Posted on: Hampshire County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hampshire/1348 Surname: CROCKETT, BLANKENSHIP ------------------------- We're looking for the parents of James 'Asher' Crockett. On his Revolutionary War pension application papers, Asher, says that he was born in 1760 in Hampshire Co., VA. He further states that he ran away from a cruel master when he was 16 and joined George Washington's troops in New Jersey. He mustered out at the age of 19 and returned to Hampshire Co. where his old master tried to reclaim him (as he was not yet 21). He then re-enlisted and used the name James Anderson to avoid detection. Does anyone recognize any of this information?? Asher did not get married until he was 40 years old. By that time he was in Montgomery Co., VA where he married Sarah Blankenship. They then moved on to the Kanawha/Cabell Co. area of VA/WV. Asher says that he was with George Rogers Clark in KY. I'm assuming that was between 1782 and 1800 sometime. Would love to find Asher's parents. Why was he bound out?? . . .to learn a trade, was he an orphan or was he a 'minority' as stated on the Battle of Cowpens website that is maintained by the National Park Service??? Any and all information will be appreciated and will gladly share what little we know about Asher.