_John ASHER _________
| (1700 - 1798)
_William ASHER ____________|
| (1740 - 1789) m 1773 |
| |_Elizabeth __________
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|--Dillion ASHER
| (1777 - 1844)
| _William BLEVINS ____+
| | (1730 - 1805) m 1771
|_Margaret "Peggy" BLEVINS _|
(1754 - ....) m 1773 |
|_Ann MORRELL? _______+
(.... - 1818) m 1771
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" The Last Will of Dillian Asher - Deceased
I, Dillian Asher, of Clay County, State of Kentucky, knowing theuncertainty of life, and being desirous of making a distribution of myestate, amongst my children (some of whom are illigitmate) uponequitable and just principles, deeming myself under obligations toprovide for all entertaining their feeling, I do hereby make this mylast will and testiment. That my body be decently buried and myfuneral expenses paid.
All my just debts which are few, to be paid.
It is my will and desire that my lawful wife at the time of mydecease, shall have one third of my real estate during her naturallife and such part of my personal estate as is allowed by and afterthis request. It is my wish and desire that all the residue of myproperty whether real or personal, be equally and justly dividedbetween the following persons, who are my children; towit, William B.Asher, Orrah Roberts, Robert Asher, John Asher, Peggy Farmer,Elizabeth Asher, they being the children of my lawful wife, and also Imake the following named children of Sally Davis my equal heirs,believing them to be my children, Polly Amis, Wilkerson Asher, JacksonAsher, James Farmer Asher, Chester Asher, and it is further my willand desire that all the above named persons who may be of age at thetime of my decease, may have if they choose to take it, whateverportion of the personal property that may be coming to them atvaluation, and the residue of the property sold and its proceedsdivided equally amongst the children who are not of age, but it isunderstood all the parts are to be equal.
I do appoint George Stivers and James Love executors to this, my lastwill in full confidence that they will do equal justice to all mychildren, and carry into effect its true intent and meaning.
In testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand and seal this 8th dayof November - 1830. Dillian Asher.
C. W. White
R. Russell
Signed and sealed in our presence.
State of Kentucky
Clay County Sct.
I, William Woodcock, Clerk of the County Court aforesaid, certify thatthe foregoing, purported to be the last will and testament of DillianAsher, dec'd, was produced to the Court at this October term thereof -1844, and proved by Richard Russell, one of the subscribing witnessesthereto, which was ordered to be recorded, whereupon the same,together with the foregoing certificate have been duly admitted torecord in my office.
Given under my hand this 28th day of December, 1844.
Att. William Woodcock, Clk."
Dillon Asher, born 5 Oct 1774 in VA, moved into the mountains of KYwith the first settlers. He got into a dispute with Evan Shelby,brother of Kentucky's first governor, over a piece of land near whatis Pineville. Warned by an Indian friend that Shelby was going to havehim killed, Dillon fled toward the present Harlan County, where heclaimed land and named it after his Indian friend, Red Bird. Thatsettlement and creek still bear the name. Some of his numerouschildren were: Dillon, Jr., Robert, John, Sally, Pug, Peggy,Wilkerson, Polly, Betsey, Jackson Davis, Preston, James Farmer,Josiah, China, Chester, Andrew Jackson, and William.
Dillion lived near Pineville soon after coming to Kentucky fromTennessee. He was keeper of the toll gate which was established nearPineville in 1795. Later he moved near the head of Red Bird Riverwhere he reared a large family. According to a historical highwaymarker nearby, the log cabin was first build before 1800. Near thecabin is the Asher family cemetery where he and many members of hisfamily are buried.
Dr. John J. Dickey Diary, Fleming County, Ky. Recorded in the 1870'sand
beyond. Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, No 6 - November,1995.
p. 86.
Augustus Asher - June 23, 1898.
My grandfather, Dillon Asher, came from Tennessee to Ford ofCumberlands in 1800, moved to Red Bird. His wife was Sally Davis.Their children: Blevins, Robert, John, Ira (Roberts), "Pug" (HenrySizemore). There were others, I do not remember them. By Miss Davis,his wife's sister, he had children that took the name of Asher asfollows: Jackson, Wilkerson, and Joshia who still lives and I think,Preston Asher was their brother. Bige, Matt, Jackson, Hugh, Tom andDillon Asher are sons of Jackson. These are the men that have becomeso wealthy. All are worth more than Bige and he is probably worth 25,000 dollars. Jack, said to be worth $300,000, Matt, $200,000, Tomlives at Masiota, worth $3000,000. Hugh lives at Pineville, alsoJack, though they have houses near Lexington. Matt, Jack and Hughwere famous lumbermen who started booming logs on the Kentucky Riverat Ford; they made big money. Their sisters are Mrs. Martha Morgan;Charity Howard; Puss, Bige Morgan of Sexton; Polly Gibson.
Dr. John J. Dickey Diary, Fleming County, Ky. Recorded in the 1870'sand
beyond. Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 11, No March, 1997,p.
107. By permission. Clay County.
RED BIRD
The Indian chief for whom Red Bird Creek in Clay County was namedwas probably a Cherokee from Tennessee or North Carolina. Like othersof his race, he was a great hunter and allured by the game in thisremote region he finally took up his residence on the creek that bearshis name at the mouth of Jack's Creek in this county. He came to hisdeath by the avarice of the "pale face." There lived with him acrippled Indian named Willie. This man dressed the skins which RedBird brought to their wigwam and looked after the culinary departmentof their house. Some hunters from North Carolina, greedy andunscrupulous, came to the wigwam and murdered Willie. They thensecreted themselves and awaited the return of the brave chief who hadlong before buried his tomahawk and for years had been living in peacewith the white man, and as he approached his crude castle the bulletof an assassin laid him in the dust. They threw his body into a holeof water nearaby which is still called "Willie's Hole," and from whichJohn Gilbert and others took him and buried him. One tradition isthat he was sitting on the bank of a creek fishing when he was shotand that he fell into the creek.
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_Adam BANKS _________|
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|--William Caleb BANKS
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_Daniel BLEVINS _____+
| (1814 - 1864) m 1831
_George Douglas BLEVINS _|
| (1844 - 1918) m 1866 |
| |_Lucy Ann DICKSON ___+
| (1814 - 1883) m 1831
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|--Charles Monroe BLEVINS
| (1878 - 1939)
| _William H. PARSONS _
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|_Celia PARSONS __________|
(1848 - 1932) m 1866 |
|_Ruth SEXTON ________
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_William BLEVINS _________+
| (1851 - 1896) m 1869
_Joseph Benjamin BLEVINS __|
| (1894 - 1983) m 1914 |
| |_Sarah Elizabeth HENEGAR _+
| (1853 - 1923) m 1869
|
|--Donald Ray BLEVINS
|
| _John S. MASSENGALE ______
| | (1868 - 1946)
|_Emeline Pearl MASSENGALE _|
(1897 - 1962) m 1914 |
|_Nannie WEBB _____________
(1871 - 1944)
_John J. BLEVINS ____+
| (1813 - 1872) m 1837
_Thomas Jefferson BLEVINS _|
| (1847 - 1937) m 1865 |
| |_Pinkey CHEEK _______
| (1815 - 1890) m 1837
|
|--Flora M. BLEVINS
| (1874 - ....)
| _James RECTOR _______
| | (1810 - ....)
|_Elizabeth RECTOR _________|
(1846 - 1912) m 1865 |
|_Matilda ____________
(1817 - ....)
_Elisha BLEVINS _____+
| (1801 - 1898)
_Stephen BLEVINS ____|
| (1833 - 1863) m 1855|
| |_Elizabeth COX ______
| (1806 - 1880)
|
|--Granville F. BLEVINS
| (1859 - 1859)
| _Calvin MINK ________
| | (1813 - ....)
|_Louisa Jane MINK ___|
(1836 - ....) m 1855|
|_Phebe ______________
(1814 - ....)
_Mosco S. BLEVINS ___+
| (1881 - 1951) m 1903
_John Wesley BLEVINS _|
| (1913 - 1971) |
| |_Mary Etter FARMER __
| (1881 - 1952) m 1903
|
|--son BLEVINS
|
| _____________________
| |
|_Lillian Ollen BUSH __|
(1916 - 1977) |
|_____________________
_Poindexter "Pine" BLEVINS _+
| (1836 - 1922) m 1856
_James Edmond C. BLEVINS _|
| (1864 - 1911) m 1880 |
| |_Lydia BLEVINS _____________+
| (1838 - 1903) m 1856
|
|--Winnie Marcilla BLEVINS
| (1899 - ....)
| _Owen BLEVINS ______________+
| | (1846 - 1918) m 1864
|_Glendora SIMMONS ________|
(1864 - 1925) m 1880 |
|_Sarah E. SIMMONS __________+
(1844 - 1918) m 1864
__________________________
|
_James BOWLING _________|
| (1756 - ....) |
| |__________________________
|
|
|--Elijah "Bad Eli" BOWLING
| (1785 - 1833)
| _William BLEVINS _________
| | (1735 - ....)
|_Sarah "Sally" BLEVINS _|
(1757 - ....) |
|_Mary Jane BEAN (BUNCH?) _
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_Roy Lewis HANSEN ___|
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|--Anna Christine HANSEN
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| _Luke Patrick BLEVINS _+
| | (1874 - 1970) m 1903
|_Lillie Mae BLEVINS _|
(1904 - ....) |
|_Prudence WOOTON ______+
(1881 - 1917) m 1903
_John D. HICKS ________
| (1841 - ....) m 1862
_George Napoleon Bonaparte HICKS _|
| (1864 - 1957) m 1884 |
| |_Edna E. GLASS ________
| (1842 - ....) m 1862
|
|--Coy Ray HICKS
| (1897 - 1975)
| _Zachariah R. OSBORNE _+
| | (1832 - 1902) m 1859
|_Rebecca Ann OSBORNE _____________|
(1865 - 1942) m 1884 |
|_Nancy Anne ROBINETTE _+
(1841 - 1905) m 1859
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_William Preston LEWIS ______+
| (1844 - 1908)
_Andrew Jackson LEWIS _|
| (1871 - 1900) m 1895 |
| |_Nancy Elizabeth LEWIS ______+
| (1844 - 1881)
|
|--Andrew Jackson LEWIS
| (1900 - 1902)
| _Thomas Burton "Bert" SWIFT _
| | (1851 - ....) m 1868
|_Mary Jane SWIFT ______|
(1876 - 1936) m 1895 |
|_Margaret HUDGINS ___________
(1843 - 1931) m 1868
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_Isaac MCCOLLUM _____|
| (1798 - ....) m 1821|
| |_____________________
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|--Sally MCCOLLUM
| (1832 - ....)
| _ GILBERT ___________
| |
|_Mary Ann GILBERT ___|
(1805 - ....) m 1821|
|_ WALLACE ___________
_John "Holly Creek John" MULLINS _
| (1784 - 1859)
_Isaac MULLINS ______|
| (1817 - 1886) |
| |_Olive "Ollie" COX _______________+
| (1789 - 1877)
|
|--Nancy MULLINS
| (1840 - 1926)
| __________________________________
| |
|_Elizabeth __________|
(1818 - 1895) |
|__________________________________
_Stephen OSBORNE ____+
| (1876 - ....)
_Joseph OSBORNE _____|
| |
| |_Julie NEWSOM _______
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|--Larry OSBORNE
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| _____________________
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|_Minnie TRAYLER _____|
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|_____________________
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_William A. SHELBURNE _
| (1625 - 1755)
_Thomas SHELBURNE __________|
| (1730 - ....) m 1753 |
| |_______________________
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|
|--Augustine SHELBURNE
| (1756 - 1817)
| _______________________
| |
|_Mary ROBINSON (ROBERTSON) _|
(1730 - ....) m 1753 |
|_______________________
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