United States, Georgia, Troup County, 33.03351, -85.02834Seibert, David, 1941-20201996/2014Location: Flat Shoals Creek on U.S. 27, 10 miles south of LaGrangeText of marker: "TROUP FACTORY. TROUP FACTORY, FIRST COTTON MILL IN TROUP COUNTY, GEORGIA, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1846 ON FLAT SHOALS CREEK BY ROBERTSON, LESLIE & CO., OF MERIWETHER COUNTY. WATER POWERED CARDING, SPINNING AND WEAVING, IN A MASSIVE FOUR STORIED MILL, PRODUCED FAMED QUALITY SHEETINGS AND OSNABURGS UNTIL 1899. IN 1902, L.M. PARK BOUGHT AND REMOVED THE MILL TO LaGRANGE. MAXEY BROOKS (1796-1861), PIONEER MILLWRIGHT, BUILT AN IMPORTANT GRIST MILL ON THE SITE IN 1829 AND SOLD IT TO THE COMPANY IN 1846.ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION AND THE OCFUSKEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1980"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--Troup CountyCotton manufacture--Georgia--Troup CountyTroup Factory historical markerStillImage