Capt. John ASHBY
1740 - 1815 (75 years)
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Name John ASHBY Prefix Capt. Born 1 Apr 1740 East side of Shenandoah, Warren, Virginia, United States 
Gender Male _UID 858B284801ADAC4F9822E035B23F675AAAEB Died 4 Apr 1815 "Belmont, Delaplane,Fauquier, Virginia, United States Buried Belmont (now Greenland), Fauquier, Virginia, United States Person ID I5991 SteveParker Last Modified 24 Apr 2008
Father Robert R. ASHBY, b. Abt 1715, Virginia, United States , d. 27 Feb 1792, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 77 years) Mother Mary Elizabeth Holloway, b. Abt 1720, d. 15 Oct 1754, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 34 years) Married Abt 1735 , Fauquier, Virginia, United States _UID 472089228749D74C90F9768733D7E5AF2991 Family ID F2221 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary E. TURNER, b. 23 May 1750, , Charles, Maryland, United States , d. 23 May 1828, , Fauquier, Virginia, United States (Age 78 years) Married 28 Feb 1768 , Fauquier, Virginia, United States _UID 00D38BD1595E6942B807A5035BF9BC1119F4 Notes - Virginia Marriages to 1800
Spouse 1: Ashby, John Jr.
Spouse 2: Turner, Mary
Marriage Date: 22 Feb 1768
Marriage Location: Virginia Fauquier County
Children 1. Martha Ann ASHBY, b. 5 Jan 1770, , Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. Between 1834-402. Dorothea (Dolly) ASHBY, b. 25 Jan 1772, , Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. 10 Aug 1812 (Age 40 years)3. Major Samuel ASHBY, b. 17 Aug 1773, ,Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. 13 Jan 1816, ,Fauquier, Virginia, United States (Age 42 years)4. Capt. John ASHBY, b. 9 Sep 1775, Belmont, Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. 27 Mar 1831 (Age 55 years)5. Capt. Nimrod ASHBY, b. 7 Oct 1778, , Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. 1830, , Fauquier, Virginia, United States (Age 51 years)6. William ASHBY, b. 19 Dec 1780, , Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. 1848 (Age 67 years)7. Elizabeth ASHBY, b. 10 Sep 1782, ,Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. 28 Apr 1830 (Age 47 years)8. Lt. Thomson B ASHBY, b. 31 Mar 1785, , Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. 14 Jul 1850, Of, , Fauquier, Virginia (Age 65 years)9. Col. Turner ASHBY, b. 30 Aug 1787, , Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. 1834, , Fauquier, Virginia, United States (Age 46 years)10. Marshall ASHBY, b. 8 Nov 1798, , Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. 14 Mar 1850 (Age 51 years)11. Richard ASHBY, b. , Fauquier, Virginia, United States , d. Tennessee, United States Last Modified 29 Mar 2021 Family ID F2196 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Virginia Marriages to 1800
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Notes - Served with the Culpeper Minute Men first and later was appointed Captain, 3rd Virginia Regiment, Revolutionary Way. Capt Ashby took part in battles of Great Ridge/Bridge, Brandywine, and on 18 Mar, 1776 he was Wounded at Germantown 4 Oct 1777, resigned 30 Oct 1777. He was a Major in the Virginia Militia 1780-81, and was listed as an invalid 1781. (See Revolutionary War Records; also DAR Patriot Indes, Washington, DC, 1966 P20., VA. Doc. 31 pp 3-16. On 13 Apr 1838 by executive order of the State of Virginia additional land bounty was given the heirs of John Ashby for his services as a Captain in the Continental line, Revolutionary War. His name remains in Mineral County, West Virgini at Fort Ashby where he was particularly active.
will dated 18 Jan 1812, Will proved 28 Aug 1815
"The Ashby Homesteads in Upper Fauquier County, Virginia", Author Unknown to Compiler
Greenland; The home of Captain John Ashby. It was inherited by his son Marshall Ashby and was the birth place of the latter's son, General Henry Marshall Ashby. Colonel Turner Ashby and his wife were buried a short distance north of the house.
Will Book 6, Fauguier Co., Virginia, p140; will of John Ashby dated 18 Jan 1812, proved 28 Aug 1815;
" To son Samuel Ashby half of tract of land on Horner's Fork containing by patent 800 acres, also a tract of land containing 200 acres adjoining a tract of 500 acres entered in the name of John Marshall, near the Kentucky River, both these tracts being in Kentucky, also a tract of land in the Manor of Leeds which I purchased from Daniel Routt.
To son John Ashby tract of land lying on waters of Horner's Fork of Licking in Kentucky, also tract of land in Manor of Leeds purchased from John Adams.
To daughter Martha Ann Withers negro after her mother's death.
To daughter Dolly Jones negro also loan of two negroes during her life, and afterwards to her children.
To daughter Elizabeth Tutt, negroes.
To three daughters above mentioned a tract of 1,000 acres on north fork of Licking in Kentucky to be equally divided.
To son Nimrod, negroes.
To son William, negroes, also a tract of land in Manor of Leeds adjoining the land of Nimrod Farrow.
To son Thomson tract of land in Manor of Leeds known by name of my mountain plantation, also negroes.
To son Turner, tract of land on Grove Creek adjoining the land of Thomas Adams, also negroes.
To son Marshall, negroes etc.
To sons Turner, and Marshall after their mother's death, the land I live on, the land I purchased of John Hickman and land I purchased of John Adams.
To three sons, Nimrod, William, & Thomson half of 1000 acres on North fork of Licking in Kentucky, also 1,500 acres of main branch of Licking.
To my beloved wife Mary Ashby negroes, etc. Wife to be executrix and sons Samuel and Nimrod executors. signed: John Ashby
Witness: John Adams, Willis O'Bannon, Henry_______
- Served with the Culpeper Minute Men first and later was appointed Captain, 3rd Virginia Regiment, Revolutionary Way. Capt Ashby took part in battles of Great Ridge/Bridge, Brandywine, and on 18 Mar, 1776 he was Wounded at Germantown 4 Oct 1777, resigned 30 Oct 1777. He was a Major in the Virginia Militia 1780-81, and was listed as an invalid 1781. (See Revolutionary War Records; also DAR Patriot Indes, Washington, DC, 1966 P20., VA. Doc. 31 pp 3-16. On 13 Apr 1838 by executive order of the State of Virginia additional land bounty was given the heirs of John Ashby for his services as a Captain in the Continental line, Revolutionary War. His name remains in Mineral County, West Virgini at Fort Ashby where he was particularly active.