Private, D. M. Short's Company, Mounted Infantry, 4th Brigade ("Mike Ashton"); became Company E, 3rd Regiment, Texas Calvary (South Kansas-Texas Mounted Volunteers), CSA
Citizen of Republic of Texas
Son of Henry C. and Sarah Kindrick Ashton
Husband of Amanda Frances Turner Ashton
H. C. and Sary Ashton are listed in Shelby County in 1850 with children Thomas H., 21; Henry C., 19; Charles W., 17; Benjamin K., 15; Alford A., 12; Michael H., 10; Sary F., 6; and Jane A. Holmes, 51, and James Moore, 24. H. C. and Sarah Ashton had considerable properties in Shelby County in 1860, including 16 slaves, ranging in age from 5 to 50. Henry C. Ashton may have been killed by a grandson.
In 1870 M. H. Ashton, 30, and wife A. F., 25, were living on the H. C. Ashton Estate at Brooklin, Shelby County, with children Sallie L., 5, and Charles W., 3. Also living there were Sarah Booth, 26; Lucy Booth, 10; William Booth, 9; and Byrd Harding, 60, black farmer.
Sources:
1850, 1860, 1870 censuses, Shelby County, Texas
1860 Slave Schedule, Shelby County, Texas
Citizen of Republic of Texas
Son of Henry C. and Sarah Kindrick Ashton
Husband of Amanda Frances Turner Ashton
H. C. and Sary Ashton are listed in Shelby County in 1850 with children Thomas H., 21; Henry C., 19; Charles W., 17; Benjamin K., 15; Alford A., 12; Michael H., 10; Sary F., 6; and Jane A. Holmes, 51, and James Moore, 24. H. C. and Sarah Ashton had considerable properties in Shelby County in 1860, including 16 slaves, ranging in age from 5 to 50. Henry C. Ashton may have been killed by a grandson.
In 1870 M. H. Ashton, 30, and wife A. F., 25, were living on the H. C. Ashton Estate at Brooklin, Shelby County, with children Sallie L., 5, and Charles W., 3. Also living there were Sarah Booth, 26; Lucy Booth, 10; William Booth, 9; and Byrd Harding, 60, black farmer.
Sources:
1850, 1860, 1870 censuses, Shelby County, Texas
1860 Slave Schedule, Shelby County, Texas
Private, D. M. Short's Company, Mounted Infantry, 4th Brigade ("Mike Ashton"); became Company E, 3rd Regiment, Texas Calvary (South Kansas-Texas Mounted Volunteers), CSA
Citizen of Republic of Texas
Son of Henry C. and Sarah Kindrick Ashton
Husband of Amanda Frances Turner Ashton
H. C. and Sary Ashton are listed in Shelby County in 1850 with children Thomas H., 21; Henry C., 19; Charles W., 17; Benjamin K., 15; Alford A., 12; Michael H., 10; Sary F., 6; and Jane A. Holmes, 51, and James Moore, 24. H. C. and Sarah Ashton had considerable properties in Shelby County in 1860, including 16 slaves, ranging in age from 5 to 50. Henry C. Ashton may have been killed by a grandson.
In 1870 M. H. Ashton, 30, and wife A. F., 25, were living on the H. C. Ashton Estate at Brooklin, Shelby County, with children Sallie L., 5, and Charles W., 3. Also living there were Sarah Booth, 26; Lucy Booth, 10; William Booth, 9; and Byrd Harding, 60, black farmer.
Sources:
1850, 1860, 1870 censuses, Shelby County, Texas
1860 Slave Schedule, Shelby County, Texas
Citizen of Republic of Texas
Son of Henry C. and Sarah Kindrick Ashton
Husband of Amanda Frances Turner Ashton
H. C. and Sary Ashton are listed in Shelby County in 1850 with children Thomas H., 21; Henry C., 19; Charles W., 17; Benjamin K., 15; Alford A., 12; Michael H., 10; Sary F., 6; and Jane A. Holmes, 51, and James Moore, 24. H. C. and Sarah Ashton had considerable properties in Shelby County in 1860, including 16 slaves, ranging in age from 5 to 50. Henry C. Ashton may have been killed by a grandson.
In 1870 M. H. Ashton, 30, and wife A. F., 25, were living on the H. C. Ashton Estate at Brooklin, Shelby County, with children Sallie L., 5, and Charles W., 3. Also living there were Sarah Booth, 26; Lucy Booth, 10; William Booth, 9; and Byrd Harding, 60, black farmer.
Sources:
1850, 1860, 1870 censuses, Shelby County, Texas
1860 Slave Schedule, Shelby County, Texas
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