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Census Data:

1840 census, Upson County, Georgia

1850 census, Upson County, Georgia

1860 census, Upson County, Georgia

1870 census, Upson County, Georgia

1880 census, Upson County, Georgia

 

Miscellaneous Information:

The following information came from the Fallin home page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ceru2/pages/Fallins/JACKFALL/index.htm#s1.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ceru2/pages/Fallins/THOMFALL/d0/i0001726.htm

Jackson FALLIN, son of Thomas FALLIN and Sarah PUGH Fallin was born in Wilkes County, Ga. about 1815.
Jack died 30 MAY 1881 in Upson County, Ga. Jack could not read or write.

He married Elizabeth MINTER Fallin in Upson County, Ga., 2 FEB 1836. License received 11 October 1936 by
Thomas F. Bethel. Jack and Elizabeth very likely were cousins, at least by marriage.

Elizabeth was born in Georgia 1822. Elizabeth died 1857 in Upson County, Ga.

He married Hulda JONES Fallin in Upson County, Ga., 22 APR 1858. Huldy was born in North Carolina about 1823.
She married an unknown person before 1848. Huldy died after 1865, probably in Upson County, Ga. Jack's last child
with Huldy was born in 1865, so she died between 1865-69. Hulda Jones was a member of Good Hope Primitive
Baptist Church near the Flint River in Upson County, Ga., before 1858. Also a member was Hezekiah Y. Jones (two
names before hers on the list).

He married Manerva FALLIN before 1870; she appeared on the 1870 census.

Jack paid a bond 22 MAR 1849 in Upson County, Ga. He was security on a $250 fine for guilty plea of allowing
gambling made by his brother Asa P. Fallin.

Jackson Fallin was the head of a family on the 1850 Census in Upson County, Ga. Jackson, 35, listed his occupation
as a franklin (landowner). His household contained Elizabeth, 28; Asia, 8 (male); William C., 5; John, 3; and Richard
8/12.

Jackson Fallin was the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Upson County, Ga. Census p. 603, Thomaston P.O.:
Jackson Fallin, 45; Hulda Fallin, 37; A. Fallin, 17 (male), farm laborer; James Langford, 18, farm laborer; W.C.
Fallin, 15, farm laborer; J. Fallin, 13 (male); R. Fallin, 10 (female); S. Fallin, 7 (female); A.R. Fallin, 2 (female); C.E.
Fallin, 3/12 (female); G. Jones, 12 (male); M.A. Jones, 7, (female); and S. Jones (male), 4. He was a farmer worth
$1,500 in real estate and $2,200 in personal property.

Jack was listed on the tax exemption index in Upson County, Ga., 1868.

Jackson Fallin was the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Thomaston, Upson County, Ga. Jackson, 55; wife,
Manerva, 49; Carolyn, 18; Simion, 14; Rebecca, 12; Sarah, 10; Thomas, 5.

He was the plaintiff in a lawsuit in Upson County, Ga., MAY 1871.

On 9 JAN 1875 in Upson County, Ga., Jackson Fallen signed a promissory note "4" agreeing to pay $50 for a "mouse
colored male mule about seven years old, title not to pass until the money is paid." The mule was bought from
"Thomas Graham or Graver." The double receipt was part of Jack Fallen 's estate papers.

He received a mortgage in Upson County, Ga., 2 FEB 1881. Jackson Fallin promised to pay G.A. Weaver $50 on Oct.
1, 1881 for three "bz learh" (sic), putting up as collateral one bay mare mule, six years old, named Caroline. Jack's
mark on the document looked like a "4."

In Upson County, Ga., on 5 SEP 1881, John E. Fallin petitioned to administrate the estate of Jackson Fallin, next of
kin, who died inestate the 30th day of May, 1881, leaving an estate worth $2,500. Jack's estate papers included receipts
for "$30 on account" and "$30 in full" for his medical treatment during his last illness, signed J.W. Suggs. His body
was apparently interred 31 MAY 1881 or in early June of that year in Upson County, Ga. A receipt for payment for the
coffin ($25) to E.B. Thompson and Company of Thomaston from John E. Fallen, administrator, gave this date for
purchase of the coffin. Payment was made Oct. 19, 1881.

Jackson FALLIN and Elizabeth MINTER Fallin had the following children:

+ 2 i. Richard J. FALLIN was born JAN 1850.

3 ii. Asa C. FALLIN was born in Upson County, Ga. about 1843. Asa died 8 NOV 1862 in Morristown, Tenn., of
typhoid fever.

Asa C. Fallen was on a muster roll in Upson County, Ga., 1862. He was a member of Upson County's Holloway Grays,
Co. E 3rd Ga. Reg., Battalion, afterward Co. C. of the 37th Ga. Regiment, made up of men from northeast Upson and
adjoining Pike and Monroe counties. He probably is not the Ace Fallin who lived along the Three Mile Creek section
of Old Alabama Road between Henry Brown and Ben Lowe. No dates were given for ownership of the land but the
document in question was written in 1914 by Mrs. Marcellus Castlen.

+ 4 iii. William Crockett FALLIN was born 15 MAY 1845.

+ 5 iv. John E. FALLIN was born about 1847.

6 v. Cerulean E. FALLIN Brooks was born in Upson County, Ga. 1852. Birthdate given as late as 1860. She married
James W. BROOKS in Upson County, Ga., 16 NOV 1878. marriage date also given as Nov. 17.

J.W. Brooks paid a bond OCT 1881 in Upson County, Ga, part of the $5,000 bond to allow John E. Fallen to
administrate the estate of Jackson Fallen.

He resided in Upson County, Ga. DEC 1881. J.W. Brooks paid $157.60 in rent to the Jackson Fallin estate.

On 10 DEC 1882 in Upson County, Ga., J.W. Brooks purchased from the estate of Jackson Fallin (sic) 6 chairs, 1
lantern, 2 pair lamp, 1 lot plates, 1 bee lyrns, 1 bee lynn and 1 sow. Is this the James Brooks who was a private with
Co. G, 1st Ga., Reg., State Troops, org. April 1864? He served with Elihu Brooks.

Cerulean Brooks, formerly Cerulean Fallen, was the plaintiff in a lawsuit in Upson County, Ga., 3 APR 1883.

7 vi. Simeon FALLIN was born in Upson County, Ga. 1857. Birthdate given as early as 1855 by Frank Fallin.

Jackson FALLIN and Hulda JONES Fallin had the following children:

8 vii. A. Rebecca FALLIN Bishop was born in Upson County, Ga. about 1858. She married William T. BISHOP in
Upson County, Ga., 20 MAY 1877.

+ 9 viii. Sarah E. FALLIN Helms was born 2 MAR 1860.

10 ix. Thomas M. FALLIN was born in Upson County, Ga. 1865. Middle initial could be B. He married Julia
BROWN Fallin in Upson County, Ga., 15 DEC 1881. He married Pauline DICKS Fallin in Pike County, Ga., 3 DEC
1906. by J.N. Means, Ordinary; lisc. rec. the same day.

Index to the Upson Co Homestead Exemption Book 1868
Fallen, Jackson pages 310-311-312
Fallin, W. C.

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