HABERSHAM COUNTY.

    HABERSHAM COUNTY was laid out by the Lottery Act of 1818. Length, 31 m.; breadth, 23 m.; area, 713 square miles.

    The country is broken by mountains. The most valuable lands are below the Currahee Mountain, on Tugaloo, Middle, Hudson's, and Soquee rivers, adapted to wheat and corn.

    The climate is unsurpassed.

    The principal streams are the Chattahoochee, the Soquee, and Middle rivers. The county furnishes some excellent farms.

    CLARKESVILLE, the county seat, was named after Governor John Clarke, and incorporated in 1823. It is most delightfully situated near the southwest bank of the Soquee River, and its beauty is increased by the picturesque grandeur of the surrounding country. It is 136 mile north of Milledgeville.

    Habersham contains several small but pleasant villages, among which are Loudsville, Mount Yonah, and Nacochee Valley. With the latter place is connected an Indian legend, as follows:---

    "Long before the Anglo-Saxon had made his first footprints on these western shores---long before even the Genoese visionary had dreamed of a new world beyond the columns of Hercules, there dwelt in this lovely valley a young maiden of wonderful and almost celestial beauty. She was the daughter of a chieftain-a princess. In doing homage to her, the people of her tribe almost forgot the Great Spirit who made her, and endowed her with such strange beauty. Her name was Nacoochee--'The Evening Star.' A son of the chieftain of a neighbouring and hostile tribe saw the beautiful Nacoochee, and loved her. He stole her young heart. She loved him with an intensity of passion that only the noblest souls know. They met beneath the holy stars, and sealed their simple vows with kisses. In the valley, where, from the interlocked branches overhead, hung with festoons, in which the white flowers of the climate, and the purple blossoms of the magnificent wild passion-flower, mingled with the dark foliage of the muscadine, they found a fitting place. The song of the mocking-bird, and the murmur of the Chattahoochee's hurrying waters, were marriage-hymn and anthem to them. They vowed eternal love. They vowed to live and die with each other. Intelligence of these secret meetings reached the ear of the old chief, Nacoochee's father, and his anger was terrible. But love for Laceola was stronger in the heart of Nacoochee than even reverence for her father's commands. One night the maiden was missed from her tent. The old chieftain commanded his warriors to pursue the fugitive. They found her with Laceola, the son of a hated race. In an instant an arrow was aimed at his breast. Nacoochee sprang before him, and received the barbed shaft in her own heart. Her lover was stupefied. He made no resistance, and his blood mingled with hers. The lovers were buried in the same grave, and a lofty mound was raised to mark the spot. Deep grief seized the old chief and all his people, and the valley was ever after called Nacoochee. The mound which marks the trysting-place, and the grave of the maiden and her betrothed, surmounted by a solitary pine, are still to be seen, and form some of the most interesting features of the landscape of this lovely vale."

    The mountains are, Ellick's, Sall's, Skitt's, Tray, Currahee, and Mount Yonah. Currahee rises gradually, in a conical form, until it reaches an elevation of nine hundred feet. On the east, it sinks completely to the usual level of the land; but on the western side, after descending for many hundred feet, it blends with a ridge that unites it with the chain of the Alleghanies.

    The Yonah is among the highest mountains in Georgia. The distance from the bottom to the top of it may, perhaps, be a mile on a gradual slope.

    From the summit a delightful view is afforded. Plantations and dwellings are seen interspersed among the hills and forests, watered by sparkling rivulets, presenting a varied landscape, resembling a carpet of patch-work. The village of Clarkesville may be distinctly seen from hence.

    The following account of a subterranean village is copied from an old newspaper:---

    "About twenty years ago, a singular discovery was made of a subterranean village in this county. The houses were disinterred by excavating a canal for the purpose of washing gold. The depth varied from seven to nine feet. Some of the houses were imbedded in the stratum, or gravel. The logs were but partially decayed, from six to ten inches in diameter, and from ten to twelve feet long. The walls were from three to six feet in height, joined together, forming a straight line upwards of three hundred feet in length, comprising thirty-four buildings, or rooms. The logs were hewn at the ends, and notched down, as in ordinary cabins of the present day. In one of the rooms were found three baskets, made of cane splits, and a number of fragments of Indian ware. From the circumstance of the land having been covered with a heavy growth of timer previous to its cultivation by the whites, twelve years before the time of its discovery, it was inferred that they were built at some remote period. The houses were situated from fifty to one hundred yards from the principal channel of the creek.

    "A great number of curious specimens of workmanship were found in situations which preclude the possibility of their having been moved for more than a thousand years. During the operations of a gentleman, he found, at one time, about one-half of a crucible, of the capacity of near a gallon. It was ten feet below the surface, and immediately beneath a large oak-tree, which measured five feet in diameter, and must have been four or five hundred years old. The deposite was diluvial, and what may be termed table-land. There was s vessel, or rather, a double mortar, found in Duke's Creek, about five inches in diameter, and the excavation on each side was nearly an inch in depth, and perfectly polished. It was made of quartz, which had been semi-transparent, but had become stained with iron. Some suppose it was used for grinding paint, or for some of their plays or games. The lot of land upon which this discovery was made is in the third district of Habersham, four miles from the Nacoochee valley, on Duke's Creek."

    The celebrated Falls of Tallulah are in this county, and all who have visited them unite in saying that they merit a high place among the natural curiosities of the United States. The following account of these falls is from the pen of David P. Hillhouse, Esq.: "The stream is, by the Cherokee Indians, called in some places Tarrurah, at other places Tallulah. It is the western branch of the Tugaloo River, and the rapids are situated about ten miles above its junction with the Chattooga, which is the eastern branch of the Tugaloo. The rapids are about twelve miles from Clarkesville. The river passes through a range or ridge of mountains, for somewhat more than a mile, forming for its bed an awful gulf, and for its banks stupendous fronts of a solid rock, like those of Niagara, just below its great cataract, and of the Genesee River below the fall in that stream, a few miles above Lake Ontario. These banks of Tallulah are worn by its waters, in many places, into caverns and grotesque figures, and often the sides are perpendicular, and smooth beyond the means of art to imitate. Just at the head, and also at the foot of the rapids, the banks of Tallulah River are not more than ordinary height above common water-mark. In the intermediate distance, the height of the banks varies from two hundred to five hundred feet perpendicular. The width of the river is from fifteen to one hundred feet. There are four perpendicular pitches of water, of from fifty to eighty feet, and a great many smaller cataracts of from ten to twenty feet perpendicular pitch. There are but two or three points by which a person can possibly descend to the bed of the river, and these are the tracks of small rivulets emptying themselves into the river on the west side, and making several very steep precipices, down which one may possibly pass of aid of the shrubbery that grows in the hollows. When arrived at the water's edge, to look out at the opening of the great cliffs above, is surprising, interesting, and alarming!

    "These cliffs, combined with the foaming, roaring, bounding, impetuous current of water, exhibit novelty, beauty, and grandeur, in the greatest degree. At the instant the visitor views the current some hundred feet below him, he shrinks back, in apprehension of his destruction. Still curious to view it more, he cautiously advances again, until by degrees he becomes so familiar with the scenery, as to be perfectly enraptured. At every step he beholds some new dress that gives additional interest to the prospect. But there is no tinselled ornament to the banks of Tallulah. In a wild, uncultivated, and barren country, no art has been introduced to deface this grand exhibition of nature.

Sculptured chasms and fonts, elevated portals, formidable stockades, impregnable fortresses, deep perpendicular cascades, and successive bounding currents, added to the many rainbows that continually shine (when the sun does) through the spray that rises from the falling water, and the variegated colours in front of the rocky banks of red, white, yellow, and brown, and the small rivulets that pour down into the gulf from the mountain's top, give novelty, beauty, sublimity, and awe, to the rapids of Tallulah."

    On the 5th of July, 1837, the Rev. Mr. Hawthorn, a minister of the Presbyterian Church, arrived at Clarkesville by the stage. He preached in the evening of that day and on the following Sabbath, and gained the approbation, and almost the admiration, of all who heard him. Those with whom he became partially acquainted during this time, esteemed him very highly as a Christian minister. With others, he went on a visit to the Tallulah Falls. After the party had closed their excursion to the Falls, he and some other gentlemen concluded to go into a beautiful basin of water, between two of the falls, for the purpose of bathing. Some ladies being in company, they waited on them to some distance, leaving Mr. Hawthorn alone at the water, intending to return and bathe with him. They did return, but only found his clothing on the rocks-he was gone, and gone forever.

    It supposed that he went into the water, and, from some circumstance unknown, sunk to rise no more. The strictest search, by a number of gentlemen, was made, but the body was not found.

    The Toccoa Falls are on a creek of the same name. The water falls more than one hundred and eighty-five feet perpendicular. No description can give an idea of the beauties of this fall and the surrounding scenery.

    "Among the curiosities of this county is the Chopped Oak, a tree famous in Indian history, and in the traditions of the early settlers. This tree stands about six miles southeast of Clarkesville, and is noted as being the 'Law Ground,' or place of holding company musters and magistrates' courts. According to tradition, the Chopped Oak was a celebrated rendezvous of the Indians in their predatory excursions, it being at a point where a number of trails met. Here their plans of warfare were laid, here the several parties separated, and here, on their return, they awaited each other; and then, in their brief language, the result of their enterprise was stated, and for every scalp taken, a gash cut in the tree. If tradition tells the truth, and every scar on the blasted oak counts for a scalp, the success of their scouting parties must have been great. This tree was alive a few years since, when a young man, possessing all the prejudices of his countrymen, and caring less for the traditions of the Indians than his own revenge, killed the tree by girdling it, that it might be no longer a living monument of the cruelties of the savages."

    Minerals of almost every kind exist in Habersham. It was in this county that the first gold mines were discovered in Georgia. The following is a list of the principal ones:--- Loud's, Gordon's, Lewis's, Holt's, Richardson's, White & McGie's, Gordon & Lumsden's, William's, Little John's, Horshaw's.

    Iron is abundant.

    In addition to the minerals already named, the county has cyanite, garnets, carnelians, augite, asbestos, tourmaline, rubies, plumbago. Three diamonds have been found in the county.

    Extract from the Census of 1850.--- Dwellings, 1,338; families, 1,338; white males, 3,962; white females, 3,713; free coloured males, 2. Total free population, 7,677; slaves, 1,218. Deaths, 17. Farms, 732; manufacturing establishments, 5. Value of real estate, $327,003; value of personal estate, $1,083,771.

    Among the early settlers of this county were, General WAFFORD, GABRIEL FISH, Major WILLIAMS, JOHN ROBINSON, ALEXANDER WALDEN, B. CLEAVELAND, JOHN WHITEHEAD, JOHN GRANT, JESSE KINEY, CHARLES RICHE, Mr. VANDEVIER, HUDSON MOSS, WM. HERRING.

    This county was named after one of the Habershams, but which one we cannot say with certainty.

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HALL COUNTY.

    Laid out by the Lottery Act of 1818. A part taken from Jackson and Franklin, 1818; part of new territory added to it, 1819, Length, 30 m; breadth, 24 m.; square miles, 720. Named after Lyman Hall, a signer of the Declaration of American Independence.

    The principal streams are, the Chattahoochee, Chestatee, Oconee, and Little Rivers. The creeks are numerous.

    The soil is productive in some parts; in others poor.

    GAINESVILLE is the seat of justice, 111 miles from Milledgeville, delightfully situated, with a climate equal to any in the world.

    The Sulphur Spring, six miles N. of Gainesville, has been known to the public for several years.

    The Limestone Spring, two miles from Gainesville, is much frequented.

    Minerals in great variety are found in this county. Among them are gold, lead, ruby, tourmaline, cyanite, and emerald. The elastic sandstone abounds, in which a few diamonds have been found.

    Extract from the Census of 1850.--Dwellings, 1,300; families, 1,300; white males, 3,639; white females, 3,371; free coloured males, 4; free coloured females, 3. Total free population, 7,377. Slaves, 1,336. Deaths, 69. Farms, 697. Value of real estate, $609,639; value of personal estate, $867,332.

    Among the early settlers were: Wm. H. Dickson, E. DONEGAN, JOSEPH WILSON, JOHN BATES, B. REYNOLDS, R. ARMOUR, JOSEPH BLAKE, JOSEPH READ, R. YOUNG, J. McCONNELL, R. WINN, THOS. WILSON, Wm. COBB, N. GARRISON, JOSEPH JOHNSON, JOHN BARRETT, E. COWEN, A. THOMPSON, JESSE DOBBS, JAMES ABERCROMBIE, SOLOMON PEAKE.

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HANCOCK COUNTY.

    This county was laid out in 1793. A part set off to Baldwin, 1807, and a part to Taliaferro, in 1825. Length, 22 m.; breadth, 20 m.; area square miles, 440. It received its name in honour of John Hancock, whose name appears so conspicuous upon the Declaration of Independence.

    The north fork of the Ogeechee River separates the county from Warren, and the Oconee from Putnam.

    Hancock is on the dividing ridge between the primitive and secondary, or rather tertiary formations. The northern portion is very hilly, with a red aluminous soil. The southern portion is flat pine woods, with silicious soil. The best lands are on Shoulder Bone and its waters.

    Sparta is the seat of justice, twenty-four miles N. E. of Milledgeville.

    Powelton is in the N. E. part.

    Mount Zion is seven miles from Sparta.

    The climate is mild, but variable. The history of this county furnishes a number of instances of longevity. Dr. Timothy W. ROSSITTA died in 1845, aged 92; General Henry MITCHELL, a soldier of the Revolution, died at 79; Mrs. Tabitha MARCHMAN, at 91; Mrs. Judith GREENE, at 84; Captain James REESE, 84; Wm. WYLEY, 84; Mrs. Elisabeth REID, 88.

    Among the Revolutionary patriots who died in this county were, JOHN HAMILTON, Esq., aged 78; Mr. AMOS BRANTLEY, aged 70; Dr. EDWARD HOOD, 71.

    HENRY GRAYBILL, Esq., aged 82 years. He was born in Lancaster, (Penn.,) but removed to South Carolina before the Revolutionary War, and afterwards settled in Georgia, where he lived forty-two years. He was a conspicuous and active man during the contest which obtained our Independence, and filled with credit to himself and country the important offices of surveyor, clerk of the court, &c., and was four times elected by the Legislature of this State one of the electors of President and Vice-President. He had been a member of the Baptist Church for fifty years, and of the Masonic fraternity since the first establishment of regular Lodges in our State. He sustained through a long life the most unblemished character.

    From the earliest settlement of this portion of Georgia the citizens have been particularly distinguished for their great attention to the subject of education. Some of the most eminent men in the State received their academical education in Hancock.

    Extract from the Census of 1850. --- Dwellings, 761; families, 785; white males, 2,134; white females, 2,078; free coloured males, 33; free coloured females, 27. Total free population, 4,272; slaves, 7,306. Deaths, 128. Farms, 444; manufacturing establishments, 20. Value of real estate, $1,630,646; value of personal estate, $4,049,156.

    HANCOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY. --- Situated at Sparta; dimensions of factory, 54 by 140; engine-room, 25 by 54; engine, 100 horse power; capital, $80,000; spindles, 4,500; looms, 100; operatives, 140; yards of cloth made per day, 3,500; pounds of thread per day, 500; osnaburgs, sheetings, &c., are manufactured.

    The lovers of natural science will find much to interest them in this section of the State. Minerals are abundant, viz., agate, jasper, chalcedony, iron, gold, asbestos, kaolin, galena, zircon, plumbago, epidote, &c.

    There are some remarkable mounds in this county. A gentleman has furnished us with an account of several on Shoulder Bone Creek. He says, "The principal one is 400 feet N. of the centre prong of Shoulder Bone Creek; its base is 20 feet above the level of the creek. A few years ago it was 37 feet high; around it are the remains of a ditch or intrenchment, containing about four acres. Near the mound is an inclosure. Human bones, to a large amount, have been exhumed."

    This county has furnished her share of distinguished men. Hon. DIXON H. LEWIS was born in Hancock. Governor McDONALD, Hon.. W. T. COLQUITT, and numerous others, resided in it. Hon. BOLLING HALL was a gentleman of an uncommonly fine mind. We have in our possession a number of his letters addressed to prominent men, and they afford evidence of a great knowledge of the science of government. Hancock may still point to many useful and patriotic men among her citizens. It is said that she is particularly noted for producing stout men. We have heard of a jury whose united weight exceeded 3,600 pounds.

    Among the first settlers of the county were, General H. MITCHELL, Bolling HALL, Charles ABERCROMBIE, General ADAMS, Henry GRAYBILL, Joseph BRYAN, Wm. REES, Jonathan ADAMS, John MONTGOMERY, Jacob DENNIS, Archibald SMITH, T. HOLT, Thos. RAINES, James BISHOP, Isham REES, M. MARTIN, R. CLARKE, R. SHIPP, F. TUCKER, L. BARNES, W. WYLEY, Wm. SAUNDERS, James THOMAS, Jesse POPE, Jonas SHIVERS, Wm. HARDWICK, L. TATUM, R. MORELAND.

    Shoulder Bone Creek is memorable as being the place where a treaty was made with the Creeks in 1786.

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HARRIS COUNTY.

    Laid out from Troup and Muscogee, 1827. Part added to Muscogee, 1829. Length, 20 m.; breadth, 18 m; square miles, 360. Named after Charles Harris, Esq., of Savannah, an eminent jurist.

    The Chattahooche forms the western boundary of the county. West End, Standing Boy, Sowahachee, Mulberry, Flat Shoal, Old House, and Mountain creeks, empty into the Chattahoochee.

    HAMILTON is the county town, situated at the extremity of the Oak Mountain, one mile south of the Pine Mountains, and distant from Milledgeville 110 miles.

    Whitesville is on the road leading from Columbus to La Grange.

    Valley Place, Cochran's and Ellerslie, are small places.

    There is much variety in the face of the country. The Pine Mountains enter the county near the northeastern corner. The Oak Mountain enters it at its eastern corner. Above the Pine Mountains, east of the road leading to Columbus, the country is level, having a thin, light soil, productive, but not lasting. West of the road, from Columbus to La Grange, it is a broken, rich country, heavily timbered. In the valley between the Oak and Pine Mountains the soil is gray; growth, Spanish oak and hickory. South of the Oak Mountain, upon the head waters of Mulberry Creek, and extending all the way down said Creek, the soil is rich.

    There is nothing in the climate to distinguish it from that of the surrounding counties. The instances of longevity that have come to our knowledge are---JONATHAN BLACKMAN, who died over 80; EZEKIEL BROWN, 86; SMITH COTTON, 88; Mr. FARLEY, over 84; Mr. WELDEN, over 80; Mrs. STREET, over 80; Mrs. WALKER, 80.

    Among the first settlers of this county were---ANDERSON REDDING, T. JONES, W. C. OSBORN, A JOHNSON, JOSPEH DAVIS, E. D. HINES, THOS. HALL, B. JOHNSTON, A. GOODMAN, S. HUEY, JAMES RAMSEY, JOHN WHITE, JUDGE WELBORN, GENERAL LOW, R. MOBBLEY, NATHANIEL H. BARTON, WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, THOMAS WHITEHEAD, LEWIS WINN, JOHN J. HARPER, THOS. L. JACKSON, JACKSON HARWELL, STRINGER GIBSON, JOHN AND JULIUS MITCHELL, THOS. MAHONE.

    Extract from the Census of 1850.---Dwellings, 1,175; families, 1,242; white males, 3,391; white females, 3,318; free coloured males, 15; free coloured females, 15. Total free population, 6,739; slaves, 7,982. Deaths, 149. Farms, 873; manufacturing establishments, 73. Value of real estate, $1,773,509; value of personal estate, $3,677,877.

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    Extract from the Minutes of the First Superior Court of Harris County.

    Agreeably to appointment, the Court met---present, His Honor Walter T. Colquitt, Judge thereof---this 20th day of March, 1828.

    The following persons were sworn as Grand Jurors to serve the present term being the first Superior Court in this county:---

1.George W. Rodgers,
13.Levi Ezzell,
2.William Heard,
14.Burwell Blackmon,
3.J. Bass,
15.Thos G. Bedell,
4.James Loflin,
16.John D. Johnson,
5.George Chatham,
17.Drury Kendrick,
6.George H. Bryan,
18.John Jordan,
7.Silvester Naramore,
19.Thomas Mahone,
8.Bennett Williams,
20.Reuben R. Mobley,
9.Edward D. Perryman,
21.Benjamin Meadows,
10.Bolling Smith,
22.William Peel,
11.Stephen Curvin,
23.Jno. S. Beckham.
12.William Watts,

    N. H. Baden, Esq., was elected Clerk of the Superior Court in 1836, and has held the office ever since.

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HEARD COUNTY.

    This county was laid out from Troup, Carroll, and Coweta, in 1830, and named after the Hon. Stephen Heard.

    It is well supplied with streams. The only river is the Chattahoochee, into which numberous creeks empty.

    The surface of the country is very hilly. About one-third of the county consists of rich oak and hickory land; two-thirds are pine, mixed with oak and hickory, and remarkably productive.

    FRANKLIN is the seat of justice; it is situated on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River, 145 miles from Milledgeville.

    Corinth, 11 miles east, and Houstoun, 9 miles southwest of Franklin, are thriving villages.

    St. Cloud's and McBride's Mills do considerable business.

    No section of Georgia is favoured with a more salubrious climate.

    There are a few small mounds near the Chattahoochee. On Colonel Dent's farm, some negroes ploughed up a gun, having on it the British coat of arms.

    Gold has been found in the bed of the Chattahoochee, and in all the creeks and branches on the west of it. Iron ore and lead have also been discovered.

    Among the instances of longevity are the following: --- Mr. John Cook, who died between 90 and 100; a Mr. Wood had a negro woman supposed, at her death, to have been 120 years old; Mr. James Wood died at the age of 85; his wife was supposed to have been about the same age at her death.

    Extract from the Census of 1850. --- Dwellings, 724; families, 724; white males, 2,295; white females, 2,225; free coloured males, 3. Total free population, 4,523; slaves, 2,400. Deaths, 41. Farms, 512; manufacturing establishments, 5. Value of real estate, $799,770; value of personal estate, $1,425,064.

    Among those who made the first settlements in this county were --- Colonel Dent, Winston Wood, John Ware, Daniel Whitaker, D. Sullivan, C. B. Brown, James Adams, Dr. Ghent, J. T. Smith, Thomas Pinkard, P. H. Whitaker, Elisha Talley, Dr. Joseph Reese, Bailey Bledsoe, W. Kirk, Rev. Samuel Lane, Rev. Jesse George, James Wood, J. Stevens, Rev. W. W. Steagall, John Scoggins.

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HENRY COUNTY.

    Boundaries defined by the Act of 1821; a part added to, and a part taken from, Walton, 1821, and parts to Newton, to Fayette, 1821; and a part to Butts, 1825. Length, 27m.; breadth, 15m.; square miles, 405. Named after Hon. Patrick Henry of Virginia.

    The rivers are, South and Cotton.

    Several creeks water the county.

    McDONOUGH is the capital, situated on the waters of Walnut Creek, seventy miles from Milledgeville.

    The public places are, Hollinsworth's Store, Double Cabins, Hale's Store, White House, Cotton River, and Pittsfield.

    The face of the country is uneven. The bottom lands are productive.

    The climate is healthy.

    We insert a few cases of longevity. John SMITH, near 100; Jas. DANIEL, 80; John TREADWELL, 80; Jacob COKER, 80; Richard CARD, 80; John OSLIN, 80; E. CLOUD, 92; Mr. CUNCLE, 82.

    Mr. John WYATT lived to the age of 93. During that war which "tried the souls of men," this gentleman, then in the vigour of youth, rendered to his country the most signal services. He was present, and acted an honourable part in the character of an officer, when Cornwallis surrendered. In this and other severe engagements, the deceased bore ample testimony of that underlying devotion to his country's welfare, which distinguished him through the course of a long life.

    Statistics from the Census of 1850.--Dwellings, 1680; families, 1680; white males, 4,978; white females, 4,765; free coloured males, 9; free coloured females, 5. Total free population, 9,757; slaves, 4,969. Deaths, 157. Farms, 1,003; manufacturing establishments, 3. Value of real estate, $1,762,595; value of personal estate, $2,869,342.

    Among the early settlers of this county were, William Hardin, Jesse Johnson, James Sellers, H. J. Williams, Wm. Pate, D. Johnson, W. H. Turner, M. Brooks, S. Weems, Woodson Herbert, James Armstrong, Robert Beard, James Patillo, Josiah McCully, Roland Brown, R. M. Sims, Wm. Crawford, E. Moseley, John Brooks, who built the first mill, Reuben Dearing, Jacob Hinton, E. Brooks, John Calloway, B. Jenks, Wm. Jenks, Col. S. Strickland, Parker Eason, Joseph Kirk, Wm. and John Griffin, Daniel Smith, H. Longino, Wm. Tuggle, John Lovejoy.

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    In 1828, a paper called the Jacksonian, was published at McDonough, by Mr. Samuel W. Minor. This paper was the first to nominate General Andrew Jackson for the Presidency.

    The first Superior Court was held 10th June, 1822, at the home of William Ruff, Judge Clayton presiding. The names of the Grand Jurors were, --

William Jackson,Robert Shaw,
Wm. Malone,James Colwell,
James Sellers,John Brooks,
James Pate,F. Pearson,
Thomas Abercrombie,Wm. McKnight,
C. Cochran,B. Lasseter,
G. Gay,Jacob Hinton,
Wm. Wood,Jackson Smith,
Wilie Terrill,S. Strickland,
Jethro Barnes,

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Habersham County transcribed by Christine Crumley-Brown - December, 2003.
Hall County transcribed by Brenda Pierce - ltlbit@mindspring.com 1/18/2004
Hancock County transcribed by Tim Stowell - October, 2003.
Harris County transcribed by Brenda Pierce - ltlbit@mindspring.com 1/18/2004
Heard County transcribed by Connie Burkett - July, 2003.
Henry County transcribed by Linda Barton - November, 2003.

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