520 SCREVEN COUNTY. 



Remarkable Places. — At Brier creek, a fierce battle was 

 fought, on the 3d of March, 1779, between the British com- 

 manded by Lieutenant Col. Campbell, and the Americans, 

 commanded by General Ash, which resulted in the complete 

 discomfiture of the Americans, with a loss of 150 killed and 

 drowned, and 27 officers and 162 non-commisioned officers 

 and privates taken prisoners. 



Paramore Hill is a remarkable elevation, which the Central 

 Railroad crosses. 



Early Settlers. — Lewis Lanier, Henry White, William 

 Young, Rowland Roberts, Capt. Everett, Paul Bevil, W. 

 Black, F. Womack, William Blackman, Richard Scruggs, 

 Richard Herrington, Stephen Pearce, Mr. Williamson, and 

 others. 



Name. — This county derives its name from General 

 James Screven, who was an early martyr to the cause of 

 liberty, and the first officer of any distinction in Georgia, 

 who poured out his blood in defence of his country. He was 

 a native of South Carolina, and probably was connected with 

 the Rev. Mr. Screven, the first Baptist minister in that State, 

 and one of its earliest settlers. It is not known with certainty 

 at what period General Screven came to Georgia ; but it is 

 thought he settled in Liberty county just before the American 

 Revolution. That he was a man of standing at the commence- 

 ment of the war is evident from the fact, that his name is found 

 among the number of gentlemen that constituted the com- 

 mittee appointed at a meeting of the people of Savannah, on 

 the 27th of July, 1774, to adopt resolutions expressive of the 

 determination of Georgia to resist the encroachments of Great 

 Britain. In the early part of 1776, General Mcintosh, then in 

 command of the troops at Savannah, ordered Colonel Screven 

 to demand of the enemy a flag which had been detained by 

 them. He was ordered to keep off", and the flag was denied, 

 when Colonel Screven fired, and received a volley from the 

 British, which almost sunk his boat. After this affair he was 

 placed in command of a post south of Savannah, and rendered 

 valuable service by the precautions he adopted to protect the 

 settlements, and was constantly engaged in active duty until 

 the 24th of November, 1778, when he sealed his devotion to 



