Bartow County Parker, Chantal Bartow County (Ga.) Counties--Georgia Encyclopedia article about Bartow County, Georgia. Bartow County was formed from Cherokee County on December 3, 1832. It was originally called Cass County for General Lewis Cass, secretary of war under U.S. president Andrew Jackson and the man most responsible for the removal of the Cherokee Indians from northwest Georgia. Cass sided with abolitionists during the Civil War (1861-65), however, and in 1861 the county was renamed in honor of the first Georgia officer to fall on the field at Manassas, Virginia, Colonel Francis S. Bartow. [Athens, Ga.] : Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) Georgia Humanities Council University of Georgia. Press Merrill-Hall New Media GALILEO (Georgia statewide project) 2004-07-20 Articles http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2293 Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia. If you wish to use content from the NGE site for commercial use, publication, or any purpose other than fair use as defined by law, you must request and receive written permission from the NGE. Such requests may be directed to: Permissions/NGE, University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Drive, Athens, GA 30602. Cite as: "Bartow County," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.