Daniel A. Rash

Revolutionary War veteran. Did he live over 100 years, even to 109? It would sound unlikely even today, and even less likely two centuries ago, so I take the birth and death dates of Daniel, his wife and children as approximations.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74603435

Birth: 1730
Death: November 11, 1839 (109)
Son of John Rash, Sr. and Remicah Micah Rash
Husband of Ruth L. L Muncy and Barbara Wallace
Father of Asa Rash, David Rash, Nancy Ann Rash, John Rash, Luke Rash, James Rash, Levi Rash, Thomas Rash, Miriam Marianne Rash and Agnes Rash

Wilkes Co Heritage, NC RC 975-682 hev

+Daniel A. Rash was born approximately 1730, in Motherkill, Kent County, Delaware. The son of John and Micah Wilson Rash. Daniel was living in Delaware in 1770, but was in the Wilkes area by 1778 when he received a state grant. The Rash family, Welsh by descent, is one of the oldest in Delaware. The family is remarkable for longevity, more than one of its members having been centenarians. Daniel died in 1836 and was at least 106. He was a militiaman during the Revolutionary War and was wounded in the head and knee. Daniel was nursed by the Moravians until Ruth and some neighbors from Hunting Creek came to take him home.

He married Ruth Muncy, daughter of Nathaniel Muncy of Kent county, Delaware. One interesting document is a restraining order found in Wilkes County filed in 1795 by Ruth Rash to prevent her husband from killing her. Surely this is the head wound and not a bad tempered ancestor I have.

Daniel lived in the Hunting Creek area and the land is referred to in the descriptions of the county lines for Surry, Iredell, and Wilkes Counties. He was a farmer by trade. As did so many men in those days, he bought and sold land.

The first two known children of Daniel are John Rash, born around 1768 who married Elizabeth Logan, 7 Nov 1788; Miriam Rash, born around 1768, married John Logan, 18 January 1791. These two children may have been by Daniel's first wife.

Daniel & Ruth Muncy Rash had the following children: Thomas Rash born May 1771, died before 1840, married Sarah McBride daughter of James, Sr. and Sarah McBride. James Rash, born around 1773. Levi Rash, born between 1773/1778, died 1822 married Jean Mdride, daughter of James, Sr. & Sarah McBride. Luke Rash, born between 1773/1778, died 1843 married Mary.

The inventory of the personal estate of Daniel Rash show that he must have been a very generous man. There were countless notes where he had loaned sums of money to people living in the area. One item sold in the public sale 23 February, 1837 was a Bible to William Ball for $2.30. Would you believe the estate took a note for the $2.30! Generosity must have run in the family as well as longevity. ----"Wilkes Co. Heritage" article written by Rhodene Frederick

"Records of the Moravians in North Carolina"---p 1675;

Feb 8, 1781 Yesterday and today no meetings could be held because of the disturbances. In the morning many officers and privates were in town. They were boisterous at the still-house, and in the Tavern things went badly, with much cursing, abuse and harsh threats so that we feared for our lives and our property. They arrested various persons who came into the town. In the afternoon a company of Georgia light-horse came through, they bought a wounded militiaman named Daniel Rash, (from Hunting Creek) who remained here in the care of our doctor, (He had been shot through the head and knee.) Soon after, the Wilkes men left. As a last act one of the privates had seized a pair of leggins from Br. Bagge, but one of his comrades made him return them. It is to be noted that these men left just as the Brs. Bibihaus and Holder were about to set out for General Greene's headquarters, to present a petition asking his Excellency for a Salvegarde and protection, and so they were able to start in peace. During the evening there was again some disturbance in the town, made by a Georgian who had left some work with the shoemaker, but it was soon over. The night was quiet.

p.1680 Feb. 19, 1781 The wounded Daniel Rash, who was here for treatment for a week and a half, was taken home by his wife and neighbors. The afternoon was again, disturbed by a party of Wilkes Militia, but the brothers and sisters were very happy that in the twilight we could again have a gemein stunde, after being deprived of services for four days.

Who were the Moravians? From https://www.cityofws.org/2159/Moravian-Story :
The Moravians, or Unitas Fratrum (United Brethren), were German-speaking Protestants.

Information found in Wilkes Co. Heritage books: Daniel was living in Delaware in 1770 but recieved a state grant in Wilkes Co. in 1778; the family is of Welsh descent, one of the oldest is Delaware.

Daniel served in the militia in the Revolutionary war and was wounded in the head and knee. At his death he was at least 106. After his injuries he was nursed by the Moravians until Ruth and some of his neighbors could take him home to the hunting creek area.

Son John & daughter Miriam may have been from an earlier marriage.

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(From vol 4 p. 1680 Moravian Records by Fries.):

Feb. 8, 1781 "In the afternoon a company of Georga lighthorse came through; they brought a wounded Militiaman named Daniel Rash (from Hunting Creek) who remained here in care of our doctor (he had been shot in the head and knee)." (p. 1675); 195h

Feb. 1781 "The wounded Daniel Rash was taken by his wife and neighbors." On the 6th March 1795 Ruth Rash came forward and released Daniel Rash, her husband, who she had sworn a warrant for, for fear he would kill her. (C.R. 104,326: Criminal Actiion Papers, Wilkes Co. NC Archives.

Daniel Rash was a revolutionary Patriot . Shot in the Head and knee , survived and lived past 100 years.

Obvious logic problems turn up in the birth years of Daniel and Ruth’s children. Either those years are wrong or her birth year of 1735 is wrong. It sounds unlikely she had children at 55.
The above 1795 record says his wife sought legal protection from Daniel, fearing he would kill her. He would have been in his mid 60s here; lives were shorter so possibly senility played a role. I'm going to speculate that PTSD played a role in this; that the trauma of his wounds and war experience caused psychological damage. If birth and death years are accurate, he still had another 40 years to live after this incident.

My book, which includes plenty of info about Daniel Rash and his descendants:
Our Iowa Family, by Robert Fahey. The History and Stories of these families and more: Rash, Higgason, Hammer, Brown, Campbell, Adams, Fahey, O’Neill, Phinney. Most recently updated June 2020.
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Daniel Rash and Ruth Muncy in Nancy Miller Thompson Smith's 2015 book The Genealogy of the Rash and Hammer Families:

DANIEL RASH (48)
Born: ca. 1733
Where: Murtherkill Hundred, Kent, Delaware
Father: John Rash (96)
Mother: Micah “Micky” Wilson (97)
Married: (1) ca. 1759
Wife: Barbara Wallace
Father: Matthew Wallace
Mother: Agnes _______
Died: 1766 to 1769
Where: Kent County, Delaware
Married: (2) ca. 1770
Where: Murtherkill Hundred, Kent, Delaware
Wife: Ruth L. Muncy (49)
Died: February 1836
Where: Wilkes County, North Carolina

RUTH L. MUNCY (49)
Born: ca. 1747
Where: Murtherkill Hundred, Kent
Father: Nathaniel Muncy (98)
Mother: Mary _______ (99)
Husband: Daniel Rash (48)
Died: Before 1830
Where: Wilkes County, North Carolina

Children of Daniel and Barbara Wallace Rash:
1. Agnes Rash ca. 1761
2. Mariam “Marianne” Rash 1764
3. John Rash 1766

Children of Daniel and Ruth L. Muncy Rash:
4. Thomas Rash May 1771
5. James Rash 1772
6. Levi Rash ca. 1775
7. Luke Rash ca. 1777
8. Asa Rash (24) ca. 1779
9. Nancy “Ann” Rash 1780
10. Elizabeth Rash ca. 1782
11. David Rash ca. 1784
12. Mary Rash ca. 1800

Daniel Rash was a contemporary of President George Washington who was born February 22, 1732, and died in 1799. Daniel outlived him by about thirty-seven years. He fought with a Georgia Light Horse Company during the Revolutionary War.
Daniel Rash was born in Murtherkill Hundred, Kent, Delaware circa 1733. There are several different accounts of his age, but by all sources he was born by 1733, or earlier. In a biographical sketch about Daniel’s nephew, Moses Rash, the author states John and Micah (Wilson) had a son, “Daniel, who went to North Carolina, where he died at the advanced age of one hundred and nine years.” (Biographical and Genealogical Encyclopedia of the State of Delaware, [1888], pp. 1369, 1370).
From the same source a biography of Joseph T. Rash states that his great grandparents, John and Micah (Wilson) Rash had a son, Daniel, who “died in the west, aged one hundred and three.” (ibid., pp. 840 to 842).
From the 1787 State Census of North Carolina to the 1830 Census, Federal Census of that state Daniel’s age was in the same time period as above. The 1830 Federal Census of North Carolina shows Daniel to be over one hundred years old.
Daniel Rash married his first wife, Barbara Wallace, in about 1759, in Kent County, Delaware where his father-in-law, Matthew Wallace, wrote a will dated July 3, 1762: wife Agnes; sons Thomas, and David; daughters Barbary Rash, Barsheba and Janet Wallace; granddaughter Agnes Rash. Executor, wife, Agnes. Witnesses: James Hussey, Elizabeth Wallace, Deborah Williams (Probated September 25, 1762, Arch. Vol. A53, p. 5, Reg. of Wills, Liber K, folios 290-292).
Agnis (sic, Agnes) Wallace, the widow of Matthew Wallace, made a will dated April 16, 1770, in Murtherkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware: heirs: daughter Jennet Wallace; sons Thomas and David; son-in-law James Lukons (sic, John Logan); grandchildren Agnis, John and Mirim (sic, Mariam) Rash, children of daughter Barbre (sic, Barbara). Executor, son Thomas. Witnesses, James Caldwell, Stephen Lewis, Mary Lee. (Probated May 14, 1770, Arch. Vol. A52, p. 168. Reg. of Wills, Liber L, folio 79).
The dates and names prove the children to be the same as the children of Daniel Rash of Wilkes County, North Carolina, thus identifying the first wife of Daniel Rash to be Barbara Wallace. Barbara Wallace Rash died before April of 1770 when her mother wrote her will.
The following deed dated May 10, 1768, from Nathaniel Muncy to his unmarried daughter Ruth: “Nathaniel Muncy to Ruth Muncy for love and affection a certain tract of land containing 70 acres of land bounded by lands of Joseph Gillis to the said Ruth Muncy as long as she shall live and at her death to return to the heirs of her body lawfully begotten.” (Deed Book R, p. 264).
The following deed was recorded August 14, 1770: “Between Daniel Rasch (sic) of Kent County, Delaware yeoman and Ruth his wife of the one part and Thomas Ringgold of Chester Towne in Kent County, Maryland merchant of the other part. Whereas the said Daniel Rasch (sic) and Ruth his wife did in August term now held as a court common pleas in Dover in Kent County on Delaware afs. suffer a common recovery. Wherein the said Thomas Ringgold was demanded of all that tract or parcel of land held in the county afs. and on both sides of the eastern branch of Chontank River called the Cow Marsh Branch containing about seventy acres more or less. With the appurtenances being part of a larger tract surveyed for Nathaniel Muncey and conveyed to him by deed to the said Ruth wife of the said Daniel Rasch (sic) by the name of Ruth Muncey bearing date the tenth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty eight to the use of the said Thomas Ringgold, he the said Thomas Ringgold having purchased the land afs. of the said Daniel Rasch (sic) and Ruth his wife for and in consideration of the premises and for the further consideration of ten pounds current money to them in hand paid and receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge. Sealed and delivered in the presence of James Wells Fimoore(?) Daniel Rash (seal) - Ruth Rash (seal).”
The above deed dates the marriage of Daniel Rash and Ruth Muncy, before August 14, 1770. Their first child, Thomas Rash, was born in May of 1771. No marriage bond or record has been found thus far.
From the Kent County Levy Lists in all “Hundreds” on record, Daniel Rash was listed in the Murtherkill Hundred in 1768, and 1769; and in the Murtherkill Hundred he was assessed in 1770 (Microfilm Reel #3). There are no surviving Tax Lists for 1771, 1772, or 1773, but he was not listed on the 1774 Tax List, or in any other following that date. It is probable that Daniel and Ruth left Kent County shortly after they sold their land on August 14, 1770. They were in North Carolina by 1772, and settled on Hunting Creek in southwest Wilkes County, according to William Sharpe’s Tax list of 1772. They were probably there earlier, but he was not shown in the 1768 tax list.
Although the coastal and eastern parts of North Carolina were settled as an English Colony by 1760, the middle section was sparsely settled; and the western half, known as the “back country”, began to fill with settlers in 1760 to 1775. The pioneers traveled by way of the “Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania” to Fairfax and the Shenandoah Valley. Then they left the main road somewhere south of the Virginia line, and made their way as best they could through the wilderness of North Carolina. The travel was painfully slow, and most pioneer families stopped several times for an extended period of time to rest and gather supplies.
Daniel and Ruth Muncy Rash with their family probably routed through Spotsylvania County and then through Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle County, Virginia where Daniel’s uncle, Joseph Rash, and his family relocated when they left Delaware. Although Joseph Rash, Daniel’s uncle, died in Albemarle County in about 1766 or 1767, his wife and two of his children, Joseph Rash, Jr. and Thomas Rash still lived there. Joseph Rash, Jr. who married Mildred Isbell and their family removed to Spotsylvania County, Virginia in the mid 1780’s where his brother, William Rash who married Elizabeth Warren, and his sister, Sarah, who married Robert Shepherd lived. Robert and Sarah Rash Shepherd were in Wilkes County, North Carolina by 1776. Joseph and Mildred Rash and William and Elizabeth Rash removed to Wilkes County where they were well established in Kings Creek and Beaber Creek areas by 1789. (Refer to the Table of Contents for Joseph and Sarah Rash, and to the Index for more information.)
Daniel and Ruth Rash were well established by December of 1777, when Wilkes County was created from Surry. The first court was held during the March term of 1778, when an “entry taker” was appointed (Wilkes County Court Minutes, March 2, 1778 - October 28, 1784). The dividing entry started: “Beginning on Rowan County line about half a mile below Daniel Rashe’s at a white oak standing in the head of a branch of Hunting Creek.”
On March 4, 1778, William Mitchell entered 300 acres of land in Wilkes and Rowan Counties. “South side of Hunting Creek, joining Daniel Rash and Samuel Nicholson” (Wilkes County Land Entry Book 1778-1781, p. 10). On November 20, 1778, Daniel entered 50 acres on the South Fork of Hunting Creek “including his improvements.” (ibid., entry 511). The last quoted phrase shows that he had lived on his land long enough to make “improvements,” which meant living quarters and a planting of some type in this area of dense trees and numerous creeks.
Rowan County, where Daniel Rash recorded his first grants, was created in 1733, from Anson County; Surry County from Rowan County in 1770; Wilkes from Surry and Burke Counties in 1777; Iredell County from Rowan in 1788 and Yadkin County from Surry in 1850. Daniel’s land grants and future land purchases were all located in the southeastern corner of present day Wilkes County. They bordered the other four above mentioned counties at one time.
Daniel Rash was listed on the first complete Tax List of Wilkes in 1782, in the Hunting Creek area, with 150 acres of land, four horses, and eleven head of cattle. By 1795 he was paying taxes on 550 acres of land, and continued listing taxes on various acreage through the existing tax lists of the county, which end in 1805. The 1790 Census listed in his household: three white males 16 and up, four white males under 16, five females all ages and four slaves. In the 1830 Census he is over 100 years old, and four slaves are in his household.
There was great unrest in North Carolina by 1760. Aside from the continual problems and wars with the Indians, these frontiersmen were concerned with the English law-makers who charged high taxes or fees for every legal transaction. So acute was the unrest in Orange and Rowan Counties that the pioneers formed an organization, and called themselves “Regulators.” They presented a petition to Governor William Tryan on the above mentioned complaints, and on May 16, 1771, more than two thousand Regulators met the British militia a few miles from Hillsboro in an encounter known as the Battle of Alamance. Each side lost nine men and several were wounded. Later twelve Regulators were tried for treason and six were hanged. Most historians consider this encounter the first episode of the Revolutionary War; it was followed in 1773 by the Boston Tea Party. The Revolution began on April 19, 1775, when armed Colonists met the British redcoats at Lexington and Concord.
There are volumes of Moravian Records translated from German into English. These Records were diaries of their religious and day to day activities. On February 8, 1781 the following entry was made: “Yesterday and today no meetings could be held because of the disturbances. In the morning many officers and privates were in town, they were very boisterous at the still-house, and in the Tavern things went badly, with much cursing, abuse and harsh threats so that we feared for our lives and our property. They arrested various persons who came into the town. In the afternoon a company of Georgia Light Horse came through (Salem). They brought a wounded militiaman named Daniel Rash from Hunting Creek who remained here in care of our doctor. He had been shot through the head and knee. Soon after all the Wilkes men left. As a last act one of the privates had seized a pair of leggings from Br. Bagge, but one of his comrades made him return them. It is to be noted that these men left just as the Brothers Bibighaus and Holder were about to set out for General Greene’s headquarters, to present a petition asking his Excellency for a Salvagarde and protection, and so they were able to start in peace. During the evening there was again some disturbance in the town, made by a Georgian who had left some work with the shoemaker, but it was soon over. The night was quiet.” (Moravian Archives, Winston Salem, North Carolina, Vol. IV, p. 1675).
On February 19, 1781, the record states: “The wounded Daniel Rash, who has been here for treatment for a week and a half, was taken home by his wife and neighbors. The afternoon was again disturbed by a party of Wilkes militia, but the Brethren and Sisters were very happy that in the twilight we could again have a Gemeinstunde, after being deprived of services for four days.” (ibid., Vol. IV, p. 1680).
In January of 1782, Daniel Rash donated corn to the Militia (Voucher No. 946, War of the Revolution, Accounts of the US of A as allowed by Brown, McKessick, and Miller, Auditors of Salisburg District as per report No. 40. “Wilkes Genealogical Society Bulletin,” Vol. 10, No. 2).
The two foregoing records made the descendants of Daniel Rash eligible for membership in the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution. It not only proves that he fought in the Revolutionary War, but that he also contributed corn to aid the Revolutionary militia.
Daniel Rash might have joined the Revolutionary Army after his recorded land transaction on December 23, 1779, since he had no additional ones until November 9, 1784. From the Moravian Records, he was among the Georgian Light Horse militia, who were volunteers from North and South Carolina and Georgia. We know from the Moravian dates that he was shot after the Battle of Hannah’s Cowpens on January 17, 1781, and before the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781.
Brigadier General Nathanial Greene, a Quaker from Rhode Island, took command of the Southern Revolutionary Armies on October 14, 1780. This intelligent and resourceful General divided his small army so that it could simultaneously harass the east and west flanks of the British advance. Brigadier General Daniel Morgan was in command of the flanking force in the west, while General Greene’s forces were on the eastern flanks. The strategy was to keep in constant movement to make it difficult for the British to understand what they were trying to accomplish, and to allow the unfamiliar wilderness to confuse the British long enough for the Americans to gather more troops.
The British Army opposition was lead by General Lord Cornwallis. Under his command was a General Banastre Tarleton, known in the South as “Bloody” Tarleton - a brutal, vain butcher. Cornwallis, with all the added strength of 2000 Redcoats under General Alexander Leslie, divided his forces into three contingents. He and Tarleton were to attack Morgan anywhere they could find him.
General Morgan arrived in South Carolina in December of 1780. His troops were reinforced by the arrival of Lt. Colonel William Washington and his militia who were mainly from North Carolina. Morgan sent Washington with some 200 men to raid against Tarleton. The Revolutionary force was determined to avenge him for raping their women, shooting Patriot patrols and unarmed citizens. This fierce attack left 150 Loyalists dead and 40 captured.
Morgan had no desire to fight a major battle with the British until he could build his forces. By the night of January 16, 1781, he had been joined by new volunteers and General Andrew Pickens and his North Carolina militia. His command now numbered nearly 1000 men.
The Battle of Hannah’s Cowpens was fought on January 17, 1781, and was one of the important battles of the War. The British suffered more than 100 killed and 700 captured, almost one fourth of their Southern Army, compared with the American loss of 12 dead and 61 wounded.
The main force of the American Army, now lead by General Greene, was trying to reach Guilford Courthouse where he planned to stage battle with Cornwallis. They crossed the Yadkin River on February 3, with no opposition, but as Cornwallis was about to overtake their rear guard, the rains came, and the Americans were saved by high water.
This delay allowed General Greene to arrive at Guilford Courthouse on February 7th. The Legion of General “Light Horse” Harry Lee, father of General Robert E. Lee, arrived the same day. General Greene then detached a troop of light horse numbering seven hundred men under Lt. Colonel Howard of Washington’s cavalry, the Legion of General Harry Lee, and a few militia riflemen. These troops were to take post between Winston Salem and the Guilford Courthouse. They were to seize every opportunity to strike the advancing British Army, and to retard the enemy with vigilance.
In view of the above activities which included North Carolina militiamen, Daniel Rash may have been in any of the many encounters. He possibly fought in the Battle of Hannah’s Cowpens, and was at Guilford Courthouse on February 7, 1781 when the combined Southern Revolutionary forces massed. He likely was a part of the Light Horse militia that General Greene sent to take post between Winston Salem and Guilford Courthouse. The Moravian Archives recorded that Daniel Rash, a militiaman, was brought into Moravian community in Salem by the Georgia Light Horse on February 8, 1781.
On July 1, 1782, John Rash, Sr., the father of Daniel, wrote his will in Kent County, Delaware. His will was probated on November 30, 1790 (Delaware Arch Vol. A42, Reg. of Wills, Liber M, folio 259). He willed Daniel five shillings, and his other sons land. Daniel had received his portion of his inheritance when he married, and likely received land from his father, which he sold before leaving Delaware.
Ruth Muncy Rash died before the 1830 Federal Census of Wilkes County. There is no record of her death. Her forefathers were Colonial Settlers and leaders in New England. She is of descendent of all Plantagenet Kings of England, dating back to Emperor Charlemagne, and all Spanish Royalty through Roger Ludlow, the first Deputy Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the first Deputy Governor of Connecticut. For this Royal Heritage refer to Roger and Mary Cogan Ludlow in the Table of Contents.
Daniel Rash is listed as being over one hundred years old in the 1830 Federal Census, but he was probably about ninety-seven. He died before February 1837, when the Wilkes County Court of P & QS appointed William Garris (sic, Jarvis) the administrator of his Estate, with Luke Rash, Daniel Rash, Jr., and R.H. Coleman as security (“Wilkes Genealogical Society”, Vol. 18, No. 2, Summer 1984, p. 13).
There was a public estate sale held, and the estate settlement papers were recorded February 23, 1837 (C.R. 104.508.30; Estate Record of Daniel Rash; dec’d; North Carolina Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina; loose papers): “North Carolina Wilkes County agreeable to an order of court to us directed we the undersigned have this day proceed to settle with William Garvis (sic Jarvis) Adms. of Daniel Rash dec’d. We find there came into his hands as Adms. the sum of eight hundred and forty six dollars and 29 ¾ cents----------$846.29 ¾
Deduct commissions at 5 per cent on receipts and
give per cent on disbursements $84.60
$761.69 ¾
Deduct amounts and expenses against the estate
$138.70
Net balance in the hands of the Adms.
$622.99 ¾”
It also states that “three of the Legatees, to wit, Nancy Rash, James McBride and Levi Rash have recd. the following advancements of their father in his lifetime, Nancy Rash $134.12 ½, Jas. McBride $137.62 ½ and Levi Rash $124.00 which is more than their equal share, therefore they are entitled to no more of said dec’d estate.
“The other legatees have received in their father’s lifetime as follows: $846.29
Nancy Dowel received $50.00
Elizabeth Coleman $70.00 ¾
Luke Rash $62.00
Jas. and Mary Wilson $59.00
$241.65 ¾
“John Rash, Miriam Logan, Jas. Rash, Thomas Rash and David Rash had received nothing of their father
$622.99
This amount is to be divided between the other legatees of which they are entitled to receive as follows:
John Rash $96.07 ¼
Miriam Logan $96.07 ¼
James Rash $96.07 ¼
Thomas Rash $96.07 ¼
David Rash $96.07 ¼
Nancy Dowel $96.07 ¼
Elizabeth Coleman $96.07 ¼
Luke Rash $96.07 ¼
James and Mary Wilson $96.07 ¼
Given under our hands Janr. 1840
James Martin Thomas Roberts”
“Inventory of the personal estate of security Daniel Rash dec’d sold at public sale February 23, 1837
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John Madison bought in sale one mare at 61.73
gave note. Reuben Madison, Security.
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Thos. Rash bought at sale one side saddle 10.00
one pair spectacles @ .10
one pair hand _____ @ .20
one fifth ______ @ 1.05
one frow @ .50
gave note $11.85
William Rash bought
one pair haims and back band .(?)
one chest .(?)
one parcel of clothing 1.__
one bed stead .(?)
$2.18 ½
Joseph Ladd bought one man’s saddle at 1.50
gave note and John Dowel security
Agnes Rash bought one pair of spectacles .31
gave note and Nancy Rash security
James Nicholson bought one bed and furniture at $4.25
Reuben Madison security
Daniel Adams bought one road wagon $25.00
two rasping hooks gave note $ .62 ½
Jas. Wilson security $25.62 ½ Luke Rash bought pair of haims (sic) & $1.66
one pot bearer. $ .85
Gave note and John Dowell security $2.51
William Ball bought one Bible at $2.30
Gave note and Israel Johnson security
Nancy Rash bought one flax hackle at $1.82
one cutting knife at $ .28
one parcel of clothing $1.00
Gave note. Richard Walker security $3.10
Jordan Privit bought one man’s cloak at $2.71
one spice mortar at $ .31
gave note and Luke Rash security $3.02
To cash received $4.2_
One note on Lewis Bryan done in the year 1819 for thirty dollars with a credit of twenty dollars entered August 6, 182_. Doubtful
One note on William Rash for forty dollars and
Ezekiel Myers security due 20 March 1839
One note on Luke Rash for 26.93 and David Rash
security due 20 March 1839
One note on Gabreal B. Park for 16.--. John R. Campbell security, due 20 March 1839
One note on Nancy Rash for 4.--. John R. Campbell
security due 20 March 1839
One note on James Mehaffy for 2.89 Jacob Laglo (?) and Jesse Felts security due 20 March 1839
One note on Muncey Rash for 40.?
John R. Campbellsurity due 20 March 1839
Also fifty dollars received of Thomas Rash as returned by or belonging to said estate
The amount of the sale of the personal estate, together with the papers that have come into my hands as Administrator of Daniel Rash has amounted to two hundred & eighty nine dollars & 67¾ cents
William Janis (sic, Jarvis), Adm. May 2, 1839”
“The amount of the sales of the personal estate, together with the papers that have come into my hands as Administrator of Daniel Rash has amounted to two hundred & eighty nine dollars & 67¾ cents
William Janis (sic, Jarvis), Adm.
May 2, 1839”
The following are records about Daniel Rash in Wilkes and Surry Counties (Daniel Rash in some of the later records may have been the younger Daniel):
Both the Wilkes County Will Book I and the Surry County Will Book I, pages 15 and 23 respectively, lists Daniel Rash’s property to show the dividing line between Surry and Wilkes Counties. (Wilkes County was created from Surry in December of 1777, but the first court was not held until the March term of 1778. Therefore, Daniel Rash was there by 1777 when Wilkes County was created.)
2. March 4, 1778 - William Mitchell enters 300 acres, Wilkes and Rowan Counties, South side of Hunting Creek, joining Daniel Rash and Samuel Nicholson (Wilkes County Land Entry Book 1778-1781, p. 10).
3. November 20, 1778 - Daniel Rash entered 50 acres on the South Fork of Hunting Creek, being part in Surry and part in Wilkes County including his improvements (Wilkes Land Entry Book 1778-1781, entry #511).
4. December 23, 1779 - State Grant to Daniel Rash 100 acres on Hunting Creek, Wilkes line in Iredell line. James Parks' corner (Wilkes County Deed Books, A-H).
5. November 9, 1784 - State Grant to Daniel Rash 50 acres on South Fork of Hunting Creek, crossing Osborne’s Creek, down Rowan County Line (ibid.).
6. July 23, 1787 - ordered to oversee road: Daniel Rash, Aaron Felts, Samuel Nicholson, James Norman, Thomas Sails, James and Wm. Denney, Isham Harvill, Surry County line, Hunting Creek. (Wilkes County Court Minutes, 25 January 1785 to 1 November 1788, p. 27)
7. July 23, 1791 - Daniel Rash made oath his son Thomas Rash is not yet 21 years of age and will not be until May next [1792] (File C.R. 104.326.3, Wilkes County Criminal Action Papers - loose papers in the North Carolina Archives in Raleigh).
8. January 1792 Daniel Rash was paid 1 pound, 4 pence for corn & c. (Voucher #946; Accounts of the U.S. of America for Sundries furnished the Militia of N.C., S.C. & Virginia as allowed by Auditors, & c. N.C. Archives) Daniel Rash served as a Militiaman in the Revolutionary War as well as being a Patriot by virtue of furnishing supplies.
9. August 25, 1793 - bill of sale from Christopher Munday to Isham Harvill. Witnessed by Wm. Mitchell and Daniel Rash (Wilkes County Will Abstracts Book I, 1778-1799, p. 415).
10. May 7, 1794 - James Cast vs. Daniel Rash (Wilkes Co. Court Minutes 1794-1797, p. 7).
11. February 20, 1794 - Will of Thomas Mehaffey, to sons James and Thomas, wife Hannah, daughters Elizabeth, Martha Davis and Isabella Kell. Executor James Mehaffey. Witnesses William Mitchell, Daniel Rash, and Thomas Mehaffey. (Will Book I, p. 484)
12. April 12, 1796 - John Hulen conveys to Daniel Rash 159 acres for 50 pds, Pine Camp Branch, James Brown’s line. Wm. Mitchell witnesses. (Wilkes County Deed Book A-H)
13. September 6, 1796 - Charles Taylor appoints friend, Wm. Hendren, as lawful attorney to convey to Daniel Rash 50 acres on Pine Camp Branch, waters of Hunting Creek, joining Ambrose Huling and Daniel Rash’s line. Wm. Mitchell witnesses. (Wilkes County Deed Books A-H)
14. September 6, 1801 - Daniel Rash conveys to Levi Rash 150 acres for 100 pds, Pine Camp Branch, James Brown’s line. James McBride and Asa Rash attest. (Wilkes County Deed Book C-1, 1782-1803, p. 383)
15. December 10, 1802 - State Grant to Ambrose Hulin, 70 acres, Pine Camp Branch, Daniel Rash’s corner, McBride’s line, Kemp’s corner and Heathman’s line. (Wilkes County Deed Book C-1 1782-1803, p. 462)
16. April 5, 1803 - Ambrose Hulin conveys to John Dabney, 70 acres on Pine Camp Branch, Daniel Rash’s corner, McBride’s line, Kemp’s corner, Hathman’s line, Archibald Lovelace, Benjamin and Randolph Bicknell witness. Archibald Lovelace, Benjamin and Randolph Bicknell witness. (Wilkes County Deed Book C-1, 1782-1803, p. 488)
17. April 23, 1803 - William Lunceford conveys to Thomas Ferguson 50 acres for 100 dollars, Abel Nickelson’s line. Samuel Nickelson’s line, James Fletcher and Daniel Rash witness. Signed by Wm., Polly, Nancy, Ralph and Rowsey Lunceford. (Wilkes Co. Deed Book C-1, 1782-1803, p. 487)
18. September 13, 1803 - Thomas Rash conveys to James Rash, land on Hunting Creek - Mitchell’s corner, Wilson’s corner, Perciphull Campbell, David and Daniel Rash Jurat. (Iredell Deed Book F, p. 33)
19. April 1804 - account of sale of estate of John Chambers dec’d. Purchasers were Daniel Rash, William and J. McBride, Sr., John Howard, and Nancy Chambers who also signed as Administrator. (Wilkes County Will Book 2, p. 123)
20. November 16, 1805 - John Q. Dabney of Wilson County, Tennessee conveys to John Smitherson of Campbell County, Virginia 220 acres on south side of Hunting Creek. Daniel Rash’s corner, Luke Rash and Lazarus Nicholson witness. (Wilkes County Deed Books A-H)
21. May 1808 - account of sale of estate of Jeremiah Stover dec’d. Among purchasers Daniel Rash. (Wilkes County Will Book 2).
22. December 29, 1812 - James Rash of Iredell County conveys to Daniel Rash of Wilkes County, lands on Hunting Creek. Mitchell and Wilson’s corners mentioned. Sarah Rash and James Rash witness. (Iredell County Deed Book Q, p. 400)
23. February 21, 1831 - Charles Rash will to wife Lydia and children: James, Elizabeth, Asa, Charles, Aaron, Abel and Sarah. Abel Cass and Daniel Rash executors. (Iredell Will Book 2, p. 105)
24. November 7, 1839 - Thomas Bochell (Clerk of Court) to Moses Mitchel. “Thomas Rash and other heirs of late Daniel Rash dec’d, settling estate.” (Iredell Deed Book U, p. 164)
While doing research in North Carolina I found an interesting clue to what the maiden name of Ruth, Daniel’s wife, perhaps might be. They had a grandson named Muncy Rash, which is a very unusual first name. My sister Helen McCrary and I then traveled to Dover, Kent, Delaware to research the family of Daniel Rash.
While looking for property deeds that concerned Daniel Rash, I found the proof: “being part of a larger tract surveyed for Nathaniel Muncey and conveyed to him by deed to the said Ruth wife of the said Daniel Rasch.” In May of 1768, this property was conveyed to Ruth Muncy by her father Nathaniel Muncey for “love and affection.” (Refer to Nathaniel and Mary Muncy in the Table of Contents for their family.)
At that time Mr George L. Caley was hired to document and research the Rash family of Kent County, Delaware. (Refer to Joseph and Sarah Rash in the Table of Contents to read Mr. Caley’s research synopsis.)

--end of Daniel Rash and Ruth Muncy in Nancy Miller Thompson Smith's 2015 book The Genealogy of the Rash and Hammer Families

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Comparison of lists of Daniel's children according to two sources:

First, according to Nancy Miller Thompson Smith's 2015 book The Genealogy of the Rash and Hammer Families:

Children of Daniel and Barbara Wallace Rash:
1. Agnes Rash ca. 1761
2. Mariam “Marianne” Rash 1764
3. John Rash 1766

Children of Daniel and Ruth L. Muncy Rash:
4. Thomas Rash May 1771
5. James Rash 1772
6. Levi Rash ca. 1775
7. Luke Rash ca. 1777
8. Asa Rash (24) ca. 1779
9. Nancy “Ann” Rash 1780
10. Elizabeth Rash ca. 1782
11. David Rash ca. 1784
12. Mary Rash ca. 1800

Second, according to children geni records linked to this geni record:

Children of Daniel and Barbara Wallace Rash:
Agnes Rash b. 1761, m. James McBride.
Miriam Rash 1764-1829, m. John Logan, 2 children.

Children of Daniel and Ruth L. Muncy Rash:
Thomas Rash 1771-1840 m. Sarah McBride, child Sally Rash.
Levi Rash 1775-1822, m. Jane McBride, sister of Sarah.
Luke Rash 1777-1843, m. Mary, 4 children.
Nancy Ann Rash b. 1780, m. Daniel Dowell, 7 children.
Asa Rash 1781-1828, m. Nancy Coleman, 13 children.
Elizabeth Rash 1782-1873.
Mary Rash b. 1784.
John Rash 1784-1839, m. Elizabeth Logan.
David Rash 1785-1839
James Rash b. 1800, m. Susannah Wells.

It's the exact same 12 names in both lists. The birth dates vary between the lists, most substantially on John, with 1766 versus 1784, which switches him between mothers. Which is right? Some digging needs to be done into John's information.

My conglomeration of the various accounts of Daniel Rash's children:

Children of Daniel and Barbara Wallace Rash:
1. Agnes Rash b. 1761, m. James McBride.
2. Miriam Rash 1764-1829, m. John Logan Jan. 18 1791, 2 children.
3. John Rash b. abt 1767, married Elizabeth Logan Nov. 7 1788.

Children of Daniel and Ruth L. Muncy Rash:
4. Thomas Rash 1771-1840 m. Sarah McBride, child Sally Rash.
5. James Rash b. abt 1772, m. Susannah Wells.
6. Levi Rash 1775-1822, m. Jane McBride, sister of Sarah.
7. Luke Rash 1777-1843, m. Mary, 4 children.
8. Nancy Ann Rash b. 1780, m. Daniel Dowell, 7 children.
9. Asa Rash 1781-1828, m. Nancy Coleman, 13 children.
10. Elizabeth Rash 1782-1873.
11. Mary Rash b. 1784.
12. David Rash 1785-1839.

Daniel Rash was a contemporary of President George Washington. Daniel outlived him by about 37 years. He fought with a Georgia Light Horse Company during the Revolutionary War.

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