Historical collections of Georgia - containing the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc. relating to its history and antiquities, from its first settlement to the (14761785196)

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Title: Historical collections of Georgia : containing the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc. relating to its history and antiquities, from its first settlement to the present time ; compiled from original records and official documents ; illustrated by nearly one hundred engravings of public buildings, relics of antiquity, historic localities, natural scenery, portraits of distinguished men, etc., etc. / by the Rev. George White
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: White, George, 1802-1887 Dutton, Alpha Christian
Subjects: Indians of North America
Publisher: New York : Pudney & Russell
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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ons on the bench alikedisclose this feature. His style is free from ornament, and with anunusual directness, he approaches and discusses the question controll-ing every case—not one redundant word, not one of repetition, andyet complete. His language, with perfect accuracy, conveys pre-cisely the idea intended. MONROE COUNTY. Laid out by the Lottery Act of 1821, and apart set off to Butts, 1825,and named after James Monroe, President of the United States.Length, 21 m.; breadth, 16m.; area square miles, 336. The Ocmulgee forms the eastern boundary. The Towaliga emp-ties into the Ocmulgee. There are several creeks, viz., Tobesofkee,Crooked, Shoal, &c. Extract from the Census of 1850.—Dwellings, 1,194; families,1,194; white males, 3,472; white females, 3,338; free colouredmales, 2; free coloured females, 3. Total free population, 6,815:slaves, 10,170. Deaths, 210. Farms, 746; manufacturing establish-ments, 2. Value of real estate, $2,580,103 ; value of personal estate,$5,684,909.
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MONROE COUNTY. 561 The soil is various, combining the best and the worst. The landson the water-courses arc rich, dark, chocolate soil, well timbered, andadmirably adapted to the cultivation of cotton. The mulatto andgray lands are tolerably productive. Forsyth is the county town, situated on a ridge dividing the wa-ters of Rum and Tobesofkce creeks, 50 miles W.N. W. of Milledge-ville. At this place is located the Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute.The wealthy and intelligent citizens of Forsyth, and Monroe Countygenerally, having felt for some years the inconvenience and impolicyof sending their daughters far from home to obtain a suitable educa-tion, determined to change their course, and throw themselves upontheir own resources. Accordingly, the citizens of the county and village determined toestablish a female school of high order. An act, incorporating acollege seminary at Forsyth, passed the State Legislature in 1849,which was at once carried into effect by the friends of the e