Source: "Arkansas Pioneers and Allied Families" -Compiled by Mrs. Larry P. Clark. pg. 506 (Scott-Ashby-Brown-Ziegler Families) >From information sent in by Mrs. Lucille Brown Ziegler, in Little Rock, Ark. 1. JOHN ASHBY b. Scot.- 1767 came to US in 1777, lived in Pr. Anne Co., VA, then in Rowan Co., NC. Wife not known. His son: 2. JOHN ASHBY b. Pr. Anne Co., VA., Oct. 11, 1800. 1823 to Rowan Co., NC. married REBECCA WOODRUFF, there in 1825. They moved to Walker Co., GA, Benton Co., AL, Floyd Co., GA and then to Claiborne Parish, LA, where he died in 1864. Rebecca Woodruff b. in Surry Co., NC in 1807. Father from Ireland, Mother was a Phillips. John and Rebecca had 10 children: Elizabeth, Lucinda, James, William, Woodruff, Jeanette, Amanda, John Wesley, Mary and Nancy. John and Rebecca's son: 3. JOHN WESLEY ASHBY b. Aug. 17, 1842, Floyd Co., GA, went to LA with parents. Was in the Civil War as a Confederate. Co., G., 12th Reg. Inf. There is a long description of his time as a soldier (for his confederate pension, no doubt) So, if you need more, you should read this quarterly. John Wesley married Mary Ann Paralee Scott, Oct. 22, 1868, Saline Co., ARK. John Wesley and Mary Ann had 4 children. Edna Elmina, Mary Elberta, Anna Pearl and John. There is more on this family but, I don't want to put so much up, that I violate any copyright. If you are sure this is your family. Let me know and I can help you more. Sue