540 TELFAIR COUNTY. 



Rivers, Creeks. — The Ocmulgee and the Little Ocmulgee, 

 or Auchee-Hachee, are the most considerable streams. The 

 creeks are numerous, such as Sugar, Cedar, Alligator, Horse, 

 Turnpike, &c. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — The census of 

 1845 gave this county a population of 1986 whiles, and 767 

 blacks; total, 2753. Amount of State tax for 1848, $841 13. 

 Sends one representative to the Legislature. 



Post Offices. — Jacksonville, Copeland, Lumber City, Tem- 

 perance, Ocmulgeeville. 



Early Settlers. — Charles McKinnon, John Wilcox, Gen, 

 Coffee, Colonel William Ashley, Duncan McRae, Murdock 

 McDuffie, Norman McLeod, and others. 



Towns. — Jacksonville, the capital, is situated one mile 

 from the Ocmulgee river, 104 miles S. of Milledgeville, 45 from 

 Hawkinsville, 53 from Dublin, and 40 from Mount Vernon. 

 Population, 60. It has the usual county buildings and four stores. 



Lumber City, 16 miles below Jacksonville, was once in a 

 very flourishing condition. It was built by a northern com- 

 pany. The saw-mills erected by this company, together with 

 their other property, were valued at $500,000, and four years 

 ago all were sold by the sheriff and tax collector for $500. 



Nature of the Soil, Productions. — The soil is sandy, but 

 productive, particularly on the streams. The swamp lands on 

 the Ocmulgee and the Hammocks are very rich, but subject 

 to overflow. The chief productions are corn, cotton, sugar- 

 cane, wheat, oats, rye. Corn averages 15 bushels per acre ; 

 cotton produces 500 or 600 lbs. per acre. About 800 bales of 

 cotton are annually produced. Many persons are engaged 

 in the lumber business. Farmers send their produce to Sa- 

 vannah. 



Mills. — Eight grist-mills, three saw-mills. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — The climate is generally 

 healthy. Remote from the streams fever is unknown. There 

 are many persons of advanced age now in the county. Daniel 

 Mclnnis, Joseph Williams, and John Wilcox, are over 80 years 

 of age. One among the most remarkable cases of longevity is 

 that of James Thomas, who died in this county on the 10th of 

 April, 1802, in the 134th year of his age. During the greatest 



