ABOUT TROUP COUNTY ARCHIVES & LEGACY MUSEUM ON MAIN
We are passionate about our area’s history. Records, papers, diaries, families, photographs, artifacts, exhibits, lectures, classes, workshops—all to bring our past to the present.
Current Exhibition
February 23, 2026 through March 1, 2027
In 2026, Troup County commemorates 200 years since its establishment in June 1826. This exhibition invites visitors to step back into that pivotal moment, when the county was newly formed and life on the Georgia frontier was defined by resilience, hard work, and community.
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Assassination of William McIntosh
In the predawn hours of April 30, 1825, a party of Creek warriors surrounded the home of William McIntosh on a bluff overlooking the Chattahoochee River in present-day Carroll County, Georgia. Their mission was to kill McIntosh in retaliation for his involvement in selling Creek land to the Federal Government. A few days later, his widow, Susannah, dictated a letter describing the events. May 3, 1825, Line Creek, Fayette County, Georgia To Col. D.G. Campbell and Maj’r James Meriwether, United States Commissioners William McIntosh, painted at Indian [...]
Assassination of William McIntosh
In the predawn hours of April 30, 1825, a party of Creek warriors surrounded the home of William McIntosh on a bluff overlooking the Chattahoochee River in present-day Carroll County, Georgia. Their mission was to kill McIntosh in retaliation for his involvement in selling Creek land to the Federal Government. A few days later, his widow, Susannah, dictated a letter describing the [...]
