Cass County was one of ten "original" counties created to govern Cherokee Georgia. The county was named for Lewis Cass, who was Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson in 1832 and strongly supported the right of Georgia to take the Cherokee land.

County seat of Cass government was in Cassville. At one time, Cassville was bigger than Atlanta or Chattanooga and was considered to be a center of higher learning in North Georgia. In addition to a college for men it had one of the most renown female seminaries in the state.

Home to the Etowah River, the county also contained Tumlin Indian Mounds at the confluence of the Etowah River and Pumpkinvine Creek. Today, known as the Etowah Indian Mounds, the three major mounds are part of the Georgia State Park system.

With the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, Lewis Cass began advocating reinforcing the U. S. Forts in the South. Although President James Buchanan refused, Cass alienated the South and the people of Cass County, Georgia with his stand. With the death of Frank Bartow during First Bull Run, the residents had what they needed: a true Georgia hero after which they could name the county. In November, 1861, voters approved the name change in a general election. A month later Cass County was renamed Bartow County.

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