Randolph County was created from Lee County on Dec. 20, 1828 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1828, p. 53). Georgia's 75th county was named for Virginia congressman John Randolph (1773-1833).

This was the second time that a Georgia county was named for John Randolph. Earlier, an act of Dec. 10, 1807 created a Randolph County. After John Randolph became unpopular for publicly opposing the U.S. declaration of war on Britain, Georgia legislators in 1812 voted to change the name of the original Randolph County to Jasper County. However, John Randolph's reputation eventually was restored, and in 1828 the General Assembly again named a new county in his honor.

Portions of Randolph County were used to form the following counties: Stewart (1830), Clay (1854), Terrell (1856), and Quitman (1858).

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