Laid out from Coweta, Carroll, De Kalb, Fayette, in 1828; a part taken from Cherokee, 1832. Length, 16 m; breadth, 12 m.; area square miles, 192.

    The Chattahoochee is the principal river.

    The climate is healthy.

    Among the instances of longevity are the following: --- Mr. W. Wood died at 80; Mr. H. Rowan, 80; Mr. Winn, 80; Mr. McClarity, over 80; Joseph Howell, 99; Mr. Clinton, over 98, served under Marion; Mrs. Clinton, over 90; William Humphries, 83; James Endsley, 80; Sarah Miller, 80; Moses Hartsfield, 80; John Demone, 83; Simeon Wyatt, 90; Mrs. Turner, 80. These were living twelve months since.

    CAMPBELLTON is the county site, situated on a commanding eminence upon the Chattahoochee River, distant from Milledgeville 151 miles.

    Sand Town is on the Chattahoochee.

    Extracts from the Census of 1850: --- Dwellings, 920; families, 920; white males, 2,893; white females, 2,825; free coloured males, 3; free coloured females, 4. Total free population, 5,725; slaves, 1,507. Deaths, 62; farms, 694; manufacturing establishments, 18; value of real estate, $1,700,609; value of personal estate, $1,045,104.

    Among the earliest settlers of the section were, George McClarty, Wilson McClarty, James Stewart, Colonel Latham, Robert O. Beavers, Reuben C, Beavers, W. A. J. Beavers, the Longinos, Mr. Davenport, Mr. Roberts, Berry Watts, C. Cochran, Wade White, Martin Kolb, Henry Paulett, P. Skeene, E. Pennington, the Bullards, the Bryans, William Hightower, J. A. Hopkins, Andrew Smith, Wm. Jennings, D. and W. Silvey, M. Thornton.

    SWEET WATER FACTORY. --- Situated in Campbell County about 18 miles from Marietta, on Sweet Water Creek. Capitol, $50,000. Water power one of the best in the Southern country. Building of brick, five stories high, 48 by 120 ft.; number of hands employed, 60. Manufactures yarns only, at the rate of 750 lbs. per day. The scenery is very picturesque. About two hundred persons reside within one mile of the factory.

    FIRST GRAND JURY OF THE COUNTY. --- On Monday, the 20th day of April, 1829, the Court met, pursuant to a law of the Legislature of Georgia. Present-his Honor Walter T. Colquitt.

    The following persons appeared, and were sworn to serve as Grand Jurors for and during the present term of this Court: ---

    N. B. --- The Court was held at Campbellton.

    ANAWAQUA'S TOMB. --- Opposite the village of Campbellton, on the western bank of the Chattahoochee, in a tuft of trees, on one of those mounds so common in Georgia, rest the remains of Anawaqua, an Indian Princess, the former proprietor of the soil. It is situated in a meadow, in a bend of the Chattahoochee, and near the foot of a considerable hill. Ancient fortifications are traced all around the plain, extending from the river to the hill.

    This division of the State was laid out in 1832.

    The Etowah River flows almost through the centre of the county. The Little River empties into the Etowah. The creeks are, Cooper's, Sandy, Chicken, &c.

    CANTON is the seat of justice, on the southeast bank of the Etowah River, one hundred and thirty miles northwest of Milledgeville.

    The portion of the county west of the Etowah, and south of Long Swamp, is very hilly. The part that is traversed by little River and its tributaries is undulating. The section of the county east of the Etowah is hilly, except some portions contiguous to Forsyth. Lands of the first quality are on Etowah River and Long Swamp.

    Sharp Mountain, in the northwest part of the county, is remarkable for its peak, running up like a sugar-loaf.

    Extract from the Census of 1850.---Dwellings, 1970; families, 1994; white males, 5921; white females 5,708; free coloured males, 6; free coloured females, 8; Total free population, 11,643. Slaves 1157. Deaths, 81. Farms, 1,000,; manufacturing establishments, 5; value of real estate, $1,637.037; value of personal estate, $790,175.

    Gold is found in this county. Sixes' Mines are six miles southwest of Canton, on the road to Allatoona.

    Williamson's Mines are on the waters of the Little River.

    Franklin Mines are on Etowah River, five miles from Frog Town.

    The other minerals are iron, sulphate of iron, sulphate of copper, titanium, quartz, granite and marble. Quicksilver and cobalt are said to exist.

    On Long Swamp there are large quarries of marble, which are beginning to be a source of profit to the owners.

    Old Sixes, and Indian Town, was situated about seven miles S.W. of Canton. In 1833 about four hundred Indians resided here. Stop was the Chief.

    The Ball-ground was a prominent place among the Cherokees.

    Little River Town, fourteen miles S. E. of Canton, was in 1833 inhabited by three hundred Indians. Chicken was the Chief.

    Among the early settlers were, DANIEL H. BIRD, JOHN P. BROOKS, JOHN WAGNER, GENERAL ELI McCONNELL, JOHN McCONNELL, JOHN B. GARRISON, R. F. DANIEL, JAMES DANIEL, WILLIAM GRISHAM, JOHN EPERSON, WASHINGTON LUMPKIN, HENRY COBB, CHARLES CHRISTIAN, JOHN MADDOX, THOMAS JOHNSTON, WILLIAM GREENE, SAMUEL TATE, PETER KUYKENDALL, JOHN P. WINN, JOSEPH S. DYER, MARTIN EVANS, JOHN M. CHAMBERS, JOSEPH DONALDSON, MERRICK FORD, E. PUTNAM, T. CHAMLEE, M. CHAMLEE, S. RUCKER, JAMES DORRIS, DAVID RUSK, JOHN HUNT, SEN., JOHN LEONARD, WILLIAM MAY, WILLIAM KEY, JAMES A. MADDOX, B. BAILEY, JOHN MULLINS, JOHN PUGH, JOHN HENSON, JOHN WHEELER, HENRY WHEELER, P. C. BOGER, E. Dyer, &c.

    This county derived its name from the Cherokee Indians.

    The word CHEROKEE is derived from Chera, fire, and the prophets of the nation were called Cheralaghye, men of divine fire.

    Laid out from Cherokee in 1832, and named after Judge Thomas W. Cobb.

    The Chattahoochee is the principal stream. Numerous creeks water the county.

    MARIETTA is the seat of justice, situated near the highest point between the Atlantic Ocean and the Tennessee River, and is distant from Milledgeville 113 miles.

    The City is rapidly improving, and more pleasant residence there is not be found in the United States.

    The above is a view of Dr. Cox's Water-Cure establishment. It is located at the base of the Kenesaw Mountain, and immediately upon the Western and Atlantic Railroad, one and a half miles from Marietta.

    For purposes of health, so far as pure water, bracing atmosphere, and fine scenery are concerned, a more desirable situation can scarcely be found.

    It is not our business to enter into any discussion as to the merits of the Hydropathic system, but justice requires we should say that hundreds have derived important benefits from the regimen adopted by Dr. Cox.

    The Georgia Military Institute is within a short distance of Marietta. This institute originated in 1851, under the direction of Colonel A. V. Brumby. Its first session opened on the 10th of July, with only seven cadets; but before the close of that term the number had increased to twenty-eight. Since that time the number has steadily and rapidly increased at each session up to the present-time; and now, having completed but two years of its history, it numbers one hundred and twenty cadets, five professors, and one assistant professor.

    It was incorporated as a college by the Legislature, at their session of 1851-2. At the same session an act was passed, entitled, "An Act to provide for the education of a certain number of State Cadets in the Georgia Military Institute, to defray the expenses of the same, and for other purposes therein mentioned."

    The Legislature also directed the Governor to make requisition upon the Government of the United States, to furnish the institute with arms and accoutrements; those arms have been received, and area of the most beautiful and appropriate kind for their purpose.

    The government and discipline of the Institute are strictly military. The course of studies is thoroughly scientific and practical, modelled as nearly as possible after that of the United States Military Academy as West Point.

    Acworth is on the Western and Atlantic Railroad.

    Powder Springs are twelve miles S. W. of Marietta. They are highly impregnated with sulphur and magnesia, and are efficacious in the cure of diseases, particularly those of a cutaneous character, and dyspepsia.

    Roswell, a pretty village, so called from Roswell King, Esq., is situated thirteen miles from Marietta, and one mile from the Chattahooche. It is settled by persons chiefly from the seaboard of South Carolina.

    Kenesaw Mountain, (Indian Name Chuquetah,) 2½ miles from Marietta, is 1,828 feet above the level of the ocean. Lost Mountain, Brushy Mountain, and Sweat Mountain, are considerable elevations.

    Extract from the Census of 1850.---Dwellings, 1,918; families, 1,918; white males, 5,872; white females, 5,696; free coloured male, 1; free coloured females, 2. Total free population, 11,571. Slaves 2,272. Deaths, 24. Farms, 931; manufacturing establishments, 10. Value of real estate, $1,881,269; value of personal estate, $1,447,370.

    Denmead's Mill, situated on Soap Creek, is 6½ miles from Marietta. The main building is three stories high---40 by 50 feet. It has four run of stones, capable of turning out 125 barrels of flour per day. Capital $15,000. The flour is of excellent quality.

    Marietta Tannery, propelled by steam, is situated one mile from Marietta; proprietor J. H. Glover, Esq.; capital employed $50,000 Connected with this establishment are three brick buildings. The main building for machinery is 30 by 54 feet, 2 stories, having smoke stack 85 feet high. The wet bark is used for fuel. The finishing-room is 30 by 54 feet, 2 stories. The third building is occupied by the hands; number of hands employed, 15; cords of bark used per annum, 700; 7,000 hides prepared in one year. It is proposed to furnish the Southern market with leather finished in the best style, equal to any manufactured at the North.

    William McFlesh & Company's Variety Works, Marietta, Georgia; dimensions of building, 64 by 84 feet; built of granite; 3 stores high; manufactures all kinds of furniture, sashes, blinds, &c.; 18 or 20 hands employed; more than $12,000 worth of work done in twelve months.

    The establishment of Roswell Manufacturing Company is situated at Roswell, containing 2 cotton mills, 1 wool factory, and 1 flouring mill; capital, $220,000. The old factory is built of brick; 3 stories with basement, 88 feet by 48; 2,208 fly spindles, turning off 1,000 pounds of yarn, No. 6 to 12, per day. The building is in the process of enlargement, and it is expected that an early period there will be added 8 frames, 1,152 spindles, which will make 650 pounds No. 16 yarn; also, machinery for cotton rope; 400 lbs, per day.

    The new factory is built of brick, with rock foundation; 140 feet by 43; 4 stories; overshot iron wheel, 16 feet, face 20 feet diameter; contains 5,184 Danforth cap spindles, 32 thirty-six inch cards, and 120 looms, making 2,575 pounds per day No. 20 yarn; number of hands, 250. After the present year, 300 will be required.

    The water-power fine. Wages of operatives dependent upon the industry. The temperance principle strictly enforced. Provision made for instruction of the children. Goods manufactured have a high character, and are sent to Tennessee, Alabama, and to various parts of Georgia.

    Nickajack factory is on Nickajack Creek.

    The surface of the county is broken. The lands upon the Chattahoochee are rich. The creek bottoms are also fertile and well adapted to cotton, wheat, and corn. The uplands are of a mulatto and gray colour. Best Chattahoochee lands are worth $20 per acre; creek bottoms, $8; uplands, from $1 to $8 per acre.

    The roads are as good as the nature of the country will allow. The principal road crosses the Chattahoochee at the Standing Peachtree, passing through Marietta and Allatoona to Cassville. Another main road passes through Sand Town, in Campbell County, to Allatoona, and is known as the Alabama road. Another road much travelled is the one which crosses the Chattahoochee River, at McAfee's Bridge, and passes near Roswell to Vann's Valley and North Alabama.

    Gold has been found on Proctor's Creek, in the northern part of the county; at Allatoona on Powder Springs Creek, on Sweet Water Creek, near Kenesaw Mountain, and in Marietta. Silver, iron, lead, copper, talc, soapstone, plumbago, quartz, &c., abound.

    There are many respectable schools in various sections of the county, particularly at Marietta and Roswell.

    On Mud River there are the remains of an ancient fortification, and on the Chattahoochee River several small mounds.

    The climate, though variable, is as healthy as any portion of the United States. Exposure to cold and rain is hardly ever attended by serious consequences. No case of consumption has ever occurred in the county. The summer diseases are bowel complaints, &c. The winter diseases are pleurisy and pneumonia.

    Among the instances of longevity are, Mr. FLEMING, who was over 94 years of age when he died; Mr. J. COLLINS, a Revolutionary soldier, over 88; Mrs. HENRY was over 80; Mrs. DOUGHERTY was over 85; Mr. SMITH, 80; Mr. EDWARDS died at 90.

    EARLY SETTLERS.---TALIAFERRO McAFEE, Colonel MERRITT, OSBORN MULLINS, DANIEL REID, ISAAC GREY, THOS. HAIRSTON, DANIEL R. TURNER, L. SIMPSON, MATTHIAS BATES, JOHN L. MOORE, JAMES ANDERSON, JOSIAH MASSEY, WM. C. GREENE, SIMEON STRICKLAND, REUBEN BENSON, ALLEN A. WINN, ARCHIBALD HOWELL, SAMUEL M. and WM. MALONY, JOSEPH D. SHEWMAKE, SAMUEL YOUNG, WM. MAYES, ROBERT LEMMON, WM. GUESS, MARTIN ADAMS, BRADLEY SMITH, JACKSON GREGORY, WM. W. DUNCAN, LEMA KIRTLEY, JOHN ROWE, GEO. W. WINTER, THOS. PRITCHARD, ALFRED EDWARDS, WILEY ROBERTS, JAMES FOOT, Sr., GEO. W. GOBER, WM. B. CRANE, JOHN B. BROCKMAN, T. H. McCLUSKY, P. M. OLIVER, THOS. WHITEHEAD, ROBERT GROVES, D. MOORE, &c.

    The first Superior Court for this county was held on the 16th day September 1833, at Marietta,---Judge John W. Hooper presiding.

    There was a tradition among the Indians that the line between the Creeks and Cherokees commenced on the Chattahoochee, about the Lower Shallow Ford, running out to the ridge dividing the Etowah and the Chattahoochee rivers, around to the head waters of the Tallapoosa and those streams that flow into the Etowah, and thence onto the Coosa River. At a ball play in which the Creeks and Cherokees were engaged, the former staked that portion of their territory that lay south of this line, and the latter won the game and obtained possession of the territory, in which the counties of Cobb, Paulding, and Polk are now included.

    Kenesaw Town was situated upon the plantation now owned by Mr. Roberts. Kenesaw was the Chief. In 1833 it had 200 inhabitants.

    Alatoona was on the Etowah River. In 1830 it had 500 inhabitants.

    Sweet Water Old Town was situated upon the plantation now owned by Israel Causey. Sweet Water was the Chief.

    Buffalo Fish Town was upon the plantation now owned by Mrs. Varner.

    Laid out in 1826. Part set off to Campbell, 1828, and a part to Heard, in 1836. Length, 27 m.; breadth, 18 m.; area square miles, 486.

    The streams are the Chattahoochee River, and several creeks.

    The lands are fertile, producing cotton, corn, wheat, &c.

    NEWNAN, the seat of justice, is situated about the centre of the county, 126 miles N. W. of Milledgeville.

    The Newnan Seminary is located here, and ranks among the first schools in Georgia.

    The climate does not vary much from that of other counties surrounding it.

    Among the first settlers of this county were, Joseph EDMONDSON, Andrew J. BERRY, Gilbert GREENE, John JOHNSTON, _________ TALIAFERRO, _________ ROBINSON, James STAMPS, Washington ARNOLD, James HUTCHESON, Levi PHILLIPS, Daniel WESTER, the REDWINEs and HEARNES.

    Extract from the Census of 1850. --- Dwellings, 1,382; families, 1,382; white males, 4,223; white females, 3,979; free coloured males, 7; free coloured females, 11. Total free population, 8,220. Slaves, 5,415. Deaths, 218, Farms, 911; manufacturing establishments, 52. Value of real estate, $2,146,322; value of personal estate, $4,070,586.

    On a tract of land belonging to Major Cheedle Cochran, of Fayette County, No. 112, Fifth District of Coweta County, are the remains of an old fortification, of a circular form, and containing an area of from six to ten acres. The site is advantageous for the defensive, being situated on a point of land making in between a small creek and a branch; a short and almost perpendicular hill, projecting towards the creek swamp, protected the fort from an attack from that quarter, or made death the inevitable lot of any who had the hardihood to ascend to its brow, in hostile array. On the other side, a gentle descent gave to those within the fort the command of it for a considerable distance.

    ALLEN GAY died in this county at the age of eighty-two. A relative of this gentleman has furnished the author with a sketch of his life, from which the following extracts are made: ---

    He began his Revolutionary career when only sixteen years of age, volunteering to act as a substitute for his father, who had been summoned to appear at the high hills of Santee for twelve months' service. He was attached to a battalion belonging to General Greene's army. At the battle of Eutaw Springs, the company for which he was attached a part of the advance, and displayed a courage which would have done honour to veterans. Upon this occasion he actually took five of the enemy prisoners. After the war he removed to Georgia. He was a worthy member of the Baptist Church.

    REV. DABNEY JONES. --- This great champion of temperance resides in this county, and was one of its early settlers. In 1828 he removed from Madison, and settled on Shoal Creek, while, to use his own language, "the bark camp of the Indians was standing, while the wolves still howled in the solitude of the forest." Mr. Jones assisted in erected the first church in Coweta, and preached the first sermon in Newnan, in a rude log house. He also delivered the first temperance lecture on the 4th of July, 1832, and from this period until 1847 he lectured at most of the Superior Courts, when the friends of temperance called upon him to be their representative. Mr. Jones's labours are well known in Georgia. He is an interesting man, full of anecdote, and one cannot be in his company without being convinced of his worth.

    In 1836, a military detachment, under the command of Captain H. Garmany, on their return from the Creek war, stopped at the town of Newnan. Their visit was thus noticed in the Newnan Palladium: ---

    Early on the morning of Tuesday, 26th ult., our citizens were apprised of the approach of a company of our chivalrous up-country volunteers; we at once thought it to be our own --- but when they approached, who should it be but the gallant Captain Garmany, with part of his command. They were received with enthusiasm by our citizens, and were compelled by urgent solicitation to partake of a breakfast with us --- after which the ladies and gentlemen of the town and its vicinity repaired to the court-house to welcome this heroic band. Colonel W. D. Spear was called to the chair, and after making a few pertinent remarks, suitable to the occasion, the following song was, after proper intervals, sung thrice, with weeping eyes and great applause: ---

See the Chattahoochee flow,
By Roanoke descending low;
There our soldiers met the foe,
	Fierce as panther prowling.

God! was not Thy presence nigh,
When to Thee, with trusting eye,
Looked our soldiers, while the cry
	Burst like wild wolves howling?

Hear our Captain's cheerful tone ---
"Courage, soldiers! soldiers, on!
Let no craven fear be shown,
	Here no aid can find us!

"Who a home or lov'd one hath,
Fight like whirlwinds in their wrath:
Fight, there lies no middle path ---
	Wreath or shade must bind us.

"Should the God of battles smile,
Blessings wait to crown our toil;
Many a list'ner we'll beguile
	With this day's bold story.

"Should we fall, we leave a name
Ages will be proud to claim;
Death, upon the soldier's fame,
	Stamps the seal of glory."

Garmany, such thy counsels bold,
Now in song thy name's enrolled,
And thy gallant deeds are told,
	While thousands throng applauding.

Bravery makes thy field her shrine,
Beauty's grateful tear is thine:
Who but would his life resign,
	Such the meed rewarding?

    After the singing had ceased, Captain Garmany rose and said, in substance, as follows:

    "Mr. Chairman, I beg leave to respond by offering my thanks, both for myself and in behalf of my company, for the honour conferred upon us. It is true, we have encountered hardships, difficulty, great danger, some suffering, and the loss of some of our best men; yet we have done no more than our duty, and duty which every man should at all times be ready to discharge. You, dear females, I with pleasure behold here in peace, and under the protection of the good and virtuous; while my bosom burns at the thought that I have seen the places where many of your sex have been butchered by those blood-thirsty savages, too cruel to relate; yes, so cruel and heart-rending, that my life has almost been my terror."

    Tears flowed from the eyes of all in the house, which created an inexpressible feeling, and we could not trace him further, only to say that he spoke the sentiments of a warm and patriotic heart.

    The citizens wished to retain them as guests until the morrow; but the anxiety of the heroes to see and embrace their wives, daughters, and sisters, was such, that we had to succumb.

    The first Superior Court for Coweta County was held at a place 2 1/2 miles east of Newnan, commencing on the 25th day of June, 1827, --- Honourable Walter T. Colquitt, Judge.

Campbell County transcribed by Renee Miranda - November, 2003.
Cherokee County transcribed by Brenda Pierce - (ltlbit@mindspring.com - 1/17/2004)
Cobb County transcribed by Brenda Pierce (ltlbit@mindspring.com - 1/17/2004)
Coweta County transcribed by Tim Stowell - October, 2003.

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