OK, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WERE TO START. MY GREAT GRANDFATHERS NAME WAS SUPPOSEDLY JOHN W. ASHBY, HE LIVED IN FRANKLIN,CO, VIRGINIA AROUND 1909. AS THE STORY GOES HE WAS EVIDENTLY KILLED SHORTLY THERE AFTER AND THE COURT EVIDENTLY RULED THAT MY GRANDFATHER WOULD KEEP THE ASHBY NAME. MY GRANDFATHER SAYS HE BELEIVES HE IS BURIED AROUND GREENSBORO,NC. BUT REALLY DOES NOT KNOW. MY GRANDFATHERS MOTHERS NAME WAS SALLY FERGUSON. SHE AND JOHN W. I DON'T THINK WERE EVER MARRIED. I RAN INTO A MAN NAMED ROBERT ASHBY RECENTLY WHO IS RELOCATING TO RALEIGH FROM ROANOKE VA. HE GAVE ME PILES OF INFO. FROM THE ASHBY'S OUT OF HOPKINS COUNTY, KENTUCKY. I'VE REALLY GOT A CHALLENGE HERE MY GRANDFATHER IS IN HIS 90'S NOW AND IS NOT MENTALLY 100%. HOWEVER WHAT I DO HAVET I GOT SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR HIM WHICH REALLY WASN'T MUCH, IT SEEMED TO BE A TOUCHY SUBJECT W/HIM I THINK ITS B/C HE KNOWS VERY LITTLE HIMSELF. WELL IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK MAY BE OF SOME HELP TO ME PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'LL BE GLAD TO OFFER YOU WHAT I HAVE. THANKS AGAIN, STEPHEN ASHBY/ SASHBY@HOTMAIL.COM