I have also been struggling with some dystonia related issues that have kept me pretty sedentary. Honestly, dystonia, and dealing with a lot of down time, is what caused this genealogy habit to thrive. Anyway, yesterday, while delving into some of those websites I found several documents and articles on a few ancestors that I hadn't seen before. Today I am going to share two of those finds with you.
George Washington UPTAIN/UPTON is my 5th great grandfather. My line to him is Obie Zearl MELSON, his father, Benjamin Harrison MELSON, his father, Francis Marion MELSON, his mother, Ferbia Melita UPTAIN/UPTON then her father, the subject of this post.
If you head over to Digital Public Library of America and search for George Upton you will eventually come across these two documents, one of which includes his signature!
Affidavit of Georg Uptain (also George Upton) and Richard Ellison of Jackson County, Georgia, dated May 17, 1817. Uptain and Ellison testify that John Camp, also of Jackson County, is living with his family over the boundary line on lands near the Alcovy River, designated as Indian hunting grounds. They provide information regarding Camp's improvements on the land and indicate that he has lived there twelve months. The statement was sworn to before James Strawn, Justice of the Peace.
Affidavit of George Upton, Issac Awtrey, and Francis Ellison, dated May 17, 1817 in Jackson County, Georgia. The three men report that James Morris and his family are living across the boundary line near the Alcovy River on lands designated as Indian hunting grounds. They testify regarding his improvements on the land and state that he has lived there twelve months. The statement was sworn to before James Strawn, Justice of the Peace.
Census records place George UPTAIN in Walton County, Georgia in 1820. Walton is a neighboring county that was created from CREEK lands in 1818.
Until next time,
Becky
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