- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- To Gov. Troup's Tomb historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Treutlen County
Troup, George Michael, 1780-1856 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Treutlen County, 32.40388, -82.56728
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Intersection of Ga. 199 and Ga. 46, eight miles southwest of Soperton
Text of marker: "TO GOV. TROUP'S TOMB 4 mi. George Michael Troup, "Georgia's most fiery Governor" is buried beside his brother in a tomb at Rosemont, on of his many plantations. Born in 1780 Troup died April 28, 1856 in Overseer Bridges' home while visiting Rosemont. Educated at Princeton & a member of the bar he had been legislator, congressman, twice U.S. senator and twice Governor of Ga. He is famed for his message to the President in 1825 when the Govt. had failed in its agreement to remove the Indians from Ga. "We have exhausted the argument. We will stand by our arms." The message was successful. 140-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_to-gov.-troups-tomb
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_to-gov
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
