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About John Turpin Ashurst:

ASHURST, JOHN, pioneer, died in 1830, at Mount Meigs, came to Montgomery County in 1818 from Putnam County, Ga. Before his residence in Georgia, he came from Chesterfield County, Va. He bought a large tract of land from the government at the Milledgeville land sale in 1817 when that section of Alabama which is now Montgomery County was opened for settlement. He erected a house, the materials of which he hauled from Georgia, at the nine-mile post on the Mount Melgs Road. It is said to be the first frame house and the first house with glass windows in Montgomery County. The house is still standing on the plantation now owned by the Marks family at the nine-mile post. By his will he disposed of about one hundred slaves and several plantations. Married: In Georgia, Frances Hill, a descendant of the Huguenots of South Carolina, whose family is intermarried with that of the Flournoys. Children: 1. Merrill, attorney; represented Montgomery County in the legislature in 1837 and again in 1840; moved to California and was appointed judge in one of the courts of that state, and to New Mexico where he became a lawyer and jurist; died in New Mexico, 1869; 2. Robert, planter, b. February 15, 1816; served as a private in the Indian War, 1836; director of the State Bank, 1840-1844; representative in the Alabama general assembly, 1863-1865; m. at Montgomery, March 15, 1836, Julia Frances Vickers, resided at Tallassee; 3. George Washington, planter, b. November 8, 1822, d. December 15, 1873, lived at Tallassee; 4. daughter, m. (1) J. J. Crayon, (2) Daniel Sheehan; 5. daughter, m. Hugh Caffey, of Montgomery. Last residence: Mount Meigs Road.

1 John Turpin ASHURST b: 1778 d: 21 SEP 1831
+ Frances Amy HILL b: 6 MAR 1790 d: 20 SEP 1825
2 Mary Ann ASHURST b: ABT 1818
+ Hugh Madison CAFFEY b: 11 NOV 1812 d: 1876
2 John T. ASHURST b: ABT 1814
+ Sarah McKay WRIGHT b: 8 MAR 1811 d: 9 SEP 1839
2 Merrill ASHURST b: 22 NOV 1812
+ Mary Gale WRIGHT b: 25 OCT 1816
2 Frances Amelia ASHURST b: ABT 1820
2 Daughter ASHURST b: ABT 1822
2 Robert T. ASHURST b: 1816
+ Julia F.

About Francis Amy Hill:

Frances Hill, a descendant of the Huguenots of South Carolina, whose family is intermarried with that of the Flournoys

Frances HILL (AFN:1484-ZRF) Pedigree
Born: 6 Mar 1790 Place: Of, Putnam, Georgia
Died: 20 Sep 1825 Place:
Married: Abt 1810 Place: Of, Putnam, Georgia
Father: William HILL
Mother: Phoebe FLOURNOY