Display Patriot - P-104920

Enoch ASHBY

SAR Patriot #: P-104920

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service

DAR #: A003409

Birth: 1744 / / VA
Death: btw 1790-1808 / Fauquier / VA

Qualifying Service Description:

He paid a supply tax in support of the war in 1783
He served as a Private in the Company of Captain Benjamin Harrison, Fauquier County Militia

Additional References:

SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Fauquier County [VA] Peronal Property Tax Records 1782-1796, roll 110, Library of Virginia
Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Rev War, Micropublication M881, roll 1089. Washington: National Archives
Hening, William Waller, The Statutes at Large; being a collection of all the laws of Virginia from the first session of the Legislature, in the year 1619, Volume XI, Virginia. Richmond: George Chchran, Printers, 1823, pg 112-129

Spouse: Sarah/Sally Henley
Children: Alexander;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
1983-05-05	AZ	Unassigned	Ralph Jackson (117111)	Alexander
1985-06-11	AZ	Unassigned	George W Orton (120226)	Alexander

Burial:

Ebenezer Baptist Church (aka Ebenezer Baptist) Cemetery_(C-0372755)

Location:

Bluemont / Loudoun / VA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

796977

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

39.058710 / -77.812427

Find A Grave Memorial #:

67458343

Marker Type:

Headstone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Grave Photos and GPS provided by Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

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Author: Mark Andrew Davis

Enoch Ashby was born in 1744 in Virginia, the son of Captain Robert Ashby.

He was married firstly to Sarah Ash, who died about 1773. In the Will of her father, he explicitly mentions his son-in-law Enoch Ashby and his grandson, Robert.

Robert was born about 1771 and married on 26 February 1793 to Ann Walters.
Sarah [mentioned in guardianship papers, her guardian being Charles Willoughby [Sarah Ash’s half-brother].

He married soon afterward to Sarah “Sally” Henley, daughter of Captain Charles Henley. There were about ten children:

Benjamin was born on 4 December 1773.
Charlotte was born on 12 March 1776 and married Charles Byrne.
Dorothy was born on 12 March 1776 and married John Walter.
Ann was born in 1778 and married (1) Thomas Walters; (2) Thomas Pollard.
George was born about 1781.
Alexander was born on 30 December 1782 and married Ann Browning.
Mary “Mollie” was born about 1783 and married James Gibb.
John Miller was born on 11 November 1788.
Charles Willoughby was born about 1790.
Francis was born about 1795.

Enoch served in 1776-1777 as a Private in the Company of Captain Benjamin Harrison, Fauquier County Militia, Fort Liberty.

He paid a supply tax in support of the war in 1783

On 18 September 1785, George Washington wrote a letter from Mount Vernon to Battaile Muse. In that correspondence, Washington tries to answer questions regarding tracts of land in Ashbys Bend and of his former man who collected his rents. He is trying to advise Muse on who to talk to about current tenants and delinquencies. He states that Captain Robert Ashby [Enoch’s father] has a “pretty good knowledge” or one of his sons. Later he mentions that he “also agreed to Lease Enoch Ashby 150, or 200 Acres. upon the back line, & middle run; he paying at the rate of £5 pr hundd to commence the 25th Decr 1777.”

The Patriot died sometime after 1799, probably in Fauquier County, Virginia, and his burial has been attributed to a stone at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Loudon County. However, this stone only has the name “A. E. Ashby” and doesn’t appear to be contemporary with the death of the Patriot.

Sources:

Fauquier County [Virginia] Personal Property Tax Records 1782-1796, roll 110, Library of Virginia
Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, roll 1089. Washington: National Archives
Hening, William Waller, The Statutes at Large; being a collection of all the laws of Virginia from the first session of the Legislature, in the year 1619, Vol. XI, Virginia. Richmond: George Cochran, Printers, 1823, pages 112-129.

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