Upson County Georgia Bible Thomas Black Family File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by barbray@mindspring.com Barbara Ray Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Thomas Black Family Bible Entries. Descendant Timothy T. Turner, Barnesville, GA, photocopied the original birth, death and marriage pages from the Bible of (John) Thomas Black of Upson County, GA. The following typescript from these pages is by descendant Barbara McDaniel Ray, Atlanta, GA, exactly as written. Thomas Black, was born in Virginia in 1803 and moved to Upson County in the late 1820s with his family. Thomas Black died in Upson County in 1889 and is buried in the Black Family Cemetery, The Rock, Upson County, GA. The Bible passed to Thomas’ son Cary Allen Black, then to Cary’s daughter Elizabeth Prudence Black Williams, then to Elizabeth’s daughter Mary Elizabeth Williams Jones, then to her niece, Evie Lou Unknown. Evie Lou, a Virginia resident, is believed to be the owner in 2002. Thomas Black was Bornd on the 3rd day of March 1803 Fatha Black his Wife was Bornd on the 30 of January 1805 Fatha Black Departed this Life on the 10th of July 1858 in her 53rd year Thomas Black and Fatha Meadows was Married on the 19th of August 1823 Thomas Black and Lucy Ann Legg was Married on the 12th of April 1859 James R Black was Bornd on the 30th of August 1824 Caswell Marion Black was Bornd on the 12th of September 1826 Caswell M Black Departed this Life on the 26th of November 1856 William T Black Was Bornd on the 17th day of November 1831 Sidney T Black Was Bornd on the 17th day of February 1834 Permelia P. Black was Bornd on the 17th day of December 1835 John F Black was Bornd on the 3rd day of October 1838 Nathaniel S Black was Bornd on the 2nd day of June 1840 Nathaniel Black was killed at Jackson on the 14th of May 1863 Cary A Black was Bornd on the 25th day of December 1842 SuSan black Was Bornd on the 16th day of January 1845 Sousan __ Black Departed this Life on the 22nd of March 1857 The following information about Thomas Black is taken from The History of Upson County, by Carolyn Walker Nottingham and Evelyn Hannah. Upson County Historical Society, Thomaston, GA, 1930, reprinted in 1969, 1980 and 1982, pp 880-881: “The Scotch, Irish and Welsh ancestor of the Upson County Blacks came to America from England in 1620. Tradition says he came on the Mayflower and settled in Virginia where he was later joined by six brothers. A descendant of the early Virginia settler, Richardson Black, and his wife Miss Brown with their sons, Thomas and Shimeon and daughter, Susan, came to Upson County before 1830. Shimeon later moved to Smith County, Texas, where he died in 1877. Susan married a Bryant and left one daughter. Richardson Black’s second wife was a widow, Mrs. Rutha Meadows. There were no children of this union. Thomas was born in Virginia in 1803 and moved with his father’s family to North Carolina, later to near Eatonton, Georgia. While in Putnam County in 1823, Thomas married Faitha (Taitty) Meadows (1805). They moved to Upson County and settled at The Rock, where they reared nine children: James Richardson, Caswell, William, Sidney, Permelia, John, Nathaniel, Cary and Susan. After the death of his wife in 1858, Thomas married Lucy Ann Legg. There were no descendants of this marriage. Thomas Black lived to be ninety-four years old and is remembered by his great grandchildren. He was very active in the community in both religious and political circles. He was Tax Collector several terms and also Judge of the Inferior Court. He had three sons in the Confederate army: Nathaniel, William and Cary. Nathaniel was killed in a battle at Jackson, Miss., in 1863. A fourth son, James R., was manager of a Confederate shoe factory. Thomas Black gave each of his children a plantation on the occasion of their marriage. Some of these plantations are still owned by his great grandchildren……….” ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============