Decatur County, GA

DECATUR COUNTY, situated at the southwest corner of Georgia, with Chattahoochee river on the west, and traversed by the main branch of Flint river. Area, 1,675 square miles. Seat of justice, Bainbridge. Pop. in 1830, 3,854; in 1840, 5,872; in 1850, 8,262. (Fanning's, 1853)
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County
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Georgia

Decatur County, Georgia (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
DECATUR COUNTY, situated at the southwest corner of Georgia, with Chattahoochee river on the west, and traversed by the main branch of Flint river. Area, 1,675 square miles. Seat of justice, Bainbridge. Pop. in 1830, 3,854; in 1840, 5,872; in 1850, 8,262.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 101.
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In Georgia, Union Colonel John W. Sprague fights a determined rearguard action and saves his Army's supply trains Battles/Soldiers
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