During his second term as Governor of Georgia , beginning in 1837 , Gilmer supported and expedited the Federal government in the final removal of Indians from Georgia . This process came to be termed the Trail of Tears . Gilmer died in 1859 in Lexington and is buried in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery in the same city . Gilmer County , Georgia is named for him
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
George Rockingham Gilmer