I am wondering if the area might be close to the Alabama border southwest of
Rome, GA- which is also west of Cartersville. I don't think Cartersville was
named for whoever named Carter's Landing, because from what I read of the
history the person Cartersville was named for never actually lived in the
town. I don't think the area was near Altoona lake, but believe it was
either south or southwest of Rome. If you look at a Google map of Rome and
follow the winding river, you will see it heads right for Alabama. It's hard
to measure miles on the route of a river, but I am almost certain it had to
be somewhere along there between Rome and the state border (unless I'm
following the wrong river!).
The search I did at Google was this: "Carter's Landing" GA
And here are the two book results I looked at:
http://books.google.com/books?id=eSowAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA168&lpg=RA...
http://books.google.com/books?id=32coAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA186&lpg=PA186&...
So could this narrow the possibilities to Floyd or Bartow counties? Might
there be any old maps in a digital map collection that could have this area
pointed out?
Hope this helps.
Belinda
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Linda Blum-Barton <lblumb(a)gmail.com>wrote:
Belinda,
Do you remember any dates associated with these references or the dates of
the books? That might help when looking at boundary changes, etc. to nail
this down.
The U of GA place name lists has several Carters locations but none
specificially Carters Landing.
I have been researching ferry locations in GA and I would think this name
might have come from a ferry so I will search through those files to see if
I can find it.
Linda B.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Belinda Slocumb" <b.slocumb(a)gmail.com>
To: <gagen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [GAGEN] Carter's Landing...
> An old book that shows up in Google Books mentions a Carter's Landing-
> here
> is what it says:
>
> "The Oostenaula and it's tributary, the Coosawattee, are navigable the
> year
> round for light draft boats from Rome, Georgia, at the junction of the
> Oostenaula and Etowah, to Carter's Landing, Georgia, on the Coosawattee,
a
> distance of 105 miles. There would be a continuous water route of
> transportation from Carter's Landing, Georgia, to Mobile, Alabama, were
it
> not for the shoals and rapids on the Coosa River distributed over a
> distance
> of 137 miles in Alabama between Greensport and Wetumpka."
>
> Another book about Georgia mentions this:
> "The Coosawattee river heads in Gilmer county, and flows southwesterly to
> Resaca. For forty-five miles above its mouth to Carter's Landing, the
> river
> is navigable during six months in the year. At Carter's Landing there is
a
> fall of nine feet, and the power is used by a grist-mill, a saw-mill, a
> tannery and cotton gin. There is a large surplus power here."
>
> I hop this helps pin it down, and that there isn't another Carter's
> landing
> to confuse things.
>
> Belinda Slocumb
> Webster, Stewart, Terrell
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:05 AM, <erober(a)bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> There is a Carters Bright Landing in Appling Co. according to Google.
>>
>> Liz Robertson
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Earl Scott Chambers
>> To: gagen(a)rootsweb.com
>> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 6:31 AM
>> Subject: Re: [GAGEN] Carter's Landing...
>>
>>
>> I suggest we look at the census and see where he was and then we would
>> be
>> able to determine what county this Carter's Landing maybe in.
>>
>> Earl
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gagen-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:gagen-bounces@rootsweb.com]
On
>> Behalf Of Barbara Ann
>> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 12:31 PM
>> To: gagen(a)rootsweb.com
>> Subject: [GAGEN] Carter's Landing...
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> This is Barbara, coordinator of Fannin County and co-coordinator of
>> Union
>> and Murray Counties...
>>
>> A fellow CC in Texas needs to list the county where a person died. The
>> name
>> of the town--perhaps now extinct--is Carter's Landing...
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what Georgia county that location was in?
>>
>> Thank you...
>>
>> Barbara
>> seawolf(a)selfroots.com
>>
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