Greg and Neil,

State Troops or Home Guard perhaps. You may need to broaden the definition somewhat.

Postbellum, there were many people being killed in retaliation for one thing or the other and LOTs of Georgians moved west because of economic considerations. Carroll County would not have been immune to this. Carroll County had a major railroad going through it so it would have had its share of Federal troops moving through the area, concentrations of Colored Troops, and Freed slaves attempting to seek employment. It may be worth checking the Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. The link below may be a decent start, however, there are a lot more records on microfilm and you really need to go through them and not so much the limited information here. I am note sure of your location but I believe that the National Archive Regional locations have them. Some major libraries may have them too.

http://www.freedmensbureau.com/georgia/index.htm

You may also want to consider looking into Federal warrants he may have had. If he was truly wanted for killing Federal troops, he would have had a warrant out for his arrest.

Food for thought.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Respectfully,

Gerald D. Hodge, Jr.
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired)
M.A. Military History - Civil War Concentration
Research - Preservation
Historian: 39th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
http://39thgavolinfrgt.homestead.com/39thHomepage.html
Athens, Tennessee