Daughter of George & Hannah Hardwick-Hardage Asbury, married Rev. Benjamin Stone in 1773 in Culpeper, VA. Patriot. Has a DAR chapter named after her. Anna rode her horse "Nelly" from VA to Valley Forge and hand carried a message to General George Washington from York, PA. Buried in Rose Valley, Cadiz, Green Twp., Harrison, OH. A memorial stone was placed in Cadiz Union Cemetery in 1981 in honor of Rev. Benjamin & Anna (Asbury) Stone.
Anna Asbury Stone Chapter of DAR
Anna Asbury Stone was the brave little Great-Great Grandmother of the Regent. During the dark winter at Valley Forge, her three brothers and her husband were with Washington. News came to her home near Culpeper, Virginia of the terrible suffering and want at Valley Forge, and Anna made up her mind to do what she could. Riding on her own horse, "Nelly", loaded with all she could carry of provisions, clothing and blankets she set forth. It was no easy trip, two hundred and fifty miles, in the dead of winter, over roads infested by the enemy. When she reached York, Pennsylvania, then the seat of Government, she was given a packet of letters and asked to deliver it into General Washington's own hands for the letters revealed some of the plots against the Commander-in- Chief. The next day, as Anna went on her way, attempts were made to take the packet from her, but her fleet horse carried her safe into camp where she had the pleasure of placing the packet into Washington's hands..
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Source:.
From the History of Anna Asbury Stone Chapter of DAR pg. 96 of "Ohio State History of the Daughters of the American Revolution"; Greenfield Printing & Publishing Co., c1928.
Anna Asbury Stone Chapter of DAR
Anna Asbury Stone was the brave little Great-Great Grandmother of the Regent. During the dark winter at Valley Forge, her three brothers and her husband were with Washington. News came to her home near Culpeper, Virginia of the terrible suffering and want at Valley Forge, and Anna made up her mind to do what she could. Riding on her own horse, "Nelly", loaded with all she could carry of provisions, clothing and blankets she set forth. It was no easy trip, two hundred and fifty miles, in the dead of winter, over roads infested by the enemy. When she reached York, Pennsylvania, then the seat of Government, she was given a packet of letters and asked to deliver it into General Washington's own hands for the letters revealed some of the plots against the Commander-in- Chief. The next day, as Anna went on her way, attempts were made to take the packet from her, but her fleet horse carried her safe into camp where she had the pleasure of placing the packet into Washington's hands..
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Source:.
From the History of Anna Asbury Stone Chapter of DAR pg. 96 of "Ohio State History of the Daughters of the American Revolution"; Greenfield Printing & Publishing Co., c1928.
Daughter of George & Hannah Hardwick-Hardage Asbury, married Rev. Benjamin Stone in 1773 in Culpeper, VA. Patriot. Has a DAR chapter named after her. Anna rode her horse "Nelly" from VA to Valley Forge and hand carried a message to General George Washington from York, PA. Buried in Rose Valley, Cadiz, Green Twp., Harrison, OH. A memorial stone was placed in Cadiz Union Cemetery in 1981 in honor of Rev. Benjamin & Anna (Asbury) Stone.
Anna Asbury Stone Chapter of DAR
Anna Asbury Stone was the brave little Great-Great Grandmother of the Regent. During the dark winter at Valley Forge, her three brothers and her husband were with Washington. News came to her home near Culpeper, Virginia of the terrible suffering and want at Valley Forge, and Anna made up her mind to do what she could. Riding on her own horse, "Nelly", loaded with all she could carry of provisions, clothing and blankets she set forth. It was no easy trip, two hundred and fifty miles, in the dead of winter, over roads infested by the enemy. When she reached York, Pennsylvania, then the seat of Government, she was given a packet of letters and asked to deliver it into General Washington's own hands for the letters revealed some of the plots against the Commander-in- Chief. The next day, as Anna went on her way, attempts were made to take the packet from her, but her fleet horse carried her safe into camp where she had the pleasure of placing the packet into Washington's hands..
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Source:.
From the History of Anna Asbury Stone Chapter of DAR pg. 96 of "Ohio State History of the Daughters of the American Revolution"; Greenfield Printing & Publishing Co., c1928.
Anna Asbury Stone Chapter of DAR
Anna Asbury Stone was the brave little Great-Great Grandmother of the Regent. During the dark winter at Valley Forge, her three brothers and her husband were with Washington. News came to her home near Culpeper, Virginia of the terrible suffering and want at Valley Forge, and Anna made up her mind to do what she could. Riding on her own horse, "Nelly", loaded with all she could carry of provisions, clothing and blankets she set forth. It was no easy trip, two hundred and fifty miles, in the dead of winter, over roads infested by the enemy. When she reached York, Pennsylvania, then the seat of Government, she was given a packet of letters and asked to deliver it into General Washington's own hands for the letters revealed some of the plots against the Commander-in- Chief. The next day, as Anna went on her way, attempts were made to take the packet from her, but her fleet horse carried her safe into camp where she had the pleasure of placing the packet into Washington's hands..
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Source:.
From the History of Anna Asbury Stone Chapter of DAR pg. 96 of "Ohio State History of the Daughters of the American Revolution"; Greenfield Printing & Publishing Co., c1928.
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Anna Asbury Stone
Patriot
Revolutionary War
Buried Rose Valley N. E. 1/4 Sec.11, T9 R4
Cadiz, Green Twp., Harrison, OH
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A memorial stone was placed at Cadiz Union Cemetery in her honor.
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