WARRENTON, a pleasant and flourishing town, is the seat of justice. It is situated on the waters of Goulden's Creek, nearly in the centre of the county, distant from Milledgeville 45 miles E. N. E.

From the Georgia Railroad there is a branch railroad terminating at Warrenton, 2 miles long. Mayfield, Double Wells, and Camak, are on this road.

Extract from the Census of 1850.-Dwellings, 1,135; families, 1,135; white males, 3,066; white females, 3,102; free coloured males, 72; free coloured females, 77. Total free population, 6,317; slaves, 6,108. Deaths, 138. Farms, 605. Manufacturing establishments, 42. Value of real estate, $1,751,790; value of personal estate, $4,148,853.

The climate is mild and healthy. Most of the diseases occur on the water-courses. This county is remarkable for cases of longevity. Six years ago, there were living the following persons:-Capt. HILL, aged 87 years; Mr. JOHN JONES, 85; Mr. G. BERRY, over 90; Mr. D. NEWSOME, 80; Mr. H. POOL, over 85; Mr. H. CHALKER, 85; Mr. J. BURKHALTER, 90; Mr. CRENSHAW, Over 80; Mrs. PERSONS, 92; Mrs. BASS, 90; Mr. BRINKLEY, 85; Mrs. HOBBES, 100.

The following individuals died in this county:-Mrs. PEOPLES, 100; Mrs. KILBREW, 100; Mrs. HEATH, 90; Mrs. WALKER, 93; Mrs. BATES, 90; Mr. CASON, 96; J.W. JACKSON, 100; JOHN WILSON, 92: C. STURDEVANT, 95; Mr. BULLOCK, 90; Mrs. KENT, 80; M. RACHEL, 105.

Mr. JOHN TORRENCE died July 4th, 1827, aged 78 years. The venerable old patriot breathed his last a short distance from his residence, on his return from the celebration of the day in Warrenton, in which he participated with more than usual interest and feeling, as if he were conscious it was the last national jubilee he should ever witness. His countenance wore a peculiar cast of serene and heartfelt joy during the day, and his old acquaintances received many a cordial embrace. HENRY BONNER died on the 1st of January, 1822, aged 98 years. He was an officer in the Revolutionary War.

JONAS SHIVERS died on the 12th of November, 1826, aged 77, a soldier of the Revolution.

JAMES DRAPER died in the 83d year of his age. At a very youthful period, say sixteen years of age, he enlisted in the cause of Liberty, to fight the battles of freedom against the British Lion, and continued in that service for something like three years, animated by the principles of liberty which burned in his bosom.

Among the early settlers were, DANIEL ATKINS, SOLOMON NEWSOME, DAVID NEAL, WM. JOHNSTON, JOB HUNTER, CULLEN BRADDY, ROBT. ABERCROMBIE, HENRY PEOPLES, WM. HILL, A. DENTON, WM. CASON, S. BURNLEY, B. UPTON, E. PERRYMAN, E. CONNER, A. BRINKLEY, WM. JENKINS, A. JONES, M. ENGLISH, C. Lowe, Sen., D. A. SIMPSON, THOS. MADDUX, E. IVY, JOHN BURKHALTER, E. WILSON, T. PERSONS, T. LOCKITT, SAMUEL BELL, JONAS SHIVERS, PETER NEWSOME, JOHN NEWSOME.

A Return of the Commissioned and Acting Elect Officers in Lieutenant-Colonel SAMUEL ALEXANDER'S Regiment of Militia, including all Volunteer Corps attached thereto, for the 13th day of December, 1797.

The First Battalion, commanded by Major John Lawson. Captains.-David Neal, commissioned Dec. 15, 1788; Absalom Cobbs, Nov. 26, 1795; James Wilson, Jan. 28, 1797; Chapman Abercrombie, April 13,

1797.

Lieutenants.-William Landrum, commissioned Nov. 15, 1795; Benjamin Mitchell, Jan. 20, 1797; John Barnes, Jan. 28, 1797; A. Jones, April 18, 1797. Ensigns or Cornets.—Daniel Hutcheson, commissioned Nov. 15, 1795; Charles M. Lawson, Feb. 10, 1797; Moor Carter, Jan. 28, 1797; Benjamin Oliver, Jan. 20, 1795.

The Second Battalion, commanded by Major Solomon Slatter. Captains.-Jesse Bunkley, commissioned May 11, 1793; Nicholas Jones, Nov. 26, 1795; William Smith, Nov. 26, 1795; William Hill, Nov. 26, 1795; Abner Fluellin, Jan. 29, 1797.

Ensigns.-Joseph Carter, commissioned Nov. 26, 1795; John Brantley, Nov. 26, 1795; Joseph White, Nov. 26, 1795; Peter Clowers, Nov. 16, 1796; Wm. Cox, Jan. 29, 1797.

Lieutenants.-M. Womack, commissioned Nov. 26, 1795; Mountain Hill, Nov. 26, 1795; Burrell Perry, Nov. 26, 1795; Gibson Flournoy, Nov. 26, 1795; Thos. Cox, Jan. 29, 1797.

I hereby certify that the above return contains all acting, commissioned, and elect officers, of the Regiment of the Warren County Militia, under my command. July 12, 1798.

The Hon. DAVID MERIWETHER, Brigadier-General.

SAML. ALEXANDER,

WASHINGTON COUNTY.

THIS County was established in 1784. It then included all the territory" from the Cherokee Corner, north, extending from the Ogeechee to the Oconee, south to Liberty County. In 1786 a portion of it was added to Greene; in 1793, a part to Hancock; in 1807, a part to Baldwin; in 1811, a part to Laurens; in 1812, a part to Baldwin; and in 1826, a part to Baldwin. Length, 38 m.; breadth, 38 m.; area, 1,444 square miles.

The streams are, the Oconee, Ogeechee, and Ohoopee, besides a number of creeks.

Fine burrstone is abundant. Near Saundersville are five or six lime-sinks, or caves, as many of them may be properly called, in which fossil teeth, ribs, and shells of endless variety are gathered in almost any quantity.

SAUNDERSVILLE is the capital, 28 miles E. of Milledgeville.

The climate is moderate. The instances of longevity which have come to our knowledge are, WM. RACHEL, who died at the age of 118 years; Mr. BEDGOOD, at 112; Mr. PEACOCK, 85; ELISABETH HANSON, 93; WM. WILLIAMS, 86; THOMAS LOVE, 90; Mr. JOHN JOURDON, a Revolutionary soldier, at a very advanced age.

Major NICHOLAS CURRY died in this county, aged sixty-seven. He entered the Revolutionary army a private soldier, and left it with the rank of Captain of Dragoons, after a hard service of five years. During that period he shared in many of the perils and hardships of the war, and was always active and efficient upon the field of battle.

Extract from the Census of 1850.-Dwellings, 1,077; families, 1,077; white males, 3,004; white females, 2,989; free coloured males, 19; free coloured females, 16. Total free population, 6,028; slaves, 5,738. Deaths, 159. Farms, 632. Manufacturing establishments, 6. Value of real estate, $1,259,121; value of personal estate, $3,295,936.

Among the early settlers of this county were, ALEXANDER IRWIN, JOHN RUTHERFORD, WM. JOHNSON, ELISHA WILLIAMS, JARED IRWIN, JACOB DENNARD, JOHN ROBERTSON, JOSEPH BEDDINGFIELD, PHILEMON FRANKLIN, AARON SINQUEFIELD, JOSEPH AVENT, JOHN SHEPPARD, JAS. THOMAS, JOHN DANIEL, WILLIAM IRWIN, JOSHUA WILLIAMS, SAMUEL SINQUEFIELD, BENJAMIN TENNILLE, JOHN MARTIN, JOHN BURNEY, HUGH LAWSON, JOHN SHELLMAN, WM. SAPP, MILES MURPHY, JOHN JONES, JOHN H. MONTGOMERY, JOHN STOKES, Mr. SAUNDERS, JOHN IRWIN, JAMES THOMAS, GEORGE GALPHIN, JOHN DENNIS, JOHN NUTT, D. WOOD, GEO. FLUKER, WM. WARTHEN, JACOB KELLY, WM. MAY.

THE early settlers of this county suffered much from Indian depredations. The following particulars were derived from old newspapers loaned to the compiler by Mr. Ralston, of Macon :—

29th March, 1788.-The Indians killed and scalped Lieutenant Hogan, near Kemp's Fort. On Friday after, Mr. Daniell met with the same cruel death; and shortly afterwards they killed Mr. David Jackson's family, consisting of his wife and four children, his brother and two negroes.

The same year, in the neighbourhood of Williamson's Swamp, the Indians were constantly attacking the inhabitants. On the 12th of March a party of savages were discovered on the plantation of Mr. Sikes, by the barking of the dogs. Mr. Sikes went over the fence to see what they were barking at, when he was fired upon by the foe, and received three balls in his arm, shoulder, and hip. He' then made his way over the fence to the house, and as he was going received another shot, which broke his leg. Notwithstanding his severe wounds, he prepared to defend his wife and four children; but the Indians did not attack the house. A young man from a neighbouring family hearing the reports of the guns, came to the house, and upon seeing Mr. Sikes's condition, went to a fort near by, for assistance, and returned immediately with Allen Spurlock, who

placed Mr. Sikes on a bed in his sledge, with one of his daughters, about nine years old, his wife's sister, about sixteen years old, walking, and Mrs. Sikes on horseback, with one child before and one behind her, and proceeded towards the fort; but before they reached it they were fired upon by the Indians, who had come in their rear. They all ran and left Mr. Sikes. In attempting to gain the fort, the young woman and Spurlock were shot and scalped. The little girl carrying a bottle of rum in her hand, begged the Indians to accept of it and spare her life, but they cursed her and the rum, and said they wanted her scalp, upon which they knocked her down and scalped her. They then pursued Mrs. Sikes, who, with her children, must have fallen into their hands, had not Major Wood come to her assistance. The little girl came to the fort about half an hour afterwards.

April 7, 1793.-On this day, a son of Colonel Francis Pugh was killed by the Indians; they also plundered seven families of all their clothing, furniture, provisions, horses, and negroes.

THE first Superior Court for this county was held on the 22d day of May, 1787, his Honor HENRY OSBORNE, Judge.

NAMES OF THE GRAND JURORS.

ALEXANDER IRWIN, Foreman.

ELISHA WILLIAMS,

WM. JOHNSON,

PHILEMON FRANKLIN,

JOHN ROBERTSON, Sen.,

JOHN BURNEY,

JOHN MARTIN,

JAMES THOMAS,

BENJ. TENNILLE,

JOSHUA WILLIAMS,

SAMUEL SINQUEFIELD,
JOSEPH AVENT,
WM. IRWIN,

WM. SHIELDS,

JOHN SHEPPARD,

JOHN RUTHERFord,
JACOB DENNARD,

JOSEPH BEDDINGFIELD,

AARON SINQUEField,
JOHN DANIEL, Sen.

THE following was communicated to us by a gentleman in Macon : In one of the excursions of a party of Indians against the whites, they came to the house of a Mr. Browne, one of whose daughters and a negro woman had left the house for the purpose of milking the cows. Mr. Browne having stepped to the door, was shot down by the savages. His wife hearing the firing of the gun, hastened to the door, and to her surprise found her husband dead, and in the act of dragging him into the house, received a shot from one of their rifles, which broke her arm. She succeeded, however, in shutting the door, and took down her husband's rifle, and, with the aid of Tempa, her daughter, about eight years of age, she placed it between the logs of the house, and fired at the Indians. By showing Tempa how to load, she was enabled to keep up a fire a long period, at the same time crying out "Hurrah, boys!" At length the Indians retreated; not until, however, they had set the house on fire. Twice she extinguished the fire with milk, not having it in her power to procure water. The daughter and negro woman, who were milking the cows, as soon as they saw

the Indians, ran off and gave the alarm to the nearest neighbours, who collected with all possible dispatch, and went to the aid of Mrs. Browne. Upon their arrival at the house, they found that she had fainted. Being too few to carry her off, they hid her in the top of a fallen tree, with Tempa to mind her, and went after the savages, but did not overtake them.

WAYNE COUNTY.

LAID out by the Lottery Act of 1803. Part taken from Glynn, 1805; part added to Camden, 1805; part taken from Camden, 1808; part taken from Camden, 1812; a part taken from Glynn in 1820; a portion added to Glynn, 1822; organized in 1805. Named in honour of Major-General Anthony Wayne. Length, 33 m.; breadth, 18 m.; area square miles, 594.

The Great St. Illa runs through the southern part of the county. The Alatamaha washes the north side; the Finholloway, or Phennohaloway, (a Creek word meaning turkey,) flows into the Alatamaha.

WAYNEVILLE is the seat of justice, 176 miles from Milledgeville. The soil is generally poor.

The climate is healthy.

Extract from the Census of 1850.-Dwellings, 182; families, 182; white males, 549; white females, 539; free coloured males, 2; free coloured females, 3. Total free population, 1,093; slaves, 406. Deaths, 10. Farms, 172. Value of real estate, $232,145; value of personal estate, $195,079.

WHITEFIELD COUNTY.

THIS County was laid out from Murray, in 1851, including an extent of country "beginning at the southwest corner of the County of Murray; running from thence east with the line between Murray and Gordon Counties, until it strikes the mouth of the Connasauga River; thence up and with the meanders of said river, to the mouth of Sugar Creek; thence with the meanders of said creek to the Tennessee line; thence west with said line, to the line of Walker and Murray Counties; thence south with the line of Murray and Walker to the place of beginning."

DALTON is the county town, situated on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, 100 miles N. of Atlanta, and 35 S. E. of Chattanooga. The lands are feřtile, producing abundantly all the necessaries of life.