Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Samuel Ashe


Related Topics

  
 Samuel Ashe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Samuel Ashe (24 March 1725 - 22 January 1813) wasthe Democratic-Republican governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798.
Ashe studied law and was named Assistant Attorney for the Crown in the Wilmington district of the colony.
Ashe continued to remain active in politicsafter his term as governor, serving as a member of the ElectoralCollege in 1804.
www.therfcc.org /samuel-ashe-242698.html   (234 words)

  
 Samuel Ashe -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ashe was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Beaufort, North Carolina) Beaufort, North Carolina; his father (Click link for more info and facts about John Baptista Ashe) John Baptista Ashe, had been president of the North Carolina Colonial Assembly.
Ashe studied law and was named Assistant Attorney for the Crown in the (The largest city in Delaware) Wilmington district of the colony.
Ashe continued to remain active in politics after his term as governor, serving as a member of the (The body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president) Electoral College in 1804.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/samuel_ashe.htm   (344 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ashe County is a county located in the state of North Carolina.
In 1849 the southwestern part of Ashe County was combined with parts of Caldwell County, Wilkes County, and Yancey County to form Watauga County.
Ashe County is a member of the regional High Country Council of Governments.
www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Ashe_County,_North_Carolina   (477 words)

  
 S. Ashe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Samuel Ashe was born in Bath in 1725 to John Baptista Ashe and Elizabeth Lillington Swann Ashe.
During Ashe's term, there was a plot to steal the trial records of a land fraud case from the comptroller's office in the state Capitol and to burn the State House.
Governor Ashe was instrumental in the founding of the University of North Carolina and became President of the University's Founding Board of Trustees.
www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us /governors/ashe.html   (325 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: ASHE, SAMUEL SWANN
Samuel Swann Ashe, Confederate Army officer and civil servant, was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, on June 14, 1839, the son of John B. and Eliza (Hay) Ashe.
Samuel Ashe's grandfather, Samuel Ashe, had been a governor of North Carolina and was the man after whom the city of Asheville was named.
Samuel S. Ashe moved to Galveston with his family in 1848 but returned to North Carolina to receive his education at what is now the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/AA/fas4.html   (427 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Arthur Ashe
Ashe, 49, is the elder son of Arthur Ashe Sr.
Ashe never chafed under his father's rules or under those of his coach, Dr. Robert Walter Johnson Jr., of Lynchburg, Va., who took him in during summers after Arthur was 10, adding him to a stable of young fl players.
Although Ashe had a family history of heart disease—Arthur Sr., who died of a stroke in 1989, had a heart attack in the '70s—it was exceedingly unusual for a highly conditioned, six-foot, 150-pound professional athlete to have a heart attack at 36.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /tennis/features/1997/arthurashe/sport2.html   (1625 words)

  
 ashe
The Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professorship in Constitutional Law was established in 1996 in the University's School of Law by Thomas Ashe Lockhart, the sixth-generation grandson of the eminent jurist, governor, attorney and co-founder of UNC-CH.
The Ashe Professorship will be a reminder of the importance of a lawyer's character, independence, integrity, leadership and dedication to law and devotion to higher public education and public service, as exemplified through the life and service of Ashe.
Ashe was born in 1725, probably in the Albemarle Settlement.
carolinafirst.unc.edu /distprofs/ashe.htm   (588 words)

  
 Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (S-Samuel A)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
He was born in 1722 at Boston, Massachusettes and died in 1803.
A second cousin to John Adams, the second President of the USA, Samuel Adams was educated at Harvard and briefly studied law.
Samuel Chapman Armstrong was an American soldier and educator.
www.probertencyclopaedia.com /CD.HTM   (1392 words)

  
 Inventory of the Samuel A. Ashe Papers, 1855-1938
Samuel A. Ashe married Hannah Emerson Willard in 1871 and had nine children, one of whom was William Willard Ashe, who became a noted botanist and worked for the United States Forest Service.
Samuel A. Ashe attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he met future naval historian and life-long friend Alfred Thayer Mahan.
Ashe served with the Confederate Army throughout the Civil War, rising to the rank of captain.
www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/05193.html   (1532 words)

  
 Samuel Willey (1803-1886)
Samuel WILLEY and Matilda HOLBROOK posted a marriage bond in Ashe Co., NC, on Sep 05, 1858.
SAMUEL WILLEY, 61, farmer, NC -- Matilda, 38, NC -- Margarett, 10, NC -- Jackson, 9, NC -- Elizabeth, 6, NC -- Jane, 4, NC -- Caroline, 2, NC WAGGONER, Susan, 26, domestic servant, NC -- Alice, 2, NC 1880 Census, Alleghany Co., NC, Gap Civil Twp.
Samuel WILLEY and wife Matilda to Solomon WILLEY, 113 acres on Fighting Creek.
www.moonzstuff.com /Cheek/WilleySamuel.html   (509 words)

  
 Samuel Willcockson (Wilcoxon)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
More research is needed for Samuel and Anna Willcockson and their children.  Estill County’s George Wilcoxson is a mystery and may be a son.   Greater precision is needed on the children’s birth dates.
Samuel Wilcockson returned to Kentucky in early 1785.  Sarah Yates and Jemima Brown, two grandchildren of Samuel Wilcockson, Sr., stated that their mother, Sarah (Wilcoxson) Yates, was born at Fort Boone on 28 January 1785.   Their letters stating this are found later in this chapter.
Why Samuel Wilcoxson settled in eastern Estill County, Kentucky is a good question when one sees the land.   Samuel and his son Squire seem to follow similar path locations and after Samuel dies, Squire moves on to Illinois.
www.planetmurphy.org /content/body/WilcoxSam.htm   (5131 words)

  
 Samuel Ashe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ashe was Governor of North Carolina from 1795 to1798.
Ashe was a strong opponent of the Federalists though he supported John Adams during the 1798 dispute with France (John Jay Affair).
Ashe's letters and documents are found in the North Carolina State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh and in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
toto.lib.unca.edu /findingaids/mss/speculation_lands/biographies/ashe.htm   (281 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Asad to Ashler
Adnah Cemetery, Fulton, N.Y. Ash, Gail — of Weirton,
Ashe, Samuel (1725-1813) — of New Hanover County, N.C. Born in Bath,
Ashe, Thomas Samuel (1812-1887) — of North Carolina.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html   (1399 words)

  
 Samuel Ashe
Ashe was born in Beaufort, North Carolina; his father John Captista Ashe, had been president of the North Carolina Colonial Assembly.
He became involved in the revolutionary movement and served in the North Carolina Provincial Congress, in the Halifax Congress and as a member of the North Carolina militia.
Ashe County, North Carolina is named in his honor.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/samuel_ashe   (300 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Samuel-Ashe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
He married Mary Porter in 1748; they had three children before she died and Ashe remarried, this time to Elizabeth Merrik.
In 1776, he was elected to the North Carolia Senate and was elected speaker; the following year, Ashe was appointed presiding judge of the state Superior Court; a post he held until 1795.
Ashe continued to remain active in politics after his term as governor, serving as a member of the Electoral College in 1804.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Samuel_Ashe   (280 words)

  
 The Ashe's of Greenfields
Ashe, born February 06, 1913 in Buffalo, NY.
Ruth Ashe, born March 13, 1920 in Buffalo, NY; died December 08, 1990 in Buffalo, NY.
Catherine Ashe, born November 03, 1917 in Alameda, Cal. She married Chester Karson July 03, 1959 in San Diego, California.
www.iol.ie /~pashe/ashes007.html   (401 words)

  
 Learn about Ashe County
Freeholders of what is now Ashe, Alleghany, and Watauga counties in North Carolina and the present counties of Washington, Hawkins, Sullivan, and Greene in Tennessee felt that the General Assembly had acted in bad faith by repealing the cession act before the year allowed for action had expired.
The county was named for Samuel Ashe, Revolutionary War patriot who had served as Superior Court Judge for three terms and had been elected Governor in 1795, 1796, and 1797.
The Act which created Ashe County in 1799 contained requirements that a site be established for a county seat in the approximate center of the county land area.
www.ashechamber.com /roots.html   (1509 words)

  
 Samuel Baker (1755/65) of Ashe Co, NC
On 6 Aug 1794 Samuel Baker and others were named for a road jury to view the road from County road extending through Deep Gap of Blue Ridge to Deep Gap in Rich Mountain at head of Meat Camp Creek from there to the state line on Stone Mountain.
In 1799, Ashe County was formed from the north western portion of Wilkes County, including the area were most of the Wilkes County Bakers lived.
Samuel may still in Ashe County for the 1810 census, but unfortunately the census taker only used initials, so there are two men named "S. Baker" listed.
www.martygrant.com /gen/baker/baker-samuel-ashe.htm   (947 words)

  
 Family Group 12
Lineage of Samuel Pennington is described in: Pennington Pedigrees 1-1, pg 70, Pennington Pedigrees 2-2, pg 31, Pennington Pedigrees 2-2, pg 32, Pennington Pedigrees 3-2, pg 44, and Pennington Pedigrees 10-1, pg 40.
In the 1880 census of Helton Twp., Ashe County, NC, two of Samuel's sons, Stephen and C. Harvey, and both say that their father was born in VA.
She was married to Joseph Spencer in January 1842 in Ashe Co., NC.
www.penningtonresearch.org /family_groups/fg2000-12.htm   (1149 words)

  
 NCGenWeb - Ashe County
Ashe County, NC Ashe County is located in the northwestern corner of the state.
The county was named for Samuel Ashe, a Revolutionary War patriot.
Another early explorer to the present-day Ashe County area was Bishop Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg, a Moravian leader on a search for a new home for group.
www.rootsweb.com /~ncashe   (417 words)

  
 Ashe County, North Carolina NC, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ashe County, NC Ashe County is one of 100 counties in North Carolina.
This was an increase of 3.44% from the 2000 census.
Ashe County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19075   (417 words)

  
 Samuel Cooper, Ashe Co. NC, unknown MD (b. abt. 1797)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
I am searching for a Samuel Cooper, possibly born about 1797 in MD. He later moved to NW North Carolina (Ashe Co.), possibly prior to 1820, most likely prior to 1830, and definitely prior to 1840.
In the 1850 Ashe Co. census, he indicates that he was born in MD, his wife (Ann) was born in VA, and all children listed (the oldest being 16) were born in NC.
Re: Samuel Cooper, Ashe Co. NC, unknown MD (b.
www.jenforum.com /cooper/messages/12411.html   (105 words)

  
 Ashe Family Genealogy Forum (25 Latest Messages)
Re: Samuel ASHE, Governor of North Carolina - Mary Tillotson 9/07/05
Re: Samuel Puckett Ashe was 21 in 1860 in Haywood co Tn.
Samuel Puckett Ashe was 21 in 1860 in Haywood co Tn.
genforum.genealogy.com /cgi-bin/latest.cgi?ashe   (244 words)

  
 New River Valley Historical Notes - Ashe County, North Carolina - Genealogy, History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It was named in honor of Samuel Ashe, a Revolutionary patriot, a superior court judge, and Governor of the State.
Ashe County Court Orders 1864 This is the last file of court minutes under the Confederate government.
Forest Conditions in Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany County, NC in 1911
www.ls.net /~newriver/nc/ashe.htm   (1356 words)

  
 Samuel F. Patterson - North Carolina Department of State Treasurer
Samuel Finley Patterson was known for much of his life as General Patterson because of his previous appointments, first as brigadier of the militia and then as major general of the State militia, by the General Assembly during the Civil War.
Historian Samuel A. Ashe was deeply impressed with the long and varied public career of veteran public servant Samuel Patterson.
1 Samuel Ashe, Stephen B. Weeks, Charles L. Van Noppen, eds., Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present, Vol.
www.treasurer.state.nc.us /dsthome/officeofthetreasurer/history/samuel_f_patterson.htm   (526 words)

  
 Index to ALHN page for Ashe County, NC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Please submit any material you have relating to Ashe county to me.
Ashe County is located in the Northwest corner of North Carolina.
Named for the Revolutionary patriot, Samuel Ashe, Ashe county was formed in 1799 from the North side and North West corner of Wilkes County.
ashe.ncalhn.org   (256 words)

  
 Ashe Family Genealogy Forum
Re: annie ashe - dingle peninsula - Mary 8/29/01
Re: Ashe, Hanafin, Moriarty descendant - Owen Loney 10/29/01
Re: Ashe, Hanafin, Moriarty descendant - Ian Ashe 11/17/01
genforum.genealogy.com /ashe   (2935 words)

  
 William H. Worth - North Carolina Department of State Treasurer
After he made a name for himself as business agent for Lenoir County, he was appointed State business agent in 1889, serving in that position until December 31, 1894.
During the Fusion campaign of 1894, Worth was nominated as the Populist Party's candidate for Treasurer to oppose Colonel Samuel McDowell Tate for the remaining two years of the unexpired term of Donald Bain who had died in office.
Historian Samuel Ashe was highly impressed with Worth's diligence to make the matter right.
www.treasurer.state.nc.us /DSTHome/OfficeOfTheTreasurer/History/william_h_worth.htm   (302 words)

  
 Re: Samuel Swann of NC
The Swanns, Lillingtons, Moores and Ashes were very popular and wealthy people during the 1700s in North Carolina.
Re: Samuel Swann of NC Nat Henderson Swann 10/15/00
Re: Samuel Swann of NC Nat Henderson Swann 10/12/00
genforum.com /swann/messages/195.html   (134 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.