Bartow County, GA Genealogy and History

Extract from the census of 1850 from, White's "Historical Collections of Georgia":
"Dwellings, 1,712,
families, 1,750;
white males, 5,333;
white females, 4,938:
free colored males, 11;
free colored females, 10;
Total free population,
10,292; slaves,
3,008; farms,
601; manufacturing establishments,
8; value of real estate, $1,773,689;
value of personal estate, $1,942,121."

In The Cassville Standard of September, 1852, is a complete census of the county as follows:

	Militia Districts	Heads of Families	No. of Persons	Free White Persons	Free Persons of Color	Slaves	Lunatics	White males age 6-16	White females age 6-16
Cartersville	822nd	268	2487	1146	2	1039	2	201	227
Cassville	828th	212	1794	1178	1	6151	11	183	152
Sixth	936th	1111	7371	621	2	114	31	96	73
Adairsville	856th	233	15651	1326l	0	239	2	219	178
Kingston	952nd	144	1169	876	9	281	1	1311	133
Euharlee	851st	2791	2228	1649	2	577	I 7	261	196
Allatoona	819th	145	873	320	0	53	3	120	115
Stamp Creek	963rd	148	959	797	0	162	2	125	112
Pine Log	827th	120	944	665	1	278	0	99	100
Wolf Pen	1041st	159	808	765	1	42	2	152	114
TOTAL,		1819	113564	9343	18	3400	23	1587	1402

The wealth of the county is seen on the tax receiver's book for 1857:
261,600 acres of land, valued at_______________$2,687,079.00
City and town property, valued at________________226,918.00
4,040 slaves, valued at_____________________ 2,369,918.00
Money and solvent debts___________________1,203,178.00
Merchandise, valued at_____________________ 151,313.00
Capital employed in Banks___________________154,585.85
Capital invested in stock, manufacturing,etc________ 171,700.00
Household and kitchen furniture, valued at 30,530.00
All other property not before enumerated,
valued at__________ 467,298.00
Grand Total $7,460,028.85

The official census of Bartow in 1880 was 18,690.
The following is a more complete census of 1880:

Citizens
Allatoona _________________ 778
Cartersville district_________ 5,650
(Town of Cartersville)______ 2,037
Pine Log__________________ 1,120
Euharlee district___________ 3,425
(Town of Euharlee)_________ 24
Cassville district___________ 1,943
Town of Taylorsville________ 95
Adairsville district______________1,559
(Town of Adairsville)_______ 391
Little Prairie_______________ 884
Kingston district___________ 1,908
(Town of Kingston)_________ 483
Stamp Creek_______________ 522
Wolf Pen_________________ 901

Whites, 12,419; colored, 6,271.

Foreigners: 6 British-Americans;
8 English-Welchmen;
14 Irishmen;
7 Scotchmen;
13 Germans;
1 Frenchman;
2 Swedes.

Of the natives: 1,907 born in South Carolina;
575 born in North Carolina;
355 born in Alabama;
266 born in Virginia;
378 born in Tennessee.

Bartow had 63 manufacturing establishments with a capital of $400,780,
employing 285 males,
25 females,
27 children;
a pay roll of $57,872; 25
breweries and malsters were listed, the smallest number in any occupation in the State.

Source: The history of Bartow County : formerly Cass. Cartersville, Ga.: Cunyus, Lucy Josephine Printed by Tribune Pub. Co., c 1933.

Census	Population
1840	9,390
1850	13,300
1860	15,724
1870	16,566
1880	18,690
1890	20,616
1900	20,823
1910	25,388
1920	24,527
1930	25,364