Georgia, Historical and Industrial

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...to the census of 1900; white males, 2,767; white females, 2,574; total white, 5,341; colored males, 280; colored females, 202; total colored, 482. Domestic animals in barns and inclosures, not on farms or ranges, June 1, 1900: 20 calves, 3 steers, 51 dairy cows, 35 horses, 10 mules, 1 donkey, 143 swine, 31 goats. CHARLTON COUNTY. Charlton County was laid off from Camden in 1856 and named for Judge T. U. P. Charlton of Savannah. It is bounded by the following counties: Wayne, Pierce and Ware on the north, Camden on the east, and Ware on the west. The northeastern part of the county runs up between Camden on the east and Pierce on the west The southeastern part runs down in such a way as to have Florida on three sides of it. For some distance along its eastern border runs the Satilla. The St. Mary's river rising in the southern part of the county runs along the western, southern and eastern sides of that part of it which projects into Florida. Okefinokee Swamp occupies a large part of the county. On the neck of land between Okefinokee Swamp and the Florida line melons, potatoes, long-staple cotton, sugar-cane and tobacco give good yields. Oranges and figs are plentiful. By far the greater portion of lands in this county are wild lands and are devoted to stock-raising. There is no section of the State better adapted to raising sheep, cattle and hogs at small cost. Travel and transportation of products are over the Plant System, the Atlantic, Valdosta and Western. Trader's Hill, about four miles from the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway of the Plant System, and also on the St Mary's river, is the county site. The lumber business of this town is considerable. The streams supply abundance of fish, and the wild lands afford game of every sort, such as deer, b...