Thanks for posting these guardian bonds, Here is more on the Ashby bond, in case someone is interested in this line, other than me... ;-) >ROBERT ASHBY, apptd. gdn. to Martin and Thomas Bryan Ashby, orphs. of >Nimrod Ashby, dec'd. 28 June 1764. (Minute Book 1763-1764, p. 312) There were several Nimrod Ashbys but, this particular one is: Nimrod, possibly, the eldest son of Robert Ashby and (whom I believe to be... (Mary?) Elizabeth Farrow/Farrar, dau. of Nimrod Farrow/Farrar) no documentation but, the Farrar Island group has a Mary who married an Ashby. Nimrod born, abt. 1734 Nimrod marr. Frances Wright on 30 Nov. 1756 or 1759. Frances may have been a Bryant, since two of her sons (one by each husband) carried the name Bryant Frances married John O'Bannon/O'Bannion after Nimrod's death. They had: Bryant and Benjamin. There are several records in Fauquier of this couple one of which you posted. >WILLIAM O'BANNON, gdn. of Bryant & Benjamin O'bannon, orphs. of > >John Obannon. 30 March 1774. For: £500. Sec: Martin Pickett. J.P.: Joseph > >Blackwell. Armistead Churchill, James Scott, John Chilton, Gent The date of his death (above) is actually the date of the bond for administration of his estate. Nimrod was killed by Indians, near Jersey Mtn, VA According to the info below, he was captured by Indians on the 4th of June 1764. They were on their way back to, Forman's Fort, (on the S. branch of the Potomac)) and one of the men with him was a Wm or Thos. Forman. This below is from material found in GA and from a lady (Ruth Trim) who was/is proving her relationship to the Thomas Forman, mentioned in the text. 1) Among the charges against Col. Adam Stephen by Thomas Rutherford, Hampshire County Representative in the House of Burgesses, is one stating that "two men were killed by the Indians in the neighborhood of Formans Fort" while Col. Stephen had the Hampshire militia guarding supply wagons in Maryland. This was strictly against orders that required the militia stay within the boundaries of the colony, in this case Virginia. Reading from the Journals of the House of Burgesses one can reconstruct that the militia and Col. Stephen were at Fort Cumberland MD on June 4th, as requested by Col. Bouquet. 2) Kercheval in his 1833 History of the Valley of Virginia states that in the spring of 1764 Nimrod Ashby and WILLIAM Forman were killed on Jersey Mountain while watching a deer lick. There was no William Forman of the correct age to have this occur. Of course these were oral accounts given by old men decades after the event. We believe that the man with Nimrod was our ancestor, THOMAS Forman. Thomas Forman had an older brother named William who was ambushed by the Indians, but this happened many years later, in 1777 and near Wheeling WV. 3) Fauquier County published abstracts show that the Bond for administration of the estate of Nimrod Ashby was filed there June 28th, 1764, which would be the next June court date. The previous court was held about May 26, 1764 and Nimrod Ashby was sworn in as a new Justice. At any rate Nimrod's date of death traditionally appears as before June 29th 1764. No one seems to know exactly when he died, but court records show that Nimrod was alive in late May and dead by late June of 1764. 4) House of Burgesses records show the petition of Robert Ashby in behalf of Nimrod's wife and children in which he states that in 1763 Nimrod was stationed on the frontier with the command of a detachment of militia. He also says in April of 1764 that Nimrod was given pay for his troops, but encountered Indians on the way back to the fort (unnamed) where his troops were stationed and was killed. No mention of anyone being with him, the date of his death, or the name of the fort. We would love to locate some sort of militia list that would show just who his troops were. (My note here: The government tried to collect from the widow, the monies that Nimrod and companions were carrying. They had the payroll for the militia and it was taken when they were killed) Makes me wonder if it was really Indians or someone who knew they had the payroll and just wanted it. > 5) In the spring of 1765 payment for those deposing at the trial of > Col. Stephens was authorized and recorded in the Journals of the HOB. > Those deposing from Hampshire County were the new husband of the widow > Forman, three of her uncles and a neighbor of the Formans. > > 6) Several months ago Bill Rice of Elkins WV, the researcher who in > 1999 located our Thomas Forman estate papers that had been hidden for > 70 years in the basement of the Hampshire County Courthouse, wrote me > that he had run across an item that was abstracted from the Georgia > Gazette. The date of the issue was 19 July 1764, quoting from a > "Letter dated 5 1764 from Fort Cumberland: Colonel Stephens reports > that on the 4th (of June) that Capt. Nimrod Ashby and a man in the > Virginia Volunteers were captured (by Indians) on the South Branch of > the Potomac." > > So here we have the exact date and general location, as Formans Fort > was on the South Branch. We truly believe that Thomas Forman was the > Virginia Volunteer with Nimrod Ashby. We would be most happy to see a > list of those militia men under Capt. Ashby and the name of the fort > at which his men were quartered, if you ever run across it. > > Enough of Nimrod. I feel quite sure that Barbara's Linn or Lynn was > the Indians scout William Linn who was with the group of Hampshire > militia under Capt William Fornan at the Narrows near Wheeling in > 1777. I will try to send her some material in the next few days. If this is in anyway, familiar to any of you or of interest and you can add to this, please do so. My husband is not descended from Nimrod but, I want all of the children of Robert to be complete in their info. Thanks, Sue Ashby

FRANCIS, Henry & Margaret R. Gordon, Nov. 23, 1840 - bdsm: wrd/o Nimrod Ashby; MR (JUS) (date of MR --- --, 1840) TURNER, Andrew & Ann Adam, Dec. 7, 1801 - bdsm: Nimrod Ashby ASHBY, Nimrod & Elizabeth Adams, Dec. 29, 1800 - bdsm: d/o Thomas ASHBY, Nimrod & Frances Wright, Nov. 22, 1859 - bdsm: s/o Robert R., (w) Benjamin Ashby ASHBY, Nimrod T. & Adelia J. Smith, Apr. 7, 1838 - bdsm: d/o Charles B.; Minister: Cumberland George 3 September 1760. B & S. Between Bertrand Ewell of Prince William Co., Gent. and Frances, his wife, and Nimrod Ashby of Fauquier Co. .. 5 s. .. parcel near Goose Creek .. in the line of the said Bertrand Ewell, Gent's. land and Corner to the land of Ball 100 acres .. being part of a larger tract granted to Charles Burgess Gent. by Patent .. for 1176 acres .. 17 June 1730 and was conveyed to James & Jesse Ball by Edwin Conway and James Ball, Exors. of Charles Burgess, Gent., dec'd .. 11 April 1740 and then conveyed to Bertrand Ewell by James Ball, Jr. .. 10 March 1753. Signed: Bertrand Ewell. 3 September 1760. B & S. Between Bertrand Ewell of Prince William Co., Gent. and Frances, his wife, and Nimrod Ashby of Fauquier Co. .. 5 s. .. parcel near Goose Creek .. in the line of the said Bertrand Ewell, Gent's. land and Corner to the land of Ball 100 acres .. being part of a larger tract granted to Charles Burgess Gent. by Patent .. for 1176 acres .. 17 June 1730 and was conveyed to James & Jesse Ball by Edwin Conway and James Ball, Exors. of Charles Burgess, Gent., dec'd .. 11 April 1740 and then conveyed to Bertrand Ewell by James Ball, Jr. .. 10 March 1753. Signed: Bertrand Ewell. William Co., Gent. and Frances, his wife, and Nimrod Ashby of Fauquier Co. .. 5 s. .. parcel near Goose Creek .. in the line of the said Bertrand Ewell, Gent's. land and Corner to the land of Ball 100 acres .. being part of a larger tract granted to Charles Burgess Gent. by Patent .. for 1176 acres .. 17 June 1730 and was conveyed to James & Jesse Ball by Edwin Conway and James Ball, Exors. of Charles Burgess, Gent., dec'd .. 11 April 1740 and then conveyed to Bertrand Ewell by James Ball, Jr. .. 10 March 1753. Signed: Bertrand Ewell. .. 5 s. .. parcel near Goose Creek .. in the line of the said Bertrand Ewell, Gent's. land and Corner to the land of Ball 100 acres .. being part of a larger tract granted to Charles Burgess Gent. by Patent .. for 1176 acres .. 17 June 1730 and was conveyed to James & Jesse Ball by Edwin Conway and James Ball, Exors. of Charles Burgess, Gent., dec'd .. 11 April 1740 and then conveyed to Bertrand Ewell by James Ball, Jr. .. 10 March 1753. Signed: Bertrand Ewell. granted to Charles Burgess Gent. by Patent .. for 1176 acres .. 17 June 1730 and was conveyed to James & Jesse Ball by Edwin Conway and James Ball, Exors. of Charles Burgess, Gent., dec'd .. 11 April 1740 and then conveyed to Bertrand Ewell by James Ball, Jr. .. 10 March 1753. Signed: Bertrand Ewell. and was conveyed to James & Jesse Ball by Edwin Conway and James Ball, Exors. of Charles Burgess, Gent., dec'd .. 11 April 1740 and then conveyed to Bertrand Ewell by James Ball, Jr. .. 10 March 1753. Signed: Bertrand Ewell. Exors. of Charles Burgess, Gent., dec'd .. 11 April 1740 and then conveyed to Bertrand Ewell by James Ball, Jr. .. 10 March 1753. Signed: Bertrand Ewell. Wit: Francis Dade, Wm. Seale, John Moffett. Rec: 25 September 1760 with receipt. : Francis Dade, Wm. Seale, John Moffett. Rec: 25 September 1760 with receipt. Bond of John Bell to the King as tax collector. Securities: John Bell to the King as tax collector. Securities: John Ashby, Nimrod Ashby, James Bell and Jeremiah Darnal. Rec: 26 November 1761. , Nimrod Ashby, James Bell and Jeremiah Darnal. Rec: 26 November 1761. June Source: John K. Gott ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com