Editing Paulding County, Georgia (section)

==History==
Paulding County was created from [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Cherokee County]] by an act of the [[Georgia General Assembly]] on December 3, 1832. In 1851, a portion of Paulding County was used to help create [[Polk County, Georgia|Polk County]]. Other portions of Paulding County were annexed to neighboring counties ([[Campbell County, Georgia|Campbell]], [[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll]], [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb]], [[Douglas County, Georgia|Douglas]], [[Haralson County, Georgia|Haralson]], and Polk) between 1832 and 1874. Between 1850 and 1874, Paulding County was expanded through annexation of parts of Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, and Polk counties.

The county is named after [[John Paulding]] (October 16, 1758 – February 18, 1818), who was famous for the capture of the British spy [[John André|Major John André]] in 1780 during the [[American Revolution]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/p.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030917122451/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/p.pdf |archive-date=September 17, 2003 |url-status=live| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=172 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>  André was on a mission carrying secret papers from [[Benedict Arnold]] when he was captured.