6. | Dempsey Ashford was born on 23 Aug 1787 in Caswell Co, North Carolina (son of William W. Ashford and Sarah Pleasant); died on 12 Oct 1875 in Round Pond, Simpson Co, Kentucky. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1820, Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee
- Property: 8 Sep 1825, Sumner Co, Kentucky
- Property: 3 Jul 1829, Sumner Co, Kentucky
- Other-Begin: 26 Jul 1832, Ashford, Sumner Co, Tennessee; appointed postmaster
- Residence: 1838, Sumner Co, Tennessee; tax list
- Census: 1840, Sumner Co, Tennessee
- Census: 1850, Sumner Co, Tennessee; agriculture census
- Census: 1860, Sumner Co, Tennessee; Agriculture census
- Census: 1860, Sumner Co, Tennessee; slave schedule
- Census: 1870, Round Pond, Simpson Co, Kentucky
Notes:
Census:
Dempsey Ashford
Home in 1820 (City, County, State):
Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 1810-1820
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 1776-1794
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3 1810-1820 Eliza, Jane, Sarah
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 1805-1810 Frances
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 1776-1794
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total Slaves: 1
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 8
son Josiah (1815) not accounted for.
Property:
Kentucky Land Grants 1782-1924
Grantee Dempsey Ashford
Number of Acres 100
Survey Date 8 Sep 1825
County Sumner
WaterCourse W Fk Drake Cr
Book Number 1
Property:
Kentucky Land Grants 1782-1924
Grantee Dempsey Ashford
Number of Acres 20
Survey Date 3 Jul 1829
County Sumner
WaterCourse Barren Fk Drake Cr
Book Number 2
Census:
1840 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Dempsey Ashford
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 1781-1790
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 1831-1835
(prob dau of (dau believed to be Roxanna) 1811-1820)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 1821-1835
these are prob Aria and Melvina
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 1811-1820 (dau)
this is probably Roxanna
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 1781-1790
Jane married in 1836
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 3
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 3
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 5
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total Slaves: 10
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 16
Census:
1870 Round Pond, Simpson Co, Kentucky
Dempsey Ashford 82
Nellie Ashford 84
James B Johnson 30
Ellen A Johnson 26
Josiah T Johnson 3
Sarah R Johnson 1
George Ashford 14 1856 (great nephew of Dempsey, son of Hiram Ashford)
next door:
Henderson King and Eliza (Ashford)
Dempsey married Eleanor Stallcup on 20 Feb 1809 in Caswell Co, North Carolina. Eleanor was born on 31 Aug 1787 in Orange Co, North Carolina; died on 18 Oct 1879 in Franklin, Simpson Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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