Post Office, Slaughtersville, Ky. By P.D. Clayton, Ass't. Marshal
Page 8, June 7, 1860
| House- hold # |
Surname | Family member |
Age/ sex |
Occupation | Real estate/
personal estate |
State of birth |
Data from records of Webster County researchers |
| 53/53 Cont. |
Ashby | Nancy | 60 f | domestic |
|
GA | Nancy Crews Ashby, the mother of B.F. Ashby, was the dau of Mary "Polly" Elder and Joseph Crews, who died in Georgia abt 1801, leaving his wife with four young children. Nancy's mother then married William Crowley but we have found no Record of that marriage. However, William Crowley brought his children by Polly Elder and the Crews orphans to Henderson Co KY, where he appears on every tax list between 1812-1819. Nancy Crews married Henry Ashby 27 Aug 1816 Henderson Co KY and they were the parents of 12 children. Henry Ashby died in 1848 and Nancy Crews died in 1873; they are both buried at Old Onton Cemetery. |
| 54/54 | Ashby | Jonathan | 39 m | Waggonmaker |
$ 150 |
KY | Jonathan Ashby is the son of Henry Ashby and Nancy Crews. An older daughter, Elizabeth Ashby, married Thomas Adams in 1859 and she and her husband are listed on page 4 of this census Record. Jonathan Ashby died 5 Mar 1888 in Hamilton Co IL. |
| Elizabeth J. | 38 f | housekeeper |
|
KY | Elizabeth's maiden name was Cottingham. She and Jonathan Ashby married 11 Aug 1842 in Hopkins Co KY. | ||
| Mary F. | 12 f |
|
KY | ||||
| D.W. | 9 m |
|
KY | ||||
| Chas. H. | 7 m |
|
KY | ||||
| Nancy J. | 5 f |
|
KY | ||||
| Susan A. | 2 f |
|
KY | ||||
| 55/55 | Branson | Balus | 56 m | farmer | $1500
$1000 |
KY | Balus Branson is in Hopkins Co census records from 1830. His first wife was Ann Timmons, dau of George Timmons and Rose Ashby, and they had 5 children. His second wife was Margeret/Margery Berry, who he married 24 Aug 1846 Hopkins Co KY. Balus Branson died 12 Dec 1886 and is buried at Old Onton Cemetery. |
| Marjery | 44 f | housekeeper |
|
KY | Margaret/Margery Berry was the daughter of Benjamin Berry and Harriet West, who later became the third wife of Capt George Timmons. | ||
| Eph | 13 m |
|
KY | ||||
| 56/56 | Branson | Rufus | 32 m | farmer | $ 775
$ 200 |
KY | Rufus T. Branson was the son of Balus Branson and Ann Timmons. He and his wife, Tabitha Ashby, had 11 children. He died 28 Nov 1919 and is buried at Rock Stile Cemetery. |
| Betha | 32 f | housekeeper |
|
KY | Tabitha Ashby was the dau of Henry Ashby and Nancy Crews. She married Rufus Branson 7 Nov 1850 in Hopkins Co KY. Tabitha died 9 Jun 1904 and is buried at Rock Stile Cemetery. | ||
| Willis | 8 m |
|
KY | Willis Branson married Peachie C Walker 13 Jan 1876 Webster Co KY. He died 13 Jul 1912. | |||
| Barbary | 6 f |
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KY | Barbary A. Branson married John B. Bryant 9 Dec 1886 Webster Co KY. She died in 1926. | |||
| Mary | 5 f |
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KY | Mary Branson married J.R. Trotter 28 Dec 1878 Webster Co KY. | |||
| Thomas | 2 m |
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KY | Thomas H. Branson married Martha Bolds. He died in 1936 and is buried at Rock Stile Cemetery. | |||
| Balus | 3/12 m |
|
KY | ||||
| 57/57 | Coffman | Ben | 42 m | farmer | $3000
$1000 |
KY | Benjamin Coffman married Catherine Slaton 21 Jun 1857 Hopkins Co KY. |
| Catherine A. | 26 f | housekeeper |
|
KY | |||
| Biron D. | 2 m |
|
KY | ||||
| Ramsey | Elizabeth | 11 f |
|
NC | Elizabeth Ramsey was the daughter of Thomas T. Ramsey, who died in 1856, and his wife Julia Armenia Wilkerson at household 1069/1063 of this census. | ||
| 58/58 | Jackson | C.K. | 55 m | farmer | $4000
$1000 |
Dela. | Charles King Jackson was born 22 Jan 1806, Sussex Co, Delaware. According to Louise Fleming's "Heyday of Onton", p 245, he was the son of Dr. Peter Jackson (1762-1807) and Mary Rust (1781-1844). After the death of Dr. Jackson, Mary Rust Jackson married Thomas Carlisle and they moved to Hopkins Co KY in 1817. Charles Jackson married Jane Dunville 23 Dec 1828 Hopkins Co KY. Charles K. Jackson died 4 Feb 1894 and is buried at New Salem Cemetery in Hopkins Co KY. The 1850 Hopkins County census listing of this family can also be read online. |
| Jane | 54 f | housekeeper |
|
Tenn | Jane Dunville was the youngest child of Richard A. Dunville and Elizabeth Adams, according to Louise Fleming's "Heyday of Onton", p 245. At the age of 5, a hay fork pierced Jane's right eye, causing her to lose it. Her father was born in Ireland; he moved his family to what is now the Onton area about 1814. Jane is buried at New Salem Cemetery; her stone reads "Jane, wife of Charles K. Jackson, 31 Mar 1807-16 Jun 1880. | ||
| Mary E. | 25 | domestic |
|
KY | Mary E. Jackson is buried next to her parents at New Salem Cemetery in Hopkins County with the dates 17 Oct 1834-30 Sep 1894. | ||
| Louisa E. | 23 f | domestic |
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KY | Louisa E. Jackson married Willis Y. Crabtree 27 Dec 1871 Webster Co KY. Willis Y. Crabtree, 31 Dec 1829-30 Jan 1893, was the son of Joseph Crabtree and Elizabeth Prather. He is buried at New Salem Cemetery in Hopkins Co. | ||
| L.P. | 20 f | domestic |
|
KY | |||
| Susan J. | 18 f | domestic |
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KY | Susan Jackson, 12 Nov 1841-5 Apr 1915, married Dr. W.M. Henry, 11 Aug 1827-5 Aug 1904; they are both buried at New Salem Cemetery in Hopkins Co. | ||
| Peter | 17 m | farming |
|
KY | |||
| Martha A. | 12 f |
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KY | Martha A. Jackson, 2 Oct 1848-17 Mar 1930, married Dr. Winfield Scott Gilmore, 24 Feb 1849-10 Jul 1931; they are both buried at New Salem Cemetery in Hopkins Co. | |||
| Andrew | 9 m |
|
KY | ||||
| Koker | Jacob | 28 m | farming |
|
Germany | ||
| 59/59 | Jackson | J.A. | 30 m | farmer | $1340
$1000 |
KY | Julius Augustus Jackson was the son of Charles King Jackson and Jane Dunville at the previous household listing. He is listed with his family in the 1850 Hopkins County census. J.A. Jackson married Nancy Ruby Cox 29 Mar 1854 Hopkins Co KY. |
| Nancy R. | 23 f | housekeeper |
|
KY | |||
| Charles | 3 m |
|
KY | ||||
| David F. | 1 m |
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KY | ||||
| Jackson | Ferdinan* | 27 m | farming |
$ 100 |
KY | Ferdinan Jackson is listed with his parents in the 1850 Hopkins County census. Ferdinan Jackson married Mary Slaton 8 Mar 1860 Hopkins Co KY. He is buried at New Salem Cemetery in Hopkins Co with the dates Dec 17, 1832-Oct 2, 1876. | |
| Mary* | 22 f | domestic |
|
KY | Mary Slaton Jackson is buried at New Salem Cemetery with the inscription "Mary A., wife of F. Jackson, Feb 16, 1838-Feb 20, 1882." | ||
| *married within the year |
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| 60/60 | Cook | Mary | 50 f | housekeeper |
$ 200 |
NC | |
| James | 21 m | farming |
|
NC | James Cook marr Mary F. Coffman, d/o Isaac & Elizabeth Coffman, 12 Feb 1866. Ruth Weaver |