Forrester UPSHAW
Information on Forrester Upshaw obtained from Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine Volume V. (page 270) Forrester is listed as living in Elbert County, Georgia in 1796. His Father, Leroy Upshaw, was living in Elbert County in 1791. The family evidently moved from Virginia to Georgia about 1790.
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.
He married Ann Faulkner Abt 1791 at Elbert County, Georgia . Ann Faulkner was born at Georgia Abt 1773 .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Leroy Upshaw
born Abt 1792.
Forrest Tinsley Upshaw
born 2 Jun 1796.
Middleton Upshaw
born Abt 1797.
Adkins Upshaw
born Abt 1798.
John Upshaw
born 1799.
Hasten Upshaw
born Abt 1800.
James Upshaw
born Abt 1801.
William Upshaw
born Abt 1803.
Forrester Upshaw died Abt 1862 at Louisiana .
Ann Faulkner died Abt 1858 at Louisiana .