Asa Finley (1788– 8 April 1853)[1] was a local judge and then state legislator politician in Missouri during early statehood.
Finley was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, and after marrying his first wife, Esther Gleaves in 1806, they migrated to Christian County, Kentucky and settled on land he had already surveyed for himself in 1803.
The History of Saline County, Missouri, published in 1881, dates Asa Finley's arrival as early as 1819.
[3] However, the deed of the sale of some of their Kentucky land lists him as Asa Finley of Saline County dated September 17, 1818.
[5] Asa Finley and his wife, Esther Gleaves Finley, also helped found the Salt Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and took turns holding service in their home until it was built.