John Baptist Ashe
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John Baptist Ashe was an American politician and military officer from Halifax, North Carolina.
portrait by Gilbert Stuart
Samuel Ashe was the ninth governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798. He was also one of the first three judges of the North Carolina Superior Court in 1787.
John Baptist Ashe
…and military officer from Halifax, North Carolina. He was born in the Rocky Point District of the Province of North Carolina in 1748. He was the son of Samuel Ashe and Mary Porter Ashe (cousin to her husband and first wife). His father's residence was called the Neck and was on the northeast Cape Fear River. His…
Ashe marker in his namesake Asheville, North Carolina