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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 McElvan, 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
Villages, Hamlets and
Towns
Faceville, a town in the southern
part of Decatur county, is on that branch of the Atlantic Coast Line
railway that runs from Climax to River Junction, Fla. The
population in 1900 was 250. It has a money order postoffice,
express and telegraph offices, a good local trade and does some
shipping.
[Source: Georgia:
Sketches, Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions & People, Vol. 2,
Publ. 1906 Transcribed By: Maggie Coleman]
Fairchild, a post-hamlet in the
western part of Decatur county, is located on the Chattahoochee river.
[Source: Georgia:
Sketches, Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions & People, Vol. 2,
Publ. 1906 Transcribed By: Maggie Coleman]
Faircloth, a little village of
Decatur county, is located about ten miles southwest of Camilla, which
is the nearest railroad station. It has a money order postoffice,
with rural free delivery and is a trading center for that part of the
county.
[Source: Georgia:
Sketches, Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions & People, Vol. 2,
Publ. 1906 Transcribed By: Maggie Coleman]
Fowlstown, a town in the southern
part of Decatur county, is at the junction of the Georgia, Florida
& Alabama and the Atlantic Coast Line railroads. The population in
1900 was 196. It has a money order postoffice, express and
telegraph offices, some mercantile interests and is a shipping point of
some importance for that part of the county.
(Source: Georgia Sketches
of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by
Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson)
Miriam,
a post-hamlet in the western part of Decatur county, is not far
from the Chattahoochee river. Iron City, on the Atlantic Coast Line
railway, is the nearest station.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Tracy
McAllister]
