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From: "D. Sjoberg" <>
Subject: Ashley Family
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:01:48 -0700

I thought this might be of help to someone!
----- Original Message -----
From: GREY FOX <>


> ASHLEY FAMILY
> The parents of James Ashley, at this time, have not been connected firmly
to
> him. Very good circumstantial evidence says that his parents were
Nathaniel
> and Elizabeth Wilson Ashley, Barnwell County, SC. If this family does
prove
> out to be his, it can be traced back to John Ashley b. 1625 England, d.
1671
> Lancaster County, VA and Jane Cooper born also in England. They migrated
to
> the colonies about 1650.
>
> When a person starts tracing a family, with a more or less common surname,
> you find all types of little trails to follow. Then you have to paste them
> into families, unless you are lucky enough to run across a will or deed
that
> names the children. Many times, there are no records to be found, due to
> many factors. There have been wars along the east coast where our
ancestors
> came, natural disasters such as fires and floods at record depositories,
> courthouses and such. If your ancestor had property, a "person of means",
> you are more likely to run across some records, somewhere, church records,
> if they were religious, or political records, if they were so inclined.
>
> Many times, our ancestors are just people trying to make a living. Maybe
> they farmed for someone else, clerked in a store, worked for a freight
> outfit. Perhaps, they didn't buy land or a home, as money was hard to come
> by, or perhaps, they just had "itchy feet", and "over the next mountain"
was
> always a pull on them. Sometimes we get lucky and find records, maybe a
> family bible faithfully kept by someone, a journal of their travel through
> life. We just have to keep looking.
>
> This is the family that may belong to my great great great grandfather,
> James Ashley. Family tradition says he was born in 1776 in NC. This was
the
> date arrived at from the 1850 census. On this census, the whole family was
> listed as born in SC. So after I had searched NC and could not find a
James
> Ashley to fit in the right time frame, I took another look at the first
> census that gave us a clue to him. It would have been great if the census
> from 1790 through 1840 had listed the names of the persons in the
household.
> At least you could find the parents back to the first census.
>
> In finding that the ages of some of his children listed, were off from
10-15
> years, (proven by other sources) then his age could be off. Since he said
he
> was from SC, ok, we will look there for a James Ashley, born some where
> between 1785-1795, SC. This is the family I found.
>
>
> John Ashley b. 1625, Gloucester, England, d. 1671, Lancaster Co. VA
> m. Lady Jane Cooper b.Glouscester, England, d. Lancaster Co. VA
> migrated to American colonies, ca 1655
>
> Thomas I b. 1650, England, d. 1720, Chowan, SC
> William A. b. 1699, Chowan Co. SC, d. SC
> m. Elizabeth Duckenfield
> Charles b. 1726, Orange Co. NC, d. Edgefield CO.SC
> m. Felisha(?) Norfleet
> William b. 1750,Orange Co, NC d. 1806, Barnwell Co. SC
> m. ?? Collins
> Nathaniel, b.1765, Orange Co. NC d. 1813,
Barnwell,SC
> m. Elizabeth Wilson, 1885
> James b. 1788, Barnwell Co. SC, d. 1850+ TN
> m. Phoebe??
>
>
>
> First Generation,
>
> James Ashley b. 1788, SC m. Phoebe (last name unknown) b. 1795, SC about
> 1814 move to Jackson Co. Alabama where the following children were born:
>
> Daniel b. 1815, d. 1897 Clark Co. AR m. April 25, 1844,
> Franklin CO. TN, Mary "Polly" Suthard (Southard) b.
> 1820 Franklin Co. TN d. 1885 Clark CO. AR
> Willis G. b. Jan. 3, 1816 d. Feb. 25, 1892, Rockwell Co. TX
> m. Jan. 15, 1850, Franklin CO. TN, Preshia Prince b.
> Feb. 25, 1825, Anderson Co. TN. d. July 12,
> 1867 Franklin CO. TN
> (?Wilson?) Ashley b. 1818, d. before 1880, m. about 1855
> Mary "Olley" ? b 1835 Franklin Co. TN, d. ? Jackson
> Co. AL
> James Jordan b. 1820 d. 1870 Franklin Co. TN m. July 23, 1841,
> Franklin Co. TN Sophia Bradford b. 1820, Franklin Co.
> TN d. after 1880, Franklin Co. TN
> Elizabeth b. 1830 m. Jan. 9, 1850, Franklin CO. TN, Silas
> Donaldson
> Nancy b. 1832, m. Aug. 23, 1855, John Davis
> Michael b. 1833, d. Dec. 18, 1862, from wounds suffered at the
> Battle Of Fredricksburg, VA CSA, m. Dec. 8, 1852,
> Jackson Co. AL Lucinda Winkler b.1835, Franklin Co.TN, d.?
>
>
>
> Second Generation
>
>
>
> Daniel b. 1815, Jackson CO. Al, d. 1897, Clark Co. AR
> m. Mary 'Polly' Suthard, 4/25/1844
> Richard, b.1848, Jackson Co. AL d. Jackson Co. AL
> m. 4/23/1869 Martha Jane Ashley, b. 1852,TN
> m. 4/21/1895 Malinda Gold,
> James M. b. 10/25/1852, Jackson CO. Al d. 7/24/1926,OK
> m. 8/20/1876, Sarah Catherine Ashley, b. 12/2/1855
> Martha Jane b. 8/31/1848, Jackson CO. AL d. 6/16/1917, AR
> m. 10/2/1902 Sam Holleyfield, b. 4/1864
> m. 1907, George Washington Harper , b. 1844
> Willis D. "Cobb" b. 6/10/1853, Jackson Co AL.d.1933, AR
> m. Martha Ann Ashley
> John b. 12/12/1859, Jackson Co. AL d. 12/17/1931, AR
> m. 11/2,1882 Artemissie Skinner, b. 9/17/1857
> Thomas b. 3/6/1860, Jackson CO. Al. d. Franklin CO. TN
> m. 4/15/1883 Nancy Caroline Clark, b. 3/6/1863
> Ruth Hannah b. 5/29/1866 Jackson Co. AL, d. TX?
> m. 2/26/1880, James M. Dean, b. ?
> Robert Lee b. 7/9/1868, Jackson Co AL d. 10/4/1946, AR
> m. Abt. 1890, Catherine "Kate" Skinner, 1868
> Willis G. b. 1816, Jackson CO. AL, d. 2/25/1892 TX
> m. 1/15/1851, Preshia Prince, b. 2/10/1825, d. 7/12/1867
> m. 8/8/1867 Emmaline Bradford b. 1879
> Elizabeth b. 4/10/1851, Jackson Co. d.4/18/1851 AL
> Benjamin b. 6/29/1853, Jackson CO. d.2/21/1943, AR
> m. 11/20/1868 Joanna Bradford b.
> m. 10/28/1878 Mary 'Molly' Williams, b. 1861
> m. Abt. 1900, Nancy Jane Williams Reed, b. 1854
> Anderson b. 3/27/1854, GA d. 10/7/1927 AR
> m. 9/27/1874 Mary Ann Ashley b.1856
> m. 12/2/1879 Phenne Meeks, b.
> Sarah Catherine b. 12/2/1855 Franklin CO. TN d. 8/30/1848, OK
> m. 8/20/1876 James M. Ashley b. 10/25/1852
> Eliza Jane b. 2/2/1856, Franklin Co. TN d. 5/20/1945 AR
> m. 11/2/1874 Robert Lee Davis . 1858
> Martha Ann b.1/21/1858, Franklin CO, Tn d.1933 AR
> m. 8/14,1874 Willis D.'Cobb' Ashley b.1853
> Minerva Jane b. 9/18/1859 d. ?
> Emmaline b. 1/12/1862, Franklin CO. TN d 7/25/1879 TN
> Jessie Jordan b. 12/8/1863, Franklin Co. TN d. 11/22/1947, AR
> m. 8/23/1885 E. Nora McClard b. ?
> m. 1/9/1890 Mary Ellen Reed b. 12/24/1870
> m. 1/24/1933 Martha Loy Counts
> Frances Delilah b. 10/2/1865 Franklin CO. TN d. 6/28/1932 OK
> m. Caleb Carmen McClard
> Elias b. 1817 Jackson Co. Al d. 11/11/1858 Franklin Co. TN
> m. Rebecca Bradford
> Wilson? (unknown son) b. 1818 Jackson Co. Al d. ??
> m. Mary 'Olley" ?
> Mary Ann b. 1856 TN d. ? Franklin CO. TN
> m. 3/27/1854 Anderson Ashley b. 3/27/1854
> Emley/Emma b. 1858, Jackson Co AL
> m. 8/6/1875 Laston Sisk
> Sarah Eleanor b. 1860 Jackson Co.
> m. 3/21/1881 Alfred Evans
> Hiram b. 1863 Jackson CO. Al
> Amanda Caladonia/Caldonah Belle/Doney Belle b. 1865 TN
> m. 9/29/1880 William E.Evans
> m abt. 1885 John Henry Carlton
> James Jordan b. 1820 Jackson Co. AL d. 1870? Franklin CO. TN
> m. 7/23/1841 Sophia Bradford b. 1820 d. Aft. 1880
> Jackson b. 1841 Franklin CO. TN
> Margaret b. 1842 Franklin CO
> Rebecca Jane b. 1843 Franklin Co. TN
> m. W. A. Keller
> Riolly b. 1845 Franklin Co. TN d. 1852 Franklin Co. TN
> Rilda b. 1847 Franklin Co TN
> Minerva b. 1848 Franklin Co
> m. James Judge
> James Marion b. 1851 Franklin CO. TN d. 1930 TN
> m. 9/9/1871 Lucinda Steele b. 1847,
> Nancy Candus b. 5/22/1853 Franklin Co. TN
> m. Silas Prince
> Maria b. 1854 Franklin CO. TN
> Phoebe A. b. 1855 Franklin Co. TN
> Martha E. b. 1857 Franklin Co.
> m. William Steele
> Elizabeth b. 1830 Jackson Co. AL d. ?
> m. 8/23/1850, Silas Donaldson
> Nancy b. 1832 Jackson Co. AL d.
> m 8/23/1855 John Davis
> Michael b. 1833 Jackson Co. AL d. 12/13/1865 VA
> m. 12/8/1852, Lucinda Winkler b. 1835
> Martha Jane b. 1852 Franklin Co. TN
> m. 4/23/1869 Richard Ashley b. 4/5/1848
> W. B. b. 1854 Franklin Co. TN
> m. Nancy J. Qualting
> John b. 1858 Franklin Co TN
> Lyley b. 1859 Franklin Co. TN
> Mary b. 1860 Franklin Co. TN
> m.2/16/1883 J. B. Morrison
> Simeon b. 1863 Franklin CO. Tn
>
>
> This family began in Virginia and moved through North Carolina, South
> Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Points west.
>
> Michael Ashley, youngest son of James and Phoebe, joined the 1st Tennessee
> Volunteers at the start of the Civil War. He became a casualty of War at
the
> battle of Fredricksburg, VA. To read about Michael, visit my Civil War
> Veterans Page
>
>
>
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