Rash Roots
Richard Joseph Rash [email protected] The origin of the Patriarch of the Rash clan is still a mystery,although we have a lot of circumstantial evidence,accurate documentation still eludes us. Some say that Joseph sr. came to Virginia from Delaware,where the Rash name was already prominent in the early 1700,s. There is also some very convincing evidence that he arrived in Virginia in 1736/1737,on the convict ship Dorsetshire, From Middlesex county,London England,Captained by William Loney. This Joseph seems to me to be the most likely one to be the patriarch of this line of the Rash family. Until we can come up with some more documented evidence ,I will follow this line, If anyone has something to add or can correct something in this genealogical experiment,Please E-mail me and we will correct it. This genealogy will always be under construction,and open to all comments. I have also included my Mothers family(Painter),for those interested,I must add that some of this family is also circumstantial, due to the lack of census reports before the years of 1790 and 1800 in the state of Virginia. I would like to thank Rebecca Falin,Betty Lightner,Richard Rash jr.,Judith Trent,Eva Rhodes(Rash),Freddie Rash and all the other friends and family who have helped to make this report possible. _________________________________________________________ "To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?" Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106 B.C.-43 B.C. "To tar the sacrifices of the Confederate soldier as simple acts of racism, and reduce the battle flag under which he fought to nothing more than the symbol of a racist heritage, is one of the greatest blasphemies of our modern age." James Webb Former Secretary of the US Navy graduate of Annapolis,Naval College USMC Colonel U.S Senator (Va) Our Confederate grandfathers who Fought in the War of Northern Agression: "Not for fame or reward - Not for place or for rank - Not lured by ambition - Or goaded by necessity - But in simple - Obedience to duty - As they understood it - These men suffered all - Sacrificed All - Dared all - And Died -" Paternal GG-Grandfathers of Richard Rash; Joseph Rash-Pvt 5th&6th Nc. Cavalry Enlisted May 27th 1861 on rolls Aug. 30 1864 (Wilkes County Nc.) William Wesley Rhodes-Pvt. Co. C, 26th Nc. Infantry 11 Dec. 1862 15 Mar. 1865 Pow,Elmyra Ny.and Point Lookout Md. (Wilkes County Nc.) Solomon Rose-Pvt. 188th Militia Tazewell County Va. 1861 (Mcdowell County Virginia,later Wva.) David Alley-Pvt 45th Virginia Infantry 29 May 1861 9 Mar. 1865 Pow,Camp Chase Ohio (Tazewell County Virginia) Maternal GG-Grandfathers of Richard Rash; James C. Painter-Pvt. 51st Virginia Infantry 1 May 1862 20 June 1865 Pow,Fort Delaware Del. received Pension. (Wythe,later Bland County Virginia) Hezekiah Tickle-Pvt. 45th Virginia Infantry 5 may 1861 sick on Sept., 1861 No further Record (Wythe,later Bland County Virginia) Elijah Falin-Pvt 48th Virginia Infantry 1 July 1861, on Rolls Oct.,1861 No further record received Pension. (Scott County Virginia) James G. Durham-Sergent Service Record:Enlisted as a Private on 24 September 1861 Enlisted in Company D, 21st Infantry Battn Regiment Virginia on 24 September 1861. Promoted to Sergent Reenlisted in Company D, 21st Infantry Battn Regiment Virginia on 16 August 1862 transferred: Enlisted as a Sergeant on 16 August 1862 Enlisted in Company C, 25th Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 16 August 1862. (Scott County Virginia) | Rash Roots Updated June 12, 2013 |
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