Coweta County, Georgia - The whole text, 1880 (part 1 of 2)

Genealogy Coulection Duopage Process

\ attempting to present to the people of Coweta my _ ; little sxetch of their history, I cannot claim anything ^Ahj like a correct account of til the transactions in our County, but in the main I think as far as they go are correct. The historical account of ollicers and members of the Legislature can be relied upon as correct. Having .scarcely any records to refer to, most of it is made up from recollections and verbal infornuition from others. I am satislied of its correctness. I have sought much information that would i)e ot interest, but have not been able to obtain it in a reliable manner, hence will have to leave out many interesting facts, hoping that mv rough and inexperienced eflbrts may induce others in the future to keep a more correct history of our County, and that the next generation will have a complete history from this time on, and that much improvement may be made on my feeble ell'orts, and all will take a pride in furnishing a correct history of all parsing events in the future as 1 have gathered the rough stones and heavy timbers from the quarry and the woods, some more polished architect will furnish a more beautiful history of Coweta.

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H.\viN<;, as before stated, gone through by each year and searched out the material to build with, hhI wanting a proper architect to tit and frame it together to make our eflbrts at all interesting, I have not attempted, if I possessed the ability, to eulogise any one, but have put all in the quarry of rough store and timber collected together, which is much greater than I anticipated at the outset, but we must not despair of getting through in our rough way.

We will notice in the first place our legal population, as it has come out much larger than we pet out for - 75. We have continued to increase it till we close with 103, out of which we have some quite favorable specimens from rough timber. We, I think, have furnished seven judges of our Superior Courts, for our own Circuit Court and United States District Court, which will do very well for 80 small a town (or city) as ours, and I will remark that all are from humble families - no wealth or ancestij to push any of them forward - bat'all have risen from their own merits and perseTerenca.

The first was his Honor Dennis F. Hammond, who is well recollected by aiany when he first commenced the practice of law in our city without wealthy friends or library to aid him, but by perseverence is now, after serving a term as Judge of our Circuit, a prominent lawyer at the Atlanta bar - ull now recollect him.

The next is the Hon. John Ersskine, Tnited States District Judge for Georgia, who fills his station well and is well received by the bar and people generally. Xewnan should feel proud of even having .such citizens. We must be brief.

Our old and honored friend, Lucius H. Featherston, is next to be noticed. He was not a citizen when Judge of our Circiiit, but now is, and is a respectable, able lawyer; has given satisfaction wherever he has been tried - never found wanting.

The next, Hon. John S. liigby. liorn and raised in Coweta, it is useless for me to s.iy anything in his praise, for Ills works and legal abilities as Solicitor Cieneral and Jutlge of the Superior Court is too fresh in th«' minds of all t<) need even a passing notiee from me, but tbat his history may not be omitted, all know how al)ly be sustained him>elf on the bench, which he resignetl to till a more exalted station as your imttiediale Representative in Congress fn»m the 4th Congressional District of (leorgia, antl is now I'nited Stales Altorney-(ieneral for the District of (leorgia Coweta should be proud of such legal ability and statesmanship as his.

The next in rotation is the Hon. William F. Wright, who served you faithfully in the Legislature and in your State Conventions with credit to himself ami succeeded the Hon. J. S. liigby as your .ludg** of the Superior C«»urt. All know his legal abilities and fearless, independent course on the beiu h, hI the bar, or for his friends, always ready to serve thein honorably and faithfully. If he erred it was of head, not o' the heart, but he has, like others, left us.

Our next to notice is the Hon. Hugh Buchannan. He has been partially noticed as a .school tvacher before, but we notice him now as y. ur Senator in the Legislature of Cet>rgia. On the battlefield in our late war, his record will compare favorably in any place with any of his comrades. He was elected to Congress by a considerable majority, in 1870, but was not allowed, under reconstruction acts, to take his 8ea», and had to be content, like many others, to be set aside. He succeeded Judge Wright as your present Judge of the Superior Court. His legal ability, inipartial decisions and courte.sy*toall, need not be mentioned Dy me here; for they are written more indeliblv in the hearts of the people than my feeble pen could describe them. It is only to peipetuatp such names as his, and all I have mentioned hereafter, when we are laid cold, for our children to reflect ujwn and to take pattern from; for all of them were pcwr and have made themselves what they are by their own exertions at the bar and as useful citizens. None need be discouraged - the world is open to Ihem now as it was to those who have now gone before. We have no hereditary aristocracy to ])ui!d up anyone.

I have unintentionally passed the Hon. Walter T. Colquitt, our first judge and for three or fonr years a citizen of Coweta county, an honored judge and fine Christian preacher, Representative in Congress and Senator. Such men are scarcely ever found. His history is nn»re fully written, as will be many others mentioned in your State history, than in Coweta's short history.

Let me here digress a little, and for the encouragement of all the little boys, tell them that our (Jovernor, Alfred II. Colquitt, learnt crucifix in Coweta, and you can nil follow his example. Who knows but what some other Coweta boy may become Covernnr of (Jeorgia. Let some one set out for the prize - it is open to you as well as others. I would like to see some other of Coweta's boys fill the place he now does with credit to themselves.

The Hon. Owen H. Kenan, another of our lawyers, was judge, but not in our circuit, but was one of our lawyers at the time, should be mentioned, so I must add one more, making eight judges Coweta has furnished that is now recollected, besides others in other States from Coweta. We know of several others, but as ours is a local history, we must not run out after them.

There is always some change in the history of every thing. If I mistake not, one of our lawyers was stricken from the bar. I will leave that to our legal friends to find out their erring brother. Tv.o others ran awav. I will not mention any names or the crimes.

We might leave our lawyer friends here, but we are not quite done with them yet, as the little b >y said - "Lie still; there is more to come yet," they were like some of the rest of us. When we all came here we were poor. There was at one time nine lawyers in town and but ooe of them owned a horse - no livery stable nor railroads then either. How they pot about I will not now tell.

Before I begin on oar lawyers generally, we will give our lawyer friends one other encouragement, that of the Solicitor-Generals from the Coweta Circuit - five of them have become judges.

would admit of personating of them we could make a very respectable showing - some of them have been Senators, and Representatives in the Legislature, and filled other responsible positions, and many would compare favorably with any bar in the State, while others are younp, they may ascend yet to the uppermost round in th^ ladder. Your way is as clear and open as it was to anj' before you ; j'ou have your own destiny in your own hands, if you will manage it well you may yet be as honored as any that has preceded you.

Tht above will apply to our Doctors, we have had many eminent physicians among us. who have served long in our County, ami have made for themselves characters and reputations that will live long after they are laid in the silent tomb, who were like most of the lawyers, started from nothing, so far as money was concerned, but have made money with their rej)Utation, and can now retire to the younger men who has to succeed them. There has gone from Newnan and Coweta, Doctors to almost every State^ some very distinguished ones among tliem. I dislike to personate any, or disorinnnate, but I will venture to name one who was borii and raised in Xewnan, that is an honor to such an honorable profession. 1 allutle to Dr. Abucr W. Calhoun, of Atlanta. Others are worthy sonsof our County, that we shouhl be prou<l to recollect them and greet them, were they to return to our county. I will not, if I had time, discriminate on others, I know of none who is not worthy of their profession, though we have had one hundred and seventeen in our County, now recollected, others may have been omitted unintentionally. It is a hard race between the doctors and lawyers, but the doctors have come out a head this time. We will leave them now for others.

We wili here notice our- merchants, and will say that our city and County, as a general thing, has been more controlled by lo<al citii^^ns and Oeorgians than any city of the same size I know of in the State. Turn to your i>resent merchants, nearly all of them were born and raised in your County, (and I might .^ay the same of your lawyers and doctors) together with all your county otlicers, with very few exceptions, are natives of your County, those that are not have married native wives, and we might say curs is a Coweta County and city in deed as well as in name. Another very remarkable thing about Coweta and her citizens and merchants, is. that all the capital we have has been made in our own County and by our own citizens, no foreign capital, or man of wealth, has ever come among us with his money, to aid us in any way, so what we are, if we cannot compare with Atlanta, we are a self-made (town, or; city, by our own exertions, and the capital we have produced at home. The same will apply to our hotels, workshops, schools and churches. Having digressed a little from our nierchants, let any one turn to them, look into their standing and business character, and see if they will not compare favorably with the same number of businei?s men in any county or city. None are close, penurious men, but are liber -! towards each other and to their customers, not disposed to oppress any, for solf aggrandizement, but ready with helping hands to all honest men, who are striving to do right. I must not omit to mention that one of our fornrer merchants was hopon <l with a soat in Congress from the 4th Congressional District, in the person of Col. W. P. W. Dect. His integrity, hon«<t dealing, natural good sense, caused him to l»e chosen over honored professional men who had made some rejiutation as Statesmen and Congr(\«sional exjierionce. He is the -- <ond n^^rchant I recollect of, from (ioorgin, ever honored with Congressional honors. As I am only dealing in historical facts, will not indulge in anything like praise or eulogies of none. I think the alx>ve description of the mere:. ants of Newnan will h(»I<1 good with the merchants of Sonoia and Grantville, and our country merchants, not leaving out Turin. I think I may now dismiss our merchants to take care of themselves

\\'e can not omit a short notice of our banks, which I believe has been doing business in our city for about ten years, meeting all demands upon them when ever called upon; no one ever loosing a cent by anv failure on their part to comply with their part of the contract ; but the same I regret to say cannot be said of tho.se whom they have accommodated with their mon^y. The same may be said of them as of our merchants - they are Coweta banks. Coweta capital and Coweta oflicers, all owned anrl permanent in Coweta, which should reflect honor upon our County, that we have. the capital and the men capable of managing of it in Coweta ; showing we are not re«|uired to import men to manage our busine.'S. We might boast of two of Atlanta's bpst bankers, that used to live in our County, the Hon. John H. James, and J. F. Coker, were both poor boys when in Coweta, but are both now almost millionares. Many others have gone from us, if we could locate them, that we would like to notice, but we will have to neglect it for the want of correct information about them and their location. We might mention the Hon. Samuel P. Thurmond, of Athens, who used to live here, % big awkward boy, now one of Georgia's leading lawyers, and a man of wealth.

ceed the Hon. John P. King, resigned, showing the business character of our fellow townsman. May he sustain himself as well as his predecessor, that we may all rejoice at his success, as a Coweta man of business. Many others ivhose notice we should like to give to the public, if we had their proper addreses, but have to omit them for that reason.

Our farmers are pretty much like our merchant?, most of them are natives of Coweta; children of the older settlers, who have grown up with us. Over two-thirds of them were raised up here iu the County, several that we could mention that started the world with nothing, that are n«)\v wliat any one could call wealthy, with every comfort necessary for their ease, to make them enjoy life. Our farmers are generally doing well, and our county is imj)rovins?; in a few years, we will have overcome all our losses from the war, and soon ours will be the Empire State of the South, and Coweta will be over an average county in the State; and I here make the prediction, that the child is now born that will live to see the time, cotton gins and bales of cotton will be things of the past, like the rolling of tobaeto There is now but few living can tell of ever seeinji a tobacco hogshead rolled from Buncomb, N. C, to Charle.-ton, South Carolina, with raw hide traces. All our eutton will be manufactured from the seed at home, and the niunufaotured goods shipped otl in lieu of the ri.w material. We are only in our infancy as a progressive people. < Kir county now has a |X)pulaton of 21,116; in tifty years who lives to see the census, then will see our county will have 5n,U()0 inhabitants, and it will be a more prosperous county than now. Lands that are now selling for live to ten dollars per acre, will tbeu sell for twenty- Hve to fifty dollars, and be more ready sale at these prices than the pre.sient. I make these statements not as historical fac ts, but to shojy they will be historical facts then, and that I know in 1880 make thein, and put them on record.

We may here notice another of our county and city's history is the press or printing otlices of our county, we have had more, perhaps, than most any other county or city of our size.

The i»th. The Newnan Hcrold, by J. A. Welch and J. S. Bigby; afterwards by Wooten and Welch, and is now in successful operation in ou'- city.

The l^th. The Form niuf JInmc, of Senoia, is now a flourishing paper. Edited and published by Ilev. N. N, Edge. Success to him ; may it live to catcli any in Newnan.

The history of our papers, with very few exceptions, are recollect*^! well by our citizens. Some have been well sustained ; others died out for the want of patronage. The county, not needing so many, conse<|Uently were not patronized surticient to sustain them. We should feel proud of a well regulated j)res.=, and well sustained. Many of our papers would compare favorabl}- with any others of the same kind in the State. If we have omitted to notice any other paper, it is from not recolUeting it. not wishing to leave out any one or any other hist^>rical fact in our county.

Since writing the above, we have received a copy of the Youtft Guard, a succession of the Xnr D<i>aifure, from College Temple, a neat, well j>rinted paper, and well edited, making our IKth.

We al.so mc tion change of the Newnan Hemld, Judge Welch retiring and Capt. A. B. Cales succeeding him as editor of the Ikrnld. We hope it wi 1 sustain its good character, and all will be proud to susttiin it in the future as in the past.

I will here refer the reader to the list of all oflicers of ,^ the county and State otficers in another part of this work ; Your Judges, Solicitors of the Coweta Circuit; the Generals; your Senators and Representatives in the Legislature ; your Judges of the Inferior Court of Coweta county ; the Sberifis, Clerks, Tax Receivers. Tax Collectors, County Surveyor*, Coroners, Ordinaries, County Treasurers, City CouDcils, Mayors and Postmasters - all will be seen by reference to these lists.

I will mention that I failed to mention the election in the proper place of J. C. Evans as Major General of our Division. He was a citizen of Trotip county, but had command in Coweta as ^lajor General. Hi, served up to 1861, when John M. Hill was elected Major General to succeed him. Thomas A. Grace was elected Brigadier General to succeed Gen. J J. Xeely, resigned.

I believe all militia ofticers have ceased, e.xcept some volunteers ollicers, which we have none to rej)ort from Coweta county, except the Newnan Guards. We hope they may eclipse their old name.«ake soon, and all will be proud we have such a company.

1 now make my concluding chapter, after having gone through tifty-tive years of our county's histor\, from the wiUlerne.-^s as it was then to the present position. It is interesting and stdemn to contemplate on its past history; to rememl>er the many gtMul old fatliers and mothers that have been with us that are now in their silent home, the grave, and many tliat have gone to other countries to make their homes with strangers, that we shall never meet again on this earth; it is a solemn reMeetion that sot>n all old historical facts will be remembered by none livingand but few of them left on record. If my history shall prove wortliy of reading b^' others and aid in perpetuating the CHfly liistorvof our county, I shall be content in having, in my imperfect way, collecte<l the fticts thrown together in so disjointed a manner as they are, be satisfied that the eflbrt, feeble as it is, may cause some more competent to keep the history hereafter more correct, and that our history may yet be worthy of a place in every family in the county an«l many in other States and counties besides our own. Now in conclusion, let me make the contrast with our present situation und what it was fifty-three years ago,, when we had no schools nor churches, and we were all living on dirt H(X)rs or-^plit puncheons to our cabins, with one door and one ro<mi for c*X)king, eating and sleeping, and nearly all of us barefiHited in summer from necessity of nu)ney to buy shoes - and those that had money could not get them^A)r they were not in the country to buy. We then rocked our chil Iren in hollow-l<»g cradles: men, women and cbiUlren would walk five miles barefooted to a Saturday night frolic, dance all night and go home with the gals in the morning. We then thought we were as bi^ as big indian and as j)roud as onyone now with their red calico dress with a do/en tucks. All then nearly wore our own homespun We felt proud of it, too: for it was home manufactory - no tariffon it to quarrel over as now. Hut we soon began to improve. A distinguished i)reacher not long since was talking to me about the earlv settlement of our county. He paid when his father hnd gotten off of his dirt floor on a split puncheon floor he thonpht he was rising fast, and he let this preacher (then a Ik.v i po with him to a neiphhor's house, never before beinp away from home. That neighbor had built him a framed house, the first one he ever saw, and thev were building a brick chimney to it, putting on one brick at a time. He thought they would never get it done that way. He said he looked on verv much surprise*! and wondered if anyone cIfo wouhl build framed houses and brick chimneys. He afterwards got to he Ju.-tice of Peace in r>ur county. Now what do yon think of him? He has «|uit onr county; hft his dirt and puncheon floor, and has gone t<» Atlanta and is stepping about there with his twot-tory hat on with those udges and lawyers like he had eurn to sell - he did tise to ave in t'oweta. This is applicable to many others of our old citizens.

I will mention one other cinuinstaneo. A young man coming to this county when be was but a yotith was passing by about the lirst painted house I recollect of in the C(»untry. Jle was, be s;iid, banOxtfed, for the reason his shoes had blistered his feet so he couhl not wear them - he had no socks; it was getting dusk, he wanted to stay all night, he sat down by the roadside to rest and think whether he coubl venture up to that bouse to get to stay all night or not, wondered in his mind if he wouhl ever liave a white house to live in. bis heart failed him, he put on to a log cabin to stay all night; went on to Alabama;, stayed there a few years, came back to Georgia an<l is now a citizen of our city, Nev.nan, and like our Atlanta man with his twpstory hat and two-horse corriage to ride about in. I don't know whether he has any corn to sell or not, but it would be dangerous to step up to him and tell him he used to go baref(H»ted in our county. I will say for him though now he owns several painted houses, so you see there is no telling the outcome of barefo"ted lyjys and Kii'ls. I could relate several incidents of young ladies, but I will not tell on them - it used to be against the rules to tell tales out of school. There is a talc on Joe Hrown and his plowing a bull in Cherokee county. We can come nearer home. We have a man in Coweta that long before Joe Brown came to Georgia, the first year he can)e to Georgia rented land and was to give the third for the rent, and he plowed a steer and did make the third, so he quit farming and has been a corn buyer ever since. He has no two-storv hat nor white bouse, so you see things don't work right for all or all don't work them right one. He has never been Governor nor Senator as Joe Brown with bis bull has. Many other SQch cases mi^ht be extended to a volume itself were we to indulge in them. We will mention one other case of plowing the cattle kind. There was a ca«>e in Coweta where a man plowed his milch co\t and milked her every day and made his crop. Others have made crops with their hoes and elbow grease alone, w^hout any plows at all. Plowing is not the only thing to make the man. If it is not in him neither the bull, steer or cow plowing, or if he has a Sam Weller to plow, he will be minus without the brain otherwi:je to help him.

Time and labor work wonders in a country. Only little over half century ago we were in the wiblerness, as above stated, new see what we are, (and behind others at that). We now have fine cburclies, schools, comfortable, tine houses to live in, and none need go barefooted. We have the facilities for the making of almost anything we need, have our farms well stocked, our factories,'mills, and all in good order, with our railrouiis almost to any |>oint, why should we not be contented and prosperous? Our ministers, school teachers, lawyers, doctors, merchants, bankers, mechanics, farmers, loafers, have p'enty and in good health and sound condition. We need nothing more to make us prosperous and happy, but industry, perseverance, and soon, too, we can say Coweta is really the best place we know. People live long and enjo}' good health, good neighbors, never scourged with an epidemic, famine or pestilence; then we should be contented. Imploring the continuance of Divine blessing upon us ^nd our County, we close our storv. i

A History From 1825 To 1880

18*J"). - ('«»\VKTA CorsTv wa= formed out of a portion of the land pur<hasp<l from the Creek Indians at a treaty hehl at the Indian Sprinjis, in the county of r>ut<s. in Georgia, on the r2th <lay of Fehruary, IS2."), by David Meriwether and Plinran (J. Campbell, as commissionera on the part of the I'nitMl States, General William Mcintosh, Col. Hawkins and others. <'hiefs of the Indians, to sell the lands to the I'nitcd States for (Jeorgia. (Jeneral Mcintosh, Col. Hawkins and others were kiihd by the Indians for selling the lan<ls belonging to the Indians to i\\o. whites; others wr»uld have been killed if they had n(»t made their escape through a back window and swimming the Chattahoochee River in their night clothes to make good their escape The killing of (General Mcintosh was in Carroll county, at the reserve, at Mclntoshs house.

Coweta County received its n;ime from a tribe of the Cherokee Indians, called the (,'oweta tribe, of which General Mclntosli was the principal chief: thi? name will be j)erpetuntr'd as the name of that tribe of the Indians^ the former owners of the land> of Coweta.

Coweta County had originally nine Districts and ex-' tended up to near Sandtown. then in the county of DeKalb, but now in Fulton county, and before we leave this description of the County we can now only find one man who was in the County in 182o, that is Arjuilla Hardy, in the Sixth District, now Ho years of age.

1S26 - wasenga:ped in the surveying and partly drawing for the land. We don't know of but one man now living who settled in the county in 1826, that is Christopher B. Brown, who is now living on the i?ame lot of land he settled on in the fall of 1826. and baa lived there ever since, and is now well and healthy in his eightieth year. All others that were here- in either of these years are either dead or moved away.

1827. - We now come to this year in which the town was settled at a place called BuUsborough, two and onehalf miles north-east of Newnan, on the Fayetteville road, at which place the first election was held, which resulted in the election of James Hicks, John Guddice, John Underwit, Nicholas D\v ver and Cabel Fields, as Judges of the Inferior Court ; Keiijamin Easley, Sheriff; John S. lieavers, Clerk Superior Court; J. Pollard, Clerk of the Inferior Court; John Floiuing, K. T. Keturns, Jo.sephus Kehols, Tax Collectors; Cliaries Cleghorn, County Surveyor.

At the election on the first Monday in October, for meinl>ers oftlie Legislaturf, James Hicks was elected Senator; George Pentecost, Kepresentative.

lSi>7 - We have got our first set of otliccrs and first court, but they <lon't serve long. On the lirst Monday in January there was the regular election ilay for county otficers every two years, and every ytar for Tax Receiver and Collector, so that on the first Monilay in January, ISJs, was the regular election for Sheriti" and Clerk, and Krailly iJell was elected Sheriff and Wm. A. Hicks Clerk Superior Court, Sehon-llouse Clerk Inferior Court, John Flemming Receiver Tax lleturns, Silas Ueynolds Tax Collector, Charles Cleghorn County Surveyor, Wiley Jones Coroner. County Treasurer tben was apj»ointed by the Court, and we then had no Ordinary. The Inferior Court set as a Court of Ordinary for transacting ordinary business.

This will bring us to the location of the town of Newnan, which was done in February, 1828, and the lots sold on the 25th day of March, same year, ranging in prices from son oO, the highest, down to ;?40.U0, according to size and location. We are getting rather ahead of our business, we should first have given the name of our town or city, and why it was named Newnan. It was named Newnan in honor of Gen. Daniel Newnan, who served in the revolutionary war, and was a distinguished officer in the yfHT of 1812, and fought well with Jackson against the Indian::*. He was a native of North Carolina, but at the time of the location of our town and naming of it he was a citizen of (Georgia, and in \h-\\ he was elected on the general ticket to Congress, and afterwanls was made Adjutant General of Georgia, and <lied in Walker county at about hS2 years of age. Every <»ne should respect his name and honor him for his services, and the merits due such, a soldier and statesman.

We now have our town laid off, lots sold and the name given it, and why it wa-' given its name. We will now give the name of most or all of the first settlors up to the first three or f«»ur years of our county as far as can I'o recollected or c:ui be procure<l from others. We will hold open a space for all information we can get from others, and to do justice, we will take it by »listricts, beginning with the first district up to th<> ninth. Ii will be ratiier dull reacting, but it will remind ail of many old friends that have been among us in times past, and we should cherish their nieraorv for all time :

Jirst District Skco.Xd District

R. S. Khin Smith, .Fesse .Jackson, Thomas Watson, TluMiias Wells, Samuel Harris, Dr. .lermane}'. Rerry Brooks, John Rrooks, W ni. Arnold, David .MoLinn, J as. Meriwether, David A. Nensom, Theolu-^ M»'adows, Alex. P. Houston, Marshal Legtion, ^ ouiig Stokes, Aplet«.n W. Melsou, Mountain Hill. Hardy Smith. Job Smith, Major .las \\'oo<l, a revolutionary sohlier, who died \KM\ in his .S2d year. Served during the war. Robert Kelgore, James Jones, Wm. Chandler.

Ninth District

1828. - At the time of the sale of the lots in Newnan, there were two squatter settlers in town, Wra. A. Hicks and James Caldwell, they both had houses of entertainment for travelers. Jacob L. and James A. Abrahams had a log cabin in the scjuare with a store ; this was all of Newrnan then, and from that it lias grown to its present size, 2,Ctt>2 in population. We may speak of improvements as they occur to our recollection. The author purchased a lot in Newnan at the sale, and moved to Newnan one month aftt-rwards for perniantnt settlement, and found the town had improved with the following .settlements and citizens: Clark .\. Konty, with a store where the First National Bank now is, and Tii«)s H«»ney, our first Postmaster. Wm. Low, Win. W. Barrett, Williain Nemmons, Willis Kellgore, Itldiard M. Hackney, David Wright, Jeremiah 1.. Clieatham, Peter Hilton, John <). and Charles l>ieksoii, as earpenter.s. Winchester Dumas ii> hotel keeper ; Wm. Hunt, as taiUtr: Peter llenin, with his blacksmith shop, Peter Mercer, as his foreman, and- his negro sn»ith, iVter. -lames Hutehensoii with a store on the west side of the S(|uare. Lawyer-^: William Daniel. Jojui M. Thomas, Jas. Tliompson, Jostphus Kchols. Doctors^: .lame.s M. Lyon<, .1. Palmore, Levi T. \\4jlh0rn. .Messrs. Kellers and MeGilvarv, eame to Newman about a month afterwarils with the fourth store. Your author erected him h hlaoksmith shop on tue lot wlwre the jail now stands. William J^alsberry and .J(»hn Willson, as briek mason, antl with that noted steam saw mill, run by Kohert Davis it J. ^>tewart, known as the whip saw: they wnuld easily whip out their o(X> feet of lumber per day. This is about the strength of Newnan for her first month after the sale of the lots; others came in constantly. The same year our old friend Joseph Williams came soon after: remaintd with us for over forty years, and moved to Cartersville, and died last January, in his one hundredth year. Also a Mr. King, from Tennes.see, as brick mason; William and Stephen Hayse, as carpenters ; William Terrv, as hotel keeper. He bought out Winchester Dumas, an 1 Mr. Dumas then set- tied the old Fisher lot, where Mr. Ormstend is now doing business, and opened another hotel. He had a larpe wooden goose for a sign. Mr. Terry, the same year, sold his hotel to that old prince of hotel keepers, John Doiiphertv. I could not say any thing to add to his history as a hotel keeper, as it is better known from himself than 1 could tell it, consc<|uentlv we will let it sprak for itself.

Mr. Terry then bought what is now the Virginia House, but has since went throut:h many changes, as we will speak of hereafter. I'cter Herrin b<»nai»t an interest in Mr. Hick's hotel, and it was Hcrrin \ llick-^. makinc four hotels this year. Dr. Talmore taught the lirst sclund in Xewnan, in the C'ourtliouse in the s|uare, this yoar. Col. Zachariuh Thillips sottleil in Newnan, and .I;.mes C'imnions, Col Thomas A. Lathum was adMod t(» tlio lawyers. This will bring us to the ebrtion on tlip first Monilay in October, for n)embfrs of the Legislature. Jo^^ pli Simw was elected Senator, Anothony North, Kepresentative. .\t the Legislature that fall, they eut oil from our ((tunty the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Hi^triets, exeopt two ranges of the Seventh and Kighth District- on the south «ide, to form Campbell County. We have unintentionally passed over several things that should haxc heen mentioned earlier this year. The First Methodist Clmrch in the County was organized by our gixnl old friend, father Wm. Stegall, in the Hallered settlement in February, of this year. He was on the circuit in Fayette C<»unty but came over and «)rganized the church a- above, so he int'orm-- me. The Kcv. Willis l>. Mathewes was circuit rifler here then. The Fir'^t Baptist Church in Newnan, was organized on the lot where U. I). Cole now lives, Kev, .b»hn Wood, as pastor. They have moved their ( hureb twice since, making their j)resent one the third church. The Methoili<ts now have their third church; it was brst organized l^JS, the same with tho Presbyterians. Tlieirchurch was organized out near lUillsborougb, in June, b^JS. What a ( hange lias pas-ed since then ; there is not but one minister of any of the ditferent churches that were jireachers then to an-wer to their names if called iiow, when this is read in 1>X(>, and but two members of all the churches of Newnan that were members then to answer to their names ; soon it will be entirely ne\T organization of pastors and members: it might now be said so to be.

One other thing I will mention before I close, for lx2s, that is a widow lady by the name of S. Griffin, with two children, came to Newnan, and a carpenter by the name of Leonard Griffin, came to Newnan ; no relation to Mrs. Griffin, but boarded with her, and sickened and died in Newnan. It was the first death ever occurred in the town, his grave is unmarked and not known to any one where it is. This will close for 1828. If we are half as tedious in other years no one will read us through ; we must mention, though, before we leave this year, that Dr. Palmer did not teach school long, and Col. Thomas A. Lathamsucceeded him, as teacher, in tlie log cabin on the Square.

1829. - We will begin the year with elections, on the first Monday in January. Samuel D. Echols, Christopher B. Brown, Beniah McLendon, Dr. Levi T. Wellborn and Nichohis Dyer were elected Judges of the Inferior Court, John Fleming, R. T. R , Silas Reynolds, Tax Collector. This court let out the contract to Vjuild our court house. It was awarded to Capt. William Hitchcock, yW ho, by vigorous work, completed it the same year. His principal brickmasou was Capt. John D, Brown, his principal carpenter was Mercer liabb. Brown and Babb both became citizens of Newnan afterwards. Capt Hitchcock was then one of the foremost contractors in Georgia, there are now about twenty court houses, of his building, in Georgia, besides other woik. Our academy was completed and ready for school this year. Col. W. B. W. Dent was the first teacher in our academy - he did not teach long - only ])art of the year, A circumstance occurred (not necessary here to mention) caused him to leave the school. He was succeeded by the Rev. W. Eming,a Presbyterian minister, who taught that year out, who left our town at the close of his school. I think returned to Ohio.

We will mention our lawyers. Col. Thomas A. Latham left Xewnan for Campbellton, James G. Lyle, John Ray, William B. Cobb and William B. Pryor became lawyers of Newnan, and will be mentioned hereafter, and I might here say to our lawyer friends, as the boy said to his mother when he went home from muster, and was asked if he fired his gun as the others did, he loaded, though, every time, according to orders, he said, no, he was afraid. His mother told him to give her the gun, she would show him she was not afraid - nused the gun to her shoulder and fired away, it kicked her over fiat on her back, the boy cried out, lay still mother, there is seventeen more loads to come yet ; so our lawyers may^ lay still, there is Beveoty-five more to come yet, before we get through with them. The same will apply to our doctors, there will be seventy-five mere of them to report.

We will now turn to the doctors. Dr. Joel W. Terrell, Dr. Wheeler Randle, Dr. Wm. P. Echols, became citizens, this year, of Newnan. Dr. James M. Lyons left for West- Point, (Ja. Dr. J. Head, should have been mentioned before, in the First District. There is seventy-five more to lay still. Winchester Dumas went into merchandising this year with his hotel husinop};, but failed before the year was out Earnest L. Whittick and Samuel Mc.Tunkin became merchants this year, in Nownan. Mr. A. Clark, of the firm of Clark A Honey, left for (ainpbeliton. Dennis Sullivant took Clark's place with Mr. Honey. A. .T. Berry came over from Bullslx»r<)ugh. tlii.s fall, to Newnan. JudRe Keller and Miss Sl<»kes were married in March, 1S29. Richard M. Heckney and Miss Ciripps were married this year, in Newnan, the first wedding, or marriage, ever occurred in Newnan. Mr. John K. H(»bins<»n and Miss W'inkfield was the secend. I will not attempt to keep all, fori don't know them. Tliis year, isj'.i, we had our first drinking .<5al(x)n, it wa« kept by Minor \V. Harris, as proprietor. The first t:;iddlers shop, this year, by Samuel Keller, but he was enticed off to Campbellton with the expectation of steam boats soon to be run there, but I don't think they have arrived yet ; also, our fir.««t shoe and boot shon, by Willard and William Bradley. Mr. Salsberry .H>ld out his brick yard to Capt. Iliuhrock, and moved to Columbus. Two additional tailor'^, this year, Angus Mclver and Charles Xclms. One painter, and our first, this year, Hichard W, Kast. Col. George Pentecost was married to Miss William.'^on, at Palmetto, but settled in Newnan. No deaths to record, this year, but one, a child of Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore, jwisoned by eating jimsonweed seed.

To make our hi-tory more complete, we should not omit to say that Walter T. Coj.juitt was our fir-t .Judge, and Samuel A. Bailey our first Solicitor-General. Judge Colquitt was a citizen of our County during his first term and part of his secon*! ; Judges, then, were only elected for three years. John W. Hooper was our second Solicitor- General, for three years.

We omited, in 1SJ8, to mention election for Colonel and Major. Jacob L. Abrams was elected Colonel, and Andrew J. Berry, Major, but Gov. Forsyth refused to comxnissioD them, for the reason that he did not know that our population was enough to entitle us to a Colonel. He ordered an election for M.ajor. and Nicholas Dyer was elected Major. After ascertaining we were entitled to a Colon»»l, he ordered an election for a Colonel and another Major. VVen- Bton W^ood was elected Colonel, and Abraham Roberta, Major. Col. Wood soon resigned, and moved to Heard county. Major Roberts never uniformed, but move<i away ; I don't know where he moved to. The Justices of the Peac« and BailiflTs not being courta of record, we will not attempt to keep them in our history, though, it would be interesting if we could get them complete, but that we cannot do, and will leave them out. I will mention one little incident. Willis S. Stunger, mentioned above, came to town, put up with Mr. Terry to stay all night, got up to go, and thinking be was on the lower Hoor of the hotel, and the upper piazza not being banistered, he walked out of the upper story. He said he thought, it was the longest step he ever took, he got uj) not very nnK-h hurt, said lie wouM not try it over again. .Samuel 1) Kehols rt'Utt'il Mr. Terry's hotel, but did not continue the bus ness long, lie retirc<l for Wm. Henry. Herrin A: Hicks sold rtut to Levi Willcoxon, who became a citi/eu of Newnau.

I >\ ill mention here tiiat James I'owel, Sr. died do«n on tlie White Oak, in this year of li"s age. A wh(»le history Miiirlit l>e written about the wiutling up ( f his estate, but I -hall nof attenijtt even a <les( ription of it Deaths - .losepli .-^haw, our Senator, died this year.

].s;;o. - 1 think tv>>ui tiie above we might begin with the election on the first Moinlay in Januiry for county otHcers. J>aniel Whitaker was electe«l .^lieritf, William A. Hicks, t'lerk of the Superior Court ; Sihou House, Clerk of the Infer or Court : -John ri<inin<r, lleceiver of Tax Returns; Zacliariah Chandler, Tax Collector; CJeorge INiUecost, County Survtyor; M. Hickson, C«)roner. On Sunday night before the election one of the can«li<lates made a regular barl)erUe aiid secured ftis election. Our s«'con<l drinking saloon was o])eiied this year by Henton Walton. James Wood came to Newnan with a sto k of goods for l>enjamin Barber and opened a .-tore in Newnan. John W. Pentecost, Willard Fisher, (ieor;ze Scott, all were new nuTchants in Newnan this yei-r. The cnuntrv store were Turreiitine k Cheek, Thomas Watson, in the thinl District, H.O. \ T. M. Jones, on I.ine Creek: John 11. -lohnson, in the Seventh Di-tri( t, lluirh Hrustecjn the Sixth, with s*>ine new-comers, Chari. s T. lliver. Owen II. Kenan, Thomas White and others We have iiotten away Irom Newnan, but will return to it and say one of them seventy five lawyers mentioned above was addetl this year in the person of John T. Leftwick, who afterwar<ls married a Mi>s Lane, a music teacher in Newnan, ami two doctors, Dr. W. I*. Kainey, Dr. Jerenisah Hell, who should before have been mentioned, Isliani S. Rayney an<l Herbert C. Rainey as merchants. Cohtnel Tlntmas Hudson became a citizen of our county this year. Dr. Palmore left for Villa R ca, in Carroll county. Three ad<litional carpenters. Tin. mas and Signa Moore, James Holstack : one additional blacksniith, Wilshen L. Shipp. Robert Shinp and Dr Lowery opened a hatters shop - the first in S'ewnan. The population of Newnan was increased by A. P. Hunter and faniil}-, Joel Hick, Mrs. Pryor, old man Hicks, the father of all tlie other Hick sea in town, Thomas Cooper, Samuel Hutchenson, Taylor, William Hunt - Hunt moved away - Saujuel Mc.Iunkin, a merchant, though never a citizen. His clerks were Thomas Cummis and J. Cummis. King \V. IVrr}- and J. .1. IVnscn - Elkany Denson, with his cake shop, then a regular business. Charles Wheelan, a tailor, hecime a citizen this year. The old man Keber, a regular traveling tailor, was with us often f(»r many years.

At the election on the first Monday in October, .Tohu McKnight was elected Scn:it(»r, and .John Terry, l{c|»rf'sentative. At the session of the Legislature tliey cut oil a portion of the Third and Fourth districts to llenrd county, taking off our Slieritl and one of our hnliics of the Inferior Courf. Pavid Wright, one of our carpenters, ni(»ved to Tumpkin Town, and William W. Harrett, nnotlier, moved to \\liitesville, in Harris county. Ilobert .1. I*in>-on camo to Newnan this ^-ear as clerk for (leorge Scott. Our old frien<l, Judge Herry and Miss Tarks were married Augu.-t of this year.

I fear T will be too tedious to give all th<' circumstances of our town, but I will niention one. A man by the name of John Hutr. came to our town -.is year with three likely negroes, a hors<', cart and yoke of oxen, with Abel Harrison as tlrivcr of Ibis c.'irt. Mr. llr.ll" drank cou.-idirahiy : was a bat 'nlor, and bis negroes and cart could not ke«p him u ^le wanted some money ; he borrowed tuenty-live « dars; put one (»f his nognKS in pawn and to work until tne money wa> ]>aid back; gave his note as he thought for the money, but when be went to take up the note and redeein his negro, he was told that he ha'l sold tlic negro; the man produced a bill of sale, all regulariv witnessed, all right He contended it was no sale - only a ni»te given for tbe money. He sued for his negro, tend( ring the money he received, but was met with his hill of s,d.'. He never recovered bis negn). Soon after he was indel»teil to others a eon.>«ideiable amount. He sells his horse, cart and oxen and makes his escaj>e between two days, leaving his creditors to shift best they could for their debts. Abel Harrison, for his wag"s of eight dollars per month, after several iruitless trips in search of Huff and his negroes, gave up bis losses; but not willing to content himself over his los.«!es, went over to Carroll county. The gold fever was raging pretty high. He rolled up his sleeves, pitched into - ork, and soon overcame his losses and made a handsome property, and was one of Carroll's representativa men. Others should do likewise, and we would have less complaintof bard times, no bankruptcies or homesteads, it is the best cure for all of them that can be prescribed Id loss <^ the territory for Heard county we lost many other good citizens besides our Sheriff and Judge, and a very fine portion of good farming land, but we had to submit to it. Judge Brown is now living where he settled in the fall of 1826, is a comfortable good farmer, with plenty for himself and his old friends, when they call on him, don't know any other man living so long on the same place, now over half century. We close for 1830. Mr, Norman Bradly came to Kewnan, this year, with his gin shop. His history, as will be remembered by many, and his only son, and child, Col. J. W. Bradly, will be mentioned hereafter, is now a citizen of NeAvnan.

1831 - We open thi.s year with an election on the first Monday in January. Henry Keller was elected Sheriff in the place of 1). W'hitaker, cutoff to Heard; John Fleming, Receiver T. R ; Zachariah Chandler, Tax Collector. This was rather a quiet year for Newnan, only one lawyer to add to the name we have to make up, J. Howard. Xo new Doctors ; but I think two left our town, Drs. Bell and Rainey left. Three new stores this year - two youug men by the name of Cowan, from Virginia, Willcoxen and McGilvany. James Wood bought out Sulivant I't; Roney. Mr. Sulivant moved to Columbus. Mr. Roney served the gentleman a while, and without taking leave of his creditors, left for parts unknown, with his bills yet unpaid. Mr. Woo<l became our second Postmaster.

Our late old friend, Thomas W. Batton, bought Mr. Terry's hotel, and his nephew, Dr. H. L. Lestergett, moved to Xewnan and took charge of it, and kept it for three years. Benton Walton sold his first drinking saloon to George E. Smith, and built another, at present occupied by Sum Leigh, making our third drinking saloon. Then it was common for all stores to keep liquor to sell in any quantity. John S.. ami Wm. M Storey, as blacksmiths, have been omitted unintentionally before in their proper place, and now Peter Hurston and John S. Storey, Jr., must be added to them. Minor W. Harris sold his confectionery to Willard F. Taft. Mr. Harris left Newnan, Mr. R. M. Hackney moved to Fayette county, but did not stay but one or two years. He will be mentioned again. The population of our county was considerably increased this year in the families of Robert Russell, James Russell, Wm. Russell, Robert Y. Brown, James Brown, Uncle Abraham Carmichael, and several others of the Carmichaels ; James Thompson, Leonard Peak, Edward Pass, James Gray, Hosea Gray, James Bixly, Hir m Camp, George Hendrix, Elisha Simms (his widow is now living in our county in her 85th year), Richard and Rev. Chas.

Levit, Dr. I. E. Smith, George Smith, James Echleps, and others not now recollected, except a family by the name of Austin came to Newnan from Columbus, all sick, one child died, and when their health improved tb'^y moved away ; don't know where to.

We will now keep our record of elections. On the fir<»t Monday in October Samuel I>. Echols was elected Senator and James Wootl as Kepresentative. Several thinps as we reflect have been omitted. The Itev. Joseph Y. Alexander moved to our town, took charge of the Academy as teacher and taught until 184:i. including said year, and was pastor of the Presbyterian Church until IS-")!. More will be said of him hereafter. The Kev. James Davis, 1 think, this year settled in Xewnan, and was pastor or supplied the feaptist Church for several years.

This year there was considerable excitement in gold speculations, in Carroll county lands, for gold, and some in Coweta becane excited in it. A man passed thnmgh Xewnan on his way in search of a gold mine, stoj>ped for dinner and to have his horse shod, and after leaving, the hotel keeper found a paper he dropped in the hotel, revealing his business, what lot he was after and where the man lived who drew the lot. In an liour afterward there was a company formed to beat the first man to the drawers home, down on the Florida line. None was willing to undertake the trip. At two o'clock in the evening they came to Wm. U. Anderson, at his blacksmith shop, the author, with a fine tale and a fortune ahead, if he could only beat the other man to the drawer's home, in Decatur county, with a promise of a full share for his service, if he succeeded. He replied, if he could buy a certain mare, in t<jwn, he would try it. He went and bargained for the mare, for $150, but when the owner found what he wanted with her he refused to stand to the trade, and would not let him have her at ail. By this time all were determined not to be defeated. One of the party had a good old horse, he said he had never failed yet, take him and be off; so, by four o'clock in the evening, Anderson was off. Took supper in Greenville, and njxt morning, beakfast in Tolboton, that second night lodged one hundred miles from Newnan. Next morning, by daylight, him and the old horse was on the road. The horse seemed as if he was as mach interested as anj one, in the race, he distanced his man orer one hundred miles. The first man fonnd he was 80. far distanced, and heard the drawer had moved, turned back to hunt him up. Anclerson went to the drawer's old home, found him gone, and no gold, but, not discouraged, started in pursuit of the drawer, to Laurens county, but, on iiis return, on Tuesday morning, he found his first man had turn«Hi back from then, Saturday morning, giving three days ahead, he gave it up, come home, like all other gold hunters, minus his ride and expenses for nothing.

The night after Anderson left it was found out what was up, and that the drawer had a brother living in Coweta, and a third company was formed, and the brother of drawer, ready for a daylight start next morning to get the land from liis brother. He re;iche*l him, told him he wanted to buy his land in Carroll He said he h«d sold it to their brother-in-law, a Mr. Burch. He prop«jsed to Burch to buy the land. Burch in<juired uoout the gold in Carroll. He t«)ld him he did not know of any; he never wa.s iu Carroll at aU, and linally bousjht the land for ^25 aiul the LM-ant fee, what it eost Mr. Bureh. Tliinking all was safe, he wanted t. rest a while, and lays over until Monday morning to tlraw the deed, and tlivy went to a Justice of the I'eace to Jraw the deed. By this time the lirst man was there, and found there was nodeeil, heollered ;?2<»U for the land, the brother of ihe drawer ollered ;t?2.'>0, the lirst man bid j^ijUU «)n it. Mr. Bureh said if they were trying tliat way to swindle him, no* e t»f them should have it. Mr. Bureh had never hail his deetl reeorded. The drawer and his brother, from Coweta, went liome and the drawee makes a second deed to tlie land to his brother from Coweta, he hurries home to Xewnan to make a deed to a third party, then pushes oil' to Carroll and ha- it recorded. The true owner of the land comes ou, i;oes t'> Carroll, examines the land, and, nut lieint; much of a g' Id hunter, was not much excitcdover it, returns. On his way lu>me, in Newnan, the company having the second deed gets him t)ti' and secures him from access to any other person, buys his title for j=oU(J, he takes hi:j mnuey, goes oil', I ex|)ect, well >atislied, but the trouble .vas not over, part of the company goes over to CvrroU to t. st the lot, and was not very well j>leased with their tra«l>-, and wanteil to make money out of it, sinks a pit. aiul g ts some gold and (salts the pit, as it was then ca led) came home, and proposes tt) sell out to the other part *>( the company, gets some of them to go and try the pit they had sunk, found the gold, and thought it was very rich, l»uys out four of the company for -^,imj each, making ?;1,JUU for one-half the lot. When they came to try other j)itts and this old one, it di»l not pan out well. Suspicion was raised that there was foul play, and it leaked out that the parties who had sold out had boiight about the amount of gold that was found in the salted pit. Then the trouble begun, to get rid of the payment of the notes for the purchnpe of the interest fsold. It was in law for some time, and finallv abandoned, as a pohi mine, and it lay for several years, finallv Mr. Bonner bought the lot for what the parties concluded it was worth for farming. He, Bonner, has thoroufrhly tested it, and its history is better known than I could describe it if I were to try, which I will not do. This is about all Coweta has had to do with it. We will leave Mr. IV>riner and his pold mine.

We have omited, in our early ]»art of our history of our County, to say we had a regular Beecher case in our town, and a Belknap case, but neither was ever prosecuted, and they died out, and all he parties arc dead and moved away, and we will let it pass with the things that are gone.

Col. John Dickson, an old citizen and Elder in the Presbyterian church, died this year, his ape not known, but was fpiite old, about eighty years of age, an ohl revolutionary soldier.

ls:V2. - It must be recollected tliat in thosn times we had annual el'^ctious for members of the Legislature, and some county oflicers. hence we begin and end with elections generally each year.

This was a (piiet year: no change of hotels nor stores recollected, except the Mr. Cowans left our town. No lawvers tr> add this year: one was married - Mr. James Thompon and the widow Hyatt; William T. \N'lliamsrn an 1 Miss E. Philips were m.'.rried this year. Mr. A. .^l. Gilchrist, Clerk for W. Fi'^hcr. James H. Campbell, witii a negro workman, started the first wagon shop Newnan ever had. John and Charles Dickson moved to (Jreenville. Anderson D. Abrahams came to Newnan this year and went into the ice business ; but ma«le a good failure ; never saved a j>ound of ice till warm weather.

Jacob E and Anderson D. Abrahams went into merchandising, with a n^'w store this year. This year we had the first temperance barbecue on the Fourth of July, and the first public speaking on temperance, I ever recollect of hearing. The Rev. Dabney P. Jones made alx>ut his first temperance speech at that time; from that his temperance lecture began.

Mra. Bird, afterwards Mrs. Napier, of Macon, taught school with the Rev. J. Y. Alexander; the first female teacher ever taught in Newnan. Winchester Domas, Jas. ( olwell, John Colwell. all moveci, I think, to Walker

On the first Monday in October, Samuel D. Echols was elected Senator, Dr. I. £. Smith and James Wood, Representatives. Mrs. Keller, wife of Judge Keller, died this year. Our old friend, James Watken$, became a citizenthis year of Coweta, and many others not now recollected.

1833. - We can now begin with 1833, with the election for Judges of the Inferior Court : Samuel D. Echols, Wm. Spralter, John D. Hintin, Nicholas Dyer, James McClure; John Fleming, Receiver Tax Returns; Shenod Rowland, Tax Collector. One lawyer left New nan this year. Wm. Daniel, John Waits both left for Cherokee County; Dr. Wheeler Randle left for Alabama ; Dr. A. B. Calhoun came to Newnan to practice medicine. I neeed not say anything about him, his history is too well known to all for me to say anything in his interest or his success until he retired from practice.

Wm. B. Cobb moved to Campbell County and W. B. Pryor to Troup, so we are three lawyers out this year. Willcoxon 4k 5lcGilvary, closed their merchandise this year. George Scott sold out to Pheneas and Thomas Moore. Charles Wheeler, tailor, and Dr. Wm. P. Echols both moved to Alabama.

One change in hotels this year. Mr. Wilcoxon rented his hotel tu Mrs. Phillips and Wm. T. Williamson, who will be remembered by many old citizens.

David Dukes, Sheriff, left very suddenly, not even notifying his securities, leaving them to settle his delinquencies as Sheriff; his otherdebts are yet unpaid. It is hardly necessary to speak here of our churches, but I will say the First Presbyterian Church was built this year, but all of the churches have changed three times each, and each one now has their third church, but none on the original church lots.

Benjamin Barker sold out his goods and closed busines in Newnan. Batty H. Mitchel came to Newnan and started our second saddle and harness shop. His history is as household words to all, up to his death in December, 1879, in his eighty-first year; more will be said of him in the various offices he filled in our County.

Dr. Cannon II. Shipp commenced merchandising, this year, in Newnan. Major Hugh Brewster and Antoney North merchandised at A. North's, on the Mcintosh road. John Carington at the Cross Roads in the first. William W. Sillman on little Whiteoak. All merchants then in Coweta.

18^54. - On the first Monday in January, Nicholas Dver was elected Sheriff, George PenCecost, C. S. C, Daniel Mosley, Clerk of the In''erior Court, John Fleming. R. T. R., Zachariah Chanler, T. C, Sihon House, County Surveyor, John Kelly, Coronor. The Legislature of 1833 made a new circuit, called the Coweta Circuit, and Hiram Warner, Judge, and Young J. Long Solicitor-<»eneral, both are well remembered by many old frien<ls ; they will be mentioned again. Our lawyers are beginning to scatter, James Thomson moved to Walker county, and was soon elected Senator from that county, and died, in Milledgeville, during the session of the Legislature; all may see his toml) in the graveyard there, now. James (i, Lyle moved to Alabama. Reuben ?]chol8, Michael Dickson moved from our Countv. Mrs. Phillips and Williamson retired from the hotel. Major William A. Terrell succeeded them. Dr. I^estergett left Newnan for Altoona gold mines and Charles F. Shcrburn succeeded him in the hotel. Samuel McJunkin closed out his merchandise business ; Jacob L. and Amlerson D. Abrahams dissolved copartnership ; A. D. Abrahams went to South Carolina; Dr. Wimbush left also. Carpentering was verv dull this year; two of them left - Segna and Thomas Nioore. Cordial T. Willburn established the first buggy and carriage shop in Newnan this year. William U. Anderson sold his blacksmith shop to Peter Hurston ; went to the country, three miles north of Newnan, and settled the place now owned by James Hrewster. Tailors and shoemakers - no change in them this year. William F. t^- E. M. Storey located the second tanyard in Newnan, previously having one out on Wahoo creek. Judge Keller left town and settled Willow Grove, (at present the home of our old, respecte<I friend, James AVatkins) and merchandised there two years. William Nimms, Esq., became our third postma-ster. William II. Word, saddler.

On the first Monday in October Samuel D. Echols was elected Senator; Dr. 1. E. Smith and James Wool, Renresentatives. The Legislature this fall elected James Wood Brigadier General to fill Gen. Sledge's vacancy by resignation. I will have to keep tbifigs correct, «nd make our history more complete. I will mention our first general officers. They did not live in oar county, but had command here. Samuel Armstrong Baily was our first Major General ; J. Sledge was our first Brigadier General, with the lamented Fannin, of the Fannin and Ward Massacree in Texas, as his brigade inspector. We should always remember him for his superior abilities as a drill officer.

Several additional citizens this year: Col. Littleton Spivey, Pelig S. Mason, Mathew H Pentecost, Thomas Hughey, James T. Hughey, Wm Bilbo, Robert L. Newman, Ansel B. Leigh and his sons, who are now with us, but the father has passed away as others Jackson Xeely and John Goddice moved from our county, and William and Charles Clegiioru also moved away.

We now have to mention the execution of Harrison Southerland for the killing of J. Hillsman. It was the first death sentence in our county. Other murders were committed; some were never arrested and made their escape; others were tried, but come clear The first murder I recollect of in the county was the killing of J. Co\.'(len on the St. Cloud road, about two and a half miles from

Major Beverly 1>. Thompson commenced the practice of law in Xewnan after beinj^ a school teacher for seven years in the c»»unty. Many of our lawyers have been school teacliers in their time, and .'Jome of the doctors also.

IblK) -On the first Monday in Jr luary, .lodn Hardeman was elected Receiver of Tax Returns, .John Carrinpton, Tax Collectoi. He collected the money, and like David Dukes, Sheriff, mentioned, left his securities to settle nis defalcations, aiid went to j)arts unknown E. M. Story was elected Major. It was the beginning of his military life. We shall have occasion to mention him several times before we get through- There were several changes in lawyers this year. Josephus Kcliols moved to Columbus, (ia., Ebenezer McKenly came to Xewnan, and Robert S. Burch. Mr. Burch has moved away and back again three or four times We hope he is now a permanent citizen in Xewnan. Dr. Levi T. Wellborn moved to Eufaula, Ala , where he died. Dr. Leroy Holt came to Xewnan, remained about two year^ and moved away.

Several changes of merchants this year. Cannon F. Shipp .'^old out to Hughey iV Killgore, and they the same year sold their goods to IVter E. Duncan, and he removed them to Duncan Town, which has ^one down, and is nowknown as Macedonia church. Elisha and Josiah Brown became merchants in Xewnan this year, and Richard M.

Fletcher, Jaracs A. Abraham?, sold out to William F, tV: E. M. Storey, and they commenced this year in business, Phineas iV Thomas Moore sold out to Nemmons A" Terrill. Willis Killgore became postuiasrer - our fourtli. Two changc«in hoteH - Thomas W. Hatton succeeded Mr. Sherburn. Major Terrell failed and Mr. Itolton rented his house and clrscd it up. Benton Walton sold his grocery and moved to Augusta. .John 1). Ilititon merchandisiMl in Xewnan this year. .Iacol> I.. Abrahams closed business as a merchant. John W. IN'ntccost moved his store up :>n Cedar ('reek, ab>)ve Scuel Mills.

William I' Andcr-on sohl out in the country, returned to town, built him a tAvo-story blacksmith >hop on the corner where Mr. Rurpce's bather storr now is; rt-ntrdthc upper part to Dctnaldson \ Harris tor a carriage sliop. Cliiirles S. Anderson a(lde«l another to (he b'acksmiths. John S. Storey left for Carrol county ; William M. Storey went to the country about five miles from town.

Samuel W. Minor came to Xewnan and publishe<l the first jiaper ever published in Xewnan. Name of paper Coweta Advertiser. lie left our town. We will not give the rea.«5on for his leaving for fear we cannot give the correct one. As many rumors were in circulation about his leaving, we will leave them unexplained.

established the second paper. In the fall he sold out to C. F. Sherlx)rn, who afterwards published the Palladium, which we w ill notice hereafter.

On firs*. Monday in O tober, Samuel D. Echols, Senator; Dr. I, E. Smith, James WockI, Representatives. Ring W. Perry and Dorotha Owens were married this year.

This was a year of excitement in the Florida and Creek wars. Wra. U. Anderson raised a company for the Florida war, but the requisition from Georgia was filled before his report was received by the Governor. Andersoo resigned the command of the company and went into other business, but was soon ordered to the Creek war. He called out the company, read his orders to them, and stated to them he woald not attempt to assume command of the company unless re elected. Others, outs ders, who had no business with the company, assumed that they had orders to disband the company, and caused some trouble. Anderson wrote to Governor Schlej' on the subject. He replied no one had authority to disband the company, but he would countermand his order for the company to march to the Creek war, but ordered another company, raised by draft or voluntary enlistment. Anderson was acting as Adjutant for Col. Pentecost. He received the orders and ordered out the regiment in three days for a draft, which caused considerable excitement. Many went to Col, Pentecost to know what it meant. He replied he could not te'l until he saw his Adjutant; if he was right in what he hud done he would sustain him, if not he would dismiss the regiment and let them go home. When he came to town he found all right. The regiuit^iit was formed by Atljutant and turned over to Col IVnttcost. lie read the Governor's order to them, and advisetl voluntary enlistment rather than a draft, saying to them Coweta sliould never submit t«» a draft. Major Sto:y followed in a speech, urging volunteers. Anderson follov.ed Major Story, showing others had no authority for interfering with his first company, and stated to them he was again a volunteer, and dismounted, and called on all who was in favor of sa\ ing Coweta from a draft to follow him, ordering the drum and fife to beat up and down the regiment. Major Story followed him, anil thay soon had S3 volunteers. The regiment was ihen dism ssed and the company nijirchttl to town, hehl their election for ollieers, which was as follow- : "~

( alvin T Jones, Knsign Noii-( ouimissioncd ollieers, with the list of the company, in five davs thev were on the march for the field of battle.

Hut we must not here say all. The patriots of Coweta belongeil ti» the infantry company of Anderson, but on the same day they raised a cavalry company of 8;? men, and elected

Wilken-MHi, Taylor, panies marched to(oluml>u.><, (ia. The cavalry company wa.-; mustered into .-^eiviee on the (ith of June, an«i the int'intry on the 7th day of June, iN.iO, for three month, unh>.s stHiner discharged. The cavalry, while in Columhns, was organized into a battalittn, and elected Julius C. Altord, from LaGrange, Major. Wo remained in Columbus two or three days, and we were ordered up to West Point, Ga , with General James Wood, as our com-

Captain l>ent, Heard. AVe were organized into a battalion and elected William Wood, of Heard County, Lieutenant Colonel ; .John Chambers, of Carroll County, Major; Nicholas Tompkens, Adjutant. But few of the above list can now answer to Iheir names if the roll was called. In a very few more years all will have answered to the last earthly roll call. Having somewhat digressed from Coweta to give the short sketch of our cainpaign in ISliO, we will now return to Coweta and give the reception of Captain H. (Jarnianey's first company from (Iwinnctt County. On their return home, on the 2r.th .June, as they passed through Newnan, from the Creek War, stoj)ped at Newnan. Their visit was thus noticed in the Newnan Palladnnn, taken from White's Statistics of (ieorgia.

We now notice the election on the first Monday in October: Samuel I). Echols, Senator; Dr. I. E. Smith and James Wowl, Representatives. Nothing much of interest in our Count}' this fall, except s<ime changes in merchants, Keller A: Watkens ; a new store in Newnan; Dr. Watkins & Hugh Houston, at Willow Grove; Coleman A* Huggins, at Oak Lawn ; Skein iV Brother, upon county lin«*, Turrentine k Levell, in the F^irst District; Sanders W. Lee, in the Second District ; John H. Tinch, on White Oak ; S. J. Harber in the Fourth District, is about all the changes in merchandise recollected. John B. Tendal, on Cedar Creek and several of the Randals in the Third District - Major Holland, Mr. Wadsworth, with his tan yard, and many other changes not now recollected; but we must not forget Charles Emlin's cabinet shop, and John Hall's thrashing machine factory; it was then common for all to do their own thrashing at home in their gin houses. Samuel S. Mayors died 1836, Sixth District.

We will here mention the death of one of our earlier settlers of Coweta, who was cut oflf just over the line in Heard County, Major James Wood, a revolutionary uoldier and gallant officer in said 'rar, died 82d year of age. Willard Fisher died this year ; age not known.

We have a new Judge and Solicitor this year; or rather the re-election of Judge Warner, and Col George D. Anderson, from DeKalb, as Solicitor. Thomas Hughey, as our sixth Postmaster; gome change in lawj'ers. Robert S. Burch, Wiley G. Parks, tddy Ware and Philip Ware, left our County and others not now recollected. Charles F. Sherbern closed his ralladium this year.

Some new merchants and changes : Kilgore & Reynolds, Wm. U. Anderson, merchants: Mr. W. Fisher's business was wound up this year; John and William B. Brown, merchants; John Brown soon left for the low country for his health - did not live long down there : Geo. T. Anderson, as a blacksmith ; Valentine Harden k Sons, as carpenters; William J. C. Kenada, as clock and watch repairer and jeweler ; Elam S. Ashcroft, as carpenter; he tried the broom b.siness, but made a successful failure at it. Cot John W. Pentecost died the earl}- part of this year, and E. M. Storey was elected Colonel to fill his vacancy; Daniel C Turrentine was elected Major. We will now mention that William G. Kobb, who killed Mr. Easterwood down on the State read, at Mr. Jackson's grocery ; all well recollect it and his trial, and I need only to mention it. Our first Female Academy was built this year, and the Misses Chamberlains were the first teachers. They had a fine school. They were succeeded by the Misses Bakers; one of them afterwards married a missionary and lelt us. Mrs. Martha M. Pinson died 1837 - E. C, 6th district. i

This will bring us to the election. ! On the first Monday in October Samuel D. Echols -was made Senator, and Dr. I. E. Smith and Nicholas Dyer, Representatives.

John Neely was 03 vears old at th^ time of his death. He received nine scars in his head in the revolutionary war. T. F. Jones, Tax Receiver for 1877-78, was wounded at Morristown, East Tennessee, in the left groin, and bone broke near the shoulder joint, October, 18G4.

The general otHcers of the militia were then elected by the Legislature, and Willis Kilgore was elected to fill Gen. J. Wood's vacancy by resignation.

Wm. W. Sellman was a merchant in the first district, and Miles Jones in the sixth district. King W. Perry moved out on Line Creek to merchandi.^e and farm. We will mention the marriage of Col. E. ^I. Storey to Mi.<s D. Owen, and Mr. J. J. Pinson to Mis|> Mary A.Reynold. Both married this ye^r.

Jesse Rhodes, Tax Collector; John Kelly, C(»roner: (Jeorce Pentecost, County Surveyor. Not many chau'jes in Inisiness this year in Xewnan. William 1. Ander>on soldout his hotel to Col. William Sellman, and he succeeded hira in the hotel business. Marshtl SluM'ts moved from our county. Law\ers about the same, except Robert W. Simrus commenced the practice of law. Dr. A. B. Callioun will be recollected &<* taking a trip to FrTulce for a courne of lectures in medicine by matiy now. John B. Tendall, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court, died August 30, 1838 This year the Cherokee Indians were renooved from Cherokee (ia One company from Coweta, commanded by Capt. E. M. Storey, was engaged in their removal. Augustus II. Stokes was a Colonel in that campaigo from Coweta.

Richard M. Fletcher closed business this year in Newnan and moved toCarroll County. Albert Sears becaroea citizen of Ne^* nan, this fall, whose history, as a money dealer, is familiar with all, and will be long remembered. Our members to the L'^gislature were Dr. 1. E Smith, Nicholas Dyer, Gilbert D. Grt-er, Representatives. This will about clo-e 183S, as ur as recollected «t present The Legislature, this fall, elected Hugh A. Harahon, Major General, and he appointed Col. E M Story his Division Inspector. 1S3?». - We now commence this year with the election of Live Newton as Tax Collector There was considerable change in business this year wiih merchants Keller & Watkins failed, William V, Anderson moved his goods to Marietta and closed business in Newnan; sold his house and lot where H. J. Sargent no* lives to Davis Owen, who became a citizen in Newnan. He (Anderson) moved to the lot north of the Methodist Church and improved that lot. Judge Ishmuel Dunn was a citizen that ought to have been mentioned sooner - not too late j'et. He only lived in Newnan a few years and returned to Fayette county We mu-t mention though that while he was in our county, our old friend, Major T. A. Grace married one of his a.'com jlished daughters and retiined her as a citizen when her father left. William U. Anderson this year bought out C T. Wellborn's carriage shop, on what is called Ray street, and took up his old trade of blacksmithing with the carriage business

It was remarkably dry that fall - all will recollect it - we could not get any grinding done except at the river mills, and they were so crowded it was about a week's trip to go to mill and get grist of meal. Anderson A: Martin built a horse mill in Xewnan, or rather started it just by hand with two cranks. It was kept running ncarlv day nipht, and they afterwards geared it up for horse power, and ran it for some time, hut rains came about Chri-^tiuMs, ani took th^ir custom off, so they ab:indf)ned horse- pow«-r.' We had no steam-power then iii theouuntrv: evcrvthinf; was liand work. We made our wapons, carts an<l all our phnvs, axes, farmint; tools at home. We had our smokehouses at home, and corn-crihs in our horse lots, and if a neighbor had to buy corn or m«'at, he did not po to Tennessee or Ohio for it.' He went to his neighbor and got his supplies. We then lived at home and boarded at the same place : had our washing done in the yard. Now contrast that with the present All our workshops arc now run by steam, au'l most of them are in the Northern or We-tern States. I need not say to tlie people which is the best plan those days or the piesent If I was to claim tliose good old times, I would be dubbed an old fogy, and it would be Slid I would do as our fatners did - carrv a pumpkin in one end of the bag and a rock in the other ;" but I think the next generation though will get about right, and we will have our shops, corn cribs and smoke-houses at home again - our country will beat home once more. I tliink we are improving very fa-t considering what we have went through in the last nineteen years. We will n«)t com))lain but hope for improvements. .Much more might be said, but the above is as much as v^ .' have space for at present. John D. Brown and Daniel Whitaker went into the grocery and li«|Uor business this year in Newnan. Hugh Houston was killed by lightning on Sandy Creek. Watkins & Houston closed business at Willow (iVove; John and James Turner and James Watkins. jr , moved to Texas; William A. Speer bought out Keller t^ Watkins goods in Newnan ; sooji after sold them to Heard A" Philips ; many will recollect the firm, itdidnot last long, but resulted in several law suits in Alabama, where part of them were overtaken in making their escape with their negroes.

General James Wood left our town for Columbus in 1S37, Should have been mentioned soooer, and Constantine \V. Buckley, a prominent young man, left with him. They did not stay long in Colurabns, but went to T??xas, on a pigeoq-rooet money speculation. C. W. Buckley returned to our town in 18;^ and married Miss Jane Phillips and returned to Texas; became a prominent lawyer there, and was Jad^e of the Superior Court, and was unfortunately drowned in attempting to croes a creek which was verj

Grace A: Long were merchants in Newnan this year; B. D. Thomasson, a lawyer, left Newnan for Franklin ; old man Norman, the seednian, came to our county about this time and remained until 185G, and moved to Florida, but did not stay there ten days; returned to Thomas County and died there. His family returned to Newnan and will be remembered b}' many.

This brino;s us to the election of our members to the Legislature on the first Monday in October: Dr. L E. Smith, Senator; Dr. A. B. Calhoun, Gilbert D. Greer and John Jester, Representatives.

Charles Emben and John Hull broke up their shop; Josiah and Elisha Brown closed business and left our town. Noel B. Knight, of Covington, was elected Solicitor of the Coweta Circuit. Col. Thomas Hudson, a prominent citizen, died this year; his age unknown or the day of his death. John Thurman, an old revolutionary soldier, died in Newnan, aged eighty years; al.<o, Hill Thurman, died this year; no other deaths now recollected.

1^40. - This' brings that memorable year of log cabins and coon skins. Just forty years ago. a great Presidential election, as the present 18M> is now just opening of a great contest. May th2 present end as p^^aceably as that did, and our country as that did, change the great political parties, and our country- be at peace as we were after that change. We had many rides on log cabins and boat races. Oars working hard with their canoes on wagons, and many other memorable things not necessary here to mention. We have rather got the cart before the horse here; we should have mentioned our election on the first Monday in January, first, then set out -with our log cabins Wm. Hogan was elected Sheritf; Batty H. Mitchell, Clerk Superior Court; Jonathan W. Lee, Clerk Inferior Court; John Hardeman, Receiver Tax Returns; Levi Newton, Tax Collector; John Kelly, Coroner; County Surveyor rot recollected. The Democrats were more surprised then at Col<|uitt, Cooper anil Black, coming to the Dennx^ratic j)ariy, than they are now over the resignation of General (Jonlon, and the appointment of (Jovernor Brown as his successor. The (irst addetl considerable strength to the Democrats, the latter, 1 think, will be the means of uniting the party on a solid basis We have Cohjuitt in each case. The saying was then that wi.se men bometimes change their opinions, but fo<jls never do. I must be a very hard fool ; I have been over fifty years voting for the Democrats, and don't see where I can get away from them yet. But this is getting away from the history of Coweta on to gen- eral politics; pardon the diirrcpsion Wo will roturn to Coweta. James and Frank Welch came to Nev/nan and started the old Tran-*rri],f, and Saxon M. Anderson, an apprentice, as printer. Judpje .1. A. Welch has continued tlie printing and piiblishinji business ever since in Newnan, anil is now your leadiiif; journalist. T could imt doscribe him as well as his journals have done to the people, were I to tr}-. I shall leave him and his marks as his best historian. This, IS 10. was alsocensus year, ns ISSO Manv predictions, fault findings, Tbout VanUuren taxing the oiil women's soap, chickens and ducks, and our population, then, was little over ten thousand, in the countv. I will give the number this year, when it is completed, to show our increase in population One of our members to the Legislature, this year, was taken with a leaving in March and has never yet returned, I alhwle to .John -lester. I learned afterwards he died near Little Rock in Arkansas. His history is not one of much erf (lit to Coweta, though, he did represent them in the Legislature once. Thomas 0. Carter was elected Colone, to fill Col. Story's place, by resignation. After all the excitement it was generally peacable, but few fights and quarrels, considering the excitement. On the tirst Monday in C)ctober. For Senator, Samuel D. Echols, and Brittan Simms, for Senator, was tied, and James Bell, Sanders "W. Lee and Caleb C<K)k were elected Representatives. On the first Monday in November the Senatorial race was run over, P'chols beat Simms one vote, the votes were counted twice. After it was over Mr. Simms gave Mr. Echols his hand, told him to go represent the county. Well, he was satisfied, all was as quiet afterwards as if we had never had any storm or excitement. This is just forty years ago, and there is now but one man living, that I know of, that ever was in the Legislature from Coweta, up to that time, that is Dr. A. B. Calhoun, and but two county oflicers, either, recollected, now living, that is Henry Keller, and Thomas Hughey, as Sheriff, now living in Atlanta, Fulton county. All have answered their last earthly r »11 call. How few, forty years from now, can say that they were here in 18^, at the Pretsidential election.

Thos. Pinson, a nice young man, died IS 10. in Coweta, and others we don't know now of. The Legislature this fall elected William Ezzard, Judge, to succeed Hiram Warner as our Judge. Ez/.ard is now, I expect, the oldest judge now living in the State. He is in Atlanta; is about eighty-three years old ; is Tax Receiver of Fulton County and Census Enumerator ; walks as stratght as Indian now. He settled in I>ecatur, DeKalb County, in 1823, and has resided there and in Atlanta ever since ; now about fiftj- eight years. I make this digression od him because he was one of our Judges. I will mention others the same way before I get through. I believe this will about close for 1840.

1841. - We begin 1841 with our elections foir Judges of Inferior Courts. Samuel D. Echols, Robert Y. Brown, Turner Persons, Sanders W. Lee, Thomas Hughey, John Hardeman, R. T. R., Levi Newton, Tax Collector. This was a quiet, still year, compared with 1840. Our Governor's election, we had McDonald and Relief, and, to the surprise of both parties, tIieT3elTi6crats re-elccte<l Charles J. McDonald, Governor. It was such a surprif^e that it was said McDonald was bo busy preparing to leave the executive mansion he did not have lime to prepare an inaugural address, and had to borrow Mr. Dawson's he bad prepared, he was so sure of being elected he bought him a carriage in New York, he had it ordered to the Executive of Georgia, at Milledgeville ; so we sometimes see there is great slips between the cup and the lips; pavdon our digression for some amusement, ;'s we may have iiiore of such slips, I hope one this year. No particular change in business, except Col Sillman retired from the hotel business, and William U. Anderson succeeded him. Our mails, then, were carried in hacks, we thought we were rising fast, one line from Columbus to Newnan, and one from Milledgeville to Newnan, and one from Rome to Newnan, each three times per week ; we now have about six mails per day, and are naidly satisfied at that, we will want one every hour, next - well, ours is a progressive age, if we don't run it too far. For fear we get off the track from Coweta, we will get back. Thomas W. Batton was made Postmaster, under Mr. Tyler, being our seventh postmaster, it being a cbange of administrations and politics, we had to have change of postmasters. Bowen A: Rogland closed out business this year, in Newnan. SamtJel C. Dickson came to Newnan, went into the grocery nusiness with Capt. J. D. Brown.

Our elections on the first Monday in October. Dr. I. E. Smith, Senator, Sanders W. Lee, Thomas O. Carter, Nicholas Dyer, Representatives. Some changes in workmen. ^Villiam U. .Vnderson sold his carriage shop to C. T. Wellborn, and t(x.k up carpenter busines and blacksmithing. Judge Lshmael Dunn left for Forsyth, other changes not recollected at present. Deaths: Miss Mary M. Rupe, aged 2I> years and 8 months. Mr. Philip Orr, diedlSll, aged 60 years.

1842 - We begin this year with the elections of county orticers. On the first Monday in January Richard ^l. Hackney was elected Sheriff; Batty H. Mitchell, Clerk Superior Court ; James J. Neely, Clerk Inferior Court ;

John Harderaan. Receiver Tax Returns; Charles Wood, Tax Collector; James II. Graham, County Surveyor ; John Kelly, Coroner. This was a «juiet year, not much change in business. Williard F Taft enlarged his carriage business by building him a new shop. lie had three pretty old salts of drinkers working for him to pay their li«juor bills. an<l all got to talking about what tliey were working for and how they were spending their nione}' and time - for what was their ruin and the impoverishing of thoir families - and they all just rjuit work and went and luinlrd up the officer of the Temperance Society, and each one t<K)k the pledge, and returned to their work to work out their indebtedness. Some did not hold out faithfully, but some held out to the end. All have pa.«sed off for their long home.

The election this vear for members of the Legi'-lature: Dr. I. E. cmith. Senator; Sanders W. Lee, Tbomas O. Carter, Nicholas Dyt r, Representatives. At the Legislature this year Thomas M Griflin was elected Rrijiadier General to fill the vacancy of f Jen. Willis Kilgore, resigned. Deaths - this year Randall Robinson died; he was eighty years of age.

1843 - This year, as all others, will begin with the January elections - only Tax Receiver and Collectors lo elect though. John Hardeman. Receiver Tax Returns, Levi Jsewton, Tax Collector. This year was election for Governor and two members of Congress. Alexander H. Stephen.s made hip first speech in Ncwnan this yenr, with NValter T. Cohiuitt to reply to him. His friends were very much chop-fallen when Col<|uitt conclu<l<'d. 1 thought they wouhl break up in a row, but Stephens began his reply very mihlly and soon had all quiet, and then turned to Judge Cohjuitt's attacks on him by making c*)mparisons between tleir acts in the Legislature, and ^'oon had the house in a roar of ap[)lause, and everything he said, from that time to the conclusion of his speech, was received With cheers and shouts of victory, and his friends < laim»*d a great vict >ry. It gave Mr. Stephens more credit and applause than nny speech he ever made. All cooled off quietly in gcKKl humor.

Some change in the hotels this year. William U. Anderpon opene<I one where the People's Bank now is, with a carriage and blacksmith shop, with several hands. Jonathan W. Lee opened a hotel where Aoders^m left, od what is now Neely's corner.

Dennis F. Hammond became lawyer in oar town this year, if we are not mistaken when he commenced the practice - John B. Willcoxon and H. R. Harrison - George W. Vaughan. The tailor, Mr. J,, Kent, the saddler, were accesions to Newnan this year.

Mr. William F. Ti^ft died this year; James Rollins succeeded him in the saloon business. Major Hugh Brewster and Walter Smith as merchants in Newnan this year.

1S44 - We commence with elections on the first Monday in January. James Bixiy, Sheriti; Batty H. Mitchell, Clerk Superior Court ; Inferior Court, War J. Gaddice; Receiver of Tax Returns, Levi Newton, Tax Collector, John Kelly, Coroner ; James H. Graham, County Surveyor.

This was a year of some changes. J. Colen came to town as cabinet and chair-maker ; Peter Buchan, as watchmaker and jeweler; William Fernandez. Morton tt Forbs, as cabinet and chair-makers. Mr. Forbs did not live the year out; Willis Cash, as carriage workman and Harry Goram. These are the principal changes in town; O. Lineh, Esquire, T. Kirby and others in the country.

This was the great Clay and Polk election. Our country was all a.stir from the middle of June until after the November election. We had five barbecues in town this year and an illumination after the elections. Polk htalks and ash poles, with a Clay pole and a Polk pole with banners, and a hickory tree planted in the square. Wonder if the men could now be found who hung Zeak Polk on the hickory? Tliey were afraid to venture high with him; hung him close to tbe ground, so tliey could run if they were seen. We had manv spcef hes this vear in Newnan by Walter T. Cohiuitt.^Vni. II. Stiles, Hugh A. Haralson, Samj)f<»rd, Wni. 1>. Pryor, Ilerschel V. Johnson, Hiram Warner, and others on the Democratic side; Alexander H. Stephens, Robert Toombs, Wm. C. Dawson, Juilge Floyd, Dr. Ridley, and others on the Whig side. With the mill Itoy of Slaslie.^, with a company of boys with a flag of each Slate; now some of the boys have grand children nearly ready to take the plow. These were memorable times to many of us who were active participants then, but mo.>t all are gone. More than half of the speakers that were here then are gone to their rest. If we would now only use half the ellort we did then we would bury Radicalism so deep it would never rise again. Anderson and his boys went to (.Jrillin to a meeting, and some to Marietta. Atlanta then was in the woods, no place to go