578 UPSON COUNTY. 



verance, integrity, and legal knowledge, could insure success 

 to any claims which called for the interposition of the Courts, 

 then it would be prudent in them to secure the services of 

 Mr. Upson. Accordingly, business came to him from every 

 quarter. Persons from a distance came to Lexington to con- 

 sult him on legal subjects. Mr. Crawford, having the highest 

 opinion of Mr. Upson's abilities as a lawyer, placed in his 

 hands some important cases. Indeed Mr. Upson possessed in 

 a very high degree the confidence of this eminent man, who 

 was in the habit of freely communicating to him his views 

 on the various subjects which at that time agitated the people 

 of Georgia. 



When the Hon. Judge Cobb, one of the most celebrated 

 lawyers in Georgia, was elected to Congress in 1816 and 1818, 

 and when he finally removed to Greenesborough, Mr. Upson 

 was left without a rival on the Northern Circuit. All his 

 contemporaries speak of him as possessing a mind enriched 

 with the stores of literature, and a disposition peculiarly 

 amiable and obliging. A gentleman who studied law in his 

 office, says " that his neatness of person and dress was pecu- 

 liar. Dust could not adhere to his clothes." His complexion 

 was fair, and a little florid ; his person tall and straight. 

 He seldom laughed. Strict economy, which was forced upon 

 him in early life by the want of means, never left him, even 

 when he had acquired a large fortune. 



In 1812, Mr. Upson married Miss Hannah Cummins, 

 youngest daughter of the celebrated Dr. Francis Cummins. 

 Mr. Upson represented Oglethorpe county in the State Legis- 

 lature, from 1820 to the period of his death, which took place 

 August 24, 1824, aged 39 years. At the time of his decease 

 he was justly esteemed at the head of the Georgia bar, and 

 had he lived until the ensuing session of the Legislature 

 he would doubtless have been elected to the United States 

 Senate. In that body he would probably have held a higher 

 grade than any gentleman from Georgia since it was repre- 

 sented by Mr. Crawford. 



