Bartow County, Georgia Genealogy

United States

Georgia

Bartow County

Guide to Bartow County, Georgia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Facts County seat: Cartersville Organized: December 3, 1832 Parent County(s): Cherokee Neighboring Counties Cherokee  • Cobb  • Floyd  • Gordon  • Paulding  • Pickens  • Polk See County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption This page is available for adoption

County Information

Description

The County was named for Francis S. Bartow and is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse

Bartow County Courthouse
135 W Cherokee Ave
PO Box 543
Cartersville, GA 30120-0543
Phone: 770-387-5030
Bartow County Website

Probate Court has birth, marriage and probate records.
Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1862, court records from 1869, land records from 1837 and military discharge records.

Bartow County, Georgia Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1919	1836	1919	1869	1937	1837	1820
Statewide registration of births and death began in 1919. General compliance for births by 1928 and deaths by 1922.

Record Loss

1864 During the American Civil War the Cass County (now Bartow County) Courthouse was destroyed on 30 October. Many records were saved, including marriages, deeds, and estate papers. For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see: Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill. Online at: Family History Circle. When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle. Online at: Tennessee Genealogy Blog. Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.

Boundary Changes

1832 Originally named Cass County, Bartow County was created 3 December 1832 from Cherokee County territory. County seat: Cartersville For animated maps illustrating Georgia county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Georgia County Boundary Maps" (1758-1932) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Cartersville (county seat) Emerson	Adairsville Euharlee	White Kingston
Towns
Taylorsville
Unincorporated communities
Allatoona Atco Bolivar Cassville	Corbin Folsom Funkhouser Halls	Rowland Springs Rydal Stilesboro
Ghost towns
Cement Ford	Ligon

Resources

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Bartow, Georgia online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Findagrave.com GAGenWeb GAGenWeb Archives Tombstone Project Billion Graves
TombstoneTranscriptions in Print (Often more complete)	Family History Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Findagrave.com Billion Graves Bartow County Cemeteries Georgia Cemetery Records
See Georgia Cemeteries for more information

The following web site may have additional information on Bartow County cemeteries.

• Interment.net Georgia cemetery records

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Georgia denominations, see the Georgia Church Records wiki page.

Methodist
Cassville Methodist Church

• 1887-1916 Cassville Methodist Church Baptism Index 1887-1916. Batch C712071 at FamilySearch
• 1892-1894 Cassville Methodist Church Marriage Index 1892-1894. Batch M712071 at FamilySearch

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Georgia Land and Property for additional information about early Georgia land grants from the government. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions (generally buying and selling deeds) were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Bartow County, Georgia Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Georgia Local Histories.

• Cunyus, Lucy Josephine. The History of Bartow County: Formerly Cass. Cartersville, Ga.: Printed by Tribune Pub. Co., c1933. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Maps and Gazetteers

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)

Military Records

• Bartow County, Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project
• Cass County, Georgia Cass County Military USGenWeb Archives Project

Civil War

Online Records

• 1861-1865 Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
• 1861-1865 Georgia Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
• 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
• 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry— index (free)
• 1867-1868 Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868 at FamilySearch — index
• 1879-1920 Georgia, Confederate Pension Rolls, 1879-1920 at FamilySearch — index

Regiments. Service men in Bartow County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Bartow County:

- 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), 1st and 2nd Companies E

- 14th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company K

- 18th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies F, G, H and K

- 19th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company K

- 22nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company G

- 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company A

- 36th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Broyles') (Confederate), Company D

- 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies B and H

- 41st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company C

- 54th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

- 60th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies H and K

- 63rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company I

• Bartow County Genealogical Society (Ga.). 1995. Bartow County, Georgia heritage book. Cartersville, Ga: The Society. (page 12 - 8th Battalion Companies A and B from Bartow, Gordon, and Floyd counties) FHL Collection Other Libraries
• Confederate roster 1861-1865, of Bartow Co., Ga. at Family History Library.
• Civil War and Reconstruction Era, Cass/Bartow County, Georgia. The Civil War was a watershed moment in the lives of Cass/Bartow Countians. This work explores the impact of the Civil War on the community.

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battles were fought in Bartow County.

• May 17, 1864 Adairsville
• October 5, 1864 Allatoona
• Map showing Civil War battles in Georgia.

World War I

• 1920-1929 Georgia, World War I, Statement of Service Cards, 1920-1929 at FamilySearch — index and images

Other Records

Voting Records

• 1867-1868 Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868 at FamilySearch — index

Probate Records

Colonial courts kept some early probate records.  From 1777 to 1798 and since 1852, the court of ordinary or register of probates has kept probate and guardianship records.  The inferior court handled probate and guardianship matters from 1798 to 1852.

Many probate records to the 1930s and 1940s are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History and the Family History Library on microfilm.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (not all years).

Online Probate Records

• 1742-1990 Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1742-1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
• 1836-1856 Images of Bartow County, Georgia Wills at Georgia Pioneers ($)
• 1836-1885 Index to Bartow County, Georgia Will Book A at Georgia Pioneers ($)
• 1836-1922 Bartow County Georgia list of will book testators SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills.
• 1853-1856 Index to Bartow County, Georgia Annual Returns, Guardians, Executors, Administrators Book H at Georgia Pioneers ($)
• 1853-1866 Index to Bartow County, Georgia Inventories, Appraisements, Distributions, Sale Bills Vol. A at Georgia Pioneers ($)
• 1856-1862 Index to Bartow County, Georgia Annual Returns, Guardians, Executors, Administrators Book I at Georgia Pioneers ($)
• 1860-1863 Index to Bartow County, Georgia Annual Returns, Guardians, Executors, Administrators Book K at Georgia Pioneers ($)
• 1866-1895 Index to Bartow County, Georgia Inventories, Appraisements, Distributions, Sale Bills, Vol. B at Georgia Pioneers ($)
• 1867-1870 Index to Bartow County, Georgia Annual Returns, Guardians, Executors, Administrators Book M at Georgia Pioneers ($)
• 1885-1922 Index to Bartow County, Georgia Will Book A at Georgia Pioneers ($)

Tax Records

Taxes were levied on free white males over 21 and all slaves up to age 60. These persons are referred to as "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a county generally list the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records for each county are divided by militia district.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Georgia State Department of Health , the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred or order electronically online.

For some online statewide indexes, see the FamilySearch Historical Record Collections for Georgia.

Birth

• 1870-1960 Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images

Marriage

• 1560-1993 Georgia, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index ($)
• 1699-1944 Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 at Ancestry — index $
• 1754-1960 Georgia Church Marriages, 1754-1960 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1785-1950 Georgia County Marriages 1785-1950 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1787-1962 Georgia, Church Marriages, 1787-1962 at FamilySearch — index
• 1808-1967 Georgia Marriages 1808-1967 at FamilySearch — index
• 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
• 1836-1869 Bartow County Marriage Books B thru E Index 1836-1869. Batch M712061 at FamilySearch
• 1869-1882 Bartow County Marriage Books F and G Index 1869-1882. Batch M712062 at FamilySearch
• 1882-1889 Bartow County Marriage Book H Index 1882-1889. Batch M712063 at FamilySearch
• 1889-1895 Bartow County Marriage Books I and J Index 1889-1895. Batch M712064 at FamilySearch

Death

• 1870-1960 Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images
• 1914-1927 Georgia Deaths 1914-1927 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1919-1998 Georgia Deaths 1919-1998 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1928-1942 Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1933-1998 Georgia Death Index 1933-1998 at FamilySearch — index

Research Facilities

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes.

• For current information about a center near you, go to the Family History Center Map

• Cartersville Georgia Family History Center

Libraries

• Bartow County Genealogical Society and Family Research Library
  101 N. Erwin St.
  Cartersville, GA 30120
  Phone: 770-606-0706
  Website

Societies

• Bartow County Genealogical Society
  P.O. Box 993
  Cartersville, GA 30120-0993
  Website
• Etowah Valley Family Tree Climbers (Bartow County)
  P.O. Box 1886
  Cartersville, GA 30120
  

Websites

• Bartow County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
• Georgia Genealogy Network Community on Google+
• Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
• USGenWeb Bartow County, Georgia project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
• GAGenWeb Archives
• Bartow County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• FamilySearch Catalog - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records