Bladen ASHBY b. 1759 Bladensburg, Prince George's, Maryland, USA d. 8 Dec 1828 , Wayne, Indiana, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1759 - 1828 (69 years)

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Name	Bladen ASHBY
Born	1759	Bladensburg, Prince George's, Maryland, USA [1]
Gender	Male
Church	Abt 1775	Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
	Great Bethel Baptist Church
Military	Between 1780 and 1781 [2]
	Col John Gibson's Detachment, Ft Pitt
Property	17 Jun 1784	, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
Surveyed 500 acres
Tax List	1787-1791	, Nelson, Kentucky, USA
	Nelson County Tithes 1785-1791, Nelson Co., KY
	Ashbay Bladen & Thompson Ashbay 2 19 Robt Abell 1790 Ashbay Thomas - see Bladen Ashbay 19 Robt Abell 1790 Ashbey Bedy 1 46 Jesse Davis #1 1790 Ashbey Stephen 1 45 Jesse Davis #1 1790 Ashby Beady - see Stephen Ashby 22 Jesse Davis #1 1791 Ashby Bladen 4-2 113 Jos Barnett 1785 Ashby Bladen & Thompson Ashby 2 17 Atk Hill #1 1788 Ashby Bladen & Tompson Ashby 2 9 Atk Hill 1787 Ashby Stephen & Beady Ashby & Tinson Ashby NG 22 Jesse Davis #1 1791 Ashby Thompson 1 147 Atkinson Hill 1791 Ashby Thompson - see Bladen Ashby 17 Atk Hill #1 1788 Ashby Tinson - see Stephen Ashby 22 Jesse Davis #1 1791 Ashby Tompson - see Bladen Ashby 9 Atk Hill 1787
Occupation	1798	, Hardin, Kentucky, USA
	Justice of the Peace
Fact	5 Jan 1807	, Butler, Ohio, USA
	Grand Juror
Property	15 Apr 1812	, Wayne, Indiana, USA
SW 1/4 S:12 15
Indiana Land Entries, Cincinnati District, v 1, p 33: Bladen Ashby SW 1/4 S:12 15 Apr 1812 being in Wayne Co.
Will	1 Aug 1823	, Wayne, Indiana, USA
Will Book 1, Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana, p. 158
Will of Bladen Ashby, Decd In the name of God Amen I Bladen Ashby of Wayne County and State of Indiana being in an ordinary State of health both of mind and body Do make constitute and ordain and confirm this my last will and Testament as followeth. First I will devise and bequeath unto my Beloved wife Caty Ashby all and singular my Estate Real and personal for her to dispose of at her pleasure after having paid all my full debts. Second. I do hereby appoint ordain and constitute my beloved son Abraham Ashby sole Executor to this my last will and Testament hereby revoking and disannulling all other wills heretofore made by me In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty three. Signed Sealed and acknowledged Bladen Ashby in presence of ?? Aaron Martin Joshua Simpson
Died	8 Dec 1828	, Wayne, Indiana, USA [3]
Buried	9 Dec 1828	, Wayne, Illinois, USA [4]
	Address: on a farm near Middleboro Wayne County Wayne County, Indiana
	http://www.geocities.com/sdfranklin_1999/inssar_cem-project.html Patriot: Ashby, Bladen State Of Service: Virginia County Of Burial: Wayne Cemetery: On Farm of Mrs Pearl Beck CLARK near Middlesboro
		Ashby, Bladen Headstone
Probate	12 Dec 1828	, Wayne, Illinois, USA
will
Person ID	I5050	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	24 Nov 2014

Father	Thomas ASHBY, b. Abt 1724, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, USA , d. 23 May 1783, , , Virginia, USA (Age ~ 59 years)
Mother	Mary Ann MCCULLOUGH, b. Abt 1735, d. Bef 1780 (Age ~ 44 years)
Married	14 Nov 1751	Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, USA
Family ID	F2162	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Catherine VAN METER, b. 1759, , Greene, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1835, , Cass, Michigan, USA (Age 76 years)

Married Abt 1783 Bladensburg, Prince George's, Maryland, USA [5]

Children

	1. Hankerson ASHBY, b. 1797, , Hardin, Kentucky, USA , d. 12 May 1868, , Tama, Iowa, USA (Age 71 years)
	2. Elizabeth Minerva ASHBY, b. 1788, , Nelson, Kentucky, USA , d. May 1862, , Grant, Indiana, USA (Age 74 years)
	3. Milton ASHBY, b. 1789, , Nelson, Kentucky, USA , d. May 1813 (Age 24 years)
	4. Eleanor ASHBY, b. 14 Feb 1792, , Hardin, Kentucky, USA , d. 14 Oct 1869, , Cass, Michigan, USA (Age 77 years)
	5. Abraham ASHBY, b. 1794, d. 1865, , Cass, Michigan, USA (Age 71 years)
	6. Lettice ASHBY, b. 1795, , Hardin, Kentucky, USA , d. Deceased
	7. Lavena ASHBY, b. 1796, d. 28 Oct 1890 (Age 94 years)
	8. David Elijah ASHBY, b. 1800, d. Deceased
	9. Thompson ASHBY, b. 1801, , Hardin, Kentucky, USA , d. Deceased
	10. Gideon ASHBY, b. 1802, , Hardin, Kentucky, USA , d. Deceased
	11. Sarah ASHBY, b. 25 Oct 1808, Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA , d. 31 Oct 1847, , Berrien, Michigan, USA (Age 39 years)

Last Modified 24 Aug 2014

Family ID F2161 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

I have copies of two news articles that are about Bladen and his lost grave. The first (1930) bemoans the fate of the grave after his family moved to Michigan and the second (1942) celebrates the placing of a memorial stone by the DAR.

Hardin Co. Will Book A p. 34
Be it Remembered that on the 21 November 1796 I do Emancipate set free and Exonerate from slavery Negro BECKY from me and my Heirs for Ever as far as I have any right or title to her for good services and faithfulness to her Mistress. Given from under my hand the date and date above.
(signed)
JOHN VERTREES
Hardin Co. Will Book A p. 34-At a Court held for Hardin County on Tuesday the 22 Nov 1796 the foregoing Emancipation was acknowledged by the said JOHN VERTREES and ordered to be Recorded. We the subscribers who intermarried with the Daughter of ABRAHAM VANMETER deceased do Emancipate set free and further Exonerate from slavery a negro man named GENERAL belonging to the Estate of the said deceased from our selves and this Given under our hands and seals this 19 day of March 1797.
(signed)
BLADEN ASHBY
THOMSON ASHBY
JAMES EADLEN
At a Court held for Hardin County on Tuesday the 25 day of March 1797 the foregoing Emancipation was Acknowledged by BLADEN ASHBY, THOMSON ASHBY and JAMES EADLEN and was ordered to be Recorded.
Hardin Co. Will Book A p. 34-I do hereby Certify that I have Emancipated my Negro man JAMES from any further services as a Slave to myself or Heirs for Ever and request that the Court May admit the same to Record. Given under my hand this 20 Nov 1796.
(signed)
PATRICK BROWN
Recorded at a court for Hardin County 22 Jan 1797.
[These dates don't work.]

Index to Lettel's Laws of Kentucky,_________SMITH; Bladen ASHBY listed as trustee of Hardin Academy.

DAR Application #103198
(Research):We don't have a specific birthdate for either of these folks but we have some military records that say that Bladen was born about 1759. The earliest that I can image him marrying Catherine would be at age 15 - 1774.
Even if Catherine was 15 when Elizabeth was born, the latest she would be having babies is at age 55 - 1828 (coincidentally the year he supposedly died).
This gives us a year range of 1774-1828 for the births of all these children.

The 1850 Census with Amos and Elizabeth Smith infers that she was born about 1784-1785, just after the assumed marriage date of her parents. If she is indeed the eldest child, and if Catherine is like most of the women in my database, some likely years of birth would be 1785, 1787, 1789, 1792, 1794, 1796, 1799, 1801, 1803, 1806, 1808, 1810, 1813, 1815, 1818. That gives us 15 dates to consider and is 10 years after the latest date I have found in credible work. If she only had 11 babies born, the usual spread is 20-24 years.

Sources

[S1427] Soldiers and Patriots, O'Byrne, Mrs Roscoe C, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1918), pg 44-45.
"Born--1759, Bladensburg, Maryland"
[S1427] Soldiers and Patriots, O'Byrne, Mrs Roscoe C, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1918), pg 44-45.
"Service--Enlisted as pri. in Capt. John Lemond's CO. 13th Vir. Regt., Sept., 1777, under Col. Russell. Also served in Capt. Uirah Springer's CO. of Light Infantry 9th Vir. Regt. under Col. John Gibson. And with George Rogers Clark at capture of Vincennes."
[S1427] Soldiers and Patriots, O'Byrne, Mrs Roscoe C, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1918), pg 44-45.
"Died--1828. Buried on farm now owned by Mrs. Pearl Beck Clark, near Middleboro. Government marker placed by Richmond Chapter D. A. R."
[S1211] Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, (FamilySearch.org Affiliate Publication Number: M1916; Affiliate Film Number: 3; GS Film number: 1878152; Digital Folder Number: 4831972. Index), Image Number: 02333, Bladen Ashby.
08 Dec 1828, Richmond, Indiana
[S1427] Soldiers and Patriots, O'Byrne, Mrs Roscoe C, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1918), pg 44-45.
"Married--Catherine Van Meter. Ch. Milton, m. 1811 Poly White; Abraham, m. 1824 Mariah Jones; Eleanor, m. 1813 Joseph Pemberton; Lavena, m. 1828 Wm Auston; Lettice, m. 1827 Andrew Penland; Elizabeth, m. 1805 Amos Smith; David; Gideon; Elijah; Hankerson; Thomas."