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Peach County Original Boundaries

Peach County's Original Boundaries

(From an Act of July 18, 1924)

"Beginning at the point where the Counties of Bibb, Houston and Crawford corner, running thence along the line between the Counties of Houston and Crawford to the point where the Counties of Houston, Crawford and Macon corner; thence in a southwesterly direction along the line between the Counties of Crawford and Macon to the middle of the run of Flint River; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the run of Flint River to the southern line of fractional lot number 151 in the 8th district of Macon County; thence east along the southern line of lots 151, 138 and 119 to the southwest corner of lot number 106 in the 8th district of Macon County; thence north along the western line of lot number 106 to the southwest corner of lot number 105 in the 8th district of Macon County; thence east along the south line of lots 105 and 88 to the northwest corner of lot 74 in the 8th district of Macon County; thence south along the western line of lot 74 to the southwest corner of lot 74; thence east along the southern line of lots 74, 55, 42, and 23 to the southwest corner of lot number 10 in the 8th district of Macon County; thence north along the west line of lot number 10 to where said western line intersects with the public road leading west from the Dixie Highway between Marshallville and Fort Valley to the old Neil plantation; thence along the said public road to the center of the said Dixie Highway leading from Marshallville to Fort Valley; thence in a southerly direction along the center of said Dixie Highway to the south line of the property of D. C. Strother and C. Z. McArthur in lot 13 in the 8th district of Macon county; thence east along the said south line of the property of D. C. Strother and C. Z. McArthur to the western line of lot 253 in the 9th district of Macon County; thence north along the western line of lots 253 and 252 to the southwest corner of lot number 251 in the 9th district of Macon County; thence east along the south line of lots 251 and 230 to the middle of the run of Big Indian Creek; thence in a generally southeasterly direction along the middle of the run of Big Indian Creek to the point where the western line of lot 96 in the 9th district of Houston County intersects the run of Big Indian Creek; thence south along the western line of lots 96 and 11 in the 9th district of Houston County and lot 22 in the 14th district of Houston County to the northern line of the public road leading from Marshallville to Perry; thence east along the northern line of the public road leading from Marshallville to Perry to the western line of the public road leading from Small Academy to Fort Valley via Norwood Springs; thence north along the western line of the public road leading from Small Academy to Fort Valley via Norwood Springs to the southwest corner of lot 12 in the 9th district of Houston County; thence east along the south line of lots 12 and 13 to the southwest corner of lot 14 in the 9th district of Houston County; thence north along the western line of lots 14, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37, in the 9th district of Houston County to the southwest corner of lot 38 in the 9th district of Houston County; thence east along the south line of lot 38 to the southwest corner of lot 27; thence north along the west line of lots 27 and 26 to the southwest corner of lot 25; thence east along the southern line of lot 25 to the northwest corner of lot 7 in the 9th district of Houston County; thence south along the western line of lot 7 to the southwest corner of lot 7; thence east along the south line of lot 7 in the 9th district and lots 10 and 23 in the 10th district of Houston County to the southwest corner of lot 42 in the 10th district of Houston County; thence north along the western line of lots 42, 41 and 40 in the 10th district of Houston county to the run of Mossy Creek; thence southeasterly along the run of Mossy Creek to the bridge over said Mossy Creek on the National Highway in Houston County and to the western line of the National Highway; thence north along the western line of the National Highway to the south line of lot 69 in the 5th district of Houston County; thence west along the southern line of said lot number 69 to the southwest corner thereof; thence north along the western line of lots numbered 69, 70 and 71 to the southwest corner of lot number 72 in the 5th district of Houston County; thence west along the southern line of lot number 59 to the southwest corner of lot number 59; thence north along the western line of lots numbered 59 and 58 to the southwest corner of lot 57 in the 5th district of Houston County; thence east along the southern line of lots numbered 57 and 74 to the western line of the National Highway; thence north along the western line of the National Highway to the run of Echeeconnee Creek; which is the dividing line between Bibb and Houston Counties; thence west along the line between the Counties of Houston and Bibb to the point where Houston, Bibb and Crawford corner, same being the point or place of beginning."

Source: Ga. Laws 1924, p. 39.

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