Person:Elizabeth Carr (37)
Elizabeth Carr
b.Abt 1748 Frederick County?, Maryland
d.15 Sep 1846 Meade County, Kentucky
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1740
  1. John CarrAbt 1742 - 1802
  2. Moses CarrAbt 1745 - 1810
  3. Mary CarrAbt 1747 -
  4. Elizabeth CarrAbt 1748 - 1846
  5. Rebecca CarrAbt 1749 -
  6. Abigail CarrAbt 1751 -
  7. Capt. Thomas B. Carr1755 - 1822
  8. Elijah Carr1757 - 1832
  9. Elisha Carr1759 - 1827
  10. Rachel Carr1761 - 1804
  11. Absolom Carr1763 - 1829
Spouse and Children
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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
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Facts and Events
Name Elizabeth Carr
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][7] Abt 1748 Frederick County?, Maryland
Alt Birth? 1748 Chambers Mill, Washington County, Pennsylvania(no source found for this often-repeated assertion; this is 40 years before the county was established)
Marriage 16 Oct 1766 Chambers Mill?, Fayette County, Pennsylvaniato Richard Ashcraft (3)
Religion[2] 30 Oct 1784 Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Smithfield, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaOne of the earliest members of the Mt. Moriah congregation
Census[8] 1830 Meade County, Kentucky
Census[9] 1840 Meade County, Kentucky
Death[5][7] 15 Sep 1846 Meade County, Kentucky
Burial[2][7] Highland of Hill Grove Cem, Meade County, Kentucky

Early tradition in Ashcraft/Shacklett family is that Elizabeth was considered 'not so young' at marriage (i.e., probably mid-20s or older), and that Richard was "considerably older."

21 Dec 1784: Granted 400 Acres on Bear Creek, Jefferson County, Kentucky.[6] This was in her own name, which is puzzling, as she was still living in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, with her husband at this time.

After Richard's death in 1792, Elizabeth moved to Meade County (then part of Hardin County), Kentucky, and then to Hardin County proper, c.1794-1799, with her children; many of her siblings and in-laws had preceded her.[4]

1793: In the Fayette County tax list, she was taxed for 50 A., 1 horse, 1 cow.[2]

c.1795: A petition to the Hardin County Court for a road from the Ohio River via "Flippins Run" to Elizabethtown bears the 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).

The Kentucky "Census" of 1800 [i.e., reconstructed tax lists], the first to list Hardin County as a separate entity, includes: Elizabeth Ashcraft, Daniel Ashcraft, Ann Ashcraft, John Carr, John Carr Jr., Thomas Carr, Bejamin Shacklett, Isaac Friend, & Jesse Friend.

Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky, 1830 census:[8]

Ashcroft, Elizabeth
Males
5-9 = 1
15-19 = 1
Females
under 5 = 1
5-9 = 1
15-19 = 1
30-39 = 1
Slaves
Males = 2
Females = 4

Meade County, Kentucky, 1840 census:[9]

Ashcraft, Elizabeth
(agriculture = 4)
Males = [none]
Females
10-14 = 1
50-59 = 1
Slaves
Males = 2
Females = 5
References
  1. ↑ Leaves of Time web site.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Neal, Martha Ashcraft. The Ashcraft Family: Descendants of Daniel Ashcraft. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994)
    pp. 34, 39, 505-7.
  3.   Neal, Martha Ashcraft. The Ashcraft Family: Descendants of Daniel Ashcraft. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994)
    p. 39.
  4. ↑ Neal, Martha Ashcraft. The Ashcraft Family: Descendants of Daniel Ashcraft. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994)
    p. 34.
  5. ↑ Neal, Martha Ashcraft. The Ashcraft Family: Descendants of Daniel Ashcraft. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994)
    pp. 505-7.
  6. ↑ Jillson, Willard Rouse, and Kentucky. State Land Office. The Kentucky land grants: a systematic index to all of the land grants recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924. (Louisville, KY: Standard Printing Co., 1925)
    Vol. 1, part 1, p. 17 (citing Book 3).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Find A Grave.

    Elizabeth Ashcraft

  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Meade, Kentucky, United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 282.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Meade, Kentucky, United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 116.
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