576 UPSON COUNTY. 



On Potato creek, ... 5 flour mills. 



On Tobler's creek ... 3 " 



Saw-mills, ..... 13 



Grist-mills, .... 15 



Roads and Bridges. — In dry seasons the roads are in good 

 order ; in wet, they are very bad. The bridges are kept in 

 tolerable repair. 



Mountains. — The Pine mountains begin on the east side 

 of the Flint river. The highest summits are 800 feet above 

 the Flint river. Among these mountains are some fine springs, 

 and upon the highest summit an Indian burial ground. 



Character of the People. — No one can visit this sec- 

 tion of country without forming a favourable opinion of the 

 character of its population. The greater part of the people 

 are snug farmers, and few of them are in debt. 



Education. — Schools of excellent character are in Tho- 

 maston, and other places. Number of poor children, 295. 

 Educational fund, $255 84 cents. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — In some parts of the 

 county fevers and chills prevail. The instances of longe- 

 vity are the following : Mr. Daniel Parker, died at the age of 

 90 ; Mr. Henry Garland, at 90 ; Mrs. Doles is now living, 90 

 years old; also Mr. James Walker, 85 years old. 



Mineral Spring, — The Thundering spring is in the 

 N.W. part of the county, 2 miles from the Flint river, 20 from 

 Thomaston, and 18 from Zebulon. It derives its name from a 

 rumbling noise resembling distant thunder, which formerly 

 proceeded from it, but which is no longer heard. The dis- 

 continuance of the sound is owing, it is supposed, to the num- 

 ber of rocks which have been thrown into it by visiters. The 

 spring is at the base of a hill, and is enclosed by a frame 

 building, to which is attached a convenient dressing-room for 

 bathers. It is 12 feet in diameter ; its depth has never been 

 correctly ascertained. It is said to possess medicinal virtues, 

 in cases of rheumatism and other chronic diseases. Its warm 

 and pleasant temperature renders it a delightful bath at all 

 seasons, and its buoyancy is such, that bathers cannot sink 

 below the arm-pit, the motion of the water having a tendency 

 to throw all light bodies to the surface. The country around 



