Person:George Asbury (1)

George Asbury is the fourth child of John Asbury and Jean Bolling. He appears constantly in the personal tax lists of Washington, Russel and Tazewell Counties along with John, William and Henry Asbury from 1782 on. He last appears in the tithables of Tazwell County in 1819. He married Mary Ann Taylor in 1780. His wife, who survived him, is apparently the Mary Ann Asbury who married John Brooks in Tazewell County, 31 May 1821.^[1]

George Asbury is recorded as the owner of 100 acres of land in Washington and Russel Counties up to 1799. On Mary 28, 1788 he was deeded 96 and 1/2 acres by William Garrison in Russel County, the same amount that Garrison had deeded his brother, William Asbury. This is the only land that he is recorded as owning in the land books of Tazewell County, Virginia, and it was deeded to the oldest son, William Asbury, by the other heirs after his death. However he must have owned other land for on 22 April 1817 George Asbury and Mary, his wife, deeded two tracts of land to Thomas Chandler, one of 25 acres, the amount of the other unspecified..^[1]

George Asbury's inventory and account of sales, a suit among his heirs in June 1822, and a deed July 11, 1823 in which the widow and other heirs deeded the 96 and 1/2 acres to William Asbury, show the following children of George and Mary Ann Asbury, their birth dates being determined approximately by the times of their marriages:.^[1]
William Asbury
Jerusha Asbury m. Thomas Marlow
Jane (Jean) Asbury m. Allan Marlow
Elnor Asbury m. David Belsher
Lavina Asbury m. William Bolling
Tabitha Asbury m. Joseph Smith
James Asbury
Wyatt Asbury
John Asbury
Charlotte Asbury

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Asbury, Carl E. (Carl Edward). Asburys in America. (North Fort Myers, Florida: C.E. Asbury, c1984).

   (Note: Gives sources for original records.)

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} ASBURY, GEORGE, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.

   Asbury, George
   Service: VIRGINIA Rank: SOLDIER
   Birth: (ANTE) 1756 AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA
   Death: (ANTE) 8-28-1819 MAIDEN SPRINGS TAZEWELL CO VIRGINIA
   Service Source: BURGESS, VA SOLS OF 1776, VOL 3, P 1247
   Service Description:
   1) HORSEMAN, KING'S MTN,
   2) COL CAMPBELL, LT RICE BROWN
   Residence: 1) County: WASHINGTON CO - State: VIRGINIA
   Spouse: MARY ANN X
   Descendants [include but are not limited to]:
   JOHN, married [1] POLLY RATLIFF
   LAVINA, married [1] WILLIAM BOWLING
   WILLIAM, married [1] HANNAH HARRISON
   JANE, married [1] ALLEN MARLOW
   
   [NOTE: Date of service is based on date of Battle of Kings Mountain

   Military service needs further documentation -- see talk page.

3. ↑ Military service needs further documentation -- see talk page.