RABUN COUNTY. 485 



Post Office. — Clayton. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — In 1845 the popu- 

 lation was 1,825 whites, and 93 blacks. Amount of taxes 

 returned for 1848, $409 90. Entitled to one representative. 



Town. — Clayton is the seat of justice, and is situated near 

 the centre of the county, at the foot of the Blue Ridge. It is 156 

 miles N. of Milledgeville, 25 from Clarkesville, and 9 from 

 the North Carolina line. Population, 16. It has a court-house, 

 jail, and church, one grocery, one academy, and one lawyer. 

 At the time this notice was prepared, there was no trade of 

 any description carried on in Clayton. The town was loca- 

 ted, incorporated, and made the county site on lot number 21, 

 in the second district, in 1821. It was first named Claytons- 

 ville, after Judge Augustus S. Clayton, but in 1823 the name 

 was changed to that of Clayton. 



Nature of the Soil. — A few fine bodies of land are in 

 the county, principally on the water-courses. In the vicinity 

 of Mockeson Court Ground, there is some superior land. This 

 place is so hemmed in by impassable mountains, that it cannot 

 without difficulty be reached by a vehicle, without passing 

 through a corner of South Carolina. Twenty-five or thirty 

 families reside here, composed of the most substantial citizens 

 in the county. 



Minerals. — Granite abounds; iron, carbonate of iron, 

 alum, &c. Gold has been found in several localities, parti- 

 cularly on Persimmon creek. Powell's, Stonecypher's, and 

 Smith's mines have been tolerably productive. Morgan's 

 mines are thought to be rich 



Early Settlers. — Mr. John Dillon, Mr. Williams, Mr. 

 Edward Coffee, Mr. David Mosely, Mr. Benjamin Odell, and 

 others. 



Average Price of Grain, Provisions, &;c. — 



Corn averages . . 30 cts. per bushel. 



Oats "... 



Rye " . . . 



Wheat " from 75 cts. to 1 



Irish potatoes average 



Sweet " " . . 



