Lassiter or Laster from Decatur Co. Tennessee
Looking for information on my great-great grandfather, Alsberry Lassiter (or Laster) 1835-1862 from Decatur Co. Tennessee.His wife was named Mary and his children were Betty and Joseph.His wiferemarried to J. D. L. Shepard in 1883.Alsberry is listed on the 1850 census as a "mulato" and I believe his mother was a slave woman named Zilpha, who later married a Pettygrew.