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Georgia Genealogy Trails "Where your Journey Begins" |
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Georgia Genealogy Trails "Where your Journey Begins" |
Laid off from Early in 1823; part set off to Thomas in 1825. It received its name from Commodore Stephen Decatur.
Length, 36 m. ; breadth, 25 m.; area square miles, 900.
The Flint River runs through the county, and the Chattahoochee forms its western boundary.
Spring Creek is a considerable body of water. There are several other streams, viz,, Musquito, Willocoochee, &c.
In various parts are excellent tracts of land. Between the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers is a pine barren, with
some fertile spots, which are well calculated for the growth of cotton and corn, the soil being silicious.
The climate is temperate and pleasant.
Bainbridge is the county town, situated on the east side of the Flint River, on a beautiful bluff, lift) miles
from Milledgeville. Fort Scott is below Bainbridge, on the Flint River. Attapulgus is 12 miles southeast of Bainbridge.
Extract from Census of 1850.—Dwellings, 898; families, 898 ; white males, 2,391; white females, 2,227; free coloured
males, 3; free coloured females, 2. Total free population, 4,623 ; slaves, 3,639. Deaths, 92. Farms, 491; manufacturing
establishments, 2. Value of real estate, $805,018 ; value of personal estate, $1,970,631.
Among the original settlers of this county may be named the following, viz.:
G. Mitchell, Wm. Martin, Wm. Donaldson, Joel Darsey, John Darsey, W. Williams, H. Ingraham, B. Crawford, James
Griffin, M. Hardin, James Brown, Samuel Cherry, Wm. Powell, Samuel Williams, Daniel O. Neal, Hiram Atkinson, James
T. Neal, Wm. Forson, M. Kelly, Wm. Hawthorn, John White, John Jones, Duncan Ray, Edmund Herring, Joshua Proctor,
William Whigham, Elias Mc£lvan, William Powell, Philip Pitman, John Donaldson, R. B. Douglas, Abner Bishop,
Jeremiah Slade, Wm. Chester, Captain Pariiam, R. Strickling, J. Saunders, G. G. Gaines.
Source: "Historical Collections Of Georgia", by George White, 1855
Transcribed and Submitted by Brenda Wiesner
