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Asberry Best

Asberry Best

Male Abt 1825 - 1866  (~ 41 years)

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  • Name Asberry Best  [1
    Born Abt 1825  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Census 15 Oct 1850  Placerville (and vicinity), El Dorado County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1. Best, Michael, 21, male, miner, Illinois, $1.50 produced each day
    2. _____, Asberry, 23, male, miner, Illinois
    3. Walker, Elijah, 43, male, miner, Illinois, cannot read or write 
    Died 26 Dec 1866  Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I4194  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2011 

    Family Mary M. Walker,   b. Nov 1824, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1910, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Married 21 May 1846  Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Charles Best,   b. Abt 1849, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Josh Best,   b. Abt 1851, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. William Best,   b. Abt 1854, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. James Best,   b. Abt 1856, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Dempsy Best,   b. Abt 1858, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1910  (Age ~ 53 years)
     6. Juliette Isabel Best,   b. 29 Sep 1861, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1937, 915 South Adams Street, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +7. Agnes Catherine Best,   b. Jun 1864, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1940, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2014 
    Family ID F1467  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents Elijah Walker (father of Arcenith Walker), 1850 El Dorado County, California, census
    1850 U.S. census, El Dorado County, California, population schedule, Placerville and vicinity, p. 534 (penned, recto), [p. 268 (stamped, verso), dwelling 1, family 12, Michael Best household, detail for Elijah Walker; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll… (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
    Asberry and Mary M. (Walker) Best, 1860 Madison County, Illinois, census
    Asberry and Mary M. (Walker) Best, 1860 Madison County, Illinois, census
    1860 U. S. census, Madison County, Illinois, population schedule, Lamb's Point, Township 6 Range 7, p. 226 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 2397, family 2406, Berry Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 208; FHL film no. 803,208.
    Asberry Best, probate, letters of administration, appointing Dempsey Sawyer administrator of estate, with testimony of John M. Walker, and Lafayette Wooldridge one of those appointed to inventory the estate.
    Asberry Best, probate, letters of administration, appointing Dempsey Sawyer administrator of estate, with testimony of John M. Walker, and Lafayette Wooldridge one of those appointed to inventory the estate.
    "Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 25 November 2011), Macoupin County, Administrator's Records, vol. B (1858-1867), p. 286 [image no. 310], letters of administration for the estate of Asberry Best, administrator Dempsey Sawyer, 11 January 1867, citing original records of the…

  • Sources 
    1. [S1207] Illinois - Marriages State Archives online, Illinois State Archives, ((http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html)).

    2. [S1248] Illinois, Madison - census 1860 (Ancestry), Illinois, Madison County, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    3. [S1670] 1850 U.S. census, El Dorado County, California, population schedule, Placerville and vicinity, p. 534 (penned, recto), [p. 268 (stamped, verso), dwelling 1, family 12, Michael Best household, detail for Elijah Walker; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 34.

    4. [S1792] "Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 25 November 2011), Macoupin County, Administrator's Records, vol. B (1858-1867), p. 286 [image no. 310], letters of administration for the estate of Asberry Best, administrator Dempsey Sawyer, 11 January 1867, citing original records of the Macoupin County court, Carlinville.

    5. [S1671] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 26 October 2011), entry for Asberry Best-Mary Walker, Macoupin County (1846); citing Macoupin County Marriage Book 3: [p. not stated], license no. 1045.