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1909 Upshur County
Court House
Gilmer, Texas

The first settler within the limits of modern Upshur County was probably Isaac Moody, who settled on the Cherokee Trace near West Mountain in 1836. The area that is now Upshur County was originally part of Nacogdoches County and later was  incorporated into Harrison County.  On April 27, 1846, after Texas was admitted to the Union, the first  legislature of the state of Texas established Upshur County; at that time the county included the area of  present Camp County and part of modern Gregg County. On May 1, 1848, the county's voters chose the location for Gilmer, the county seat, and in August the sale of blocks and lots in the new town began. (More)

 

                     

Some May Call Me Crazy--But that's nothing new.  I'm in the process of adding a short biography for every person buried in Upshur County in the 1800's, starting with those who fought in the War Between the States.  I have added over 425 Confederate Veterans Burials to my page Upshur Civil War burials below and adding more every day.  I've added about 25 burials from the War of 1812, Spanish-American War, Mexian-American War, Indian Wars, Post-Revolutionary Wars, Texas Revolutionary War, and yes a few Yankees in there too!  In addition at the same time I've added biographies for their wives, their children and sometimes their parents if buried here so it adds up to the thousands already as of 5-21-2013.  In addition I've added biographies for whole cemeteries at a time as well so feel free to browse.  If you find errors, have additions or comments please let me know.  I welcome all comments.


 

I am the Upshur County TXGenWeb county coordinator.  If you would like to submit any information, or volunteer for any projects, please feel free to contact me.  Our motto is that there is no information that is too large or too small to be of benefit to our fellow researchers.  We never know what little tidbit is going to break down a brick wall for someone.

A special thank you goes to Sharon Pierce for her 6 years as Co-CC of Upshur County. She has passed on, and will be greatly missed. Sharon gave countless hours gathering information, typing, walking/transcribing cemeteries, taking photographs, answering queries, and doing anything she could to help make the Upshur County TXGenWeb site as informative and helpful to the researchers as is possible.

And a huge amount of thanks goes to Elaine Martin who has decided to retire in 2012. She will be greatly missed. Her devotion and hard work can be seen on every page of this project and indeed much of it's growth in the past years has been through the touch of her hands. Thanks Elaine!


 Upshur County Cemetery Database - Over 35,000 cemetery pictures online!!!

 Upshur County Death Certificate Database - Over 1300 & more coming! 

Upshur County Records Past Queries Upshur County Addresses
Cemeteries   (35,000+ pictures)
       Cemetery Database
Query Posting Board Upshur County Surnames   
Maps Upshur County Mail List Family Group Sheet Form
Obits  (2400+) Gen Forum Family Group Sheets  (250+)
Photos  (400+) Upshur County Archives Upshur County Homepages
Scrapbook Upshur County Lookups Upshur County Bios & Histories
Reunions & Events Libraries Upshur County Churches
Past Reunions & Events Newspapers Towns - Past And Present
History of Upshur County Index Neighboring Counties Misc Upshur County Links
Volunteer Memorials Gilmer Information Gladewater Information

 

Check Out Our New Page Featuring Downtown Gilmer Through the Ages.  You can walk store to store through Gilmer and see photos of the Stores through the years.  New photos will be added as time permits. 



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A listing of all Upshur County towns/communities, past & present:
Gilmer is the county seat.
(Coordinator's Note: As of 5-13-13 All Links have been corrected--the source for them had changed all of their locations
and it was necessary to re-enter each one.  Sorry for any previous inconvenience.) 

Ada
Asbury
Ashland
Bethlehem

Bettie
Big Sandy
Boxwood
Brumley
Calloway
Carrollton

Cedar Springs
Center Point
Chapel Hill
Chelsea
Coffeeville
Concord
Cox
Crossroads
Cypress

Delrose
Diana
Double Springs
East Mountain

Elam Springs
Enoch
Enon
Essex
Ewell
Fazenda
Forest Hill

Friendship
Gilmer - County Seat
Gladewater
Glenwood
Graceton

Grange Hall
Grice
Hopewell
Horace
Independent Springs
Indian Rock
James
Jameson
Jamestown
Johnson Chapel
Johnstonville
Kelsey
Lafayette
Lake Providence
Latch
Lee
Little Mound
Lockhart's Switch
Locust Grove
Lone Mountain
Lowe
McPeek
Midway
Mings Chapel

Mount Gilead
Mount Lebanon
Neals
New Bethlehem
New Mountain
Newson
Nix Chapel
Noah
Nubbin Ridge
Old Diana
Ore City
Pattonfield
Piedmont
Pine Grove
Piney Grove
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Hill
Possum Trot
Pritchett
Red Rock
Rhonesboro
Rosewood
Sand Hill
Seven Pines
Shady Grove
Simpsonville
Smith

Smith's Mill
Snow Hill
Soules Chapel
Stamps
Stracener
Suffolk
Summerfield
Summit
Syringa
Teague
Thomas
Toddville
Union Grove
Union Grove
Union Hill
Union Ridge
Valley View
Wallace Chapel
Warren City
West Mountain
Wilkins
Wilkins Mills
Willow Oak
Zion Hill


   
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