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Welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Troup County, Georgia.
Our goal at Genealogy Trails is to help you track your ancestors
through time and place by transcribing genealogical and historical data
and placing it online for the free use of all researchers.
This is a
continuation of our original Illinois Genealogy Trails History and
Genealogy Project and we are excited about this opportunity to expand
into other states. We welcome your feedback and comments, and of
course, your data contributions. If you have data that you would like
to have posted on this website, please contact Kim
Data Contributions are welcomed and remain the property of the
contributor.
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Troup County History
County History: On Feb. 12, 1825, a group of Creek Indians led by
William McIntosh signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, in which they
ceded all of their remaining lands in present-day Georgia.
Subsequently, in an act of June 9, 1825 the General Assembly provided
that the land ceded by the treaty be divided into five numbered
sections, surveyed into districts and land lots, and distributed by
land lottery. On Dec. 14, 1826, the legislature redesignated the five
land sections as the counties of Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta, and
Carroll and provided for their organization
Despite the fact that the five counties were not named until Dec. 14,
1826, the date their respective boundaries were established -- June 9,
1825 -- is generally accepted as the date of their creation. Because
the five counties were provided for in the same act, their order of
creation is based on the order they were mentioned in the act -- Lee,
Muscogee, Troup, Coweta, and Carroll. Thus, Lee was Georgia's 61st
county, while Troup was 63rd. Troup County was named for George M.
Troup, who was governor of Georgia at the time of the county's creation.
On Dec. 14, 1827, the legislature formed Meriwether County from the
eastern half of Troup County and Harris County from portions of
southern Troup County.
[Source: Carl Vinson Institute of Government]
Troup County Courthouse, Early 1900's
Built in 1904 and burned in 1936
Postcard courtesy of Gary Doster
Major
Towns Cannonville --
Gabbettville -- Louise -- Trimble -- Harrisonville -- Hogansville --
Wares Crossroads --
Mountville -- West Point
County Seat:
LaGrange
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