436 MORGAN COUNTY. 



living Judge SafFold, over 80 ; John G. Heard, over 80 ; and 

 Mr. Giles, 85. 



Manufactures, Mills. — High Shoals factory, on Appa- 

 lachee river, makes domestics and yarns ; it belongs to a private 

 company, and has done well. One cotton-gin manufactory on 

 Gap creek, 12 miles southwest of Madison. Seven saw-mills, 

 nine grist-mills, and three flour-mills. 



Minerals. — Some gold has been found in the western part 

 of this county. Excellent granite is abundant. A small 

 quantity of iron is found. Soapstone, 10 miles south of Madi- 

 son, on Mr. Smith's plantation, and is used for making hearths. 



Mineral Springs. — About one mile north of Madison, on 

 Judge Saffolds's plantation, is a spring supposed to possess 

 mineral properties; also, on Dr. Ballard's plantation, there is a 

 spring having chalybeate qualities. 



Roads and Bridges. — Sufficient attention is not paid to 

 the roads. Many of them are in a bad condition. There are 

 ten bridges in the county, many of which are neglected. 



Face of the Country, Nature of the Soil, Value of 

 Land. — The face of the country is undulating. The lands of 

 the best kind are embraced in a section of country commenc- 

 ing a few miles below Madison, and extending across the 

 county, from east to west, on the waters of Little Oconee and 

 Appalachee rivers, and Indian and Sugar creeks ; they are of 

 the mulatto soil, well adapted to cotton, and worth on an aver- 

 age $6 per acre. Another description of inferior gray lands is 

 worth about $3 per acre. The value of land, however, de- 

 pends upon its situation. There is much waste land in the 

 county, but it is beginning to feel the benefit of agricultural im- 

 provements, which will doubtless restore it, in a great de- 

 gree, to its original fertility. 



Productions, Average Product per Acre. — Cotton, corn, 

 wheat, rye, oats, barley, are the principal productions. Or- 

 chards do not appear to thrive. From 12,000 to 14,000 bags 

 of cotton are produced in one year. Cotton averages 500 

 pounds per acre. Wheat is not sowed in any quantity ; 

 when sowed in proper land, yields 10 bushels per acre. Corn, 

 S^ barrels per acre. 



Value op Town Lots. — The value of town lots is 



