Upshur, Mary Vaughn Wilson, 1793-1829

Mary Vaughn Wilson Upshur was the daughter of Thomas Wilson and Mary Vaughn Wilson. In 1810, she married Col. Littleton Upshur, the cousin of Elizabeth Upshur Teackle. The Upshurs raised their twelve children at Pear Plain, and they enslaved 30-31 people in their household.

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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, September 8, 1813]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, updating him on their travels to Northampton to see the Eyre family. She says that Ann and John Eyre are upset because many of their enslaved persons fled to join the British troops. Their slave Jack also died. She says she will be back at home by the next week and also mentions the upcoming marriage between Leah Lyttleton Savage and Harold Luther Wilson.