Complex sentence: The original intention was to call the new county seat Troupville, in honor of former governor George Troup, but Troup was not popular with the state government of the time, so the Georgia General Assembly incorporated the town as Carrollton, in December 1829.
Split into simpler sentences: The original intention was to call the new county seat Troupville, in honor of former governor George Troup, but Troup was not popular with the state government of the time. Therefore, the Georgia General Assembly incorporated the town as Carrollton, in December 1829.