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Martin Ashley

Male Abt 1805 - Bef 1877  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Martin Ashley 
    Born Abt 1805  of, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 1877 
    Person ID I228  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: Davidson Co., Tennessee, p. 199, both brothers are listed next to each other on an alphabetical basis:
      Jesse Ashley, 0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0/0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0
      Martin Ashley, 1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0/0-0-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0 (the oldest female is 50-60 and could be Lydia Ashley)

      1840 US: Civil District No. 12, Davidson Co., Tennessee, p. 346:
      Martin Ashley, 1-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0/2-1-1-0-0-1-0-0-0-0

      1850 US: Davidson, Tennessee, p. 268, family 15:
      Martin Ashley, 45, wagonmaker, SC.
      Mary, 42, TN.
      Margaret, 20, TN.
      Thomas, 18, carpenter, TN.
      William, 15, TN.
      Elizabeth, 13, TN.
      Francis, female, 11, 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).

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Online Ordinance Index for endowment shows a marriage dated 12 Jan 1828 to Mary Logan, b. 1808.