Charles Ashbury PARSONS, Sr.

1745 - 1823  (78 years)

• Name	Charles Ashbury PARSONS
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	4 Nov 1745	Province of Maryland, British Colony
  Gender	Male
  possessions	1773	Harrison County VA   [1]
  	1400 acres on Elk Creek (now Buckhannon, WV (Randolph County)
  Military	17 Oct 1775	Harrison County VA   [1]
  Name	Charles Asbury PARSONS  [1]
  Residence	1792	Jackson, Virginia   [1]
  	Jackson, Virginia, United States
  Residence	1820	Mason, Virginia   [1]
  _FSFTID	L63J-X22
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L63J-X22
  _UID	A5BC72F905E34FBDAE3E3079C2CEB8F99667
  Death	4 Nov 1823	Frozen Camp, Jackson, Virginia
  Burial	5 Nov 1823	Jackson, West Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I7347	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	William PARSONS,   b. 1722, England d. 1788, , Augusta, Virginia (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Martha HUGHES,   b. 1724, Northhampton, Pennsylvania d. 1772, Northhampton, Pennsylvania (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F536729627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Elizabeth FLESHER,   b. 1761, Weston, Lewis, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1859, Jackson County, West Virginia (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	3 May 1796	Harrison, Virginia   [1]
  Family ID	F1804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Entered the American Revolutionary War as a private in the Virginia Militia in the company of Captain John Harness the Virginia Rangers. He was a surveyor in the new lands of western Virginia and moved his family to what is now Jackson County, WV.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Feb 2023), entry for Charles Ashbury PARSONS, person ID L63J-X22. (Reliability: 3).