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If you’re looking for a birth or death certificate on Capt. Thomas Ashby and his wife (or wives), those documents don’t exist. From what I understand a lot of other documents do still exist. (Owners of same are unknown to me.) Does a name on a deed prove someone actually existed? Does a grave marker prove someone actually existed? Does a "proved will" prove someone actually existed?
Go to the Website below for an excellent explanation of what exactly "proof" means in reference to genealogy pursuits.
EVIDENCE, PROOF AND BURDEN OF PROOF IN GENEALOGY:
A JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE
by JUDGE EDWARD F. BUTLER, SR.
GENEALOGIST GENERAL
NATIONAL SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Copyright 2004, Butler Family Limited Partnership, San Antonio, Texas
All Rights Reserved, Licensed for use on the NSSAR Web site
http://www.francegenweb.org/~standard/fichiers/proof_in_genealogy.pdf
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