Elisha Ashburn

  General Notes:

The 1850 Federal Census for the Lower Parish, Nansemond Co., VA, page 181B, dated October 12, 1850 records Elisha Ashburn (52 - Nansemond Co., VA) and Rebecca Ashburn (30 - Nansemond Co., VA) with children Jefferson Ashburn (19), Peter Ashburn (17), Margaret Ashburn (14), Henry Ashburn (12), Jemima Ashburn (8), Barsha Ashburn (6), and Joseph Ashburn (4). Elisha is a farmer with real estate valued at $2,000.

The 1860 Federal Census for the Lower Parish, Nansemond Co., VA, Suffolk P. O., page 46, dated July 31, 1860 records Elisha Ashburn (62 - VA) and Rebecca Ashburn (38 - VA) with children Margaret Ashburn (21), Henry Ashburn (20), Jamima Ashburn (18), Barbara Ashburn (16), Joseph Ashburn (12), Mary A. Ashburn (11), Robert Ashburn (9), and Francis Ashburn (7).

Elisha died in 1866 (see below) ... see general notes on his wife, Rebecca for 1870 census facts.

Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
Name: Elisha Ashburn
Birth Date: abt 1798
Birth Place: Nansemond County, Virginia
Death Date: 29 Nov 1866
Death Place: Nansemond County, Virginia
Death Age: 68
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Elisha Ashburn
Mother Name: Jememie Ashburn
Spouse Name: Rebecca Ashburn
FHL Film Number: 2048578

Elisha married Winey Simons, daughter of Kinchen Simons and Elizabeth Powell, circa 1829 in Nansemond Co., VA. (Winey Simons was born in 1808 and died in 1847 in Nansemond Co., VA.)

Elisha next married Rebecca Butler circa 1850 in Nansemond Co., VA. (Rebecca Butler was born circa 1821 in Virginia and died on 29 Sep 1883 in Nansemond Co., VA.)