Jesse Ashby (1738 - 1823)

Born 1738 in Frederick County, Colony of Virginia

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Died 28 Nov 1823 at about age 85 in Ohio County, Kentucky

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Biography

Jesse Ashby was born in 1738 to Thomas Ashby and Mary McCullough. He passed away in 1823 and is buried in the Waltons Creek Church Cemetery in Centertown, Ohio County, Kentucky.^[1]

Name: Jesse /Ashby/^[2]

Birth: 1738 Virginia, USA^[3]

Death: 1823 Ohio, Kentucky^[4]

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970; SAR Membership Number: 90607 ^[5]

• Name: Jesse Ashby
• Birth Date: 1738
• Birth Place: Virginia
• Death Date: 28 November 1823
• Death Place: Ohio, Kentucky
• SAR Membership: 90607
• Role: Ancestor
• Application Date: 14 September 1963
• Spouse: Nancy Williams
• Children: Elizabeth Ashby

Burial: Waltons Creek Church Cemetery in Centertown, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA Memorial ID 4437600

Jesse Ashby was born in 1738 in Frederick County, Virginia. He died on 28 November 1823 in Ohio Co., Kentucky. He was buried in Walton's Creek Church Cemetery, Ohio Co., Kentucky. His wife, Tamar, is buried beside him.

His first marriage was to Nancy Williams. His second was to Tamar Ruby. By them he had thirteen children.

According to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Jesse was a Revolutionary War veteran but, this may be incorrect. There is some question to the validity of Jesse Ashby's Revolutionary War service.

Sandra Lytch (#47125988) "The DAR memorial is incorrect. HE DID serve in Dunmore's War from Romney, Virginia which was a precursor to the Revolutionary War in 1774."

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44376008 Jesse Ashby (1738–28 Nov 1823), citing Waltons Creek Church Cemetery, Centertown, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Robert & Christine Stom (contributor 47204294) .
2. ↑ Source: #S112 Page: SAR Membership Number: 90607
3. ↑ Source: #S112
4. ↑ Source: #S112
5. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970; Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. [1]

• Source: S112 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; Repository:

• Ashby-845 was created by Tammy Wamberg through the import of Tammy Wamberg Family Tree-1_2014-09-03_01.ged on Sep 3, 2014.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 December 2017), memorial page for Jesse Ashby (1738–28 Nov 1823), Find A Grave Memorial no. 44376008, citing Waltons Creek Church Cemetery, Centertown, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Robert & Christine Stom (contributor 47204294) .

• Ashby family tree, places of residence and history. Fleming, Louise P. The Heyday of Onton. Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, c. 1984, 6th printing 1998. Pages 186a.