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United States    Georgia    Bartow County

County Courthouse

  

Bartow County Courthouse
135 W Cherokee Ave; PO Box 543
Cartersville, GA 30120-0543
Phone: 770.387.5030

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^[1]

History

Parent County

1832--Bartow County was created 3 December 1832 from Cherokee County.  County seat:  Cartersville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1860 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research
  
• http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Cherokee
• Cobb
• Floyd
• Gordon
• Paulding
• Pickens
• Polk
  

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battles were fought in Bartow County.

• May 17, 1864 = Adairsville^[3]
• October 5, 1864 = Allatoona^[4]

Map showing Civil War battles in Georgia.

Newspapers

Probate

Wills

• 1836-1922 - Bartow County, Georgia Will Testators Index (Vols. A-B) at SamPubCo - free.
  

• 1836-1856 - Images of Bartow County, Georgia Wills at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1836-1885 - Index to Bartow County, Georgia Will Book A at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1885-1922 - Index to Bartow County, Georgia Will Book A at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

Additional Probate Records

• 1853-1866 - Index to Bartow County, Georgia Inventories, Appraisements, Distributions, Sale Bills Vol. A at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1853-1856 - Index to Bartow County, Georgia Annual Returns, Guardians, Executors, Administrators Book H 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 ($).
  

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

• 1879-80 - Bartow County, Georgia Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).
  

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Cartersville Georgia Family History Center

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Bartow County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Bartow County, Georgia. Page 151 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)
4. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)