Orange County Indexed
The Ashe surname
The Ashe name in Orange County Indexed: 54 historical records, 11 people in the chronology and 6 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1786 to 1872
most named in the 1810s
- Court minutes 1786–1818
- Marriages 1792–1845
- Deeds 1798–1872
- Records of enslaved people 1815–1843
- Wills 1822
- In the chronology
- 1767 to 1981 11 people in 25 entries, most in the 1770s
- In books and archives
- 6 people, born 1720 to 1872
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Cane Creek (7), Haw River (3), Mebane (3), Chapel Hill (3), New River (2), James Elliot’s Mill (2), Mill Creek (2), Great Road (2)
- Married into
- Shepperd 2, Hill 1, Strudwick 1, Bell 1, Burgwinne 1, Mitchell 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Strudwick 5, Moore 4, Mickle 4, Trimble 3, Child 3, Morrow 2, Jackson 2, Webb 2, Olmstead 2, Waddell 2, Canady 2, Morris 2
- People with a page here
- John Ashe, John Baptista Ashe, Samuel A. Ashe, Samuel Ashe, W. W. (William Willard) Ashe, William Sheppard Ashe
- Search beyond these records
- Ashe in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Ashe there)
- Ashe in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 11 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Ashe, Arthur 1 entry, 1981
- Ashe, John 6 entries, 1768–1771
- Ashe, John 1 entry, 1870
- Ashe, Paoli 1 entry, 1818
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Ashe, Richard 4 entries, 1817–1866
Show the 4 entries
- May Term 1817: The court orders land valued for Samuel Child and Richard Ashe's proposed mill on Cain Creek
- August Term 1818: The court decrees that James and Elias Millican may build a grist mill and pay the petitioners eight dollars
- May Term 1818: The court binds Samuel Strudwick over to the Superior Court for the death of an enslaved woman he whipped
- 1866: John Wall Norwood buys the brick law office facing the courthouse
- Ashe, S. A., Jr. 1 entry, 1890
- Ashe, Samuel 7 entries, 1767–1796
- Ashe, Samuel A. 1 entry, 1874
- Ashe, Thomas S. 2 entries, 1868–1879
- Ashe, W. W. 1 entry, 1933
- Ashe, William Sheppard 1 entry, 1849
In books and archives 6 headings
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Ashe, Samuel, 1725-1813 7 works
- Ashe, John, 1720?-1781 2 works
- Ashe, John Baptista, 1748-1802 1 work
- Ashe, Samuel A. 1 work
- Ashe, W. W. (William Willard), 1872-1932 1 work
- Ashe, William Sheppard, 1813-1862 1 work
In the historical records 54 records
27 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 7 marriages, 16 court minutes and 1 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Ashe marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
1790s
1800s
- 1806MarriagesMarriage bond: Sam Ashe and Elizabeth Shepperd
1810s
- 1810Court minutesAdministration of the estate of William Strudwick granted to Mrs Martha Strudwick and Samuel Ashe; sureties William Shepperd and Henry Sh…
- 1811DeedsWilliam F Strudwick estate by executor to Paoli Ashe & William F Strudwick & Samuel Strudwick & Edward C A Strudwick, 28 November 1811
- 1811MarriagesMarriage bond: Paoli P Ashe and Elizabeth Strudwick
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed William Allison as road overseer.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed William Morrow as road overseer.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Nathan Edwards as road overseer.
- 1813MarriagesMarriage bond: Sam P Ashe and Mary Shepperd
- 1815DeedsRichard Ashe to James Trimble, 5 February 1815
- 1815Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Richard Ashe to James Trimble, 5 February 1815
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Ashe and Eliza S Bell
- 1818DeedsThomas S Ashe to Samuel Child, 23 July 1818
- 1818Court minutesAfter recording the commissioners’ report, the court authorized James and Elias Millican’s mill; they paid the ordered compensation to Sa…
1820s
- 1820DeedsRichard D Ashe to James Morrow, 22 December 1820
- 1821DeedsArchibald D Murphey to Pasquale Paoli Ashe & Samuel Strudwick, 7 May 1821
- 1821DeedsJames Mebane to Pasquale Paoli Ashe, 11 January 1821
- 1821DeedsRichard D Ashe to Samuel Jackson, 4 April 1821
- 1821DeedsSamuel Strudwick to Pasquale Paoli Ashe & James Webb, 26 November 1821
- 1822DeedsSamuel P Ashe to Denison Olmstead, 21 November 1822
- 1822DeedsThomas S Ashe to Samuel Jackson, 3 June 1822
- 1822Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Samuel P Ashe to Denison Olmstead, 21 November 1822
- 1822WillsWill of William Sheppard
- 1823DeedsPaoli P Ashe to James Webb & Thomas Ruffin, 9 April 1823
1830s
1840s
- 1843DeedsGeorge Moore to Hugh Waddell trustee & Richard J Ashe, December 1843
- 1843Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: George Moore to Hugh Waddell, Richard J Ashe, December 1843
- 1845MarriagesMarriage bond: Richard J Ashe and Mary P Mitchell
- 1847DeedsRichard J Ashe to Edwin A Heartt, 1 December 1847
- 1847DeedsFrancis N Waddell & Elizabeth D Waddell to Richard J Ashe, 1 November 1847
1850s
1860s
1870s
Undated
- DeedsR F Morris & S A Ashe & W H Willard to R F Morris & Son Mfg Co
- Court minutesOn Joseph Taylor’s motion, Jno Ashe gained admission to practice before the court and qualified.
- Court minutesJohn Ashe’s recorded instrument conveyed Larry to Andrew Burke with a warranty of title.
- Court minutesJohn Ashe’s recorded instrument conveyed Sampson to Andrew Burke with a warranty of title.
- Court minutesOn John Hogan’s petition, Benjamin Davis became overseer with assigned workers for the road from John Grimes’s to Collinses creek.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded John McKerall damages and costs against James Child.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Richard Ashe to James Trimble, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe court summoned James and Elias Millican and appointed commissioners to inspect and value land for Samuel Child and Richard Ashe’s pro…
- Court minutesRichard Ashe took the qualifying oaths as justice of the peace.
- Court minutesSamuel Strudwick was required to appear in Superior Court after a report that his whipping caused an enslaved woman’s death; three men pr…
- Court minutesDeed, Thomas S Ashe to Samuel Child, proved by James Child.
