John Bush

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• Relationship. greatgreatgreat grandfather

• Source Note. See obituary of Grandson Thomas Greene Bush. Excerpt: "...grandson of John and Nancy (King) Bush, who came from Georgia to Alabama about, 1830, and lived on their farm near Oxford, until their death..."

• Note. Had a brother William, who married Joicy King, the sister of John's wife Nancy King.

• Alt. Birth, 1782, Orange County, Virginia.

• Deed: Early Records of Georgia vol 1 and 2, 25 Jan 1788. Page 21--BUSH, JOHN to Geo. Ivey of Franklin Co. N. C., 287 1/2 acres in
that part of Washington Co. called Greene, on Rocky Fork of Shoulderbone
creek. Jan. 25, 1788. Isham Alford, Anthony Ivey, Test.

[This is now part of Hancock County between Warren and Greene counties]
[Was this Ivey family related to Mary and Dicey Ivey? Mary Ivey was the mother of Curtis Williams, father in-law of Albert Peyton Bush]

• Document bears name: The Early Records of Georgia, Volume I, Wilkes County - page 291, 9 Apr 1788. Page 26--BIDDLE, ABSOLOM and wife Ruth to Thos. Wingfield 224 acres on south side of Little river orig. grant 1787 to said Biddle. Apr. 9, 1788. John Talbot, Andrew Burns, John Bush, J. P., Test.

• Document bears name, 30 Jun 1789, Wilkes County, Georgia. Adjacent Land Owner; Wilkes Co., GA, (later Hancock Co.), Book FF, 1789, p. 28, 5 July 1788, Josiah Carter and Mary, his wife, to James Thweat, all of Wilkes Co., for £30, 795 acres, on Ogechee, adj. W. by Wm. Ramsey & James Harvey, all other sides vacant at time of orig. survey, granted Carter, 26 Apr. 1787. (signed) Josiah Carter, Mary (x) Carter. Wit: John Bush, J.P. Mary Carter, wife of Josiah Carter, rel. dower rights before John Bush, J.P. Regd. 30 June 1789.

• Census, 1790, Greene County, Georgia.

• Note, 1790, Wilkes County, Georgia. The names John Bush and Thomas Bush, as well as John King, appear in "The Early Records of Georgia, Volume I, Wilkes County" 1790 notes

• Document bears name, 1790-1796. BAYES, JOSEPH dec'd. John Bush and Zachariah Bayes, excrs. Bond to Edward Jones, R. P. no date. Warrant of appraisement issued by David Terrell, R. P., Feb. 12, 1795. Moses Bays, admr. Returns Jan. 11, 1796, paid Wm. Street L2. Received of Thos. Nelms $17.00. Inv. of est Jun. 2, 1790. Dutch plows, Dutch oven, Presbyterian Confession of Faith, pewter etc, Zachariah Bays and John Bush, excrs. (Will or est of Jos. Bayes supposed to be recorded in Book "D D", burned years ago in a lawyers office)

• Tax List, 1805-1819, Franklin Co., GA. Appears as John A. Bush on the 1805 Tax Index per:
Ancestry.com GA 1792-1819 Tax Lists Index
On the 1819 index, appears as John Bush Esq.
Other years he appeared are 1807, 1808, 1818

• Deed, 2 Jun 1815, Greene County, Georgia. Deed Book EE page 585 Recorded at Greene County Georgia John Bush to Thomas Colquett Witness Wm. Waganon and Thomas Bush JP June 2, 1815

• Land Grant, 1827, Franklin Co., GA. FRANKLIN COUNTY, GA - 1827 Land Lottery - Drawers in Franklin Co.
22nd Day's Drawing - March 31
Section, District, Lot No. - Name - County, Captains District
1, 19, 252, Bush, John soldier - Franklin County, Sanders

• Census, 1830, Franklin Co., GA. John Bush
males:
under 5= 1, 5-<10= 1, 10-<15=2, 15-<20=1, 20-<30=1, 40-<50=1
females:
under 5= 1, 15-<20=1, 40-<50=1
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Son Daniel is shown in his own household. Here is how other children fit:
males:
under 5= 1 [1825-1830] James J. (about 1827)
5-<10= 1 [1820-1825] Anderson C. (1824/1825)
10-<15= 2 [1815-1820] William C. ( & Albert P
15-<20= 1 [1810-1815] John W. (about 1815)
20-<30= 1 [1800-1810] Edward T. (about 1810)
40-<50= 1 [1780-1790] John [fits alternate DOB of 1782]
females:
under 5= 1 [1825-1830] Mary E. (about 1826)
15-<20= 1 [1810-1815] Judith A. (1811/1812)
40-<50= 1 [1780-1790] Nancy (14 Jul 1789)

• Moved: from Georgia to, About 1836, Oxford, Calhoun Co., AL. He may may have moved to Pickens County, Alabama first, then to Calhoun County.

• Will, 6 Sep 1847. Probated Nov 15 1847. Wife Nancy. Children: Anderson C, James J, Daniel, Judith Holland, John, William C, Mary Elston, Albert P., Edmond T.

• Geographical Note. Benton County, Alabama became Calhoun County, Alabama in 1858.

John married Nancy King, daughter of Edmund King and Elizabeth Woodson, on 27 Mar 1804 in Greene County, Georgia.³⁸ (Nancy King was born on 14 Jul 1789 in Halifax County, VA and died on 18 Apr 1859 in Oxford, Calhoun Co., AL.)