United States, Georgia, Polk County, Rockmart, 34.0026, -85.04161Seibert, David, 1941-20201996/2014Location: U.S. 278 Bus in Van Wert at eastern city limit of RockmartText of marker: "OLD VAN WERT POLK COUNTY. County seat of Paulding when that county was created in 1832; inc. 1838. Named for Isaac Van Wert & John Paulding, two of the captors of Major Andre. Polk County was organized in 1851 from parts of Floyd and Paulding; this placed Van Wert in Polk Co.; Dallas became the county seat of Paulding -- Cedartown, that of Polk. May 25, 1864. Davis, (2d) div., 14th A.C. (USA), having camped the night before at Peek's Spring, 4.5 mi. N., turned E. here and marched to Dallas in Paulding County. 115-5 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1976"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--Polk CountyCounties--Georgia--Polk CountyCounties--Georgia--Paulding CountyUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--CampaignsOld Van Wert-Polk County historical markerStillImage