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Bryansite - History of Upshur County, Texas |
 | | County, Texas was organized by an act of the Texas legislature on 13 Jul 1846. |
 | | Upshur County was originally part of Nacogdoches County, but later when Harrison County was organized, it was included in that county, therefore all of Upshur County was detached from Harrison. |
 | | When the Texas Legislature organized Upshur County, it said the new county should be named in honor of the late cabinet member, who was killed in 1844, in an explosion of the "Peacemaker" which was a large cannon, on the Navy war cruiser, "Princeton". |
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