- Gov. Troup's Tomb State Historical
Marker
- Located on a paved county road about one-quarter
mile from the end of Spur Ga. 199 west of Lothair, Ga.
(Text)
GOV. TROUP'S TOMB
George Michael Troup, twice Governor
of Georgia, lies buried here beside his brother. He died Apr.
28, 1856 while visiting here at Rosemont, one of his many plantations.
Troup was born Sept. 8, 1780, at McIntosh's Bluff on the Tombigbee
R. in a part of Ga. that is now Ala. Educated at Princeton he
was a member of the bar, legislator, congressman, U.S. senator
and governor. Retiring from public life in 1833 he was that year
nominated for the Presidency by a Ga. States Rights convention.
His home plantation "Valdosta" was near Dublin.
140-2 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1954
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to view Gov. Troup's tomb.
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