{"id":32,"date":"2009-08-23T21:42:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T03:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2009-08-23T21:42:49","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T03:42:49","slug":"benjamin-askew","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/military\/benjamin-askew","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Askew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Contributed by <a href=\"contributors\">Margarette Stout<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Askew born 1747 Bertie County, NC married Susannah ? died 1831 Lenoir County or\u00a0Jones County, NC<\/p>\n<p>Children: John, Josiah, Zadoch, Nathan, Susannah, Elizabeth, Peggy<\/p>\n<p>This information from booklet about Askews written by Corinne Beasley Price daughter of\u00a0Margarette Corinne Askew Beasley daughter of James Henry Askew and Sarah Lewis Askew.<\/p>\n<p>James Henry Askew born 1858 wrote in Waldo, Arkansas , November 11, 1926:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My great grandfather Benjamin Askew was born in Jones County, North Carolina in 1747. \u00a0This is as far back as I have any knowledge of the Askew family, and this was told me by my\u00a0father.  He remembered his grandfather, Benjamin Askew quite well and frequently told me he\u00a0was a Dutchman.  Askew is  English, but you can&#8217;t tell a man&#8217;s nationality by his name.  My\u00a0great grandfather,   Benjamin, was a Revolutionary soldier and served part of his service under\u00a0General Anthony Wayne. He was at one time during his service as a soldier placed as a picket\u00a0with others on the opposite side of a river from where the American army was camped, with\u00a0orders that if the red coats came in sight to fire on them, throw their guns in the river, and swim\u00a0to the American side. Before they swam to the other side bullets of the enemy were striking the\u00a0water near them as they swam, but none were killed. On another occasion Benjamin was with\u00a0American troops who captured a British camp and a good lot of supplies, among which was a\u00a0good supply of good old Jamaica rum. My great grandfather Benjamin Askew died in Jones\u00a0County, North Carolina, in 1831.  My grandfather, John Askew and my father James Edward\u00a0Askew and my Uncle Benjamin Franklin Askew were at his house when he died, at the age of\u00a084.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Corinne Beasley Price became a member of DAR through Benjamin Askew 1747. \u00a0For\u00a0membership in DAR Corinne Price and niece Helen Aldridge used the voucher issued Benjamin\u00a0Askew for payment for service in the Revolution dated August, 1783.  Her DAR # is 659341,\u00a0Capt. David Love Arkansas chapter.<\/p>\n<p>Martha Jane Kitchens 1927 AR- 2001 LA m George McDowell<br \/>\nMary Helen Askew 1893 AR-1964 AR  m George Kitchens 1884 AR-1965 AR<br \/>\nJames Henry Askew 1858 AR-1929 AR m Sarah Lewis<br \/>\nJames Edward Askew 1819 NC-1905 AR m  Sarah Goolsby<br \/>\nJohn Askew  1789 NC-1866 AL m Elizabeth King<br \/>\nBenjamin Askew 1747 NC-1831 NC  m Susannah ?<br \/>\nJohn Askew  1710 VA-1751 NC m Margaret Elizabeth Boone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by Margarette Stout Benjamin Askew born 1747 Bertie County, NC married Susannah ? died 1831 Lenoir County or\u00a0Jones County, NC Children: John, Josiah, Zadoch, Nathan, Susannah, Elizabeth, Peggy This information from booklet about Askews written by Corinne Beasley Price daughter of\u00a0Margarette Corinne Askew Beasley daughter of James Henry Askew and Sarah Lewis Askew. James &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/military\/benjamin-askew\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Benjamin Askew&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}