Bladen Ashby was born in 1759 in or near Bladensburg, MD, and/or "near Harper's Ferry".
Bladen moved to quarter section No. 12 on the middle fork of the Whitewater River. The town of Middleboro was built just south of the bridge on the land of Bladen Ashby. Much of Ashby's land was sold off in small lots for homes and quarries and also for a schoolhouse, and when the final holding was sold, only the south half of the section had remained. This south half was known as the Boyd farm and is one of the most attractive homesteads in the township. The house stands on an eminance and is the third to stand on this spot. Perhaps the only building remaining is the springhouse which has a flowing spring supplying running water. (We still use this old stone springhouse and the spring is still our water supply. This springhouse was built by Bladen and was still in use in 1964.
The first house built by Ashby was a log house and to the south of it a blockhouse for protection against the Indians. South of the house was planted an orchard, now gone, and in the southwest corner of this orchard is an old and neglected cemetery.
Catherine remained on their farm until 1832 when it was sold and she and children moved to Michigan.
Bladen was named after the town of his birth, Bladensburg, MD. After the war he settled in Hardin County, KY and married Catherine VAN METER who was also quite active in Revolutionary enterprizes. His home was in Elizabethtown, and Warner's book on Lincoln's parentage contains his name as one of the trustees of the academy located there.
Bladen and family lived on his farm buried on his farm orchard in Ladoga, IN near Richmond for 20 years. Bladen died in 1828 and was buried there. The land was sold by his widow in 1832 to Silas BOND and his wife moved to Cass County, Michigan, where she lived with her daughter, Eleanor, and died in 1835.
Will Book 1, Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana, p. 158; Will of Bladen ASHBY dated 25 Aug 1823:
"In the name of God Amen...etc....
First, I will, devise, and bequeath unto my beloved wife Caty ASHBY all and singular my estate both real and personal for her to dispose of at her pleasure, after having paid all my just debts.
Secondly, I do hereby appoint, ordain, and constitute my beloved son Abraham ASHBY sole executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and disannulling all other wills heretofore made by me.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty five day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
(signed: ) Bladen ASHBY
Witnesses: Aaron Martin
Joshua SIMPSON
Private Bladen ASHBY #231 enlisted at Fort Pitt and belonged to Colonel John GIBSON's Detachment, Western Department, Continental Line from 1 Jan 1780 to 6 Dec 1781. He served also with George Rogers CLARK at Vincennes and was taken by CLARK from the British and the Indians. He was a hunter, scout, and Indian fighter. He served also in James KNOX's Company and in Captain Peter ASTURGUE's Company of Kentucky.
Sworn statements by Easter PENLAND (90 years old on 25 May 1903) and Nancy MARRS (93 years old in 1913) stated that Bladen told them many times of entering the Army as a spy under General George WASHINGTON at the age of 16. Later he enrolled as a Private. After serving in that capacity for three years he served under General WASHINGTON until the close of the War. Also, there were several letters from his grandchildren stating the same.
Records from Pension Office, War Department, Washington, DC (300 a-a); certified statement of a personal acquaintance of Bladen ASHBY. [DAR Application #103198.]
Bladen moved to quarter section No. 12 on the middle fork of the Whitewater River. The town of Middleboro was built just south of the bridge on the land of Bladen Ashby. Much of Ashby's land was sold off in small lots for homes and quarries and also for a schoolhouse, and when the final holding was sold, only the south half of the section had remained. This south half was known as the Boyd farm and is one of the most attractive homesteads in the township. The house stands on an eminance and is the third to stand on this spot. Perhaps the only building remaining is the springhouse which has a flowing spring supplying running water. (We still use this old stone springhouse and the spring is still our water supply. This springhouse was built by Bladen and was still in use in 1964.
The first house built by Ashby was a log house and to the south of it a blockhouse for protection against the Indians. South of the house was planted an orchard, now gone, and in the southwest corner of this orchard is an old and neglected cemetery.
Catherine remained on their farm until 1832 when it was sold and she and children moved to Michigan.
Bladen was named after the town of his birth, Bladensburg, MD. After the war he settled in Hardin County, KY and married Catherine VAN METER who was also quite active in Revolutionary enterprizes. His home was in Elizabethtown, and Warner's book on Lincoln's parentage contains his name as one of the trustees of the academy located there.
Bladen and family lived on his farm buried on his farm orchard in Ladoga, IN near Richmond for 20 years. Bladen died in 1828 and was buried there. The land was sold by his widow in 1832 to Silas BOND and his wife moved to Cass County, Michigan, where she lived with her daughter, Eleanor, and died in 1835.
Will Book 1, Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana, p. 158; Will of Bladen ASHBY dated 25 Aug 1823:
"In the name of God Amen...etc....
First, I will, devise, and bequeath unto my beloved wife Caty ASHBY all and singular my estate both real and personal for her to dispose of at her pleasure, after having paid all my just debts.
Secondly, I do hereby appoint, ordain, and constitute my beloved son Abraham ASHBY sole executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and disannulling all other wills heretofore made by me.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty five day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
(signed: ) Bladen ASHBY
Witnesses: Aaron Martin
Joshua SIMPSON
Private Bladen ASHBY #231 enlisted at Fort Pitt and belonged to Colonel John GIBSON's Detachment, Western Department, Continental Line from 1 Jan 1780 to 6 Dec 1781. He served also with George Rogers CLARK at Vincennes and was taken by CLARK from the British and the Indians. He was a hunter, scout, and Indian fighter. He served also in James KNOX's Company and in Captain Peter ASTURGUE's Company of Kentucky.
Sworn statements by Easter PENLAND (90 years old on 25 May 1903) and Nancy MARRS (93 years old in 1913) stated that Bladen told them many times of entering the Army as a spy under General George WASHINGTON at the age of 16. Later he enrolled as a Private. After serving in that capacity for three years he served under General WASHINGTON until the close of the War. Also, there were several letters from his grandchildren stating the same.
Records from Pension Office, War Department, Washington, DC (300 a-a); certified statement of a personal acquaintance of Bladen ASHBY. [DAR Application #103198.]
Bladen Ashby was born in 1759 in or near Bladensburg, MD, and/or "near Harper's Ferry".
Bladen moved to quarter section No. 12 on the middle fork of the Whitewater River. The town of Middleboro was built just south of the bridge on the land of Bladen Ashby. Much of Ashby's land was sold off in small lots for homes and quarries and also for a schoolhouse, and when the final holding was sold, only the south half of the section had remained. This south half was known as the Boyd farm and is one of the most attractive homesteads in the township. The house stands on an eminance and is the third to stand on this spot. Perhaps the only building remaining is the springhouse which has a flowing spring supplying running water. (We still use this old stone springhouse and the spring is still our water supply. This springhouse was built by Bladen and was still in use in 1964.
The first house built by Ashby was a log house and to the south of it a blockhouse for protection against the Indians. South of the house was planted an orchard, now gone, and in the southwest corner of this orchard is an old and neglected cemetery.
Catherine remained on their farm until 1832 when it was sold and she and children moved to Michigan.
Bladen was named after the town of his birth, Bladensburg, MD. After the war he settled in Hardin County, KY and married Catherine VAN METER who was also quite active in Revolutionary enterprizes. His home was in Elizabethtown, and Warner's book on Lincoln's parentage contains his name as one of the trustees of the academy located there.
Bladen and family lived on his farm buried on his farm orchard in Ladoga, IN near Richmond for 20 years. Bladen died in 1828 and was buried there. The land was sold by his widow in 1832 to Silas BOND and his wife moved to Cass County, Michigan, where she lived with her daughter, Eleanor, and died in 1835.
Will Book 1, Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana, p. 158; Will of Bladen ASHBY dated 25 Aug 1823:
"In the name of God Amen...etc....
First, I will, devise, and bequeath unto my beloved wife Caty ASHBY all and singular my estate both real and personal for her to dispose of at her pleasure, after having paid all my just debts.
Secondly, I do hereby appoint, ordain, and constitute my beloved son Abraham ASHBY sole executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and disannulling all other wills heretofore made by me.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty five day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
(signed: ) Bladen ASHBY
Witnesses: Aaron Martin
Joshua SIMPSON
Private Bladen ASHBY #231 enlisted at Fort Pitt and belonged to Colonel John GIBSON's Detachment, Western Department, Continental Line from 1 Jan 1780 to 6 Dec 1781. He served also with George Rogers CLARK at Vincennes and was taken by CLARK from the British and the Indians. He was a hunter, scout, and Indian fighter. He served also in James KNOX's Company and in Captain Peter ASTURGUE's Company of Kentucky.
Sworn statements by Easter PENLAND (90 years old on 25 May 1903) and Nancy MARRS (93 years old in 1913) stated that Bladen told them many times of entering the Army as a spy under General George WASHINGTON at the age of 16. Later he enrolled as a Private. After serving in that capacity for three years he served under General WASHINGTON until the close of the War. Also, there were several letters from his grandchildren stating the same.
Records from Pension Office, War Department, Washington, DC (300 a-a); certified statement of a personal acquaintance of Bladen ASHBY. [DAR Application #103198.]
Bladen moved to quarter section No. 12 on the middle fork of the Whitewater River. The town of Middleboro was built just south of the bridge on the land of Bladen Ashby. Much of Ashby's land was sold off in small lots for homes and quarries and also for a schoolhouse, and when the final holding was sold, only the south half of the section had remained. This south half was known as the Boyd farm and is one of the most attractive homesteads in the township. The house stands on an eminance and is the third to stand on this spot. Perhaps the only building remaining is the springhouse which has a flowing spring supplying running water. (We still use this old stone springhouse and the spring is still our water supply. This springhouse was built by Bladen and was still in use in 1964.
The first house built by Ashby was a log house and to the south of it a blockhouse for protection against the Indians. South of the house was planted an orchard, now gone, and in the southwest corner of this orchard is an old and neglected cemetery.
Catherine remained on their farm until 1832 when it was sold and she and children moved to Michigan.
Bladen was named after the town of his birth, Bladensburg, MD. After the war he settled in Hardin County, KY and married Catherine VAN METER who was also quite active in Revolutionary enterprizes. His home was in Elizabethtown, and Warner's book on Lincoln's parentage contains his name as one of the trustees of the academy located there.
Bladen and family lived on his farm buried on his farm orchard in Ladoga, IN near Richmond for 20 years. Bladen died in 1828 and was buried there. The land was sold by his widow in 1832 to Silas BOND and his wife moved to Cass County, Michigan, where she lived with her daughter, Eleanor, and died in 1835.
Will Book 1, Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana, p. 158; Will of Bladen ASHBY dated 25 Aug 1823:
"In the name of God Amen...etc....
First, I will, devise, and bequeath unto my beloved wife Caty ASHBY all and singular my estate both real and personal for her to dispose of at her pleasure, after having paid all my just debts.
Secondly, I do hereby appoint, ordain, and constitute my beloved son Abraham ASHBY sole executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and disannulling all other wills heretofore made by me.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty five day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
(signed: ) Bladen ASHBY
Witnesses: Aaron Martin
Joshua SIMPSON
Private Bladen ASHBY #231 enlisted at Fort Pitt and belonged to Colonel John GIBSON's Detachment, Western Department, Continental Line from 1 Jan 1780 to 6 Dec 1781. He served also with George Rogers CLARK at Vincennes and was taken by CLARK from the British and the Indians. He was a hunter, scout, and Indian fighter. He served also in James KNOX's Company and in Captain Peter ASTURGUE's Company of Kentucky.
Sworn statements by Easter PENLAND (90 years old on 25 May 1903) and Nancy MARRS (93 years old in 1913) stated that Bladen told them many times of entering the Army as a spy under General George WASHINGTON at the age of 16. Later he enrolled as a Private. After serving in that capacity for three years he served under General WASHINGTON until the close of the War. Also, there were several letters from his grandchildren stating the same.
Records from Pension Office, War Department, Washington, DC (300 a-a); certified statement of a personal acquaintance of Bladen ASHBY. [DAR Application #103198.]
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Transcription of stone: BLADEN ASHBY 9 VA. REGT. REV.WAR
DEDICATED BY RICHMOND, IND. CHAPTER D.A.R. 1931
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