William Floyd Bush

  Notes and Events:

• Census, 1840, Franklin Co., GA. Appears in census as head of household containing:
2 males under 5 years of age
2 males age 20 and under 30 [1 may be an overseer]
1 female age 20 and under 30
22 slaves

• Census: 1850 Census Benton County AL Jacksonville District Family # 291, 1850. William F Bush 35 GA Farming $5000 real estate
Harriet B 30 GA
William D. 13 GA
Thomas B 11 GA
Caroline I 9 GA
Floyd K 7 GA
Albon or Albin C 5 GA
Emily S 3 AL
male not named 5 months AL
William G Bush 25 GA Farming

• Moved: from Franklin County, GA, 1850-1859, Benton County, AL.

• CSA: Though it would put him almost 50 years old, still a "possibility," 1862-1865. 15th Regt. Ga. Volunteer Infantry - Army Northern Virginia CSA - Company B Muster Roll - A soldier in this unit - WILLIAM F. BUSH - Private 8/30/1862 - Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. 7/3/1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, MD and transferred to Aiken's Landing, VA. for exchange. Received at Varina, VA. 9/22/1864 Roll for 2/28/1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave. No later record.

• Note: U.S. House of Representative Private Claims, Vol. 1. Name: William F. Bush
Nature of Claim: Compensation for horse lost in public services
Congress: 27
Session: 2
Manner Brought: Petition
Journal Page: 951
Referred to Committee: Claims

William married Harriet Beall Jones, daughter of Dudley Jones and Clarissa Beall, on 13 Dec 1835 in Franklin Co., GA. (Harriet Beall Jones was born on 1 Oct 1819 in Franklin Co., GA and died in 1870-1880.)

William next married A.C. about 1859. (A.C. was born about 1841.)