Greene, is the seat of justice. It is lo- 

 cated nearly in the centre of the county, on a high ridge, on 

 the waters of Walnut creek. It is a pretty village, well shaded, 

 having a fine brick court-house, constructed at an expense 

 of f 8,000* a jail built of wood, a beautiful church belonging 

 to the Methodists, a neat Baptist church, one academy for 

 females and two for males and females, besides a number of 

 stores, &c. Population about 500. The town has been favoured 

 with a large portion of health for five years past. The water 

 is only tolerable. The population is moral, intelligent, and 

 sociable. Incorporated and made the county site, in 1828. 

 It is 108 miles W. of Milledgeville, 10 from the Warm Springs, 

 10 from the Sulphur Springs, 17 from the Chalybeate Springs, 

 20 from La Grange, 33 from Griffin, 25 from Zebulon, 30 from 

 Talbotton, and 25 from Newnan. Goods to the amount of 

 $75,000 are annually sold. Merchants buy their goods prin- 

 cipally in Charleston and New- York. 



Sandtown is 10 miles S. of Greeneville. Population be- 

 tween 50 and 60. 



Flat Shoals, 12 miles E. of Greeneville. The water-power 

 is unimproved, although it presents inducements for manufac- 

 turing purposes unsurpassed by any in Georgia. It is a very 

 romantic spot. 



Minerals. — Gold has been found near the Coweta line, 

 15 miles from Greeneville. About $10,000 worth of gold has 

 been found in one locality. In various parts of the county 

 this valuable metal exists in small quantities. Some iron is 

 found ; also an inferior kind of granite. 



Manufactures, Mills. — One wool-carding machine, on 

 Cane creek, one ditto on Flat Shoals, 4 merchant-mills, 8 

 grist-mills, 5 saw-mills, one steam saw-mill. 



Religious Sects, Education. — Methodist, Missionary and 

 Anti-Missionary Baptists, Presbyterians, Protestant Methodists, 

 and a few Episcopalians. 



Sufficient concern is not felt in the subject of education. 



