442 MURRAY COUNTY. 



Productions. — Corn, wheat, rye, oats, Irish potatoes, 

 beans, and indeed almost every thing will grow in this highly 

 favoured region. Industry and perseverance will make it one 

 of the garden-spots of Georgia. 



Value of Town Lots, (Sec. — According to the Digest for 

 1848, the value of town lots is $74,690. Value of stock in 

 trade, 831,227. Money at interest, $7,802. 



Roads and Bridges. — For a mountainous and new coun- 

 try, the roads are fair. There are five or six good bridges in 

 the county. 



Manufactures, Mills. — Allaculsa iron works do a good 

 business. Fourteen saw-mills ; 20 grist-mills ; 3 merchant- 

 mills. 



Climate. — The climate is subject to great changes, but 

 cannot be considered more unhealthy than the other portions 

 of upper Georgia. Many of the inhabitants are regardless 

 of the precautions absolutely necessary in a climate so change- 

 able, and therefore suffer considerably from sickness. 



Antiquities. — On the Cohuttah mountains are the remains 

 of an ancient fort, but when and for what purpose constructed, 

 we are unable to say. 



Name. — This county was named after Thomas W. Mur- 

 ray. He was the son of David Murray, who came from 

 Prince Edward county, Virginia, and settled in Wilkes county, 

 just after the revolutionary war. He was born in Lincoln 

 county, in 1790, and received his education at Dr. Waddel's 

 school, Wellington, Abbeville District, South Carolina, and 

 studied law in the office of Mr. George Cook, of Elbert 

 county. About 1819 he became a public man, and acquired 

 distinction, not so much for the brilliancy of his talents, as 

 for his honesty and independence. He was for several years 

 a member of the Legislature, and once Speaker of the House, 

 which office he filled with great dignity and impartiality. He 

 was a candidate for Congress, but died before the election, of 

 a disease of the heart. Mr. Murray belonged to what was 

 called the Clarke party, but did not always vote with it. His 

 opinions were formed after much deliberation, and when 

 formed, were difficult to be changed. The petty artifices 

 sometimes resorted to by politicians, met with no encourage- 



