Luke Rash

Birth: 1773 Wilkes, NC, USA
Death: 1843 (70) Wilkes, NC, USA
Son of Daniel A. Rash and Ruth L. Muncy
Husband of Mary
Father of Nathaniel Rash, Thomas M Rash and Luke L. Rash
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Luke Rash in Nancy Miller Thompson Smith's 2015 book The Genealogy of the Rash and Hammer Families:

LUKE RASH
Born: ca. 1777
Where: Wilkes County, North Carolina
Father: Daniel Rash (48)
Mother: Ruth L. Muncy (49)
Married: ca. 1800
Wife: Mary _______
   Born: 1783
   Where: Virginia
   Died: After 1860
   Where: Wilkes County N. Carolina
Died: 1843
Where: Wilkes County, North Carolina

Children (several birth dates were estimated from the Wilkes County Censuses of 1810, 1820 and 1830; some of the children may not be in order of birth; all children were born in Wilkes County, North Carolina):
1. Nathaniel M. Rash, born ca. 1802. Nathaniel was named after his great grandfather Nathaniel Muncy. Nathaniel’s father was named after his uncle, Luke Muncy. Possibly he was called "Micajah." He married Leah.
2. Luke L. Rash, born ca. 1804 (continued)
3. Rutha Rash, born ca. 1806. She may have married Baley Pendergrass on April 22, 1833, in Wilkes County. Her name Ruth was after her grandmother, Ruth Muncy.
4. Rachel Rash, born 1808. She was living with John A. Rash, her brother, in 1850 and her mother, Mary, in 1860 at age 52.
5. John A. Rash, born 1809. John was living with his two sisters in the 1850 Census. He was living with Alfred Warren and his family by 1860.
6. William E. Rash, born 1811 (continued)
7. Mary Rash, born 1813. Mary was living with John, her brother, and her sister Rachel, in the 1850 Census.
8. Daniel A. Rash, born 1814 (continued)
9. Alexander Rash, born ca. 1816. He may have married Melissia, who was living as a single parent in 1850. She had the following children in her household:
   a. Susanna Rash, born 1845
   b. Mary Rash, born 1846
   c. Son (not named), born 1849/50
10. Thomas Martin Rash, born 1819 (continued)
11. Levi D. Rash, born 1820 (continued)
12. Lavinia Rash, born 1822

Luke and Mary Rash probably married about 1800; they had four children by the 1810 Census.
Luke was named after his uncle Luke Muncy. He named one of his first sons, Nathaniel, after his grandfather, Nathaniel Muncy. His son, William E. Rash, named a son, Muncy Rash.
Luke died in 1843, leaving Mary with twelve children. She was 72 years old in the 1860 Census, and was living with her daughter, Mary. She may have lived with the William McCoy family in the 1850 Census. If this is true, the Census was not correct to list her age as 72. This age does not agree with the preceding census, or an age feasible for child bearing. Since it lists her as "Mary Rash" born in Virginia, the age on the 1850 Census is probably incorrect.

The following are records pertaining to Luke Rash in Wilkes County:
1. Sept. 1803 - James Rash conveyed to Asa Rash 100 acres for 100 pds. Osborne’s Creek, Mark Whitaker’s line, Esq. Mitchell’s line. Luke Rash and Thomas Rash, Witnesses. (Wilkes Co. Deed Book C-1, 1782-1803, p. 381)
2. 1837 - Luke Rash identified as a son of Daniel Rash in his estate settlement papers. Feb. 1843 - The will of Luke Rash lists his wife, Mary, and children:
   a. Nathaniel M.
   b. John A.
   c. Rachel
   d. Thomas M.
   e. Rutha
   f. Daniel A.
   g. Luke L.
   h. Alex
   i. Mary
   j. Levina
   k. William E.
   l. Levi D. Rash. (Wilkes County Will Book 4, p. 286)

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