The 30 May 1775 Map by R. Sayer and J. Bennett shows an Ash family living on a plantation on the public road south side of Broad Creek on Hilton Head Island. John Ash and Samuel Ash both were married in St. Helena's Parish in 1785. George Barksdale of Christ Church Parish married a daughter of the island Ash family and settled here. Peeples, Robert E. H., An Index to Hilton Head Island Names (Before the Contemporary Development), p. 1
