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organization of the county, no presentment was made by a 

 grand jm'y for immoral conduct. 



Religious Sects. — Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians. 



Miscellaneous Remarks. — The first court in this county 

 was held at the house of Mr. Weaver, July, 1827 — Judge 

 Colquitt presiding. 



The first indictment against any citizen of Troup county, 

 was for horse-stealing. 



The first presentment was for an assault. 



No execution has taken place in the county since its or- 

 ganization. 



Early Settlers. — John E. Morgan, James Culverson, 

 W. J. Starling, George H. Traylor, Nicholas Johnson, Silas 

 Tatom, W. C. Mays, James Williamson, Rev. Caleb W. Key, 

 Samuel Reed, John E. Gage, R. H. Lane, Henry Rogers, 

 Wilson Williams, James Amos, Thomas Cameron, General 

 Harralson, General Bailey, John Hill, Daniel Robertson, and 

 Colonel Newsome, and others. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — The climate of Troup 

 is generally favourable to health. On water-courses, as is the 

 case in all parts of Georgia, fevers occur. There are now 

 Hving, George Trash, 80; Mrs. Martha Stevens, 100; John 

 Patterson, 82 ; Elizabeth Gordy, 84 ; Mrs. Gray, 84 : Mrs. 

 Frances Thornton, 102; Elizabeth Thomas, 85: Lyddel Es- 

 tis, 85 ; Mrs. Martin Estis, 81 ; Thomas Smedley over 83 ; 

 Simon Hughs, 80 ; Lodwick Alford, 80. Maiden Amos died 

 at the age of 99 ; Mins Sledge, upwards of 80 ; Mrs. Rallins, 

 92 ; Mrs. Battle, 90 ; Mr. Potts, over 95 ; Mr. William Tho- 

 mason, a soldier of the Revolution, was 92 at his death ; Jo- 

 seph Johnson was 86 ; a negro man, an African, belonging to 

 the Rev. Mr. Wilson, died a few years ago at the age of 140 ! 

 and Benjamin Hemp at 100. 



Name. — Colonel George M. Troup, after whom this coun- 

 ty is named, was born at Mcintosh's Bluff, on the Tombigbee, 

 in what was then the territory of Georgia, now Alabama, in 

 September, 1780. After receiving the rudiments of a classical 

 education in Mcintosh county, in his father's house, and after- 

 wards in Savannah, he was sent to Erasmus Hall, a cele- 

 brated Academy conducted by Dr. Peter Wilson, in Flatbush, 



