History of Bartow County

About this Item: Pudney & Russell, New York City. Spiral/Comb. Condition: New. No Jacket. Limited Edition Reprint. Early days in Seven Counties of Northwest Georgia are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 50 Page Spiral-bound Booklet reprinted from White's Historical Collections of Georgia, and another hard-to find book: Georgia, a Guide to Its Towns and Countryside, a WPA publication. This booklet is printed one-sided on 60# paper with the print enlarged for easier reading. A vinyl sheet protects the three-color front cover. Past and/or present area communities include: ( Some of these are not named in the booklet. *County Seat) BARTOW (formerly Cass County) -- Adairsville, *Cartersville , Cassville, Emerson, Euharlee, Kingston, Rydal, Taylorsville (part), White; CATOOSA -- Fort Oglethorpe (part), Graysville, *Ringgold (originally in Walker County), Rossville; CHATTOOGA -- Cloudland, Lyerly, Menlo, *Summerville, Trion; DADE -- Rising Fawn, *Trenton, Wildwood; FLOYD -- Armuchee, Cave Spring, Coosa, DeSota, Hillsborough, Lindale, Mount Berry, *Rome, Shannon, Silver Creek; GORDON -- *Calhoun, Fairmount, New Echota, Oakman, Oostenaula, Oothcologa, Plainville, Ranger, Resaca, Siloquoy, Sugar Valley; WALKER -- Chickamauga, Flintstone, Fort Oglethorpe (part), *LaFayette, Lookout Mountain, Rock Spring, Rossville. The excerpt from White's book concerns the development of this area up to its publication date, while excerpts from the WPA book, offer a nostalgic glimpse from a mid-20th Century vantage point, including historical notes, especially as they relate to sightseeing possibilities. Among the many and diverse topics included from the older book are: Early Settlers, Physical Features, Agriculture, Industries, Transportation Systems, 1850 Census Extracts, Instances of Longevity; the Cherokee Alphabet, invented by Sequoia (George Guess); DeSoto's travels in Floyd County; Ancient Mounds and a Saltpetre Cave in Bartow County and Wilson's Cave in Walker County; Old Indian Towns; Where names came from; Deaf and Dumb Asylum in Rome; Battle between Whites and Indians in 1793 near Rome; Cave Spring, Medicinal Springs, Catoosa Springs and others; Bio of William Washington Gordon; First Grand Jurors of Gordon County; a Wild Indian Ballgame, and other interesting bits of history and trivia. Included from the WPA book is a tour following US 41, known as the Dixie Highway, from the Tennessee Line to Allatoona Village. This includes the towns of Ringgold, Tunnel Hill, Dalton (which is in Whitefield County), Resaca, the Oostanaula River, a Statue of Sequoyah, Calhoun, Adairsville, Barnsley Gardens, Cartersville, Friendship Monument (a tribute to "friends and creditors"), Allatoona Dam and Reservoir, Valley View and In The Valley estates, Corra Harris Memorial Chapel (honoring the authoress), Etowah River and Emerson; a tour following US 27 through LaFayette, Trion, Summerville, Berry Schools including Martha Berry School for Girls and Mount Berry School for Boys, the Battey State Hospital, the industrial city of Rome (including action during the War Between the States and Floods, City Clock Tower, the Capitoline Wolf -- a gift from Mussolini, St. Mary's Catholic Church, the Chieftains, Shorter College, Myrtle Hill Cemetery, the Agate Demonstration Project), and Lindale. Seller Inventory # 000013

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About this Item: Mountain Press. Condition: BRAND NEW. BRAND NEW Oversized Softcover - 38 pgs. - The records of this county are taken from two books MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA, and HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF GEORGIA by George White. The combination of the history from one and the biographical sketches from the other make a good short histo A Brand New Quality Book from a Full-Time Veteran-Owned Bookshop in business since 1992!. Seller Inventory # 2382540

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About this Item: Tribune Publishing, Easley. Hardcover. Octavo. VG/no DJ - hardback. Red spine with gold text/title; boards are strong and clean; blue pen writing on the front free end page; binding is strong; fore-edge has foxing and brown moisture exposure staining along the bottom; textblock is stained along the edges for multiple pages. Pp. 403. 1299369. Shelved Rockville Bookstore. Seller Inventory # 1299369

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About this Item: Earth Eyes Travel Guides, 2017. Paperback. Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Publication Year 2017; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book. Seller Inventory # ria9781249237723_lsuk

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About this Item: Southern Historical Press, Incorporated, 2001. Condition: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Seller Inventory # 18969561-6

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About this Item: Southern Historical Press, 2017. Hardcover. Condition: Used: Acceptable. Used acceptable - a sound useful copy - the ffep has been removed and the title page was cut along the bottom end in the process - has a few pages with notes in the margin and between text lines. Seller Inventory # S5E190713003

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About this Item: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2017. Paperback. Condition: GOOD. Has little wear to the cover and pages. Contains some markings such as highlighting and writing. Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with any used book purchases. Seller Inventory # 0893080055_abe_gd

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About this Item: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2017. Paperback. Condition: acceptable. Moderate to heavy notes, marking, highlighting, noticeable wear and tear, worn covers, crease pages. Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with any used book purchases. Seller Inventory # 0893080055_abe_ac

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About this Item: Southern Historical Press. Condition: BRAND NEW. BRAND NEW Softcover - 463pp - Bartow County was formed in 1832 from Cherokee County. This book has 100 sketches of pioneers, lists of officials of Cass County, Biographies of its famous citizens, lists of early churches, Land Grants, Pioneer settlers 1830-1860, Militia and early marriages 1837-1843. A Brand New Quality Book from a Full-Time Veteran Owned Bookshop in business since 1992!. Seller Inventory # 4200298

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About this Item: Georgia Genealogical Reprints, Easley, S.C. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. Octavo. 403pp. A reprint of the 1933 edition circa 1970s. A fine copy in red cloth Inscribed Lucy Cunyus Mulcahy (Bartow County Historian) in 1976 Signed. Seller Inventory # 36134

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About this Item: SOUTHERN HISTORICAL PR INC, 2017. PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # IQ-9780893080051

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About this Item: Southern Historical Press, Inc., United States, 2017. Paperback. Condition: New. Language: English. Brand new Book. By: Lucy Cunyus, Pub. 1933, Reprinted 2017, 463 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-005-5.Bartow County was formed in 1832 from Cherokee County. This book has 100 sketches of pioneers, lists of officials of Cass County, Biographies of its famous citizens, lists of early churches, Land Grants, Pioneer settlers 1830-1860, Militia and early marriages 1837-1843. Seller Inventory # APC9780893080051

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About this Item: [Cartersville, GA]: Tribune Publishing Co., Inc. (printer), 1933., 1933. First edition (not stated). xvi, 344 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Dark brown cloth with muted but still easily legible gilt stamped lettering upon spine and front board, light scuffing at spine ends and at tips of board corners as well as at bottom edge of front board. Some foxing upon edges; strong toning to front and rear free endpapers with lighter toning to adjacent blank flyleaves; text pages remain quite clean. Frontispiece; land grant map; unpaged b/w plates; errata printed at bottom of page 338; Index. Features chapters reviewing Indian occupation, land grants, 19th century pioneer settlers, militia, judiciary, early churches, schools, newspapers, politics, railroads, county topography, agriculture, Etowah Indian Mounds, Civil War, banks, Negroes, etc. A very good copy of an uncommon Georgia county history. The Georgia state legislature created Cass County in December 1832 from lands within the state's northwestern Cherokee County. The county was renamed Bartow County in 1861 in honor of Francis S. Bartow (1816-1861), a Confederate Army brigadier general who was killed at the First Battle of Bull Run. The first county seat was the town of Cassville but, upon its destruction in 1864 during General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, the seat was moved to Cartersville. {RegAm Shelf #1}. Seller Inventory # DHB-20296

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About this Item: Georgia Genealogical Reprints, Easley, South Carolina, 1971. Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Reprint. 8vo. xv, 403 pages. Illustrated. Red cloth hardcover. Signed by author (Lucy Cunyus Mulcahy) Dec. 1971 on the right front flyleaf. Originally published in 1933. Seller Inventory # 10203

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About this Item: Tribune Publishing Company, Bartow County GA, 1933. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Some light edge and corner wear along with some ink smudging on the bottom of the front foredege that minimumly affects tiny parts of some interior pages. Spine edges are lightly scuffed. Square and securely bound. This is a solid, first edition copy of the standard history of Bartow County Georgia. ; B & W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages. Seller Inventory # 7870

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About this Item: SOUTHERN HISTORICAL PR INC, 2017. PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # IQ-9780893080051

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