Jordan Ashley

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1820	Lancaster Co., SC
Marriage			To Sarah Ann Unknown
Death	<1860
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 4                Generation 5        Generation 6
 
                                             +-- [unknown]
                                             |
                         +-- Jordan Ashley --+
                         |   (~1820-<1860)   |         
 Nancy Rebecca Ashley ---+                   +-- [unknown]
   (1851-1905)           |
                         +-- Sarah Ann [unknown]
                             (~1820/30-????)

Sources:

Children

(with Sarah Ann unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Nancy Rebecca Ashley	F	May 1851	SC	Andrew Lindsey Thomas

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Lancaster Co., SC	~1820

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, York Twp., York Co., SC, Page 188, lines 29-30 lists Jordan Ashley, 30, married to Sarah Ashley, 30. Jordan is a laborer. He was born in Lancaster District. Sarah was born in NC. This census is dated 20 Sep 1850.
2	1860 United States Federal Census, Western Division, Mecklenburg Co., NC, Page 9, lines 22-24 lists widow Sarah A. Ashley, 38. She lives with daughter Nancy R. Ashley, 9, and laborer Nancy M. Doury, 26. Sarah is a farmer. Sarah and Nancy Doury were born in NC, Nancy Ashley was born in SC. Nancy Ashley attended school within the census year. This census is dated 8 Jun 1860.
3	Research of Murphy & Robbie King Whisnant, correspondence & interviews of Murphy Whisnant by E. W. Williams, 1990-ongoing.

Source notes

These 2 census extracts furnished by Murphy Whisnant, with truncated census photocopies.

Research

The material in this section is for research leads only. We do not wish to imply any connection to our family at present, nor suggest its use without additional confirmation.

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
R1	1810 United States Federal Census, Kershaw, SC. Page 11 lists Jordan Ashley, head of household. Family includes: 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male >44, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-25, 1 female >44. This would appear to be too early for the Ashley Jordan in generation 5, but that Ashley is indicated in the 1850 census as born in Lancaster Co, SC. Kershaw is located in Lancaster Co., just across the border from York Co. This could be his family, perhaps the head of household is his grandfather and one of the two younger males is his father.
R2	1800 United States Federal Census, Lancaster District, SC. Page 7 lists family of Jordan Ashley as follows: 1 male <10, 1 male 16-25, 1 male >44, 3 females <10, 2 females 10-15, 2 females 16-25, 1 female >45.
R3	1830 United States Federal Census, Lancaster Twp, Lancaster Co., SC Lists family of Francis Ashley as follows: 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female <5, 1 female5-10, 1 female 30-40. The male child is the right age for Jordan Ashley (Gen. 5) and the location is right.
R4	No record of 1820 or 1840 census could be found