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The Sylvester Family
Census Records of Sumter, South Carolina
1790:
Asberry Sylvester (Page 17 near bottom of 3rd Column
1820:
Manson Sylvester James H. Sylester En J. Sylvester En A. Sylvester
1830:
James H. Sylvester p. 82 John W. Sylvester p. 83 Demarcus Sylvester
1850:
Age
Manson	55	M
Maroaj A/	55	F
Cornelia	23	F
Lusious C.	20	M
Asbury	16	M
Olivia M.	13	F
Asbury Sylvester was on the 1790 Census records of Sumter, South Carolina. He was also witness to a will of Dr. Joseph Howard who died Nov. 25, 1773. Asbury Sylvester, Sumter, S. C. Will dated 1807. (Will Book A, 177?-181 pg. 64) Asbury's birth date is unknown, but it is believed to be 1747.
He first married Jerusa___________. Their children are:
Sarah
Joseph
James - m. Catherine P. Wheeler
Children:
Catherine W. Sylvester James H. A. Sylvester Asbury's second wife:	Martha	Watkins.	Their	children:
Mansor
Demarcus
John
Mary
(A copy of Asbury Sylvester's will is attached for information)
James Henry Sylvester, bom 1791 died summer of 1839 in Washington County, Alabama, (will recorded in Will book L, p. 77.) He? married Catherine P. Mieeler, bom 1795 in S.C.; died after 1840. She vas the daughter of Henry Wheeler of Sumter, South Carolina.