Elias Ash b. Abt 1813 Kentucky d. 1 Sep 1851 Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky: Our Family History

Elias Ash

Abt 1813 - 1851 (~ 38 years)

Name	Elias Ash
Birth	Abt 1813	Kentucky
Gender	Male
Flourished	5 Aug 1850	Hart County, Kentucky
	US Agricultural Census
	In 1850 Elias Ash and his family were successfully farming on 215 acres of land. Their 60 acres of crops produced, 600 pounds of Irish potatoes and 1000 pounds of sweet potatoes, 40 bushels of wheat, 650 bushels of indian corn, 120 bushels of oats, 5 bushels of peas and beans and 150 lbs of flax for linen and 5 bushels of flax seed. Their livestock included four milch cows that produced 300 pounds of butter, 5 horses, 15 sheep, 50 pigs and 8 other cattle. Name: Elias Ash Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Hart, Kentucky, United States Event Place (Original): Hart, Kentucky Event Type: Census Affiliate Film Number: Roll 3 Affiliate Publication Number: M1528 Affiliate Publication Title: Population; Non-Population Census Schedules for the State of Kentucky, (Agriculture) 1850-1880 Digital Folder Number: 102959502 Image Number: 00162 "United States, Kentucky, Agricultural Schedules, 1850-1880", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68SG-Z6G4 : 28 December 2021), Elias Ash, 1850.

Death	1 Sep 1851	Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky
	Cause: murder at the hand of Patrick Gardiner
	Address: Ettlinger's Tavern
Person ID	I4138	Gustafson/Morrow
Last Modified	14 Jan 2025

Family Sarah McClain, b. Abt 1812, Kentucky

Marriage Abt 1833

Census 1840 Hart County, Kentucky

Searched all of 1840 Hart County Census - did not find any other Ash families living there.
Name: Elias Ash
Event Date: 1840
Event Place: Hart, Kentucky, United States
Event Place (Original): Hart
Event Type: Census
Page: 190
Affiliate Film Number: 113
Affiliate Publication Number: M704
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Household
Role
Sex
Age

Elias Ash
M
20-30 years

Sarah Ash
F
20-30 years

Nancy J Ash
F
-5 years

Lydia Ash
F
-5 years

Charles W Ash
M
-5 years

Digital Folder Number: 005154534
Microfilm Number: 0007827
Image Number: 00386

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRK-KRL : 8 December 2020), Elias Ash, Hart, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 190, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

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Media Date: 1840
Keywords: Picture

Census 6 Aug 1850 Hart County, Kentucky

In the 1850 census, Elias Ash is listed as a person over 20 years old that can read and write while his wife Sarah is listed as being unable to. None of his children, ranging from 14 yrs old to 3 are attending school.

Name: Elias Ash
Sex: Male
Age: 37 years
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Hart, Kentucky, United States
Event Place (Original): Hart county, Hart, Kentucky, United States
Event Type: Census
Birth Year (Estimated): 1813
Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Household Identifier: 532
House Number: 529
Line Number: 26
Schedule Type: 1850 Population
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
Sarah Ash		F	38 years	Kentucky, United States
Nancy J Ash		F	14 years	Kentucky, United States
Lydia A Ash		F	13 years	Kentucky, United States
Charles W Ash		M	11 years	Kentucky, United States
Willis G Ash		M	9 years	Kentucky, United States
Amanda H Ash		F	6 years	Kentucky, United States
Susan E Ash		F	3 years	Kentucky, United States

Digital Folder Number: 004192494
Microfilm Number: 442972
Image Number: 92
Indexing Batch: N01099-6

"United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M65W-CM4 : Mon Mar 20 04:18:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Elias Ash and Amanda H Ash, 1850.