Asa HIGHT

Asa and Elizabeth Hight and families are listed on U.S. Census in 1850 in

BOT H Indiana and Ohio.

Springfield Township, Williams County Ohio U.S. Census w as taken in

September 1850. Lists the following family members at that resid ence:

Asa, Elizabeth and children: Hester, Adam, Nancy, Kesiah, Sara, Martha

and Asa. Note: These are all children who were born in or after 1830

(the younger children).

Wayne Township, Allen County Indiana U.S. census was taken on Jan. 4,

1851 and lists the following family members:

All of those listed on the Ohio census - EXCEPT FOR SARAH who would have

been 8 years old. She was probably missed in the cenus in Indiana or

was with relatives because it is known she lived to an old age and died

in Kansas.

In addition, all of th e older children are listed: John, Issac, Mary,

Elizabeth (born in 1830, but not on the Ohio census), PLUS a new baby -

Earvin (may be Edwin) who was bor n in November 1850 By 1856, they were

in Jones County, Iowa near Adam and He ster Heyne.

The following is from a book entitled "The Asa Hight Family" by Ne llie

Eva Woods Whedon - the grandaughter of Asa & Elizabeth. She was the

d aughter of Keziah Cornelia Hight Woods - sister of Hester Hight Heyne:

"Asa Hi ght, son of Mrs. Henry Dill by her first husband (Asa Hight,

Sr.). It is unk nown if Asa had any siblings by the name of Hight.

Probably within a year af ter the marriage of Asa and Elizabeth Shoe

(Shewey) they left Green Co., and moved to Williams Co., OH, as their

eldest childwas born there July 13, 1824. They settled in a part of

Williams Co., that later became Defiance Co., OH. The 'History of

Williams County, Ohio' pub. in 1882 states the following under

Springfield Township:

'The first mail route in the township was the on e from

Defiance to Evansport, and north to some town in Michigan.

Asa Hight w as the mailcarrier, and, as the roads were bad,

he carried the mail on horseba ck.'

"Records in Bryan (County seat of Williams Co.) show that Asa Hight

pur chased 80 acres of land in Springfield Twp. situated 5 miles S.E. of

Stryker, on 6 Aug. 1842, and that he and Elizabeth sold it 5 Dec. 1850.

Their son, J ohn P. Hight, purchased 40 acres of land, situated 1 mile

south of his father 's 80 acres, on 4 Dec. 1849, and he and his wife

Susanna, sold it 16 Dec. 185 0.

"About 1851 or 1852 Asa Hight and family left Ohio (perhaps not until

aft er the marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth Ann, to Adam Bechtol,

which was 1 Jan. 1852. Ann and her older sister Mary are the only

children that remain all their lives in Ohio.

TO DO: Obviously - at some point the family had moved from Indiana to

Ohio, leaving the older children behind (to tend the fa rm??????). NEED

TO CHECK THIS FURTHER.

. Where was the family in 1840 ce nsus?

. Check 1850 Ohio Census to see if Adam was in Ohio then. Also check

1840, 1850 in Michigan for Heine and Hight.

RIN: MH:N503201

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