I don't think that Jacob was in Ashville which is in Buncomb Co. I think he was in Cabarrus Co. However when I first started tracing my Harkey line, the information I had was that Jacob was born in Ashville. I believed it for a long time but never found out where that story came from. Martin was in Cabarrus so it makes sense to figure Jacob was born in Cabarrus?????? M. Apple is a member of our Harkey list. Mary Harkey Russell bird@scrtc.com