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Cass County was renamed for Francis S. Bartow, the Savannah lawyer and congressman who, as colonel of the 8th Georgia, was killed leading a charge at First Manassas in July 1861, becoming the first prominent Georgia officer to die in the war.
Francis S. Bartow is a historical marker in Cartersville, Bartow County. It is one of 139 historical markers documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.1656, -84.7957 near Cartersville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Warren Akin, Sr. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Chief Justice Robert Benham, Amos T. Akerman, and Farish Carter.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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