Depositions to establish land entries, ca. 1795-1810, of Nelson County [Kentucky]:
"...John Ash, Sr. on 4126/1780, "claimed pre-emption of 1000 acres ( ... based on his improvement of it in 1776) on Town Fk. of Salt R., ca. 2 mi e of Jos. Cox's land. (Ibid., P. 175); Ashes Creek was named for the Ash family that had a settlement on it ca. 1780... ". (Source)
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