Limestone Co. TX - Lansford Ayres, Deed & slave info

Submitted by:  Michelle Ayers Doss  DDDMDOSS@cs.com

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In a message dated 5/6/2002 9:05:13 PM Central Daylight Time,
jmurt@houston.rr.com writes:

      Pg 52:  "Lansford Ayres, guardian of Joseph Ann Andrews, a
      minor, filed a new bond."
       
      And in Deed Book A, pg 421:  December 25, 1848, Lansford
      Ayres and his wife, Elizabeth Ayres, sold to James C. Lowry
      for $1025, land description: East half of Southeast quarter
      and Southwest quarter of Southeast quarter and Northwest
      quarter of Southeast quarter of Section 14, Township 15,
      Range 6 East, 160 acres.
       
      Lansford Ayres was listed in the 1850 slave census with 5
      male and 5 female slaves.

Michelle Ayers Doss



Pg 52:  "Lansford Ayres, guardian of Joseph Ann Andrews, a minor, filed a
new bond."
 
And in Deed Book A, pg 421:  December 25, 1848, Lansford Ayres and his
wife, Elizabeth Ayres, sold to James C. Lowry for $1025, land
description: East half of Southeast quarter and Southwest quarter of
Southeast quarter and Northwest quarter of Southeast quarter of Section
14, Township 15, Range 6 East, 160 acres.
 
Lansford Ayres was listed in the 1850 slave census with 5 male and 5
female slaves.
 

Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 15:53:47 EDT
From: DDDMDOSS@cs.com
Subject: Fwd: Fw: More on Lansford Ayres, former slaveholder of MS,
     came to Limestone


      Lansford Ayers in the 1860 census. He was in Rocky
      Point-Township 15, Range 6, Attala.
      Lansford Ayres-44-machinist/farmer, born VA
      Joseph A. Androes-  18- Teacher- MS
      Elizabeth Ayres- 44- born NC
      Elizabeth 9,  John 7, Rodney 5, Edward 3- all born MS.

      In the 1880 census Lansford lived next to a Cato Ayres. He
      was a black man and his parents born NC. Cato was a slave for
      Col. Ayers, he stayed on after the war and worked in the
      blacksmith shop called the Ayers Shop in Attala Co, MS. Cato
      had a brother Will Ayers d. 1938 in Attala Co, MS. It is not
      known if Cato Ayers and family came to TX with Col. & Bettie
      Ayers.

      Census Place: District 3, Mitchells Mills, Attala,
      Mississippi
      Source: FHL Film 1254641  National Archives Film T9-0641    
      Page 83A    
      Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
      L. AYERS Self M M W 65 VA
      Occ: Blacksmith Fa: VA Mo: VA
      Elizabeth AYERS Wife F M W 64 NC
      Occ: Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: NC
      Bettie D. O. AYERS Dau F S W 27 MS
      Occ: Teaching School Fa: VA Mo: NC
      Alva AYERS Other F S MU 9 MS
      Fa: MS Mo: NC
      Lucy AYERS Other F S MU 7 MS
      Fa: MS Mo: NC

It is not known who the mulatto's belonged to. I have lost them after
this census.


      Census Place: District 3, Mitchells Mills, Attala,
      Mississippi
      Source: FHL Film 1254641  National Archives Film T9-0641    
      Page 83A    
      Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
      Cato AYERS Self M M B 30 MS
      Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC
      Mary AYERS Wife F M B 30 MS
      Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: SC
      Clora AYERS Dau F S B 8 MS
      Fa: MS Mo: MS
      John AYERS Son M S B 6 MS
      Fa: MS Mo: MS
      Julius AYERS Son M S B 4 MS
      Fa: MS Mo: MS
      Casamore AYERS Son M S B 2 MS
      Fa: MS Mo: MS
      Will AYERS Brother M S B 26 MS
      Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC
      Ausy POWELL Other F B 66 NC
      Occ: At Home Fa: NC Mo: NC

      M  M  W = Male- Married- White
      F   S   B= Female-Single-Black
      D= Divorced W= Widow(er)
      MU= Mulatto.

Col. Ayers came to TX c. 1881 and died. Is buried in the Ebenezer Cemetary
.


I found Lansford in the 1860 census. He was in Rocky Point-Township 15,
Range 6, Attala.
Lansford Ayres-44-machinist/farmer, born VA
Joseph A. Androes-  18- Teacher- MS
Elizabeth Ayres- 44- born NC
Elizabeth 9,  John 7, Rodney 5, Edward 3- all born MS.

In the 1880 census Lansford lived next to a Cato Ayres. He was a black
man and his parents born NC.

Census Place: District 3, Mitchells Mills, Attala, Mississippi
Source: FHL Film 1254641  National Archives Film T9-0641     Page 83A    
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
L. AYERS Self M M W 65 VA
Occ: Blacksmith Fa: VA Mo: VA
Elizabeth AYERS Wife F M W 64 NC
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: NC
Bettie D. O. AYERS Dau F S W 27 MS
Occ: Teaching School Fa: VA Mo: NC
Alva AYERS Other F S MU 9 MS
Fa: MS Mo: NC
Lucy AYERS Other F S MU 7 MS
Fa: MS Mo: NC

Census Place: District 3, Mitchells Mills, Attala, Mississippi
Source: FHL Film 1254641  National Archives Film T9-0641     Page 83A    
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Cato AYERS Self M M B 30 MS
Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC
Mary AYERS Wife F M B 30 MS
Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: SC
Clora AYERS Dau F S B 8 MS
Fa: MS Mo: MS
John AYERS Son M S B 6 MS
Fa: MS Mo: MS
Julius AYERS Son M S B 4 MS
Fa: MS Mo: MS
Casamore AYERS Son M S B 2 MS
Fa: MS Mo: MS
Will AYERS Brother M S B 26 MS
Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC
Ausy POWELL Other F B 66 NC
Occ: At Home Fa: NC Mo: NC

M  M  W = Male- Married- White
F   S   B= Female-Single-Black
D= Divorced W= Widow(er)
MU= Mulatto.


This is the info , I have located on Ben Ayers, former slave of Col.
Lansford Ayers. He was living in 1870 in Durant, MS in Holmes Co. In
1850, Col. Ayers owned 10 slaves according to the 1850 Slave Schedule.
Ben & Cato were slaves of Col. Ayers that stayed on after the war to help
in the Wagon Implement & Blacksmith Shop, called the Ayers Shop in Attala
Co., MS. Col. Lansford Ayers married Elizabeth "Bettie" Long Andrews.
Col. Ayers was born in 1815 in Lynchburg, VA. He died in 1888 in
Limestone Co, TX. It is not known what happened to Ben & his family after
this time.

 

  Pg. 59, Line 37, Ayres, Ben. blk male, age 38, blacksmith, born in NC
in 1832.

Line 38, wife: June, blk female, age 32, housekeep, born in Kentucky in
1838.

L-39, Son: Louis, blk male, age 8, born in MS in 1862.

L-40, Daughter: Tilda, blk female, age 6, born in MS in 1864.

Cont. on Pg. 60

L-1, Ayres, Sukey, daughter, blk female, age 9, born MS in 1861.

L-2, Aryes, Lucy, sister, Mulatto female, age 22, born Kentucky in 1848.

Michelle Ayers Doss

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