The Biographical Dictionary of America/Ashe, Samuel

ASHE, Samuel, governor of North Carolina, was born on Cape Fear River, N.C., in 1725; brother of Gen. John Ashe. He was educated at Harvard, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practised in North Carolina. He was president of the committee of thirteen to whom the government of the commonwealth was committed before the adoption of the constitution, and was the first chief justice to be appointed under the Constitution. He was on the judicial bench, 1777-95. and governor of the state, 1796-'98. He died at Rocky Point. N.C., Feb. 3, 1813.