John Baptist Ashe (1748 – November 27, 1802) was an American politician and military officer from Halifax, North Carolina.

His father was to be governor of the state and also brother of North Carolina militia General John Ashe.

[3] He served as a lieutenant in the Province of North Carolina New Hanover County militia during the time of the Regulator uprising in 1771.

He fought at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge on February 27, 1776, after which the minutemen battalions were disbanded in favor of local militia and the Continental Army.

In 1789, Ashe was a delegate and Chairman of the Committee of the whole of the Fayetteville Convention that ratified the Constitution of the United States.