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Identifier: georgiahistorica00geor (find matches)
Title: Georgia, historical and industrial
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Georgia. Dept. of Agriculture Stevens, O. B. (Obediah B.) Wright, R. F. (Robert F.)
Subjects: Georgia -- History Georgia -- Economic conditions
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : G.W. Harrison, State Printer
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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old and kitchen furniture, $1,012;farm and other animals, $3,262; plantation and mechanical tools,$322.00; value of all other property, $190.00. Aggregate value ofwhole property, $9,783. The tax returns for 1901 show an increase of $1,917 in the value ofall property over that of 1900. Population of Charlton county by sex and color, according to thecensus of 1900: white males, 1,468; white females, 1,381; t^tal white,2,849; colored males, 419; colored females, 324; total colored, 743. Domestic animals in barns and inclosures, not on farms or ranges,June 1, 1900: 13 calves, 14 steers, 1 bull, 15 dairy cows, 6 horses, 10mules, 86 swine. CHATHAM COUNTY. Chatham County is on the Georgia coast with the Savannah riverforming the boundary between it and the State of South Carolina. It isa portion of what was once called Savannah county; for in 1741 by orderof the trustees the colony of Georgia, was divided into two counties,one of which was called Savannah and embraced all the territory north
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WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK Hf N. I idiii /III/ .\i>. ji), I . v. /!„. . \>i. III,!. GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AXD INDUSTRIAL. 575 of Dnrien. It was laid out iu 1758 into St. Philips and Christ Churchparishes. AVhen Georgia cast in her lot with the other colonies in tlie strugglofor independence, the new State government formed Christ Chiuch anda part of St. Philips parishes into a county and named it Chatham inhonor of the noble earl who so bravely stood up for the rights of thepeople of America. Northwest of this county is Ethngham, on the east and northeast theState of South Carolina, on the east and southeast the Atlantic Ocean, onthe south and west the county of Bryan. The chief streams are theSavannah, Big and Little Ogeechee riveis. The smaller are the St. Au-gustine, Vernon, Pipemaker, etc. The face of the county is flat, inter-spersed wath many swamps. Along the Savannah river the bodies oftide swamp lands are extensive and are considered among the best inthe State. Savannah, the c

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