The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-08-24
Sunter County, Florida.

The new county OF Sumter lately cut
Off from Marion. AS about III les square
containing 1896 square miles Of territory.
rs hountrt North by M.,;,..,, Ea4t-Lr
Orange, South by lIcmando and West by
The Withlacoochcc river which separates
it from fernando and by part of Marion.
Its Rivers are the Ociawaha and the
great and little Withlacoochce's its other
streams the Palatlakaha n large creek,
and Bug Springs run ,navig be Cor Largas,
both emptying into The OcIawaha from
the west through the lakes, and negro
town creek cmptying into lake griffin
from tho east, and all reaching the ATTAIN
tic through the Oclawaha and the St.
Johns. Warm Spring creek on which
there is fine mill, and the outlet of
Panasofka lake navigable for barges both
emptying into the ilhlacoocLee and
thence into the Gulf of Mexico.
It's Lakes are the Opopka at the head
OF the Oclawaha, lakes Bro skcnbrough.
Eus,ace and Gritiir, connected by the
Oclawaha river; Lake Harris emptyinc
into the grand Chain hy an outlet of
l-2 or miles in length. Lake Yale
emptying into lake Griffin by negro-town
creek. This cluster of lakes lies in the
southeastern portion of the county, most
of them are quite extensive aud most
lovely sheets OF water.
Lake Deacon, without outlet. aud
about lO miles in length, is within two
miles OF AdamsviIle, the place appointed
by the act Incorporating the county for
holding the courts, and Lake Panasofka
emptying into the Withlacoochee within
2 l-3 or 3 miles of Sunte, the county
site established by the Commissioners.
Warm Spring is Of sufficient size to
afford creek large enough for mill,
and Bug Spring covers more than 2
acres Of surface, and looks to be bottomIess
the stream is deep enough for bargcs,
upon the whole Sumter is perhaps the BEST
watered region in South and East Florida.
All the waters are perfecr!y clear and
mostly froestone though the county is
limestone, Q. :athar there = a great
amount Of lime contained in the soils.
FACE OF THE CoUxTRY country
generally is 70 ling, except in the south
western portion. on the head Of the Palats.
iacaha, where it is fiat and mostly pr ,iries
CT Savannahs. On the Lakes it is in
many places inclined to be hiIy, especial
Iy little back from the margins, and
\ major portion Of .he land is pine and as
in all Florida great deal of this is poor:
though there IL no little very fine PIN,
land scattered all over tho country, and
there Is some ofas good halnmocks as are
70 be found in the State.
On Lakes GriIRl an Yale and regro
town creek there is perhaps not less than
10000 acres of good land, there is some
OF this rich Pralries tn II hit app .r
rather low, but little dt hing ut sn;
cost might reclaim 10 tn Jusa I'd acres of
/ land. On Lake Eutace, Only 4 mj!e,
from Lake Griffin, there arc some DO lies
ofgood land. Like HAIRS is lovely
sheet Of water; its western &C asst 8 mostly
a bluff. Mr. T., J. Harris lives on an elc.
vatioa OF more than 100 feet within zoo
yards oflhe Lake, which is some 25 or 80
miles in circuit. There is some very good
hammock on this lake. On Bug spring
run, Palatlaba creek, all near enough for
one neighborhool, not far from this and
IN the ncighborhood Of AdamsviIIe, ara
0akhumka hammock and warm Spring,
in these two neighborhoods perhaps there
are not less than $4,000 acres Of ham
mock besides tanch good Pine land. On
the Panesofka Lake and in the Wahoo
Aammccs aad the WAhlaooo,hee river