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THE AUTHOR
0 HISTORY of Troup County would be complete without the biography of the author of this book, the man whose brain and pen
have preserved for future generations the traditions and achievements of the
people of this county.
Clifford Lewis Smith, the fifth child of Rufus Wright and Oreon Mann
Smith, was born in Greene County, Georgia, March 25, 1867. He came of
a family of artists and educators. April 2, 1893, he was married to Miss
Pearl Long of Greenwood, Florida, whose genius and culture have been an
inspiration to him. After attending Emory College and Chicago University,
he selected teaching as a profession and taught several years in LaGrange
Female College. When LaGrange established a public school system, he was
elected superintendent of the schools and held the position for fourteen
years. He assisted in completing the plans for Harwell Avenue Grammar
School and the High School buildings. For a number of years he held a
most responsible position with the New England Southern Mills and the
Callaway Mills, rendering valuable service in the research and engineering
departments of those mills.
It is said by those who know that Professor Smith is the most versatile
man in this section of the state. He has no particular hobby, but takes a
delight in solving problems in higher mathematics. Some years ago, he presented a monograph of seventy-five solutions to the Pythagorean Problem t o
the University of Chicago and received a letter of congratulations from the
pedagogical department on the work. H e has mastered chemistry and phys-
"
ics. He is an authority on subjects pertaining to botany and astronomy.
He is a master in mechanics. He is a musician and knows the technique of
music. He speaks French, reads Latin and Greek, and understands some
German, Italian and Spanish.
A distinct honor came to Mr. Smith in 1908. He was one of a number
of American teachers invited by the teachers of Great Britain to visit the
school systems of England, Scotland and Ireland. He made an extended
trip to those countries and on his return wrote a 'report to the American
Civic Federation under whose auspices the visit was made. This report
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relating to these schools and the educational systems was given the title of
"Views and Values." H e has written a number of treatises on different
subjects, the most recent of which is a booklet on the Trees and Birds of
Troup County.
The people of Troup County are fortunate in having the history of the
county written by Professor Smith.
As an evidence of this, a resolution
was introduced by Senator J. R. Terrell, Jr., and passed by the last Georgia
Senate in the session of 1932 commending Professor Smith for his work in
the preparation of the History of Troup County.
Professor Smith is a most pleasing conversationalist.
He possesses a rare
grace and charm of manner.
He is courteous, unpretentious, genial and
efficient. He is loved and respected by all who know him. He is a loyal
friend, a good neighbor, an upright citizen, a Christian gentleman. Such
is the author of the History of Troup County.
J. H. MELSON, Superintendent
Troup Cozcnty Schools.
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INTRODUCTION
N PRESENTING this compilation of the history of Troup County, the
author wishes to acknowledge the generous assistance of many citizens
and of numerous contributors to the local papers, and of the county and
municipal o6cials in searching among the old records.
The information of the early days seems now to be sadly lacking in many
details, and some characters stand out in exaggerated prominence, while the
feats of many modest heroes of the long ago are lost in oblivion.
The
apathy of their descendants and the absence of definite recorded facts have
precluded them from the permanent record.
The very names of many
brilliant actors in the drama and tragedy of the pioneer days excite no
throb of remembrance or interest in the minds and hearts of many of our
modern citizens.
The author wishes especially t o acknowledge the assistance of the following citizens and officials:
Barker, Novatus L., Jr., city clerk of West Point.
Barnes, Mrs. Pearl W., of Abbottsford, for church records.
Boddie, Miss Belle, of Mountville, for numerous contributions.
Bradfield, Mrs. Jennie E., of LaGrange, for Confederate records.
Dickinson, Marvin M., of LaGrange, for assistance in paper files.
Dozier, Rev. W. E., of Loyd Chapel, for church history and records.
Faver, Mrs. Mattie T., of LaGrange, for papers of Judge W. W. Turner.
Griggs, Miss Carrie Lou, of West Point, for clippings and data.
Henderson, Miss Lillian, of Atlanta, for Confederate rosters.
Heyman, Miss Bertha, of West Point, for data and contributions.
Hightower, Charles T., of Hogansville, city clerk.
Hill, Mrs. Annie Bass, of West Point, for data and contributions.
Hudson, Asa C., of LaGrange, for Ferrell Battery data.
Johnson, Mrs. Ola M., of West Point, for papers, records and data.
LaGrange Graphic, for use of files.
LaGrange Reporter, for use of files.
Lanier, Mrs. Ada F., of West Point, for church records.
Loyd, Walter R., of East Vernon, for assistance in investigations.
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McLendon, Mrs. M. F., of LaGrange, for numerous old paper files.
Melson, J. H., of Hogansville, for county school records.
Moon, Mrs. E. T., of LaGrange, for diary and papers of West Point.
Moss, J. H., of LaGrange, city clerk.
O'Neal, V. R., of LaGrange, for numerous papers and investigations.
Oslin, Mrs. Mary P., of West Point, for scrapbook and data.
Park, Mrs. Annie Lizzie, of LaGrange, for papers of Judge J. B. Strong.
Pharr, R. O., of LaGrange, for church records.
Polhill, Mrs. Mary P., of LaGrange, for records of U. D. C. and D. A. R.
Rakestraw, Mrs. Elizabeth D., of LaGrange, for old diary and papers.
Render, L. J., of LaGrange, much interesting data.
Slack, Dr. and Mrs. H. R., of LaGrange, for numerous contributions.
Smediey, D. B., of West Point District, for church records.
Smith, Mrs. Pearl L., of LaGrange, for assistance in editing.
Traylor, G. T., of LaGrange, for assistance in county records.
Traylor, J. E., of LaGrange, for locating the "Burnt Village."
Traylor, Miss Lizzie, of Atlanta, for scrapbook and documents.
Trirnble, W. S., of Chickamauga, for Hogansville data.
Wells, Mrs. Bettie B., of Mountville, for diary and documents.
Whatley, S. H., of Thomaston, for church records.
Young, Mrs. R. M., of LaGrange, for scrapbook and papers.
The contributions referred to above were in the form of manuscript,
verbal information, or clippings of articles published in various newspapers
and magazines.
The author presents this volume with the accompanying wish that the
reader dwell not on its imperfections, nor berate the omissions, but that
he may note the errors and omissions, and carefully preserve such notes
for the use of the compiler of our next county history.
CLIFFORD
L. SMITH, County Historian.
LAGRANGE,
GA.
December 31, 1933.
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TABLE O F CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER
I.
CHAPTER
11.
George Michael Troup
1
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Acqulsltion
3
CHAPTER
111.
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Subdivlslon and Dlstrlbution
CHAPTER
IV.
Boundaries
CHAPTER
V.
.Organization ---.-----_---------_---------------------------38
CHAPTER
VI.
Troup County Courts
9
27
CHAPTER
VII.
. . ..
Munlclpalltles
CHAPTER
VIII.
Troup County Localities
41
47
64
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CHAPTER
IX.
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Troup County Mllrtary ........................................
CHAPTER
X.
Troup County Minerals and Rocks ---------------.-------84
CHAPTER
XI.
Troup County Trees
88
CHAPTER
XII.
Troup County Birds
99
CHAPTER
XIII.
Transportation
CHAPTER
XIV.
Public Utiht~es
CHAPTER
XV.
Troup County Textile Industry ---.-------------------------115
CHAPTER
XVI.
Industrial and Commercial
123
CHAPTER
XVII.
Educational
129
CHAPTER
XVIII.
Literature and Arts
143
CHAPTER
XIX.
Public Bulldlngs ---.-----------.----
149
CHAPTER
XX.
Churches
15 4
CHAPTER
XXI.
Organlzatlons -------.-------_------------------------------------175
CHAPTER
XXII.
Architectural Features
CHAPTER
XXIII.
Customs and Practices ---.---------.------------------------198
CHAPTER
XXIV.
Confederate Roster
CHAPTER
XXV.
World War Soldiers and Sailors -----_------------------------ 237
CHAPTER
XXVI.
Troup County Cemeteries
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CHAPTER
XXVI1. 06cials and Old Citizens
106
112
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67
18 5
205
25 5
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CHAPTER
XXVIII. Statesmen of Georgia
3 06
CHAPTER
XXIX.
3 12
Acts of Legislature
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CHAPTER I. GEORGE MICHAEL TROUP
EORGE M. TROUP, for whom Troup County was named, was the
son of John Troup and Catherine McIntosh, and was born on the
Tombigbee River, then in the territory of Georgia, on September 8, 1780.
His maternal uncle, William McIntosh, married the daughter of an Indian
chief, and their eldest son was William McIntosh, the president of the Creek
Nation.
George M. Troup was graduated from Princeton in 1797. He was a
Georgia congressman from 1807 to 1815, and in 1816 was elected as United
States senator, but resigned in 1818. He was governor of Georgia from
1823 to 1827, and in 1829 was again elected as United States senator.
I t was during his administration as governor that the treaty with the
Creek Nation was negotiated by the United States for the cession of the
territory, of which Troup County forms a part, as it was dated February 12,
1525.
His old home was in Laurens County and was named by the Troup family
"Valdosta," but i t is not the site of the city of that name. He died while
visiting one of his plantations' near Soperton in what was Montgomery, but
now Wheeler County, on April 26, 18 56, and was buried on the Rosemont
plantation, about seven miles from Soperton. His grave is marked by a
substantial monument, erected originally to the memory of his brother, who
had died in 1848. One face of the monument bears this inscription:
"Erected by G. M. Troup, the brother,
and G. M. Troup, Jr., the nephew,
as a tribute to the memory of
R. L. TROUP
who died September 23, 1848
Aged 64 years."
O n the opposite face of the monument is the following inscription:
"GEORGEMICHAEL TROUP
Born September 8, 1780
Died April 26, 1856
No epitaph can tell his worth
The History of Georgia must perpetuate
His virtues and commemorate
His Patriotism
There he teaches us
the argument being exhausted
To Stand by our Arms."
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Governor Troup was a fearless and upright man, uncompromising in his
allegiance to principles, and one of the most earnest advocates of States
Rights in the commonwealth.
It is fitting here to record the address of welcome given by Governor
Troup to LaFayette on the occasion of his visit to Georgia in 1825, which
was delivered on the banks of the Savannah River. It is probable that this
address inspired Col. Julius C. Alford to offer the home of LaFayette as a
name t o LaGrange at the public meeting held for the purpose of selecting
a name for the county town.
"Welcome, LaFayette! 'Tis little more than ninety years since the founder
of this state first set foot upon the bank on which you stand. Today 400,000
people open their arms and their hearts to receive you. Thanks to the kind
Providence which presides over human affairs, you were called to the standard of independence in the helplessness of the American Revolution and you
have been graciously spared that in your last days the glory of an empire
might be reflected upon your countenance amid the acclimations of millions.
"For you the scenes which are to come will be comparatively tranquil;
the waters no longer turbulent but placid. No more dread of dungeons; no
more fear of tyrants for you. Oh, sir, what consolation it must be to one
who has passed through seas of trouble t o know that between you and them
are the countless bayonets which guard the blessings of freedom! Welcome,
General! Friend of Liberty, welcome! Thrice welcome to Georgia!"
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CHAPTER 11. ACQUISITION
T
STATE of Georgia was formerly inhabited by two distinct Indian groups, one of which was the Cherokee Nation, mountaineers
or uplanders as their name signifies in their own language; the other group
was a federation of several tribes, who retained their own tribal names.
Among the latter were found the Coosa, Kasita (Cusseta), Kawita (Coweta),
Alibamu, Yamasi (Yemassee), Shawano (Shawnee), Seminoles and some
other small tribes. This confederation was called by the northern Indians
in the Algonquin tongue: "Muscogi," the English translation of which
name came into common use and was adopted by the confederation as their
official name of "Creeks."
The attitude of the Creeks towards the colonists was friendly and cordial.
In the first treaty of October, 1733, the settlers were invited "to make use
and possess all those lands, which the Nation hath not occasion to use."
Six years later in 1739, there was held at Coweta town, an Indian townnear Cofumbus, a council of Creeks, Cherokees and Chehaws, which confirmed the treaty of 1733 and fixed the bounds of the cession as between
the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers as far north as Little River, which is
north of Augusta. A t the same council the boundary of the Creek Nation
was set forth as "from the St. Johns River westward to Apalachee bay and
northwards to the mountains," and the council recognized these as bounds
of the Creek territory, and the mountains were recognized as Cherokee territory. The next convention was held at Augusta in 1763. It was attended
by the chief executives of four colonies: Governor Dobbs of North Carolina, Governor Boone of South Carolina, Governor Wright of Georgia, Lt.
Governor Fauquier of Virginia, and seven hundred tribesmen representing
all southern tribes. This convention merely confirmed the original cession
of territory.
In 1773, forty years after the first treaty, the Cherokees ceded twenty
miles further north, which cession is the
Wilkes County, and the
Creeks ceded the coast between the Ogeechee and Altamaha rivers. Both
of these cessions were financial transactions. During the War of Independence, in 1778, inasmuch as the Creeks fought with the Tories and English,
the coastal plain was widened by seizure, which marked the beginning of
the end of cordial relations.
The following purchases were made in addition to those mentioned above:
in 1790, the territory between the Ogeechee and Oconee rivers; in 1802
and 1804, from the Oconee to the Ocmulgee River; in 1814, the southern
part of the state as far west as the Chattahoochee River and as far north as
Fort Gaines, Georgia.
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In the eighty years after the first cession in 1733, the Creeks had made
wonderful progress in agriculture and government. Near the towns there
were patches of corn, yams, beans, melons, gourds and tobacco, which were
tended by the squaws and their negro slaves, who were acquired at an early
date in the slave trade. For it must be remembered that the importation
of slaves was prohibited by the Constitution of Georgia, which was adopted
in 1798. The Creek houses, consisting of two or four rooms separated by
an open hallway, were of their own design and later were imitated by the
pioneers. The central hallway was used by the Indians as a council gathering place, but was called by the pioneers the "Dog-Trot." The early roads
were little more than trails or bridal paths, and were usually located across
the crests of hills in order that the distant landmarks might be easily seen.
The capital city of the Creek Nation was Indian Springs (near Flovilla,
Georgia) and the government consisted of representatives from every town
to constitute its assembly or legislature. As early as 1763, there were fifty
towns and the Indian population was as much as forty to fifty thousand,
for the warriors or soldiers numbered 5,860 exclusive of old men, squaws
and children.
The head chief and president of the assembly had built a capitol and a
presidential residence at Indian Springs and the Creek Assembly had conferred on the president the rank of General of the Creek Armies. The
commissioning of colonels, captains and other military oficers followed soon
thereafter. The passing visitor was introduced to Gen. William McIntosh,
President of the Creek Nation, whose home was at McIntosh Reserve in
Carroll County, and whose residence as president was at Indian Springs,
capital of the Creek Nation.
The question of taxation or raising funds for the central government
was a difficult problem for the Creek legislature: the agricultural products
were cultivated on a scale commensurate with the family needs; and the
trade in baskets, pottery, moccasins, fur caps and coats was generally in the
form of barter; hence, there seemed to be no feasible or practical form of
taxation. The Assembly finally concluded that the cession and sale of
territory was the simplest method of securing means for the purchase of
arms and tools for their military and agricultural equipment. These repeated cessions of territory for such equipment were complicated by the
increasing number of tribesmen from year t o year and the constantly decreasing area of hunting grounds. The consequence was an increasing dissatisfaction among the tribesmen with the course of events. The clashes
between the conflicting interests of the pioneers and the Indian trappers
and hunters emphasized the growing dissatisfaction.
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Most of the legislation of the Creek Assembly was of a military character
and the most important issue was a method of equipping the army for
which a large sum was necessary for arms and uniforms. In 1821 an Assembly was called to consider this momentous question, and there followed the
largest sale and cession of territory in the national Creek history. This
sale included the central part of Georgia southeast of the Thronateeska
River, which is now called the Flint. Whiie the desire for money and arms
finally overcame the hesitation to surrender this territory, yet the Assembly
also passed an enactment that no further cessions of territory should be
made except by unanimous consent, pledging their lives as forfeit for the
violation of the edict.
The next cession of territory, which gave the state of Georgia that part
in which Troup County is situated, was made by a council or assembly
summoned to Indian Springs on February 12, 182 5. This transaction was
of little credit to either of contracting parties, for it is easy to read between
the lines the persuasion, bribery and promises of protection on one side and
the treachery and violation of the law on the other. The price paid to the
Creeks for the cession was $400,000.00 in cash, an equivalent area beyond
the Mississippi River, and the expense of moving. The text of treaty follows:
CREEKTREATY
OF 1825. Articles of a Convention entered into and
concluded at Indian Springs, between Duncan G. Campbell and James
Meriwether, commissioners on the part of the United States of America,
duly authorized, and the Chiefs of the Creek Nation in Council assembled.
Whereas the said Commissioners, on the part of the United States of America, have
represented to the said Creek Nation that it is the policy and earnest wish of the general
government, that t h e several Indian tribes within the limits of any of the several states of
the Union should remove to territory to be designated on the west side of the Mississippi
River, as well for the better protection and security of said tribes, and their improvement
in civilization, as f o r the purpose of enabling the United States, in this instance, t o comply
with the compact entered into with the State of Georgia, on the twenty-fourth day of April,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and two; And the said Commissioners having laid
the late Message of the President of the United States, upon this subject, before a General
Council of the said Creek Nation, to the end that their removal might be effected upon
the terms advantageous to both parties; And whereas, the Chiefs of the Creek towns have
assented t o the reasonableness of said proposition and expresses a willingness to emigrate
beyond the Mississippi, those of Tokaubatchee excepted:
These presents therefore witness, that the contracting parties have this day entered into
the following Convention: The Creek Nation cedes to the United States all the lands lying
within the boundaries of the State of Georgia as defined by the compact hereinbefore cited,
now occupied by said Nation, o r t o which said Nation have title or claim; and also all other
lands which they now occupy, o r to which they have title or claim, lying north and west
of a line to be run from the first principal falls upon the Chatauhoochie River above Cowetau town, to Ocfuskee Old Town upon the Tallapoosa, thence to falls of Coosaw River,
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at or near a place called Hickory Ground. The next eight paragraphs merely give the details of the manner of payment and the plans for the final removal t o the selected place
beyond the Mississippi River.
In testimony whereof, the Commissioners aforesaid, and the Chiefs and Headmen of the
Creek Nation have hereunto set their hands and seals, this the twelfth day of February,
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.
(Signed) DUNCANG. CAMPBELL,
JAMES MERIMETHER,
Cominissioners on part o f U. S.
WILLIAM MCINTOSH,
Head Chief o f Cowetaus.
The above document was also signed by the following chiefs and headmen
from the following towns, and a number not designating their town:
COWETAU: Etommee Tustunnuggee; Ahalaco Yoholo.
BIG SHOAL: Halatha Fixico.
NEW YAUCO: Walucco Hajo; Cohausee Ematla; Nineomau Toochee. SAND TOWN in Troup: Konope
Emautla; Chawacala Mico; Foctalustee Emautla. TALLADEGA:
Espokoke Hajo; Alex Lasley; Emautla Hajo; Nincomatochee; Chuhah Hajo. TOWNNOT INDICATED:
Benjamin
Marshall; Foshagee Tustunnuggee; Tomico Holueto; Tomoc Mico; Cowetau Tustunnuggee;
Artus Mico, or Roley McIntosh; Oethlarnata Tustunnuggee; Emau Chuccolocana; Yah T e
KO Hajo; Hoethlepoga Tustunnuggee; Forshatepu Mico; Nocosee Emautla; Abeco Tustunnuggee; Tallassee Hajo, o r John Carr; Chilly McIntosh; Athlan Hajo; Tuskegee Tustunnuggee; Enaha Hajo; Col. %lliam Miller; Charles Miller; Tallassee Hajo; Hepocokee
Emautla; Hijo Hajo; Holahtau, or Col. Blue; Joseph Marshall; Tuskenahah; Coccus Hajo;
Thla T h o Hajo; Samuel Miller; Otulga Emautla.
Executed on the day as above written (February 12, 1825) in the presence of John
Crowell, Agent for Indian Affairs.
(Signed) WILLIAM F. HAY,Secretary.
WILLIAM MERIWETHER.
WILLIAM HAMBLEY,
U. S. Interpreter.
HJTCHATEE:
Josiah Gray; William Kanard; Neha Thluco Hatkee.
INDIANSPRINGSRESERVATION.On February 14, 1825, two days after
the signing of the above cession, the reservation of Indian Springs was bought
and the text of the transfer is given below:
Whereas the foregoing articles of convention have been concluded between the parties
thereto; and Whereas, the Indian Chief, General William McIntosh, claims title t o the
Indian Springs Reservation, upon which there are very extensive buildings and improvements, by virtue of a relinquishment t o said General William McIntosh, signed in full
Council of the Nation: and Whereas the said General William McIntosh hath claim t o another reservation of land on the Ocmulgee River, and by his lessee and tenant is in possession
thereof: Now these presents further witness that the said General William McIntosh, and
also the chiefs of the Creek Nation, in Council assembled, do quitclaim, convey, and cede
t o the United States, the reservation aforesaid, for and in consideration of the sum of
twmty-five thousand dollars, to be paid at the time and in the manner as stipulated for
the first installment provided for in the preceding treaty. Upon the ratification of these
articles, the possession of said reservations shall be considered as passing t o the United
States, and the accruing rents of the present year shall pass also.
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In testimony whereof, the said Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the
said William McIntosh and the Chiefs of the Creek Nation, have hereunto set their hands
and seals, at Indian Springs, this the fourteenth day of February, in the year of O u r Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.
WILLIAM-MCINTOSH.
EOTOMMEETUSTUNNUGCEE.
TUSKEGONTUSTUNNUGCEE.
COL. WILLIAM MILLER.
JOSIAHGRAY.
NEHATHLUCCOHATCHEE.
ALEXANDER
LASLEY.
WILLIAMCANARD.
(Signed) DUNCANG. CAMPBELL,
JAMESMERIWETHER,
U. S. Commissioners.
Witnesses at Execution:
WILLIAM F. HAY, Secretary.
U. S. Intergreter.
WILLIAMHAMBLEY,
QUITCLAIMOF CHIEFS. Three months later in order to have a written
agreement of the oral relinquishment of the above properties on the part of
the Council to General William McIntosh, the following document was executed by the parties thereto as indicated in the document:
Whereas by a stipulation in the treaty of Indian Springs in 1821, there was a reserve of
land made to include the said Indian Springs for the use of General William McIntosh, be
it therefore known t o all to whom it may concern, that we, the undersigned Chiefs and
Headmen of the Creek Nation, do hereby agree to relinquish all the right, title and control
of the Creek Nation to said reserve, unto him the said William McIntosh and his heirs
forever, in as full and ample a manner as we are authorized to do.
(Signed) BIG B. W. WARRIOR.
YOHOLO MICO.
LITTLE PRINCE.
JOHN CROWELL,
Agent for Indian Agairs,
July 25, 1825.
HOPOIHAJO.
TUSKEHENEHAU.
AOKEFUSKAYOHOLA.
Gen. William McIntosh, President of the Creek
THE FINAL TRAGEDY.
Nation, after the Council had finished its work at Indian Springs, remained
there some time gathering together the Council records, closing up his personal affairs and removing his personal property from Indian Springs and
his Ocmulgee farm, and some time near the first of August, 1825, he made
his way back to McIntosh Reserve in the present Carroll County. There: a
number of chiefs waited upon him, and giving him one day to arrange his
affairs, they executed him in accordance with the Creek laws for the violation of their agreement not to sell any further territory without unanimous
consent of the Council.
The above incident is noted in order to show some of the causes of the
subsequent raids and annoyances experienced by the pioneers at the hands
of the Indians in retaliation for the treacherous sale of their hunting grounds.
The chief of Tokaubatchie was recorded in the treaty as being present and
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not assenting to the sale, and his followers did not consider an illegal treaty
as binding upon them.
Thus was the territory between the Flint and the Chattahoochee rivers
acquired by the United States for the State of Georgia. The State of Georgia at once took steps to survey and subdivide this newly acquired territory
into land districts and land lots preparatory t o the creation of counties.
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CIQAPTER 111. SUBDIVISION AND DISTRIBUTION
URVEYING. The first step preceding the organization of the territory acquired from the Creek Nation was a complete survey and
subdivision of the whole area. There were employed a corps of one hundred civil engineers to subdivide the area into land districts and land lots.
The land districts were laid off with a fair degree of accuracy and the
bounding lines of districts closely approximate due east and west, and north
and south. The size of a land district is a square of nine miles on each
side, 720 chains of sixty-six feet, or a total of 47,520 feet. Those districts
adjacent to the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers were modified by the windings of the streams; the Fifth and the Ninth districts of original Troup
County were narrow from east to west and were eighteen miles from the
north to the south lines; the First district in the southeast corner of the
original county was small and contained an Indian Reservation on the Flint
River of one square mile, which is now in the present Talbot County.
The land lots were subdivisions of the land districts and were laid off
as one-sixteenth of a normal land district side, measuring forty-five chains,
or 2970 feet on each side. This subdivision makes two hundred and fiftysix land lots in a normal land district. Careless measurements and the
frequent mistaking of line markings have produced many irregularities in
the county districts. It must be remembered that the subdivisions were
made before the counties were created, and in consequence, a land district
may lie in several different counties as at present constituted. The original
boundaries of Troup County included all the land lots in the twelve land
districts of the Third Section of the survey, lying between the Flint and
Chattahoochee rivers, as may be seen from the accompanying map of the
original county; bur later changes left the Sixth District as the only entire
one in the county as at present. This is the district in which LaGrange
is situated.
DISTRIBUTION.Before the counties were created by the General Assembly
of Georgia, the land lots of the whole area of five sections as subdivided
into sections, land districts and land lots, were distributed by lottery to the
citizens of the organized counties of Georgia. The only qualifications for
eligibility were three years residence in the state; but revolutionary soldiers'
and those who served in the Indian wars, as well as widows of such soldiers,
were entitled t o an extra free draw in the land lottery of 182 5 .
ORIGINAL
GRANTEES.The land lots were distributed by lottery t o the
citizens of other older counties, and nearly all of the whole lots were so
distributed. The whole lots contained 202% acres. The undistributed
lots and the fractional lots were sold by the state afterwards, some as late
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TROUP COUNTY L A N D D I S T R I C T S
S.IL"O*OlIICHCA
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* O W C I LIWL
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--
SHOWING L A N D L O T S
-
1931
STR~AYS
,
SCILC
2
J
*
l
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MILLS
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as 18 5 0. Some of these original grants were afterwards declared fraudulent
by the courts, and the original grant canceled and the lots resold.
The lot numbers followed by an asterisk ( * ) are fractional lots of less
acreage than those unmarked; those followed by a dagger
are not
wholly in Troup County; the county from which registrations were made
is the third column; names followed by an asterisk ( * ) are revolutionary
are soldiers of
soldiers or their widows; those followed by a dagger
Indian wars or their widows.
(t)
(t)
Third Land District Grantees
96
97
98
99
100
101
102*
103*
104
10 1
106
107
10 8
109
130
13 1
13 2
13 3
134
13 5
136*
137'
13 8
139
140
14 1
142
143
164
165
166
167
168
169
170'
171'
Woods, Martha
Greene
Dupree, Martha*
...........Twiggs
Grant, Joshua
.........Laurens
Fulton, Silas
McIntosh
Lindley, Thomas ..................Walton
Morris, Jesse H. ---.----....Columbia
Hall, Thomas
Dixon, Josiah
Gordy, Elizabeth --------...-.----Burke
Freeman, John
Clarke
Deveaux, Maj. P.,
Chatham
Moss, William
Morgan
Light, Emanuel
Gwinnett
Lloyd, Leroy
Bibb
Jones, John
Hall
Pitman, John
Twiggs
Merkison, Daniel .--------.---..---Jones
Young, John* ...................,Tattnall
Perryman, Rebecca -..-...--.Columbia
Wagnon, George M. ............DeKalb
Sledge, Shirley
Troup
Dixon, Josiah -.
Milton, Martha ....................Putnam
Johnson, Isaac N . t
DeKalb
Almand, William .............-.....Burke
Walton, S. W. ......................Twiggs
Fulghum, Cornelius B.... Franklin
Way, J o h n N ....................... Liberty
Owens, Hardaman ................J asper
Heath, Lunsford ..-+
Putnam
Elum, William
DeKalb
Mahoney, Dennis B. ...........Lincoln
Powell, Chapman ................ DeKaIb
Tommey, Joseph ..................Newton
Farrar, John
Farrar, John
Bohannon, Ruddy ---..--...,.Morgan
Gilmer, Charles L. ........Oglethorpe
Blackman, Amos L. ---...---Liberty
Hand, William
Appling
Barnett, Caroline
Clarke
Peek, Thomas J.
Newton
Greene
Hall, Elihu ..
Goodwin, John
Baldwin
Hughes, Simon
Morgan
Clements, Anna'
Putnam
McDonald, William
Hall
George, Joseph W. --..---..--.Monroe
Hardy, James D
Carter, George W.
Dees, J., I., &c
Newton
Dunston, William
ackson
Moore, William
Putnam
McMullin, W.
Twiggs
Huguley, Job
Wilkes
Bugg, Mary ...................... Richmond
McCurdy, Moses
Elbert
Moffett, Agnes
Columbia
Cook, Theodosius
Elbert
Columbia
Freel, Elizabeth*
Morgan, Griffin
ones
Rucker, Bardent .................... Elbert
Troup
Robertson, Leslie H.
Carlisle & Gragg ............
Anderson, Ann"
Walton
Hancock
Radney, John
Grenade, Benjamin M........... Clarke
Atwood, Berry
Gwinnett
Granade, Adam .................... Warren
Gri$n, Blany -..----_.._--_,_....Monroe
Pryor, Elizabeth
Oglethorpe
Hamlin, Thomas --,-.-----.-Jones
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Sanford, Littleberry -----Taliaferro
Nelson, Wilie I.---..-.-------Walton
James, Isaiah
Bibb
Wall, Maddox
Lincoln
Saffold, Adam G.
Morgan
Saffold, Adam G. ---.---..----..Morgan
274* McCoy, Leroy ....,-..-275* McCoy, Edward and L.-.
276* Glaze, John
Troup
277* Chaffin, Thomas
278' Tichnor, Hope H
Meriwether
279' Tichnor, Hope H
Meriwether
Fourth Land District Grantees
Perry, James? .-----------Columbia
Williams, Willis* -------..Newton
Braddy, John ----.---------Morgan
Crittendon, John*
Twiggs
Herington, Martin -.,-..--..Burke
Putnam, Ezekiel -------.---..--.Hall
Fish, Calvin -.-----.--..--.---Jasper
Jenkins, Shepherd -.---.Habersham
Porter, William G. ---E&ngham
Pitts, Lunsford ---.-.-------.Houston
Biffle, John*
DeKalb
Saffold, Adam G.
Ray, Benjamin --..-..--.....-.-.
Evans, Pleasant
Jasper
Hicks, Nathaniel H.
pecatur
Willoughby, J.
Pulaski
Walton
Wright, Appleton .-.--..Walters, Peter I. ----.-........Franklin
James, Joseph, Sr. --------Richmond
Skinner, Archibald
Elbert
Chatham
Paine, Capt. Thos., Jr
Huspeth, William
DeKalb
Lee, Andrew, Jr. ---....,Lincoln
-ISmith, Elihu
Walton
Hester, William
Laurens
Kent, Elizabeth -----------....-Clarke
Patterson, Job C. .--------.---.---.Jasper
Thompson, Nelson ..-.--.-.--..Madison
Glover, Richard
Gwinnett
Griflin, Thomas?
Hancock
Monroe
Tomlinson, Leroy H
asper
Shaw, John
Phillips, Benj. J
Bibb
Love, John
Greene
Appling
Hall, I Hardy
Bailey, Charles C
Bailey, Charles C...-.---.-.-.-.
Holcombe, Sherwood*--..Habersham
Jones, Elrnina
Gwinnett
Marsh, Jane
Burke
Farley, Jane' ..--.----.----.----Newton
Suddeth, John -.--.-..--.-..--.--.Lincoln
Bateman, Jeremiah ---..--...Richmond
Arthur, Marhew*
Habersham
Chatham
Jarvis, John M
Wallis, William
Ha11
Oglethorpe
Meriwether, V. H
Dunford, E. and C
Burke
Fayetre
Maxwell, William S
Wallace, Robert G
Chatham
White, James --..-....-.-.--.
Habersham
Duke, William ---..-.-.......Washington
Wright, Gillis -.--..-.....---.--._.-.-.J ones
Chatham
Courvoisie, Sarah
Vowel, John
Fayette
Cogbern, William ----.-.Washington
Kelly, William*
Elbert
Prescott, Moses -.-..--.-...--..-..---Ware
Page, John
Washington
Parish, Polly
Williamson, John
Chatham
Dowdy, Richard*
Easters, Jiles
Irwin
Johnson, Stephen
Fayette
Griffin, Nancy
Liberty
Low, Stephen
Wilkinson
Elbert
Evans, Eliumt -....-.-...--..------.
Mathews, Samuel
Twiggs
Pike
Morris, Isham
Inmon, Daniel"
Kelly, William
Calhoun, Adam --.....-...-Washington
Reeves, Allen
Fayette
Crowell, Nancy" ------...----Gwinnett
Pulaski
Singletery, William --.----...-...
,Tate, Solomon D
Franklin
-Sexton, John H
Walton
Warren
Pruitt, Moses Y
Johnson, Nicholas? -..-..-,-.....Jasper
Edwards, Joseph* L - - l F r l n k l i n
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Waldroop, Major .__-....-.......-.-.J
ones
Tucker, Lewis ..------.-.-..---.Franklin
Brown, Aaron
Elbert
Williamson, Thomas
Shaw, William
Monroe
Bryan, David* ---.---....-...-......
Woodall, Johnson
Taliaferro
Dooly
Joiner, Maley
McDowell, John -.-.--.-----....Jefferson
Grant, Gregory .-...---.-.-..-....-.
Elbert
Crawford, Archibald ._--.-.-..Morgan
Ellis, John .--..-..-,------Washington
Walden, Sarah --.-..-...--------.--Jones
Johnson, William ...--..-W ashington
Chatham
Cottincan, Lucy
Cobb, Henry
Morgan
Mullins, John, Sr
Hall
Walton
Lucas, John P.'
Twiggs
Youngblood, P.
McNeal, Allen
Monroe
EIancock
Freeman, Martha F
Maruda, Peaty --..-.--.--.-.-..-.-.Jasper
V a m , William
...Upson
Gordon, William
Gwinnett
Baggett, Allen
Walton
Curry, James
Greene
Jones, Seaborn A. H Washington
Edmundson, Wiley S
McKenzie, James
Habersham
Blare, George -....-..-...--....
Smith, Anthony G .....-.--Oglethorpe
Chance, Simpson* .---------.Jefferson
Johnson, William
Early
Bevers, Jane* -----...-...---....-_.J ackson
Beaird, William -...--...---.-..Columbia
Suddeth, John
Lincoln
Wilkinson, H. S
Pike
Boyd, Hambleton
Burke
Turner, Sarah .--,...-..---.-Baldwin
Dyer, Alexander
Walton
Scott, John*
Bibb
Andrews, Joseph ---.-_-..-._--.-.Liberty
Prather, Richard
Lincoln
Ousley, Lucy
ones
Dossett, Philip*
Richmond
Johnson, James
Oglethorpe
Bailey, Jacob -----.-.----.-----..Newton
Swan, Thomas
Taliaf erro
Runnals, Ephraim
Emanuel
....-
Pearson, Quinny -.--...---_Washington
Goodwin, Elizabeth -...-------Clarke
Haddock, James
Hardin, John
Crawford
Huff, James H
Barrow, William
Upson
Bailie, Peter K..
Telfdr
Hitchcock, Jesse ...-.--.-..----...
Walton
Chatham
Allinder, Edward C
Aycock, Benjamin .-..-..Wilkinson
..Chatham
King, Charles L
Sturdivant, Caroline -.-.....-.-...Jones
Hornsby, P., J. & E
McIntosh
Moss, Matthew? ---.-.--....--...Newton
Wortham, William T
Morgan
Gregory, Elizabeth
Pulaski
Hall
Nicholson, John, Jr
Freeman, Thomas
Decatur
Wiley, Leroy M
Baldwin
Miers, John .----.-..-.---.-..-----Monroe
Moseley, Samuel ...-...--------.
Franklin
Hayman, Stouten, Jr. .---------.Bryan
Burton, Thomas' --...---..----.
Blbert
Worsham, Lucinda B
Baldwin
Bryant, Langley
Camden
Heard, George W
Monroe
Hardin, John
Troup
Hogg, John
Troup
Tallant, Mary
Bulloch
Oglethorpe
Culbreath, Aug.?
Landrum, Timothy* -.-....-------Jasper
Hoover, John
Bulloch
Lindsey, Thomas
Wilkes
Dunivant, Nancy
Hancock
.Franklin
Franks, Marion A
Pullin, John
filumbia
Simpson, William ---.-._------Jasper
Buckner, Mary
_Hahersham
Smith, Orange
,Gwinnett
Riggins, Ebenezer G
Chatham
Perryman, David -..-.-.-....-Columbia
Rockwell, Charles W
Chatham
Hill, George A ..--.-.--.-.--+--.Jasper
Russel.1, William J..-..----..-.
Gwinnctt
Moody, John
...Liberty
Pratt, John
Monroe
Guthrie, Morgan -----.-.--.-...-.-.Hall
Neville, Peter
Chatham
Evers, Francis
Crawford
...--..-.
..-.--..-
...----.
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Day, Samuel Conuel
Early
Hogg and Haralson
Troup
Haralson, Elijah ....................Troup
Johnston, William ..................Elbert
Conally, Charles
Clarke
Jeter, Buck
Lincoln
Fuller, Mary
Warren
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
Delphy, Samuel C. ........ Richmond
Donohoe, John W ........... Oglethorpe
Holloway, Zachariah ......... DeKalb
McKinney, Abraham ............ Henry
Henderson, E. .......................... Hall
Pate, Aaron .......................... Henry
Pul!cr, Mary Ann ........ Columbia
Fifth Land District Grantees
Willis, Harman ........................ Bibb
ackson
Millican, Allen ...........
Bowles, Turner ..
Wilkes
Carder, Thomas ........... Habersham
Culver, Isaac? ....................Hancock
Swinney, William H............. Greene
Lackey, John
Henry
Davis, Arthur L.? ................ Morgan
Burke
Evans, D. J.?
Bennett, Langston ............ Gwinnett
Criswell, Whitmil --..-..--.-Wilkinson
asper
Goolsby, Allen
Rhodes, Lewis B............... Richmond
Whitehead, A. W
Hall
Howard, Alexander ............Morgan
Banyan, William 0.--.-.-.-.--.---Jones
Nolly, Walter
Lincoln
Elbert
Underwood, Wm.?
Walker, Willie
efferson
asper
Pittman, Barnes
Powell, Edward .............. Oglethorpe
Seals, Elizabeth
Hancock
Medlin, Richard ..............Gwinnett
Swilley, Sarah*
Liberty
Coxville, John
+.
........Warren
Pierce, Hugh"
Habersham
Stewart, Charles* ................Monroe
%elgrove, Catherine .--.--.-..
Laurens
Jenkins, A,, W. B., M. J...Columbia
Godwin, Hector T ........
Putnam
Curry, Elizabeth ..........Washington
Hodnett, William ..............Newton
Kent, Daniel" ................Oglethorpe
Hebbard, Winneford" ........Camden
Hood, Nathaniel R ............... Jackson
Gordon, Henry \V.........Oglethorpe
Brooks, Isaac P
Decatur
Roberts, Lindsey
Putnam
Thompson, E. B................. Gwinnett
Cabos, John" ...................Ehatham
Denby, John _---.---._----.-_--Richmond
Berson, Joseph H........... Oglethorpe
........Crawford
King, Henry
Clance, Jacob
Twiggs
Vickrey, Polly
asper
Coburn, G., J. & M .....
Burke
Morgan
Jennings, Creed M
Bennett, Daniel ..............Habersham
Haw!tins, Susan
Camden
Neal, Lindsey
Elbert
Franklin
Bell, John L
Russell, Thomas C
Henry
Wilkes
Armor, Robert?
McClane, Ephraim"
Gwinnett
Oglethorpe
Johnson, Baley ..--.---..-.
Morgan
Ware, Bennett M.?
Scott, Samuel
Gwinnett
Osburn, Washington ........Gwinnett
Latigue, L., R. & I ......... Richmond
Pulaski
Snell, M., D. H. & C. C.--.Kendrick, John ....................P u t n m
Wagnon, Thomas P."---.-----DeKalb
Langston, Isaac ...................Morgan
Ledbetter, Ephraim ..........Gwinnett
Miller, George'
ones
Beddell, Isaac A ..
Greene
Perry, Thomas ................. Gwinnett
Grogan, Richard ..................DeKalb
Harper, Shad ................... Xhatham
Daniel, David ..............
ones
Forest, Jesse ........................Laurens
Daniel, Thomas ..................Houston
Howard, James
Henry
Sapp, Saline ....................... Tattnall
Corson, Thomas ..................Appling
Nichols, Solomon ............Habersham
Mills, John ........................efferson
Black, Wm., St-.<...............Eftingham
...............
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Hooks, Thomas*
Putnam
Morgan
Pace, Dredziel
Upson
Garret, James
Patterson, John*
Burke
Humphrey, Robert
Warren
Columbia
Perryman, David A..
Fayette, Thomas ----_--..-------Madison
Pool, Milly
ones
Elbert
Barger, James ...
Berry, John ........................Hancock
DeKdb
Cook, John*
Dudley, John --.-._..-.--.---Washington
Overstreet, George
Appling
Watson, Robert
Monroe
Wynn, Robert B
Morgan
Pugh, Martin
Hall
Twiggs
Solomon, Lazarus"
Elbert
Cunningham, Joseph -.....--.-.
Moncrief, Mary
Wilkes
Myhand, Rosan* -----.---.-...Morgan
Cureton, Highley ..-----.---,-..
DeKalb
Mills, Matthew ----------Washington
Waller, Newbell
Hancock*
Woolfalk, John -.---..--..-.__.Richmond
Shoemaker, Taltont
Elbert
Walton
Dorithy, John ....................
Husk, Bryant? ..-..----------_.-Baker
Wood, Asa ........................Chatham
Proctor, Moses T ..................... Burke
Bethune, William M
Clarke
Martin, Tandy K
Jackson
Miller, John
Monroe
Laurens
Hall, James C.---.-.....---..--Habersham
Tankersley, Henry .--.-.Jasper
Berry, John D.t
asper
Berry, Thomas
Cummins, Benjamin
Greene
Shaw, Bartley M
Liberty
Hall
Light, Guilford
Crabb, Rebecca
Monroe
Cross, Stephen*
Burke
Pinson, Joseph
Rabun
Hand, Joseph*
Henry
Melton, Josiah F
DeKalb
Troup
Sterling, Wiley J
Hawthorne, John
Troup
Hawthorne, John
Troup
Herring, James
Troup
Williamson, R. R .............
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Clark, James
Elbert
Jackson, Amos
Habersham
Bone, James? ----....--.--------Madison
Graham, Duncan ..................Bryan
Early
Long, N., S. & J
Upson
Davis, Samuel H
Graham, James .......--J
ackson
Upson
Callaway, Daniel .....
Cain, Allen -.....,........Washington
Johnson, Jesse?
Richmond
Pratt, John, Sr
Monroe
Gresham, Little* -----.-.-----.-.-Monroe
Tedder, Zachariah -.--------Jefferson
Brooks, Isham
Monroe
Putnam
Coats, N.
McCollum, Thomas T .-...--..Twiggs
Smith, Margaret
Telfair
Cofield, A.
Twiggs
West, Alford
Miller, Mark
.........Gwinnett
Morgan
Stocks, Redin
Black, John
Upson
Mills, Elizabeth*
Burke
Stewart, John B
Oglethorpe
Tardum, Lovick P ...................
Jones
Twiggs
Anderson, T. W
Stewart, children .............-Newton
Causey, Absalom
ones
Lang, children
Richmond
Williams, Barny
Pulaski
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Richmond
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Benson, Elizabeth* .----.-.
Wheelis, Lydia*
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Griffin, William
Gwinnett
Bush, Lewis .......
Laurens
Farmer, Jacob
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Odum, Aaron
Bulloch
Mimms, George ..................Laurens
Effingham
Genobly, Benjamin ..-.-.-.-.
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Lott, Elizabeth
Hulsey, Jesse4
Hall
Daggett, B. M .................. ...Hancock
Wynn, Robert B
Morgan
Taliaferro
Andrews, children .-.-..-..--.
Sterling, Wiley J
Troup
Sterling, Wiley J
Troup
Sterling, Wiley J
Troup
Holifield, Willis .--..-..---.--.--Jasper
Lee, Joseph
....Lincoln
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2 11
212
2 13
2 14
21 5
2 16
2 17
2 18
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220
22 1
222
223
224
235
236
237
238
2 39
240
241
242
243
244
245
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250
251
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Mangham, Thomas -.-----.....--..-Jones
Robertson, Margaret
Walton
Murphy, Elizabeth
Hancock
Kugler, orphans of
Henry
DeKalb
Beasley, Wm.*
Wilkerson, AbeI ----...----.-.....Jasper
Reese, Joel
Pinson, Joseph -._.-_.-..--.---Jackson
Braddy, Richard H
Monroe
Marks, James M
Richmond
Simpson, Wilson
Upson
Dean, George -....-.--.-----.--.Morgan
Searcey, William
Baldwin
Holley, R. H. T
Henry
Dennard, G. L
Early
Faulkner, Job
Fayette
Harbuck, Michael ---...-...-..---Warren
Marshall, Matthew ---.----.-Jefferson
Sea, Harris
Laurens
Crawford, George W
Columbia
Brooks, Wm., Sr.*--, -.-.--.--.
Greene
Baldwin
Pool, William W
Penny, Ed* -.A .--.------...-----Twiggs
Boils, Charles" ---..-.----Montgomery
Foster, John, Sr."
Jutnam
Creek, Willis --..-------.-Franklin
Kitching, John
Warren
Scroggins, George*
Jones
Camden
Weeks, Silas --,---.--..-Allen, Clement
Greene
Wimberly, Joshia ------_---.Jackson
Anthony, R u t h ------.--------Liberty
Fulcher, Ann ----..---,.Richmond
Dillard, John
Rabun
Daniel, Littleton, Jr
DeKalb
Maxwell, James A
Liberty
Currey, William?
Greene
Wyatt, Lamina .---..-.-.-.----.-.Newton
Lagron, John --...---_-...-----..-Putnam
Dye & Stodgill.--.......--------+--Troup
Sterling, W. J
Troup
Dye & Stodgill..--..---.----------Troup
Ward, Richard M
Upson
Hardy, Charles H
Jackson
Tierney, Andrew -----.---....Columbia
Barron, Willis
ones
Farrar, Nancy
Morgan
Meriwether, Francis -.-----.-Jackson
Chance, Isaac
efferson
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287
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Price, Robert ..--.-.-------..--.-----Jaspet
Stevens, Isaac -.-....--..-....-.
Wilkinson
Astin, William L ....-.-----.....-.Greene
Culberson, Robert _.-..-------.Newton
Horton, John? ......---.---..-....
Hancock
Tompkins, John ------Washington
Lawson, JamesT
Wilkinson
Minchew, Martha*
DeKalb
Washington
Brantley, John? .-.--....-.
McGinnis, William ----.--.---.Jackson
Robinson, Benjamin ------_-..-.Monroe
Sisson, Rodman
Clarke
Davis, Zion*
Ware
Bolton, Robert ..----..-...--..
Columbia
Bates, Issachar
ones
Moore, Joseph*
asper
Green, Gregory 0
Richmond
Tolbert, Francis
Hall
Newton
Glenn, Joseph? ....--._._.-----.-.
Robinson, Zoroaster ...-.--.-Upson
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Wall, Conrad .-.-......-..-Columbia
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Holbrook, Jesse* ---...-.--.--...Franklin
Scarlett, F. M.t
Glynn
Mayo, M. & E. H
Washington
Baldwin
Wynn, Gabriel
Lockhart, Charlotte ----.-.Jefferson
Berry, Jesse
Habersham
Chatham
Smith, John A
Jernigan, James ---.-..-.-----Telfair
Barker, Eldridge -----....-.....--Jackson
Standifer, Y. T
Troup
Jones, Hardy
Troup
Harper, John ...------.-..-.-...----Troup
Sterling, W. J
Troup
Hester, Thomas
Troup
Clarke
Echols, Mercer
Melton, Bauldy -.---__.-.----..
Gwinnett
Sandafur, John
Morgan
McIntosh
Berry, Thomas ..-..------.----..
Pritchard, Basil ---.--.------_....
Baldwin
Brady, Robt., Jr
Jefferson
Spinks, Presley* ---...------....-Warren
Pot ts, Moses ___---..-.-...-....------Troup
Ratchford, Joseph
Forbes, Wesley, Sr
Jasper
Sims, Anderson .---..--....-.-_-.-...
Troup
Jordan, Wiley -.----.....-...---.--Twiggs
Pearson, Charles R
Troup
Whitaker, Orandatus -.-.--......
Troup
.-----...-.--
....---..
.----.--.-....--.
..--.--.._-__...-..
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Worthy, Thomas
Hutchins, David
Troup
Potts, Moses
Troup
Potts, Moses .......................... Troup
Potts, Moses ....
Troup
Potts, Moses
Troup
327"
3 2 8"
329*
530"
3 3 1'.
17
Potts, Mosex
Troup
Beasley, Jarrell ...................... Troup
McCutchcn, W. H ................. Troup
Smedley, Thomas
Troup
Thrash, Valentine ..................Troup
Sixth Land District Grantees
Osteen, Wiley ---.-.--..-------.Ware
Duke, James --------...-.-..----Morgan
Combs, James ................... ._-Wilkes
Funderburk, W. L ..-........Monroe
Mallory, John
Greene
Philpot, John N
Richmond
Akins, William
Laurens
Stokes, Mary .....
Haralson, A. ....-......I--.--Wright, James .......,........ Columbia
Shirey, Elizabeth -.-...--..Washington
Hill, Abnerf ............................J
ones
Healy, William ----.-..-.-..--.--.-.Henry
Austin, Vienna ..................Gwinnett
Comer, William M ................... Jones
March, George
Glynn
Williams, Daniel
Pulaski
Hagler, Abraham ........-........Henry
Black, John -..-----.-----.-Washington
Steward, W. & H
Washington
Smith, William .................... Monroe
Tankersley, Carter ---.-.-..-.-..Newton
Eave, Paul F
Clarke
.............Glynn
Henegan, Darby
Chappell, Allen ....................Monroe
Shepperson, Tincey ................Burke
Pope, Henry
Clarke
Strong, William E
Clarke
Veasey, Elijah ......................Morgan
Snider, John ........................Warren
Langley, James4
Pike
Cleaveland, Lit ..................Franklin
Williby, William* ................Clarke
Nesbit, Samuel ................Wilkinson
McKenzie, Samuel*. -......-....-.Monroe
Boyet, Elizabeth D.....
Houston
Mays, William
Warren
Clements, Clement, Sr............... Bibb
Ballard, Fred* ..................E0ingham
Jones
Jordan, Lovick P
..
.....
.................
Underwood, Wineford
Elbert
Smith, Thomas .................... Walton
Holcomb, Henry G............. Newton
Jasper
Wright, C. W. C
Cradick, Rachel
Ware
Oglethorpe
Palmer, James S
West, Thomas .................... Chatham
Bake, John Ellis.-................. Baldwin
Callaway, Isaac
Greene
Crumbley, Thomas* ----.Habersham
House, William -------..----------.Hall
Holdridge, Aaront
Upson
Burnett, Samuel
Glynn
Mallory, William
Greene
Hardy, Aaron --.-....-------.-Lincoln
Merritt, Toren4
Elbert
Dubose, Langston ..........Washington
Hall, William
Clarke
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Hendrick, Whitehead
Elbert
Upon
Walker, Daniel
Harris, Samuel .................. Gwinnett
Elder, Joseph
Clarke
Gatlin, Mariah .................... Morgan
Raiford, Robert ..............Richmond
Wadsworth, Hiram ............Houston
French, Frederick ............Wilkinson
Baker, Charlotte ............ Habersham
efferson
Wren, William ..................J
Wales, John H................. Wilkinson
Johnson, Gid ........................ Warren
Arnold, Sarah
Oglethorpe
Brooks, Nathaniel ................Warren
Jernigan, Elias -........................ Bibb
Simmons, John
Madison
Lay, David
Hall
asper
Binns, Christopher ................J
McCauley, William
Henry
Forehand, Jeremiah ..............Pulaski
Hines, John W ..................... Putnam
Yarborough, L.* ..................Morgan
..-...----..
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Monroe
Johnston, Thomas ................ Monroe
Monroe
Duffee, Robert S..........
Perry, Elizabeth ................... Walton
Garrard, Jacob? ..................Warren
Kemp, Thomas? ................Baldwin
Simms, David S..................... Newton
Jones, Henry ......................Hancock
Mathews, John ...................Warren
DeKalb
Cobb, Jacob?
Ruth, William
Lunsford, James ..................Twiggs
Hester, Stephen, Jr ........... E h g h a m
Williams, Mark ....................Walton
Huckaby, Sarah ................Hancock
Greene, Furniford -----.-.-.Richmond
Rollins, Calvin ........................Butts
Archer, David
Clarke
Ellison, S. P
Putnam
Baldwin
King, Wineford
Tatom, Elizabeth
Wilkinson
Buggs, Archibald J ........... Mclntosh
Perritt, Rebecca .................. Twiggs
Gray, Jonathan ....................Upson
Harvey, James ......................Twiggs
Colly, Sarah
..................... Wilkes
Garrett, Charney ................Camden
Gray, Rebecca ........................J asper
Reed, Bailey ..................Oglethorpe
Hunt, George, Jr ................... Greene
McGinnis, John .....................
ackson
Richmond
Smith, Henry J
Watson, Vinson .................. Laurens
Lyman, William C ................. Wilkes
ackson
Cameron, John .....................
Houston
Thorp, Benjamin A
Ponder, Alexander .............. Monroe
Turner, John .......,................. Burke
Brown, Fielding J................... Burke
Cones, John ........................ Newton
Smith, George ..................Richmond
Lockett, Solomon* .............. Warren
Whaley, Isaac .........................
asper
Bridges, Joshua
Hall
Screven, James P ................. Chatham
Blackman, Waitman -_--.-...-.Monroe
Bayne, Charles H............. -.Warren
Henry, George
Warren
Powell, W.7
ones
...............
.......
Vinson, Payton
ones
Anderson, Mary ...................Wilkes
Yarborough, N. B
Crawford
Tanner, John ........................Liberty
Drake, Francis B...... Washington
Hancock
Watts, William7 --------.--..-.
Fayette
Burks, William
Renfroe, M. & E ............... Crawford
Miller, John ...............- Hancock
Hopson, Hardy
Warren
McCoy, Jane .................... Richmond
Holcombe, James
Gwinnett
Broadnax, W.
Clarke
Leonard, Joseph? .---.------.--Warren
Horn, John"
...Monroe
Pilcher, William _.--_-----.-------Warren
Siddall, Stephen* ------..-..-.-Franklin
Bell, Eliza ................................ Burke
Cozart, Anthony .--.--...--.Monroe
Newton
Brooks, Abijaht
Burke
Warnock, John ...--...--..-...--.
W i n d e l d , Charles -.--.-.--.-.
Wilkes
Hamel, Victor
Chathm
Dye, Stephen
Sharp, James
Hancock
Harrison, Benjamin ---,------Franklin
Wilkins, David
Oglethorpe
Dunivant, Daniel? --.------Baker
Almond, William M
Elbert
Turner, Daniel ------.----.Washington
Hargrove, William --...---Newton
Everitt, Aaron
Bulloch
Gatlin, Churchill --.--..-..--.
Greene
Warren
Carrell, James W ...--......---.Watson, Jonathan -.-.-.Washington
Monroe, Jackson
Gwinnett
Habersham
Crumley, Henry M .----...Cook, John*
Elbert
Blakel~,David?
Baldwin
Reeves, Ransom -.-.-------------Newton
Baugh, Jonathan -----...---.-----.Jackson
Coggins, Burrell -_..---------_Morgan
Thompson, Robert M .,-.----.
Houston
McKown, James -------...-.-....---Early
Chambliss, John ..----.----..--....--J
ones
Hall, Robert --.--------.---.--.----Morgan
Harvey, Franklin ---..---..---..Jasper
Bledsoe, Godf rey -.-.--..-.-..
Hancock
Mayo, Susan*
&laski
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McCrary, Asa
Warren
Pennington, Thad. --.----.Jasper
Thornton, Birdony
Putnam
McLendon, Susan _.-.-_-Washington
Walker, Tarleton ---.-.Franklin
Thomas, Richard
Pulaski
McHenry, James -------- Oglethorpe
Bellah, Samuel* ---.--.-------..Morgan
Smith, Martha
Gwinnett
Johns, Robert* ------..-----.Columbia
John~eri, Wm. B
Taliaferro
McGriff, Thomas
Pulaski
Rights, William G
Morgan
Monroe
Raynolds, P. S.t
Malone, Henry W
Baldwin
Castleberry, M., Sr
Hall
Brown, Mary
Greene
Taylor, Jacob
Tattnall
Dent, Nathaniel?
Putnam
Gwinnett
Tanner, Thomas 1
Davis, James
Walton
Hamilton, John* ----------------..-.Hall
Daniel, Patience -_----.-----....-.-Burke
Jones, James --..-.------.Hancock
Brinson, Sabra -..,-----_-.---.--.Burke
McVay, Margaret
Jackson
Rooks, John* --.------.-.--....-Wayne
Barton, John, Jr
Hall
Pettigrew, Bennett
Ha11
Glover, Wylie --..----.-.--..-..Madison
Futch, Rowan -...-.---.---.----.--Bulloch
Jacobs, Seaborn -_----.------.Monroe
Sanders, Nellie
Putnam
Hunter, David .--.--------.-.Jackson
Thornton, William ----....---.
Emanuel
Columbia
Cobb, Obedience D
Henderson, Joseph ---._.._--..-.Henry
Lee, Lucinda H
..Morgan
L'Acee, John S..-..-.--.----..-Hancock
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Low, Ellis
Greene
Chatham
Howard, Pierce
Dismuke, Elizabeth -.-----Richmond
Langford, Nicholas
Putnam
Smith, Austin
Appling
Pegg, William
Fayette
Morgan
Taylor, Richard C.*
Dowling, Dennis -.--..-------Ware
Smith, William
Habersham
Boon, Jess*
Greene
Wagnon, Daniel"
Greene
,Coker, Robert
Walton
Yarbrough, Elizabeth
Jackson
Chatham
Rose, Michael?
Nation, Catherine --...------Gwinnett
Bearden, Amanda -.-----.---Clarke
Dickson, Charity
Upson
Leigh, Isham --.....--.-------.-Liberty
Grier, Aaron W.?
Warren
Stuckey, Edmond .----.----Richmond
Henry, Benjamin?
Hancock
Laurens, George
Decatur
Ennis, Mary A. Z
McIntosh
Williams, Mierva
Wilkinson
Baldwin
Bryan, John
Bennett, William
Gwinnett
Warren
Brady, Cullen L
Jackson, William
Bibb
Craft, David?
Hall
Maddox, Posey
Gwinnett
Wilkes
Burks, John
Bledsoe, Pechy, Jr
Morgan
Rollins, Nicholas
Gwinnett
Hines, Elizabeth*
Laurens
Carter, Silas ------.----...Washington
Lamb, Sarah
..Twiggs
Ray, David
..Greene
Sanders, Simeon -.-.-...-..---..Morgan
Brooks, Larken
Walton
Seventh Land District Grantees
Bynum, James
Pulaski
Steward, Ann Mary
Wilkinson
Birdsong, Harrison _.-.....Oglethorpe
Hancock
Williams, Thomas J ..--.--._..
Pickett,' Betsy ---,--._----..--.....
Baldwin
Ewing, children ..---_-.-----.-.-.Newton
Lancaster, Lewis
Burke
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181
186
187
188
189
190
Ogden, Dicy -.......-----..Appling
....--Raley, Henry"
,Warren
Puryear, W. H
Clarke
Tate, Simon
Habersham
Winkles, John
Walton
Wilson, Joseph?
Putnam
Chairs, Thomas P
Laurens
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Moses, Isaac ------.-----..-.----Jones
Gilham, Ezekiel
Oglethorpe
Daniel, Isaac W
Jasper
Boyd, James ---.---..-----.-...Jackson
Marshall, William
Upson
Jarvis, George T .-----...---.......Monroe
Dudley, Edward
Putnam
Martin, Jeremiah
Habersham
Thompson, Jeremiah ------Monroe
She&eld, John'
Bulloch
Jones, Hezekiah
Gwinnett
McRae, Neal -.--.---.---.Montgomery
New, Jacob*
DeKalb
Hollon, Brinkley --.--..-----..-.Jones
LittIe, Joseph -----------------Jackson
Pope, John C
Wilkes
Cooper, Thomas
Wilkes
Blome, Cesaire ------..-..-.-Richmond
Clark, James 0
Elbert
DeKalb
Dixon, Thomas
Carlisle, Thomas C
Lincoln
Bugg, Obedience -...-------Richmond
Jackson, Robert
Upson
Jones, William -.-...------Jefferson
Frizzle, Jane ---.-----Washington
Brooks, Alfred
,-.Monroe
Williams, Solomon
Newton
Booth, Topley -.-.-------.--Jones
Pearson, John C
Clarke
Hartsfield, Mary
Henry
Lowell, John --.---...-----Hall
McKinney, Kinch
Warren
Davidson, William
Wilkinson
Hunt, John ------,-.--.--.--Henry
Preslar, her, Sr.+
Hall
Robertson, Thomas ----..Habesham
Johnson, M. and L
Wilkinson
Mitchell, Josiah ---,.---.-.._Warren
Curry, John S
Greene
Harrison, Reuben
Putnam
Henry
Fincher, Benj., Sr
Habersham
Prince, William N
Farrington, William -..--..-.-Lincoln
Boothe, James
Appling
Shaw, Horace T
Monroe
Peteet, Simeon
Wilkes
McCorcle, Joseph M
Jasper
Strickland, Alex. .-..-.-.-..---.--Rabun
Mills, Sarah -----.-..--.-----.-------Jones
Jinks, David
Oglethorpe
Smith, Matthew -.---.-.-----....Newton
Neal, John?
Twiggs
Magee, Joseph
Hancock
Willard, Elijah -......A-...----.-Morgan
Runnels, Wm., Jr
Jackson
Jones
Watson, Jesse
Green, Joseph H
Hancock
Fain, John
Elbert
Taunton, Newsom
Crawford
..
Willis, Isaiah ---.------------Lincoln
Cawsey, John
O'Neal, Warren --.-..------.---Morgan
Griggs, Robert --.-.--..-.-----Putnam
Champion, James?
Fayette
Ward, Uriah
Putnam
Twiggs
Mercer, Heymurick -...--.--..--.
...---.-....---
Eleventh Land District Grantees
Thomas, Lewellen ---------Jackson
Whitaker, J. J
Wilkinson
Steward, David -------I-.-.-.
Jasper
King, Lorenzo D
Jefferson
Howell, Richard, Sr
Garnet, Major -_......-.----.-.Columbia
Whitaker, John ---.---.---.-.Franklin
Johnson, Susannah ---..--...--Warren
Bachlott, Mary F
Camden
Thomas, Josiah D
Laurens
Hill, Berry -----.----, Gwinnett
Exum, Jarnest
Wilk'inson
Mabry, Elias* .--_--_-..-_-.--.Columbia
Allen, Edward
Warren
.
Wetherby, Benjamin ...-...Crawford
Moss, Milly
Whitehead, John
Twiggs
Huskey, Washington -----.----Warren
Wakeman, Mark H
Chatham
Dolton, Claiborn ---..---..--Jackson
Williams, William
Upson
Murray, John ----------.--.-.-Burke
Wallace, Norman - - . C h a t h a m
Ector, Elenor" -.-.......-.----...Monroe
Wheeler, Thomas J
Pulaski
Hardwick, Andrew --...._---__.Burke
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Baker, Bartlett
Pulaski
Gordon, Larkin ---.-----,...Jones
Harrison, Marie E
Gwinnett
Walston, Henry, Jr
Jackson
Martin, Capt. James............ DeKalb
Wheeler, Henry .................. Madison
Farley, Delina* ---,....---.-.-.-----Jones
Roberts, Sarah H
Chatham
Rowe, Shadrack* ................Putnam
Blow, John, Jr ......................... Jones
asper
Whatley, Willis
Power, Francis
Monroe
Ha11
Welborn, Johnson .
Allred, Aaron
Gwinnett
Shepherd, Abraham -------..Jasper
Orr, Christopher ----..-- Wilkes
Goolsby, Allen --------...-Jasper
Kirkland, Daniel -----,-. Tattnall
Linch, Samuel
Putnam
Oglethorpe
Lawless, Jacob ----.-....-.
Reynolds, John
Oglethorpe
Collier, Joseph ----...-+..-..Columbia
Jarratt, Patterson?
Bibb
Hood, Benjamin ---.-..-..Washington
Chastain, John
Habersham
Lumpkin, Thomas ----....--.Madison
Robinson, Claiborn ---.-..-.---..
Greene
.-...-----
Strickland, Willis -.-.-.-....-Madison
Burgamy, William* ---.-Washington
Noles, Zachariah ........J
efferson
Phipps, Milly ......................Lincoln
Graddy, John .................... Franklin
McMurray, John ................Morgan
Pitman, Daniel
Hall
Robison, Zachariah .........J
ones
McIntosh, Mary Ann .-.--.
Rich.mond
Veldon, Mary Ann
Jasper
Creswell, Thomas ............Gwinnett
Lockwood, Eleazer -.-.--.----.Morgan
Johnson, John -..-......-Monroe
Pendarvis, James
Glynn
Freeman, John --.-..-----.-.-,-..Jasper
Sauls, Frances
Twiggs
Roberson, children
Putnam
Lesueur, Harrison
Monroe
Baldwin
West, Major
Hill, William ----.-....-..---..Houston
e w h a t l e y , Green?
Bibb
Rorie, John
Wilkes
Richmond
Stockton, Joseph B..----.-..
Baldwin
Torrance, Esther
White, Col. Steele
Chatham
Sorrow, Mary* --....-.--.Oglethorpe
Chatham
Greene, Fred. R
.-.-.....--,--
Twelfth Land District Grantees
Harbin, Wiley
Hall
Ralston, David
Habersham
Taylor, William ------..--.---.Henry
Parker, Samuel* ------.-..-..-..Morgan
Ricketson, Benj.*
Warren
Bostick, John ----.--------.---.----Jefferson
Nicklison, Duncan ----------.Houston
Asbey, David -..---.---..---.-...Jones
Stewart, James Ivy .---...-.Newton
Butts
Dunn, John V
Waterer, John
Twiggs
Bridges, Rebecca" ........Washington
Williford, Hardy ................W arren
Munchew, Elisha .............. Gwinnett
Chapman, Deberryf ..............Upson
Shackleford, Martha C.....Columbia
Kilgore, Williamp
Hancock
Coward, William
Tattnall
Smith, James ......................... Henry
Pendley, Thomas
Gwinnett
Berryhill, John S................. Jefferson
Young, children
efferson
Moore, Tilman
Monroe
Pritchett, John ---.--,--,--.-.Newton
Watts, George -----.-----.Monroe
Davis, William J
Baldwin
Gilbert, James
Henry
Snelson, Wm., Sr.*
Wilkes
Tredeway, Maryg ................Monroe
Fayette
Veal, Waitus
Ayres, Francis* .....................
ackson
Perdue, George S
Baldwin
Long, Drury ---.---.-----...---------.Jasper
Ingram, John B
Putnam
Williamson, Jas. G.t ..........Gwinnett
Harris, John*
Hall
Mullins, Malone
Hancock
Pierce, orphans
Newton
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Pcebles, Thomas
Crawford
Powers, James G.?
Warren
Meadows, Vincent ................Greene
Rogers, Caneth C
Jones
McCan, Martin?
Jackson
Busby, Frederick .............. Crawford
Harris, Camilla ....
Wilkes
Heard, Hilsman
DeKalb
Caldwell, Curtis, Sr
Gwinnett
Harrison, Eli W
Morgan
Franklin
Strange, John" .-.---...---.
Sparks, Levin -.-.-.-.--.-.-Newton
Allen, James _--._----------.-..-Warren
Cook, Rebecca --_-.-_.-_.---Aichmond
Mizelle, Joseph
Camden
Cohron, Cornelius* --.----.Monroe
Miller, Susan -.-.--...-.-.-.-.Scriven
Powell, Benjamin*
Burke
Baldwin, Williamt .--..-..
Oglethorpe
Chatham
Conelly, John G .--..-----------..
McNeely, Elenor -.-----.------.Jefferson
Smith, George
Rabun
Hobson, John W. S
Jones
asper
Sharp, James
Esters, Booker
asper
Slade, John
Thomas
Harrell, John --.--.--..--...Washington
Hunton, John ---.----..-.---...-Clarke
Buys, John
ackson
Morgan, Wilson .................. Madison
Morgan
Riley, William
Lucas, Samuel ---.----.----..Washington
Rollins, Samuel
...Gwinnett
Siller, Caroline ...........
arren
Crumbley, James ............Wilkinson
Lawrence, Thomas .............. Madison
Stevens, Thomas C.7 ............Walton
Habersham
Reeves, Asa -----------.--.-.-Patton, Elijah ...................... Madison
Massingale, Dred, Jr ............... Rabun
Grier, Elishat ...................... Putnam
Greene
Linsey, Richard .
Stubbs, Gabriel ..............Washington
Alien, Samuel ................ Washington
Hill, Ludowick M .................Wilkes
Royal, Margaret A. E ............. Burke
Wiggins, Joseph
Bibb
Williams, Robert --.--.---.---.-_.Jasper
Harris, Joshua
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Gwinnett
Patterson, David? ---------..Clarke
Mason, Williamt
Putnam
Powell, Josias
Habersham
Barnett, Calvin --.---------...Hall
Justiss, William
Taliaferro
Davis, Betsy ---..-.---.--Columbia
Evans, William
Wilkes
Chatham
Scott, Robert
Brustor, Sheriff, Sr
Walton
Mull, John
Habersham
Slewder, William
Rabun
Hatcher, Josiah ---.--------Burke
Thompson, Leighton
Bibb
Gilbert, Jemima ............Habersham
DeKalb
Garrett, Sarah* ...
Mitchell, Henry .................. DeKalb
Phillips, William ..........Washington
...............Chatham
Waver, Jacob
Cook, Daniel M
Hancock
Wolf, Cary
DeKalb
McDaniel, Bartlett ----.-.-.---Jefferson
Ellis, Mary ..........................Putnam
Blount, Thomas ............... Hancock
Watson, Nancy .................. Warren
Cotheere, Ponncy
efferson
Clark, John
Lincoln
Pennington, Leatha ..--------.-_-Jasper
Crawley, Ginnethon
Pike
Harris, Thomas W
Henry
Rousseau, Hiram -.-....---.--.Morgan
Gibson, Sampson -..--..--.--Newton
Turner, James S...-.-....-...Jeffferson
Ray, Robert
Greene
Massey, John
Oglethorpe
O'Connor, Patrick
Hall
Bennett, Richard, Jr
Appling
Greene
Cunningham, Thos.?
Ha11
Briner, William N
M o s t , Jacob
Crawford
Carley, Jonathan .----.---_--.---Clarke
Ross, Eliza
Richmond
Pulaski
Tarver, R. R
Fullelove, S. J
Wilkes
Strahorn, Noah ...................Striven
Stephens, Mary'
Bibb
Griffin, Joseph
Elbert
Hewston, James, Jr ............... Morgan
Wheeler, Richard .............. Franklin
...-,.-
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Purguson, Beverly
Clarke
Jackson, Ivy
Warren
ones
Massengale, Warren ................J
Brooks, Robert* ..............Crawford
..
Cox, Wllllam
ones
Rice, Joel ............................ Franklin
Jasper
Buchanan, John W .--...------.--.
Upson
Johnson, Robert
Usher, Abel ...................... McIntosh
Poe, William
ones
Grimes, Gabriel -..................Warren
Hughes, Sarah ...................... Newton
Pate, Druryt --.-..---.------.--Warren
Richardson, C. -.-..--.--.---.-..Houston
Bridewell, Henry L
Madison
Edwards, Polly .................. Hancock
Hall, Benjamin ................Wilkinson
Mabry, Gray* -.---------.-....--Morgan
Hays, Martha ....................-Twiggs
Ragan, Brice, Sr." ............Wilkinson
Palmer, Hasting
DeKalb
Wellborn, Mary? ..................Wilkes
Thompson, H. ......................Twiggs
Carruthers, John W ....... Pulaski
Sadler, James R ....................... Elbert
Comer, Ann*
ones
Glenn, Mitchell ......................Elbert
Cowen, William J................. Walton
Hammett, Robert B.....,Oglethorpe
Crawford, Edward M
Columbia
Young, Philip .................... Chatham
Keath, George W..................... Jasper
Hampton, William .............. Wilkes
Martin, James ......................DeKalb
Dunn, William .................. Hancock
.i l k e s
Graves, John T
McMullen, George ..............J
efferson
Jones, D. 2.t ...................... Jefferson
efferson
Cox, John ..........................
West, Thomas ....................Chatham
Holland, James ...................-Pulaski
Hurt, William? .............X f i g h a m
Davidson, John* ...........
asper
Cooksey, Hannah ..................Wilkes
Cooper, Henry*
Purnam
Upson
Caldwell, Adam S
Osborne, James
asper
Cannon, Burwell ..............Hancock
ackson
Cunningham, James ......J
.......
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Horn, Moses
Pulaski
Edmondson, Martha ._--..------Jasper
Wilson, John
Putnam
Howard, Elizabeth* -...-....Columbia
Beasley, Elijah ....................Emanuel
McLaughlin, Ed W.t
Wilkes
Darby, William L
Walton
Philpot, David -.-.-..-------------Heard
Wimberly, James
Wimberly, Perry --..---_------Houston
Ingram, Council B
Burke
Nix, Washington
Twiggs
McIntosh, J. H., Jr ............. Camden
Brown, Moses
Hancock
Adair, John B
--Madison
Puryear, Peter -..-------.----.Clarke
Cox, Richard*
Habersham
Styrous, Jesse
Fayette
Sheppard, Frances .-..-..-Washington
Hicks, Jane
asper
McAlister, M. H................. Chatham
House, William G ..--.---,.--.Baldwin
Durham, Isabel* ---_-_.--.---.---.Clarke
Jester, David .................... Newton
Runnels, James ................ Taliaferro
Troup
Barker, William ..-.--.-..-..-..-..McCreight, Samuel --..--.-..
Pike, Jacob
Walton
ones
Hasty, John ................
Towns, George W. B............. Talbot
Towns, John .......................... Troup
Towns, John ......................... Troup
asper
Whitfield, James ...........
Castles, Mark ........................Troup
Swanson, S. W
Troup
Monroe
Reese, Hugh
Brooks, Bevinf ......................Upson
Rollins, James W ...................Telfair
Harvey, Betsy . T.* ............... Burke
Mobley, Edward ..................Liberty
Box, William B......................... Hall
Ellis, John ...-......................... Henry
Sapp, Shadrack, Sr.* ............Tattndl
McKay, Daniel ............J
ones
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Johnson, Simon
Wilkinson
Baty, Thomas, Jr ............. Gwinnett
Geer, Levi
........................Troup
Geer, Levi ..
Troup
Hodnett, James ...................... Troup
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Williams, R.*
Looser, John C
Mozeley, David M
Brown, Alex. M
Garner, Stephen J
Robinson, James
Henderson, Richard
Brown, Elizabeth
Harrist, Thomas M
Fayette
Jasper
Walton .
Morgan
Bibb
Tattnall
Upson
Wilkes
Troup
.....--...,--.
Harrist, Thomas M
Troup
Harrist, John
Troup
Harrist, Thomas M
Troup'
Willowby, John -------------Warren
Hester, Zachariah -.---..--.....--Jones
Justiss, William
Troup
Whitfield, Bryan
Troup
Harrist, Thomas M
Troup
Justiss, William
Troup
Fourteenth Land District Grantees
Lewis, James K
Baldwin
Speakman, Mariah
Chatham
Dozier, James F
Columbia
Roberts, John ----.--.----.-Columbia
Strong, John
Clarke
Johnson, Richard --..------.-.Houston
Griflin, Sarah -----..--.__.-.-.Burke
Cunningham, Nancy
Elbert
Delauney, Thomas
Delauney, Thomas
Chatham
Greene, Stephen C
Hardin, John? -------Washington
Cockerell, Thos., Sr.*
Newton
Gray, John
Columbia
Carden, Dicy
asper
Traylor, William H . -.--..--....
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Jasper
Sterett, R u t h -.-....--.....Richmond
Causey, Ezekiel, Sr.....-..-.-..
Jefferson
Rigley, Allen
Monroe
Williams, John
Hancock
Dudley, Joseph
Walton
Price, James B
Columbia
Hunt, William H
Clarke
McNair, Robert -.....---..-..-...Monroe
DeLauney, Thomas
Pool, Thomas
Troup
....Troup
Pool, Thomas ....,..--_..--...-.
Chambers, Isaac
DeKaIb
Jones, Isaac
Greene
Bond, William
Elbert
Trammell, Robert
Habersham
Barrow, William ...-..-.-----...J efferson
Lauridge, John T
Franklin
.
Webb, Ephraim -..,.--...-..-Emanuel
Elard, James, Jr
Habersham
Hancock
Harwell, Thomas G
Smith, Ezekiel
Laurens
..-.--..-.---....
Daniel, Henry
Greene
Girtman, William -----Houston
Hickle, John
Richmond
Tillman, Sarah
Bulloch
Lovirt, Lear
Twiggs
Gwinnett
Stiles, Claiborn M
Monroe
Wilder, James?
Haynie, Warrenton -.-..
McGhee, John W
Troup
Chapman, Berry
Davis, Daniel -...-..-I-.--.
Wilder, James ------.....Troup
..-----.-------..
Troup
Wilder, James
Thurmond, Meredith .--.....Jasper
Hambleton, John G.---.Montgomery
Myrick, Evans -,--------Monroe
Bowling, Daniel .-..-.---..-.-..-Pike
Shipp, William -.-.--..-.--.-..-.
Pulaski
Scruggs, William
Scriven
Glasson, Jesse
ones
Sample, William M
Jasper
Norris, James F
Walton
Putnam
Alexander, Wm.t .--..--.-Harrist, T. M
Troup
Troup
Richards, Thomas S
Jasper
Johnson, Nicholas? ..-----Drake, Meredith ..--.----Madison
Clary, John
+
Bryan
Moncrief, Austin
Lincoln
Price, William
Gwinnett
Crowley, Abraham
Oglethorpe
Clements, William
Fayette
DeIberghe, John
Chatham
Corbin, Richard
Habersham
Hearn, Charles W
Hawthorne, John
Troup
Hawthorne, John
Troup
.----.--.-
...-----.-
.-..--
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Hawthorne, John .--.---..-........
Troup
Corbett, Grove --.--..-...-Washington
Cooper, Arthurt -._-...-.-.-.-.Clarke
Whatley, Samuel -,.
Wilkes
Gwinnett
Ballard, David G
Newsom, Joshua ----..--..-...-Warren
Musgrove, S. G .....---.--.-...
Jeff erson
Telfair
White, Williamt .--.--.-.....-...
Troup
Jenkins, H. W
Wilkes, Aaron
Troup
Chastain, Jeremiah
Habersham
Haswell, John
Bibb
Ware, Robert
Wilkes
Heard, George
DeKalb
King, Mary
Wilkinson
Brown, Shelldrak ----------.---Jasper
2S
Rion, Philip .----.....-.--.-..I.Jackson
Burnap, John -.........--.....-----Wilkes
Jones, Zachariah
Greene
Troup
Chivers, Henry T
Chivers, Henry T....,...----.....- Troup
Thomas, Hannah*
Gwinnett
Jasper
Harper, Alex. T
Carnes, Ruth
Rabun
Nabersham
Rice, Thomas --...----.-.-..
Burke
Lancaster, Mahala
Troup
Chivers, Henry T...-.-.....--.--..Troup
Chivers, Henry T
Lewis, Nicholas
Levis, Nicholas
Troup
Sterling, W. J
..-.-----_.--__---
Fifteenth Land District Grantees
Haslet, John
DeKalb
Watts, Henry
Fayette
Branham, Benjamin
Wilkes
Bearden, John
Habersham
Keaton, William ---.-..--.-Washington
Richards, Jediah -...-...--.....--.
Greene
Colley, Anderson? ----Oglethorpe
Fimey, Arthur -.-.----.--.,--Jones
Prince, Joseph ---.--.-,-Jasper
Thurmond, Nancy
Jackson
Eels, Nathaniel
Twiggs
Tazhery, Sarah
Pulaski
McDade, John, Jr
Richmond
Sacrae, Thomas
Bibb
Csmden
Howell, Joseph
Brooks, P. L. W
Gwinnett
Moore, Martha
Gwinnett
Chatham
Hart, Napthali H
Robertson, John
Putnam
Jackson, Jeremiah
Greene
Burrell, Jesse --...---.-------.--.
Gwinnett
Fayette
Smith, James W.*
Banker, Edward
Pulaski
Booth, William
Monroe
Gwinnett
Williams, B. Z.*
Rawls, Thomas
Bulloch
Washington
Lee, Ransom L. G
Hunton, James -...,-..--..-..
Walton
Wright, Samuel -..,.--...----....--.
Glynn
Lequeux, Peter
----------------.
Ruike
Turner, John -_--------.---jasper
Cooper, William ------- Laurens
Lberty
Dregors, Jonas, 3rd
Flud, Jane*
Greene
Camp, Hope H
Walton
Holiday, John, Jr
Jones
Perkins, Sarah -.---.-.
Laurens
Buse, Thomas
Walton
McClain, Ephraim
Habersham
Dixon, John
Twiggs
Wilson, Hugh"
Jefferson
Holland, William -......---..-Monroe
Chesser, John
Tattnall
Manson, John W
Jefferson
Gwinnett
Jordan, Dickson --......-..---..
Pitts, Isaac
Herring, James
Monroe
Holcomb, Ezekiel ._..----.-_.Franklin
Shadow, John --.------.----....Madison
Lott, Joel
Chatham
Dickerson, William --.---....
Albritton, Eliz. ---.---.----Washington
Craft, David
Johnson, William ----.Swinnett
Lindsey, James* --------------Hall
Joyce, John
Tattnall
Turner, Elender -.-.----------Jasper
Jones, Andrew B
Wilkes
Xancock
Barnhart, JohnlEdwards, Peter
2-----Hall
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Bell, Francis --.---.----.--.-.Jackson
Bacon, Henry W
Liberty
Yarborough, Joseph ....-..--._.J ackson
Chapple, John* ---.---...-.....-..Monroe
Williamson, W. C.?
Crawford
Thurmond, Meredith ---.-..-.Jasper
Wisdom, Jesse -......----.-.--.-.Newton
Loflin, James S
Lincoln
Boykin, Francis
asper
McClainy, S. and C
Burke
Baldwin
Cooper, William
Mauden, Andrew? -.........
McDaniel, James
Hancock
Dupree, Orrin H
Twiggs
Telf air
Anderson, Amos
Hancock
Crutchfield, F. P
Miles, Thomas
Laurens
Wilkinson
Cherry, orphans
Huff, Hawkins .-..--.----.-.Richmond
Nelson, William ...---.-.--.-Nelson, William
Amos, Elijah M.----.I----- Crawford
Peeples, Rufus D
Bonner, William
Troup
Nelson, William
Nelson, William
Nelson, William
Pitts, William
Pitts, William
Troup
Kimberly & Chisholm
Malone, Spencer
Troup
Sixteenth Land District Grantees
1"
2*
3
4
1
6
7
8*
9*
10
11
12
13
14*
11*
16'
17
18
19
20*
21"
22
23
24
2f*
26*
27"
28
29
3 O*
Lassiter, John
1834
3 1*
Lassiter, John
18 36
32
Ficklen, F. F
Wilkes
33
Brown, Francis J
Morgan
34*
Gainer, Sarah ---.----------Washington
3 1'
Harris, William
Baldwin
36*
Livingstone, John
Laurens
37
Terry, John
1841
38"
.
.
Thomas, PhLp --------1833
39'
Riley, orphans
Bibb
40"
Dodson, Daniel ---.----.-.----.----Jasper
41"
Miller, John - - - - - - S I d 1
42'
Rousseau, Thomas? --..-.-..----Jasper
43 *
Estes, Zachariah
183 3
44"
Haralson, John B. ....-.-.--A
1836
41 *
Pless, Augustus
1834
46,
Johnson, Cornelius
Wayne
47'
Daughtry, Berrien
Emanuel
48"
Shepherd, Joseph
Wilkes
49"
Cofield, Willis
1836
5 0"
Glover, John E.....--....--.-.1848
a11"
Miles, Jane
Baldwin
52*
Kennedy, Robert
DeKalb
53*
Palmore, Elisha
54'
Haralson, John B
1836
11"
Scott, Thomas ----.......--...---------1832
5 6*
Scott, Thomas
1848
57*
Moon, William H
Elbert
18'
Milton, John
efferson
59"
Jacobs, Mordecai
1832
Jacobs, Mordecai
18 32
Williams, Levicy
Habersham
Jones, Josiah
Putnam
Harper, John
183 3
Harper, John
183 5
Bailey, Samuel A.-----.-.......Troup
Trammell, Robert -...-...-Oglethorpe
Chivers, Joel M
Troup
McCune, William -----....---.Jasper
Bailey, Samuel A
Troup
Bailey, Samuel A...---_.----...-..--.
Troup
Ferrell, Blount C
Troup
Ferrell, Blount C
Troup
Ferrell, Blount C
Troup
Ferrell, Mickleberry
Troup
Ferrell, M.
Troup
Ferrell, M.
Troup
Ferrell, M.
Troup
Potts, Moses ..---.-----_-----.-.......
Troup
Ports, Moses ........................Troup
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Bartee, Abraham M
1834
Jones, William M
1834
Lucas, B. G. G. A
1848
Neel, Davis
1848
Neel, Davis
18 38
Neel, Davis
18 38
Burnham, Hickerson ..-.-.-...--.
18 34
Burnham, Hickerson
1834
Webb, John C
1838
I n the Sixteenth District, where the county from which the grantee came was not known,
the year of the grant is given.
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CHAPTER IV.
BOUNDARIES
6r
HE ACT of the General Assembly of Georgia to organize the ter-
ritory lately acquired from the Creek Nation was signed by the
governor on the 11th day of December, 1826. The territory was that
between the Flint (Thronateeska) River and the Chattahoochee River, and
extended from the old north line of Early County to the north line of
Coweta County. The engineers divided the whole area into sections, which
were three land districts or twenty-seven miles from north to south; the
sections were numbered from south to north:
Section 1. The southernmost, designated as Lee County.
Section 2. North of Lee County, designated Muscogee County.
Section 3. North of Muscogee County, designated Troup County.
Section 4. The northernmost, designated Coweta County.
Section 5 . West of Chattahoochee River, designated Carroll County.
ORIGINAL
COUNTY.From the above division it will be seen that the
original Troup County was composed of twelve land districts, which were
numbered from the southeast corner of the county on the Flint River:
Manchester on the western edge.
First District------------ 156 land lots
Second ------------------ 272
Warm Springs near the center.
Durand and Chipley.
Third ...................... 28 9
Salem and Pleasant Grove.
Fourth ------,--------272
West Point to Pyne.
3 31
Fifth ---.--------------.--LaGrange.
Sixth
256
Mountville and Stovall.
256
Seventh
Greenville.
Eighth --_----------------_ 2 5 6
Woodbury and Oakland.
Ninth -----------.---------.
2f 6
Luthersville.
Tenth
25 6
Hogansville and Lone Oak.
Eleventh
2S 6
Harrisonville and Ware Crossroad.
Twelfth ----------------- 290
-
Original County-----.3146 land lots and fractions.
Liberty Hill and Houston.
Fourteenth -------------- 168
Antioch and Glenn.
192
Fifteenth ---------------.
West Point and Abbottsford.
59
Sixteenth --.-------------
-
3 5 6 5 land lots.
The last three districts were transferred from Carroll County in 1827.
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BOUNDARYCHANGES. The first change in the bounds of Troup County
was made on December 24, 1827, at which time parts of the county were
transferred to Harris, Talbot and Meriwether counties; and the three districts of Carroll County west of the Chattahmhee River on southern end
of the county were transferred to Troup: 14th, 15th and 16th.
The county of Heard was created, on December 22, 1830, and a portion
of Troup County in the general shape of a triangle was transferred to
Heard County, leaving only four and one-half miles of the original county
boundary on the north side, and adjacent to Coweta County.
The following minor changes of addition and subtraction were made as
indicated below:
February 17, 1854, the north half of land lot 108 of the 5th district transferred to Troup.
March 1, 1856, land lot 73 of 14th district, partly in Heard,
transferred as a whole to Troup.
March 4, 1856, land lots 62, 63, 64, 51, 12, and 39 of 14th district transferred to Troup.
February 20, 1877, land lots 37 and 60 of 11th district, the parts
north of Yellow Jacket Creek, transferred to Coweta.
PRESENT
BOUNDARY. Noting the indentations of the land lot transfers
in the preceding paragraph, the boundary lines of Troup County are as
follows: Commencing on the Alabama line at the northwest corner of
land lot 160 of 15th district, the boundary is a straight line to the southeast corner of land lot 48 of 14th district on the bank of the Chattahoochee
River; thence up the river to the mouth of Potato Creek on the east side
of the river in land lot 213 of 12th district; thence in a straight line to
the northeast corner of land lot 49 of 12th district (southeast corner of
land lot 120 of 3rd district of Coweta County); thence east to northeast
corner of land lot 5 of 11th district; thence south on the land lot lines
to southeast corner of land lot 96 of 3rd district (there is an eastward offset on the line between the 7th and the 3rd districts of about 600 feet);
thence westward on land lot lines to the Chattahoochee River at West Point;
thence northerly on the Alabama line to the point of beginning in the 15th
district.
The above-mentioned changes in the boundaries
PRESENTDISTRICTS.
of Troup County left in the present county the following land districts
and land lots; the fractions in the 3rd and the 4th districts were due to
errors of the engineers and are rectangular in shape; the other fractions
are due to the curvature of the Chattahoochee River and the oblique direction of the Alabama line:
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WHOLE
LOTS
66
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eleventh
Twelfth
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
176
254
25 6
80
78
------ 2 1 8
80
72
20
Total
1 3 00
MILITIA
DISTRICTS.
In the original plan of military organization of Georgia in operation when Troup County was created, the counties were divided
into militia districts, each of which was required t o have two hundred or
more men capable of bearing arms and to have a militia muster at least
annually for military training. Many of them mustered quarterly for such
drills. New districts were permitted only when the population of districts
increased to such an extent that the formation of the new districts would
not deplete the old districts below the minimum of two hundred. The
formation of new districts was granted from the oflice of the secretary of
state of Georgia, and they were numbered by that office in the order of
creation throughout the state. Hence the smaller numbers are the oldest
districts. The first three were formed in 1826 or 1827. The following
are the present districts, the boundaries of which may be seen on the accompanying map of the districts, Georgia Militia Districts, (usually abbreviated
G. M. D.) with the names and numbers.
LaGrange.
East Vernon.
Harrisonville.
Rough Edge, formerly Pleasant Hill.
Mountville.
O'Neal's Mill.
Hogansville.
West Point.
West Vernon.
Antioch.
Long Cane.
McLendon's.
Pool's Mill, created May, 1 8 5 3.
Salem, created April, 1910.
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The names of these districts are suggested by the muster locality in all
the districts but that of Rough Edge. The original name of this district
was Pleasant Hill. In this district the momentous question of building
the little courtroom, a small building about sixteen by twenty feet in
dimensions, and the cost of lumber wherewith to build, were serious political
questions. After the decision to build was reached, it was decided to submit to the voters the difference in cost of building the house with "Square
Edge" or "Rough Edge" lumber. The election was ordered and "Rough
Edge" carried a majority of the votes, and gave the new name of Rough
Edge to the old Pleasant Hill district.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.The school districts of Troup County as adopted
by the Troup County Bmrd of Education on December 19, 193 0, are shown
on the accompanying school district map. There are eleven school districts
in the county in addition to the city systems of Hogansville, LaGrange and
West Point, which are independent of the county system.
The names and general location of these districts and the independent
systems are listed below:
Abbottsford, west of Chattahoochee River.
Antioch, most of the fourteenth and fifteenth districts.
Center, school located on highway number fourteen.
Gray Hill, school on road from West Point to Hardin Crossroad.
Hillcrest, school on highway number one towards Franklin.
Hogansville, territory adjacent but not in Hogansville.
Mountville, adjacent territory including the town.
Oak Grove, southeastern corner of the county.
Rosemont, Pleasant Grove and Big Springs.
Salem, the southern part of county.
Taturn, territory due west of LaGrange.
City of Hogansville.
City of LaGrange.
City of West Point.
School District Boundaries
ABBOTTSFORD.Commencing at the northwest corner of land lot 151
in the 15th district on the Alabama state line, thence east on land lot lines
to the east bank of the Chattahoochee River; thence southerly on the east
bank of the river to the south line of land lot 56 in the 16th district;
thence west to the Alabama line; thence northward on the Alabama line to
the point of beginning.
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WITH NUMBERS OF BORDER LAND L O T S
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ANTIOCH. Commencing at the northwest corner of land lot 160 in the
15th district on the Alabama state line, thence easterly on the Heard
County line to the west bank of the Chattahoochee River; thence southerly
on the west bank of the river to the southeast corner of land lot 147 in
the 14th district; thence west on land lot lines to the southwest corner
of land lot 150 in the 15th district on the Alabama line; thence northerly
on the Alabama state line to the point of beginning.
CENTER. All portions of this district are in the 5th district: commencing at the northwest corner of land lot 255 on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River; thence east and south to the southeast corner of the said
land lot 255; thence east to northeast corner of land lot 8 on the 5th district line; thence south on the district line to Blue John creek in land lot
3; thence down Blue John creek t o Long Cane creek and down Long Cane
creek to south line of land lot 238; thence west on land lot lines to the
east bank of the Chattahoochee River; thence northerly up the east bank
of the river to the point of beginning.
GRAYHILL. Commencing at the northwest corner of land lot 144 in
the 6th district, thence east to the city limits of LaGrange; thence easterly
on the city limits to the north line of land lot 171 in the 6th district;
thence east to the northeast corner of land lot 170 in the 6th district;
thence south on land lot lines to Long Cane creek; thence southerly down
said creek to the east line of land lot 236 in the 6th district; thence south
on the land lot lines to the southeast corner of land lot 184 in the 4th
district; thence east to the northeast corner of land lot 149 in the 4th
district; thence south on land lot lines to Flat Shoals creek; thence southerly
down Flat Shoals creek to Harris County line; thence west on the county
line to city limits of West Point; thence northerly on the city limits to
south line of Center School district; thence east and northerly on Center
School district lines to the point of beginning.
HILLCREST.
Commencing at the northwest corner of land lot 236 in
the 12th district on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River, thence up
the river to the Heard County line; then easterly on the Heard County line
to the east line of land lot 80 in the 12th district; thence south on the
land lot lines to Beech creek; thence westerly down said creek to the east
line of land lot 7 in the sixth district; thence south to the southeast corner
of land lot S8 in the 6th district; thence west to the city limits of LaGrange;
thence westerly on the city limits to the south line of land lot 80 in the
6th district; thence west on the south lines of land lots 80 in the 6th district and 12 in the 5th district to the southwest corner of land lot 12;
thence to northwest corner of land lot 12; thence west to the southwest
corner of land lot 77 in the 5th district; thence to northwest corner of land
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lot 77; thence west to Yellow Jacket creek and westerly down the creek
to the Chattahoochee River; thence northerly up the Chattahoochee River
to the point of beginning.
HOGANSVILLE.
Commencing on the west line of land lot 49 in the 12th
district, thence easterly on the county line to northeast corner of the
county; thence southerly on the Coweta and Meriwether county lines to
Beech creek; thence westerly down said creek to east line of Hillcrest School
district; thence north on land lot lines t o the point of beginning.
MOUNTVILLE.Commencing on the west line of land lot 6 in the 6th
district on Beech creek, thence easterly up said creek t o the Meriwether
County line; thence south on the county line to the southeast corner of
land lot 187 of 7th district; thence west to southwest corner of land lot
230 of 7th district; thence north to southeast corner of land lot 249; thence
west and north t o the northwest corner of land lot 249; thence west on
land lot lines to Long Cane creek and westerly down said creek to the east
line of land lot 133 in the 6th district; thence south on land lot lines t o
a branch on the east line of land lot 188 in the 6th district; thence westerly
down said branch and Long Cane creek t o the west line of land lot 184 in
the ,6th district; thence north to southeast corner of land lot 1 5 1 in the
6th district; thence west t o the city limits of LaGrange; thence northerly
on the city limits to the north line of land lot 74 in the 6th district; thence
east to the northeast corner of land lot 71 in the 6th district; thence north
on land lot lines t o the point of beginning.
OAKGROVE. Commencing at junction of Flat Shoals and Polecat creeks,
in land lot 91 in the 4th district, thence easterly up Flat Shoals creek t o
Sulphur creek and up Sulphur creek to the Meriwether County line; thence
south to southeast corner of Troup County; thence west to Turkey creek;
thence westerly down Turkey creek to west line of land lot 136 in the
3rd district; thence north to Polecat creek; thence westerly down the said
Polecat creek to the point of beginning.
ROSEMONT.Commencing on Long Cane creek on the west line of land
lot 184 in the 6th district, thence easterly up the creek and the south side
of the Mountville school district to the Meriwether County line; thence
south on the county line to Sulphur creek; thence westerly down Sulphur
and Flat Shoals creeks to west line of land lot 126 in the 4th district;
thence northerly on Gray Hill lines to the point of beginning.
SALEM. Commencing on Harris County line on the south line of land
lot 54 in the 5th district on Flat Shoals creek; thence northerly, easterly,
following the bounds of Gray Hill, Rosemont, and Oak Grove back t o the
Harris County line; thence west on county line to point of beginning.
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TATUM.Commencing at the confluence of Yellow Jacket creek and
the Chattahoochee River, thence eastward on the Hillcrest district lines to
the city limits of LaGrange; thence southward on the city limits to the
Gray Hill district lines; thence westward on the Gray Hill and the Center
district lines to the Chattahoochee. River; thence northward up the river to
the point of beginning.
CITY OF HOGANSVILLE.
Measuring from the central point of the railroad right of way and the middle point of Main Street, a distance of threefourths of a mile in an east, a south and a west direction, and seven-tenths
of a mile in a north direction, the limits are in the form of a rectangle of
1.50 miles from east to west, and 1.45 miles from north to south. The
city is located partly in the 11th and partly in the 12th land districts.
CITYOF LAGRANGE.The city limits of LaGrange are circular in form
with some small projections beyond the circle in land lot 146. It is entirely
within the 6th land district. The radius of the circle is two miles in length,
and the center is the central point of Court Square, which is 665 feet from
the south side and 865 from the east side of land lot 109 in the 6th district.
CITY OF WESTPOINT. The bounds of the city of West Point are land
lot lines except in the northeast corner of the city. The following land
lots and fractions are east of the Chattahoochee River: 283, 284, all of 28 5
except the northeast quarter, 3 16, 3 17 and 3 18, all of which are in the
5th district. On the west side of the river, the fractional land lots 57,
58, and 59 in the 16th district of former Carroll County.
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CHAPTER V. ORGANIZATION
FIRST step in the organization of the territory acquired from
the Creek Nation was the creation of counties from the area lying
between the Flint and the Chattahoochee rivers, and west of the Chattahoochee, and the following is quoted from the Act of the General Assembly
of Georgia:
"That all that part of said territory lying between said rivers, and known
as the Third Section, shall form one county to be called 'Troup' . .
"That on the first Monday in May next (1827), the persons who may
be in said counties may meet together and under the superintendence of
three freeholders (realty owners), elect the following officers: five Justices
of the Inferior Court, Clerk of Superior and Inferior Court, Sheriff, Tax
Collector, Tax Receiver, Coroner, and County Surveyor
"That the place of election in the county of Troup shall be at the house
of Joseph Weaver." (Excerpts from the Act of December 11, 1826.)
The results of this election as far as could be learned from the records
are as follows:
Justices of Inferior Court: Arthur Herring, Levi H. Hussey, Charles
L. Kennon, Whitfield H. Sledge and James Taylor.
Clerk of Superior Court: Charles S. H. Goss.
Clerk of Inferior Court: John S. Adams.
Sheriff : Willis Whatley
County Surveyor: Samuel Reid.
The officers were for the whole original county eastward to the Flint
River before any changes in the bounds were made. N o record could be
found of the election of Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, nor Coroner.
The five new counties, including Troup, were so large .that the General
Assembly on December 24, 1827, divided them and made new counties,
adding the three land districts of Carroll County west of the Chattahoochee
(14th, lSth, and 16th) to Troup, forming Meriwether of the east, and
contributing a small part of the southern districts of Troup to Harris and
Talbot. This necessitated a reorganization of Troup County, because some
of the elected o5cers were nu longer citizens of the smaller Troup County.
REORGANIZATION.
The reorganization of the county with its new bounds
was effected by the General Assembly on December 24, 1827. I t was
enacted that an election for the county o£ficers be held on the first Monday
of February, 1828, at the house of Nicholas Johnson. The plans of organization were enacted in more detail than in the Act of December 11, 1826.
The Justices of the Inferior Court, who functioned as court of the ordinary, and as county commissioners, as well as in their judicial duties, were
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authorized to purchase a land lot for a county town and to reserve two
plats of one acre each for academies and four lots of one acre each for
religious purposes, and i t was enacted that the Inferior Court execute titles
to each of the religious denominations for one of the lots thus reserved.
They were also instructed to proceed to select Grand and Petit juries agreeable to the law in force.
N L I ~DISTRICTS.
A
The Justices were instructed that as soon as practicable to lay off the county into captains districts, or militia districts, and
to advertise, giving fifteen days notice, and one or more of them attend,
the election of two Justices of the Peace in each district. The Justices of
the Peace so elected shall advertise the election of the militia subaltern
ofiicers, and the captains so elected shall as soon as practicable make a roster
of persons liable to militia duty, and return the same to the Inferior Court.
COUNTYTOWN. The selection of a location for the county town, or
county seat, was the most difticult task allotted to the Inferior Court,
due to the keen rivalry between two communities of the new county, one
faction espousing the cause of the unborn city of Vernon on the banks of
the Chattahoochee, which had been laid of3 as a city in anticipation of
the favorable action of the court, and in which many lots were sold; the
other faction a more eastern situation further removed from Indian molestation, about half way between the present LaGrange and Mountville. The
final selection was a compromise and the county town was located about
half way between the two factional sites, and thus expired the city of
Vernon, whose name is kept alive by the two militia districts of East and
West Vernon; so the county town was located in land lot 109 of the Sixth
district and was named LaGrange, and had as original bounds the following:
north line, Bacon Street, north of Hillview cemetery; east line, 200 feet
east of Morgan Street; south line, the south side of Broome Street; west
line, the eastern bounds of McLendon property, about one hundred yards
west of Gordon Street. The further transactions of the Inferior Court in
reference t o LaGrange will be treated under the chapter of towns and cities.
INFERIORCOURT. The functions of the Inferior Court as ordinary were
replaced in 1852 by the election of an Ordinary. The judicial functions
were delegated to the various justices of the peace in 1872. Their remaining function as county commissioners was abolished in 1876, on the 28th
of February, when the Board of County Commissioners was created, and
their election by the grand jury enacted. The roster of the Judges of the
Inferior Court will be found in the chapter on Courts.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. The original design of these of6cers was to provide a tribunal, which had the powers of a grand jury in determining the
culpability of an alleged criminal, and of ordering the arrest, or discharge
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any person arrested on warrants sworn out by citizens after hearing the evidence; thus, they had the power of preventing the unjust incarceration of
innocent persons to await a regular session of court.
Their powers and functions have been changed from time to time, but
they have always had jurisdiction over disputes about petty accounts of
small sums, garnishments, and peace warrants. The decisions of the justice
of the peace court, whether made by the justice or by the jury of five, were
subject to appeal to a higher court, the loser t o pay all costs of such appeal.
The income of the ofice is dependent on fees, and the patronage is largely
governed by the confidence of the public in the integrity of the officer.
During the reconstruction period of our history after the Civil War, the
income became practically nothing, in consequence of the powers conferred
on notaries public, who were ex-o6cio justices of the peace. Further discussion of these justices will be made in the chapter on the Courts of Troup
County.
I t has been found that it is impossible to give a complete roster of these
officers, because the lack of records forbids.
NOTARIES
PUBLIC.A notary public is an oficer commissioned now by
our Superior Courts, who attests the authenticity of documents and signatures. During the reconstruction period following the Civil War, the General Assembly of Georgia conferred on grand juries the power of election
of certain notaries public as ex-officio justices of the peace, since the justices
were elected by the people, and since so many citizens were disenfranchised
by the Federal government, it was feared that incapable and unscrupulous
officers would be elected by the newly enfranchised negro voters; so this provision was made for a judiciary t o settle minor disputes without recourse to
tk harsher rulings of military court.
CITY
AND COUNTY COURTS. There were numerous experiments in the
courts of the county with changes in jurisdiction and procedure from
county court to city court. The abolishment of all courts except that of
the justices of the peace. Then again the establishment of the present City
Court of Troup County. These will be treated in the chapter on Courts of
Troup County.
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CHAPTER VI. TROUP COUNTY COURTS
UPREME COURT. The Supreme Court of Georgia was created by the
General Assembly of Georgia in the session of 1845, under which act
the state was divided into five judicial circuits. The district in which our
courts and their decisions were reviewed was the Third District, and continued in that district, until the ambulatory character of the court was abolished in 1868.
SUPERIORCOURT. The Superior Court of Troup County, the tribunal
which had the highest jurisdiction in the county, including the trial of every
form of civil and criminal wrongdoing, the review of appeals from the inferior courts, and the control of all county activities, was shifted from circuit to circuit in the arrangement of the gradually increasing business. The
original number of circuits was eleven, and the present number is thirtythree.
1816-32
18 3 3-69
Chattahoochee Circuit
Coweta Circuit
1869-74
187T-
Tallapoosa Circuit
Coweta Circuit, a change of
name only
SUPERIOR
COURT. The following is the roster of the judges
of the Superior Court in the circuits named above, and includes many names
well known in Georgia legal lore:
JUDGES OF
Walter T. Colquitt
Hiram Warner
William Ezzard
William F. Wright
Hugh Buchanan
Francis M. Longley
Sampson W . Harris
Thomas A. Atkinson
Robert W . Freeman
J. Render Terrell
Charles E. Roop
Lee B. Wyatt
Edward Young Hill
Obediah Warner
Orville A. Bull
Benjamin H . Bigham
Hiram Warner
John Collier
John S. Bigby
In the above roster the names of Edward Young Hill, Orville A. Bull,
Benjamin H. Bigham, Francis M. Longley, Thomas A. Atkinson, and Lee B.
Wyatt, indicated by italic type, are or were citizens of Troup.
SOLICITORS
GENERAL. The roster of Solicitors General of the Superior
G h r t of Troup County contains many names of brilliant legal lights.
Those who lived in Troup County are indicated by italic type:
1826-29
1829-32
1832-3 3
1833-36
1836-39
Samuel A. Bailey
John W. Hooper
James P. H. Campbell
Young Y . Long
George D. Anderson
1839-42
Noel B. Knight
Kinchen L. Haralson
Augustus C. Ferrell
1847-48 Dennis F. Hammond
1849-$2 Mia1 M. Tidwell
1842-44
1845-46
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Logan E. Bleckley
Herbert Fielder
M. Kendrick
Joseph A. Glanche
C. T. Forsyth
John S. Bigby
William A. Adams
Albert H. Cox
1874-76
1877-82
1882-90
1891-03
1903-16
1917-20
1921-
Thomas W. Latham
Sampson W. Harris
Harry M. Reid
Thomas A. Atkinson
J. Render Terrell
Charles E. Roop
William Y. Atkinson
CLERKSOF SUPERIOR
COURT. The clerk is strictly speaking a county
officer, being the recording officer of the courts, and also of the county
records of deeds, mortgages, and charters. The roster follows:
1827-3j
183 1-42
1842-48
1848-10
1810-62
1862-66
N. Johnson
Robert F. McGehee
Moses Lee
H.B. Williams
William M. Latimer
John F. Awtrey
1866-75
1875-81
1881-87
1887-96
1896-14
1914-
R. S. McFarlii
John W. Sledge
John Edward Toole
E. T.Winn
William L. Cleaveland
G. Thomas Traylor
SHERIFFSOF TROUP
COUNTY.The sheriff, or his deputy, is required to
be present at sessions of Superior and County courts t o receive the mandates
of the court in reference to any prisoner arraigned, and to serve subpoenas
and the: like. The following is the roster:
Willis Whatley
Daniel S. Robertson
Willis Whatley
Daniel S. Robertson
John Arnold
Daniel S. Robertson
Samuel J. Thompson
Henry Faver
Jonathan Taylor
Alphonse Hemphill
Thomas Davis
R. F. Maddox
Waters B. Jones
Thomas C. Miller
William H. Cooper
Jarrell 0.Towns
Thomas C. Miller
William G. S. Martin
E. B. Edmondson
Edward M. Henderson
H. N. Brady
W. T. Birdsong
Oscar H. Florence
W. B. Shirey
Samuel A. Smith
John F. Carley
H. N. Brady
3 7 D~STRICT
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COURT. Among the short-lived experiments in court
pr~cedureswas the establishment of the 37th District Court by the General
Assembly in 1870. It was abolished by the same body in the year 1871;
therefore, the personnel of officers is limited to one: J. H. Caldwell, judge;
Thomas H. Whitaker, solicitor-general; R. S. McFarlin, clerk.
COUNTY
COURT. From the organization of the county until 1866, the
Inferior Court filled the needs of a county court, and in that year a county
Note.
Sheriff Shirey was killed in execution of duty.
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court was established and continued until October 26, 1870; the district
court above mentioned replaced the functions of the county court by its
quarterly sessions until 1872. The justices of the peace of the county were
clothed with the powers of a county court on August 23, 1872, but after
four years of trial of this plan, and in response to the criticisms of the bar,
the county court was again created on February 23, 1876, and continued
until the establishment of the present City Court of Troup County, created
on December 19, 1899. Thus it will be seen that our county had several
experiments in court procedure with a very variable jurisdiction in both
civil and criminal suits. First, Inferior Court, 1827-66; County Court,
1866-70; 37th District Court, 1870-71; Justice Courts, 1872-76; County
Court, 1876-99; City Court, 1900 to date.
The following roster of judges and solicitors of the County and City
Courts, excepting the justices, and the judges of the Inferior Court:
JUDGES
Blount C. Ferrell
William W. Turner
James M. Beau
Thomas H. Whitaker
William W. Turner
R. A. Freeman
Frank P. Longley
Francis M. Longley
Frank Harwell
Edward T. Moon
Duke Davis
William T. Tuggle
SOLICITORS
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1866-70
1876-78
1879-82
1883-86
1887-94
1891-98
1899-01
190 1-04
1905-1 6
1917-18
1919-24
192 1-
John A. Speer
1866-70
Orville A. Bull
1876-78
James H. Pitman. - - - - - 18 87-94
William T. Tuggle
1899-0 1
Henry Reeves.
--1901-16
Leon L. Meadors----,, 1917-
INFERIORCOURT. In the early history of Troup County the judges of
the Inferior Court were important factors in the organization and the development of the county. For a long time their duties were three-fold in
character: First, as county commissioners to plan the county town, t o authorize the passage of roads, to oversee the construction of bridges, t o fix
rates of taxation and license for the county, and to purchase the necessary
supplies for the use of the county; second, as a court of ordinary, to probate
wills, to appoint guardians and administrators, to approve the care of orphans
and the mentally incompetent; third, as a court of justice, to hear all cases
involving controversy of debt, to try criminal cases not involving capital
punishment.
This court was composed of five justices, and the presence of three constituted a quorum for the transaction of business, yet the records frequently
show the attendance of the full court of five. The records of each function
of the court were kept in separate books and the minutes always were pre-
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ceded by the phrases: "The Inferior Court convened for county purposes"
or "for ordinary purposes." The functions as ordinary ceased in July, 1852,
when the Ordinary was made an official of the county. Their functions as
a court of justice ceased with the establishment of the County Court in
1866. The Inferior Court was shorn of all its duties by the creation of
County Commissioners on February 28, 1876. The court was formally
abolished on February 27, 1877. The following roster of the judges of this
court is given below:
Amoss, B. B
1857-58
Atkinson, Nathan L
1861-64
Bacon, Thomas J
185 1-52
Bailey, Samuel A
18 3 3-3 5
Bass, Eaton
1829-30
Beall, Elias
18 3 5 -3 6
Beall, James M
1836-45; 51-52
Boddie, Thomas A
1 8 66
Bond, Lewis A
1842
Cameron, Ben H
1836-43; 57-60
Chivers, Joel M
1 8 54
Cook, Thomas I
18 37-41
.Cox, Albert E
1845-46
Culbertson, James P
1828-32
Darden, William C.-18
58
Dennis, Hiram
1863 -64
Dougherty, Robert
183 5
Douglas, John
1843 -50
Douglas, John F
185 5
Dozier, Nathan B
1853-56; 59-64
Dozier, Woody
1831-32
Evans, Daniel
183 3 -34
Fannin, Augustus B
1846-47
Fannin, William F
1849-52
Ferrell, Blount C
1845-46
Gage, John E
1828
Geer, Levi
1847-48
Gorham, John
1863-64
Gorman, Thomas E
18 5 3 -56
Greenwood, Thomas B .---.-...
18 5 3
Greer, John
1843-46
Harris, Edmund T
183 3 -34
Herring, Arthur* .------.--..---.
1827
Hughey, W. W .......---..---....
1855-59
Hussey, Levi He*.-....--------..
1827
Johnson, Sankey T
1833-3 7
Kennon, Charles* ..-....-----.--1827
Lee, Moses
184 8
Lesley, Peter w.........-.....--1839-43
Lewis, John S.---.......-..-...----1836-37
McLendon, Jesse --.-.......---.1846-48
Maddox, James
1828-31
Miller, Thomas C
1856-5 8
Morgan, Robert J
18 50-5 1
Newsom, Joel D
183 1-36
Reid, Samuel
1828-29; 49-52
Renwick, Nathan
1847
Ridley, Robert A. T
1843-45
Roberts, Alexander A
,18 53-54
Rogers, Collin
1832-3 3 ; 37-42
Simmons, James B.-....-..--.-1829-32
Sims, W. H.
1857-58; 61-63
Sledge, Whitfield H.*..........1827-28
Speer, Alexander
18 5 3
Speer, John A
1860-61
Swanson, Sherwood W........-1849-50
Taylor, James*
1827
Tharp, R. D. A .-..----.......-.-1849-52; 54-15
Thomas, William C
1829-30
Thornton, Thomas J..-..-...-.
18 59-64
Traylor, John
1837-39
Wagner, William
18 59-62
Ware, Daniel
1843-46
Wilson, Wilie
-1834-36
.----.--.--
.----
...--.-
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JUSTICECOURT. The courts of the Justice of Peace in our county history were unique in their operation; the rules of procedure unless set forth
in "the Code" were in accordance with the pleasure of the incumbent judge.
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A t the request of the litigants in any case, a jury of five could be summoned
to decide the facts in the case, increasing the costs in the case by $1.25, for
the jurors always received "two bits" for each case decided; in case no jury
was demanded, the justice decided the facts in the case. The rugged justice meted out by the old timer justices could always be recognized as just,
whether legal or not, and technicalities seldom were allowed to interfere
with the decisions of the court, and flimsy excuses for continuance were
never recognized. The greatest abomination of the old country justices
was for city lawyers and Supreme Court decisions, and in the arguments
before the justices by the lawyers the paragraph of the code of Georgia carried more weight than the most profound interpretation of any legal authority.
On one occasion two lawyers met t o represent opposing sides of some controversy in a justice court, the facts were admitted and there was no recourse
to a jury. The justice listened carefully to the recital of the facts, and followed the citation of code paragraphs by turning to each as fast as they were
mentioned. One of the lawyers rose to argue the case and talked for a few
minutes, the justice in the meanwhile squirmed on his seat, and then interrupted the lawyer and said, "Well, gentlemen, it looks like i t is going to
rain, and I want to go home and plant some turnips, and when you two have
finished your arguments, you will find my decision written here in the book."
Needless to say the arguments closed a t once.
The question of costs of the case, the only income of the justice, were
some times confusing and dificult of placing in an unsettled case, or in case
of appeal to a higher court. Many of the old timers will remember the decision of the justice in one such case of controversy over the ownership of
a cow to which both claimants had some rights. His decision was that "the
costs follow the cow."
But when all is said and done, a tribute is due to these honest old pioneers
of the law for their unfailing honesty and integrity in maintaining the
power and majesty of the law under the most trying circumstances.
COURTOF ORDINARY.The Court of Ordinary has jurisdiction over the
probation of wills, the returns of executors, administrators and guardians,
and is the tribunal for the determination of lunacy, and also the authority
for the issuance of marriage licenses. The pensions for Confederate soldiers with their attendant records form a division of the ofice. Since 1884
the county of6cers take their oath of ofice before the ordinary, who records
the oath in the minutes. The functions of this ofice were formerly lodged
in the judges of the Inferior Court, but in 1852, a special county o&cer was
designated t o care for this part of the Inferior Court. The roster of the ordinaries in consequence commence with 185 2:
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18 16-58
185 8-64
1864
1864-68
1868-72
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Wiley H.Sims
Thomas C. Evans
Samuel Curtright
James Turner
Littleton Pitts
Henry H. Cary
Littleton Pitts
William C. Yancey
1888-93 Robert M. Young
1893-01 John B. Strong
1901-25 Henry T. Woodyard
1925J. Forest Johnson
1873-77
1877-88
The functions of the County Commissioners
COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS.
were formerly vested in the Inferior Court. The change was made by the
creation of a Board of Commissioners on February 28, 1876, elective by the
Grand Jury, and afterward in 1891 made elective by the voters. The functions of the Commissioners are the control of the county convicts, the supervision of the roads and bridges, the management of the county finances, and
the fixing of the tax rate for county purposes. The following constitutes
the roster:
1876-78
1876-78
1876-78
1876-78
1876-78
1878-83
1878-88
1878-80
1878-86
1878-80
1880-86
1880-82
1882-86
1886-90
1886-88
1886-88
1886-88
1888-90
1888-90
1 8 8 8-96
1888-90
1890-96
1890-91
1890-92
1890-92
1892-96
1892-94
1892-94
1894-06
1896-98
1897-04
1897-08
1897-04
1899-04
John F. Awtrey
J. W. Birdsong
Dr. B. C. Cook
John Hogg
T. I. C. Timmons
W. W. Cato
Milledge H. Hart
Francis M. Longley
Robert B. Traylor
W. B. Whatley
Littleton Pitts
Edward T. Winn
Sanford H. Dunson
Robert L. Christopher
Edward M. Henderson
A. B. Jones
John B. Reid
J. W. Birdsong
L. G. Cleaveland
Moses L. Fleming
k C. Williams
James P. Baker
W. Hammett
J. E. Smith
Luther S. Turner
L. G. Cleaveland
W. Scott Hendon
J. D. Johnson
J. M. Callaway
John H. Covin
Charles H. Griflin
W. J. Hardy
J. F. Market .
Frank Word
'
Benjamin F. Carter
Virgil E. Dallis
C. D. Philpot
J. C. C. Freeman
Charles H. G r i 5
T. B. Jones
J. L. Lovelace
Virgil E. Dallis
D. B. Freeman
J. W. T. Glass
Charles W. Smith
T. B. Jones
George W. Poer
John H. Hardy
D. B. Freeman
J. W. Strickland
J. Ellie Borders
W. T. M e l d
Philip Lanier
J. C. Todd
E. D. Daniel
Bryant Fuller
George S. Hanson
G. T, Whitley
H. G. Woodruff
B. F. Rosser
J. H. Darden
J. C. Lanier
F. Jesse Pike
John H. Hardy
Charles A. Parker
William H. Turner, Jr.
Grady Webb
G. T. Whitley
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CHAPTER VII. MUNICIPALITIES
LAGRANGE."Toward the western border line,
Near Chattahoochee7~silver stream,
W h e groves of mafile, oak and pine
Drive of the szbn's too garish beam,
A village sits, amid classic shades."
--E.
Y. HILLfrom his poem "Georgia."
ANY dramatic incidents are to be found in the interesting story of
the settlement and organization of the cities and villages of western Georgia. At times the action of this story is swift and breath-taking,
epic in form, depicting the hardships and fierce struggles, also the high courage and valor of the early settlers. With the passage of the years the movement of the story changes to a slower tempo, characteristic of a pastoral life.
A lyric and romantic theme redo mi nates for a while, but again the epic
intrudes, and stark tragedy and black distress are woven into the plot.
The scene shifts, passing over the years of reconstruction with their sorrow and bitterness, hardship and struggle, and the same valorous courage,
but with a loss of adventure which thrilled their forefathers, and ushers in
a theme of machinery and expansion. While the whirring of machines may
not prove so intriguing as the music and romance of the old South, nor as
gripping as the clash of swords, yet this action has a thrilling interest, which
keeps its readers on the alert for the climax.
As a prologue t o this story, may be heard the cries of downtrodden human
beings, who have suffered injustice and degradation through the centuries,
pleading for justice and equality and a right to worship God, each in his
own way. As happens in most crises, the desperate need gives birth to a
hero who seizes the opportunity for the salvation of human privileges and
rights. In this story the hero is General James Edward Oglethorpe, whose
work in behalf of insolvent debtors and oppressed Protestants, leads him to
bring a colony to Georgia in 1733. During these years before our own
Troup County motif is heard, the ring of the axe through the forest and the
tramp of frontiersmen coming ever nearer furnish the theme.
In 1825 the Indian Springs treaty was made whereby Georgia secured
from the Creek Indians the vast tract of land lying between the Flint and
the Chattahoochee rivers. Troup County, one of the five made from this
territory was opened for settlement in 1827. Many stories had gone into
Greene, Wilkes, and other older counties, of the fertile soil, the virgin forests, the wild game, and the friendly Indians, so many settlers traveled by
wagon, or on foot, into this new country, and came into possession of land
by a lottery grant, or by purchase from some fortunate grantee.
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These early pioneers began building sturdy log houses, cutting the logs
from the forest and hewing them with a broad axe. Some of these early
houses were built with lofts reached by ladders in order that the women and
children could escape from wolves while the men were mrking in the fields
and forests. These early settlers were soon joined by other pioneers, many
from Virginia and the Carolinas, for after the Revolution many pioneers
were seeking land grants, wherever they could be obtained.
From September of 1824 to December of 1825 , LaFayette was a guest of
the American nation, and during this time for two weeks he was the guest
of our Governor Troup of Georgia. So great was the appreciation of his
services to the nation and the admiration of his ideals, that when this small
settlement decided to incorporate the community, in a town meeting called
for the purpose of naming the town on motion of Julius C. Alford, i t was
named by a unanimous vote LaGrange, in honor of the estate of LaFayette
in France.
The selection of the site for the county town, or county seat, devolved
upon the five judges of the Inferior Court: James Culberson, Samuel Reid,
James Maddux, John E. Gage, and Whitfield H. Sledge. Samuel Reid, who
lived near Whitfield Crossing, favored a site near Mountville; John E. Gage,
who was interested in the promotion of the town of Vernon on the banks
of the Chattahoochee River, favored Vernon as the county town. The Inferior Court being unable to agree on either site finally agreed to place the
county town about half way between the two contesting communities, and
the final selection was land lot 109 in the 6th land district. This lot was
drawn in the state lottery at Milledgeville by Bailey Reed, a citizen of Oglethorpe County, on May 2 1, 1827, who sold the lot to Buckner Beasley for
$300.00 on February 15, 1828, and Beasley in turn sold it to John Pinckard
for $500.00 on February 28, 1828, and Pinckard sold it to the Inferior
Court of Troup County for $1,350.00 on March 5 , 1828.
LaGrange was incorporated on December 16, 1828, and in the same Act
of the legislature was created the county seat of Troup County. R. A. Lane,
James Simmons, John Herring, Dow Perry, and Howell Jenkins were appointed as commissioners of the town. In 1852 the addition of an Intendant, or mayor, was made, and the number of commissioners reduced to four
besides the Intendant. The duties of this body were to enact laws for the
town government, and they were empowered to restrict, prohibit, or regulate the sale and distribution of all distilled spiritous and intoxicating liquors
within the corporate limits of LaGrange; they were also to prescribe the
penalties for the disobedience of any laws of the town.
LaGrange, being the county town, was the scene of the first Superior
Court, which was held in a log house on the site of what is now known as
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the Graves Swanson place. Judge Walter T. Colquitt presided over the
court, Noah Johnson was the clerk, and Daniel S. Robertson was the sheriff.
In 1829-30 the court house was built in the center of the present Court
Square, and the business part of the town was built on the four sides of
the square. Among the early citizens, who carried on their business in
small wooden stores and oflices, are found the following names: John E.
Morgan, James and William Redd, Sampson Duggar, Rufus Broome, Fears
and Saffold, James M. Beall, Amos J. Persons, Joseph Poythress, Bennett M.
Ware, Samuel A. Bailey, Evans and Thompson, Wood and Harvey, Bogart
and Forbes, Walker and Smith, Collin Rogers, Lewis Hines, John B. Strong,
W. C. Thomas, and many others whose names have vanished. The first
blacksmith shop was owned and operated by John (Jack) B. Strong, a great
uncle of Mrs. R. H. Park, and his family lived in one of the first frame
houses of the town, situated where the present Colonial Hotel now stands.
Another of the early frame houses was that of James Turner, the grandfather of Mrs. John D. Faver, and the same old house is now used as the
home of the nurses of Dunson Hospital.
From the Indians who lived across the Chattahoochee, these earliest settlers bought corn, peas, chickens and eggs. The Indians usually were
friendly and would often come into the homes of the settlers and ask for
food, offering baskets and moccasins for sale. However, sometimes they
were rude and had to be driven from the homes. While the cession of the
territory by the Creeks included the provision for transportation of the
Indians to some place beyond the Mississippi, many of the dksatisfied and
rebellious braves gathered beyond the Chattahoochee, and lived by pillaging
from the nearest settlers. This pillaging and the stealing of cattle by the
Indians became so intolerable, that the settlers after one particularly vicious
raid, pursued them across the river and burned their village. In the chapter on Troup County Military will be found the story of the "Burnt Village," taken from White's Historical Recollections.
According to John T. Rutledge, who spent his boyhood days in this community, one of the interesting divertisements of the time was that of deer
hunting. The hunters started the dogs in the Tanyard branch swamp (junction of Hill and Greenville streets to the south), and the dogs pursued the
deer across the present Court Square towards the McLendon branch north of
town and then on towards Yellow Jacket Creek, the hunters shooting them
from the various stands. One of these stands was situated at the southwest
corner of Court Square, where the A. & P. store is located. Mr. Rutledge
related that he had often seen as many as sixteen deer passing this point.
Many of the pioneers from the earlier settlements were people of education
and property, and they brought with them into this wilderness, tools, cattle,
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slaves and household furnishings. Almost immediately they began to plan
for schools and churches.
The title to real estate in land lot 109, or the original LaGrange, was
vested in the Inferior Court of Troup County on March 5, 1828, and before
any property was conveyed by them, a sub-division was made by the county
surveyor, Samuel Reid, the grandfather of Mrs. J. B. Strong. While the
property may have been bought some time prior to the date of the deeds,
the first recorded deed given by the Inferior Court was to Rufus Broome
on November 16, 183 0, for a portion of the block on the south side of Court
Square; the second to James Herring on May 15, 1831, for a portion of the
Baptist church block; the first residence deed was issued to William A. Redd,
for a part of the middle block north of Haralson Street and on the same
day a deed was given to the Baptist and Presbyterian churches for a lot on
the west side of Bull Street.
On the west side of the present city in land lot 110, the first sale of the
private sub-division made by James S. Park was made to Julius C. Alford
on March 13, 1830, for the property of LaGrange College hill, and the
second to Gen. Hugh A. Haralson for the present McLendon place on April
1, 18 30. In land lot 116, which is south of Broome Street, the property
was sub-divided by John E. Gage, and his first recorded sale was to Joseph
Poythress on February 5, 1830, for the present post-ofice lot, and the second
to James and William Daniel for another portion of the same block on
February 25, 1830. Most of the lots in the residence section of the town
were deeded in 18 3 1 and in 1832, and later.
The lot where Hillview Cemetery is now situated, the eastern half of
number 21 Commons, and the lot now occupied by John D. Faver at 406
Broad Street, which was the southwest corner of number 11 Commons,
were both resewed for school purposes by the Inferior Court in the subdivision, the first named lot for Troup County Academy, and the second
for LaGrange Female Academy. The central square was reserved for a
court house, and the lot whereon the present city hall stands, number 24
Commons, was reserved for a jail lot by the same oficials.
Mrs. M. J. Morgan, who attended the LaGrange Female Academy, then
called the Stanley School, related many years ago an occurrence that took
place while she was a student there: "There was an Indian alarm, and such
a panic, I have never' seen before or since. The school was dispersed in all
directions; the town in an uproar, horror-stricken, expecting to be massacred
by the Indians who were reported to be swooping down upon us. What a
merciful providence that arrested the calamity."
Mrs. William H. Cooper, a woman of great culture and piety, taught a
small school at her home which was located in a grove in the rear of the
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Lewis J. Render home. Afterwards she built a small schoolhouse near by.
Mrs. Cooper was a Miss Fall and her father was an eminent physician and
author of several medical books.
Mrs. Thomas A. Boddie, who was a student of LaGrange College when
it was known as Montgomery School, gives us some interesting sidelights
on these early times in Miss Belle Boddie's ably edited notes published in
the LaGrange Grajhic in 1928. The campus on Broad Street was large,
and many magnificent forest trees flourished there. The school building
was built of wood and was large and rambling. She spoke of the children
who accompanied her to school, she and her sister, Anne Elizabeth Smith,
and her step-sister, Sarah Stembridge, were joined a little further down the
street by Joe and Mary Eliza Colquitt, Achsah Turner, Mary Cade Alford
and her sister Margaret, or Pony, Anna Morgan, Ophelia and Elmira Wilkes,
and Martha Beall. The Morgan and Wilkes girls had an understanding that
when one party went ahead of the other, that party was to place a pebble
on General Edward's gate-post. 0 mores, 0 tempora. Time passes and the
beautiful gates disappear, but the same little human episodes appear throughout history.
The original limits of LaGrange were the bounds of the land lot on which
it was located. In 1856 the limits were extended, and were the circle of
one mile radius from the center of Court Square. The next change was
made on January 1, 1920, and the limits were extended to a two-mile radius
and to include all of Southwest LaGrange limits, wherever exceeding the
two-mile radius. This added all of the Callaway Mills in the southwestern
part of the city, and the Dunson Mills on the eastern side of the city to the
corporate limits of LaGrange.
The earliest record of any fire protection was in 1857, when Waters B.
Jones, Robert F. Maddox, Friend 0. Rogers, Burrell B. Cook, John C. Curtright, Thomas Scott, Albert E. Cox, J. B. Morgan, Morris Berringer; Daniel
McMillan, C. D. Burks, and Divany A. Kidd, were chartered by the General
Assembly of Georgia, and organized under the name of "The Diligent Firemen" with the usual exemptions from street tax and the like. In 1890 a
volunteer fire department was organized under the leadership of Robert J.
Guinn, Sr., as chief, and this volunteer organization served the city for
several years.
In 1908 a paid fire department was organized with C. W. Corless as the
fire chief and a total personnel of three; but the present department consists of fourteen men with modern appliances for fire-fighting, including
two 750-gallon pumping engines, one hose and ladder truck, and one chemical engine for oil and gas fires.
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In 1887 a street railway was incorporated by F. M. Ridley, J. P. Thornton,
F. M. Longley, and G. E. Dallis. The railway was laid from the railroad
station to Main Street and to Court Square, thence down Broad Street to
the junction of Ben Hill Street. The vehicle of locomotion was a muledrawn car, which was a great pleasure and convenience to the college girls.
On one occasion one of the students entered the car while the driver was
absent, probably in a flirtation with some girl. The sagacious mule, deciding that it was time for the return trip, started towards town with the
one passenger and no driver. The college hill had not been graded at that
time, and as there was no one to apply the brakes, that student had a most
thrilling ride, until she and the mule were rescued on Court Square. The
street railway was originally intended to extend some distance on the Vernon
Road, and make a circuit of the city, but the plan was never completed,
and the railroad was later removed to make way for paved streets.
In 1845 the population of LaGrange was about 1100, of which about
100 were whites and about 1000 colored. In 1933 the population has
increased to about 21,000. This increase is largely due to the wide expansion of the textile industry. The railroads, the banks, and the newspapers
have contributed much to the commercial development of the community.
The steady growth of LaGrange is indicated by the large sums of money
spent for building operations. The sum spent for private enterprises, residences, and business buildings, totaled $3,498,000.00 within the last decade.
The city of LaGrange has spent more than a million dollars in the improvement of city properties, more than doubling in value the school buildings,
and adding to the gas, electric lighting, waterworks system, and the erection of a city hall. LaGrange now has sixteen miles of paving on streets,
and one hundred miles of paved sidewalks.
The earliest hostelry of LaGrange, of which there is any record, was the
Howard Tavern, which once stood on the site of the First Baptist Church.
It was the stage coach stop in LaGrange until 185 5 , when the church was
built. I t was operated by Greenberg G. Howard. The LaGrange Hotel
was a wooden structure on the east side of Main Street, that was finally
razed to make room for brick structures. The New LaGrange Hotel, at
one time called Hotel Andrews, was destroyed by fire in 1931, and occupied
a place in the same block. It was the principal hotel for many years.
The Park Hotel is the oldest of the present hotels. The interior has
been remodeled several times to keep it up to date. The Terrace Hotel,
built by R. 0. Pharr, and the Colonial Hotel, built by the Misses Young,
are all &at can be desired in comfort and convenience.
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The building trades were ably represented in the early days by Cullen
Rogers, James Culberson, Edward Broughton, and Benjamin Cameron; at
a later date by H. C. Butler, Pike Brothers, H. W. Caldwell, and the colored
contractor, John King; and a t the present by Daniel Lumber Company,
and Newman Construction Company, and a host of private builders and
contractors.
The wholesale grocery business is a more modern development of the
LaGrange territory. The Dixie Grocery Company, qf terwards Jones-Knight,
and the Daniel Grocery Company made ventures in this line. The LaGrange
Grocery Company, under the management of Max Hagedorn, and Culpepper
and Clark, a firm composed of W. T. Culpepper and Hardy Clark, are the
principal factors in this trade at the present.
The Swift Company, which succeeded the Troup Company, are manufacturers of fertilizers, and have a wide field of patronage.
The textile industry is a vital commercial factor of the commerce of
LaGrange, and includes the total of 1S0,000 spindles within the city limits,
representing an original investment of more than $1$,000,000.00 in addition
to their working capital. These plants are the LaGrange Calumet, Dixie,
Unity, Elm City, Dunson, Unity Spinning, Hillside, and Oakleaf, and the
Valway Rug Mills. With this industry are associated the riames of Barnard,
haurphy, Truitt, Edrnondson, Dunson, and the financial genius Fuller E.
Callaway, and many other citizens.
The financial interests of LaGrange were cared for by the First National
Bank, afterwards the Bank of LaGrange, and the LaGrange Banking and
Trust Company. The present institutions are the LaGrange National Bank,
the Industrial Loan and Investment Company, the Home Building and Loan
Company, the Franklin Savings and Loan Company, and the Family Finance
bmpany
The fraternal and social organizations of LaGrange are represented by
the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows, the Elks, the Red Men, the Junior
Order, the Rotary Club, the Lions Club, the Woman's Club, the Highland
Country Club, and a host of smaller organizations.
LaGrange has ever been noted for its sound business interests, its cultural
institutions, its shaded streets, its beautiful homes, and its hospitable people.
The legacy of its pioneers for probity in every day living, for valor and
courage in times of distress, and for the enjoyment of the arts and sciences,
is one that is carefully parded by their descendants. The records prior
to '1874 cannot be found, and there is no authentic roster that can be
given for officers prior to that time, except the ones mentioned in the text
above. The rosters follow:
.
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Thomas S. Bradfield
William C. Yancey
Francis M. Longley
John N. Cooper
John Edward Toole
Thomas J. Harwell
Robert S. McFarlin
Frank M. Ridley
Henry E. Ware
Elisha D. Pitman
James F. Park
Davis J. Gaffney
Enoch Callaway
1874-78
1879-87
1888-90
1891-92
1893
1894-98
Egbert Beall
John G. Whitfield
S. A. Reid
Orville A. Bull
Frank P. Longley
W. W. Randall
Thomas J. Harwell
John D. Edmundson
Orville G. Cox
John D. Edmundson
Henry Reeves
C. N. P i e
S. H. Dunson
Grover C. Hunter
Herman C. Fincher
R. S. O'Neal
1899-00
1901-03
1904-19
1920-23
1924-
James T . Johnson
James B. Ridley
Thomas J. Harwell
D. A. Leman
J. H. Moss
WEST POINT. The city of West Point was originally an early and important trading post on the east bank of the Chattahoochee and was called
Franklin by the early settlers. Some of the earliest settlers were John H.
Broadnax, Thomas Coker, William Coker, Joseph and John Williams, John
Phipps and A. Cox. In 1829 Phipps, Williams and Cox built the first store
at the top of a hill, but moved in 1 8 3 0 and built a log store on lower
ground nearer the river. The principal business at that time was with the
Indians, who were thickly settled on the western side of the river. During
1 8 3 0 and 1 8 3 1 Littleberry Gresham, John C. Webb, Robert and E. G.
Richards, Benjamin Rhodes, H. F. and Thomas Erwin, opened business
houses on the east side of the river. Peter Dudley built and kept the first
tavern near the old toll bridge. William Coker built the second tavern,
and after his time Mrs. Reid kept an excellent tavern on the Schaefer corner.
In 1 8 3 1 the population of the settlement of Franklin numbered one hundred, and the amount of business was estimated to be from $40,000.00 to
$50,000.00, showing a thriving trading center even in those early days.
The surrounding country soon became settled with sturdy farmers, who
felled forests, built substantial homes, and raised splendid crops from the
virgin soil.
The city of West Point was incorporated originally as the town of Franklin on December 26, 1 8 3 1. Dr. G. W. Hill went to Milledgeville, the
capital of the state at that time, for the purpose of furthering the incor-
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poration, and it is believed that he suggested the name of Franklin. The
charter of Franklin Academy was granted at the same session of legislature.
Under the act of incorporation the following persons were appointed commissioners of the town: Charles R, Pearson, William Atkins, Robert M.
Richards, Thomas B. Erwin, and John C. Webb. On December 24, 1832,
the name of the town was changed by legislative enactment to the town
of West Point. The cause of this sudden change of name of the town was
that the adjacent county of Heard had named their county seat "Franklin,"
and there was much confusion in the transmission of mails.
Captain J. W. F. Little, in an article which appeared in the LaGrange
Reporter in 1878, said: "No positive facts can now be obtained as to why
the name of 'West Point' was chosen. It is said that this is the most
western point of the Chattahoochee River and possibly that was. the reason.
It was certainly not because it was the western terminus of the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad, for the town was named sixteen years before the enterprise was projected."
The original limits of the town of West Point included land lot 283 and
the fraction 318 in the 5th district. These limits were extended by legislative enactment on December 26, 1835, to the present size of the city:
that is to include land lots 283, 284, and the southern half and the northwestern ,quarter of 285, and the fractions 316, 317, and 318 in the 5th
district east of the river; the fractions, 57, 58, and 59, in the 16th district
west of the river. In the same act of extension of limits, the following
commissioners were appointed: Charles R. Pearson, Beaman Martin, Lawrence Gahagan, Green W. Hill, and Hutchinson Burnham. These commissioners were to hold office for one year and chose one of their number as
Intendant. Also in the same enactment, Abner McGee, George Whitman,
Edward Hancock, John Scott, Sr., Francis M. Gilmer, Nimrod C. Benson,
John C. Webb, and Charles R. Pearson, were authorized to build a bridge
across the Chattahoochee at any point within the limits of incorporation.
In 1836, the Montgomery and West Point Railroad was chartered, and
many citizens subscribed to the stock. The trains of this road entered West
Point in 18 5 1. In 1838 the West Point Land Company was chartered,
and Thomas Winston was chosen president. A period of inflation followed,
subdivisions were laid off, lots were improved and sold at large profits, but
unfortunately this dream of West Point as a future metropolis vanished
and many investors lost money. During this period of development in
1838, the authorized toll bridge was built at the foot of Jackson Street.
The bridge was built by Horace King, at that time a slave of Mr. Godwin
of Columbus, the contractor of the project. The bridge was 652 feet in
length and cwt $22,000.00. The lumber for the project was sawed in
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Heard County by Nick Tompkis, and rafted down the river. This bridge
was burned by Colonel LaGrange of the Federal Army on April 17, 1865,
just after the battle of Fort Tyler, and was rebuilt in 1866.
The completion of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad into West Point
in 1854 was the last necessary factor in the development of the city as a
real cotton market. As early as 185 1, 28,000 bales were brought from the
surrounding country, hauled in wagons, some as much as seventy miles.
After the Montgomery and West Point Railroad entered the city in 1851,
business began to increase on the west side of the river, and when 1856
had arrived, nearly all the business section was removed to that side. In
the decade from 1850 to 1860, the West Point market was supplied with
wheat, corn, and bacon, and it was not until 1861 that any corn was bought
and slipped from other markets to the city.
On February 10, 1854, the town of West Point was chartered as the
City of West Point, and one of the first enterprises of the new city was a
plan for a good hotel, and during 1856-57 Tim and Terry Collins built
the Chattahoochee Hotel, which still maintains its excellent standard of
hostelry under the name of Charles Hotel.
A t the outbreak of the War Between the States, West Point gallantly
espoused the cause of the Confederacy, and the West Point Guards tendered
their services on April 2, 1861. The close of the war found West Point
sacked and burned, the people without money or credit, but with indomitable energy and industry and perseverance, which has always characterized
her citizens, they began to rebuild what had been destroyed. The toll
bridge built in 1838 and the railroad bridge finished in 1854 were uselessly
destroyed by the Federal vandals. West Point was the first city in Georgia
to be relieved from military control after the war.
West Point is situated in the midst of splendid manufacturing interests.
Within a seven-mile radius are to be found Lanett, Langdale, Shawmut,
Fairfax, Riverdale, and the Utilization Plant. While all these plants are
in the state of Alabama, they are owned by the West Point Manufacturing
Company with their central o0ices in the city of West Point. This chain
of mills was organized and in a large measure financed by West Point citizens, among whom may be found the names of Huguley, Atkinson, Lanier,
Trammell, Scott, Johnson, Lovelace, Walker, Miller, and many others.
The sewerage system, water supply, fire and police protection, and the
public schools, are unsurpassed. There are churches of every denomination,
Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Woman's Club, and near by a country
club. The boy and girl scout councils are nationally known, and they have
one of the best equipped camps in the country.
,
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Among the handsome public buildings of the city may be mentioned the
spacious auditorium, the city hall, the Magnolia Club, the Hawkes Library,
the handsome new High School, several new churches of outstanding capacity
and beauty, and a number of well-equipped business structures. The West
Point Iron Works and the Batson-Cook Lumber Company are numbered
among the successful contractors of the city. The annals of the city and
the surrounding territory are well edited in the West Point News by Tipton
Coffee and his sons.
The early records of the city of West Point have been lost or destroyed
and as a consequence, the roster of the city oficials is complete from 1879
to date with the exception of those mentioned in the subject matter above.
W. L. Williams
E. F. Lanier
W, E. White
J. M. Harrington
J. S. Baker
T. J. Jennings
W. F. White
T. J. Jennings
H. T. Woodyard
W. H. White
H. T. Woodyard
J. J. Smith
E. J. Collins
Philip Lanier
J. H. Booker
John T. Johnson
Mark McCulloh
Arch Avery
Philip Lanier
H. L. Hill
W. E. Booker
R. T. Whitaker
R. A. S. Freeman
Frank Lanier, Jr.
Henry T. Wmdyard
W. G. Schaefer
H. T. Woodyard
W. S. Jackson
W. G. Schaefer
T. H. Wheat
T. J. Andrews
T. H. Wheat
H. T. Woodyard
Ed Houston
Scott Baker
L. Strong
Novatus .L.Barker, Jr.
HOGANSVILLE.
The city of Hogansville lies on the line between the
Eleventh and Twelfth Land districts. The Calumet Mills and the mill village is in land lot No. 96, the churches and residence section in No. 97, and
the southeastern part of the city in No. 128 of the Eleventh District; the
central southern part in No. 9, the business section in No. 10, and the High
School and Stark Mills in No. 11 of the Twelfth District; the western side
of the city in Nos. 22, 23 and 24 of the Twelfth. The location is that of
the intersection of the commercial highway towards Augusta before the
coming of railroads and the old Indian trail which connected the McIntosh
Reserve with the Creek towns on the lower reaches of the Chattahoochee
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and the Flint rivers. A t an early date a large part of the site of the city
was the property of William Hogan, for whom the town was named.
The early history of Hogansville is a record of a community gathered
around the churches and school and the mill of Daniel Norwood on Yellow
Jacket Creek near the present station of Trimble. Among the names secured
from old deeds and records are found the following pioneers: Uriah Askew,
Joseph N. Boyd, John Brooks, Zadoc J. Daniel, Silas N. Davis, Hartsfield
Hendon, William Hogan, William Hopson, Martin Jenkins, Mordecai Johnson, John A. Jones, James M. McFarlin, William Mobley, Alfred P. Norwood,
Daniel Norwood, William D. Phillips, Samuel S. Reid, John W. Scoggins,
John Sims, John Trimble, Henry Wideman, and many others whose names
were overlooked or not found in the records.
The incorporation of the town was deferred until long after the community was a recognized business center, and was dated October 12, 1870,
when James M. Hurst, Joel J. Loftin, W. H. C. Pace, John T. Pullin,
Warren Bacchus, and Benjamin W. Morton were appointed commissioners
and a body corporate under the name and style of Town Council of the
town of Hogansville. The corporate limits at that time were circular with
a radius of three-fourths of a mile with the railroad depot as a center;
however, the radius was reduced t o a half mile on February 28, 1876; and
on December 17, 1901, the present rectangular limits were established. The
intersection of the center line of the street and the main line of railroad
track is the point from which measurements are made. The distance toward
the east, south and west is three-fourths of a mile, towards the north seventenths of a mile; the sides of the rectangle are due east and west, and north
and south.
At the time this community was settled, the whole country was in forest,
and Andrew Pickens Norwood used to relate that the only clearing was
that of a corn patch located about a mile northeast on the west side of the
present highway on land now owned by Warner Smith, which was the site
of an Indian village.
I n those early days the nearest cotton market was Augusta, and the transportation was by means of wagons. These market trips were great events,
and there was usually a considerable train of wagons, camping on the roadside by night, for it required several days to make the trip. On the return
trip they brought back such necessities and luxuries as would be used for
the year until another caravan set forth.
Daniel Norwood, the father of Andrew Pickens Norwood, migrated from
South Carolina to Georgia in 1828, and settled about three miles north
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of Hogansville, and built the old Norwood mill about two miles east of
Hogansville on Yellow Jacket Creek near the present station of Trimble.
The dam was constructed of granite quarried from a large outcrop near
the mill. This mill was patronized by the settlers for miles in all directions.
The completion of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad in the early
fifties centered the activities of the community near the railroad station,
and the town began to attract the settlers from the surrounding country
as a good place to engage in different kinds of business.
After the demoralization incident of the War Between the States and
the subsequent carpet-bag rule, the community commenced its stride with
the incorporation of Hogansville as a town on October 12, 1870, and one
of the first enterprises of the new town was the establishment of a supply
and general merchandise store by Morton and Trimble, a firm composed of
Captain Benjamin Morton and W. S. Trimble, which firm brought the first
carload of commercial fertilizer to Hogansville.
This period was also the beginning of tenant farming and crop mortgage
system, which grew through the seventies, eighties and nineties, and reached
the culmination in disaster in 1920, when post-war deflation, assisted by
boll weevil depredations, finished the task of demolition of the farm supply
business. During the heyday of prosperity Hogansville became known as
one of the best cotton markets in western Georgia, and the merchants of
the town sold supplies t o a large part of the counties of Troup, Heard,
Coweta and Meriwether. It was the nearest railroad point to Franklin,
the county seat of Heard County, sixteen miles distant, and also the same
distance t o Greenville, the county seat of Meriwether County. All freight
and passenger trafic as well as the mails for these two towns and the
adjacent territory came through the Hogansville offices.
In 1881, R. M. Farrar, T. M. Sikes, Frank Word, John Word and W. S.
Trimble incorporated and built the Hogansville Cotton Oil Mill, the first
such plant in the county. Soon afterward Edward Atkinson of Boston
on a visit to the Cotton Exposition in Atlanta conceived the idea of building a model ginnery, and of setting an example to the cotton farmers of
improved ginnery methods, whereby the farmers would get a premium
t
to the gins already in operaprice for their staple. This large ~ l a n added
tion, and the great facilities agorded by Frank Word's large warehouse,
made Hogansville a popular cotton market, both for buyer and for seller.
The merchants and Farmers Bank was incorporated on December 8, 188 8,
by W. S. Hendon, J. H. Covin, E. Mobley, C. K. Bass and J. F. Mobley,
and the Hogansville Banking Company at a later date.
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The oldest business in Hogansville is the carriage and wd-working shop
established in 1868 by William Prather, and successively by his son E. C.
Prather maintained, and a t present by the grandson, 0. W. Prather. The
drug store now owned and operated by the Daniel Drug Company was
established about the same time, but was a t first owned and operated by
Dr. W. D. Boozer.
The schools of Hogansville have always been the mainstay and pride,
and lists among the instructors such substantial and well-equipped men as
George Looey, John IC Covin, who taught as many as three generations
in some families, A. F. Trimble, W. S. McCarty, H. W. Wooding, and two
superior women, Mrs. J. H. Covin, a friend to every one, and Mrs. John
Daly, who in her private schml, and in many cases without remuneration,
equipped large numbers of boys and girls with knowledge to secure positions
and to earn their own living.
In 1900 R. W. Trimble established the Trimble Brick Company two and
one-half miles east of Hogansville on the railroad with a capacity of eight
to ten million brick per year, and giving employment to about fifty men.
The clay from which the brick were made was found in the low lands
along Yellow Jacket Creek near the station of Trimble. The plant operated
continuously for twenty-eight years until 1929, and furnished the brick
for nearly all the cotton mills throughout this territory.
In 1902, R. W. Trimble developed the quarry near Trirnble, which was
operated by the Yellow Jacket Quarry Company. Approximately three
hundred thousand tons of crushed stone was shipped from this quarry t o
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad to be used for ballast, and t o contractors for concrete mixing. Forty thousand tons were used for the sea wall
at Mobile, Alabama. The brick depot built at Trimble to care for the
business of the brick-yard and the quarry, was erected on the site of the
original Speer's spur track.
On August 12, 1919, the charter of Hogansville was amended by the
General Assembly of Georgia, and the town of Hogansville was thereafter
known as the City of Hogansville. This city now boasts of a paved street,
an excellent system of public schools, water and sewer conveniences, electric
lights, and is a real city.
1902-03
1904-06
1907-08
1909
191 0
J. F. Askew
S. A. Davis
Edwin Trippe
J. F. Askew
J. F. Jones
1911-14 W. G. Davis
191f-22 J. F. Askew
J. H. Melson
1923
1924-30 G. G. Daniel
1931Charles A. Smith
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CITYCLERKSOF HOGANSVILLE
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;1902-04 W. C. Matthews
1904-06
1907
W. D. Zachry
Thomas J. Jones
W. C. Matthews
1910
W. S. Hendon
1911-14 D. I. Daniel
1908-09
J. W. Smith
R. H. Utting
1921
M. A. Shackelford
1922-23 W. P. Arnold
1924-29 R. H. Utting
1915
1916-20
1930-
Charles
T. Hightower
MOUNTVILLE. Mountville was so named because it is the most elevated
spot in the county-a little city set upon a hill. It is located on land lot
202 of the seventh land district, on a part of 183 on the eastern side, and
a part of 2 15 on the west side. Land lot 202 was drawn by Neal McRea
in the land lottery on March 12, 1827; it came into the possession of Joseph
H. Green, of which transaction there is no public record, and was bought
by Daniel Davis on December 4, 1832. The first store of the community
was built by Daniel Davis in land lot 202 at the intersection of the old
trail from Cowetah Town on the Chattahoochee across King's Gap to
McIntosh Reserve in Carroll County and the trail from Indian Springs,
the capital, to West Point (Franklin) and Alabama points. This store was
alsa the post o&e, and Daniel Davis was the first postmaster.
All of the houses at this early period were two-room log cabins with stick
and mud chimneys. Other stores were soon built at this advantageous
point. All the stores sold whiskey and on Saturday afternoons there was
many a "fist and skull" fight in consequence. Horse races were held a t
Mountville on possibly the first race track in the county.
Daniel Davis donated the site of the first school of the community, and
Dr. Joseph Bradfield gave five acres of land on which Mount Pleasant
Church was built.
A t a later date Isaac Fincher built a two-story wood shop, at which were
made wagons, buggies and furniture. Some of the furniture may be found
in the homes of Mountville at this day. J. N. Carlton, who came from
Vermont, was an assistant in the shop. I+ also taught school, Sunday
School, made coffins and buried the dead. H e was also a splendid nurse
and ministered t o the sick in the entire neighborhood.
At the time of Sherman's march to the sea, a company of his cavalry
passed through Mountville just at sunset. Wheeler's cavalry came in advance of Sherman's and had already requisitioned food for themselves and
their horses. When Sherman's cavalry demanded and took food for the
men and feed for their horses, one citizen, Wilson, objected to supplying
them, so they took what they wanted and then burned his house.
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A t one time Barnum and Bailey's Circus camped a t Mountville over
night, and watered the animals from the wells. One of the elephants broke
loose during the night and created a great deal of excitement.
Mountville community is probably the oldest settlement of Troup County,
although it was not incorporated as a town until November 29, 1897. The
settlers are of Anglo-Saxon and Scotch-Irish descent, and have always been
noted for their generosity and kindness, for the fear of God, and for the
art of plain living and high ideals.
Among the early settlers are noted the following: William Beasley,
Hiram Bird, Nathan V. Boddie, Thomas Evans, William Evans, Benjamin
Fincher, Cornelius P. Marchman, Daniel Owens, Jacob Thrash, David Watson. To these were added at a later date: G. V. Boddie, Dr. Joseph Bradfield, John Carlton, Robert and Millard Fincher, Jud,ge Hightower, Wilson
Partridge, Boss Woodward, the families of Florence, Harmon and Nance
and many others.
ANTIOCH.This former thriving community, wishing to have power to
control the sale of whiskey in their vicinity, secured an act of the legislature
for the incorporation of the little town on December 3 0, 185 1. The town
was located in land lot 3 0 of the 19th district, and the radius of its circular
limits was one-half mile with the store of Pitts and Glass as the center of
the circle.
The pioneers selected this particular locality on account of the large size
of the trees, which indicated to them a great fertility of the soil. The
names of the early citizens include many families, which took an important
part in the development of the county. Associated with this community
are the names of Robert Allen, Jack Bassett, J. T. Boykin, G. W. Birdsong,
H. H. Cary, W. P. Edmondson, Jacob Freeman, Wash Formby, Thomas M.
Floyd, Henry Goss, Willis Greene, Smith Horsley, Wade Hill, Jack Henderson, B. C. Johnson, James Mallory, Elihu Pitts, Wiley Rowland, E. A. Reid,
J. B. Reid, William Strong, William Samples, James Taylor, Jerry Tucker,
Charles Vickers, Archie Whatley, Willis Whatley, John Wilkes, Hamp Wisdom, J. T. Whitley, Thomas Winn, James Wilder, L. H. Young, and many
others.
The first settler on the west side of the Chattahoochee River was Abram
Ingram; Captain Jack Estes was the second, and Nimrod B. Yarbrough was
the third. The first white child born on the west side of the river was
Frank Johnson.
VERNON. The town of Vernon, which the promoters hoped would be
the county seat of Troup County, was laid off in land lot 256 of the 5th
district, and was on the river front of the east side of the Chattahoochee.
The promoters were Wiley J. Sterling, John E. Gage, an Inferior Court
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judge, and Henry Faver. The number of citizens purchasing lots are not
known, but the following secured deeds to lots in Vernon: John E. Gage,
Wiley J. Sterling, James M. Rawson, Henry Faver, John Bostock, Josiah M.
Bonner, Nancy Banks, John Lassiter, William A. Lyle, Robert Alexander,
Robert Benton, James M. Ransom, Willis Benton, William D. Sherod, Willis
Currey, Ira Allen, Abner C. Dozier, and perhaps others not recorded.
A church lot was deeded for the organization of a congregation; an
academy was chartered as Vernon Academy; a ferry was put into operation,
the approach to which can still be seen on the edge of the Meadors Camp.
Imagination alone can picture the transformation that the disagreement
of five Inferior Court judges circumvented: the river transportation, the
deviation of later railroads, and a host of other changes in the present Troup
County, had Vernon been chosen as county seat.
Just north of the crossing of the A. B. & C. Railroad over the Chattahoochee River once was the site of the forgotten town of Vernon, and the
only present reminder is the names of two militia districts, East Vernon
and West Vernon, but the promoters and owners and the town are among
the things gone and forgotten.
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CHAPTER VIII. TROUP COUNTY LOCALITIES
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OR THE convenience of those who have little familiarity with the
various places or localities in the county, the following list includes
most of the places, some of which have almost lost their identity.
ABBOTTSFORD.
In L.L. 66 of 15th district, a station on the A. B. & C .
Railroad. Take the McGee Bridge Road, turn left just across the bridge;
about ten miles. O r cross Glass Bridge and take first right. Further.
ANTIOCH. In L.L. 30 of 15t h district. Cross McGee Bridge and go
straight ahead, at ten miles turn left. About fifteen miles.
BIGSPRINGS. In L.L. 252 of 7th district, a station on A. B. & C. Railroad. Take No. 1 highway south, cross Long Cane Creek, then take the
first left; straight ahead at church, do not turn right. About nine miles.
BRIDGES
ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE.
See each of these in their alphabetic
order: (1) McGee, or Sterling, Bridge; ( 2 ) Mooty Bridge; (3) Glass
Bridge; (4) West Point Bridge.
BAUGHCROSSROAD.
In L.L. 181 of 4th district. O n the Whitesville,
or old U. S., road, the second crossroad after crossing Long Cane Creek,
About nine miles.
BROWN
CROSSROAD.
In L.L. 181 of 12th district. O n No. 1 highway
north at intersection of Philpot Ferry Road from Hogansville. About eleven
miles.
CANNONVILLE.
In L.L. 96 of 5th district. Take No. 14 highway west
for seven miles a t filling station, turn left then straight ahead across one
crossroad. About twelve miles.
CENTERSCHOOL.In L.L. 191 of 5th district. Take No. 14 highway
west for about eight and one-half miles. On highway.
GABBETTVILLE.
I n L.L. 187 of 5th district, a station on A. & W. P.
Railroad. Take No. 14 highway west, and take left about a half mile
beyond Long Cane churches. About eleven miles.
GLASS
BRIDGE.In L.L. 302 of 5th district. Take No. 14 highway west
for six miles (not Teaver Road at five miles), turn right and straight ahead.
About nine miles.
GRAYHILLSCHOOL.In L.L. 37 of 5th district. Take Whitesville Road
at six miles, turn right (Hardin Crossroad) and straight ahead. May also
be reached from Gabbettville. About ten miles.
HARDIN
CROSSROAD.
In L.L. 15 5 of 4th district. Take Whitesville Road,
the first crossroad after passing Long Cane Creek. About six miles.
I n L.L. 119 of 12th district. Take Young Mill Road,
HARRISONVILLE.
straight ahead for eleven miles to crossroad. About eleven miles.
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HILLCREST
SCHOOL. In L.L. 219 of 12th district. Take No. 1 highway north, on the highway. About seven miles.
In L.L. 10 of 12th district, a station on A. & W. P.
HOGANSVILLE.
Railroad. Take No. 14 highway north. About thirteen miles.
KNOTT. In L.L. 158 of 6th district. Take road to southeast that passes
Georgia Power station, keep left or due east. About seven miles.
LAGRANGE.In L.L. 109 of 6th district. Intersection of railroads and
of No. 1 and No. 14 highways.
LIBERTYHILL.
In L.L. 79 of 14th district. Take Mooty Bridge Road,
and first left beyond the river, then straight ahead. About fourteen miles.
Or McGee Bridge Road to Antioch, but do not turn left at ten miles.
LONGCANE. In L.L. 214 of 5th district. Take No. 14 highway, on
highway two churches at crossroad. About ten miles.
LOUISE. In L.L. 3 of 6th district, station on A. & W. P. Railroad. Take
No. 14 highway northeast. About seven miles.
LOYDCHAPEL.In L.L. 152 of 5th district. Take Glass bridge road,
note church and cemetery. About seven miles.
MCGEE BRIDGE. Also called Sterling Bridge. In L.L. 146 of 5th district. Take No. 14 highway west to city limits; just across railroad take
right and keep to right for all forks and turns. About six miles.
MIDWAY.
I n L.L. 121 of 14th district. McGee Bridge Road, then straight
ahead with no turns. About thirteen miles.
Moom BRIDGE. In L.L. 263 of 12th district. Take No. 1 highway,
take the left beyond cemetery in city limits, keep the main road straight
ahead to river, passing Ware Crossroad. About nine miles.
MOUNTVILLE.In L.L. 202 of 7th district. Due east on Greenville Street
the highway is No. 109. About ten miles.
OAKGROVESCHOOL. In L.L. 170 of 3rd district. Take No. 1 highway, turn right at seven miles (Pleasant Grove); cross Flat Shoals and
Polecat creeks and then take the first left. About fifteen miles.
PLEASANT
GROVE. In L.L. 86 of 4th district. Take No. 1 highway
south, on highway. About seven miles.
PLEASANT
HILLSCHOOL. In L.L. 86 of 15th district. Take road to
Abbottsford, on the north side of road in the town. About eleven miles.
PYNE. In L.L. 198 of 5th district, a stop on A. B. & C. Railroad. Take
the McGee Bridge Road, and take the left at four and one-half miles at
Taturn School. About six miles.
ROSEMONT
SCHOOL. In L.L. 5 1 of 4th district. Take No. 1 highway
south, on highway. About eight miles.
SALEM. In L.L. 40 of 4th district. Take No. 1 highway south, turn
right at Pleasant Grove; keep right at forks, crossing Flat Shoals, Polecat,
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and Turkey creeks, passing Smith Mill; then keep left and straight ahead.
About fourteen miles.
STERLING
BRIDGE. Also called McGee Bridge, which see.
TATUM
SCHOOL. In L.L. 137 of 5 th district. Take McGee Bridge Road,
in sight of road on left. About five miles.
TROUPFACTORY. In L.L. 1 5 of 4th district. Take No. 1 highway,
located on highway a t Flat Shoals Bridge. About ten miles.
In L.L. 34 of 1 l t h district, a station on A. & W. P. Railroad.
TRIMBLE.
Take No. 14 highway north, turn right from pavement about two and
one-half miles above Hogansville.
UNION, OR JONES CROSSROAD.In L.L. 199 of 4th district. On the
Harris County line. Take Whitesville Road straight ahead. About thirteen
miles.
VERNON. In L.L. 256 of 5 t h district. Take road to Pyne, and straight
ahead to overhead bridge over railroad, take road through gate just this
side of above bridge, and keep left to river. About eight miles.
WARE
CROSSROAD.In L.L. 248 of 12th district. Take Mooty Bridge
Road to the first crossroad. About six miles.
WEST POINT. In L.L. 58 of 16th district, terminus of three railroads.
Take No. 14 highway west. About sixteen miles from LaGrange.
WHITFIELDCROSSING.In L.L. 29 of 6th district, on highway. Take
No. 14 highway north, first crossroad. About six miles.
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CHAPTER IX. TRQUP COUNTY MILITARY
ILITIA. The original military plans of the State of Georgia included
the idea of companies formed in communities. The membership of
each company was limited t o citizens of a given militia district. There are
fourteen of such districts in the county at present, but the number of
militia companies was probably twelve. Salem district was created in 1910
as No. 1689, and had no company. Pool's Mill District was created in
1853, and the existence of the thirteenth company in this district is doubtful. There was in the county a full complement of the battalion and regimental ofiicers, such as Adjutants, Majors and Colonels.
The companies were required to assemble for drill at intervals, the minimum of which was once each quarter of the year, and the date was called
"Muster Day." The roll was called and absentees summoned and punishments meted unless suscient excuses were rendered. Drills were conducted
in the school of the soldier and in the manual of arms and also included
the use of the bayonet for such soldiers as possessed such a weapon. Many
a huntsman appeared at muster with his own long rifle with the hexagonshaped barrel, while others brought their short carbines, and during the
manual of arms, a queer ragged line of long and short weapons was displayed. Nevertheless, the American soldier of early days was ever a huntsman, and each man was a crack shot with his own pet firearm. The drillmasters were chosen from the veterans of the Revolution, or of the War
of 1812, or the Texas War of Independence of 1836. The Mexican War
of 1848 added to the military experience of those who volunteered for that
service, among whom may be mentioned James A. Norwood and James R.
Gates. The manual of tactics used at the time of the Civil War was that
of Captain Hardee, which was later replaced by that of Upton.
UNIFORMS.
The uniform of the commissioned ofiicers was distinctly
different from that of the rank and file, which difference, together with
the bearing of side arms, made officers an easy mark for sharpshooters, and
accounts for the relatively heavy mortality among the oficers in all major
engagements. In addition to the fatigue uniform, which was used for
active duty, many companies boasted a dress uniform for parades and state
occasions, and Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like some of these:
brilliant colors, waving plumes and numerous rows of shiny brass buttons.
The Confederate uniforms were gray, and that of the Union soldiers a dark
blue. The World War soldiers used a khaki uniform. Swords were discarded, and shoulder straps and chevrons made less conspicuous during the
World War, especially during active duty.
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MUSIC. In addition to the customary regimental band, in the militia
there was the inevitable drummer and the accompanying fifers. These were
afterwards replaced by the use of buglers in a system of calls ranging from
reveille to tattoo and taps. Many an old soldier recalls the thrill that came
with the "long roll" of the snare drummer as a call to arms. The regimental bands were always on duty for every formal occasion from that of
guard mount to dress parade, and frequent concerts were given to while
away the monotonous rounds of the daily camp, or garrison life.
FLAGS. Each regiment formerly carried the regimental colors with a
suitable escort in all formal assemblies of the regiment, and at the time of
the Civil War each company also carried its company flag in order that
scattered squads might recognize the rallying point of their company.
These company flags, as well as the regimental colors, made a shining
target for the opposing artillery, and in consequence the mortality among
the color bearers was always high in every important engagement. The use
of conspicuous uniforms and objects were carefully avoided in the gigantic
struggle of the World War, because they were markers for the hovering
planes, who telegraphed to the hidden gunners the result of each salvo of
murderous shells upon such a marked enemy. Thus the use of flags in the
battle lines was suppressed.
PENSIONS.The bloody struggle of the Civil War left many homes bereaved and deprived of their normal support, and the Federal government
extended pensions to such needy families, and the benefits were afterwards
offered to all who in any way assisted in the inglorious War Between the
States. The states of secession were stripped of all their resources, and
then burdened with the wild orgy of reconstruction and cost of the pensions
added thereto, but nevertheless they soon increased their slender budget to
include a modest pension to the patriotic soldiers of the "Lost Cause" and
their dependents. The World War, with its millions of the conscripts,
gave an additional tax burden in a still wilder orgy of pensions. There were
908 white and 688 colored citizens certified for the World War service in
Troup County.
INDIANWAR OF 1836. The antagonism between the early settlers and
the Indians continued to grow and culminated in warfare and pitched battles. In 18 36 quite a panic was produced by an uprising of the Indians.
The people of LaGrange expected momentarily to be attacked and there
was an exodus of citizens towards the eastern part of the county. Rufus
Broome, grandfather of Mrs. J. E. Dunson, Jr., gathered all the remaining
women and children in the court house, and strongly barricaded it, resolving
to protect them or die.
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Judge Blount C. Ferrell used to tell an amusing story of a stranger in
the town, who becoming frightened and fearing to lose his scalp, bought a
small Indian pony on which to flee. The man weighed about three hundred
pounds, and the poor little pony had only gone five miles when he succumbed. Fortunately for him the hastily assembled militia had pursued the
Indians across the Chattahoochee River, and soon afterward destroyed their
village.
Col. Julius C. Alford was commander of the battalion of cavalry, and
Captain Robert H. Sledge with Walker Dunson as First Lieutenant are
known to have participated in these conflicts, and it is probable that all
the militia companies were assembled for the conflict.
The first alarm brought into West Point, where the Indians were thickly
settled on the west banks of the Chattahoochee, was a report by a Mi.
Freeman, who came from Blackstone, now called Cusseta, Alabama. He
reported all the inhabitants killed except himself. At this disquieting news,
Major John C. Webb at once summoned every militia member in the 701st
district to appear with arms and ammunition. Major Webb moved forward
with his command to Blackstone, and to his amazement found the people
all alive and the Indians quiet.
The last act on this condition of affairs was the burning of an Indian
village on the banks of the Chattahoochee in land lot 44 of the 16th district in reprisal by the pioneers for the continual raids and annoyances
by the dissatisfied tribesmen. The following story is quoted from White's
Historical Recollections and is reprinted with some minor corrections.
THE BURNT VILLAGE.The burnt village lies six or eight miles west
of LaGrange, in the county of Troup, on the west bank of the Chattahoochee River, where the great Wehadkee Creek pours its waters into that
river.
Previous to the year 1793, it was the great central point of the Muscogee
nation, the crossing place of all trading and marauding parties of that
nation on the west, where the untamed savages met to arrange and mature
their plans for making those nocturnal attacks upon the helpless and unprotected settlers on the outskirts of the white settlements, by which consternation and dismay were spread throughout the land; and the sparse population of the country at that time, for mutual safety, was fbrced to concentrate in forts, hastily thrown up on its borders; the place where the scalper
with the crimsoned tresses of many a maid and matron, and the flaxen locks
of the little blue-eyed boy, would pile the blood-stained trophies, and describe to the half-astonished and delighted women and children of the forest
the dying shrieks and screams of the slaughtered victims.
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It was after one of those predatory excursions of the Creek Indians into
the settlements of the whites (and the ashes of many a building and murdered family told of their prowess) that other plans of murder and plunder
had been arranged, and the warriors of the nation had assembled at the little
town of which we are speaking, to the number of several hundred, to celebrate the Green Corn Dance, as was their custom, and to take the black
drink, an ablution deemed necessary t o reconcile the Great Spirit to the
enterprise in which they were about to engage.
A few hundred men under the command of Colonel M.
and
Major Adams, who had volunteered and resolved to strike a blow at the
heart of the nation, arrived within a few miles of the river, and waited for
the setting of the sun to advance to its bank, to cross and take the enemy
by surprise.
Night came, and they were halted in silence on the bank of the river
opposite the Indian town. All was hushed and still as death-not
a sound
was heard save the savage yell and war-whoop of the Indian, with occasionally a monotonous war-song, bursting forth amid the revelry, in which all
ages and sexes seemed to join. The moon had begun to shed a dim light
through piles of clouds, and the water breaking over the rocks had the
appearance of the ghosts of the murdered whites, calling on their brethren
upon the bank to take signal vengeance, or admonishing them of great
danger; and many were there who heard sounds in the air-strange moanings and screams of "Beware." But there was among them one who was
unappalled. The night was far spent, and the noise from the other band
had ceased-the voice of the wearied India9 was hushed and still-all had
sunk to rest, or the little army had been discovered. Not a sound was
heard save the rippling of the stream; 'twas a solemn pause; but time was
precious, the blow must be struck, or all would be lost.
It was proposed to Colonel M.
and Major Adams to cross
the river and ascertain the situation of the Indians, so as to be able to lead
declined the
their little band to certain victory.
Colonel M,
hazardous enterprise. Major Adams resolved to go, and sought a companion; but he had nearly despaired of finding one who would volunteer
to share his dangers, when a small and very feeble man, whose name was
Hill, advanced from the ranks and proposed to accompany him. Major
Adams and his companion set out together; but the force of the river current soon overpowered the brave Hill and swept him down the stream.
Major Adams sprang to his relief, and at the eminent hazard of his own
life, rescued his friend from a watery grave; with his athletic arms he
buffeted the rapid current, and bore the exhausted Hill to the bank which
they had left. He then set out alone. The ford which he had to pass
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was narrow and difficult-making
in a direct line across the river, nearly
half way, opposite which was an island; it then turned down the stream
a quarter of a mile or more, over rocks and shoals, sometimes scarcely knee
deep, then up to the neck-and the trunks and limbs of trees, which had
drifted upon the island, with the dim light of the moon, shining through
the clouds, cast upon them, had the appearance of so many savages ready
to pounce upon their victim; but with a firm step Major Adams proceeded,
and soon reached the bank in safety.
The town was situated on the edge of the river swamp, about 300 yards
from the water, and so numerous and intricate were the paths leading in
every direction from the ford into the swamp, and the darkness produced
by the thick undergrowth was so great, that when he reached the hill, or
dry land, he discovered by the fire around which the Indians had kept their
revels and dance, shooting up occasionally a meteoric blaze, that he was
far below the point at which he aimed. Bending his course cautiously along
the margin of the swamp, he soon reached the border of the town; an Indian
dog seemed to be the only sentinel, and after a few half growls and barkings,
as though he had but dreamed, sank away into perfect quiet. In a few
moments he was in the center of the town. In addition to those in the
cabins, innumerable warriors, with their rifles and tomahawks in their arms,
lay stretched and snoring in every direction; the earth was literally covered
with them.
Major Adams examined the fastenings of the cabin doors, by running
his hand through the cracks and feeling the log of wood or the peg by
which they were secured. He was convinced that no alarm had been given,
and that the Indians did not suspect an enemy was so near. A huge savage,
close to whom he was passing, raised himself upon his elbow, grasped his
rifle, and looked around, as though he heard, or dreamed that he heard
strange footsteps. Major Adams, perceiving him stir, threw himself down
amidst a group of snoring Indians; the warrior, perceiving nothing unusual,
concluded he had dreamed, and again sank into the arms of sleep. Our
hero proceeded cautiously, examining with a military eye every point of
attack and defense, arranged his plans, and was returning to the anxious
army on the other bank of the river. His exertions in crossing the river
had been great-he
was tired, and perceiving an Indian pony tied to a
sapling and believing that the little animal would pursue the ford to which
it was accustomed, and probably show him one less difficult than that at
which he had crossed, he resolved to ride it over the river. He did not
see the bell which hung around its neck; frightened at his approach, it
snapped the rope of bark with which i t was fastened and scampered off
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through the town with a hundred dogs at its heels, whose yells and the
tingling bell produced a frightful roar through the wilderness. The chattering of Indian voices was heard in every direction. Major Adams sprang
towards the river, but missed his path and found himself surrounded by
the briers and thick undergrowth of the river swamp. The Indians passed
within a few paces of the place where he stood, half suspended in the air
by the briers; and returning from their fruitless search, he thought he
heard them speak of strange sights and sounds, such as were told in Rome
of the fall of Great Caesar. They returned to the town and again slept.
Major Adams proceeded in a direct line to the river, glided into the
stream and swam quietly and safely to the other bank. He told what he
had seen and stated his plans of attack. The little army listened, amazed
and delighted with their gallant leader; each individual felt that the danger
to which he had exposed himself was that their danger might be lessened,
and with one voice, when orders were given to march, declared that they
would be led by no other commander than their own intrepid Adams.
Colonel M. --------------was forced to yield. They were led across by
Major Adams, and it was needless to say, to victory, without the loss of a
man. Scarcely a warrior escaped. The town was burned; but as far as
possible, the women and children, of even savages, were saved. Posts may
yet be seen standing in the midst of saplings, grown up where the town
was burned, which are the only remains that serve to point out to the
traveler the place where stood the "Burnt Village."
REMARKS.The above account appears at the present time liberally expanded in accordance with poetic license, for there remains no record of
any family that was wiped out by the blood-thirsty warriors in this county.
There was more excitement than bloodshed in these repeated alarms.
The location of the "Burnt Village" was about one mile below the mouth
of Wehadkee Creek, and the site at present is a cotton patch near the river.
Finally the Creeks gathered about them the remnants of their tribe, and
under the escort of United States soldiers bade farewell to the haunts of
their youth, and found a resting place in the territory that lies beyond the
Mississippi.
The records of some of these old militia companies have been lost or
destroyed, and the full rosters of only two of the twelve remain intact,
those of the LaGrange and Harrisonville districts, and these two are reproduced after the roster of the Confederate soldiers. A partial list of a company which participated in the Indian conflict, made up by the old members
from reminiscent recollections of old citizens, is given below:
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C. ALPORD,Colonel of the Battalion
WILLIAMM. MARCUS,Lieutenant Colonel
HUGHJ. L E S ~ REnsign
,
of Battalion
JULIUS
ROBERTH. SLEDGE,Captain
WALKERDUNSON,First Lieutenant
JOHN B. LEE, Second Lieutenant
HADIJAH
ELAM, Orderly Sergeant
JAMESH. HARRISON,
Second Sergeant
WRIGHTGREEN,Third Sergeant
JOHN P. WARMACIK,
Quartermaster
Bledsm, Peachy
Bruster, Sheriff
Bruster, W. B.
Davenport, Benedict
Davenport, Presley
Davidson, Allen
Dunson, Walker, First Lieutenant
Elam, Hadijah, First Sergeant
Farrar, John
Gates, James R.
Green, Wright, Third Sergeant
Greer, Young
Hardin, William 0.
Harrison, James H., Second Sergeant
Harrison, J. W.
Howell, Daniel
Hughes, William C.
Hunter, James
Jordan, Joshua
O'Neal, Hilliard
Lee, John B., Second Lieutenant
Riley, W. B.
Satterwhite, Elijah
Scott, George E.
Scott, James H.
Sledge, John
Sledge, Mincey
Sledge, Robert H., Captain
Sledge, Shirley
Sledge, Thomas
Smith, Anderson S.
Stockton, J. T.
Tankersley, Baldwin
Thornton, J. T.
Vann, James
Vickers, Jefferson
Warmack, John P., Quartermaster
Weaver, David.
LAGRANGE
LIGHTGUARDS,
CO. B, 4th Reg., G. V. I., C. S. A. This company was organized in 1842 under the name of LaGrange Volunteers, with
T.C. Evans as captain, and J. S. Herring and Thomas Brown as lieutenants.
The arms that they bore were the old flint-lock muskets. In the same year the
state of Georgia obtained a supply of the then comparatively new Springfield rifles, and the LaGrange Volunteers were able to exchange their old
flint-locks for the new rifles. After the death of Captain Evans, Charles
Broome succeeded to the captaincy. In 18 5 0 the name of the company was
changed to LaGrange Riiemen with Milton Bacon as captain.
On March 1, 18 56, the company was reorganized and incorporated as the
LaGrange Light Guards. E. Y. Hill was elected captain, and Abe Rogers
and Thomas Scott as lieutenants. This company was not attached to any
regiment, and the membership numbered from forty to fifty members.
In 1861 the company was ofiered to Governor Joseph E. Brown for active
service in behalf of the Confederacy. On April 26, 1861, they left LaGrange
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for mobilization with Robert S. Smith as captain, Miles H. Hill, Gustavus
A. Bull, and J. Brown Morgan as lieutenants. They enlisted first for twelve
months, and then reenlisted for the duration of the war.
During the war this company had three captains: Robert S. Smith, promoted; Miles H. Hill, resigned; and Allen C. Gibson. The lieutenants were:
Gustavus A. Bull, killed; J. Brown Morgan, promoted; Eugenius Ware,
killed; James A. Norwood, resigned; Robert C. Humber, retired; Allen C.
Gibson, promoted; John T. Gay, killed; William S. Evans; and Robert B.
Ridley. This company again tendered their services in the Spanish American
War in 1898, but were not accepted as a unit.
CO. D, 4th Reg. G. V. I., C. S. A. No data
WESTPOINTLIGHTGUARDS,
could be found of the original organization of this company. On April 26,
1861, this company left West Point for mobilization a t Augusta, Georgia,
with John J. Matthews as captain, and L. L. Croft, Wade Hill, William H.
Lanier, and George F. Todd as lieutenants. The captains of this company
were: John J. Matthews, promoted; George F. Todd, killed; Adam C. Frost,
killed. The lieutenants were: Thomas J. Atkinson, died; William C. Cherry,
captured; L. L. Croft, resigned; James L. Greer, captured; Wade Hill, resigned; William W. Hulbert, captured; William H. Lanier, killed; 0. D.
Winston, resigned.
THEEVANSGUARDS,CO. K, 1 3 th Reg., G. V. I., C. S. A. This company
was named in honor of Gen. Thomas C. Evans of the Georgia militia. It
was recruited largely from the east side of the county. I t was mustered into
service on July 8, 1861. The captains of the company were: James A. Long,
promoted; Divany A. Kidd, killed. The lieutenants were: B. F. Curtright;
Y. R. Frazier, wounded and captured; C. M. Heard, Jr., resigned; J. D. Hill,
promoted; D. L. Owens.
THEBEN HILL
INFANTRY,
CO. F, 21st Reg., G. V. I., C. S. A. Th'1s company was named in honor of Benjamin Harvey Hill, Confederate senator.
The captains of this company were: John T. Boykin, resigned; Ujanirtus C.
Allen, killed; Edward M. Henderson. The lieutenants were: James T.
Bagby; D. Eugene Dawson, died; Oliver T. Fears, killed; Jesse B. Haralson;
Leroy T. Waller, resigned.
TROUP
LIGHTGUARDS,CO. E, 41st Reg., G. V. I., C. S. A. Th'is company was sometimes called the Curtright Company. In the Army of Tennessee. The captains were: John C. Curtright, killed; Joseph U. Leonard.
The lieutenants were: William W. Cato, resigned for promotion; Robert
0.Douglas; Thomas C. Evans; William B. Johnson, promoted; William
P. Leslie; John B. Reid; John A. Wright, killed.
FANNIN GUARDS,a.By 60th Reg., G. V. I., C. S. A. This company
was organized by James H. Fannin, who was afterwards colonel of the 1st
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Regiment of reserves. The captains were: Waters B. Jones, promoted;
John McGee, wounded; John Fuller; W. Dawson Burks, killed. The lieutenants were: Thomas J. Caudle; John McGee, promoted.
FERRELLBATTERY, CO. C, 14th Artillery, C. S. A. This company was
organized by the captain, Coleman B. Ferrell, and named for him. The
lieutenants were: Sidney Moses, William C. Henderson, James M. Truitt
and Buck Osburn. The battery served in Montgomery's battalion under
General Roddey.
SALLIEFANNIEREIDGUARDS.This company was equipped by Miss Sallie
Fannie Reid, a belle of the sixties, and was commanded by Capt. Ben Cameron.
NANCYHARTS.During the Civil War, LaGrange had the unique distinction of having a company of women soldiers, under the captaincy of
Mrs. J. Brown Morgan, and who called themselves the Nancy Harts in
honor of the revolutionary heroine of Georgia. This company was organized by Mrs. Morgan for the protection of the homes and the children in
the absence of the men. In 1865 when a detachment of Wilson's raiders
under the command of Colonel LaGrange rode through the town that bore
his name, the Nancy Harts lined up for action, but surrendered on the
promise of the diplomatic colonel to spare the city from looting' and destruction.
GEORGIA
CONSTITUTIONAL
GUARDS.This organization was incorporated
by the General Assembly of Georgia on February 6, 1890, and was designated as a cavalry troop. No records of its officers and the activities of the
troop have been available.
TROUPHUZZAUS.In 1890 this troop of cavalry was organized with
John M. Barnard as captain, S. D. White, W. J. McClure and J. E. Dunson
as lieutenants. Captain Barnard was promoted to major of the battalion,
and Thomas J. Thornton was elected as captain.
ROSTEROF CONFEDERATE
SOLDIERS.The roster of the Confederate soldiers, which includes the names of many Troup County citizens that served
in widely scattered organizations, is arranged alphabetically in another later
chapter of this history. It is not complete, but includes all that could be
found and identified as Troup County soldiers.
FOURTH REGIMENT,G. V. I., C. S. A. The Fourth regiment was mustered into service on April 26, 1861, and mobilized at Augusta, Georgia.
Companies B and D, the LaGrange Light Guards and the West Point Guards
were members of this regiment. The principal dates of this regiment:
service.
Mobilized a t Augusta, Ga.
Arrival at Camp Jackson, Va.
1861, April 26. Mustered into
May 3.
May 30.
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1862, May 8. Advance to the front after one year of training.
May 3 1. Seven Pines Battle.
June 2 5 . King's Schoolhouse.
July 1. Malvern Hill.
Sept. 17. Sharpsburg.
Dec. 13. Fredericksburg, Va.
1863, Feb. 9.
May 1.
July 2.
July 6.
Dec. 20.
Retirement to winter quarters at Grace Church.
Chancellorsville, Va.
Gettysburg, Pa.
Williamsport, Md.
Retirement to winter quarters at Orange.
1864, May 4. Wilderness, Va.
May 10. Spottsylvania, Va,
July 9. Monocacy, Md.
July 11. Advance on Washington, D. C.
July 18. Snicker's Gap, Va.
Sept. 19. Wmchester, Va.
Sept. 22. Fisher's Hill, Va.
Oct. 19. Cedar Creek, Va.
1865, Mar. 25. Fort Steadman, Va.
April 2. Petersburg, Va.
April 9. Appomattox, Va,, the surrender.
THIRTEENTH
REGIMENT,G. V. I., C. S. A. This was the regiment of the
Evans Guards, which was Company K of the regiment.
1861, July 8. Mustered into service. Sent to Army of West Virginia.
Dec. Charleston, S. C.
1862, Whitmarsh Island, Ga.
June 2 2. King's Schoolhouse.
All other dates the same as the Fourth Regiment.
Tw~~rn-Fm
REGIMENT,
s~
G . V. I., C. S. A. This regiment was a part
of the Army of Northern Virginia. The Ben Hill Infantry was Company F
of the 21st regiment. The muster date was July 9, 1861.
1861, July 9. Mustered into service.
1862, March 22. Kernstown, Va.
June 1. Seven Pines (Fair Oaks).
June 8. Cross Keys, Va. Strasburg, Va,
Aug. 8. Cedar Mountain, Va.
Aug. 30. Second Manusas.
Sept. 1 5. Harper's Ferry.
Dec. 13. Fredericksburg, Va.
1863, May 1. Chancellorsville, Va.
July 1. Gettysburg, Pa.
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1864, May 1. Wilderness, Va.
May 11. Drewry's Bluff, Va.
June 3. Cold Harbor, Va.
July 4. Monocacy, Md.
July 22. Kernstown, Va.
July 17. Snicker's Gap, Va.
Sept. 8. Winchester, Va.
Sept. 22. Cedar Creek, Va.
186S, March 25. Fort Steadman, Va.
April 9. Appomattox, Va., and surrender.
FORTY-FIRST
REGIMENT,
G. V. I., C. S. A. This regiment was a part of
General Maney's Brigade of Cheatham's Division of the Army of Tennessee,
and the Troup Light Guards as Company E of the 41st regiment.
1862, March 4.
Oct. 6.
Oct. 8.
Mustered into service.
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Perryville, Ky.
1863, May 16. Baker's Creek, Miss.
July 4. Vicksburg, Miss. Captured.
July 6. Paroled in exchange.
Nov. 21. Missionary Ridge, Ga.
1864, Feb. 5. Rocky Face, Ga.
June 18. Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.
July 3 1. Jonesboro, Ga. (Atlanta).
1861, Feb. 18. Columbia, S. C.
March 14. Kinston, N. C.
April 26. Greensboro, N. C. Surrendered.
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This regiment was combined with the 43rd and some other units to form
the 40th Battalion, and as such surrendered at Greensboro.
SIXTIETH REGIMENT,
G. V. I., C. S. A. This regiment was composed of
the Fourth Battalion of Georgia and some scattered units, one of which was
the Fannin Guards, Company B of the 60th regiment. The records of this
regiment are very imperfect and exact dates cannot be given.
1862, April.
Mustered in service t o Lawton's Brigade.
June I. Seven Pines, Va. White Oak Swamp, Va.
Aug. 30. Second Manassas.
Dec. 13. Fredericksburg, Va.
1863, Mary's Heights.
July 2. Gettysburg, Pa.
1864,
May 4. Wilderness, Va.
Sept. 19. Winchester, Va.
186I, April 2. Petersburg, Va.
April 9. Appomattox, Va., and surrender.
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FOURTEENTH
ARTILLERY,
C. S. A. This battalion of artillery was composed of seven companies, among which we find Ferrell Battery as Company C. It served the Army of Tennessee during the year 1862, after which
the companies were scattered, and the battalion was not preserved as a unit.
Ferrell Battery was attached to General Roddey in Mississippi, and afterward
retreated by the way of Selma, Alabama. At Opelika, Alabama, one part
of the company was sent to Columbus, Ga., and the other part was engaged
in the battle of West Point on April 16, 1865, two of whom were killed in
that engagement: Robert Hamlin and Henry Moore.
OF FORTTYLER.The number of defenders of Fort Tyler has
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been variously stated in a wide range of difference, it was probably one
hundred and twenty-one. The force consisted of young boys under the
draft age, older men above the draft age of fifty-five years, convalescent
soldiers on furloughs from wounds or sickness, fourteen men of Point Coupe
Battery of Louisiana, a few of Waites South Carolina Battery, and a portion
of Ferrell Battery under Lt. William C. Henderson. Many of them were
without uniforms to designate them as soldiers. Some of the young boys,
after the white k g of surrender was raised, discarded their arms, and in
the confusion nonchalantly walked off, pretending to be merely curious onlookers at the ceremony of surrender. Some were not in the fort, but were
with the sharpshooters at some remote point in hiding and in that way
escaped capture. The number taken as prisoners was stated to be sixty-four.
The number killed was nineteen including General Tyler, and the number
of severely wounded was twenty-eight.
BATTLEOF WEST POINT. The battle of West Point was fought by a
small body of Confederates against an overwhelming Federal force on the
16th of April, 1865, seven days after the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox.
Dr. D. D. Saunders with a small force of hospital employes, tents, and
supplies, fled from Auburn, Alabama, to West Point before a brigade of
Wilson's cavalry under the command of Colonel LaGrange, who was raiding
that section of the country. The Alabama and the Georgia railroads at
West Point were of ditferent gauge track, and necessitated the unloading
and reloading of the hospital property.
General R. C. Tyler, then on crutches from the loss of a leg at Missionary
Ridge, was asked to take command of such forces as could be assembled
hurriedly.
Fort Tyler, a small earthwork erected for the protection of the bridge,
was situated on the hill where the water reservoir now stands. General
Tyler, his Adjutant, Lieut. L. B. McFarland of Memphis, Captain Trepanier
of Louisiana, Captain Webb, Lieut. William C. Montgomery, Col. James H.
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Fannin gathered together a few soldiers, hospital employes, and citizens, for
a force to defend the fort. With a few old rusty muskets and three inferior
cannon, they fought a picked brigade of dismounted cavalry, armed with
repeating rifles and a battery of rifled cannon, all day long. As the day wore
on the small cannon were disabled and the ammunition exhausted, and still
Lieut. McFarland would not permit the white flag to be hoisted.
When the Federal forces reached the ditch surrounding the fort, fuses were
cut to fit the remaining shells, and they were rolled over the parapet on the
enemy below. Finally, as the enemy came over the parapet, the small Confederate force remaining clubbed their muskets and still fought desperately.
Col. LaGrange, a gallant Federal officer, on finding the helpless condition
of the defenders and no white flag, called upon them to surrender, and
ordered his men to cease firing upon such brave men. He was utterly amazed
to find that he had been fighting a little company of sixty-four men all day,
and remarked, "With a corps of such men, I could whip Sherman's whole
army."
General Tyler, Captain Gonzales and seventeen others were killed. Col.
James H. Fannin of LaGrange was the last in command. There were many
acts of heroism recounted that day, none more illustrious than that of John
Gallegher, an old Irish ward master, badly maimed, who wept because he
was twice ordered out of the defending line of battle. This little force and
these brave commanders fought the last gallant fight of that unfortunate
four years of struggle.
The following list contains all the names that could be secured of the one
hundred and twenty-one men engaged on that day:
Atkins, James, West Point
Atkins, William, West Point
Ayres, Kirk
Bradfield, T. S., LaGrange
Brooks, Thomas
Burks, Hill, Co. B, 60th
Cary, Henry H., LaGrange
Caudle, Henry, Co. B, 37th
Cherry, Thomas, West Point
Clark, U. Hardy, Co. E, 41st
Cline, John, Co. B, 37th
Coogler,
Cooper, John N., Co. B, 4th
Cox, Albert H., LaGrange
Creed,
Dallis, A. T.
Dallis, Leslie W.
Dallis, Hulbert W.
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Davenport, Benjamin, Co. B, 37th
Delmas, August
Dozier, Charles
Fannin, Colonel J. H., 3 5th
Ferrell, Blount C., LaGrange
Foster, John, wounded
Freeman, C. C.
Frost, Edward, West Point
Frost, Capt. F. A., LaGrange
Gallegher, John, West Point
Gates, James R.
Gonzales, Captain
, killed
Greene, Hamilton
Greene, Judson
Greer, Leonard, Co. B, 37th
Griggs, J. W., West Point
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Hamlin, Robert, Co. C., 14th, killed
Heinebaugh, Peter
Henderson, Lieutenant W. C., Co. C, 14th
Herndon, Benjamin H.
Hill, Edward
Hines, Presley R.
Hunter, Absalom, GI. B, 37th
Hunter, John T., Co. B, 37th
Johnson, James T., LaGrange
Jones, C. C , GI. By 37th
Jones, William
Lanier, Cam, West Point
Locke, Charles, 9th Tenn., wounded -.
McCants, Robert G., West Point
Marchman, G. P., GI. C, lst, killed
McFarland, Lieutenant L. B., Memphis,
Tenn.
Moore, Henry, GI.C, 14th, killed
Moore, William, Co. B, 37th
Newton, John T.
Orrick, Frank, Co. B, 37th
Parham, Captain R. T i B.
Perry, James 0.
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Reese, Dr.
Roberts, W. B.
Rutland, James
Schaefer, William, West Point
Shepherd, Shep, West Point
Shepherd, Thomas
Slater, W. J., Tennessee
Sledge, Shirley, Co. B, 37th
Smith, John W.
Stanley, Isham, West Point
Stanley, William, West Point
Stinson, Frank, Co. B, 37th
Teaver, Thomas J.
Thompson, Captain R., Co. B, 37th
Thrower, M. C., Co. D, 4th, killed
Traylor, George M.
Trepanier, Captain
Tyler, General R. C., killed
Upchurch, Philip O., Co. By 37th
, West Point
Webb, Captain
Whitfield, John G., Co. E, 41st
Woodall, S. P., Co. B, 37th
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SPANISHAMERICANWAR. The last straw in the friction between Spain
and the United States was the sinking of the Maine in Havana harbor on
February 15, 1898. After the court of inquiry had determined that the
explosion was due to a mine in the harbor, the United States Congress demanded the withdrawal of the Spanish troops from Cuba, which was practically a declaration of war. This occurred on April 20, 1898, and was followed by a call for troops on April 22, 1898, from eighteen to forty-five
years of age.
The Fifth Regiment of Georgia Volunteers under the command of Colonel John S. Candler, Lieutenant-Colonel Park Woodward, Majors W. J.
Kendrick, Cleveland Wilcoxon and Clifford L. Smith, were called to Atlanta
immediately and the regiment through its commanders and company officers
volunteered for service in the above war. The LaGrange Light Guards
under the command of William T. Herring was Company E of this regiment. The regiment was not accepted as a unit, but many of the officers
were selected to form the Second Georgia Regiment. Enlistment was made
voluntary in the new organization.
The Second Georgia was considered as a reserve and was encamped near
Tampa, Florida; but the Fifth Regiment of regulars was then stationed at
Fort McPherson and was sent to the front and saw active service in Cuba.
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The following Troup County citizens participated in this war, those in
the regular army being designated by U. S. A. after the name:
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Anderson,
, 5th U. S. A.
Bankston, Charles, 2nd Ga.
Boddie, Battle, GI. F, 5th U. S. A.
Bruce, Hutch, 2nd Ga.
Cameron, Alex, 2nd Ga.
DeLoach, Lonnie, 2nd Ga.
Evans, Thomas C., 2nd Ga.
Fuller;. Wesley, 2nd Ga.
Gibson, R. E., 2nd Ga.
Herring, William T., First Lieutenant
Hearn, Samuel, Co. A, 38th U. S. A.
Hightower, John, 2nd Ga.
Holle, J. B., Jr., 2nd Ga.
Holle, W. A., 2nd Ga.
Jackson, Hugh, 2nd Ga.
Jones, Egbert, 2nd Ga.
McComack, Frank, 2nd Ga.
McFarlane, Charles H., 2nd Ga,
McGee, George A,, 2nd Ga.
Maffett, Boykin, 2nd Ga.
Market, Emmett, 2nd Ga.
Moore, William L., 2nd Ga.
Parham, Benjamin, 2nd Ga.
Perkins, W. R., 2nd Ga.
Roberts, Clarence, 2nd Ga.
Schirmacher, Alfred, 2nd Ga.
Sledge, Robert, 44th Ill.
Smith, Milton, 2nd Ga.
Smith, Walter, 2nd Ga.
Truitt, Arthur, 2nd Ga.
Williams, Henry, 2nd Ga.
Winn, Gordon, 2nd Ga.
,Co. B, 5th U. S. A.
Wood,
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WORLDWARSOLDIERS. The roster of the World War soldiers and sailors
is given in another chapter. An effort was unsuccessfully made to secure the
casualties of this roster, and the dates and places of service.
MILITIA ROSTERS.The following rosters constitute the only complete
ones found. All others existing in the county for the period near 1836 are
missing, and the two are reproduced.to show the names of those subject to
military duty a t this early date.
CAPTAIN
MCGEHEE, G. M. D. No. 673, HARRI~ONVILLE
DISTRICT
Allen, Matthew
Arnold, John
Allen, J ~ h nA.
Allen, James A.
Bailey, Jeremiah
Bailey, Joseph
Bailey, William
Baley, James W.
Barnes, Micajah R.
Beck, Jacob
Bird, John
Black, Joseph
Brooks, Julius H.
Brown, Robert W.
Brooks, Biving
Bruster, Sheriff
Bryant, Ransom R.
Butt, Frederick A.
Cardin, Jesse
Cardwell, James
Cardwell, John
Cawsey, Absalom
Cawsey, William
Chapman, Berry
Clark, John
Cobb, Samuel B.
Cooey, William
Cook, Philip
Cox, Thomas W.
Dewberry, Giles
Dewberry, John
Duke, John M.
Duke, Thomas
Duncan, Nathaniel
Edwards, Asa
Evans, William G.
Ford, Jesse
Freel, Howell
Fuller, David
Furgerson, William
Ford, Bartholomew
Galding, Robert
Germany, Augustus B.
Germany, John P.
Glenn, James, Esq.
Goode, James S.
Goode, Mackarness
Gray, Thomas
Greer, Henry
Grice, Larry
Harrist, Archibald M.
Harrist, John
Harrist, Daniel
Harrist, Thomas M.
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Hallsey, Benjamin L.
Hewston, James
Hightower, Arnold
Holderfield, John
Holsey, Benjamin W.
Holt, Thomas S.
Horn, Joshua
Howell, Philip
Hutchins, Littleberry
Jennings, James R.
Jennings, Coleman
Jennings, John
Johnson, Sankey T.
Johnson, James F.
Johnston, Isham
Johnston, James
Johnston, Lindsey
Johnston, Posey
Johnston, Samuel A.
Jones, Jefferson
Justice, William
Leath, William C.
Lee, Athanatius
Looser, John C.
Loran, John
Lyons, Robert
McGehee, William
McKnight, William
McLain, James
Matthews, Frederick
Meacham, John
Menefee, William
Miller, Homer P. M.
Mitcham, Hezekiah
Mitcham, James
Morton, Duke
O'Kelly, Stephen
O'Neal, Bryan
Owen, Jeremiah
Pane, Joseph
Patterson, John, Sr.
Peavy, Hiram P.
Peavy, James
Peavy, James (2)
Peavy, James E.
Phillips, Hardy
Phillips, Henry J. B.
Phillips, James T.
Poe, William
Pugh, John
Reason, Richard A.
Richardson, Jacob
Richardson, Lucian H.
Richardson, Moses
Saint John, Thomas B.
Scroggins, Sanders J.
Scroggins, Seaborn J.
Shepherd, Benjamin, Sr.
Shepherd, John, Sr.
Shepherd, William
Shepherd, Benjamin, Jr.
Skinner, David
Smith, Frederick
Staton, Littleton G.
Stinson, John
Thomas, John R.
Thurmond, Botton
Timmons, John D.
Tirnmons, William
Timmons, Zadoc
Waits, Henry
Waits, Jacob
Walston, Benjamin B.
Wamble, Elisha
Watson, Harmon
West, Henry
Whitfield, Bryan
Wilkes, Osburn
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Adams, Absalom
Adams, James M.
Allums, Britton
Amoss, James
Barnes, William
Bays, John R.
Bays, Moses
Bays, Nathaniel
Boman, Isham
Boman, Larkin
Boman, Levi
Boman, Robert
Boman, William
Brooks, Isaac R.
Brooks, John
Brooks, William
Burson, Isaac C.
Butler, Whitaker
Cardwell, William
Collum, James
Crawley, Bird
Crawley, Turner
Culberson, David H.
Culberson, James H.
Culberson, Jeremiah C.
Curry, James
Daniel, James L.
Daniel, William B.
Day, Stephen
Dennis, Peter
Dickson, Thomas
Dunn, Barney
Ethredge, Bryant
Ethridge, Zachariah
Funderburk, Washington
Furgison, Burrell
Gibson, Churchill
Gibson, William
Glenn, James
Gresham, Davis E.
Grizzle, Kinchen
Guyse, Joel
Harbuck, Henry, Sr.
Harbuck, Henry, Jr.
Harbuck, William
Hendon, Henry T.
Hicks, Jacob
Hicks, Littleberry
Hicks, Nathaniel
Holmes, Benjamin
Holt, William
Hopson, William
Horton, Jeremiah
Jackson, Thomas
Jenkins, John
Jenkins, Robert
Jennings, Robert M.
Johnson, Lewis
Johnson, Mordecai
Jones, Willie
Keeth, James M.
Kilgore, Robert
Kilgore, William
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Kolb, Jonathan
Latimer, Samuel M.
Layton, Thomas S.
Lewis, Henry
Lipham, John
McCullars, Andrew
McPost, Lindsey
Mays, James
Mays, Robert
Meadows, Simeon
Meadows, Vincent
Miller, John C.
Mobley, William
Moran, Jesse
Moran, William J.
Morgan, Wilson
Norman, Jeremiah
Pace, Noel
Patterson, James
Patterson, John, Jr.
Patterson, Thomas
Patterson, William
Peppin, Noah
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Phipps, Thomas
Poe, Gilbert
Poe, Jonathan
Poe, Solomon
Post, John B.
Post, Samuel B.
Powers, James G.
Redding, John
Reeves, James
Rigsby, Allen
Rigsby, Eli
Rigsby, Noah
Rigsby, William, Sr.
Rigsby, William, Jr.
Rockmore, James M.
Roe, David
Salmons, John B.
Sanders, Jordan
Scogins, Gillam
Scogins, Gresham
Scogins, John W.
Shipp, Richard
Shipp, Ransom
Shoemaker, Jeremiah
Shorter, James
Stamps, Eason
Stanford, Joshua T.
Stewart, James E.
Stewart, William
Stillwell, Jacob
Thomas, John
Thornton, AbeI
Treadaway, Elias
Treadaway, Ezekiel
Treadaway, James M.
Trimble, Moses
Vessels, John F.
Waits, Samuel
Walker, Thomas, Jr.
Walston, Henry
Walston, Joshua
Walston, William
Walston, Gillam
Watts, George
Watts, Jacob
Watts, Moses
Wilkinson, Caleb
Wilkinson, Jeptha
Woods, Robert
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CHAPTER X. TROUP COUNTY MINERALS
AND ROCKS
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author wishes to express his appreciation to Professor Leon P.
mith of Wesleyan College for his assistance in compiling this list of
Troup County minerals and rocks. As a former resident of this county,
he had made a detailed study of this section of our state, and it is my pleasure to give the readers the benefit of this study.
Actimlite. A. bright or grayish green mineral containing calcium, magnesium and iron in combination with silica.
Albite. Sea Feldspar, Albite.
Almandite; Garnet. Deep red crystals of silicates of iron and aluminum,
found imbedded in trap rock.
Amphibole; Hornblende. A silicate of calcium, magnesium and some
other metal, such as iron, manganese, aluminum, etc. Generally black. A
constituent of syenite, gneiss and diorite.
Amrthite. See Feldspar, Anorthite.
Aquanaarine. A transparent form of beryl; a gem stone of transparent
light green. Lighter in color than the emerald.
Asbestos. A fibrous variety of amphibole is called amianthus; and of
serpentine is called chrysolite. Used for fire-proof clothing, theater curtains, roofing, and as a heat insulator.
Azcgite. See Pyroxene.
Basalt; Trap Rock. A rock of volcanic origin, composed largely of feldspar and pyroxene, but may have other components in addition.
Bmyl. A silicate of beryllium and aluminum. Hexagonal crystals of
green, or bluish green tint, generally opaque.
Chalcedony. A variety of quartz of pale blue, or gray color and a waxy
luster. Favorite mineral among Indians for arrow heads.
Chromite. A compound of iron and chromium with oxygen. Iron-black
with metallic luster. Mine of chromite southeast of Louise.
Clay. The plastic hydrous silicate of aluminum, which loses combined
water under heat and is no longer plastic. Usually colored by some metallic
impurity. When pure is white and is called kaolin.
Conglomerate. A consolidated mixture composed of gravel or shingle
embedded in a matrix of finer material, generally sand.
Corzcndum. A crystalline oxide of aluminum in rhombohedra1 crystals,
or in masses, or in grains. Hardest mineral next to diamond. When black
with iron in combination is called emery. Transparent crystals of corundum
have names according to color: sapphire, blue; ruby, red; and topaz, yellow.
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Diorite. A mixture of feldspar and hornblende, which sometimes has a
small amount of pyroxene, sometimes quartz in small quantities.
Feldspar, Albite. An aluminum silicate with soda. Usually white and
a common constituent of granite and other igneous rocks.
Feldspar, Anorthite. A n aluminum silicate with calcium. A white,
gayish, or reddish mass which fractures a t oblique angles.
Feldspar, Orthoclase. An aluminum silicate with potash. A whitish
mass which fractures at right angles. Large dike near LaGrange airport.
Galena. The sulphide of lead. Bluish gray cubical crystals of metallic
luster. Found in very small quantities, though stories are current as te a
lost mine, formerly worked by the Indians.
Gneiss, Hornblende. A rnicaceous granite with a predominance of hornblende. The presence of mica producing a tendency to split into coarse
slabs. The hornblende produces a dark color.
Granite. A mixture of quartz and feldspar with small quantities of mica,
or of hornblende. The color is whitish or gayish.
Greenstone. Any of the dark green rocks in compact form, usually an
igneous alteration of diorite.
Hematite, Red. An oxide of iron, whose reddish dust is identical with
iron rust. In crystal form is dark brown and called specular iron ore. I n
earthy form is called red ocher. Colors many minerals.
Hornblende. See Amphi bole.
Ironstone, Clay. A compact mixture of oxide or carbonate of iron with
clay or sand. Brown or reddish brown in color.
Jasper. See Quartz, Colored.
Kaolin. A hydrated silicate of aluminum, which loses the water in baking. The basis of pottery and earthenware. Pure white when no metallic
salts are present to give color.
Limonite. A ferric oxide of iron, which gives a yellowish color to the
associated rocks. In earthy form is called bog iron ore. There is in the
county a form resulting from changes in iron pyrite.
Magnetite; Lodestone. The black oxide of iron, which sometimes shows
polarity to a compass. Many small boulders of magnetite have been found
in the county, which are perfect lodestones.
Metals. Gold is found in minute quantities wherever quartz is abundant,
but has not been found in quantities which would justify working.
Iron is widespread in the county, tinging almost every mineral i s the
county, yet not in commercial quantities as far as developed.
Aluminum is plentiful in most parts of the whole state in the form of
clays. Reducible ores have not been exploited in the county.
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Potassium is found in orthoclase feldspar, which is fairly abundant, and
is capable of producing abundant potash for agricultural use.
Chromium has been mined at the site near Louise, and the increasing use
as a rust preventive should enhance this property.
Magnesium is found in many combinations, especially in soapstone and
mica, as well as in numerous other minerals. Its value is yet to be discovered
in the existing forms in our county.
There have been found traces of many other metals which are more or
less rare. Among them may be mentioned: Lead, manganese, calcium, boron,
beryllium, tantalum, tungsten, sodium, and perhaps others.
Mica, Mascovite. A potassium aluminum silicate. Pale brown with a
greenish tint sometimes, due to iron. Thin sheets colorless. This is the
common sheeted mica. It has been mined in this county.
Mica, Pblogojite. A potassium magnesium aluminum silicate. Yellowish brown to brownish red color. Mixed with sands in small streams, it resembles pyrite, but is much lighter in weight.
Mica Schist. Schist is a rock with fine foliations or laminations, and
when mica forms a large part of such rock, it is called mica schist.
Onyx. A chalcedony of layers of the different colors. Used to make
cameos and intaglios, putting one color in relief against the other.
Orthoclase. See Feldspar, Orthoclase.
Pegmatite. A granite with coarse grained materials. It is characterized
by the occlusion of various unusual minerals.
Phyllite. A schist intermediate between mica schist and slate, and has
considerable clay as well as mica in the schist.
Pyrite; Fool's Gold. A sulphide of iron. A common brass yellow mineral with metallic luster. When found in sufficient quantities is used in the
manufacture of sulphuric acid.
Pyroxene. A constituent of granite and other igneous rocks. Dark green,
or black, or dark blue in color. It is found in short prismatic crystals of a
variable composition.
Qumtz, Colored; Jasper. Silica with colorings due to the presence of
metallic elements. Fractures with a smooth surface, and is colored various
shades of yellow and red.
Quurtz, Milky. A common form of white quartz with a variable degree
of translucence. Crystalline or semi-crystalline in character.
Quartz; Rock Crystal. The oxide of silicon. A transparent quartz in
masses, or in hexagonal crystals.
Quartz, Rose. A transparent or translucent quartz with a tint of rose,
usually massive. Makes beautiful beads when color is deep.
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Quartz, Smoky; Cairngorm Stone. A form of transparent quartz with a
yellow, or with a smoky appearance. Scorched, or smoked in its appearance.
Quartzite. An igneous rock of which the greater component is quartz
fused with the other ingredients.
Rutile. An oxide of titanium, which crystallizes in tetragonal form.
Crystals often twins. Reddish brown color modified by the presence of
iron. Occasionally found massive and uncrystallized.
Sandstone. A rock of various colors composed of sand firmly united by
some cement such as silica, iron oxide, or calcium carbonate.
Semi-opal. An opal without opalescence. A hydrous silica with variable
refractive powers, giving a play of colors.
Serpentiw. A hydrous magnesium silicate, usually dull green with mottled spots. Iron adds a reddish tinge when present.
Siderite. A carbonate of iron. A yellowish brown form of iron ore, which
sometimes contains traces of calcium, magnesium, and manganese.
Soapstone; Talc. Magnesium metasilicate. A mineral with a soapy feel.
A deposit has been found east of the chromite mines at Louise.
Syenite. A granite with a predominance of feldspar.
Tourmaline, Black; Schorl. A silicate of boron, aluminum and some
other metal. A black crystal with vertical striations. Sometimes found as
massive. The material from which real jet is made.
Trap Rock. See Basalt.
Zircon. An orthosilicate of zirconium. Brown or grayish tetragonal
crystals, square prisms, or in pyramids. Lustrous in appearance.
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CHAPTER XI. TROUP COUNTY TREES
N COMPILING a list of Troup County trees, the author has had the
advantage of the assistance of Emil Bauer, forester, to whom the credit
for many additions to those personally observed is herewith given.
The list may be far from complete, but does include most of the trees
that an amateur nature student may easily find. Orchard fruit trees have
been purposely omitted because of the interminable variations.
The valley of the Chattahoochee River contains many varieties brought
from the upper reaches of the river, and some of them will not be found in
sections distant from that stream.
For those who wish to make a more careful and technical study of our
trees, the following books are suggested: "Our Native Trees" by Harriet
L. Reeler, published by Charles Scribner Sons of New York; an ideal book,
profusely illustrated, for one without technical knowledge, for it contains
both popular and technical distinctions and descriptions for any season of
the year; "Trees of Northern United States" by Austin C. Apgar, published
by American Book Company; this book contains a larger number of varieties and variations, but is entirely technical in language.
Abele Tree. See Poplar, White.
Acacia. See Locust.
Alder. Alnus glutinosa. A shrubby tree found near watercourses. Simple nearly round serrate leaves. Identified by the strobile, or persistent catkin, resembling a mulberry in shape, but is dry and black and remains on
the tree after the leaves have fallen.
Ahhea; Hibiscus. Hibiscus syriacus. A widely cultivated member of
the hibiscus family with various colors of flowers: white, pink and blue.
The flowers resemble the hollyhock, but are not clustered.
Angelica Tree; Hercules Club. Aralia spinosa. Frequently miscalled the
prickly ash. Scattered prickles and leaf scars on the trunk which is bare in
winter. Enormous leaves four feet long look like young branches, and are
three-fold pinnately compound. The white terminal cluster of flowers
blooms in August.
Apple, Crab; Fragrant Crab. Pyrus coronaria. Found on every wayside
with its fragrant rose-colored blossoms of early spring, and its thorny and
tangled masses of branches, an extremely acid fruit.
Arbor Vitae. See Cedar, White.
Ash Trees. All the ash trees have bark either brownish or ashy gray.
The leaves are compound with varying number of leaflets. The fruit is in
panicles of samaras, or thin papery winged seed holders.
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Asb, Blue. Fraxinus quadrangulata. Bark light gray tinged with red.
Branchlets four angled, rusty orange changing to gray. Leaflets five to nine,
ovate. Autumn color from brown and purple to yellow. Samaras numerous, %-inch by 1 to 2 inches long.
Ash, Green. ,Fraxinus lanceolata. May be readily distinguished by the
smooth bright green branchlets. Leaflets seven to nine, darker than other
varieties of ash, bright green on both sides.
Ash, Mountain. Pyrus americana. Bark light gray and scaly. Leaves
resemble the sumac, thirteen to seventeen leaflets, serrate. Pomes or berries
green changing to red when ripe, not edible.
Ash, Red. Fraxinus pubescens. The inner surface of bark is red. The
branchlets are downy. Leaflets seven to nine are oblong. Samaras are slender and straight.
Ash, Water; Carolina Ash. Fraxinus platycarpa. A small tree found
along streams, Leaflets five to seven, ovate. Samaras often three-winged.
Ash, White. Fraxinus americana. Bark gray with deep furrows. Branchlets dark green changing to ashy gray. Leaflets five to nine, ovate. Samaras
long linear.
Aspen; Quaking Aspen. Populus tremuloides. Characterized by the
quivering of the leaves in almost imperceptible breezes. The leaf stem is
flat at right angles t o the broadly ovate leaf. Bark greenish brown. Branchlets red brown changing to light gray.
Azdea, Wild Honeysuckle. Azalea nudiflora. The small shrub with
clusters of white and pink, and sometimes ell ow blossoms, before the leaves
are grown. Sometimes found with rusty gourd-like seed pods, brown.
Azalea; Swamp Honeysuckle. Azalea viscosa. Similar to above but the
white flowers appear after the leaves. No other colors.
Basswood. See Linden.
Bay, Sweet; Swamp Magnolia; Small Magnolia. Magnolia glauca. Bitter
aromatic bark. Evergreen leaves leathery like magnolia. Flowers smaller
than magnolia, creamy white, and sometimes purple.
Beech. Fagus ferruginea. The smooth ashy gray bark is the favorite
place to carve initials. Leaves resemble the elm in size and shape. T%e triangular nut is small but has fine flavor.
Birch, Black; Sweet Birch; Mahogany Birch. Betula lenta. The aromatic
dark brown bark with deep furrows does not curl. Ovate leaves three to
six inches. Scaly strobiles from one to one and one-half inches.
Birch, Red. Betula nigra. Bark curls back in thin papery plates. The
leaves are serrate with wedge-shape bases entire. The strobiles are about one
and one-half inches.
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The trunk resembles the white ash, and
the branches resemble the wild cherry. Leaves are ovate with cordate bases.
Bladder Nut Tree. Staphylea trifoliata. A small tree of beautiful proportions. Trifoliate leaf, central leaflet with longer petiole. The white
blossoms appear in May. Three-celled pod with small brown seed.
Blackthorn. See Sloe.
Black Gum. Nyssa sylvatica. A tough wood with interlaced fibres.
Oval leaves which become bright red in autumn. Dark blue or black drupes,
or berries. Favorite old time back-log for the yuletide holiday, which lasted
until the back-log burned in two.
Buckye, Red. Aesculus octandra hybrida. A small shrub with leaves
of five leaflets digitately spread. Leaves yellow in autumn. Terminal panicles of red flowers. Buckeyes are sometimes used as a charm against disease,
and are carried in the pocket for that purpose.
Button Bush. Cephalanthus occidentalis. A small bushy shrub sometimes called ball willow. Numerous small creamy flowers in a round head,
which makes the ball. Loves a damp soil.
Buttonwood. See Sycamore.
Catalpa; Indian Bean. Catalpa catalpa. The large cordate leaf is a favorite of caterpillars. Leaves in pairs or threes. Many-flowered panicle of
white flowers. The capsule or bean from six to twenty inches in length.
Cedar, Ground. See Juniper.
Cedar, Red; Savin. Juniperus virginiana. Bright red wood. Tufts of
yellow jelly cling to twigs in rainy weather. Needles are awl-shaped.
Branches sprawl in all directions.
Cedar, White; Arbor Vitae. Thuja occidentalis. Needles in four rows,
flattened as if pressed. Fruit a globular woody cone.
Chewy, Black. Prunus serotina. Green to reddish brown branchlets.
Bark black and rusty. Oblong leaves. Dark purple drupes in clusters.
Chewy Laurel. See Laurel.
Chestnut. Castanea sativa. Serrate leaves which yellow in autumn.
Large burs with two or three nuts. Dry wood crackles when burnt.
China Tree; Chinaberry. Melia azedarach. Small tree with compound
leaves. The umbrella china tree with a uniform rounded top is a variety.
The drupes are green at first turning to a pulpy yellow at maturity. They
are excellent pop-gun ammunition when green.
Chinqwrpin. Castanea pumila. A small tree resembling the chestnut,
but with much smaller burs, containing only one acorn-like nut.
Cucumber, Yellow. Magnolia cordata. Leaves like the magnolia are not
evergreen, turning yellow in autumn. Flowers lemon yellow tinged with
red, Fruit about three inches in length.
Birch, Yellow. Betula lutea.
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Custard APPle. See Papaw.
Cypress, Bald; Southern Cypress. Taxodiwn distichurn. One of the cone
bearers like the pine. Peculiar conical excrescences grow up from the roots
characterize the tree. Specimens near Salem school.
Dogwood, Flowering. Cornus florida. Tree with opposite leaves is easily
distinguished by the four white sepals around a small clover-like head of
minute yellow blossoms. The alternate leafed dogwood has not been observed in this county. Another variety with bright red branchlets has been
observed, but it seems not to have been listed in floras.
Elder. Sambucus canadensis. A shrubby tree with a weak stem and a
large pith core. Leaves compound pinnate. The white cymes of flowers in
spring, and smooth black berries in autumn easily mark the plant. Pop-gun
barrels from the pithy stems, and excellent wine from the berries are often
made.
Elder, Poison. See Sumac, Poison.
Elder, Box. See Maple, Ash leaf.
Elm Trees. The varieties of elms may always be distinguished by the
differences in the crab-claw-like samaras of the seed enclosures. The autumn colors of all the elms are varied tints of yellow, or brown.
Elm, Cork; Rock Elm. Ulmus racemosa. The branches have corky
wings on the two-year old parts. Small leaves. Samaras winged all around.
Elm, Red; SlijPet-y Elm. Ulmus fulva, Bark red tinged. Leaves large
and doubly serrate, asymmetric. Samaras hairy with bare margins.
Elm, White; American Elm; Water Elm. Ulmus americana. Rough
gray bark with no red. Green to reddish brown branchlets. Samaras with
notch entirely closed.
Elm, Winged; Wahoo. Ulrnus alata. The corky wings on all parts of
twigs. Samaras a long oval. Elliptical leaves.
Euonymous, American. See Strawberry Bush.
Fringe Tree. Chionanthus virginica. Bark a red tinged brown. The
branchlets green shading to orange. Opposite ovate leaves. Dark blue
drupes in small clusters.
Hackberry; Sugarberry; Nettle Tree. Celtis occidentalis. Tree similar
to the elms, with asymmetric serrate leaves. The drupe or berry is a little
larger than the wild cherry, palatable when ripe.
Haw, Black; Stag Bush. Viburnum prunifolium. The black haw is without thorns and has a short crooked trurik. Dark blue drupes are edible
after frost. The leaves and fruit resemble the cherry laurel.
Haw, Scarlet. See Thorn Scarlet Fruited.
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Hawthorn; Black Thorn. Crataegus tomentosa. Gray barked shrub with
the branchlets similar to scarlet fruited thorn. Ovate leaves serrate except
at base. The pomes are dull red.
Hercules Club. See Angelica Tree.
Hickories. The varieties of hickories are distinguished by the number of
leaflets on the compound leaves, and by the size and shape of the nuts and
their shells. The leaves of all varieties are yellow in autumn.
Hickmy, Mockernut. Carya tomentosa. Seven to nine leaflets. Spherical
thick shell with a four ridged hard shell nut.
Hickory, Pignut. Carya porcina. Five to seven leaflets. Hulls thick
and thin, but small nuts with thin walls. Favorite food of wild hogs.
Hickory, Shellbark; Shagbark Hickory. Carya alba. Light gray scaly
bark, sometimes in large plates. Nuts somewhat flattened.
Hickory, Small Mockernut. Carya microcarpa. Similar to the mockernut hickory in leaves, but the nut small and not so hard.
Hickory, Swamp; Bitternut. Carya amara. Seven to eleven leaflets. Nuts
resemble pecans, but are bitter to taste. Specimens found in the vicinity
of the old Cameron Mill.
Holly. Ilex opaca. Dioecious, that is male and female plants; only the
staminate trees bear the red berries. Characterized by the wavy margined
leaves with spiny points.
Honeysuckle, Wild. See Azalea.
Hornbeam; Blue Beech. Carpinus caroliniana. A beautiful tree similar
to the cork elm in foliage. The fruit are clusters of halberd shaped involucres. The autumn colors are red, scarlet and orange.
Hornbeam, Hop; Ironwood. Ostrya virginiana. A small tree with gray
brown bark. Leaf similar to white elm with indented veinlets. The strobile resembles that of the hop vine.
Huckleberry. Gaylussacia dumosa. A very small shrub with oblongobovate leaves, entire. The berries smooth and shining black. Specimens
found on the hillsides north of Chattahoochee.
Ironwood. See Hornbeam, Hop.
Judas Tree. See Redbud.
]wiper; Grozcnd Cedar. Juniperus communis. Needles in whorls of
three at right angles to branches. Tree tends to cone shape. Berries are
tiny green spheres with a silvery coat of bloom. The berries are used in
the manufacture of gin.
Laurel; Cherry Luwel. Prunus caroliniana. Small tree with evergreen
ovate leaves. Branchlets green with tan spots. Small black drupe which
sometimes stupefies birds.
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Laurel, Mountain; Calico Busb; Sheepbane. Kalmia latifolia. The many
flowered pink and white corymbs of top-shaped flowers with dark dots easily
mark the laurel when in bloom in April or May. Specimens found on Salem
Road and on banks of Chattahoochee.
Linden; Basswood; Lime Tree. Tilia americana. Branchlets light gray
shading to reddish brown. Heart shaped leaves with fine serrations. Nutlike seed attached to oblong bract by long fiber.
Liquidamber. See Sweet Gum.
Locust; Acacia; Black Locust; Yellow Locust. Robinia pseudacacia. Small
tree with black thorns, sometimes branched. Seven to nine leaflets on the
compound leaf. Flat dry bromish legume about four inches.
Locust, Honey. Gleditschia triacanthos. Dark scaly bark with thorns.
Leaves bi-pinnate. Pods about one foot long filled with sweet pulp between
the seeds, dark brown.
Magnolia, Large Flowered; Southern Evergreen Magnolia. Magnolia grandiflora. Evergreen leaves, shiny above, rusty below. Large white flowers.
Oval mass of scarlet seeds.
Magnolia, Mountain. See Umbrella Tree.
Magnolia, Swamp. See Bay, Sweet.
Maple Trees. The maples are characterized by palmate leaves radiating
in five lobes, by the brilliant autumn coloring, and by the shape of the
key, or double samara.
Maple, Ash Leaf; Box Elder. Negundo aceroides. This tree has the
compound leaf of the ash and the fruit of the maple. Three to five leaflets
and the presence of keys identify this maple.
Maple, Mountain. Acer spicatum. Cordate base and serrate margin for
leaves. Key is red changing t o brown. Scarlet and orange in fall.
Maple, Red; Swamp Maple; Soft Maple. Acer rubrurn. Early buds and
the branches red. Keys red. Autumn colors are scarlet and crimson.
Maple, Silver; Soft Maple; White Maple. Acer dasycarpum. Leaves silvery white on under side. Middle lobe tri-lobed. Keys with curved wings.
Pale yellow in autumn.
Maple, Sugar; Rock Maple. Acer saccharinum. Branchlets green. Leaves
with cordate base. Keys green. Maple syrup made from sap.
Mimosa; Crimson Acacia. Acacia julibrissin. Bi-pinnate leaves with eight
to twelve pinnae, each with 2 1 to 30 leaflets. Flowers in clusters with the
heads resembling crimson thistles. Legume flat.
Mistktoe. Phoradendron flavescens. An evergreen parasite on other trees.
Brittle stems of translucent green. Leaves pale green. White glptinous
berries.
Mock Orange. See Orange, Osage.
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Mdberry, French. Callicarpa americana. A small shrub which is easily
identiiied by the autumn clusters of violet berries. Easily propagated by
seed or cuttings.
Mulberry, Paper. Broussonetia papyrifera. Large ovate leaf of nine
inches, underside tomentose. Wood is spongy white. Propagates freely
from root runners.
Mulberry, Red. Morus rubra. Leaves with cordate base and serrate
margin, sometimes lobed. Compound drupes red to dark purple. Favorite
fruit of boys and birds.
Myrtle, Crape. Lagerstroemia indica. A cultivated small tree with smooth
sycamore-like bark of olive brown. The clusters of pink, purple, or white
flowers have a craped crumpled appearance.
Nettle Tree. See Hackberry.
Oak Trees. The oaks are divided into two classes: first, those with
rounded leaves and one-year acorns; second, those with pointed leaves and
two-year acorns. The varieties are distinguished by the size and shape of
leaves and acorns.
Oak, Bear; Scrzcb Oak. Quercus ilicifolia. Five lobed leaves with wedge
shaped points. Very flat biennial acorns. Autumn colors are dull red or
yellow. Resembles post oak except the bark.
Oak, Black; Yellow Bark Oak. Quercus tinctoria. Seven pointed lobes
with deep sinuses. Large biennial acorns with roundish cups. The autumn
tints are dull red, or brown and yellow. Inner bark yellow.
Oak, Black Jack; Barren Oak. Quercus nigra. Delta shaped leaves with
three lobed point. Oblong ovate biennial acorns. Brown or yellow in
autumn.
Oak, Chestnwt. Quercus prinus. Crenate obovate leaves similar to the
chestnut. Long oval acorn annually. Dull yellow in autumn.
Oak, Live. Quercus virens. An evergreen oak with oval or oblong leaves.
Acorns in clusters of one to three.
Oak, Pin; Swamp Spanish Oak. Quercus palustris. Leaves with five or
seven lobes, middle pair longer. Hemispherical acorns. Autumn tints a
deep scarlet. Pointed leaves.
Oak, Post. Quercus minor. Leaves with five rounded lobes, middle pair
longer. Acorn and cup together conical. Yellowish brown in autumn.
Vertical furrows in bark.
Oak, Red. Qwrcus rubra. Seven to nine pointed lobes terminating in
a bristle. Large biennial acorn in shallow cup. Inner bark red. Autumn
tints are yellow bronze.
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Oak, Scarlet. Quercus coccinea. Seven to nine sharp pointed lobes with
deep sinuses. Resembles red oak, but leaves narrower and acorns smaller.
Scarlet autumn leaves.
Oak, Scrub. See Oak, Bear.
Oak, Shingle; Laairel Oak. Quercus imbricaria. Oblong or oval leaves
similar to live oak. Acorns nearly spherical. Dark red in autumn.
Oak, Spanish. Quercus falcata. Sprawling three to five pointed lobes.
Globular acorns, small. Autumn tint yellow.
Oak, Swamp White. Quercus bicolor. Loosely sinuate craped leaves with
rounded sinuses. Large acorns on short base cup. 'Autumn tints a dull
yellow.
Oak, Water. Quercus aquatica. Concave deltoid leaves, sometimes faintly
lobed. Small oval acorns half covered by cup.
Oak, White. Quercus alba. Seven to nine rounded lobes with deep
sinuses. Oblong acorns in shallow cup. Autumn tints a deep red.
Oak, Willow. Quercus phellos. Slender willow-like leaves pointed at
both ends. Small hemispherical acorns. Autumn tint a pale yellow.
Oak, Yellow; Chinquapin Oak; Chestnut Oak. Quercus acurninata. Silver gray bark. Leaves similar and smaller than chestnut oak. Acorn and
cup together oval and small, light brown io: color.
Osage Orange; Mock Orange. Maclura aurantiaca. Wood orange yellow.
Thorny branches. Fruit is a large yellow ball of united drupes with a milky
juice. Ovate leaves about four inches long.
Palmetto, Dwarf Fan. Chamoerops humilis. These dwarfs with fan leaves
are found on Long Cane Creek.
Papaw; Custard Apple. Asimina triloba. Leaves similar to sourwood
and persimmon, larger than persimmon. An oblong kidney-shaped fruit
about four inches long, palatable. Flowers as green as the leaves, then
darkens to rich red.
Padownia, Imperial. Paulownia imperialis. A naturalized tree from
Japan. Very large broad leaves, six to ten inches wide. Terminal panicles
of purple flowers. Sometimes miscalled cottonwood.
Pecan. Carya olivaeformis. A cultivated member of the hickories. Compound leaf with eleven or more leaflets. The nuts vary greatly in the many
different varieties.
Persimmon. Diospyrus virginiana. A member of the ebony family with
the sapwood yellowish. Five inch oval leaves. The familiar yellow berry
easily identifies the tree. A variation found has purple fruit.
Pine Trees. The pines are identified by the number of needles in a bundle,
and by the shape and position of the cones on a tree.
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Piwe, Loblolly; Old Field Pine. Pinus taeda. Six to ten inch needles in
bundles of three. Long slightly concave cones.
Pine, Long Leaf Yellow; Southern Yellow Pine. Pinus palustris. Ten to
fifteen inch needles in threes. Long cylindrical cones.
Pine, Pitch; Torch Pine. Piius rigida. Three to five inch needles in
threes, sometimes mixed with twos. Small ovate cones sometimes clustered
in twos and threes.
Pine, S h t Leaf Yellow; Yellow Pine. Pinus echinata. Three to five
inch needles in twos. Ovate cones not prickled near base far one-third
of length. Cones lateral.
Pine, White. Pinus strobus. Needles in bundles of five, which is all that
is necessary to identify this species.
Plum, Bullace. See Sloe.
Plum, W i l d Red or Yellmu. Prunus americana. No identification is
required, except the red and yellow drupes in early summer.
Poplar, h b a r d y . Populus dilatata. Introduced from Europe. Tall and
slender trunk with closely hugging branches. Leaves similar to the aspen.
Numerous suckers grow from near the base of trunk.
Poplar, White; Abele Tree. Populus alba. Dark green leaves with a
cottony fuzz on under side. Leaves resemble maple leaves. Roots creeping
send up shoots on all sides. Willow-like catkins.
Poplar, Yellow; T d i p Tree. Liriodendron tulipifera. The light gray
trunks with greenish yellow tulip-like flowers identify the tree. Four lobed
cordate leaf, sometimes called the "baby's shirt." Fruit is a light brown
hop-like cone.
Redbud; Jzldas Tree. Cercis canadensis. The heart shaped leaf, the
bountiful mass of small purple blossoms, and the legume like a butter bean,
are s d c i e n t to identify this tree.
Rose, Cherokee. Rosa laevigata. The impenetrable clumps of these roses
with their solitary white blossoms, and the stout recurved prickles on every
branch mark this semi-wild rose.
Rose, Eglantine; Sweetbrier. Rosa rubiginosa. Foliage sweetly aromatic
when crushed. Pale pinkish solitary flower with five petals.
Rose, Pasture. Rosa humilis. Resembles the eglantine rose, but the
foliage is not aromatic. Flowers generally solitary.
Sassafras. Sassafras sassafras. Richly aromatic bark and root. Red brown
bark. Leaves very variable. Root bark makes a pleasant tea.
Savin. See Cedar, Red.
Silverbell Tree. Halesia tetraptera. White bell-shaped flowers few in a
cluster. Fruit a four winged dry pod, remaining until midwinter. Ovate
leaves four to six inches long.
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Sloe; Blackthorn; Bullace Plum. Prunus spinosa. Resembles the common
wild plum, but the fruit ripens later in summer, and is bitter or sour, and
never sweetens.
Snowdrop Tree. I-lalesia diptera. A variation of the silverbell tree, the
difference is that of a two winged fruit instead of four.
Sourwood; Sorrel1 Tree. Oxydendrum arboreurn. Leaves resemble large
persimmon leaves. Panicles of bell-shaped flowers. Branchlets light green
changing to reddish. Leaves scarlet in autumn.
Stagbush. See Haw, Black.
Strawberry Bush; American Euonymus. Euonymus americana. A small
shrub which is characterized by the crimson fruit remaining after the leaves
have fallen. Similar to the evergreen euonymus berries.
Stuurtiu, Virginia. Stuartia virginica. Two inch leaves elliptic-ovate.
Globular pod. Flowers white with purple filaments and blue anthers. A
beautiful shrub.
Sumac, Dwarf Mountain. Rhus copallina. Interstices of compound leaves
are winged; The fruit is a crimson hairy drupe, terminal.
Sumac, Velvet; Staghorn Sumac. Rhus typhina. Compound leaves with
eleven to thirty-one leaflets. Deep crimson panicles of drupes make a nice
lemonade. Autumn colors crimson, yellow and orange.
Sumac, Poison; Poison Dogwood. Rhus venenata. Called the most dangerous tree in American flora. Pinnately compound leaves with the leaflets
entire. The berries are white or tan. The acrid juice is more painful than
poison ivy, and takes longer to heal.
Sweetbrier. See Rose, Eglantine.
Sweet Gum; Liquidambar. Liquidambar styraciflua. Five lobed star pointed
leaves. Cork winged branchlets. Spiny many-capsuled ball as fruit. Source
of home made chewing gum.
Sweet Sbrub; Sweet Scented Shrub. Butneria florida. The familiar small
shrub with aromatic bark and brownish purple flowers, fragrant.
Sycamore; Buttonwood. Platanus occidentalis. Reddish brown bark peels
off leaving almost white surface. Leaves rough to touch. Fruit is a one
inch ball hanging from a' long filament. The forest ghost.
Syringa. Philadelphus grandiflorus. Ovate opposite leaves. Flowers white
tubular with spreading petals, not fragrant; four parted.
Thorn, Cockspur; Newcastle Thorn. Crataegus crus-galli. Obovate leaves
with cuneiform base. Second year branchlets thorned. Dull red pomes,
commonly called haws.
Thorn, Scarlet Fruited; White Thorn; Scarlet Haw. Crataegus coccinea.
Bark light brown to ashy gray. Scarlet pomes in twos and threes. Branches
spined.
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Thorn, Sjatulate Leaf. Crataegus spathulata. Most of the leaves are
spatulate. The berries or pomes are small and bright red in thick clusters.
Tulip Tree. See Poplar, Yellow.
Tupelo; Pejjeridge; Soztr Gum. Nyssa sylvatica. Resembles the black
gum in many ways. Leaves tend to cluster at ends of branches. The dried
roots are lighter than cork.
Umbrella Tree; Mountain Magnolia. Magnolia tripetala. The enormous
oval oblong leaf from twelve to eighteen inches long is sufficient to identify
this: tree. Fruit a red mass of carpels.
Wahoo. See Elm, Winged.
Walnut, Black. Juglans nigra. Compound leaf with fifteen to twentythree leaflets. Nut inclosed in a green drupe, which changes to dark drown
dry drupe. Hulls are a source of dye for copperas jeans.
Willow, Black. Salix nigra. Dark brown or black bark. Slender leaves.
Catkins from one to three inches in length.
Willow, Sandbar; Long Leaf Willow. Salix fluviatalis. Leaves six inches
long pointed at both ends. Branchlets slender and of orange color. Catkins
about an inch long.
Willow, Weeping. Salix babylonica. Characterized by the slender drooping branches and leaves. Native of Babylon. Dioecious tree and only the
pistillate tree in America. Propagated by cuttings.
Witch Hazel. Hamamelis virginiana. Light brown smooth bark; inner
bark reddish purple. White dotted orange brown branchlets. Wavy tmrlrd
oval leaves. Yellow brown two celled pod.
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CHAPTER XII. TROUP COUNTY BIRDS
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N PREPARING a list of Troup County birds, advantage has been taken
of the hobby of Paul B. Smith in the study of bird life, to whom credit
is herewith given for his assistance; The list may be far from complete but
those listed have been observed as nesting in this county and include some
migrators which customarily breed in other sections of the country.
The numeral after the several names of a given bird is the length in
inches from the beak to the end of the tail feathers. The upper and lower
plumage tints, the color of eggs, songs and calls, nests and the favorite
lurking places are taken from standard works on bird life.
Blackbird, Red Wing; Swamp Blackbird; Red Winged Starling.-9%.
Male: black with scarlet and bug shoulders; streaked breast. Female: brownish black and no red. Eggs: bluish white. Song: harsh cackle and "Conkeree." Edges of swamps and ponds, frequently nests on ground.
Light blue back and brownish red breast.
Bluebird; Blue Robin.-7.
Eggs: pale blue. Song: a continuous warble. Orchards and open woods;
nests lined with grass.
Brownish black plumage; naked red
Buzzard, Turkey; vulture.-30.
head. Eggs: dirty white spotted with brown and lavender. Nests in or
near hollow logs and stumps.
Male:
Cardinal Grosbeak; Crested Redbird; Virginia Nightingale.-9.
brilliant cardinal red with crest; throat black. Female: brownish yellow
shading to gray, crested. Eggs: greenish blue with reddish brown spots.
Song: loud clear warble; call, a low chirp. Nests are frail structures of
twigs in thickets.
Dark gray with breast somewhat
Catbird; Black Capped Thrush.-9.
lighter ih tint. Eggs: geenish blue. Song: grating rasp; also a fine singer
in imitation of birds. Hedges and thickets; nests lined with black rootlets.
Chat, YeLLw Breasted; Polyglot Chat; Yellow Mocking Bird.-7%.
Back
gray with yellow breast shading to white under. Eggs: white speckled with
red brown. Song: a medley of whistles and calls; flirts tail in singing.
Tangled thickets; nests of grass and weeds near ground. This bird is a
ventriloquist.
Cbicadee, Carolina.4%. Crown, nape and throat black; upper gray;
under a dirty white; white cheeks look like a collar. Eggs: white sparingly
speckled with red brown. Song: "phebe;" "chic-a-dee-dee;" "dee-dee-dee."
Nests in hollow stumps.
Chck-Will's-Widow.-12.
Male: rusty brown speckled; outer half of
wing white. Female: no white. Eggs: white blotched with lavender. Song:
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"chuck-will's-widow." Nests on ground in leaves; in danger carries nestlings in beak.
Creeper, Brown.-5%.
Brown with ashy gray stripes; barred wings;
lozenge mottles. Eggs: white speckled with reddish brown. Song: faint
trill; "tseep." Nests behind loose bark; of twigs, moss and bark.
Crow, Common; "Corn Thief."-16.
Glossy black with violet reflections.
Eggs: white spotted with brown. Coarse rickety nest in high tree tops.
Two crows kill in one day birds which would destroy 100,000 insects.
Cuckoo, Black-billed; Rain Crow.-1 1 5. Upper grayish brown; under
whitish. Eggs: greenish blue. Song: repeated "cow," sometimes "cow-uh."
Flat shabby nests at low elevations. Destroys tent caterpillars.
Fawn color to bluish gray; breast reddish brown.
Dove, Turtle.-12.
Eggs: white. Song: "a-coo-o; coo-o; coo-oo; coo-0." Nests of loose sticks
in hedges.
Flicker; Golden-winged Woodpecker; Clape; Yellowhammer; High-hole;
Yarup.-13.
Head and neck gray; red crescent on neck; upper golden brown
barred with black; linings under bright yellow. Eggs: white. Songs: several; "cuk, cuk, cuk;" "quit-u." Nests in tree and pole cavities.
~Z~catcher,
Crested.-9.
Dark olive or gray, crested. Eggs: buffy white
streaked with brown. Song: repeated "wit-whit." Nests of straw in holes
of dead limbs. Always places a piece of snake skin in nest.
Goldfinch, American; Wild Canary; Yellowbird; Thistle Bird.-5 T/4.
Male: bright yellow tipped with black in summer, changing to yellow olive
in winter with drab tips. Female: brownish olive upper with yellowish
under. Eggs: pale blue. Song: prolonged canary-like "tcheer," and twittering. Nests of fibers and grass with thistle down lining.
Grctckle, Purple; Crow Blackbird; Maize Thief.012. Iridescent purple
head and greenish back. Eggs: pale bluish gray. Song: "tshack" and a
squeaky song. Nests of sticks and twigs in bushes.
Hawk, Sparrow.-12.
Tawney back, bluish wings, chestnut tail; seven
blotches on head. Eggs: speckled brown on white. Nests in holes of woodpeckers or in old crow nests.
Hummirtgbird, Ruby-throated.-3 T/2. Green iridescent plumage, male with
red or orange breast. Eggs: white. Song: twitters and squeaks. Nest a
beautiful network of fibers and cobwebs, moss lined.
Indigo Bird; Indigo Bunting.--5 '/z. Male: indigo blue. Female: brownish with trace of blue. Eggs: pale bluish white. Song: canary-like warble,
and a sharp chirp. Nests of grass in shrubs and bushes.
Jay, BZw.-11.
Slaty blue tipped with white. Eggs: pale greenish blue.
Song: two-syllabled whistle, or harsh scream; also a mimic. Nests of twigs