John UPSHAW

Birth:
1799
Elbert, Georgia
Death:
Abt 1862
Bienville Parish, Louisiana
Marriage:
2 Apr 1818
Elbert County, Georgia
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    1850 Census of Bienville Parish, Louisiana; Pg 289; Family # 565. Age recorded as 51 yrs.

MARR:

DEATH:
    Estimated

    1. Information on John Upshaw and family obtained from Bienville Parish,
    Louisiana History published in 1988. Family information is contained in the
    account of his son Thomas Allen Upshaw. The family moved from Georgia to
    Noxubee County, Missippi in about 1840  and then to Bienville Parish, Louisiana
    (1847 - 1867). John Upshaw died in Bienville Parish, Louisiana about 1862.

    2.John Upshaw is also listed as Forrester Upshaw's son in the Genealogies of
    Virginia Families  from the William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine, Volume
    V, (page 270), published by the Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. in
    1982. Forrester Upshaw was living in Elbert County, Georgia in 1796. John
    Upshaw was born in Elbert County in 1799.

    3. Information on John Upshaw is also found in "The Story of Bell County,
    Texas" Vol. I (page 966) published by the Bell County, Texas Historical
    Commission in 1988.
Tabitha "Lollie" LAWLESS
Birth:
12 Apr 1800
Elbert Co., Georgia
Death:
22 Sep 1860
Bienville Parish, Louisiana
Notes:
                       BIRTH   - MARR: Bienville Parish, Louisiana History; Ruston, Louisiana Public
    Library; Information is included in sketch on Thomas Allen Upshaw.

DEATH:
Children
Marriage
1
James W. UPSHAW
Birth:
14 Apr 1819
Houston, Elbert, Georgia
Death:
19 Jan 1909
Belton, Bell County, Texas
Mariana MCGEE 
Marr:
30 Jul 1843
Noxubee County, Mississippi 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    Year established by the 1850 Census of Bienville Parish, Louisiana and the Story of Bell County, Texas Volume I (Page 956)

MARR:
    Information supplied by Mary Jane Upshaw Parrot published in the Upshaw Family Journal, Jan 1980, pg. 26. Edited by Ted O. Brooke 79 Wagonwheel Ct.,Marietta, Georgia.

DEATH:
    Cemetery Records of North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell County, Texas

    Information on James Upshaw is contained in the story of his son William Wesley
    Upshaw in the Story of Bell County, Texas Volume I (Page 956). James was born
    in Elbert County , Georgia and moved with his Father, John Upshaw, to Noxubee
    County, Mississippi about 1840 and then in 1846 to Sparta, Bienville Parish,
    Louisiana. He served as Sheriff of Bienville Parish for seventeen years. In
    1867, he moved to Red River Parish and then to Bell County, Texas in 1872. He
    died in 1909 and is buried in the North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell Count
2
Catherine UPSHAW
Birth:
1822
Elbert County, Georgia
Death:
Bell Co., Texas
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:

MARR:

DEATH:
3
Sarah E. UPSHAW
Birth:
19 Jul 1825
Elbert County, Georgia
Death:
11 Jul 1902
Holland, Bell Co., Texas
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:

MARR:

DEATH:
4
Mary UPSHAW
Birth:
20 Aug 1827
Elbert County, Georgia
Death:
3 Feb 1902
Bienville Parish, Louisiana
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       BIRTH   - MARR - DEATH: Information supplied by Mary Jane Upshaw Parrot
    published in the Upshaw Family Journal; Jan 1980 ; pg 26. Edited by Ted O
    Brooke ; 79 Wagonwheel Ct., Marietta, Georgia.
5
Emily Jane UPSHAW
Birth:
1829
Elbert, Georgia
Death:
Bell Co., Texas
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       BIRTH   - MARR - DEATH: Information supplied by Mary Jane Upshaw Parrot
    published in the Upshaw Family Journal; Jan 1980 ; pg 26. Edited by Ted O
    Brooke ; 79 Wagonwheel Ct., Marietta, Georgia.
6
Thomas Allen UPSHAW
Birth:
9 Jan 1832
Selma, Bibb County, Alabama
Death:
6 May 1924
Smithville, Bastrop Co., Texas
Mary Jane FANCHER 
Marr:
22 Sep 1854
Bienville Parish, Louisiana 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    Calculated from 1850 Census of Bienville Parish, Louisiana, from the Story of Bell County, Texas Volume I (Page 956), and the History of Bienville Parish, Louisiana published in 1988.

MARR:
    Date from the Story of Bell County, Texas Volume I.

DEATH:
    Cemetery records Holland Cemetery, Holland, Texas and the Story of Bell County, Texas Volume I.

    1. Thomas Allen Upshaw served in the Civil War, enlisting in the Louisiana 9th
    Regiment. He rose to the rank of First Lieutenant and served with Gen Thomas
    "Stonewall" Jackson. After Gen. Jackson's death, he served with Lee's Army of
    Northern Virgionia until the surrender at Appomattox.
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John Upshaw - Tabitha "Lollie" Lawless

John Upshaw was born at Elbert, Georgia 1799. His parents were Forrester Upshaw and Ann Faulkner.

He married Tabitha "Lollie" Lawless 2 Apr 1818 at Elbert County, Georgia . Tabitha "Lollie" Lawless was born at Elbert Co., Georgia 12 Apr 1800 daughter of John Lawless and Tabitha Rowsey .

They were the parents of 6 children:
James W. Upshaw born 14 Apr 1819.
Catherine Upshaw born 1822.
Sarah E. Upshaw born 19 Jul 1825.
Mary Upshaw born 20 Aug 1827.
Emily Jane Upshaw born 1829.
Thomas Allen Upshaw born 9 Jan 1832.

John Upshaw died Abt 1862 at Bienville Parish, Louisiana .

Tabitha "Lollie" Lawless died 22 Sep 1860 at Bienville Parish, Louisiana .