The Upchurch Family
This home page was created for descendants of Everett and Erma (Sharp) Rector, in part from materials presented in The History of the Ewell Sharp Family, compiled by W. Sharp Burnett, and from other sources.
Michael Upchurch was born about 1727 at Surry Co, Virginia, possibly to James Upchurch (1685-1765) and ?Elizabeth. He died about 1795 at Brunswick, Virginia and is buried in the Surry Cemetery. His name appears as requesting a pension for having served in the militia in Brunswick County (dated September 1758) in the Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776, originally published by William Armstrong Crozier in 1905). He married and they had at least the following children:
1. William Upchurch, b. about 1752 in Brunswick, Virginia; d. July 1787 in Wilkes, North Carolina. There is a will for a William Upchurch listed as processed in 1787 in An Abstract of North Carolina Wills, for Wilkes County that gives his wife as named Sarah, and his children as William, Edey, David, Afal, Patty, John, and Susanna (married a Pennill).
2. ?Elizabeth Upchurch (1753-1753)
3. George Upchurch, b. 1757 at Brunswick, VA and d. abt 1830 at Wayne County, Kentucky, married Rachel Bathshares. This is my direct line - see more information below.
4. ?Sherwood Upchurch (1771-1850) first married Elizabeth Tomerlin (Tomberlinson? 1769-1804). They had the following children: Elias Upchurch (1791-1844); Nancy Upchurch (1791-1850); Elizabeth Upchurch (1796-1817); Adam Upchurch (1797-1850); Mildred Upchurch (1802-1825)
George Upchurch was born abt 1757 at Brunswick, Virginia to Michael Upchurch and possibly a Frances (last name unknown). In 1780, he married Rachel Bathshares. The family moved to Irdell, North Carolina and show up on the 1790, 1800, and 1810 census there. He d. at Wayne County, Kentucky abt 1830. There is a George Upchurch on both the 1820 and 1830 U.S. Federal Census living in Wayne County, KY at that time. They moved to Wayne County after 1810. He received a Kentucky Land Grant at Wayne Co., KY on 12 Oct 1814.
Rachel Bathshares (Bethshares?) was born abt 1763 at Brunswick, Virginia to Thomas Bathshares (1733-1798) and Ruth (last name unknown - 1734-1785). Rachel d. abt 1830 at Wayne County, Kentucky. George and Rachel (Bathshares) Upchurch had at least the following children:
1. Lydia Upchurch, b. 1782 at Brunswick, VA; d. 1848 at Wayne Co., KY. Abt. 1803 she married Jefferson Jeptha Dishman (1778-1847). They had many children, including Mary Dishman (1803-1883), Sinah Dishman (1805-1857), Archibald Dishman (1806-1879), Asahel Dishman (1808-1850), Marcus Mark Dishman (1810-1894), Aseneth Dishman (1810-1857), Thomas Jefferson Dishman (1810-1847); Milus Dishman (1811-1880),Eleanor Nellie Dishman (1814-1876); Moses Dishman (1817-1879), Joseph Dishman (1819-1903), Burrell Tremont Dishman (1820-1901); Catherine Dishman(1822-1916); and Jane Dishman(1824-1918).
2. Shadrack Upchurch, b. Aug 1785 at Brunswick, VA; d. 1 Mar 1863 at Wayne Co., KY, in 1805 he married Ruth Beshears (1784-1860). They likely had the following children: Silas Upchurch (1806-1874); Preston Upchurch (18180-1874); George Upchurch 1810-1874); Mary Ann Upchurch (b. abt 1812); Moses Upchurch (1815-1881); possibly Thomas (b. 1817); Louisa Upchurch (1818-1896); Rebecca Upchurch (b. abt 1820); John Jonathon Upchurch (1823-1864); Hiram Upchurch (1824-1906); Rachel Upchurch (1826-1855); ?Joseph Ruben Upchurch (1829-1893)
3. Thomas Upchurch, b. 1788 at Brunswick, VA; d. 24 Oct 1855
4. Moses Upchurch, b. 1790 at Irdell, NC; d. 1859 at Wayne Co., KY, in 1815 he married Catherine Barker (1795-1872) and they likely had the following children: Levina Upchurch (1815-1883); Thomas Upchurch? (1815-1889); Nancy Mason Upchurch (1816-1883); Millie Upchurch (1817-1861); ?Margaret Upchurch (1819); Moses Upchurch (1820-1881); Mary Upchurch (1825-1900); Lucinda Jane Upchurch (1827-1888); George Washington Upchurch (1829-1920); Shadrack Thomas Upchurch (1831-1900); John Henderson Upchurch (1834-1899)
5. Rachel Upchurch, b. 1792 at North Carolina; d. 1844 at Wayne Co., KY. She married Keelon Williams (1792-1859). They had children, including Millie Williams (1816-1880); Mary Williams (1818-1894; Celia Williams (1819-1901); Rachel Williams (18924-1924); Rebecca Williams (1828-1869)
6. John Upchurch, b. 1799 at Irdell, North Carolina; d. 23 Jun 1873 at Fentress Co, TN; he married Sarah J. Bertram. This is my direct line - see below for more information about this family.
7. Joseph Tennessee Joe Upchurch, b. 10 Aug 1800 at Irdell, North Carolina; d. 23 Jun 1873 at Fentress Co., TN, he seems to have married Jane Crouch (b. 1806, d. 1880, daughter of James B. Crouch (1762-1855) and Agnes Denton (1770-1836)). Children: James Calvin Upchurch (1824-1893); Lucinda Ann Upchurch (1826-1880); William Hamilton Upchurch (1828-1875); Thomas Washington Upchurch (1832-1914); Sarah Jane Upchurch (1834-1881); Louisa Upchurch (1836-1860); John Jackson Upchurch (1838-1864); Elizabeth Upchurch (1839-1881); Drury Granville Upchurch (1843-1900); Elias Upchurch (1847-1907)
John Upchurch was born abt 1799 at Iredell, North Carolina to George Upchurch and Rachel Bathshares; d. 23 June 1873 at Fentress Co., TN, and he married Sarah Bertram before 1824.
Sarah J. Bertram was born 9 Mar 1813 and she d. 8 Feb 1890 at Wayne Co., KY. I am not sure who her parents were, but there is a 90 year old Nicholas Bertram living with this John and Sarah family in 1850.. John and Sarah (Bertram) Upchurch had at least the following children:
1. Nancy Elizabeth Upchurch, b. 9 Apr 1825 at Kentucky, d. 11 Nov 1884 at Wayne County,KY. On 22 Nov 1843 she married Burrell Tremont Dishman (1820-1901) at Pine Knot, McCreary County, Kentucky. Burrell was the son of Lydia Upchurch (1782-1848) and Jefferson Jephtha Dishman (see above). They had at least the following children: Reubin Burrell Dishman (1843-1919); Christopher Columbus Dishman (1844-1925); John Chanson Dishman (1845-1864); Sarah Dishman (1846-1919); Lucinda Dishman (1848-1914); Arissa Roena Dishman (b. 1850); Granville L. Dishman (1853-1878); Alvin R. Dishman (1855-1930); George Washington Dishman (1858-1924); Baalam S. Dishman (1860-1864); Elizabeth Wayne Dishman (1863-1939)
2. Eleanor Nelly Upchurch, b. 19 Jul 1829 and d. 12 Feb 1870, both at Wayne County, Kentucky. In Jan 1848 at Wayne County, KY, she married James Henry Carter (1826-1900). They had at least the following children: Shrewsbury Carter (1849-1933); John W. Carter (1852-1922); Alvin Carter (1855); America Carter (1856-1922); Sarah C. Carter (1859-1936); Cournel Carter? (b. 1862); Edmund Grant Carter (1864-1921); James Montgomery Carter (1867-1944); Ellen V. Carter (b. and d. 12 Feb 1870) and likely more children.
3. Lucinda Jane Upchurch, b. 24 Jul 1831 at Little South Fork, Wayne Co., KY. She died 11 Jul 1905 at Wayne County, KY. She married Morgan Hughes (1818-1891) and they had at least the following children: Dudley Gatewood Hughes (1857-1924); Virgil Francis Hughes (1858-1923); William Benton Yank Hughes (1860-1923); Lorenzo Dow Ranzey Hughes (1862-1924); Levi Hughes (1863-1951); Charity Hughes (1867-1886); Narcissa Wayne Sissie Hughes (1868-1928); Hinchie Daniel Hughes (1873-1936 NOTE: Hinchie Hughes married Mary Ella Rector (1878-1949))
4. Rowena Upchurch, b. July 1839, and d. 11 Jul 1905 at Wayne County, KY. She married Robert Davis Carter (1837-1930). Children: Malissa Carter (1856-1935); Bettie Jane Carter (1857-1925); Sarah Carter (1862-1930); John Carter (1868-1920); Clementine Bethena Carter (1868-1927); Nancy Carter (b. 1869); Tennessee Carter (1870-1900); Pearson Carter (1872-1944); Susie Belle Carter (1876-1911); Riley Carter (b. 1876)
5. Daniel Granville Upchurch (married Lavina Hurt, see below), b. 25 Apr 1835 at Little South Fork, Wayne County, Kentucky. He died 28 Jun 1918 at Paris, Lamar Co., Texas. This is my direct line - see more information below for this family.
6. Henry Alvin Upchurch, b. 28 Apr 1840 at Wayne Co.,KY; d. 28 Jun 1918 at Wayne Co., KY; married Susannah Hurt (1842-1887), sister of Lavina Hurt, on January 14, 1863. They had at least the following children: John William Upchurch (1863-1926); Mary Belle Upchurch (1866-1926); Samuel Greer Upchurch (1867-1939); Esther Wayne Upchurch (1869-1949); Freeman Franklin Upchurch (1872-1961); Freely Upchurch (b. 1872); Theodora Ernestine Upchurch (1874-1955); Ballinger Wright Upchurch (1876-1959); Ida Upchurch (1879-1965); Dewight L. Upchurch (1880-1959); Victoria Upchurch (1883-1891). About 1888 Henry married Nancy Burnett (1849-1917) and they had one child: General Benjamin Harrison Upchurch (1889-1956)
7. Elizabeth Upchurch, b. 13 Aug 1844, and d. 24 Dec 1932 at Wayne Co., KY. She married Burrell Reuben Burl Dishman (1843-1919). Children: Chanson Dishman (1865-1914); Calvin Dishman (1867- bef.1900); Permelia Dishman (1868-1943); Millie Dishman (1870-1905); Sarah Wayne Dishman (1872-1950); Sidney Dishman (1875-1965); Clioma Tilda Dishman (1877-1971); Daniel Powers Dishman (1879-1968); America Dishman (1883-1919).
8. America Hughes Upchurch, b. 25 Mar 1850 and d. 27 Jun 1911 at Wayne Co., KY. She married Moses Marion Upchurch (1846-1932). Children: Hiram Alvin Upchurch (1868-1917); Lucinda Jane Upchurch (1868-1909); John Freeman Upchurch (1871-1955); Cecelia Clementine Upchurch (1873-1959); Georgia Ellen Upchurch (1876-1943); Mary Arco Upchurch (1878-1960); Thomas Upchurch (1882-1968); Betty Wayne Upchurch (1885-1969); Gertrude Jane Upchurch (1886-1963); William Columbus Upchurch (1887-1891); Effie Upchurch (b. 1894).
Granville Upchurch was born 25 Apr 1835 at the Little South Fork, Wayne County, KY to John Upchurch and Sarah J. Bertram. I have seen references on public family trees saying he died 9 Oct 1901 at Paris, Lamar County, Texas. He was living there with Lavina on the 1900 federal census. Please note the following marriage document which Ms. Burnett includes in her book:
"Upchurch, Granville and Lavina Hurt. Surety, James Carter. Bond Date 16, January, married 20, January 1856 by William P. Gooding. Note:16 January 1856 this is to certify that I agree to give my daughter Lavina Hurt to Mr. Granville Upchurch to be wed in the holy state of matrimony please issue the license etc. yours respectfully William Hurt-witnessed by James Carter. Groom resides in Wayne County age 19 years, born on the Little South Fork in Wayne County. Bride resides in Wayne County. Age 22 years, born on the Little South Fork.
Lavina Hurt was the daughter of William "Billy" Hurt, Jr. and Temperance Ann Bertram (1801-1876). She was born on March 24, 1833 at the Little South Fork, Wayne County, Kentucky and she died about 1906 at Paris, Lamar County, Texas.
Lavina and Granville had seven children:
1.Lucinda Jane Upchurch, born November 8, 1856 at Wayne Co., KY. She died 24 Nov 1912 at Pulaski Co., KY. I do not know anything more about her.
2.William Alvin Upchurch, born April 22, 1858 at Wayne Co., KY; he died 24 Nov 1908 at Paris, Lamar, Texas. His wife was named Clarinda Brown (1857-1924). They show up on the 1880 census living at Slick Ford, Wayne County, Kentucky. Children: Noah Upchurch (1879-1913); Jerry Emerson Upchurch (1883-1972); Litha Upchurch (1885-1910): Delia Upchurch (1888-1966); Florence Upchurch (1893-1966); Ella Wayne Upchurch (1899-1976)
3.Temperance "Tempy" Elizabeth Upchurch, born February 23, 1860, married William Henderson Barrier on July 5, 1875, died December 12, 1922 and is buried at Coopersville, Kentucky. Click here for a picture of Tempy and William. Their family are listed on the Barrier pages. This is my direct line.
4.Joseph Wesley Upchurch, born 12 Mar 1863, d. 7 Oct 1886. I do not know anything more about him.
5.Vienna H. Upchurch, born Apr 1867 at Wayne Co., KY; d. 28 Nov 1932 at Lamar Co., Texas. In 1887 at Kentucky, she married John Shelby Burnett (1866 KY-1956 TX), son of Reuben Burnett (1838-1887) and Martha Fairchild (1849-1896). They had at least the following children: Effie Burnett (1887-1970); Noah Richard Burnett (1892-1983); Minnie Lee Burnett (1896-1995); Myrtie Wayne Burnett (1899-1981); Novie Marie Burnett (1903-1980)
6.Nancy Ann Upchurch, born 12 Dec 1869, d. 28 May 1889 at Wayne Co., KY
7.Ahial Freeman Upchurch, born abt. Oct 1970 at Wayne Co., KY; d. 21 Nov 1936 at Grant, Choctaw, Oklahoma. In Dec 1890 at Arkansas he married Eliza Caroline Brooks (1871-1936). They had at least the following children: Jerry Elmer Upchurch (1893-1962); George Granville Upchurch (1899-1981); Gertrude "Gertie" Upchurch (1900-1902); Eddie Lee Upchurch (1901-1989); Hattie Upchurch (1904-1904); Viola Eugenia Upchurch (1908-1975); Mary Opal Upchurch (1910-1990)
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