[NI3178]
Diane Rushing remarried to William Dean Hampton after David Lawrence Urias.
She had 2 children from her first marriage:
A)Jeffrey Lawrence Urias married Stephanie Featherston, one child Christopher Patrick Urias
B)Sandy Gayle Urias, I was married to James Cunningham II with one child, Clayton Samuel Cunningham
2nd Marriage, Daniel Toner, one child, Elizabeth Danielle Toner
Information from Sandy, by e-mail on 1-2-2008.
[NI3179]
Donna Rushing married to Arthur McCormack
She had 3 children
A) Michelle Dawn McCormack
B) Alana Nicole McCormack married Timothy Terrell Cole with one child Camden Terrell Cole
C) Daniel Terrail McCormack
[NI3202]
Township 12, Beat 17, Walker, Alabama; Federal Census 1880
James K. RUSHING Self M Male W 36 AL Farmer TN TN
Cintha J. RUSHING Wife M Female W 36 AL Keeping House GA GA
Elijah J. RUSHING Son S Male W 13 AL Farming AL AL
Joel RUSHING Son S Male W 11 AL Farming AL AL
Jacob RUSHING Son S Male W 9 AL AL AL
Marthy RUSHING Dau S Female W 4 AL AL AL
Sidney S. RUSHING Son S Male W 5M AL AL AL
Family History Library Film 1254034
NA Film Number T9-0034
Page Number 36D
[NI3206]
Subject: Info on Line of Rushing Family
[NI3260]
Subject: RUSHINGS INFORMATION
[NI3262]
Mack Rushing was a Civil War Veteran, having served with the Confederate
[NI3263]
Census: 1900, Cullman County, Alabama
[NI3285]
Walter Harris Rushing & Mary Woodson had no children.
[NI3320]
There is evidence for a James Rushing in New Kent County, Virginia, in 1667.
[NI3321]
Virgil Rushing is named as one of the children of David Rushing and Sarah Moore in "Families and Histories Benton County, Tennessee."
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 22:26:21 -0400
From: "Steve Rushing"
To: Dan Rushing
My name is Charles Steven (Steve) Rushing. I am 47 yrs old, live at 204 Ascot Dr, Kinsgport, TN, 37663 and am the son of Floyd E. (Buddy) Rushing, Jr.(8 Rushing Lane, Leoma, TN 38468), who is the son of Floyd Rushing, Sr. (died in 1979, son of Jacob, son of James K. Polk, etc.). It appears that you don't have much info on Jacob's family (Lula, Artie, Birdie, Floyd and Cecil) or their descendents. My father has studied Rushing family history extensively for more than 30 years and has a wealth of information that would add extensively to your data base. I have 3 sons (Michael, Anthony and Jeff) who will carry the Rushing name into the future on our line of the family and also one brother (Donald Edmund Rushing) and one sister (Phyllis Irene Rushing). My father was one of 3 children of Floyd Sr. and Callie Mae O'Barr Rushing, and he has 2 living sisters (Virginia Rhodes, Wanda Nichols).
Back in the 80's when Jack Rushing (New York) was heading up the National Rushing Family organization, we attended several national family reunions (Anson Co., NC, Bedford Co, TN, Paris, TN, etc.) that were extremely interesting. Jack published "THE RUSHING PAST" National Newsletter, which I assume you are aware of, that dealt with lots of neat info about the family history. I don't recall when all that ended, but haven't heard anything about it in years. I still have some copies in my archives if you happen not to have seen any.
What I will probably do is give my Dad your address and have him send you the essence of his research on the family (especially the Middle Tenn and North Alabama lines) and see if that doesn't fill in a bunch of branches on your tree.
Appreciate the effort to put this info out on the NET and gather up info from around the country (and world) on our family. Be in touch!
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 02:36:52 -0500
From: Becky Sullins <@airnet>
To: @rushings
I checked out the Rushing webpage and I didn't see this line listed, so
her is an outline of my Rushing line.
Let me know if this isn't what you need.
Descendants of Elijah Rushing
1 Elijah Rushing b: 1806 in Anson Co.,NC d: January 23, 1854 in
Walker Co.,AL.
. +Evaline Burrows b: May 06, 1810 m: 1829-1830 in Bedford Co.,TN d:
1887-1890 in Buried near Curry, walker Co.,AL. (Now Mt. Joy)
....... 2 Mary E. Rushing b: 1831
........... +Jachariah Dutton b: Abt. 1821
................. 3 Sarah E. Dutton b: Abt. 1853
................. 3 Liza Dutton b: Abt. 1855
................. 3 George Dutton b: Abt. 1859
..................... +Nancy Beddington
........................... 4 Fremie Dutton
........................... 4 Bell Dutton
........................... 4 Charity Dutton
....... 2 Rhuhama Rushing b: 1832
........... +? Blackwood
................. 3 Mary E. Blackwood
................. 3 Nancy J. Blackwood
....... 2 John J. Rushing b: 1835 d: 1852
....... 2 Joel J. Rushing b: February 1837 in TN (poss. Tuscaloosa
AL.) d: December 04, 1901 in buried at Mt. Hope Baptist Church, Crane
Hill, Cullman Co.,AL.
........... +Martha Tubbs b: April 1857 in Walker Co.,AL. m: Unknown in
Cullman Co.,Al. d: July 06, 1924
................. 3 Mary C. Rushing b: 1866
..................... +Joel Tingle
................. 3 [1] Lina Rushing b: July 17, 1868 in Winston
Co.,AL d: May 31, 1958 in Mt. Hope Cem. - Cullman Co.,AL.
..................... +Leroy J. Calvert b: 1855 in Hancock Co. Al ( now
Cullman) m: December 12, 1885 in Cullman Co.,Al d: 1890 in Bob Calvert
Cem. - Cullman Co.,AL.
........................... 4 James M. Calvert b: March 24, 1887 in
Cullman Co.,Al
............................... +Sarah Peak m: September 17, 1905 in
Cullman Co.,Al
........................... 4 Mary A. Calvert b: June 28, 1889 in
Cullman Co.,Al
............................... +Columbus Peak b: December 01, 1880 in
Cullman Co.,Al m: January 26, 1905 in Crane Hill, Cullman Co.,AL. d:
November 16, 1968 in Mt. Zion Cem, Crane Hill, Cullman Co.,AL.
................. *2nd Husband of [1] Ruliany Adiline Rushing:
..................... +Henry William Wood b: April 29, 1853 in Marshall
Co.,Al. (GA?) m: September 30, 1890 in Cullman Co.,Al d: March 20, 1922
in Cullman Co.,Al
........................... 4 Mittie Wallace Wood b: June 27, 1894 in
Cullman Co.,Al d: January 19, 1966 in Cullman Co.,Al
............................... +John William Moore b: January 01, 1885
in Wayne Co.,TN m: September 06, 1908 in Cullman Co.,Al d: June 29, 1956
in Cullman Co.,Al
........................... 4 Martha Jane Wood b: June 16, 1895 in
Cullman Co.,Al
............................... +Benjamin Franklin McCain b: March 27,
1893 in Cullman Co.,Al m: September 28, 1913 in Cullman Co.,Al
........................... 4 Henry W. Wood b: August 01, 1897 in
Cullman Co.,Al d: April 23, 1968 in Mt. Zion Cem, Cullman Co.,AL.
............................... +Roe McClanahan b: November 27, 1904 in
Cullman Co.,Al m: August 20, 1925 in Vinemont, Cullman Co.,Al
........................... 4 William Boss Wood b: September 04, 1901
in Cullman Co.,Al
............................... +Loice Tucker b: June 04, 1908 in
Cullman Co.,Al m: December 14, 1924 in Crane Hill, Cullman Co.,AL
........................... 4 Flora May Wood b: May 01, 1904 in
Cullman Co.,Al d: in Prob. Akron Ohio
............................... +Oscar Crider b: February 23, 1904 in
Cullman Co.,Al m: March 24, 1924 in Cullman Co.,Al d: in Prob. Akron
Ohio
........................... 4 Claude Wood b: May 15, 1906 in Cullman
Co.,Al
............................... +Marion Bates b: October 02, 1913 in
Elkmont, Limestone Co.Al. m: December 26, 1936 in Elkmont, Limestone
Co.Al.
........................... 4 Birdie V. Wood b: January 09, 1908 in
Cullman Co.,Al
............................... +Milliard E. Harbison b: July 19, 1902
in Cullman Co.,Al m: May 04, 1927 in Trade, Cullman Co.AL. d: July 04,
1959 in Bethany Cem- Crane Hill AL.
................. 3 [2] Winnie Hassey Catherine Rushing b: July 1879
..................... +Joe Eddy m: Abt. 1890 in Cullman Co.,Al
........................... 4 Joseph Wayne Eddy b: March 01, 1891 in
Cullman Co.,AL. d: March 28, 1952 in Ryans creek Cem., Brushy Pond Mt.,
Cullman Co.,AL.
............................... +Kathern Calvert m: November 04, 1907
in Cullman Co.,AL.
................. *2nd Husband of [2] Winnie Hassey Catherine Rushing:
..................... +William F. Calvert b: April 1877 m: April 15,
1894 in Cullman Co.,AL. d: September 28, 1960 in Mt. Hope Cem, Crane
Hill, Cullman Co.,AL.
........................... 4 [3] Willis Calvert b: April 10, 1896 in
Cullman Co.,AL. d: April 08, 1967 in Livingston Chapel, Crane Hill,
Cullman Co.,AL.
............................... +Mary Lula Lott m: December 14, 1913
in Crane Hill, Cullman Co.,AL.
........................... *2nd Wife of [3] Willis Calvert:
............................... +Donnie Harbison b: August 29, 1893 in
Crane Hill, Cullman Co.,AL. m: January 24, 1928 in Cullman Co.,AL.
........................... 4 Verdie Irene Calvert b: August 08, 1899
in Cullman Co.,AL.
............................... +Charles Fred Fisher m: November 02,
1916 in Cullman Co.,AL.
........................... 4 Dovie Calvert b: May 03, 1904 in Cullman
Co.,AL.
............................... +Cotie Perdue m: September 14, 1924 in
Cullman Co.,AL.
........................... 4 Chelsey Joel Calvert b: June 06, 1906 in
Cullman Co.,AL.
............................... +Fannie Music m: May 06, 1926 in
Gadsden, Etowah Co.,AL.
................. 3 John Robert Rushing b: June 24, 1874 in Walker
Co.,AL d: January 23, 1954 in Crane Hill, Cullman Co.,AL
..................... +Molly Wood b: February 22, 1874 in Marshall
Co.,Al. m: July 17, 1892 in Cullman Co.,Al d: January 02, 1948 in Crane
Hill, Cullman Co.,AL
........................... 4 Fannie Vassie Rushing b: April 23, 1893
........................... 4 Starling Henry Rushing b: October 22,
1894
............................... +Arminda P. Harbison b: February 25,
1899 in Cullman Co.,AL. m: November 14, 1915 in Cullman Co.,AL.
........................... 4 Abel Lytle Rushing b: April 29, 1896 in
Cullman Co.,AL. d: June 11, 1927 in Mt. Hope Cem., Crane Hill, Cullman
Co.,Al.
............................... +Dorinda E. Harbison b: July 04, 1901
in Cullman Co.,AL. m: November 09, 1917 in Cullman Co.,AL.
........................... 4 Earving Pinkney Rushing b: October 01,
1898
........................... 4 Chelsey L. Rushing b: September 10, 1900
........................... 4 John Freely Rushing b: April 23, 1902
........................... 4 Ivey Icie Rushing b: September 25, 1903
........................... 4 Olen Robert Rushing b: December 12, 1905
........................... 4 Onnie Hollis Rushing b: August 13, 1908
........................... 4 James Lonnie Rushing b: April 15, 1910
........................... 4 Clarson E. Rushing b: October 11, 1912
........................... 4 Sarah Rushing b: Abt. 1893
................. 3 Sofrona Matilda Jane Rushing b: 1876
..................... +James Jackson Tucker b: July 07, 1862
........................... 4 Pearl Tucker b: September 03, 1897
............................... +Jeff Land
........................... 4 Joel Jackson Tucker b: November 20, 1898
............................... +Mullice Perdue
........................... 4 John Irving Tucker b: March 26, 1900
............................... +Rachel Calvert
........................... 4 William Lee Tucker b: July 24, 1901
............................... +Neola Chauvin
........................... 4 [4] James Shelby Tucker b: January 20,
1903
............................... +Ethel Tillier
........................... *2nd Wife of [4] James Shelby Tucker:
............................... +Hellen Wall
........................... 4 Cora Wethley Tucker b: May 25, 1904
........................... 4 Wallace D. Tucker b: November 27, 1905
............................... +Venita Lott
........................... 4 [5] Roy Elmer Tucker b: July 15, 1907
............................... +Charlsie Yearwood
........................... *2nd Wife of [5] Roy Elmer Tucker:
............................... +Elizabeth Osborne
........................... 4 Nancy Ethel Tucker b: January 31, 1909
............................... +Raymond E. Brown
........................... 4 Willis Hollis Tucker b: January 23, 1914
............................... +Opal Calvert
................. 3 Nancy Rushing b: April 10, 1878 d: December 26,
1902 in Cullman Co.,Al Crane Hill, Mt. Hope Cem, Cullman Co.,AL.
..................... +John Robert Calvert b: February 1874 in Winston
Co.,AL. m: December 25, 1898 in Cullman Co.,AL.
........................... 4 Martha Jane Calvert b: October 14, 1899
............................... +Mack Freeman m: December 05, 1915 in
Cullman Co.,AL.
........................... 4 William Riley Calvert b: 1901 in Cullman
Co.,AL.
............................... +Edna Stricklin m: June 09, 1918 in
Cullman Co.,AL.
........................... 4 Bellemer L.H. Calvert b: December 10,
1902 in Cullman Co.,AL. d: September 09, 1903
................. 3 [6] Ellen Rushing b: 1880
..................... +Owen Hyatt
........................... 4 Myrtle Hyatt
........................... 4 Shelby Hyatt
........................... 4 Joel Hyatt
........................... 4 Virgie Hyatt
........................... 4 O.D. Hyatt
........................... 4 Voight Hyatt
................. *2nd Husband of [6] Ellen Rushing:
..................... +Luther Perdue
................. 3 Paralee Cynthia Rushing b: February 1884
..................... +Jack Roden
........................... 4 Donna Roden
........................... 4 Lonnie Roden
........................... 4 Velma Roden
........................... 4 Lila Roden
........................... 4 Jack Roden
........................... 4 Arlena Roden
................. 3 James J. Rushing b: March 1887 in AL.
....... 2 Sophrona Rushing b: 1838
........... +? Hamlet
....... 2 Abel Liter Rushing b: 1840 d: 1852
....... 2 William Robert Rushing b: 1842 d: 1849
....... 2 James K. Polk Rushing b: 1844
........... +Cynthia Jane Griffith b: 1848
................. 3 Elijah J. Rushing b: 1868
................. 3 Joel Marshall King Rushing b: 1870 d: 1956
..................... +Sara Jane Rachel Sally Jennings b: 1875 d: 1965
........................... 4 Minnie Jane Rushing b: 1896
........................... 4 John Earl Rushing b: 1900 d: 1901
........................... 4 James Lawrence Rushing b: 1902 d: 1992
............................... +Bahamah Lee Cockrell b: 1905 d: 1990
........................... 4 Mitchell Roosevelt Rushing b: 1904 d:
1904
........................... 4 Lillie Mae Rushing b: 1906
............................... +Ira Hulbert Crabb
........................... 4 Oliver Cranford Rushing b: 1909 d: 1974
............................... +Myrtle Frances Haynes
........................... 4 Virgil Simeon Rushing b: 1912
............................... +Basmah Mae Hagger b: 1906
................. 3 Jacob Daley Rushing b: 1871
..................... +Ida Stancel
........................... 4 Birdie Rushing
........................... 4 Artie Rushing
........................... 4 Lula Rushing
........................... 4 Floyd Sr. Rushing
........................... 4 Cecil Rushing
................. 3 Martha Rushing b: 1876
................. 3 Sidney T. Rushing b: 1880
..................... +Nancy Henson
........................... 4 Dovie Rushing
........................... 4 Viola Rushing
........................... 4 James K. Polk Rushing
........................... 4 Vista Rushing
........................... 4 Eulene Rushing
........................... 4 Charles Rushing
........................... 4 Hillman Rushing
................. 3 Sara Jane Rushing b: 1885 d: 1965
..................... +William Harvey Phillips
........................... 4 Carl Phillips
........................... 4 Roy Phillips
........................... 4 Fred Phillips
........................... 4 Wilma Phillips
........................... 4 Eugene Phillips
........................... 4 Alvin Phillips
........................... 4 Ruth Phillips
................. 3 Evaline Rushing
..................... +James P. Drummond
........................... 4 Willie Drummond
........................... 4 Whitman Drummond
........................... 4 Merdie Drummond
........................... 4 Lennie Drummond
........................... 4 Durant Drummond
........................... 4 Ellis Drummond
........................... 4 Luther Drummond
........................... 4 Eva Mae Drummond
................. 3 Martin Simeon Rushing b: 1883 d: 1975
..................... +Sarah Ester Abbott
........................... 4 Floy Euna Rushing
............................... +Ted Barton
........................... 4 Verda Evalee Rushing b: 1909
............................... +Henry Bencil Hyche b: 1916 d: 1985
........................... 4 John Bernard Rushing b: 1911 d: 1960
............................... +Jewel Myers
........................... 4 Esther Jane Rushing b: 1913 d: 1978
............................... +Eford Durham
........................... 4 David Stanley Rushing
........................... 4 Leslie Coolidge Rushing
........................... 4 Mary Magdalene Rushing
............................... +Alton Hendon
........................... 4 Zella Aletha Rushing b: 1921 d: 1970
............................... +Woodrow Hensley
........................... 4 Sara Imogene Rushing
............................... +J.C. Stuart
........................... 4 William Gerald Rushing
............................... +Doris Adkins
....... 2 Harvey M. Wadson Rushing b: 1846 d: 1852
....... 2 Elijah Alghing Rushing b: 1854 d: 1854
Soldiers of America. He entered service in 3 Mar 1862 at Elba, AL, as a
Private in Company A, 38th Alabama Infantry and was discharged at Chicamauga,
TN after being wounded at the Battle of Perryville, KY where he had an arm
shot off. The left arm was amputated at the shoulder. Mack received a
Pension #1429, Coffee County, AL, Witnesses: B. D. Simmons and W. D. Bryan.
The date of his final discharge was 10 May 1865.
Mack Rushing died 22 December 1914 and is buried at Zoar Methodist Church Cemetery in Coffee County. Sarah Jane (Amerson) Rushing died 2 July 1918
and is buried next to Mack.
Biography of Mathew M. (Mack) Rushing - Coffee Co., AL
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Contributed By Ronald D. Bridges
Biography of Mathew M. (Mack) Rushing, Coffee Co., AL
"Mathew M. (Mack) Rushing, the first child born to William Cain and Mary
(Rushing) Rushing was born about 1831 at Robertson Cross Roads, Montgomery
County, AL. There are some discrepancies as to Mack’s date of birth. The
1850 Pike County Census shows his birth as 1831; his military records show
his birth as 1827 and his grave has 1829.
Mack Rushing married Sarah Jane Amerson 22 December 1853. Sarah Jane was
born 23 September 1834 in Alabama. Her father was from Georgia and her
mother from South Carolina.
Mack Rushing was a Civil War Veteran, having served with the Confederate
Soldiers of America. He entered service in 3 Mar 1862 at Elba, AL, as a
Private in Company A, 38th Alabama Infantry and was discharged at Chicamauga,
TN after being wounded at the Battle of Perryville, KY where he had an arm
shot off. The left arm was amputated at the shoulder. Mack received a
Pension #1429, Coffee County, AL, Witnesses: B. D. Simmons and W. D. Bryan.
The date of his final discharge was 10 May 1865. Records on the internet
recorded that he was wounded and captured at Battle of Perryville KY 10/8/62.
He was sent to Cairo IL to Vicksburg MS for exchange via steamboat City of
Madison 12/5/62. On roll of invalid corp 9/1/1864. (Records seem to suggest
he was in the 33rd.)
Mack and Sarah had already settled near Elba in Coffee County before
the war and were farmers. After the loss of his arm, it was said that Mack
could turn out more work than most men with two arms. He was also a real
good shot with a rifle with just one arm. He was very strong and short in
stature.
There are numerous deeds recorded in the Probate Office of the Coffee
County Courthouse for Mack and Sarah Rushing. There are also Crop Lien Notes
that he made in order to plant his crops for the next year. It is interest-
ing to read the wording on the papers. Some of these were hard to read;
however, it is amazing that they were saved after the Elba Flood of 1990.
The following are two of his Crop Lien Notes, dated 22 November 1878 and 28
January 1893 (100 years ago):
By the first day of October next, I promise to pay Henderson Brothers &
Company or bearer Two Hundred Dollars for value received, it being for
necessary advances in horses, mules, oxen and necessary provisions, farming
tools and implements and money to procure the same obtained by me form them
bona fide for the purpose of making a crop the next year on my plantation
in Coffee County, and without such advancements it would not be in my power
to procure the necessary ?, provisions, money, implements, etc. to make a
crop the next year, hereby creating a Lien thereon in accordance with
Sections 1858 to 1860 inclusive of the revised lands of Alabama and Sections
3286 to 3288 inclusive of the present lands of Alabama, and it is further
agreed that if the said Henderson Brothers & Company shall advance me
anything over and above the amount named in the above note that this Lien
shall stand as security for the same as fully as if included in the original
amount of this instrument and to further secure the payment for the advance
herein before named in consideration thereof. I hereby waive all right of
exempt Liens secured to me by the exemption and Laws of the State of Alabama,
which may be exempt now or may be exempt thereafter to any resident of said
State ? sale or execution or other legal process of any Court issued for the
collection of any debt. This 22nd day of November 1878.
Witness: L. C. Wright, P. H. Baker
Signed: M. M. Rushing
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
PIKE COUNTY Know all men by these presents that I, M.
M. Rushing for and in consideration of being indebted to Henderson
Brothers & Co. by Crop Lien Note bearing even date with this instrument and
due on the 1st day of October 1879 for the sum of Two Hundred Dollars and to
further secure the payment of said sum together with any amounts that may be
advanced under said Lien Note, I do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey
to the said Henderson Brothers and Co., my entire crop grown the next year
by me or under my direction in Coffee County, Alabama; also all the next
year, also the following stock and plantation implements now owned by me
and in my possession in said county, to-wit: One black horse, mule 3 years
old, one sorrel horse mule 5 years old, 2 cow and calves, one wagon and
harness and all other stock and plantation implements not mentioned above,
now in my possession or in my possession at maturity of this paper, to have
and to hold the above described property, real and personal, to the said
Henderson Brothers & Co., and their heirs forever. And if said note, with
all amounts that may accrue under the same is not paid at maturity, the
said Henderson Brothers & Company are hereby authorized to take the above
described property into possession and sell the said personal property as
they may deem best and the said real estate for the highest bidder for cash
after giving thirty days notice of the time and place of sale by advertise-
ment in some newspaper published in Pike County or by posting written
notices at three public places in said county and apply the proceeds thereof
to the payment of said amount and the expenses of keeping and selling the
said property - upon this conditi9on nevertheless, that if said amount is
paid at maturity this conveyance is to be void. And I hereby waive all
rights to exemptions secured to me by the Constitution and Laws of the State
of Alabama. And the said M. Rushing hereby declares that the said property
is his own, and that there in no Lien or encumbrance on the same.
Given under my had and seal this 22nd day of Nov. 1878.
Witnesses: L. C. Wright, P. H. Baker
Signed: M. M. Rushing
Filed in my office for Record on the 7th day of Jan. 1879.
B. M. Stevens, J. P.
Mack Rushing died 22 December 1914 and is buried at Zoar Methodist Church
Cemetery in Coffee County. Sarah Jane (Amerson) Rushing died 2 July 1918
and is buried next to Mack.
The following is inscribed on Mack Rushing’s grave:
"REST SOLDIER, REST,
THE WARFARE IS OVER"
ZOAR CHURCH AND CEMETERY
The land for the Zoar Methodist Church and Cemetery was donated by Mathew B.
(Math) Rushing, a son of Mack Rushing. The church was established circa
1850 as well as several other churches in the area. Two families that helped
to erect the church were the Johnsons and the Millers. The church was
called The Zoar Methodist Church. Many Rushings were buried in the cemetery.
In the 1960’s the property was purchased by the Holiness Organization and
was renamed The Zoar Community Holiness Church. The church was moved across
the road next to the cemetery and there is a pretty brick church there.
Several of the Rushing descendants are members of the cemetery committee
today and help support the upkeep of the cemetery."(1)
(1) "Rushing" Through the Generations, by Peggy Rushing Sims
RUSHING , JOEL J ; age63; M; W; TN; - AL CULLMAN COUNTY, LIVINGSTON PCT 1900
Martha , wife, female, white, april 1843, AL., TN, KY
Parlie C., daughter, feb 1885, student, al, tn, al.
James J. son, may 1887, student, al, tn, al.
- David Donahue's notes, no citation.
There is a James Rushen listed as a white British settler in Christ Church Parish, Barbados [James arrived from Britain between 1639 - 1654]. He and his wife Ursala (Maiden name Wathmoll from the Barbados marriage records, Volume 1, Jan. 30, 1654) and children James, Francis and Prudence Rushen disappear from Barbados after 1659. Barbados, settled by the British in 1627, served as a point of origin for many settlers who eventually settled in Virginia, Georgia, the Carolinas. As a result, many early American families can trace their origins in the New World first to Barbados. Most of the more than 40,000 original white British settlers left Barbados for the American colonies after the 'Sugar Revolution' of the 1650's. Only few hundred whites were on the island by 1800, the tobacco and cotton farmers were beaten out by the 'Sugar Barons', or rich sugar plantation owners who took over the land and planted the more profitable sugar crops.
James' surname is also spelled Ruslin, Rushem and Rushkin, but not Rushing in the Barbados records. I have not found any Rushings, with that spelling, in the Barbados records.
In 1658 James witnessed a Will:
Barbados Wills and Administrations, Vol. I, Wills and Administrations
HOWARD, Henry
3 Apr 1658, RB6/13, p. 238
Wf Mary Howard* - Xtrx & land in Christ Church Parish bounding Maj. Robert Haccett, Merris Eavrns, Robert Watkins, Thomas Vinton, & Capt. William Balston; mentions Irish servant Mathew Flennaugh; friends henry Strowd & Lt. Stephen Brown - Overseers. signed Henry (x) Howard
Wit: John Bradshaw, James Ruskin, Will (x) Ashburner
Proved 20 July 1658