598 WARREN COUNTY. 



milliner, one wagon shop, two hotels, two saddlers, seven 

 lawyers, five physicians, and one minister. The place has the 

 reputation of being healthy. The citizens are intelligent and 

 enterprising. From the Georgia Railroad, there is a branch 

 railroad terminating at Warrenton, three miles and a quarter 

 in length. The town was incorporated in 1810, and made the 

 county site in 1797. 



Double Wells and Camak, are stations on the Georgia 

 Railroad. 



Mayfield is on the Ogeechee. 



Religious Sects, Education. — Baptists, Methodists, Ro- 

 man Catholics, Presbyterians and Protestant Methodists. In 

 •the county are fifteen Baptist and sixteen Methodist churches. 

 The means of education are abundant, and ample provision is 

 made for the instruction of the poor. Number of poor children, 

 391. Educational fund, $339 10. 



Mineral Spring. — On Long creek, eight miles from 

 Warrenton is a spring, the waters of which are chalybeate. 



MiNERALS.^Gold in small quantities has been found in the 

 upper part of the county, and excellent granite and soapstone 

 are abundant. 



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

 and hickory lands are the most fertile, adapted to cotton and 

 corn. About half of the county embraces the oak and hickory 

 uplands, together with those which the farmers denominate 

 mixed land, the peculiar growth of which is pine, with a little 

 oak and hickory interspersed, adapted to cotton and the dif- 

 ferent grains. The gray sandy pine lands produce well for a 

 few years. 



Average Product per Acre, Value op Land. — Cotton 

 produces 350 pounds per acre, corn 10 bushels, wheat 5. 

 Land is worth upon an average $3 per acre. 



Climate, Diseases, Lotvgevity. — The climate is mild and 

 healthy. Most of the diseases occur on the water-courses. 

 This county is remarkable for cases of longevity. Eighteen 

 months ago, there were living the following persons : Capt. Hill, 

 - aged 87 years; Mr. John Jones, 85; Mr. G. Berry, over 90; Mr. 

 * D. Newsome, 80 ; Mr. H. Pool, over 85 ; Mr. H. Chalker, 85 ; 

 Mr. J. Burkhalter, 90 ; Mr. Crenshaw, over 80 ; Mrs. Persons, 

 92 ; Mrs. Bass, 90 ; Mr. Brinkley, 85; Mrs. Hobbes, 100. The 



