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Barnsley Gardens
Barnsley Resort is situated on the grounds of a historic former manor house near Adairsville, Georgia, United States. Originally known as Woodlands (later known as Barnsley Gardens), the estate was established by Godfrey Barnsley, originally of Liverpool, England. He built the Italianate architecture, Italianate manor in the late 1840s. History Origin: Barnsley acquired the land from the state of Georgia after acquiring it from the Cherokee nation. The land was then divided into 160-acre plots. The original manor at Barnsley Resort was built for Godfrey's wife Julia. Before it was completed, Julia fell ill and died, and Barnsley suspended its construction. Later, he said he felt her presence at the site telling him to finish the house for him and his children. The Plantation house in the Southern United States, mansion was built in the style of an Italian villa by the landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing. Barnsley lost his fortune during the Civil War and later moved to ...
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Bartow County, Georgia
Bartow County is located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,901, up from 100,157 in 2010. The county seat is Cartersville. Traditionally considered part of northwest Georgia, Bartow County is now included in the Atlanta metropolitan area, mainly in the southeastern part near Cartersville, which has become an exurb more than from downtown Atlanta on I-75. It has a sole commissioner government, and is the largest county by population of the few remaining in Georgia with a sole commissioner. History Bartow County was created from the Cherokee lands of the Cherokee County territory on December 3, 1832, and named Cass County, after General Lewis Cass (1782–1866), Secretary of War under President Andrew Jackson, Minister to France and Secretary of State under President James Buchanan,http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf who was instrumental in the removal of Native Americans from the area. However, the county w ...
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