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researched and written by Dr. Pam Wilson, Reinhardt University and Cartersville Downtown Development Authority History Task Force NOTE: More than 6000 historical African American profiles from Cartersville and Bartow County have been added to the Geni family tree database, but I've only tagged heads of family or notable family members (see list below) as part of this project. Many, many other n...
Official Website Bartow County is located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,901. The county seat is Cartersville. Traditionally considered part of northwest Georgia, Bartow County is now included in the Atlanta metropolitan area, mainly in the southeastern part near Cartersville, which has become an exurb more than 40 miles fro...
Providence Cemetery, Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA
The Battle of Allatoona, also known as the Battle of Allatoona Pass , was fought October 5, 1864, in Bartow County, Georgia , and was the first major engagement of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War . A Confederate division under Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French attacked a Union garrison under Brig. Gen. John M. Corse , but was unable to dislodge it from its fortified position ...
Battle of Adairsville, Battle of Cassville, May 17, 1864: The Battle of Adairsville was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on May 17, 1864, just northeast of Rome, Georgia. The brief engagement was a Confederate delaying action that allowed General Joseph E. Johnston to bait a trap for the Union army at Cassville. Wikipedia
The cemetery, also known as Cartersville Cemetery , is located on 165 Old Tennessee Road NE, Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia. Find a Grave
Wikipedia =Great Locomotive Chase=The Great Locomotive Chase or Andrews' Raid was a military raid that occurred April 12, 1862, in northern Georgia during the American Civil War. Volunteers from the Union Army, led by civilian scout James J. Andrews, commandeered a train and took it northward toward Chattanooga, Tennessee, doing as much damage as possible to the vital Western and Atlantic Railr...