This is the first installment of a series entitled: A Brief Moment in History
Carroll County, Georgia
By R. D. Swartz
Carroll County Georgia was created by the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825. The county was named for Charles Carroll of Maryland who was one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Originally the county was very large and went from the Chattahoochee River to the Alabama State Line but over the years was divided up into what is now Carroll, Douglas, Heard, some parts of Haralson and Troup counties.
The county seat is Carrollton and it was chartered in 1826 and governed by five elected justices called The Carroll Inferior Court. The original intent was to name the county seat Troupville after George Troup the former governor but the Georgia General Assembly decided to incorporate the town as Carrollton in December 1829.
R.D.Swartz is a freelance writer formerly of Carrollton, GA. You can see more of his work at http://www.rdswartzfreelancewriter.blogspot.com
