When Jacob Ashcraft Jr. was born about 1790, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Ashcraft Sr, was 11788 and his mother, Elizabeth Ellis, was 19. He lived in Georges Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790. He died after 1850, in Bracken, Kentucky, United States.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
The Whiskey Rebellion was a protest against taxes on whiskey by farmers and distillers. People were tarred and feathered. They attacked Bower Hill and headed towards Pittsburgh. The militia was sent in to try and stop it. It finally ended with a repeal of the tax.
Altered form of English Ashcroft .
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