This late Federal Style home has seven rooms on two levels and comfortably housed the Allens, a family of four. It was originally located near the town of Kingston, a railroad boom town in the northwest part of the state. The upper level and the . . . — — Map (db m208334) HM
(Top side)
At this location in 1937 a group of fifty farmers from surrounding counties
met to establish what is now known as the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation and began to shape the future of Georgia's number one . . . — — Map (db m273727) HM
Lawyer; Justice, Georgia Court of Appeals; Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia.
Born September 25, 1946. First African American Lawyer to practice law in Cartersville, Bartow County: and to serve as President of Bartow County Bar Association. . . . — — Map (db m190660) HM
Lawyer, politician, businessman. Born Hancock County, Georgia, April 20, 1800. Died Bartow County, Georgia, March 17, 1885. Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Major in U.S. Army during Seminole Wars in 1836. State legislator from Putnam County, . . . — — Map (db m190662) HM
Legislator, Georgia Governor.
Born February 16, 1936, Atco, Bartow County, Georgia. Elected member of Georgia House of Representatives from several counties, including Bartow County for 18 years, serving as Chairman of the Appropriations . . . — — Map (db m190667) HM
Author. Born Elbert County, Georgia, May 17, 1869; died Atlanta, Georgia, February 7, 1935; buried at "In the Valley", Bartow County, Georgia.
Wrote 28 novels, including "Circuit Rider's Wife," upon which the move "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain" . . . — — Map (db m190666) HM
Lawyer, legislator, soldier. Born Savannah, Georgia, September 6, 1816; died Manassas Battlefield, Virginia, July 21, 1861; buried Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.
Served two terms in State Legislature and one term in State Senate, from . . . — — Map (db m190659) HM
Dedicated in 2007, the Kingston Veterans Monument, vision in 1999 by Mrs. Nellie Margaret Harris Applin, stands in honor of the lives of four hundred brave men and women whom served their country with valor, honor and dignity. This memorial resulted . . . — — Map (db m110317) HM
Initiated in Cartersville Lodge No. 63 on June 2, 1891, passed on June 30, & raised on
Aug. 4, 1891. Was W.M. 1893, 1894, 1899 & 1901. Jr. Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of GA in 1897 & 1898. Judge of Cartersville City Court, President of City . . . — — Map (db m53015) HM
On this historic site a Baptist Church was established on September 5, 1891, by a group of courageous Mount Pleasant Community citizens. The Church was named Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. The present Church which was built in 1948 stands across the . . . — — Map (db m171193) HM
Pine Log Town, located on Pine Log Creek in the flat fields slightly over a half mile east of Oak Hill Church north of GA 140, (in Pine Log, Georgia), extended almost a mile along the creek. The lots were 293, 294, 295,296, 317, 318, 284,and 283, in . . . — — Map (db m13190) HM
Honoring our Heritage
Bartow County, home to Red Top Mountain State Park, has long been known for its wealth of iron ore and other minerals with the greatest number of mineral deposits in the state of Georgia. During the . . . — — Map (db m256411) HM
Pathways to Freedom: A Story in Every Stitch, by sculptor, Przemyslaw Kordys, was commissioned by the African American Quilt Documentation Project of Bartow County and donated to the City of Cartersville in an unveiling ceremony on May . . . — — Map (db m273626) HM
250´ west of this marker stands, Historic Pine Log Methodist Church, Cemetery, tabernacle, and Camp Grounds, established in 1834. The oldest Church in continuous use in Cass/Bartow County. This Church area is on the national Register for Historic . . . — — Map (db m273635) HM
In 1900, while Georgia was struggling to organize a system of schools, Taylorsville citizens founded the first free high school in Bartow County. Leaders included W. D. Trippe, Sr.; W. M Dorsey; W. P Harris, Sr.; W. m Trippe; E. O. Davis; L. W. . . . — — Map (db m70985) HM
Asa G. Candler, founder of the Coca-Cola Company, moved from Carroll County, Georgia to Cartersville and served as an apprentice to learn the apothecary profession. He studied under Dr. John Best and Dr. William Kirkpatrick between 1870 and 1873 on . . . — — Map (db m190704) HM
Historic Pine Log Methodist Church, Cemetery, Tabernacle, and Camp Grounds, established in 1834. The oldest Church in continuous use in Cass/Bartow County. This Church area is on the National Register for Historic District.
This sign erected . . . — — Map (db m273633) HM
This memorial is dedicated to
the remarkable life of
Melvinia “Mattie” Shields McGruder.
She was born a slave in
South Carolina in 1844.
At age 6 she was brought to
the nearby Shields farm
in what is now
Rex, Clayton County, . . . — — Map (db m227406) HM
(Southeast side)
Our Soldiers
(Southwest side)
CSA
Erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy
In honor of the men, of Bartow County who served in the army of the Confederate States of . . . — — Map (db m273859) WM
(Southwest side)
This shaft of remembrance is a gift from his wife to those he served so long and loved so well
(Southeast side)
William Harrell Felton
Born in Oglethorpe Co. Ga.
June 19,1823,
Died in Cartersville,
Sept. 24, . . . — — Map (db m273735) HM
The Federal defense at Allatoona included a military
service road that crossed the Tennessee Wagon
Road-noted by a star on the map. The Military Service
Road connected the fortified positions of the Eastern
Redoubt to the headquarters of the 4th . . . — — Map (db m142956) HM
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By Don Radebaugh - Downtown Sylvania, Ohio is all of two blocks. Blink twice and you might miss it; but if . . . — — Map (db m293057) HM
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