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Cassville in Bartow County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Site of Cassville
Named For Lewis Cass
 
Site of Cassville Marker Photo, Click for full size
By David Tibbs, November 17, 2007
1. Site of Cassville Marker
 
Inscription. County seat Cass County 1832-1861. First decision Supreme Court of Georgia, 1846. Name changed to Manassas 1861. Town burned by Sherman 1864 and never rebuilt.
 
Erected 1936 by Works Progress Administration (WPA).
 
Marker series. This marker is included in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects marker series.
 
Location. 34° 14.935′ N, 84° 51.15′ W. Marker is in Cassville, Georgia, in Bartow County. Marker is on Cassville Road NW, on the left when traveling south. Click for map. This monument is located on the old Highway 41 and not on the new one that bypasses the area. This is now Bartow County. Marker is in this post office area: Cassville GA 30123, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Town Of Cassville (here, next to this marker); Confederate Army of Tenn. at Cassville (approx. 0.3 miles away); Site - Cassville Female College (approx. 0.3 miles away); Noble Hill Rosenwald School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Confederate Dead (approx. 0.4 miles away); Grave of Gen. William Tatum Wofford (approx. 0.4 miles away); Confederate Line (approx. 0.7 miles away); Site - Cherokee Baptist College (approx. ¾ mile away). Click for a list of all markers in Cassville.
 
Site of Cassville Marker Photo, Click for full size
By David Tibbs, November 17, 2007
2. Site of Cassville Marker
 

 
Also see . . .
1. History of Cassville. (Submitted on October 11, 2008, by David Tibbs of Resaca, Georgia.)
2. Lewis Cass From Wikipedia. (Submitted on October 11, 2008, by David Tibbs of Resaca, Georgia.)
 
Site of Cassville Marker and the Town of Cassville Marker Photo, Click for full size
By David Seibert, November 9, 2008
3. Site of Cassville Marker and the Town of Cassville Marker
The square where these markers are located was the site of the brick Cass County Courthouse. It is now a park.
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on October 11, 2008, by David Tibbs of Resaca, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,007 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 11, 2008, by David Tibbs of Resaca, Georgia.   3. submitted on November 30, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
 
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