Asheville Messenger, Asheville, North Carolina, June 30, 1843. [1]
Research Notes:
Anna Dennis married first Mr. Johnson and had child Reuben Johnson. Mr. Johnson died and widow Anna married Martin A Gash. They moved from New Jersey to North Carolina.
OBITUARY. ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER GONE. Died, at his residence on the 4th inst., in Henderson county near Cathey's creek, in about the 87th year of hie age, Mr. REUBIN JOHNSON. He was born in Hanover Township, N.J. About the year 1756 or 1757 emigrated when quite small with his step father, (Martin Gash,) to the western part of Virginia, and settled near the old Town House on Holston River, where he enlisted in the army, and was employed principally in the protection of the frontier settlements against the depredations of the Indians. He was a private in Col. Lewis's detachment against the Cherokee Indiana, when he (Lewis) penetrated the Indian settlements as far West as the Telico Plaine, (now Monroe county, Tenn.) and destroyed the old Telico Towns at that place.
He afterwards moved to Buncombe county, N. C., and settled near where the Town of Asheville is now situated; afterwards to S. C., then back to. Henderson county (then Buncombe) more than fifty years ago, where he remained up to the time of his death. The deceased attached himself to the Baptist Church about fifteen years ago, where he continued in good standing up to his death.
Few men have sustained better character for plain honesty and industry than Mr. Johnson. His customs, manners and habits, were characteristic of the age and times in which he lived. In his latter days he lived comfortable and easy, very little effected by the expansions and contractions of the currency (or in other words the hard times) most people complain of in this day. He lived all the time quite a retired and private lifo, and devoted himself entirely to agricultural pursuits. Thus ends the earthly existence of an industrious, honest and good man.
1766 Martin Gash and Ann Johnson were married on December 27 in New Jersey. [2]
1767 Joseph Dennis Gash, child of Martin Gash and Ann, was born on August 19 in Virginia. [3]
1769 John Gash, son of Martin Alley Gash and Ann Gash, was born on October 17 in Virginia. John Gash and Nancy Gudger were married on January 1, 1795 in Buncombe County, N. Carolina. John Gash died on October 21, 1857 in North Carolina. [4]
1790 Martin Gash lived in Rutherford County, North Carolina, in a household with 3 males age 16 and over, and 1 females. [5]
1794 Son Joseph Dennis Gash received a land grant on January 6, 1794 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. [6]
1836 Martin Alley Gash Jr died on May 6 in Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri. Martin Alley Gash Jr was buried at Bates-Gash Cemetery, Gash Settlement, Marion County, Missouri. Martin Alley Gash Jr was born on June 16, 1773 in Washington County, Virginia. [7] [8]
1857 Son John Gash died on October 21 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. John Gash was buried at Newton Academy Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. John Gash was born on October 16, 1769 in Virginia. [9]
[1] Asheville%20Messenger, Asheville, North%20Carolina, June%2030, 1843, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[2] New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1683-1802, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] Pearl Meno Weaver, The Tribe of Jacob: the Descendants of the Reverend Jacob Weaver of Reems Creek, North Carolina, 1786-1868, and Elizabeth Siler Weaver, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Eva Hardin Benning, Francois Benin (Francis Benning), His Descendants and Allied Families, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1790, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] North Carolina, Land Grant Files, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[8] Eva Hardin Benning, Francois Benin (Francis Benning), His Descendants and Allied Families, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].