So very sorry. I forgot to change the subject inmy previous Upson Re: Gilson email Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:33 PM Subject: Mary Gilson 27 NOV 1875 > Stopped at the archives today as we say, "on a whim" and look what I > found..... > > Happened upon this at the Thomaston-Upson Archives this afternoon. > The main part of the form is two-columned; however, I am putting > the second column under each request. > Let me know if you know anything of this information. My great > grandmother was Luraney (spelled several different ways) Gilson > who married William Brown in Talbot County, Ga., about 1850 or so. > Think her father was Samuel Gilson. If you know anything about the > mother of this baby having a connection to my Luraney, let me know, > maybe a sister to Luraney? Talbot County is next to Upson County > just across Flint River to the southwest. > > Form A > Return of a Birth > To the Ordinary of Upson (county underlined) County, State of Georgia. > 1. Date of birth > 1. 27th November, 1875 > 2. Full name of child, if living > 2. Oscar Franklin Harrell > 3. Sex---No. of child of mother > 3. Boy Nos. 8 > 4. Color > 4. White > 5. Place of birth---(city or country) > 5. Upson County, Ga. > 6. If premature, period of utero-gestation > 6. (left blank) > 7. Cause of miscarriage > 7. (left blank) > 8. Condition of mother subsequent to miscarriage > 8. (left blank) > 9. Full name of mother---(maiden name) > 9. Mary Gilson > 10. Mother's birthplace and age > 10. Upson Co., Ga. 33 yrs (age) > 11. Mother's residence > 11. Upson County, Ga. > 12. Full name of father---(if illegitimate, so state > 12. Silas B. Harrell > 13. Father's birthplace and age > 13. Muscogee Co., Ga. 45 yrs (age) > > "I hereby certify that the above is a true return of the birth of > Oscar Franklin Harrell (name underlined) who was born on the > 27th (day underlined) day of November (month underlined) > 1875. (the 5 is underlined). > (signature hard to read) SN Davison, MD > (name is underlined) > Upson County, Ga. (Upson is underlined.) > > (This appears to be a general form for any county from the > fact that the county name is filled in over a blank line.) >