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Greenberry Ashley

Male Abt 1803 - 1865  (~ 62 years)


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  • Name Greenberry Ashley 
    Born Abt 1803  of, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Apr 1865 
    Person ID I1435  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Nathaniel Ashley,   b. 1 Dec 1784, , Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1828, , Davidson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Lydia Brown,   b. 23 Nov 1778, , Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1840, of Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 63 years) 
    Married Bef 1800  of, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F208  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1810 US: No twp. listed, Laurens Co., South Carolina, Series: M252 Roll: 61 Page: 45:
      Nathaniel Ashley, 4-1-0-1-0-1-2-1-0-1-0-0

      1820 US: No Township, Davidson Co., Tennessee, p. 63, image 73, note Nathaniel deceased by 1828.
      Nathaniel Ashley, 0-2-1-2-0-1-1-1-0-0-1

      1830 US: No listing in Tennessee with G.B., Greenberry, or Greenbury.

      1840 US: Nashville Ward No. 6, Davidson Co., Tennessee, p. 297:
      G.B. Ashley, 1-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0/1-1-1-0-0-1-0-0-0

      1850 US: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, p. 104, family 306:
      G.B. Ashley, 47, carpenter, SC.
      Mary Freeman?, 41, TN.

      2. Ancestry.com 18 Oct 2002 database: ":2189391" of Steve Primm notes father Nathaniel Ashley is named as husband of Lydia Brown in her father Roger Brown's 1818 Laurens, SC will. Also notes he with wife and family are in the Rutherford Co. 1820 census. Steve lists 3 children with no further information than names only: Jesse, Martin, and Greenberry Ashley probably from Nathaniel's will, 1828 Davidson County Wills. [Kerry's note: Rutherford 1820 appears erroneous; however, he does appear in Davidson Co. in 1820 census as noted below.]

      3. Ancestry.com 18 Oct 2002 database: "tsmith" of Terry D. Smith notes marriage to Marie Louise Curtis with at least one child: William Curtis Ashley, b. 1834.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Listed with Ordinance Index sealing to parents: Marriage to Marie Louise Curtis, m. 1 Sep 1825 at Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee. Same database notes her birth 1808 at Davison Co., Tennessee and death 5 Mar 1871; parents William Curtis and Elizabeth Polly Drake.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Ancestry.com 18 Oct 2002 database: "tsmith" of Terry D. Smith sources:
      a. Owsley Family Historical Society or Members 1995 Edition as supplied by Irene T. Godwin, 3201 Bay Rockyford, Moultrie, GA, 31768, (912)-941-5875, p. 25.