First Post Office at
The Rock
Stage Coach Route
on
Old Federal Road
1816.
Marked by
Gov. Edward Telfair Chapter D.A.R.
Thomaston, GA. 1923. — — Map (db m120334) HM
Here lie twelve Confederate soldiers, known but to God, who died of disease and wounds, 1864- 1865, in the General Hospital, Georgia State Line, located near this spot. Dr. A.P.Brown was senior surgeon in charge of the hospital. Dr. E.A. . . . — — Map (db m9052) HM
This bridge, 120 ft. long spanning 96 feet, was built in 1892 by the firm of Herring and Alford, using the town lattice construction. Its cost of $1,199 was funded by the Upson County Commission. It is the last remaining covered bridge in Upson . . . — — Map (db m115881) HM
Here rest 34 Confederate soldiers, all of whom died in the Confederate hospitals located in Thomaston. These men came from seven of the Confederate states. Only six are “unknown” graves. Hospitals located here were the Newsom, Frank . . . — — Map (db m37456) HM
This bell, cast in 1854, hung in the steeples of two different buildings from 1854 until 1927. For 73 years it invited the community to worship and rallied the citizens to fight fires. It remained in storage from 1927 until recently except when . . . — — Map (db m264540) HM
First cannon ball fired at outbreak of the War Between the States, at Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861.
Presented to U.D.C. by Mrs. Sallie White to whom it was given in 1861 by P.W. Alexander, leading Confederate War Correspondent, who was present . . . — — Map (db m120351) HM
General John B. Gordon
Born Upson County Feb 6, 1832
Died Jan 3, 1904
Soldier of the Confederacy, Statesman, and Christian Gentleman
Erected by U.D.C. 1938 — — Map (db m120353) WM
Info submitted by James McGill
Hillery C. Cunningham was born into slavery, on November 10, 1861. His parents were Good and Susan Cunningham and he was the second of five children. As a young man, he started off as a poor, . . . — — Map (db m264549) HM
In memory of
Captain James W. Atwater
1827-1913
This tablet is dedicated to the memory of Captain James W. Atwater who was one of the founders of Robert E. Lee Institute, and first chairman of the original board of trustees. He was . . . — — Map (db m264576) HM
Founded in 1910, O.W. Jones & Son was an institution for over half a century -selling anything from livestock to washing machines. It was a place where everyone met and everyone heard the latest gossip. Many characters passed through these doors, . . . — — Map (db m264551) HM
Side 1:
Circa 1830
Pettigrew - White – Stamps House
Home of the Upson Historical Society
Side 2:
Placed in Memory of James Hightower
1777 – 1851
William Gaines Andrews
1796 – 1875 . . . — — Map (db m53473) HM
Education in Upson County grew from small private schools in 1824 to a public school that was chartered R. E. Lee Institute in 1882. Graduates distinguished themselves by becoming doctors, lawyers, Senators, State Representatives, athletes, famous . . . — — Map (db m264552) HM
In 1926, R.E. Hightower, Sr., of Thomaston Cotton Mills, helped secure a new mill to
manufacture cotton tire cord for B.F. Goodrich Company (BFG). Named after Hightower's wife, Martha Mills solidified Thomaston's role in West Georgia's thriving . . . — — Map (db m264443) HM
Stephens Automobile Company showcased many Fords inside this building, many decades ago. Stephens Auto Co. was the first Ford agency in Upson County, but was organized at The Rock in 1911. In 1917 the firm moved its headquarters to downtown . . . — — Map (db m264548) HM
Trice cemetery, the largest family burial round in Upson County, Georgia, was established by William and Jane Tamplin Trice whose house once stood 300 yards west of the cemetery. William (1789- 1858) and Jane (1794- 1856), both buried here, were . . . — — Map (db m14560) HM
This County, created by Acts of the Legislature December 15 and 20, 1824, is named for Stephen Upson, a well known lawyer of Lexington, Ga. Lt. Gen. John B. Gordon, famed Confederate leader called second to the great Lee was born in Upson County . . . — — Map (db m264505) HM
Upson County Courthouse
Built in 1908
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m264504) HM
Korean Veterans
Charles W. Anthony
Richard G. Hooten
James Edward McAbee
Charles Wesley McAbee
Horace Eugene Myrick
Wallace L. Scott — — Map (db m264529) WM
In memory of America's Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Upson County, Georgia
1775-1783
William Carraway
Henry Kendall, Sr.
Valentine Horsley
Richard Respress
James Walker
Benjamin Hamrick — — Map (db m264516) WM
(Center panel)
Dedicated to those who gave their lives
at war. That we may live in peace
Viet Nam Conflict
(Left panel)
PFC. Joseph Lamar Jordan
PFC. Ricky Gene Harrison
SP. 4 Tommy Dickerson
CPL. Isiah Releford
SP. . . . — — Map (db m264515) WM
(Center panel)
Dedicated to the men of Upson County who
sacrificed their lives in World War I.
(Left panel)
Colored
Lucius Worthy
Harvey Walker
Jack E. Williams
Thomas Andrews
Clifford Pierce
Thomas Watson
Mose Dubignon . . . — — Map (db m264511) WM
Center panel Dedicated to the men of Upson County who sacrificed their lives in World War II
Left panel
Alsobrooks, Andrew M.
Bishop, Ralph E.
Bledsoe, Cecil W.
Bunn, Curtis V.
Canup, Grady H.
Cato, Alexander . . . — — Map (db m264519) WM
