George Michael Troup was born September 8, 1780 and died April 26, 1856. During Troup's tenure as Governor of Georgia (1823-1827), Troup County was created on December 16, 1826. Boundaries of original Troup County extended from the Flint River on . . . — — Map (db m11684) HM
Near this spot is the trailhead to Driskill Mountain, Louisiana's highest point and the Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church and Cemetery. James Christopher Driskill, the mountain's namesake. was born in Hancock County, Georgia, on June 27, 1817. On . . . — — Map (db m234596) HM
Born a slave, Horace King became a master builder who constructed covered bridges over every large river between western Georgia and eastern Mississippi. King gained his freedom in 1846 through the Alabama legislature with the aid of his master, . . . — — Map (db m103136) HM
As the focal point of Athens schools and athletics, Bruce Field has served the community since 1922. Bruce Academy, a leading educational institution at the turn of the 20th century, was established in 1898. Both the school and sports field on the . . . — — Map (db m247190) HM
Troup Factory, first cotton mill in Troup County, Georgia, was established in 1846 on Flat Shoals Creek by Robertson, Leslie & Co., of Meriwether County. Water powered carding, spinning and weaving, in a massive four-storied mill, produced famed . . . — — Map (db m11682) HM
Within these walls are buried Captain Troup, British Naval officer, and his wife, Catherine McIntosh Troup. They were the parents of George M. Troup, Governor
Georgia 1823-1827; U.S. Senator 1829-1833. It was on this plantation that Georgia M. . . . — — Map (db m11518) HM
The Georgia State Legislature established Troup County and four other counties in West Georgia in 1826. After choosing a location near the geographic center of the county, local leaders named the new county seat after Chateau de Lagrange the French . . . — — Map (db m235578) HM
Benjamin Harvey Hill, one of the first to proclaim the New South industrial rather than agricultural, was born at Hillsborough, Jasper County, Sept. 14, 1823. Reared on a farm at Long Lane, Troup County, graduated with first honors at the . . . — — Map (db m37158) HM
Constructed from hand-hewn
longleaf pine logs. Built around
1830 during the settlement of
Troup County, Georgia. Moved
to its present location in 1959. — — Map (db m107904) HM
Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to . . . — — Map (db m103140) HM
The Mulberry Street cemetery complex served the people of LaGrange and the South between 1863 and at least the 1930s. The oldest section is the Stonewall Jackson Confederate Cemetery where soldiers from all thirteen Southern states are buried. The . . . — — Map (db m103142) HM
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