Morgan Co., Ky marriage records list the marriage on 3 Feb 1870 of George Asbury and Melissant Wells at B. F. Wells on Caney Creek by William A. Tutt, witnesses Lilbern Haney and O. P. Carter.

1870 census of Wolfe Co., Ky, precinct 2, Hazle Green P.O., enumerated 15 July, lists on p. 16 as family #103:
Asberry, George, 68, farmer, b. Va, married in Feb; Maliscen, 39, b. Ky; Clear, Thomas, 15, b. Ky, works on farm; America, 12, b. Ky.