His father , Samuel C. Candler , would soon move his family to Villa Rica , a city in Carroll and Douglas Counties in western Georgia , after the local Creek Indians were evicted on the Trail of Tears . S.C. Candler owned slaves in Carroll County in 1840 and 12 slaves by 1850 . By 1860 , S. C. Candler farmed and owned $ 5700 in real estate as well as $ 13250 in personal property , which included 17 slaves , and he leased another 19 slaves from D.B. Chapman
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Milton A. Candler