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Georgia, it was certainly a very unsuccessful one. When 

 you shall have explained to me by what authority you sent 

 Major Davis into this State with orders to apprehend Capt. 

 Wright, (who was not under your command,) and place him 

 in irons, &c., then I shall deem it my duty to explain to you 

 the motives which induced me to call for a reenforcement 

 from Fort Early. Wm. Rabun. 



Mr. Rabun died whilst Governor, at his plantation, 24th of 

 October, 1819, a few days before the expiration of his office. 

 The message which he had prepared for the Legislature was sent 

 to that body, Matthew Talbot being Governor pro tem. The 

 message concludes thus : " Upon a strict examination I trust 

 it will appear to the satisfaction of my fellow-citizens, that in 

 every situation in which I have been placed, my highest object 

 and only aim have been, to promote the interests and prosperity 

 of our beloved country." We believe that the people of 

 Georgia will confirm the truth of this declaration. 



RANDOLPH. 



Boundaries, Extent. — This county is bounded N. by 

 Stewart, E. by Lee, S. by Early and Baker, and W. by the 

 Chattahoochee. Laid out from Lee, in 1828. Length 40 

 miles, breadth 27 ; square miles 1,080. 



Post Offices. — Cuthbert, Brooksville, Cotton Hill, Eutaw. 

 Georgetown, Lowell, Pataula, Pumpkintown, 



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

 pulation of this county was 11,084; of these, 7,131 were 

 whites, and 3,953 blacks. State tax for 1848, $3,480 37 cents. 

 Sends two representatives to the Legislature. 



Rivers, Creeks. — The Chattahoochee separates the county 

 from Alabama. Pataula, Ocetahnee, Tobenanee, and Cemoche- 

 chobbee creeks, flow into the Chattahoochee ; Pachitla, and 

 Fushachee flow south, and empty into the Ichawaynocha- 

 way, which discharges itself into the Flint river. The smaller 

 streams are Sandy, Pumpkin, Hodchodkee, and Socohachee 

 creeks. 



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