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gle and Phoenix now stands. There were no warehouses at 

 this period for the reception of cotton; but McKinne's was 

 soon built, just above the bridge. Each purchaser of cotton 

 weighed it before his own door, where it remained, piled up 

 between the trees on the sidewalks, until sent off in boats. Bar- 

 ter was then much in vogue, and the proportion of the amount 

 in goods, which the seller would take, frequently would control 

 the price of the article. 



At three or four gin-houses, much of the cotton raised in 

 the vicinity, and in Burke, was cleaned. One near the Metho- 

 dist meeting-house, and one near Fox's corner, are still stand- 

 ing, having been converted into dwellings. 



The old Court House* was on the river bank, and here 

 the Legislature assembled for some years. It is believed that 

 they assembled afterwards in a house on Greene-street, below 

 Dr. Anthony's ; this house was burned some 20 years ago. 



SCREVEN. 



Boundaries, Extent. — This county has Burke on the N. ; 

 the Savannah river, separating it from South Carolina, on the 

 E. ; Effingham on the S. E., and the Ogeechee river on the S. 

 W. Laid out from Burke and Effingham, in 1793 ; and a 

 part of it assigned to Bulloch, in 1796. Its medium length is 

 30 miles, breadth 18; square miles, 540. 



Rivers and Creeks. — The Savannah, Ogeechee, and Little 

 Ogeechee rivers, and Brier creek, are the chief streams. Those 

 of inferior importance are Black, Buck, McDougal's and Rocky 

 creeks, flowing into the Savannah river. Beaver Dam empties 



* In 1785, Judge Walton, in his address to the jury, mentions that the 

 Legislature is soon to assemble in Augusta, and asks where they are to sit, 

 since there are no public buildings ? It is probable the Court House was de- 

 stroyed during the war. The public records were all carried off by the Bri- 

 tish, or burned, so that we have no documents farther back than tlie Revolu- 

 tion. Judges in this region : John Stewart, in 1782; Walton, in 1783-5; 

 William Stiih, in 1786; John Houstoun, in 1792. — Sherwood. 



