110
GEORGIA.
Counties.
Whites.
Colored.
Total Pop.
County Towns.
Distancefr. Mil-ledgeville.
Telfair
m
1,569
567
2,136
in
Thomas
s
2,127
1,169
3,296
Thomasville
235
Troup
w
3,607
2,192
5,799
Lagrange
133
Twiggs
771
4,495
3,534
8,029
Marion
37
Upson
mem
4,444
2,569
7,013
Upson C. H.
87
Walton
nwm
7,763
3,168
10,931
Monroe
72
Ware
s
1,132
62
1,194
Waresborough
161
Warren
nm
6,044
4,802
10,846
Warrenton
49
771
5,905
3,915
9,820
Sandersville
27
Wayne
se
676
286
962
Waynesville
190
Wilkes
nw
5,265
8,972
14,237
64
Wilkinson
76 Total
771
4,603
1,955
6,558
516,567
Irwinton
20
In 1790,
Population.
82,548
Population at different Periods.
29,264
1800,
162,686
Increase from 1790 to 1800,
80,138
59,699
1810,
252,433
1800
1810,
89,747
105,218
1820,
348,989
1810
1820,
88,456
149,656
1830,
516,567
- 1820
1830,
165,578
217,470
Milledgeville is the seat of government. Savannah and Augusta are thelargest towns. The other most considerable towns are Washington , Louisville ,Darien, St. Mary’s, Greensborough, Petersburg, and Sparta.
The principal rivers are the Savannah , Ogechee, Altamaha, Satilla, Oak-mulgee, Oconee, St. Mary’s, Flint, Chatahoochee, Tallapoosa, and Coosa.
The coast of Georgia for four or five miles inland is a salt marsh, mostlyuninhabited. In front of this, towards the sea, there is a chain of islands of agray rice soil, covered in their natural state with pine, hickory, and live oak,and yielding on cultivation sea-island cotton. The principal of these islandsare Wassaw, Ossabaw, St. Catharine’s, Sapello, St. Simon’s, Jekyl, and Cum-berland. Back of the salt marsh there is a narrow margin of land, of nearlythe same quality with that of the islands. In the rear of this margin com-mences the pine barrens. The rivers and creeks are everywhere borderedwith swamps or marsh, which, at every tide, for fifteen or twenty miles fromthe coast, are either wholly or partially overflowed. These constitute the riceplantations. The pine barrens extend from 60 to 90 miles from the sea, beyondwhich the country becomes uneven, diversified with hills and mountains, of astrong, rich soil, producing cotton, tobacco, Indian corn, wheat, and other kindsof grain. The north-western part of the state is mountainous, and abounds insublime and picturesque scenery.
The soil of Georgia is various; but a large proportion of it is very produc-tive. At a distance from the sea it changes from gray to red; in some placesit is gravelly, but fertile; and farther back into the country its tint is graduallydeepened, till it becomes what is called the mulatto soil, consisting of blackmould and red earth. This sort of land is generally strong, and affords abun-dant crops of wheat, tobacco, corn, &c. It is succeeded in its turn by a soilthat is nearly black, and very rich, on which are large quantities of blackwalnut and mulberry.
The staple commodities of this state are cotton and rice, of which greatquantities are exported. The forests afford an abundant supply of fine timber,consisting chiefly of oak, pine, hickory, mulberry, and cedar. The kinds of