Ashe, NC 1830 Federal Census Transcriber's notes: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are researching surname GREER or GREEN, please search under both "Greere" (enumerator spelling) and "Green." The two names were virtually indistinguishable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following information was an introduction on the census pages: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - We the under signed are of opinion that the County of Ashe is Ninty Miles in length, and thirty miles in bredth, from our knowledge of the County, That it is bounded on the East by the Great Blue Ridg of Mountians, and on the west by the Great iron ore Stone Mountian, and the whole County is allmost entirely one (Nest?) bed of Mountians, thinly inhabited, and the ways and Roads generally verry Rough and in many places allmost or quite impassable. Signed Jno. Ray-Senator from Ashe County Thos. Callaway-Clk. of the County Court and Dept. ??? James Horton-Member of the House of Commons Thos. Brown-Col. Court and Dept. ??? M. Ballow-County Surveyor D. Earnest-Clk. of the (???) Court J. Faw-Entry Taker for Ashe County ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This Census was transcribed by Amy Hatcher Ryan and proofread by Charlotte Holloway for the USGenWeb Census Project http://www.us-census.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~