Person:Abisha Ashcraft (1)
Abisha Ashcraft
b.Abt 1780 Fayette County, Pennsylvania
d.1839 Harrison County?, Indiana
Parents and Siblings
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m. 16 Oct 1766
  1. Mary B. Ashcraft1771 - 1857
  2. Elizabeth Ashcraft1773 - 1839
  3. Delilah AshcraftAbt 1778 - Bef 1846
  4. Abisha AshcraftAbt 1780 - 1839
  5. Abner AshcraftAbt 1782 -
  6. Elijah B. Ashcraft1784 - 1829
  7. Elisha AshcraftAbt 1786 - Abt 1839
  8. Rachel Ashcraft1789 - 1861
  9. Absolom Ashcraft1791 - 1841
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Abisha AshcraftAbt 1780 - 1839
  • W.  Hannah DentonBet 1780 & 1785 -
m. 6 Nov 1800
  1. Delilah AshcraftAft 1801 - 1877
  2. Richard Ashcraft1803 - 1878
  3. Ruth AshcraftAbt 1805 -
  4. Rachel AshcraftAbt 1805 -
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Facts and Events
Name Abisha Ashcraft
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1780 Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Marriage Bond 14 Oct 1800 Hardin County, Kentuckyto Hannah Denton
Marriage 6 Nov 1800 Hardin County, Kentuckyto Hannah Denton
Military[2] 1813 Kentucky
Census[3] 1820 Little York, Hardin County, Kentucky
Census[5] 1830 Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky
Death[1] 1839 Harrison County?, Indiana

1795: A petition to the Hardin County Court for a road from the Ohio River via "Flippins Run" to Elizabethtown bears signatures of Abner & Abisha Ashcraft (Richard & Elizabeth's sons), as well as that of Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham Lincoln (who was born near Hodgenville, in then Hardin County).

July Court 1804: Abisha Ashcraft charged with felony. Abisha Ashcraft in custody of the sheriff and being arraigned of the premises and said he was not guilty of the charge whereupon sundry witnesses were summoned to establish him a man of good character and no witnesses appearing on behalf of the commonwealth against him it is orderd he be acquitted and discharged. [hard to read which or get a good copy but it doesn't ever say what he was in trouble for] [Hardin Co. Court Order Bk A p. 489]

23 Nov 1807: Abisha Ashcraft paid 12 shillings by the court for one old wolf scalp. [Hardin Co. KY Court Order Bk B p. 189]

Hardin County, Kentucky, 1820 census:[3]

Ashcraft, Abisha
(agriculture = 4)
Males
under 10 = 2
10-15 = 2
16-18 = 1
26-44 = 1
Females
under 10 = 2
16-25 = 1
26-46 = 1

Meade County, Kentucky, 1830 census:[5]

Ashcraft, Abisha
Males
under 5 = 2
10-14 = 1
15-19 = 1
50-59 = 1
Females
under 5 = 1
5-9 = 1
10-14 = 1
15-19 = 1
40-49 = 1
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neal, Martha Ashcraft. The Ashcraft Family: Descendants of Daniel Ashcraft. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994)
    p. 506.
  2. ↑ Wilder, Mannie S. Kentucky soldiers of the War of 1812. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969)
    p. 219.

    He appears for 1813 as a six-month private on the roll of Capt. Edward Rawlings's Company of Infantry, Col. Nicoholas Miller's & Col. Benjamin Wright's Regiment, Kentucky Militia.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hardin, Kentucky, United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 38.
  4.   Brown, Laura Ellen Young, and Marie Coleman. The history of Meade County, Kentucky 1824-1991. (Brandenburg, Kentucky: M. Coleman, c1991 (Utica, Ky. : McDowell))
    p. 33.

    First court held, Jan 1826. Business included indictment against Abisha Ashcraft (and several others) for willful trespass.

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Meade, Kentucky, United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 285.
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