Elizabeth Ashcraft

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Early tradition in Ashcraft/Shacklett family is that Elizabeth was considered "not so young" at marriage (i.e., probably mid-20s or older), and that Richard was "considerably older." But if she was 18 when she married in 1766, then she was born about 1748, which makes her 98 years old at death. If she married at 28, she would have died at 108 years.

A petition to the Hardin County Court c.1795 for a road from the Ohio River via "Flippins Run" to Elizabethtown bears the signatures of Abner & Abisha Ashcraft (Richard & Elizabeth's sons), as well as that of Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham Lincoln (who was born near Hodgenville, in then Hardin County).

After Richard's death, Elizabeth moved to Meade County (then part of Hardin County), Kentucky, and then to Hardin County proper, probably c.1794-99, with her children; many of her siblings and in-laws had preceded her.

Birth: unknown Death: Oct. 16, 1846

Elizabeth was the wife of Richard Ashcraft (ca. 1740-1792) who served in the French & Indian Wars. Richard was also a spy and a scout in the Revolutionary War, sometimes teaming with his brother-in-law Thomas Carr who may be the same Thomas Carr buried here. Richard Ashcraft died from exposure after his horse fell through the ice while crossing a stream at Chamber's Mill, Pennsylvania in 1792.

Family links:

Spouse:

 Richard Ashcraft (____ - 1792)*

Children:

 Delijah Ashcraft Stilwell-Ross*

 Mary A Ashcraft Dodson (1771 - 1857)*

 Elizabeth Ashcraft Shacklett (1773 - 1839)*

 Elijah Ashcraft (1784 - 1829)*

 Rachel Ashcraft Shacklett (1789 - 1861)*

 Absalom Ashcraft (1791 - 1841)*

• Calculated relationship

Inscription: E. A., 1846, October the 16th.

Note: Interpretation from 1930 reading.

Burial: High Ground Cemetery Ekron Meade County Kentucky, USA

Created by: Larry E. Barnes Record added: Sep 23, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 30015059

Birth: unknown Death: Oct. 16, 1846

Elizabeth was the wife of Richard Ashcraft (ca. 1740-1792) who served in the French & Indian Wars. Richard was also a spy and a scout in the Revolutionary War, sometimes teaming with his brother-in-law Thomas Carr who may be the same Thomas Carr buried here. Richard Ashcraft died from exposure after his horse fell through the ice while crossing a stream at Chamber's Mill, Pennsylvania in 1792.

Family links:

Spouse:

 Richard Ashcraft (____ - 1792)*

Children:

 Delijah Ashcraft Stilwell-Ross*

 Mary A Ashcraft Dodson (1771 - 1857)*

 Elizabeth Ashcraft Shacklett (1773 - 1839)*

 Elijah Ashcraft (1784 - 1829)*

 Rachel Ashcraft Shacklett (1789 - 1861)*

 Absalom Ashcraft (1791 - 1841)*

• Calculated relationship

Inscription: E. A., 1846, October the 16th.

Note: Interpretation from 1930 reading.

Burial: High Ground Cemetery Ekron Meade County Kentucky, USA

Created by: Larry E. Barnes Record added: Sep 23, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 30015059