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Book Title: Historical Collections Of Virginia By Henry Howe, 1845

Jackson, p. 316-315

Jackson was formed in 1831, from Mason, Kanawha, and Wood: its length is 33, and
its mean breadth 24 miles. The surface is hilly, and the soil well adapted to
grazing. The bottom lands on Mill creek and its branches are of the first
quality. From the interior of the county, the principal exports are cattle and
pork; along the Ohio, which bounds it on the west, the people export large
quantities of staves, hoop-poles, and lumber of all kinds. Pop. in 1840, whites
4,803, slaves, 87, total, 4,890.

Ripley, the county seat, lies 336 miles northwesterly from Richmond, and 12 from
the Ohio River, on the Great Mill creek, at its confluence with Sycamore creek.
Although but recently established, it is a thriving village, containing 2
mercantile stores, and about 30 dwellings. Ravenswood, 10 miles NE of Ripley, on
the Ohio, contains 1 church, 1 store, 1 steam saw-mill, and about 15 dwellings.

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