WASHINGTON COUNTY. 603 



and George Galphin, Col. Francis Tennille, Jared, John and 

 Alexander Irwin, John Robinson, David Fluker, John Ruther- 

 ford, James Thomas, Philemon Franklin, and Samuel Sinque- 

 field. 



Mills. — Two very superior flour-mills, thirteen saw-mills, 

 thirteen grist-mills. 



Productions.— Cotton, corn, wheat, rye, oats, &c. The 

 soil produces the finest sweet potatoes. Fruits and vegetables 

 succeed very well. Amount of cotton produced in one year, 

 10,000 bags. 



Town. — Saundersville, on the ridge between the Oconee 

 and the Ogeechee rivers, 480 feet above tide water, is the 

 county town, established in 1796, and incorporated in 1812. It 

 is distant from Milledgeville 28 miles, 135 from Savannah, 26 

 from Louisville, and 3 from the Central Railroad. Population, 

 400. The court-house is constructed of brick, the jail of wood. 

 There are six dry goods stores, three groceries, one tavern, four 

 blacksmiths, two shoemakers, two carriage-makers, one news- 

 paper, one tanyard, one tailor, one cabinet-maker, eight law- 

 yers, six physicians, one church, one Masonic Lodge, one Odd 

 Fellows' Lodge, and one Division of the Sons of Temperance. 

 About 8100,000 worth of goods are annually sold. 



Roads, Bridges. — The roads and bridges are generally 

 good. 



ANTiauiTiEs. — There are the remains of two old forts in 

 this county. One is four miles and a half W. of Saundersville, 

 the other 8 miles S. of Saundersville. 



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

 f 17,975. Value of stock in trade, $26,950. Money at inte- 

 rest, $85,523. 



Name. — This division of the State was named in honour of 

 GEORGE WASHINGTON. 



