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Descendants of WILLIAM BUSH

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM¹ BUSH was born 1758 in SOMEWHERE IN VIRGINIA, and died April 3, 1827 in SO.FK. GRASSYCREEK,PENDLETON CO., KY.. He married ELIZABETH/REBECCA SHEARER Unknown in UNKNOWN, daughter of JAMES SHEARER and ANNA LAURIE???.

Notes for WILLIAM BUSH:
THE PAGES OF A FAMILY BOOK I (MRS. R. V. deREGNIER, P.O. BOX 293, SIGOURNEY, IA. 52591) ARE COPIED FROM A BOOKLET COMPILED BY MY GRANDMOTHER (NELLIE RHETTA DEARDORFF SLOAN 1889-1976), AND TWO OF HER SISTERS AND WAS SET DOWN FROM VARIOUS RECORDS, LETTERS AND RECOLLECTIONS THEY HAD. THEY SAID, "THE BUSH FAMILY, THAT WE HAVE ANY RECORD OF, CAME TO U.S. FROM GERMANY AND SETTLED IN KENTUCKY. WE ARE TOLD THAT WM. AND REBECCA BUSH HAD NINE CHILDREN. WHO RUONORA MOLLESTINE, B. NOV. 22, 1789 WHO APPEARS IN THE OLD RECORD IS, WE DO NOT KNOW? REBECCA LISTED AS WIFE OF WILLIAM BUSH D. DECEMBER 1, 1809. HE IS RECORDED TO HAVE DIED APRIL 3, 1827".
==========================================================================I, DAVID L. BUSH, HAVE BEEN TO THE OLD HOMESTEAD IN OCTOBER 1979 AND WENT DOWN TO THE OLD THRASHER MILL SITE AND THE BURYING GROUND WITH MR. ARCHIE ASHCRAFT. HE AND I AGREED THAT WILLIAM BUSH AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH SHEARER ARE BURIED HERE IN THIS BURYING GROUND OR UP ON THE HILL NEAR WHERE THE CABINS WERE LOCATED.
==========================================================================APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN DAUGHTER'S OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY MARY FRANCES O'BRYAN, NATIONAL NO. 40216 - "OF SCOTCH & IRISH DESCENT. WILLIAM BUSH ENLISTED FROM VA. COLONY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN CAPTAIN JOHN BALEY'S COMPANY FOR SERVICES IN SECOND OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK'S EXPEDITIONS TO THE WEST, HIS ENLISTMENT WAS MAY 10, 1779. HE WAS WITH CLARK IN BATTLING THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE BRITISH AND INDIANS, AND SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME IN THE STOCKADE AND CAMPS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AND KENTUCKY BORDER. HIS FIRST TERM OF SERVICE CONTINUED THREE YEARS, UNTIL HIS DISCHARGE MARCH 4, 1783. HE AT ONCE REENLISTED, THIS TIME UNDER LIEUT. RICHARD CLARK. HIS NAME IS THE LAST BORNE ON THE MUSTER ROLL OF A COMPANY WHICH CAME INTO ILLINOIS TO GARRISON THE FRONTIER POSTS AT CAHOKIA, VINCENNES AND KASKASKIA. HIS SECOND ENLISTMENT OCCURED IN THE AMERICAN POST AT CINCINNATI. KENTUCKY WAS INCLUDED IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AT THE TIME OF THE WAR OF REVOLUTION. THE ABOVE MENTIONED MUSTER ROLL IS SIGNED BY F. C. AIMSWORTH, ADJT. GEN. WITH THE CLOSE OF HOSTILITIES THAT MARKS THE REV. PERIOD IN THE WEST. WILLIAM BUSH TOOK HIS REWARD FOR MILITARY SERVICE IN A TRACT OF LAND 33 MILES SOUTH OF CINCINNATI IN KY. WHERE HE WAS GRANTED A SURVEY OF THREE HUNDRED ACRES. REFER TO NATIONAL NO. 189247 AND 90075
==========================================================================GEORGE ROGERS CLARK PAPERS 1781-1784, PUBLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, VOLUME XIX, VIRGINIA SERIES, VOLUME IV, PG. 321, 324, 352-53, 410-11, 419.
==========================================================================TAPE #272792 FROM MORMON RECORDS - PENDLETON COUNTY, KENTUCKY COURT RECORDS FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE - ORDER BOOK MINUTES A, 1799-1805; B, 1805-1814; C, 1815-1819:
FROM ORDER BOOK A, PG. 255 - SEPTEMBER 10TH, 1804 - ORDERED THAT WILLIAM BUSH BE EXEMPT FROM WORKING ON THE ROAD. (46 YEARS OLD AT THIS TIME)
FROM ORDER BOOK B, PG. 342 - AUGUST COURT 1811 - WILLIAM BUSH AGAINST CHARLES STERNE, LATE SHERIFF - MOTION FOR A CLAIM TO COME OUT OF CITY LEVY - ORDERED THAT THIS CAUSE BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF NEXT TERM.
PG. 346 - WILLIAM BUSH PLAINTIFF AGAINST CHARLES STERNE, LATE SHERIFF OF PENDLETON COUNTY, KENTUCKY - MOTION FOR A CLAIM AS A COUNTY CREDITOR. ON MOTION OF TE SAID DEFENDANT ON OATH IT IS ORDERED THAT THIS MOTION BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE NEXT TERM.
PG. 357 - WILLIAM BUSH PLAINTIFF AGAINST CHARLES STERNE, LATE SHERIFF OF PENDLETON COUNTY, KENTUCKY - MOTION FOR AN ORDER AS A COUNTY CREDITOR. THIS DAY CAME THE PARTIES OF THE AFORESAID BY THEIR ATTORNEYS AND THERE UPON THE DEFENDANT BY HIS ATTORNEY MOVED THE COURT TO QUASH THE MOTION HEREIN - IT APPEARING THAT THE MOTION HEREIN IS AGAINST THE SHERIFF - ONLY WHEN HIS SECURITIES OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN INCLUDED - AND THEREUPON THE PARTIES BEING HEARD - IT IS ORDERED THAT THE MOTION TO BE QUASHED AND THAT THE DEFENDANT GO HENCE WITHOUT DELAY AND RECOVER AGAINST THE SAID PLAINTIFF HIS COSTS BY HIM ABOUT HIS DEFENSE IN THIS BEHALF - EXPENSES AND THE SAID PLAINTIFF FOR HIS FALSE CLAIM BE MERCY - AND THE MOTION OF THE PLAINTIFF THAT HE HAVE LEAVE TO WITHDRAW THE ORDER ON WHICH THIS MOTION IS FOUNDED.
========================================================================== BOOK B, PG. 188 - MAY COURT 1809 - ORDERED THAT WILLIAM BUSH BE EXHONERATED FROM PAYING COUNTY LEVY, AND WORKING ON ROADS ON ACCOUNT OF AGE AND INFIRMITY. APPROX. 51 YEARS OLD AT THIS TIME.
BOOK B, PG. 380 - FEBRUARY COURT 1812 - WILLIAM BUSH - PLAINTIFF AGAINST CHARLES STERNE, LATE SHERIFF OF THIS COUNTY AND CALEB BROWNING AND STRIBLING HUME, HIS SECURITIES - DEFENDANTS -- ON A MOTION FOUNDED UPON AN ORDER OF THIS COURT MADE AT THEIR DECEMBER COURT OF CLAIMS IN THE YEAR 1809, FOR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, IN FAVOR OF THE SAID BUSH FOR MAINTAINING HIS INSANE CHILDREN THIS DAY CAME THE PARTIES AFORESAID, BY THEIR ATTORNEYS, AND THE PLAINTIFF HAVING ADDUCED DUE AND LEGAL PROOF OF THE JUSTICE OF HIS DEMAND; AND ALSO OF THE ASAID DEFENDANTS HAVING HAD LEGAL NOTICE OF THIS MOTION; AND THE PARTIES BEING FULLY HEARD - IT IS CONSIDERED BY THE COURT THAT THE PLAINTIFF RECOVER AGAINST THE SAID DEFENDANTS ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, THE SUM MENTIONED IN SAID ORDER - AND ALSO THIS CASH BY HIM ABOUT HIS MOTION IN THIS BEHALF EXPENDED - AND THE SAID DEFENDANTS IN MERCY -
==========================================================================ORDER BOOK D, 1819-1823, PG. 1, NOVEMBER TERM 1819:
WILLIAM BUSH RECEIVED $40 FROM THE COUNTY LEVY AS A POOR PERSON.
==========================================================================ENOCH KIRBY SOLD TO WM. BUSH ON MARCH 5, 1821, BY TITLE BOND, 117 ACRES LAND ON MAIN LICKING WITHIN THE HORSESHOE BEND, FOR $700 AND TOOK HIS NOTE FOR THE PURCHASE MONEY.
WM. BUSH VS. ENOCH KIRBY'S HEIRS - PENDLETON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURTPKG.___
PENDLETON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT - APRIL 18TH, 1821:
SURVEY FOR CHARLES KIRBY THE ANNEX'D PLATT OF 99 ACRES OF LAND IN THE COUNTY AFORESAID ON MAIN LICKING & BOUNDED AS FOLLOWTH TOWIT: BEGINNING AT A, 3 BEECH TREES CORNER TO LAKEY SHOEMAKER AND IN THE LINE OF JAMES KIRBY, THENCE WITH SD. LINE N79 W17 1/2 POLES TO AN ELM MAPLE & WHITE OAK IN A SWAMP, THENCE S26 W38 POLES TO 2 BEECH TREES CORNER TO WM. KIRBY AT C. THE NE SIDE OF A SMALL DRAIN, THENCE N74 W47 POLES CROSSING A BRANCH SEVERAL TIMES TO A SMALL BUCKEYE ON THE N SIDE OF THE SAME S74 W CROSSING THE BRANCH SEVERAL TIMES AND PASSING WM. KIRBY'S CORNER, 3 BEECHES SUGARTREE & BUCKEYE AT 48 POLES COURSE CONTINUES IN ALL ON THIS LINE 52 POLES TO THE EDGE OF THE COMMON LOW WATER, THENCE UP THE RIVER & BINDING WITH THE WATERS EDGE 273 POLES, THENCE S31 W PASSING LAKEY SHOEMAKERS CORNER, 1 BEECH & 2 SUGARTREES ON THE TOP OF THE BANK AT 5 POLES COURSE CONTINUED IN ALL ON THIS LINE 100 POLES TO THE BEGINNING. SIGNED REUBEN MCCARTY, SPC.
WILLIAM BUSH VS. ENOCH KIRBY'S HEIRS - BILL FILED SEPTEMBER 21, 1825. PENDLETON CO., CIRCUIT CLERK PKG 61:
HONORABLE HENRY O. BROWN, JUDGE OF THE PENDLETON CIRCUIT COURT IN CHANCERY SITTING---
THAT IB NARCH 5, 1821 WM. BUSH PURCHASED OF ENOCH KIRBY IN PENDLTON COUNTY ON LICKING RIVER CONTAINING 99 ACRES OF LAND, ABOND AND PLAT OF SD. LAND IS HEREWITH FILED.
SINCE EXECUTION OF SD. BOND ENOCH KIRBY HAS DEPARTED THIS LIFE WITHOUT HAVING MADE A CONVEYANCE-----LEGAL TITLE TO THE LAND HAS PASSED & DESCENDED TO: CHARLES KIRBY, WILLIAM KIRBY, JAMES KIRBY, RICHARD KIRBY, ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, LATE ELIZABETH KIRBY, WIFE OF POPE WILLIAMS, AND TO THE HEIRS THEREOF; THOMAS KIRBY, DECEASED HIS HEIRS (1) NANCY PRICE, LATE NANCY KIRBY AND _____PRICE, HUSBAND, (2) PEGGY TUCKER & THOMAS TUCKER HER HUSBAND; JOSEPH KIRBY - APR. 1835. DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
SPAE IN CHY. SEPT. 21, 1825
EXD. ON CHARLES KIRBY SEPT. 23, 1825; ON WM. KIRBY SEPT. 24, 1825; ALSO ON ELIZABETH WILLIAMS OCT. 11, 1825. POPE WILLIAMS NOT FOUND.
JAMES KIRBY NOT FOUND. RICHARD KIRBY NO AN INHABITANT OF MY B V BAILIWICK. OCT. 15, 1825, E. DANIEL, DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR JOHN H. BARKER, SPC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I, ENOCH KIRBY AM HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO WILLIAM BUSH, SR. IN PENNEL SUM OF FOURTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THE PAYMENT WHEREOF I BIND MYSELF MY HEIRS & EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS FIRMLY BY THESE PRESENTS SEALED WITH MY SEAL AND DATED THIS FIFTH DAY OF MARCH 1821. THE CONDITIONS OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATIONS IS SUCH THAT IF THE ABOVE BOND ENOCH KIRBY DO CONVEY BY AND WITH A GENERAL WARNTEE DEED TO THE SAID WILLIAM BUSH, SR. A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND LYING ON MAIN LICKING IN PENDLETON COUNTY ADJOINING JAMES KIRBY, LAKEY SHOEMAKER & WILLIAM KIRBY CONTAINING ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN ACRES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS THEN THIS OBIGATION TO BE VOID OR ELSE TO REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND VIRTUE IN LAW. SIGNED ENOCH X KIRBY ATTEST: WILLIAM BRADFORD & HORATIO WILLET
==========================================================================RICHARD WILLIAMS VS. WM. BUSH'S HEIRS - PENDLETON COUNTY COURT PKG 68 (HANSER P.G.?) BILL FILED APR. 6, 1831:
WM. BUSH EXECUTED A NOTE TO ENOCH KIRBY MARCH 5, 1821 FOR 117 ACRES OF LAND ON MAIN LICKING WITHIN THE HORSESHOE BEND.
WM. BUSH DIED AND HIS SON JAMES WAS APPT. IN PEND. CO., CT. AS ADMIN.
ENOCK KIRBY DIED AND HIS SON WM. WAS APPT. IN PEND. CO. CT. AS ADMIN.
(FOR CHILDREN & HEIRS OF WM. BUSH & ENOCH KIRBY, SEE WORK SHEETS OF EACH)
THE NOTE OF $700 WAS ASSIGNED TO CHARLES KIRBY, AND HE ASSIGNED IT TO RICHARD WILLIAMS.
"TEN DAYS AFTER DATE I PROMISE TO PAY ENOCH KIRBY THE SUM OF SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR VALUE RECEIVED AS WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL THIS FIFTH DAY OF MARCH 1821" SIGNED WILLIAM X BUSH"
ARTICLE OF AGREEMENT MAD & AGREED TO & ENTERED INTO BY & BETWEEN JAMES BUSH OF THE ONE PART & RICHARD WILLIAMS OF THE OTHER BOTH OF PENDLETON COUNTY & STATE OF KY. IT IS AS FOLLOWS TOWIT:
FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THIRTY DOLLARS TO BE IN HAND PAID BY SD. RICHARD WILLIAMS I THIS DAY HAVE BARGAINED & SOLD UNTO SD. WILLIAMS ALL MY PART RIGHT TITLE & INTEREST IN A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND LYING IN THE HORSESHOE BEND ON MAIN LICKING SAID TO CONTAIN 100 & 17 ACRES MORE OR LESS NOW IT IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT I AS ONE OF THE LEGAL HEIRS OF WILLIAM BUSH DECEASED DOATH RELINQUISH & SELL FROM ME MY HEIRS & ALL & EVERY PERSONS CLAIMING UNDER THEM OR BY BE IN ANY MANNER WHAT SO EVER IN WITNESS WHERE UNTO I HAVE THIS DAY SET MY HAND & AFFIXT MY SEAL IN PRESENTS OF THIS 25 OF MARCH 1830. SIGNED, JAMES X BUSH ATTEST: JOHN B. MANN & STEPHEN THRASHER
SUMS-ISSUED APR. 6, 1831 BY W.W. KENNETT, CLK. BY W. C. KENNETT, JR., DEPUTY CLK. SERVICE OF SUMMONS: POPE WILLIAMS & WIFE ELIZABETH, APRIL 16, 1831; WM. BUSH, JR., APR. 15, 1831; JAMES BUSH, APR. 16, 1831; JAMES GARDNER & POLLY HIS WIFE, APRIL 18, 1831; JAMES KIRBY ADMR. APRIL 19; AND THE OTHER DEFTS. (EXCEPT SIMEON BUSH WHO WAS NOT FOUND) ARE NO INHABITANTS OF MY BAILIWICK AND NOT FOUND. SIGNED JOHN HOBDAY, SPC
THE DEFTS. NAMED IN THE SUMS WERE:
WILLIAM BUSH JR., JAMES GARDNER & POLLY HIS WIFE LATE POLLY BUSH, SIMEON BUSH, AND WILLIAM BUSH, INFANT SON OF UNY BUSH DECEASED; JAMES KIRBY, POPE WILLIAMS AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE LATE ELIZABETH KIRBY, AND JAMES BUSH, ADMR. OF WM. BUSH, SR., DECEASED, SAMUEL BUSH AND SALLY BUSH, RICHARD KIRBY AND MARGARET HIS WIFE, LATE MARGARET KIRBY, JACOB PRICE & SALLY HIS WIFE LATE SALLY KIRBY, AND THOS. TUCKER & MARY HIS WIFE LATE MARY KIRBY, JOHN BUSH, REBECCA BUSH, ________MILLER AND ABIGAIL HIS WIFE LATE ABIGAIL BUSH, CHARLES KIRBY, & WM. KIRBY ADMR. OF ENOCH KIRBY DECEASED.
PUBLICATION OF NOTICE, MAY 13, 1831 TO JULY 15, 1831 IN "THE KENTUCKIAN", AN AUTHORIZED NEWSPAPER IN TOWN OF FRANKFORT, PUBLISHED WEEKLY JACOB H. HOLEMAN, EDITOR, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER. THE FOLLOWING NAMED DEFTS. WERE NOTIFIED: JOHN BUSH, MICHAEL HEATHER AND REBECCA HIS WIFE, LATE REBECCA BUSH, WM. KIRBY, _________MILLER AND ABIGAIL HIS WIFE LATE ABIGAIL BUSH, CHARLES KIRBY, ARE NOT INHABITANTS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH.
SUMS JUNE 4, 1832 FOR WM. BUSH INFANT SON AND HEIR OF UNAY BUSH DECEASED. RETURN: "NOT FOUND". E. O'BANNON, DEP. FOR BRAXTON POLLARD, SPC.
SUMS. APRIL 2, 1832 FOR SIMEON BUSH & WM. BUSH INFANT SON OF UNY BUSH. EXECUTED APRIL 12, 1832 ON SIMEON BUSH, WM. BUSH NOT FOUND. E. O'BANNON, DEP. S.P.C.
ANS. JULY 19, 1832 OF JAMES BUSH------WALL, ATTY.
AT THE TIME ENOCH KIRBY GAVE TO WM. BUSH A TITLE BOND FOR THE LAND THERE WAS PAID $420 ON THE LAND, AND LATER $23 AND $80 AS SHOWN BY RECEIPTS. ADMITS THAT SAMUEL BUSH AND SALLY BUSH, TWO OF WM. BUSH'S HEIRS ARE OF UNSOUND MIND - JAMES BUSH IS COMMITTEE FOR SAMUEL & SALLY BUSH; AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR WM. BUSH, INFANT HEIR OF UNAS BUSH D4ECEASED.
JAMES GARDNER -
TO/TITLE BOND OR ASSIGNMENT SEPTEMBER 10, 1828 - CHARLES KIRBY - MY 1/10 UNIT IN 115 ACRES LAND ON MAIN LICKING AND LYING AND BINDING ON THE SAME IN THE NOTED PLACE CALLED THE HORSE SHOE BEND AND JAMES GARDNER AS LEGATEE BY INTERMARRIAGE IN THE FAMILY LOF THE SD. WM. BUSH DECEASED BECAUSE ENTITLED TO ON TENTH PART. SIGNED JAMES X GARDNER
TEST: ROBT. TAYLOR
RECEIVED APR. 23, 1826 OF WILLIAM BUSH, SR. THE SUM OF $23 WHICH SHALL STAND GOOD IN PART OF A NOTE I HOLD AGAINST HIM - SIGHED CHARLES KIRBY
RECEIVED MARCH 8TH 1827 OF WILLIAM BUSH SR. THE SUM OF $80 IN COMMONWEALTH PAPER WHICH SHALL STAND GOOD AGAINST A NOTE I HOLD AGAINST SAID BUSH TO ITS AMOUNT - SIGNED CHARLES KIRBY
(NOTE: ON MARCH 10, 1821 ENOCH KIRBY ASSIGNED THE NOTE OF WILLIAM BUSH TO CHARLES KIRBY)
========================================================== AUGUST TERM 1827:
An inventory and appraisement bill of the estate of WILLIAM BUSH deceased was this day returned in to court by the Administrator of said estate in the words so following to wit:
We the undersigned subscribers proceeded to appraise the property of WILLIAM BUSH deceased agreeable to an order from the County Court of Pendleton County, Kentucky after being duly sworn to lwit, on the 8th day of June 1827.

One brindle cow......................................................................$7.00
One red and white cow........................................................... 7.50
Five sows and pigs................................................................ 10.00
Twenty-four hogs.................................................................... 15.00
One ? ..................................................................................... .75
One lot of bacon..................................................................... 2.50
One tub of lard and washing tub............................................ 1.00
One pair of gears and a thread real....................................... .50
One meal bag and sifter......................................................... 1.00
One lot of pewter, knives and forks........................................ 3.50
One lot of farming utensals.................................................... 6.50
One lot of farming tools.......................................................... 3.121/2
One lot of tallow and books.................................................... .621/2
One basket of tricks................................................................ .371/2
One lot of tubs and buckets.................................................... 2.121/2
One kettle, stew kettle and oven with hangers....................... 6.00
Five chairs, trotline and other trumpry................................... 1.25
One bestead, bed and bedding.............................................. 5.00
One pair of hand millstones................................................... .50
One flaxbrake......................................................................... .50
Four sheep............................................................................. 2.00
One Bay horse....................................................................... 25.00
James Bush, Adminstrator Total $103.75
Nelson W. Beckett
George Riddle
Ebenezer Riddle - Comissioners
Which inventory done and examined and a approved by the court was ordered to be recorded.

A bill of sale for the estate of WILLIAM BUSH deceased was this day returned to the court by the administrator of said estate in the words so following to wit:
"A sale bill of the personal estate of WM. BUSH deceased, viz."
William Bradford, Frow and chisle...........................................$ 2.681/2
Wm. Bradford, Drawing knife, hammer, gig............................. .311/4
Stephen Mullins, One axe........................................................ 1.00
John Bonar, One mattock......................................................... 1.00
John Bonar, One hoe and wedge............................................. 1.00
George Riddle, Stretcher and cleaver...................................... 1.25
Pope Williams, plough irons.................................................... 2.00
John Fryor, One oven and hooks.............................................. .75
James Bush, One kettle............................................................ 2.00
John Fryor, One bell................................................................. 1.20
James Kerby, One set knives and forks.................................. 1.50
Stephen Mullins, One set of plates.......................................... . 633/4
John Fryor, Three basons and spoons.................................... 1.01
Do. One dish.................................................................... .25
Wm. Bradford, One meal and salt barrel................................. .501/2
James Kirby, Three barrels..................................................... .32
Charles Kirby, Two tin cups, two buckets and one pail........... .121/2
Wm. Bradford, one basket of tricks......................................... .16
George Riddle, One do. and tallow.......................................... .183/4
Charles Williams, One gig and trotline so(paid)..................... .25
James Bush, One sieve.......................................................... .683/4
Enoch Bush, One chest........................................................... ???
John Bonar, Bacon.................................................................. 2.75
Stephen Mullins, One cow....................................................... 6.061/4
Do. One cow...................................................... 6.50
Do. One horse................................................... 22.061/4
Wm. Bradford, One tub of lard and soap grease.................... .121/2
James Southard, One reel and gears..................................... .121/2
John Fryer, Four barrows and one boor................................. 5.183/4
Payton Earles, One...hand millstone..................................... .01
James Kirby, One lot of hogs, sows and pigs....................... 5.00
James Southard, One wash tub............................................. .08
Reuben Mullins, Ninteen shotes........................................... 8.70
Do. Six Do.............................................. 1.65
Charles Williams ,Four head of sheep.................................. 3.57
James Southard, One cropping hackel ............................... .621/2
Wm. Bradford, Jug, and piece of gun barrel......................... .19
James Kirby, Five chair frames............................................ .121/2
Wm. Bonar, One bedstead and bedding............................... 3.00
John Fryer, One meal bag..................................................... .371/2
Wm. Bradford, One flax brake.............................................. .03
James Bush, One keg........................................................... .061/4
Stephen Bonar, One lot of hogs (paid).................................. 3.15
James Bush, Administrator Total $89.521/2
Which sale bill being examined and approved by the court was ordered to be recorded.
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More About WILLIAM BUSH:
Occupation: SOLDIER, FARMER
Residence: SO.FORK GRASSY CREEK,PENDLETON CO., KY.
Ethnicity/Relig.: ENGLISH/PROBABLY BAPTIST
Comment 1: PVT. IN CAPT. JOHN BALEY' COMPANY

Notes for ELIZABETH/REBECCA SHEARER:
Elizabeth's death date comes from a book kept by the wife of John Thomas Bush 1825-1903, Matilda M Curl, 1826-1917. They lived in Logan County, Ohio. This information passed down to Mrs. R. V. deRegnier, P. O. Box 293, Sigourney, Ia. 52591.

More About ELIZABETH/REBECCA SHEARER:
Cause of Death: Probably complications from childbirth.
Medical Information: Notice Simeon's birthdate in August of 1809 and Elizabeth's death in December 1809. dlb

Children of WILLIAM BUSH and ELIZABETH/REBECCA SHEARER are:

MARY² BUSH, b. March 22, 1789; m. JAMES GARNER OR GARDNER , JR., July 9, 1811, PENDLETON CO. KY..

Notes for MARY BUSH:
IS JAMES GARDNER A BROTHER OR UNCLE OF MARGARET GARDNER?? JOYCE ANN BUSH (KIDWELL) REPORTS MARY "POLLY" AS HAVING MARRIED A J. GONDMES??

More About JAMES GARNER OR GARDNER , JR.:
Event 1: September 6, 1813, DISCH. FROM KY. MILITIA

ii.

ABEGAL BUSH, b. August 22, 1791, PENDLETON CO., KY.; m. JAMES MILLER ?.

iii.

JAMES O. BUSH, b. December 4, 1792, SO.FK. GRASSY CREEK, WOODFORD CO., KY.; d. September 10, 1870, SO.FK. GRASSY CREEK, PENDLETON CO., KY..

iv.

SARAH BUSH, b. May 29, 1794.

More About SARAH BUSH:
Comment 1: DECLARED NON-COMPOS MENTIS BY PENDLETON
Comment 2: CO. COURT.
Medical Information: Mental illness

UNISE BUSH, b. April 30, 1796; d. MARCH 1831 AS OF 35 YRS OLD.

vi.

WILLIAM BUSH, b. February 2, 1798, S. FK., GRASSY CRK., PENDLETON CO. KY.; d. January 28, 1866, NEAR HANNIBAL, MO..

vii.

JOHN SHEARER BUSH , SR., b. October 8, 1799, PENDLETON CO., KY.; d. August 7, 1877, PALMYRA, MARION CO., MO..

viii.

SAMUEL BUSH, b. October 8, 1802, PENDLETON CO., KY..

More About SAMUEL BUSH:
Comment 1: DECLARED NON COMPOS MENTIS BY PENDLETON
Comment 2: CO. COURT
Medical Information: Mental illness

ix.

CRITTENDEN BUSH, b. January 1804.

REBEKAH BUSH, b. June 29, 1806; m. MICHAEL B. HEATHER (REFER TO HEATHER FILE).

More About MICHAEL B. HEATHER (REFER TO HEATHER FILE):
Event 1: ¹
Event 2: ²
Occupation: FARMER/STOCK DEALER
Ethnicity/Relig.: RECEIVED BEAR CRK. REG. BAPTIST JULY 6,
Comment 1: 1822 THRU APRIL 1, 1826 EXCLUDED FOR
Comment 2: HOLDING OPEN COMMUNION.
Comment 3: CAME TO MARION CO.,MO. 1818

xi.

SIMEON BUSH, b. August 29, 1809, SO.FK. GRASSY CREEK, PENDLETON CO., KY.; d. September 28, 1895, PLEASANT RIDGE, PENDLETON CO., KY..

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