Birth and Death dates are from the tombstone rock. Birth year also calculated from age given in military records.
Age to fight in a war: Research will show you that it was normal for young males age 12 to fight in the early wars in America. That said more searching is needed to verify Byrd/Bird Ashburn's birth age and death year.
1815: Bird Ashburn is listed on 1815 tax list and in court records.
Military records: Bird, himself says in October 1850 he is 48 yrs old and in February 1856 he is 53 years old. I would say he hasn't had his birthday yet in 1856.
Nov. 1865: He is alive and well in Marshall Co, Alabama government records.
Military: War of 1812, Oct. 1813-Dec. 1813, Perkin's Battalion 7th Regiment,Capt. James Neely's Co., Private, Mississippi Territory Militia, Capt. Wm Russells Company of Mounted Spies, Tennessee Madison Militia. Private. Wounded at Tohopeka, Alabama, 27 March 1814.
1837-1838 Seminole War/Florida War Private Captain William Prewitt Regiment North Alabama Volunteers Commanded by B. Snodgrass Battalion Company F
Name:Military papers: He allows himself to be referred to by both Byrd and Bird. 1850 & 1856 he signs his own name Bird Ashburn on military records.
Spouse 1: Betsy Paten 26 Jan 1823 Madison Co, Alabama
Spouse 2: May Clapp 29 Apr 1840 Madison Co, Alabama
Children: Jesse Ashburn, Frances A. Ashburn, John L Ashburn, Bird C Ashburn, Clement C Ashburn
Age to fight in a war: Research will show you that it was normal for young males age 12 to fight in the early wars in America. That said more searching is needed to verify Byrd/Bird Ashburn's birth age and death year.
1815: Bird Ashburn is listed on 1815 tax list and in court records.
Military records: Bird, himself says in October 1850 he is 48 yrs old and in February 1856 he is 53 years old. I would say he hasn't had his birthday yet in 1856.
Nov. 1865: He is alive and well in Marshall Co, Alabama government records.
Military: War of 1812, Oct. 1813-Dec. 1813, Perkin's Battalion 7th Regiment,Capt. James Neely's Co., Private, Mississippi Territory Militia, Capt. Wm Russells Company of Mounted Spies, Tennessee Madison Militia. Private. Wounded at Tohopeka, Alabama, 27 March 1814.
1837-1838 Seminole War/Florida War Private Captain William Prewitt Regiment North Alabama Volunteers Commanded by B. Snodgrass Battalion Company F
Name:Military papers: He allows himself to be referred to by both Byrd and Bird. 1850 & 1856 he signs his own name Bird Ashburn on military records.
Spouse 1: Betsy Paten 26 Jan 1823 Madison Co, Alabama
Spouse 2: May Clapp 29 Apr 1840 Madison Co, Alabama
Children: Jesse Ashburn, Frances A. Ashburn, John L Ashburn, Bird C Ashburn, Clement C Ashburn
Birth and Death dates are from the tombstone rock. Birth year also calculated from age given in military records.
Age to fight in a war: Research will show you that it was normal for young males age 12 to fight in the early wars in America. That said more searching is needed to verify Byrd/Bird Ashburn's birth age and death year.
1815: Bird Ashburn is listed on 1815 tax list and in court records.
Military records: Bird, himself says in October 1850 he is 48 yrs old and in February 1856 he is 53 years old. I would say he hasn't had his birthday yet in 1856.
Nov. 1865: He is alive and well in Marshall Co, Alabama government records.
Military: War of 1812, Oct. 1813-Dec. 1813, Perkin's Battalion 7th Regiment,Capt. James Neely's Co., Private, Mississippi Territory Militia, Capt. Wm Russells Company of Mounted Spies, Tennessee Madison Militia. Private. Wounded at Tohopeka, Alabama, 27 March 1814.
1837-1838 Seminole War/Florida War Private Captain William Prewitt Regiment North Alabama Volunteers Commanded by B. Snodgrass Battalion Company F
Name:Military papers: He allows himself to be referred to by both Byrd and Bird. 1850 & 1856 he signs his own name Bird Ashburn on military records.
Spouse 1: Betsy Paten 26 Jan 1823 Madison Co, Alabama
Spouse 2: May Clapp 29 Apr 1840 Madison Co, Alabama
Children: Jesse Ashburn, Frances A. Ashburn, John L Ashburn, Bird C Ashburn, Clement C Ashburn
Age to fight in a war: Research will show you that it was normal for young males age 12 to fight in the early wars in America. That said more searching is needed to verify Byrd/Bird Ashburn's birth age and death year.
1815: Bird Ashburn is listed on 1815 tax list and in court records.
Military records: Bird, himself says in October 1850 he is 48 yrs old and in February 1856 he is 53 years old. I would say he hasn't had his birthday yet in 1856.
Nov. 1865: He is alive and well in Marshall Co, Alabama government records.
Military: War of 1812, Oct. 1813-Dec. 1813, Perkin's Battalion 7th Regiment,Capt. James Neely's Co., Private, Mississippi Territory Militia, Capt. Wm Russells Company of Mounted Spies, Tennessee Madison Militia. Private. Wounded at Tohopeka, Alabama, 27 March 1814.
1837-1838 Seminole War/Florida War Private Captain William Prewitt Regiment North Alabama Volunteers Commanded by B. Snodgrass Battalion Company F
Name:Military papers: He allows himself to be referred to by both Byrd and Bird. 1850 & 1856 he signs his own name Bird Ashburn on military records.
Spouse 1: Betsy Paten 26 Jan 1823 Madison Co, Alabama
Spouse 2: May Clapp 29 Apr 1840 Madison Co, Alabama
Children: Jesse Ashburn, Frances A. Ashburn, John L Ashburn, Bird C Ashburn, Clement C Ashburn
Inscription
Scratched into Fieldstone are his name Bird Ashburn years 1802-1868 per Grammy who took photo
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