In 1995, the John Houstoun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a monument on the Courthouse Square honoring those veterans who came to Upson, liked it, and lived out their lives in this place. What do we know about these men? Just a little can be found on the pages of The Early History of Upson County and from talking to descendants.
Ninian Barrett, born in Maryland 1751 (died GA 1807), was a Revolutionary War soldier. Ninian Barrett married Mary James and had nine children, one of whom was Ninian Barrett born 1789 died 1860, married 1) Robertson and 2) Ann Hanson. (Burial of Revolutionary Ninian Barrett is unknown) Descendant: Lelia Anne Barrett Chamlee, ([email protected]) into DAR on his service in Montgomery County, MD. My DAR number is 0766116 (6/3/95).
William Black Applied for pension Aug 30, 1832, age 70. From York District, S.C.
William Carraway who came to Upson County in 1825. Applied for pension (Aug 29, 1832) at age 78.(There is also a biography on p. 893 of History of Upson County). William Carraway was born in Cumberland County in North Carolina, but enlisted in the Army in Cambridge, South Carolina. He served for about 20 months and held the grade of sergeant. He took part in the Battle of Stono and the siege of Savannah. He came to Upson County in 1825 after having lived a while in Lincoln County, Georgia. According to local traditions, the Carraway brothers built the first three houses in Thomaston. He died in 1834 and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery. This grave was marked by the John Houston Chapter- DAR.
William Duke Applied for pension Aug 30, 1832. Age 77 years and 11 mos. Entered from Wilkes Co, GA.
Henry Garland, Sr. Applied for pension (Aug 30, 1832)at age 70. Entered in Militia State Troups of N.C. March 1, 1781 and served 18 months. Was volunteer under Gen Green at Battle Guilford Courthouse, NC; Thompson Fort, S.C. and Brown and Grayson Fort, Augusta, GA.
Benjamin Hambrick. Born in Prince William County, VA, on July 9, 1739. Applied for pension on Nov 7, 1832 at age 93 but didn't have papers to rpove his service. Years later, such papers were found in the library in N.C. proving his war record. Served under Capt John Cleveland, who commanded a Co of Light Horse. He was in two engagements (Kings Mountain in NOC and Ramsuers Mills near border of NC and VA. Born July 1739, and entered service in Prince William Co, VA. Resided in Wilkes Co NC, then Wilkes Co, GA, Jasper Co, and Upson.
William Hudgins. Applied for penson Aug 30, 1832 at age 71. Entered service in NC. Served under Capt Moore's Troup commanded by Col Malmody and Gen Green. Then a 12 month tour under Capt Jones and Col Taylor. All in the NC Continental Army serving both as a volunteer and a regular.
Valentine Horsley He was born on January 18, 1758, in Monforth, Maryland. He enlisted in the Revolutionary Army at age 16, served under Nathaniel Green, and was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. His migration to Upson County where he had some land in the lottery brought him from Virginia into South Carolina and then into Georgia.His wife, Sarah Kendrick, wa born in Wales on January 11, 1766. They built a a home on Logtown Road. A Primitive Baptist, he died at the age of 85 on September 8, 1843, and is is buried in a marked grave in Horsley Cemetery near the Wymanville Road.
Henry Kendall, Sr. He came in 1826 and owned a mill on Tobler Creek....burial not listed The County paid him $250 for building a bridge over the creek and maintaining it. Still alive in 1830, the census listed him as the head of a household; but by 1834 he had died and his children are selling some of his property.
Daniel Parker. Applied for pension (Aug 30, 1832) at age 73. Entered service at Chatham Courthouse, NC.
Henry Peoples. Applied for pension Mar 10, 1828. Age 74. From NC Served in the Continental Line until Dec 1777.
Jones Person. Believed to have died in Culloden and possibly buried in the "unmarked" half of the Persons Cemetery just above the Upson/Monroe County line and just below Yatesville, at the old Stallings home that "straddles" the county line. Descendant: Sherrie Ellington [email protected]
Samuel Pool. Applied for pension Nov 26, 1832. Age
73. From Johnston Co. NC. Entered service June 4, 1776 -
5th Reg Continental Troops. June 4, 1776, entered service
in Johnston Co. N.C., as private in Capt. Wards Co.
attached to 5th Reg. Continental Troops, commanded by
Col. Edward Brinkham, and served 12 months. Also a
volunteer foe 3 months in Capt Edward Whitley�s Co.
attached to Reg under Col. Sowell, Can not recall dates.
Also substitute for a volunteer, 3 mo., in Capt. Hardy
Bryan�s Co. Also 15 days with Capt Solomon Wood, and
afterwards 10 days as Volunteer. Was at the Battle of
Guilford Courthouse. Marched into Virginia and North
Carolina, personally acquainted with Ltn. Col. Henry
Irwin and Maj. Dawson. Certified to by John Ross, B.P.
1781 Sept. Johnston Co. N.C. Marries Agnes Bullock. in 1840 Russell, Alabama with son Matthew. Researcher: David L. Bayne [email protected]
Richard Respress Born in 1749 and married Martha Dawson about 1769. In 1792, after serving in the Revolutionary War, he mirgrated to Greene County, GA and then came to Upson and lived in what is known today as Hootenville. He died in 1839.
James Walker
Born in 1753, served with North Carolina Troops. After the War he came to Upson County from Putnam County.
He was one of the first commissioners in Thomaston in 1825 (already 72 years of
age)Listed as one of the earliest land owners. He built a road from Thomaston to Holloway's Mill and died at 96 on June 24, 1849.
Researcher:
"Linda R. Henderson" [email protected]
Tombstone
Elaine Martin
James Walker
N.C. Troops
Rev. War
June 24, 1849
Dinkins Ivey also known as Dinkins Ivy entered the War of 1812, from Warren Co., Ga., September 23, 1814, Camp Jackson. He entered Capt.. Neal's Company Georgia Militia in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Ignatius A. Few. This was an Infantry Company known as 3rd Regiment, Georgia Militia. The Rendezvous was 45 miles from his residence . His enlistment ended December 6, 1815. From where he was discharged it was 150 miles to his residence for a total of 195 miles his travel to and from his residence was 13 days . His term of service was 5 months and 17 days. He was paid a contract price of 17 cents for rations. His pay per month was 8 dollars. His pay was $44.53 and his subsistence was 51 cents. His total pay and subsistence was $45.04.
December 6, 1830, Dinkins Ivey paid Nathan Jones of Upson Co., Ga. $150.00 for part of land lot 59, 16th district Upson Co., Ga. recorded deed book B, page 59. Dinkins Ivey was listed as being from Warren Co., Ga.
December 21, 1833, Dinkins Ivey of Marion County purchased the south half of land lot 42, 16th district Upson Co., Ga. from Alexander F. Edwards for $175.00. The lot contained 101 1/4 acres. Recorded deed book B, page 421-422 Upson Co., Ga. Contributed by: John Adams [email protected]
Upson Battle - Wilson's Raiders Click on Civil War Link. Additional information is welcome as well as original pictures of area Civil War soldiers. Contact: Sherrie Ellington [email protected]
Confederate burials in Glenwood Cemetery are from Battle for Atlanta and Wilson's Raid. Men were treated in hospital set up in Thomaston locations.
UPSON COUNTY VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS
(Also available on line: http://www.cem.va.gov/hmorder.htm ) VA Form 40-1330 Office of Memorial Programs (403A) Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Ave. NW Washington, DC 20420 Eligible: Any deceased verteran discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. Must provide an official document pertaining to military service, ie. muster rolls, extracts from State files, pension or land warrant. There is no cost for marker, but installation must be paid from private funds.
The following Men from Upons county received The Southern Cross. Explanation below.
Soldier Name Company Regiment Abercrombie, J.T. I 32nd GA Abercrombie, W. A. I 32nd GA Adams, J. Arch C 3rd GA Cavalry Adams, James K. G Ashby’s Tennessee Calvary Allen, S.B. A 5th GA Arrington, Jesse A 46th GA Atwater, James W. F & I 9th GA & 6th GA Barker, E.M. A 46th GA Bentley, James W. D 13th GA Bentley, J. J. D 13th GA Beall, Thomas D. K 5th GA Beall, W.Y. K 5th GA Berry, J. W. H 13th GA Bethel, Benjamin F 9th GA Beverly, Joseph T. A 46th GA Birdsong, A. H. K 5th GA Birdsong, Henry F. B 1st GA Black, W. J. J 32nd GA Black, C. A. A 46th GA Black, J. F. J 32nd GA Blalock, James M. A 1st TX Volunteers Bland, John A 46th GA Blassingname, J. S. L 54th GA Blassingname, James P. B 46th GA Blassingname, J. W. I 32nd GA Boles, B. R. J 32nd GA Bloodworth, J. M. B 3rd GA Battalion Blount, J. B. A 46th GA Blount, A. P. A 46th GA Bond, Robert M. A 8th GA Battalion Brooks, S. W. J 32nd GA Britt, P. G. D 13th GA Britt, Daniel H. A 14th GA Bowers, H. C. E 6th GA Brown, George A 46th GA Brown, T.J. B 2nd GA Battalion SS Bradley, R.F. B Blounts Battalion Burkett, W. L. J 32nd GA Burkett, E.V. A 5th GA Burnette, W. P. J 32nd GA Caraway, John D. I 32nd GA Castten, B. G. H Cummings Battalion Chakley, W. S. E 44th GA Collier, Edwin L. A 4th GA Crawford, C. C. A 2nd GA Battalion Cotton, J. A. C & A 7th GA and Bouards Battalion Daniel, T. H. D 4th GA Daniel, James M. D 13th GA Daniel, J.G. A 48th GA Dallas, T. A. F 9th GA Dallas, Edwin D 13th GA Danielly, A. J. F 10th GA Davidson, Davis C. D 13th GA Davidson, E. S. B 55th GA Davis, Wilson S. F 9th GA Davison, W. J. A 46th GA Dawson, Davis A. D 13th GA Dawson, S. A. D 13th GA Dawson, E.C. E 2nd GA Cavalry Deloache, S. J. G 54th GA Denham, George W. A 46th GA Dickinson, John D. B 5th GA Earl, J. R. G 28th Alabama Volunteers Ellington, J.M. A 46th Ga Farr, Arthur I 32nd GA Fallin, W. C. E 32nd GA Ford, Robert M. K 5th GA Foster, J. J. D 2nd GA Franklin, W. C. F 9th GA Garside, O. R. I 45th GA Gerald, W. R. A 46th GA Gilliand, Hugh M. K 3rd GA Gordy, W. L. D 13th GA Graham, William J. D 13th GA Grant, Isaiah K 45th GA Gunn, W. C. B 32nd GA Hall, G.W. F 17th GA Hannah, G. W. T. F 19th TN Hardy, James P. F 27th GA Harrell, R. G. D 13th GA Harris, B. R. I 46th GA Harrison, George A. A 63rd GA Harrison, J. L. A 8th GA Harvey, M. J. K 12th GA Hightower, J. W. F. H &B 37th GA & Blounts Battalion Herring, J. W. A 3rd GA Hickmon, Aaron A 46th GA Holloway, T. P. A 46th GA Howell, Henry H. F 9th GA Howard, A. C. C. D 13th GA Howell, J.B. A 46th GA Hunt, George K 5th GA Irby, J. H. E 6th GA Irvin, E. C. A 46th GA Jackson, John A. I 32nd GA Jackson, R.T. C 37th GA Jackson, Henry N. F 9th GA Jenkins, B. S. B 6th GA Jimmerson, W. K 5th GA Jones, J.R. A 46th GA Jordan, J. R. G 27th GA Johnson, William F 9th GA Kersey, A. W. K 3rd GA King, A. J. K 5th GA King, Jacob Scott K 5th GA King, Peter C. K 5th GA King, W. P. K 5th GA Lee, B.F. B Battalion GA Cadets Lewis, David W. I 32nd GA Lewis, John F. I 32nd GA Lewis, J. F. B 2nd GA Mabry, James J. D 2nd GA Mallory, John C S Navy Mallory, J. M. A 46th GA Mangham, J.W. B 2nd GA Battalion SS Marchman, J. W. I 1st Arkansas Matthews, T. F. G 6th GA Mauldin, James M. D 13th GA Melton, John K 55th GA Middlebrooks, L. N. D 2nd GA Middlebrooks, Thomas J. D 2nd GA McDaniel, Joshanay E 45th GA McDaniel, H. M. E 45th GA McDaniel, J. T. B 32nd GA McDaniel, W. J. B 32nd GA McDonald, C. J. B 3rd GA McFarlin, R.M. D 13th GA McFarlin, J. W. A 46th GA McGee, E. L. C 59th GA McKenney, B. F. Blounts Battalion McKenzie, William D. I 32nd GA McKinley, J. R. I 2nd GA Miller, W. A. 7th GA Mitchell, George I 32nd GA Mitcham, J. A. A 46th GA Moncrief, R. J. A 3rd GA Morgan, G. J. I 32nd GA Moncrief, R. B. K 61st GA McVey, T. J. A 46th GA Nelson, T. J. I 6th GA Newman, W.T. B 2nd Battalion SS Ogletree, J. T. I 5th GA Owens, Allen F. K 5th GA Oxford, J. F. K 5th GA Page, W. C. A 46th GA Pasley, W. P. I 11th GA Perryman, W. J. D 13th GA Pierce, James B. I 32nd GA Pierce, Thomas C. A 46th GA Powers, John H. B 1st GA Pounds, J.M. K 27th GA Ray, J.C. I 32nd GA Reeves, F. J. D 13th GA Reeves, J. B. D 13th GA Reeves, R.B. D 13th GA Reeves, Johnathan C 37th GA Riviere, J. F. Gibsons Battery Rogers, F. R. B 31st GA Ruffin, K. D. A 46th GA Rutherford, William K 45th GA Sanders, J. C. F 45th GA Sealy, W. A. A 8th GA Self, David D 13th GA Simmons, John D. B 2nd GA Singleton, A. E. B 2nd GA Battalion Sharman, Thomas S. D 13th GA Shaw, R. B. B 32nd GA Shruptine, R.D. A 46th GA Skelton, W. L. K 2nd NC Smith, Gilbert M. A 46th GA Smith, W. O. K 5th GA Smoot, William K 3rd GA Spain, W. B. E 6th GA Stafford, J. A. E 3rd GA Battalion Starling, Thomas E Blounts Battalion Starling, J. W. E 3rd GA Battalion Stewart, David A 46th GA Stewart, John B. A 46th GA Thompson, E.B. D 13th GA Thompson, Jesse A 46th GA Thurston, Hugh King K 5th GA Tillman, J.D. I 32nd GA Traylor, J.L. A 46th GA Trice, R. L. I 32nd GA Trice, John T. D 32nd GA Trice, William B. I 32nd GA Turner, J. P. I 32nd GA Vining, F. J. K 5th GA Vining, J. S. A 46th GA Walls, Oliver F 9th GA Walker, D. K. E Hamptons Calvary GA Walker, A. W. K 3rd GA Ward, R. C. K 5th GA Warren, J. W. G 63rd GA Watson, R. F. G 9th Alabama Watson, W. W. A 5th GA Weaver, W. J. D 2nd GA Battalion Weaver, G. A. Sr. B 2nd GA White, J. E. A 46th GA White, Moses C 3rd GA Cavalry White, W. S. F 9th GA White, A. W. F 9th GA Whitman, D. J. I 32nd GA Whittington, F. M. A 46th GA Williams, N. A. D 46th GA Williams, B. R. B 32nd GA Williams, A.J. C 37th GA Willingham, T. J. B Blounts Battalion Wilmot, G. D. D 13th GA Wright, F. H. B 8th GA Woodall, Jacob F 2nd GA Womble, D. R. K 5th GA Womble, D. W. D 2nd GA Zorn, William G. K 5th GA Zorn, John Calvin A & F 46th GA & 9th GAThe Confederate Congress approved an act on 13 October 1862 to honor the officers, noncommissioned officers and privates for their valor in the armies of the Confederate States. During the war, however, there were shortages of metals, and many medals were not minted or awarded. The names of these soliders were, however, recorded in Honor Roll and preserved in the Adjuntant Inspect General's records.
According to a form letter I recently received from the UDC,(United Confederate Veterans) the story is that the Southern Cross of Honor was conceived by Mrs. Alexander S. Erwin in July of 1898 while attending a reunion of Confederate Veterans in Atlanta. She is credited with the design of the medal, which was manufactured by Mr. Charles W. Crankshaw of Atlanta. The design consists of a cross with a Confederate battle flag surrounded with a laurel wreath on the face of the medal, with the inscription "The Southern Cross of Honor." On the back of the medal is the motto of the Confederate States of America, "Deo Vindice" (God Our Vindicator), the dates 1861 1865, and the inscription, "From the UDC to the UCV." (UCV stands for the United Confederate Veterans.)
Applications were made by veterans and their families and descendants for the medal.
The UCV organizations helped members complete their applications and certificates of eligibility for the Southern Cross of Honor. Many local chapers of the UDC worked with the UCVs to arrange grand ceremonies for the awarding of the large groups of medals. In some places, parades were arranged to commemorate the service of the Confederate soliders and great veterans reunions were held. Later applicants were awarded with their medals individually.
The UDC reports that 12,500 crosses were ordered and awarded within the first eighteen months of their existence, and that 78,761 had been delivered by the UDC by the year 1913.
The UDC maintains the records today for the Southern Cross of Honor. If you wish to confirm that the medal was awarded to your ancestor, you must determine the name, the state, the company, the regiment, of the individual. You can then send this information to the UDC at the following address:
United Daughters of the Confederacy 328 North Boulevard Richmond, VA 23220-4057
The UDC does not have copies of the applications submitted for the Southern Cross of Honor. They do, however, maintain books with the roll of the recipients. These records may contain the UCV camp to which your ancestor belonged, the UDC chapter that awarded the Southern Cross of Honor, and the date and place of the award. (Please note, however, that not all records are this detailed.) To obtain a copy of this information, you will need to send a check in the amount of $5.00 and a SASE to the UDC Business Office at the above address.
To learn more about the United Daughters of the Confederacy, visit their Web site at: http://www.hqudc.org/. You may also visit the Sons of the Confederacy’s Web site at: htp://www.scv.org/ for more information about that group.
Following the U.S. Civil War, many women in the South worked hard to rehabilitate the country and the economy, and most of all to help its Confederate veterans. For three decades following the war, these local women's groups did their utmost to recognize the sacrifices made by their soliders. Among their other efforts for veterans and their families, they raised money to erect monuments, set tombstones in cemeteries, and to maintain graves. Two of the local organizations came into existence as early as 1890, the Daughters of the Confedercy in Missouri, and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Confederate Soliders Home in Tennessee.
On 10 September 1894, the United Daughters of the Condederacy was organized. According to the book, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, its members "are lineal or collateral descendants of men or women who served in the military or civil service of the Confederate States of America, or who gave material aid to the cause."
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