530 TALBOT COUNTY. 



incorporated and made the county site in 1828. The situa- 

 tion is high and salubrious. Its pubHc buildings consist of a 

 court-house, jail, Masonic hall, two academies, one for males 

 and one for females ; and three churches, Methodist, Baptist, 

 and Episcopal. The court-house is of brick, and is large and 

 well arranged. The Methodist and Baptist churches are large 

 and handsome buildings. The Episcopal church has been re- 

 cently erected. It is a Gothic building, in perfect keeping 

 throughout. It is an ornament to the town, and is perhaps 

 the most perfect piece of Gothic architecture in the State. 

 The population of Talbotton is about 1,500. It has seven 

 or eight good stores. The Collingsworth Institute is within 

 a mile of the town. 



Mills. — Saw-mills, 15; grist-mills, 25. 



Religious Sects. — Missionary, Anti-Missionary and Free- 

 will Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians. 



Education. — Education is rather neglected. Good in- 

 structers are wanted. Number of poor children, 226. Edu- 

 cational fund, $190. 



Climate ^and Diseases. — The climate is mild. The most 

 common diseases are fevers. The only case of longevity with 

 which we are acquainted is that of Shadrach Ellis, a soldier 

 of the Revolution, who died at the age of 80. Other cases of 

 longevity are doubtless to be found in the county. 



Face of the Country, Nature of the Soil. — The face 

 of the country is very broken. The soil is various. The 

 brown or mulatto lands prevail, but there is much red and 

 gray ; the latter being porous and subject to washing. Along 

 the margin of the streams there is some alluvium. In the south- 

 ern portion of the county there is much pine land, through 

 which courses several fine mill-streams. Some of the post-oak 

 lands are very fine. 



Productions. — Cotton, corn, wheat, rye, oats, potatoes, 

 &:.c., are extensively cultivated. 



Character of the People. — The people, as a mass, are 

 intelligent and industrious, but are wanting in public spirit. 



Roads and Bridges. — Some of these are in good order, 

 while others are sadly neglected. 



Value op Town Lots, &c. — The value of town lots is 



