Paulding County Genealogical Society

05/09/2026

A preview of this mornings presentation

04/18/2026

04/14/2026

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04/12/2026

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. This set of books is available for sale at The Georgia Room, Switzer Library in Marietta. Although the sign says full set it is a partial one as there are many more in this collection. If someone was looking to add to their library this is quite the bargain. For those who prefer digital sources, I'm told these books are digitized through the Cornell University Library Collection. Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site has a full First Edition set in their library.

04/04/2026

In 1997 the East Paulding Middle School Eighth Graders had a school project to do oral interviews and capture peoples memories of events long past. In the modern era of Social Media what we experience and our reactions to it are catalogued for us.

03/26/2026

The Paulding New Era ( Dallas, GA) 24 Apr 1891
HIRAM.
The Editor spent a day and night in the town of Hiram this week, in company with Mr. J.R. Moon, we drove through, taking our time watching the busy farmers as they were finishing up the planting of cotton. On the road we saw one field of cotton, that was up and almost ready to plow over, and a few fields of corn, that will be ready to plow over next Monday. From Dallas to Hiram is a fine farming section, and the farms along the way show that there is no better working people to be found. Hiram, like all other towns just at this time, was what the merchant calls blue, for most of the people were too busy to come to town to trade, but the merchants and Dr. Dean were all lively, the Doctor, Mr. House and one of the merchants had gone to Gray's pond to get their supply of fish for supper, and in plenty time they returned, the Doctor carrying the burden all alone, and then some of the laies with hook and line went and passed the cool of the day on the banks of the lovely stream that flows gently by they beautiful little town, and we thought what a treat it was, for the ladies and children to live so near a fine pond and blessed with a few hours every day or so to leave the [routine] of busy life, and find recreation almost in sight.
Night soon came and we wended our way to the beautiful residence of Mr. R.T. Moon, that sits upon the hill overlooking their little quiet town. And for the first time we met his wife who like her devoted husband knows full well how to make a friend's stay easy and pleasant.
The next day we went in town and passed a few hours with the boys, and we was struck with the kindness that they bear to each other, if one has goods in the depot they are all ready to help remove them to the store; we found there what you will not find in most towns that instead of trying to injure each other they are fellow workers, and when one can do the other a favor they do not let the opportunity pass.
When the time came for us to leave, we were sorry we could not stay longer.
And we left Hiram with a better opinion of the town than we had before, for Hiram does a good trade and is surrounded by as good a lot of citizens as is to be found anywhere.
There was Mr. Nute Gray before going to his work give us a few good jokes and then with his shovel in hand he left for the field, and then as it happened Jim Seawright was there, looking just like he did when we went to Hiram to court and called him Squire Seawright several years ago you know when Jim held the great scales of Justice in his own grasp, but how Jim is an Atlanta merchant with some interest at Hiram yet but we just gave his hand a shake and called him Jim and he seems to enjoy it better than any name he ever had.
Well we had a good time and nearly all around there takes the NEW ERA and those that do not are going to subscribe soon, and that is another reason why we like Hiram and the good people that surround it, and love to go among them and we are going to see them often and learn more of them, for the more we know of them the better we like them.
Mr. Vaughan has a fine school there and is one among the best teachers in the county.
All things considered Hiram is a good place to live and already has some fine residences.

02/04/2026

1. Dallas 1940
2. Dallas 1953
3. Paulding County Highways 1940
4. Paulding County Highways 1953

02/03/2026

The roads of Dallas, Georgia, 1950

02/03/2026

Dallas, Georgia, 1950.

01/25/2026

The Woman’s Clubs
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Hello to all of my friends
Today, I was looking at a Bible that was presented to Rita’s grandmother, Sudie Bullard Carter. (I hope that you enjoy the photos)
There are several stories here.
In explanation to the younger readers, there used to be “Woman’s Clubs” in Paulding County. Woman’s clubs worked for the benefit of our communities in Paulding County. Those clubs sponsored many community improvements. Those clubs, also, recognized the efforts of members of the community who contributed to the goodness and progress of the community.
Rita’s grandmother (“Miss Sudie”, as she was known to her students) was a life-long teacher in Paulding County.
To me, her life, and her contributions should be remembered, and her “story” should be told.
Miss Sudie was the mother of three small children when her husband died in 1920. She was left a widow. At that time there was no “welfare” or government benefits. She was the youngest child of a family of fifteen. Therefore, she had no one to help. She was left, only, with a family farm, that she inherited from her late husband.
What was she to do? What could she do to keep her young family together, and to provide for three little children?
What she did was, in my opinion, remarkable. She used her intellect, and her ambition, and her drive, and her determination.
She had no one to “work” the farm. So, she mortgaged the farm, and she financed her own education, with the intention of becoming a teacher, and to provide a way to take care of her family, and to give her children a good upbringing.
She earned a teaching certificate and spent the rest of her life teaching the children of Paulding County. She taught in small schoolhouses all over the county, living “pillar to post,” renting rooms near the rural schools where she taught.
I have been told, by more than one person, that Miss Sudie was the cause of their advancement in school, and in their education. One of those persons, became a teacher, herself, and spent a lifetime teaching the students of Paulding County.
Later, Miss Sudie donated land to Paulding County for the construction of a school.
Miss Sudie, also, encouraged “education” for her own children. her daughter (Rita’s mother, Maureen Carter McTyre) also became a lifetime teacher, from the age of seventeen.
The story goes on from there. Rita has been a lifetime teacher, and has placed high value upon education (earning BBA in accounting, M.Ed, S.Ed, and Doctor of Education). Our daughter is now a fourth-generation teacher in Paulding County.
Miss Sudie lives on in the lives of all of those students.
In 1955, the Woman’s Club of Burnt Hickory awarded the Bible in the photo to Miss Sudie, in recognition of her service.
It is my hope that the Woman’s Club can continue their good work in Paulding County, and that these organizations can be recognized, by our community, for the good work that they do.
It is, also, my belief that the next school that is constructed in Paulding County can be dedicated to and named for Miss Sudie carter, in recognition of a lifetime of dedication to the betterment of the community and its children.
The story goes on from here. Miss Sudie’s lifetime of dedication goes on like ripples in a pond.
My very best regards to all of my friends.
Respectfully, Freddy Henderson