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Samuel Swann Ashe
June 14, 1839 - April 29, 1919
Born at Brownsville, TN on June 14, 1839.
Moved with his family to Galveston in 1848.
Educated at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Employed in Harrison County, TX as a rancher.
Resided at Lynchburg, Harris County, TX in 1860 with father and five siblings;
occupied as a farmer.
Mustered into Company B at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861.
Wounded in attack on stockade near McMinnville, TN on August 29, 1862.
Left at Woodbury, TN to recover.
Transferred to General Wharton's Scouts as 1st Lieutenant in December 1862
or January 1863.
Transfered to B. F. White's Artillery Battery as Lieutenant in March 1863.
Sought to transfer to General Wharton in March 1864, but apparently denied
according to Andy Jones Roster.
Promoted to Captain during the Atlanta Campaign.
Following the war, moved to Lynchburg and went into the mercantile business.
Married Sallie Anderson of Lebanon, TN on May 23, 1866.
Elected justice of the peace for Harris County, TX in 1870.
Elected sherrif of Harris County, TX in December 1873.
Elected tax collector in 1880.
Acted as clerk for the district criminal court in 1893, where he served until
1897.
Acted as a witness for pension application of J. M. Weston, Co. H.
Died April 29, 1919.
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| 1840 Census - TN, Haywood County, Pg. 398 | ||
| Head of Houshold | Jno. B. Ashe | |
| Free White Males under 5 | 2 | |
| Free White Males 30 - 40 | 1 | |
| Free White Females 20 - 30 | 1 | |
| Male Slaves 10 - 24 | 2 | |
| Female Slaves 10 - 24 | 2 | |
| Total | 8 | |
| Agr Occupations | 2 | |
| Prof Eng Occupations | 1 | |
| 1850 Census - TX, Galveston County, Galveton City, Pg. 279, Dwelling 660, Family 674 (83/87) | |||||||||
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| Jno. B. Ashe | 40 | M | W | Atty at Law | 800 | NC | |||
| Eliza H. Ashe | 35 | F | W | NC | |||||
| William Ashe | 13 | M | W | TN | Y | ||||
| Saml. S. Ashe | 11 | M | W | TN | Y | ||||
| Gastone R. Ashe | 8 | M | W | TN | Y | ||||
| Elizabeth Ashe | 4 | F | W | TN | |||||
| Susan Ashe | 1 | F | W | TX | |||||
| 1860 Census - TX, Harris County, Lynchburg Precinct 8, Page 364B, Dwelling 51, Family 48 (6/6) | ||||||||||
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| E. H. Ashe | 40 | F | W | Farming | $25,000 | $26,300 | NC | |||
| W. S. Ashe | 23 | M | W | Atty at Law | $2,000 | $1,600 | Brownsville, TN | |||
| S. S. Ashe | 21 | M | W | Farming | $1,500 | Brownsville, TN | ||||
| R. G. Ashe | 16 | M | W | Brownsville, TN | Y | |||||
| B. J. Ashe | 12 | F | W | Brownsville, TN | Y | |||||
| M. Ashe | 8 | F | W | Brownsville, TN | ||||||
| M. B. Ashe | 5 | F | W | TX | ||||||
| 1870 Census - TX, Hardin County, Lynchburg, Pg. 484, Dwelling 14, Family 14, (2/2) | ||||||||||||
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| Samuel Ashe | 32 | M | W | Justice of Peace | NC | |||||||
| Sallie Ashe | 19 | F | W | Keeping House | TN | |||||||
| Pauline Ashe | 5/12 | F | W | TX | ||||||||
| Mary Ashe | 15 | F | W | At Home | TX | |||||||
| 1880 Census - TX, Harris County, Houston, ED. 75, Pg. 102C 429 McKenny (43/102) | ||||||||||
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| John Ashe | son | M | W | 8 | TX | TN | TN | |||
| Sallie Ashe | dau. | F | W | 6 | TX | TN | TN | |||
| Paul Ashe | son | M | W | 1 | TX | TN | TN | |||
| Mary Ashe | sister | single | F | W | 26 | TX | Ast Hk | NC | NC | |
| 1900 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Street Address, Dwelling, Family, (image) | |||||||||||||||
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Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis. |
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