Ashe Cemetery

Pender County North Carolina

Surveyed by Matt Hillman August 2010




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Ashe Cemetery in Pender County, NC.

Location: on Old River Rd back in the fields, on Private property, must get permission before entering property

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34° 28’ 42” N
    77° 50’ 47” W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Mary Porter Ashe Daughter of William S Ashe Nov 12 1841 Jun 1 1865 Buried in Fayetteville Ann Eliza Ashe Wife of Dr Jas A Miller Daughter of Wm S Ashe 1831-1868 Married 1857 Sarah Ann Green Daughter of John Green & Ann Grange Wife of Maj Wm Shepperd Ashe Jan 6 1816 Jul 8 1863 Maj Wm Shepperd Ashe Son of Col Samuel Ashe & Elizabeth Shepperd Ashe Aug 12 1813 Sep 14 1862 Triple Stone Gov Samuel Ashe 1725-1813 Col Samuel Ashe 1763-1836 William S Ashe 1813-1862 Owen Holmes Died Jun 6 1840 Aged 44 Years Elizabeth Wife of Owen Holmes Died Jun 15 1838 Mary Porter Daughter of John Porter III & Mary Moore First Wife of Gov Samuel Ashe 1732-1767 Samuel Ashe Of Bath NC 1725-1813 A leader In Preparing Plans For The Revolutionary War and framing the Constitution of NC Appointed Justice 1779-1795 Govenor of NC 1795-1798 Son of John Baptista Ashe of Bath Co., NC Ca 1695-1734 and Wife Elizabeth Swann Both buried on Bellamy Estate Lower Cape Fear River Grandson of John Ash "Ashe" “The Agent” of CHarleston, SC Ca 1655-1703 In England and Wife Mary Batt Buried in Charleston SC Elizabeth Jones Merrick Daughter of Thomas Jones & Elizabeth Moore Second Wife of Gov Samuel Ashe Jun 10 1735 Jan 3 1815 Thomas Jones Ashe Son of Governor Sam’l & Elizabeth Jones M Ashe Mar 5 1770 Sep 18 1795 Colonel Samuel Ashe 2nd youngest Son of Governor Samuel Ashe & Mary Porter Feb 1 1763 Nov 3 1835 Elizabeth Shepperd Daughter of Col William Shepperd & Elizabeth Haywood Wife of Col Samuel Ashe May 4 1772 Apr 17 1854 William Cincinnatus Ashe Son of Gov Ashe 1765-1781 Lt of Marines Lost at Sea Thomas Henry ashe Son of Col Samuel & Elizabeth Shepperd Ashe Sep 21 1815 Sep 11 1859 Bettie H Shaw Died Oct 1 1872 Aged 36 Ys [?] Shaw Died [?] 1873 or 78 Aged 8 Mos Daniel Shaw & Children of J B & A M Huggins NOI James A Son of David & Sarah P McIntire Died Jun 18 1848 Aged ? Ys, 2 Ms & 12 Ds Samuel Swann Ashe 1811-1830 Son of Col Samuel Ashe & Elizabeth Shepperd Died in route to West Point US Military Academy Lt Col John Baptista Ashe Eldest Son of Gov Samuel Ashe & Mary Porter 1748-1802 Buried Halifax, NC Elizabeth Montfor Wife of Lt Col John Baptista Ashe Ca 1755-1812 Buried Halifax, NC Double Stone John Baptista Ash Son of John Ash “The Agent” & Mary Batt CA 1695-1734 Elizabeth Swann Wife of John Baptista Ashe 1698-1729 Both Buried Bellamy Plantation Double Stone Rev Jesse P Jordan 1805-1881 Mary E Lane 1823-1879 Elizabeth Lane Died Feb 14 1846 Aged 70 Ys Ezekiel Lane Died Jul 29 1834 Aged 61 Ys

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