from former Lower Creek land in 1826 and named for him. During the American Civil War, an Athens, Georgia battery was named the "Troup Artillery" in his memory. See also Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation, owned by his brother Footnotes Further reading Harden, Edward Jenkins. The life of George M. Troup. Savannah, 1859. Winn, William W. The Triumph of Ecunnau-Nuxulgee: Land Speculators, George M. Troup, State Rights, and the Removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama, 1825-38. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2015. External links Georgia State Capitol portrait of Governor Troup George Troup's gravesite Bust of Troup in the State Capitol Rotunda Troup-Clarke Political Feud 1780 births 1856 deaths People from Mobile County, Alabama Politicians from Savannah, Georgia American proslavery activists Democratic Party governors of Georgia (U.S. state) Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives American people of Scottish descent Princeton University alumni Georgia (U.S. state) Jacksonians Democratic-Republican Party United States senators Democratic Party United States senators from Georgia (U.S. state) Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) Erasmus Hall High School alumni American slave owners 19th-century American politicians Candidates in the 1852 United States presidential election United States senators who owned slaves