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Spalding County was created on Dec. 20, 1851, by an act of
the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1851-52, p. 58). Created from
portions of Fayette, Henry, and Pike Counties, its original boundaries
were specified as:
"Beginning on the line now separating the counties of
Henry and Butts, where the Towaliga river crosses the said line,
and running up the middle of the stream of said river to the
point where the western line of lot of land number one hundred
and eighteen in the original second district of Henry county
crosses the same; thence north along the line as run by the Surveyor
in laying off said district into lots, to the north-east corner
of lot number one hundred and forty-nine in the said district;
thence west on the original surveyed line to the south-west corner
of lot number one hundred and eighty-two, in the original third
district of Henry county; thence north across two ranges of lots;
thence west along the surveyed line to [Flint river in Fayette
county; thence down the middle of the main stream of said river
to the south line of the eighth range of lots in the county of
Pike; thence east along the surveyed line to the principal branch
of the Potatoe Creek, in Pike county; thence down the run of
the creek across one range of lots;] thence east along the surveyed
line to the line now separating the counties of Pike and Monroe;
thence north along the said line to the south-west corner of
Butts county; thence with the line separating Butts from Pike
and Henry counties, to the beginning. . . ."
Georgia's 97th county was named for Thomas
Spalding (1774-1851). Spalding was a noted political leader
in Georgia, former congressman, and a planter.
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