LIBERTY COUNTY, situated on the southeast boundary of Georgia, with Altamaha river on the southwest, and the Atlantic on the southeast. Area, 660 square miles. Seat of justice, Hinesville. Pop. in 1810, 6,228; in 1820, 6,695; in 1830, 7,233; in 1840, 7,241; in 1850, 7,926. (Fanning's, 1853)