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to whom he had been long attached. McCall, in his History 

 of Georgia, says, " At the commencement of the American 

 war, being the senior officer of Sir WiHiam Howe, he had the 

 prior offer of the command of the forces appointed to sub- 

 due the rebels. He professed his readiness to accept the ap- 

 pointment, if the ministry would authorize him to assure the 

 colonies that justice should be done them." General Ogle- 

 thorpe closed his useful life on the 1st of July, 1785. For 74 

 years he had been in the British army, and at his death was 

 the oldest officer in the army.* 



PAULDING. 



Boundaries. — This county is bounded N. by Floyd and 

 Cass, E. by Cobb, S. by Carroll, and W. by Alabama. Laid 

 out from Cherokee, and organized in 1832. 



Post Offices. — Van Wert, Cedar Town, Huntsville, New 

 Babylon, Pumpkin Pile, Yellow Stone. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — In 1845, accord- 

 ing to the census, the population was 3,664 whites, 775 blacks; 

 total, 4,439. Amount of State tax for the year 1848, $1,078 

 76 cents. Sends one representative to the Legislature. 



Rivers, Creeks. — The Tallapoosa river has its source in 

 this county. The creeks are Pumpkin Vine, Little Cedar, Day, 

 Floyd, Hill's, Camp, Euharlee, Raccoon, and Sweet Water. 



Towns. — Van Wert, in the valley of Euharlee creek, is 

 the county site. It has the usual public buildings, one church, 

 two hotels, one academy, two or three stores, mechanics' 

 shops, &c. Population 100. The water is bad, and the vil- 

 lage is said to be unhealthy. Distance from Milledgeville, 108 

 miles N. W. ; from Villa Rica, 24 ; from Rome, 22 ; from 

 Cedar Town, 13; from Cave Springs, 22 ; from Carters ville, 

 18 ; and from Marietta, 34. 



Cedar Town is in the middle of Cedar Valley, in a rich 

 section of country, twenty miles south of Rome. It has a 

 fine church, female school, and one of the best limestone springs 



* Spalding's Life of Oglethorpe, in the Collections of the Georgia Histo- 

 rical Society. 



