Sounds like I may have to find these books by Earl Core...How many volumes are there Jane ? Also would William Ashford possibly have gotten a Tavern liscense for John Rightmire. and then John and Anna (Ashford) Rightmire ran the tavern ? William Ashford died in 1804 in Loudoun County according to an Ashford researcher I am working with. Thanks again Alice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane McCann Walsh" <jmwalsh@icubed.com> To: <VA-Harrison-Monongalia-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Earl Cores book > At 11:08 AM 3/10/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >Jane could you look in your book and see if you have any folks by the name > >of Ashford. It is possible the Major John Rightmire you mention and/or > >the Tavern keeper in Preston County may have been married to Anna > >Ashford daughter of William Ashford.who died in Loudoun Co Va Or if > >anyone else has any information on the surname Ashford that would be > >helpful also as it probably is a collateral line. > > Alice, > Yes, in volume 2, there is a William ASHFORD mentioned as having received a > tavern license in Morgantown in 1802. > Sounds like the same person or a son. > Regards, > Jane > >

At 01:17 PM 3/10/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Sounds like I may have to find these books by Earl Core...How many volumes >are there Jane ? Hi, Alice, So far it seems that there isn't sufficient information in these books for you. I believe that this was a four or five volume set with the first two covering the early years. Those are the only two I have at this point. They were republished and available from McClain Printing which has a website I believe. > Also would William Ashford possibly have gotten a Tavern >liscense for John Rightmire. and then John and Anna (Ashford) Rightmire ran >the tavern ? I suppose that is possible but I really do not know. > William Ashford died in 1804 in Loudoun County according to >an Ashford researcher I am working with. Perhaps ASHFORD became ill and wanted to return home so had RIGHTMIRE take over the tavern for him. It might have taken awhile for Ashford's estate to be settled and Rightmire could have run the tavern during that period, too. The section of Samuel Wiley's "History of Monongalia" which covers these early tavern licenses makes it sound like there was a fairly high turnover rate for the ones in Morgantown. For example, Wiley writes that thirteen tavern licenses were granted in 1797. One "kept tavern" for four years, another for five years, two others for two years, etc. Actually, reading Wiley's account, he writes something slightly different from Core's statement. Wiley says that in 1802 Bartholomew CLARK and G.R. TINGLE were licenses in Morgantown but he does not mention where William Ashford's tavern was located!! Core simply grouped all three together and said that they were licensed in Morgantown. Small point but it could be important for you. Regards, Jane