480 PUTNAM COUNTY. 



chief streams. The creeks are Murder, Rooty, Crooked, 

 Glady, Lick, and others. 



Towns. — Eatonton, named after General Eaton, is the seat 

 of justice, in the centre of the county, on a high ridge, 22 

 miles N. N. W. of Milledgeville, 22 from Greenesborough, 22 

 from Madison, 18 from Monticello, 28 from Clinton, 28 from 

 Sparta, and 24 from Macon. It has a court-house, jail, one 

 church for Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians ; a branch 

 of the Bank of the State of Georgia, Masonic Hall, two 

 academies, eleven stores, mechanics' shops, (fee. The town 

 is distinguished for its beautiful groves. It was made the 

 county site in 1808. Population, 600. 



Stanfordville, 12 miles from Eatonton, has a church, two 

 stores, school, &c. This place was formerly known by the name 

 of Half Acre, or Devil's Half Acre, an appellation given to it, 

 from the wickedness of the inhabitants. We are pleased, 

 however, to say that it no longer merits this name. It is now 

 a quiet and moral village. 



Rockville, 11 miles from Eatonton. It has two stores, 

 church, school, &c. 



Glade's Cross Roads, 9f miles from Eatonton. 



Nature of the Soil, Value of Land. — The soil is of the 

 description called mulatto, peculiarly adapted to cotton.' The 

 soil has been impoverished by a bad system of cultivation. 

 The farmers are beginning to adopt measures to reclaim the 

 lands; and a hope is entertained that they will be restored to 

 a produce sufficient for all purposes. The county was origin- 

 ally laid off into lots of 202^ acres ; and such has been the 

 fertility of the soil, that in 1847 there w^as only one lot which 

 retained its original growth. Lands are increasing in value, 

 and are scarce at f 5 and $8 per acre. 



Improvements. — Farmers are providing themselves with 

 useful agricultural fixtures. 



Freshets. — These are sometimes very tremendous, sweep- 

 ing away dams, bridges, and mills. 



Manufactures, Mills. — The Eaton Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, situated on Little river, three miles west of Eatonton. 

 Capital $70,000. 



Spindles, - 1,836 



Looms, - - 36 



