General Notes

Custom Field:<_FA#> 1863Wounded in battle of Chickamauga, Georgia1@@S726784@@Date of Import: Jul 31, 2003
Custom Field:<_FA#> May 1865Paroled with Confederates at Mobile, Alabama1@@S726784@@Date of Import: Jul 31, 2003
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Asbury served with the 18th Regiment of the Alabama Volunteers, Company
H, during the Civil War from 29 Jul 1861 until Jun 1865. He was paroled a
Sergeant 8 Jun1865. Asbury was wounded in both legs when he was shot from
his horse. His Civil War records indicate that he appeared on the
Hospital Muster Roll, Cairsn Hospital, Columbus, Georgia 31 October 1864.
Asbury was described as being five feet seven inches tall with black
hair, grey eyes and dark complexion. Asbury was a prominent citizen in
Pike County, AL, owning farm land and parternship in a grist mill and
cotton gin. He was a member of the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church and
served as Clerk of the church from 1902-1904.
On 4 February 1882, Mastin A. Hinson, was appointed guardian of
Lizzie and Minnie, the two minor children of William Cain and Mary
(French) Rushing.  Lizzie and Minnie were living in Pike County with
their mother.
In 1904 Asbury and Lucinda sold their property in Pike County. They
started west, going first to Quitman, Wood County, Texas. Asbury's
brother had migrated to Texas prior to 1880 and lived in Pleasant Grove,
Wood County, Texas.
From Wood County, Asbury moved to Limestone County, living first at
Tehuacana about 1905.  From there they went to Watt, Texas, where Asbury
had a grocery store and then to Prairie Hill, Texas, where he had a
store.(1)
(1) From "Rushing" Through the Generations by Peggy Rushing Sims, printed
in 1994.
He died in Mart, Limestone Co., TX which is now in McLennan Co., TX.
1870 Federal Cenus of Pike Co., AL
Household #524
Hinson, Martin A. 27 AL Farmer
Lucinda 20 AL Housekeeping
William 4 AL
Thomas M. 2 AL
Mary E. 5 months AL
He was a member of Beulah Primitive Baptist Church in Pike County, Troy,
Alabama. When he was a member, the church was located on South Three
Notch Street.  It was organized May 15, 1831 and is Troy's oldest
church.(1)
(1) From the (Troy) Messenger Sesquicentennial Profile 1993.
Hinson, Mastin A. 41244 (Confederate Pension from TX)
Claimant: Hinson, Mastin A.
Pension Number: 41244
County: Limestone, Texas
Asbury served in Company H, 18th Alabama Infantry during the War
Between The States from July 29, 1861 until his parole in Montgomery,
Alabama on June 8, 1865.  His parole describes him as being 5 feet 7
inches tall with black hair, grey eyes, and a dark complexion.
Asbury was wounded in both legs when he was shot from his horse
during the battle of Chickamauga in 1863.  The Civil War pension records
of his brother-in-law, Solomon James Rushing, state that Asbury and
Solomon were wounded and went home together on leave after the battle.
Asbury told his children stories about the battle of Chickamauga. He
said a cannonball went completely through the horse he was riding.  The
day of the battle was very hot; Asbury said his canteen was empty, so he
dragged himself down to the river, but was unable to drink from it. There
was so much blood in the water that the river was running red.
His Civil War records show him on the hospital muster roll at Cairns
Hospital, Columbus, Georgia on October 31, 1864 so he was also wounded in
the Atlanta campaign.
The 18th Alabama Infantry was organized at Huntsville on September 4,
1861, and was surrendered by General Richard Taylor, commanding the
Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.  The regiment
first saw action at the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, on April 6-7, 1862.
(There is a monument to Alabama troops at the battlefield of Shiloh and a
marker showing the location of the 18th Alabama regiment (serving in
Jackson's brigade) during the battle - writer's note.)  It also served in
Corinth and  Tullahoma campaigns, the batt