Barnsley's

Barnsley's is a Georgia historical marker in Bartow County, dedicated 1985.

On Barnsley Station Road, west of Hall Station Road in Kingston.

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A unique, ante-bellum plantation, established by Godfrey Barnsley in the 1850's. Maj. Gen. J. B. McPherson's H'dq'rs. [USA], May 18, 1864. K. Garrard's cav. [USA], via Hermitage, arrived at noon. A detachment (Minty's brigade) sent S. toward Kingston was driven back by Ferguson's cav. [CSA]. During the fighting near the house, Col. R. G. Earle, 2d Ala. cav. [CSA], was killed. McPherson, and Logan's 15th A.C., arrived at evening ~ Harrow's 4th div. camping on the plantation. Midnight, Dodge's and the 16th A.C. [USA], camped in vicinity. These troops moved S. on 19th and camped on the Woolley plantation 2 mi. W. of Kingston

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1842 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1845 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1896 · Cartersville, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1845, covering the location of Barnsley's, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1845, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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