Individual Details

Marilee Wirkkala gives other children to John and Jane (Noland) Asbill, but Delmar Asbill states that census records consistently show that they had only one child that survived. Charles Asbell was suggested as a son, but he's a son of John's brother Ross. The Mary Ann "Polly" Asbell that married a Miller Johnson has been suggested as a daughter - but this idea may come from a misreading of a partially destoryed marriage record. Delmar Asbill's census annotations explain this confusion.

Richard Morton was bondsman for the marriage to Jane Noland.

1820 Madison Co KY Census; p.128:
John Asbell: 1m -10; 2m 16-26; 1m 26-45; 1f 10-16; 1f 16-26
There was also a John Asbell in Estil Co with even more children:
1m 10-16, 2 m 16-18 and 2m 16-26 [could be same boys] and 1m over age 45 [older than this John] Females were: 1f 10-16 and 1f over age 45.

1830 Madison Co, p.93
John Asbell: 1m 10-16 [age of Thomas Jefferson], 1m 30-40 [John]; 1f 30-40 [Jane]
[This census does not allow for other children in this family]

Not found in 1840. This is the year many of these families were on the move.

1850 Cove Creek Twp, Washington Co AR. Thomas Asbell age 34, and family. John age 60, b. NC and Jane age 64, b. KY were living with Thomas.

1860. Crawford Co AR. John Asbill, Blacksmith, b. NC, age 75. Jane age 68, born in KY. Sarah J. age 11, b. AR [I believe she is a granddaughter, daughter of Thomas J.]

Story found in Ancestry tree:
Ross Asbill, brother of Lydia (Asbill) Bennett, contributed to the care of his brother, John Asbell, mentioned above, and his wife, Jane (Noland), after she contracted tuberculosis in 1822. John had been shot through the hand with an arrow in the Big Neck Indian War in northern Missouri (an area which later became AdairCounty) some years earlier and remained somewhat disabled. It appears Jane Noland recovered from tuberculosis, however, and lived until 1865 when she died in Crawford, Arkansas. John, despite his injuries, lived at the same place in 1864.
NOTE: "holes" in this story - most people never recovered from tuberculosis - and how did John continue to work as a blacksmith if he had a crippled hand?

John and Jane Noland are believed buried near John Henry & Elizabeth Ann Biswell on the Biswell homestead in Crawford Co. AR

Birth	Abt 1790	Hangingdog, Cherokee Nation, North Carolina
Marriage	10 Nov 1814	Madison County, Kentucky - Jane Noland
Death	Abt 1864	Crawford County, Arkansas
Burial		Asbill Family Cemetery, Crawford County, Arkansas

Spouse	Jane Noland (1786 - 1865)
Child	Thomas Jefferson Asbill (1816 - 1863)

Father	William Asbill (1760 - )
Mother	Elizabeth "Nar-nee" Ross (1770 - 1851)
Sibling	Mary Nancy Asbell (1787 - 1869)
Sibling	William "Old Billy" Asbell Jr. (1788 - 1873)
Sibling	Joseph Asbell (1789 - 1872)
Sibling	Ross Asbell (1792 - 1864)
Sibling	Lydia Asbell (1804 - 1882)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Betsy" Asbell (1808 - 1890)
Sibling	Sarah "Sally" Asbell (1811 - 1880)