Son of Rev. Stephan Ashley and Susannah Foote.
INDIAN CAPTIVE
In 1778 the decision was made to move and settle in Western Virginia in that part referred to as Kentucky. They would be joining others of the Ashby family already in Kentucky, including an uncle also named (Capt.) Stephen. Like many before them they would build rafts and float down the Ohio River to the "Falls of Louisville" thence overland to what is now Shelby or Nelson County, Kentucky. In the early part of 1789 Stephen with his family, a wife and eight children started on their journey to a new life on the frontiers of what was then Western Virginia. There was Stephen and Susannah, Miles about nineteen, Obediah called Beady, Robert, Thomas, John, David about four or five years old, Tinsen, and two girls, Mary and Sarah. The count might not be accurate as there was an infant mentioned in one of the accounts of the adventure that cannot be named.
Married Mary Russell on 29 Aug 1806 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Robert Ashby also died before his father's death in 1831 and his daughter, Susan Ashby, is mentioned in her grandfather's will, is given a Negro girl named Dillah by her grandfather, Stephen Ashby. Daughter's Susan Foote Ashby (1809-1843) m. John Wesley Shelburne on 9 Dec 1830, Perlina Ashby (1810-1878) m. James Mason Shelburne. 1810 living in Shelby County.
Name: Robert Ashby
Probate Bond Date: 11 Jul 1831
Probate Place: Spencer, Kentucky
Henry Ashby
Enoch Ashby
Robert Ashby, inventory, 20 Aug 1831
INDIAN CAPTIVE
In 1778 the decision was made to move and settle in Western Virginia in that part referred to as Kentucky. They would be joining others of the Ashby family already in Kentucky, including an uncle also named (Capt.) Stephen. Like many before them they would build rafts and float down the Ohio River to the "Falls of Louisville" thence overland to what is now Shelby or Nelson County, Kentucky. In the early part of 1789 Stephen with his family, a wife and eight children started on their journey to a new life on the frontiers of what was then Western Virginia. There was Stephen and Susannah, Miles about nineteen, Obediah called Beady, Robert, Thomas, John, David about four or five years old, Tinsen, and two girls, Mary and Sarah. The count might not be accurate as there was an infant mentioned in one of the accounts of the adventure that cannot be named.
Married Mary Russell on 29 Aug 1806 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Robert Ashby also died before his father's death in 1831 and his daughter, Susan Ashby, is mentioned in her grandfather's will, is given a Negro girl named Dillah by her grandfather, Stephen Ashby. Daughter's Susan Foote Ashby (1809-1843) m. John Wesley Shelburne on 9 Dec 1830, Perlina Ashby (1810-1878) m. James Mason Shelburne. 1810 living in Shelby County.
Name: Robert Ashby
Probate Bond Date: 11 Jul 1831
Probate Place: Spencer, Kentucky
Henry Ashby
Enoch Ashby
Robert Ashby, inventory, 20 Aug 1831
Son of Rev. Stephan Ashley and Susannah Foote.
INDIAN CAPTIVE
In 1778 the decision was made to move and settle in Western Virginia in that part referred to as Kentucky. They would be joining others of the Ashby family already in Kentucky, including an uncle also named (Capt.) Stephen. Like many before them they would build rafts and float down the Ohio River to the "Falls of Louisville" thence overland to what is now Shelby or Nelson County, Kentucky. In the early part of 1789 Stephen with his family, a wife and eight children started on their journey to a new life on the frontiers of what was then Western Virginia. There was Stephen and Susannah, Miles about nineteen, Obediah called Beady, Robert, Thomas, John, David about four or five years old, Tinsen, and two girls, Mary and Sarah. The count might not be accurate as there was an infant mentioned in one of the accounts of the adventure that cannot be named.
Married Mary Russell on 29 Aug 1806 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Robert Ashby also died before his father's death in 1831 and his daughter, Susan Ashby, is mentioned in her grandfather's will, is given a Negro girl named Dillah by her grandfather, Stephen Ashby. Daughter's Susan Foote Ashby (1809-1843) m. John Wesley Shelburne on 9 Dec 1830, Perlina Ashby (1810-1878) m. James Mason Shelburne. 1810 living in Shelby County.
Name: Robert Ashby
Probate Bond Date: 11 Jul 1831
Probate Place: Spencer, Kentucky
Henry Ashby
Enoch Ashby
Robert Ashby, inventory, 20 Aug 1831
INDIAN CAPTIVE
In 1778 the decision was made to move and settle in Western Virginia in that part referred to as Kentucky. They would be joining others of the Ashby family already in Kentucky, including an uncle also named (Capt.) Stephen. Like many before them they would build rafts and float down the Ohio River to the "Falls of Louisville" thence overland to what is now Shelby or Nelson County, Kentucky. In the early part of 1789 Stephen with his family, a wife and eight children started on their journey to a new life on the frontiers of what was then Western Virginia. There was Stephen and Susannah, Miles about nineteen, Obediah called Beady, Robert, Thomas, John, David about four or five years old, Tinsen, and two girls, Mary and Sarah. The count might not be accurate as there was an infant mentioned in one of the accounts of the adventure that cannot be named.
Married Mary Russell on 29 Aug 1806 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Robert Ashby also died before his father's death in 1831 and his daughter, Susan Ashby, is mentioned in her grandfather's will, is given a Negro girl named Dillah by her grandfather, Stephen Ashby. Daughter's Susan Foote Ashby (1809-1843) m. John Wesley Shelburne on 9 Dec 1830, Perlina Ashby (1810-1878) m. James Mason Shelburne. 1810 living in Shelby County.
Name: Robert Ashby
Probate Bond Date: 11 Jul 1831
Probate Place: Spencer, Kentucky
Henry Ashby
Enoch Ashby
Robert Ashby, inventory, 20 Aug 1831
Gravesite Details
His headstone is likely in the overgrown wooded area where the original church stood.
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