[NI1580] Dora Mazelle Green, daughter of George W. and Canary Ann Holder Green.
[NI1597] This is the person that the book "Matthew Rushing Descendants in South Mississippi 1810-1995" By Helen Lyndola Rushing-Jones was dedicated to. Her picture appears in the book.
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Page 114 transcribed: "Page 406 cont. - Admin, Granted JNO. Galloes on the estate of Matthew Rushing as marrying the Relict." 4 August 1679
[NI1630] Nellie Jane met Bat Short on Sunday when he rode his horse over to Denning to play in a softball game. She was at the old Denning School house. He stopped and they shared a stick of gum. They were married 3 weeks later. Bat's sister lived down the road from the Bradberry family.
[NI1631] He was a native of Cisco, Texas and was a resident of Lufkin and Port Arthur, Texas. He was a retired employee of Gulfport Shipyards.
[NI1643] SGT. Thomas Jefferson Rushin died at the battle of Antietam. Company K, Twelfth Georgia Volunteers (The "Marion Guards") under Capt. James G. Rogers.
[NI1656] Sydnor's unusual given name is the surname of the neighbor of his parents in Virginia.
[NI1687] This Levi Rushing has no middle name.
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Children of William Riley HESS and Mary Elizabeth RUSHING:
Mollie HESS b: 1880-1883
William HESS b: APR 1884
Joseph HESS b: JAN 1886
Jim HESS b: FEB 1888
Annie\Amie HESS b: AUG 1893
Ned HESS b: JAN 1895
Beula HESS b: ABT. 1901 in Arkansas
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2989. JOHN TILGHMAN, son of John (2985) and Rosanna (Tapper) Tilghman, was b. Feb. 2, 1731, in Somerset County, Maryland, and d. 1830, in Bullock County, Georgia. He m. 1774, Sarah Eggarton, who was b. 1760, and d. 1845. On Mar. 24, 1747, he was a member of the Somerset County Unit of the Maryland Colonial Militia. He moved to Wilmington, Craven County, North Carolina, where, on Nov. 12, 1776, he was a State Representative from Craven County in the Provincial Congress of that State. Later he was a Major and Colonel, of the North Carolina Militia from Newbern and Wilmington Districts.
Issue: James, b. Nov. 16, 1776, John, b. 1777, Mary b. 1780, who m. Mar. 4, 1800, Henry Simmons: Elizabeth, b. 1781, who m. Mar. 12, 1801, William Rushing: Nancy, b. 1782, who m. June 22, 1811, Daniel Simmons: Henry, b. Feb. 22, 1790, and Joseph Isaiah, b. Jan. 6, 1792.
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The Record and Genealogy of the Tilghman-Tillman-Tilman-Tilmon Family
Author: Stephen F. Tillman
Edward Brothers, Inc. Michigan. 1939.
Call Number: CS71.T579
JOHN TILLMAN, son of John (1109) and Rosanna (Tapper) Tilghman, was born
February 2, 1731 in Somerset County, Maryland, and died 1830 in Bullock County,
Georgia. The records of the Maryland Historical Society, show that on March 24, 1747 he
was serving with the Somerset County unit of the Maryland Militia. On page 1172, Vol. 16,
of the North Carolina State Records, it is shown that he enlisted July 1, 1777 with Heron's
Company, 10th North Carolina Regiment, for service in the Revolutionary War. This record
is also found on page 167 of the "Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American
Revolution." Mr. Tillman married about 1774 Sarah Eggarton (or Erggarton), who was born
1760 and died 1845. Issue: James, born November 16, 1776, John, born 1777, Mary,
born 1780, who married March 4, 1800 Henry Simmons: Elizabeth, born 1781, who
married March 12, 1801 William Rushing: Nancy, born 1782, who married June 22, 1811
Daniel Simmons: Henry, born February 22, 1790, and Joseph Isaiah, born January 6, 1792.