The Biographical Dictionary of America/Ashe, John Baptiste

ASHE, John Baptiste, representative, was born at Rocky Point, N.C., in 1748; son of Samuel Ashe, governor of North Carolina, 1795-'98; and nephew of John Ashe, a Revolutionary soldier. John Baptiste joined the patriot army as a captain at the outbreak of the Revolutionary war and was promoted to the rank of colonel for distinguished services at the battle of Eutaw Springs, Sept. 8, 1781. He was a representative in the North Carolina legislature in 1786; a member of the state senate, 1789-'95; and a delegate to the Continental congress, 1787-88. He was a representative in the 1st and 2d congresses, 1789-'93, and was elected governor of North Carolina in 1801. He died in Halifax, N.C., Nov. 27, 1802,