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his country with his blood. About a mile and a half from 

 Medway meeting-house, in Liberty county, Colonel White and 

 General Screven prepared to meet the enemy. For the pur- 

 pose of reconnoitring, he went into a thicket at Spencer's Hill, 

 on foot ; at this spot an ambuscade had been formed, and he 

 fell, pierced by eleven wounds. He was carried to the vestry- 

 room of Medway meeting-house, and placed under the care of 

 Dr. Dunwody, and from thence to the house of John Elliott, 

 father of the late John Elliott. The British attacked this 

 house, and the inmates were compelled to leave ; and, whilst 

 the persons present were removing Gen. Screven, he breathed 

 his last upon the steps of the house. General Screven is sup- 

 posed to have been buried in the northeast corner of the Med- 

 way burial ground. He was a sensible and judicious man, 

 energetic and decided in his conduct. We are sorry that we 

 have not been able to gather more particulars in reference to 

 this gentleman. His cotemporaries have all left the stage of 

 action, and we have been unable to obtain any papers con- 

 nected with his history. 



STEWART. 



Boundaries. — This county has Marion and Muscogee on 

 the N., Sumter on the E., Randolph on the S., and the Chatta- 

 hoochee on the W, Laid out from Randolph in 1830. 



Post Offices. — Lumpkin, Florence, Green Hill, Hanna- 

 hachee, Lannahassee, Richland, Searsville, Summerfield, Hard 

 Money. 



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

 lation was 8,497 whites, and 5,744 blacks; total, 14,241. 

 Amount of State tax for 1848, $4,852 30. Sends two repre- 

 sentatives to the Legislature. 



Rivers, Creeks. — The Chattahoochee river forms the 

 western boundary; the Hitchetee, Hannahachee, Nochefa- 

 loctee, and a number of small streams empty into it. Pataula, 

 or Hodchodkee, has its source in this county, as well as Lo- 



