Daniel Ashcraft (1736 - 1774)

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Died 11 Oct 1774 at about age 38 in Pennsylvania

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Daniel Ashcraft 1736 1774 Killed in Indian battle, PA

Killed in the Battle of Point Pleasant.

SOURCE: Newspaper called MID LAND

Published at Frazeysburg, Ohio February 8, 1894 $1.00 a Year

DANIEL ASHCRAFT, the grandfather of the pioneer DANEIL ASHCRAFT, who settled in what is now Pike Township, Coshocton County, four miles north of Frazeysburg, on the farm now owned by LOUIS CHANEY, was born in the North or ENGLAND in 1700. He came to Virginia in 1728 and soon after arrival married a Miss LEWIS, a cousin of Colonel and General Lewis. There were born to this union five children, two boys DANIEL and ICHABOD ASHCRAFT, and three girls, RACHEL, ELIZABETH, and MARGARET ASHCRAFT. The girls married in Virginia and remained there. Nothing definite is known of them or their posterity.

DANIEL and ICHABOD ASHCRAFT were both engaged in the Battle of Point Pleasant. This battle was fought October 10, 1744 on the narrow point of land between the Ohio and the great Kanawha River in what is now West Virginia. Here General LEWIS ably assisted by his brother, Colonel CHARLES LEWIS, with 1,100 Virginia troops, met and defeated the celebrated Indians under the leadership of CHIEF CORNSTALK, assisted by LOGAN RED EAGLE, retiring at night. Lewis' loss was three officers, his brother, the Colonel being one of the number. Sixty men killed and ninety-five wounded. The Indians lost about the same number. Just before sunset, DANIEL ASHCRAFT was shot dead by an Indian sharpshooter. ICHABOD ASHCRAFT went with the Army. After the battle the Army crossed the Ohio River and searched out into the Indian Country.

CHIEF CORNSTALK was murdered by the Whites at Point Pleasant November 10, 1777, three years and one month after the Battle of Point Pleasant. No more info is currently available. Can you add to this biography?

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• WikiTree profile Ashcraft-354 created through the import of McClanahan-20121014.ged on Oct 15, 2012 by Anonymous McClanahan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Anonymous and others.

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Family records and research by Pricia Fern Burk Paulkovich.

History of Daniel Ashcraft and Elizabeth Lewis, from the book, "Histories of My Ashcraft Ancestors in America," by Katheryn Baugh Vernon · 29 April 2015 ·