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[stream, dam, swamp, reservoir, island]
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Map of 1850 Upson County Military Districts
Since Upson Co wasn't formed until 1825, your ancestors may have lived in eastern Georgia.
Ordering Maps of Upson County
1) Map of Upson County Chamber of Commerce 201 S. Center Street P.O. Box 827 Thomaston, GA 30286 Small fee. Excellent detail of roads, (detailed maps of Yatesville, Thomaston, Glencliff/Sunset Village, Atwater); Streams/creeks; Current Highway markings; Current communities 2) 1897 Map of Upson County Upson Historical Society P.O. Box 363 Thomaston, GA 30286 $3.00 + $1.00 postage. Shows GMD (Military Districts); numerical land lots within each Numbered Land District; Most Academies of the time; Mills; Numerous small villages and towns. (This map was prepared by Bobby C. Smith in Dec 1988) 3) Dept of Transportation 715 Andrews Drive Thomaston, GA 30286-4524 $2.50 Shows GMD districts; Many churches; cemeteries; all current roads; 4)Topographic Maps These are sold in many Map Stores, but you can also get the info about ordering them on-line. 1-800-USA-MAPS By calling the above number you and asking for Georgia, you will be sent a catalog of the topographical maps available for all the counties of GA. The material itself provides a very nice map of Georgia itself, but it mainly shows the sections of the state so that you can select and order the precise area that you need .
Thomaston Town Lots
Contributed by Nancy
(I asked Penny, our archivist, about the "Do" standing for "ditto" even though " is used under the abbreviation for Number. We had a chuckle wondering why they didn�t used the same symbol.) A Memorandum of Sale of 50 Lots in the Page 1 of 2 Town of Thomaston 1st Sale in May, 1825 Purchasers Names Description of Lots Price Elias Beall No. 1 East Square $501.00 Elias Beall " 1 N.E. Do 453.00 Elijah Jewitt " 2 West Do 381.25 Hardy Herbert " 1 North Do 500.06 1/4 Hardy Herbert " 6 Do Do 151.00 Eaton Bass " 3 Do Do 481.00 Abraham Motley " 2 Do Do 402.00 John Turner " 4 Do Do 190.00 Gardner H. Davis " 3 Do Do 81.00 Joseph E. Carmichael " 1 South Do 510.00 James Speir " 2 Do Do 382.00 William Hobbs " 3 Do Do 411.00 A. A. Philips " 7 West Do 481.00 James Walker " 7 S.W. Do 400.00 Thos. W. Goode " 9 N.E. Do 155.00 Elias Beall " 2 Do Do 285.00 Solomon Stephens " 6 East Do 202.00 Caleb Tompkins " 1 S.E. Do 505.00 James W. Cooper " 3 East Do 382.00 James W. Cooper " 2 Do Do 373.00 Daniel Grant " 22 Back Do 130.00 James M. Petty " 21 Do Do 102.00 Thos. Wright " 24 Do Do 64.00 A. F. Edwards " 8 North Do 150.00 Alexander Hawkins " 10 N.E. Do 150.00 Whitfield H. Sledge " 12 Do Do 149.00 Abram Motley " 20 Do Do 100.00 John Townsend " 15 E. Part Back Do 128.00 Stephen Duke " 17 N. Do Do Do 100.00 Springer Gibson " Meeting House Lot 100.00 Springer Gibson " 9 West Square 100.00 William Hobb(s) " 4 East Do 151.00 David Barry " 2 S. E. Do 203.00 Amt. Carried over $8853.31 1/4 Sale of Lots in Thomaston Continued 2d Sale in December 1825 36 Lots John Caraway No. 6 N. E. Square $ 65.00 B. Brooks " 6 S. E. Do 51.00 B. Brooks " 7 Do Do 112.00 Wm. P. Yonge " 5 Do Do 114.00 Eljay Cashire " 1 Do Do 65.00 Wm. Walker " 2 Do Do 94.00 Jas. W. Cooper " 8 North Diagonal 70.00 Wm. Mitchell " 11 Do Do 50.00 James P. Portis " 3 West Square 550.00 James P. Portis " 4 Do Do 150.00 Daniel Walker " 1 N. W. Do 450.00 Alfred H. Brown " 23 North Part Back Do 30.00 Geo. M. Petty " 11 Do Do Do 110.00 A. F. Edwards " 7 Do Do 68.50 Joseph Carmichael " 6 N. W. Do Do 154.00 Green Furguson " 5 Do Do Do 85.00 A. F. Edwards " 19 East Back Square 60.00 A. F. Edwards " 21 N. E. Do Do 5.00 Thos. Hobbs " 18 N. Do Do 176.00 Whitfield H. Sledge " 13 N. E. Do Do 88.00 Abraham Motley " 19 Do Do Do 56.00 Thos. Wright " 20 N. Do Do 200.00 James Harwell " 5 E. Do Do 177.00 Wm. Walker " 12 S. E. Do Do 102.37 � Wm. P. Yonge " 6 S. Do Do 126.00 Wm. Walker " 13 S. E. Do Do 57.75 Simeon Rogers " 4 S. W. Do Do 62.00 Simeon Rogers " 5 Do Do Do 51.00 John Tucker " 2 N. W. Do Do 141.00 David Barry " 3 Do Do Do 101.00 Isaiah A. Paschal " 4 Do Do Do 72.00 E. Jewett " 8 N. W. Do Do 34.00 M. W. Stamper " 9 Do Do Do 50.50 E. Jewett " 10 Do Do Do 40.50 Daniel Walker " 11 Do Do Do 60.00 A. F. Edwards " 9 N. Square 54.00 Amt. For 36 Lots Sold at 2d Sale 3932.62 � ================== A Memorandum of Money Recd for Lots in Thomaston January 3d 1826 Purchasers Names Description of Lots Price Hiram Adair No. 15 N. W. Square F. 28.50 Martin W. Stamper " 7 Do Do F. 53.00 Thomas M. Steed " 16 Do Do F. 54.00 Hiram Adair " 14 Do Do F. 35.50 E. Jewett " 18 Do Do x 18.50 B. Brooks & R. J. Crews South part 23. Do Do x 25.50 Silvanus Johnson No. 12 N. W. Square F. 55.25 E. Jewett " 20 Do Do x 37.00 Thos. Cartigh (sp.?) " 9 South Do F. 42.50 Alfred H. Brown " 21 N. W. Do x 42.00 Wm. Caraway x 100.06 � 12 Lots Amt 3d Sale - - - $491.81 � Sales Continued 7 Feby. 1826. Wm. P. Yonge No. ? S. E. Square x 61.00 4th Sale - - - Sales Continued 13th April 1826 Wm. B. Traylor No. 22 S. E. Square F. 52.00 Wm. S. Douglas " 4 E. Back " x 63.00 Thomas & Smith " 9 N. E. " " x 52.00 Michael Kelly " 10 West " " x 61.00 Smith & Bu?tice " 7 Do " " x 75.00 Moses Keys " 10 South " " F. 43.00 Michael Kelly " 11 Do " " x 51.00 Thomas Bus?tice " 11 S. E. " " F. 115.12 � Thomas & Smith " 10 N. E. " " x 35.00 Green L. Stilwell " 7 Do " " x 70.00 James Stinson " 14 Do " " x 50.00 E. Jewett " 8 West " " x 82.00 Amt Carried Over $749.12 � Amt Brought over $749.12 � Walter T. Knight x No. 4 West Back Square 150.00 McWilliams & Wilkins F. " 3 S. W. " " 70.00 McWilliams & Wilkins F. " 2 Do " " 56.31 � Alexander White F. " 6 Do " " 50.12 � fraction? Hard to read Alexander White x " 7 Do " " 43.18 � Robert Caraway x " 16 N. E. Square 55.00 Patrick Riley F. " 11 Do Do 67.00 Patrick Riley F. " 16 Do Do 41.37 � fraction? Hard to read Patrick Riley F. " 12 Do Do 103.00 John Caraway F. " 15 Do Do 50.31 � fraction? Hard to read John Nill (?) F. " 3 N. W. Do 577.00 Bivin Brooks x " 23 S. W. Do 41.00 Bivin Brooks x " 24 Do Do 38.00 Jno. Nill (?) F. " 17 Do Do 46.00 Amt 5 Sale 26 Lots $2137.43 � fraction? Hard to read Sales Continued 12 March 1827 Michael Kelly x No. 20 S. E. Square 32.50 Michael Kelly x " 21 Do Do 28.00 Wm. Walker x " 13 Do Do 25.00 Daniel Walker x " 14 N. W. Do 20.50 D. D. Barry x " 9 Do Do 34.50 Simeon Rogers x " 9 S. W. Do 22.50 Simeon Rogers x " 8 Do Do 15.50 Wm. A. Cobb x " 5 Front Block S.E. Do 40.25 Wm. A. Cobb x " 7 Do Do 20.06 � Wm. P. Yonge x " 2 Back Do 26.25 Wm. A. Cobb x. " 8 Do Do 36.25 Amt. 6th Sale 11 Lots $301.31 � Sales of Lots in Thomaston Recapitulation Amt 1st Sale for 50 Lots $10,804.56 � Do 2d Do " 36 Do 3,932.62 � Do 3d Do " 12 Do 491.81 � Do 4th Do " 1 Do 61.00 Do 5 Do " 26 Do 2,137.43 � Do 6 Do " 11 Do 301.31 � $17,728.75 Handwritten below drawing of Thomaston Town Lots 1825: Inferior Court for County purposes In Chambers May 30, 1853 There having been a plat of the Town of Thomaston made out at the time the Town was laid off, and the said plat having become so mutilated that it is not fit for use and another plat having been made out by the original Ordered that said copy plat be entered upon the land record of the County of Upson and State of Georgia as a matter of reference. Travis A. D. Weaver I. J. C. William C Spivey I. J. C. Thos. P. Sharman I. J. C. Georgia } Upson County } I do hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the original of the Court May 30th 1853 S. T. Shackleford Clk Registered June 2, 1853 Jack Mathews C.S.C.
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