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He was a member of the first county quarterly court held in Benton County when they organized Benton County on 7 February 1836. John Darling Rushing died in 1856 and probably buried in an unmarked
grave at the Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery.
From the book "Tennessee Cousins": Author: Worth S. Ray Published by the Author. Texas.
BENTON COUNTY TENNESSEE
ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 24, 1835, FROM HUMPHREYS AND HENRY COUNTIES
Most of the territory taken for the purpose of establishing BE??TON COUNTY was taken from
HUMPHREYS COUNTY - -- that part of it which lay West of the TENNESSEE RIVER. A small
slice, to give the county the proper size, was taken off of HENRY COUNTY. The county was
established by an ACT of the Legislature passed November 24th, simultaneously with
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, heretofore noted.
The County was named in Monor of HON. THOMAS H. BENTON.
The actual organization of BENTON CO. took place February 7, 1835, when the commissioners met
at the house of SAMUEL HALLIBURTON, on the stage road from NASHVILLE to MEMPHIS,
and about one mile West of the town of CAMDEN, which, when established became the county seat
of BENTON COUNTY. The commissioners appointed to organize the county were:
Green Flowers
Ephrain Perkins
Lewis Brewer
John F. Johnson
George Camp.
At the time the commissioners met at the house of SAMUEL HALLIBURTON, a post office named
TRANQUILITY had been established, prior to such meeting, when it was located in HUMPHREYS
COUNTY. The town of CAMDEN, afterwards established and made the county seat is near the
Center of the county.
The MAGISTRATES constituting the first County court of BENTON COUNTY, were as follows:
GEORGE W. FARMER, Chairman
John D. Rushing
William Barnes
John H. Williams
Charles W. Wheatley
Lewis Brewer
Jesse D. Hall
Burrell Beard
Edward W. Lynch
Robert H. Hawthorne
Hezekiah Green
John Pope
John Anderson
William Hubbs
Pleasant Mullinix
William Wright
David Benton
John Kilbreath
Manefield Barnett
The first term of the Circuit Court was held at the same place April 11th 1836, with J. W. COOK,
Judge.
THE FIRST GRAND JURY EMPANELLED FOR BENTON COUNTY
The names of the first members of the grand jury anpaneled in Benton County on April 11, 1836,
were as follows:
ROBERT RUSHING, Foreman
Matthew Presson
Samuel Presson
Dennis Rushing
John Presson
John Merritt
Hosen D. Browning
Robert Holmes
Willis Rushing
Abel R??hing
C. C. P??e
Wilson M. Surratt
John Jackson.
The following creeks which are part of the water courses, empty directly into the Tennessee river on the West bank;
Eagle Creek
Harmony Creek
Crooked Lick Creek
Birdsong Creek
Sulphur Creek
Cypress Creek
THE BIG SANDY RIVER is the dividing line between BENTON and HENRY COUNTIES, and its
tributaries from the BENTON COUNTY side are:
Rushing Creek
Ramble Creek
Sugar Creek,
CANE CREEK and BEAVER DAM CREEK ??mpty into Cypress Creek.
SYCAMORE CREEK, WOLF CREEK and Seventeen-Mile Creek run into BIRDSONG CREEK.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS ALONG THE CREEKS IN BENTON COUNTY
WILLIS and DENNIS RUSHING settled on RUSHING CREEK six miles North of CAMDEN in
1819.
NICHOLAS and LEWIS BREWER in 1820 settled on RAMBLE CREEK 12 miles North of
Camdan. At the same time M. M??S located on BIRDSONG C??EEK.
WILLIAM ??UBBS, JOHN LOMA??ER, MICHAEL FRY, JOHN BAR??ETT, CAS
MATLOC?? and DAVID LEWIS built their sabin?? and settled on KAGLE C??EEK about the
same time.
JAMES W??LY lecated his place SOUTH of BIRDSO??G CREEK.
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In the 1860 census, Thomas Clendenian (19) and Sarah C. Clendenian (10),
both born in Tennessee, appear in William Marion Rushing's household.
J. Lee Rushing of Port Charlotte, FL, writes: William M. Rushing served on
Company K of the 120th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. He was a
volunteer, even though he had a wife and five children, all under the age of
ten. Fanny's parents 'looked after' William's yound family for perhaps as long
as four years. He died on Christmas Day before reaching his 38th birthday. His
early death was brought on, some say, by the ravages of the Civil War. Fanny
married again and with her children 'went west' in 1875 to Arkansas, Texas, and
Indian Territory. Only William's daughter, Arista, stayed in Illinois."
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In a North Carolina court record William Herrinis stated to be the son of Thomas Herron of Ireland.
Thomas Herron was the son of John Heron of Ireland from the same record.[Elizabeth E. Lane, 2000, no citation] http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/a/n/Elizabeth-E-Lane/index.html
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Subject: William M. Rushing, b. 1799
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Notes for Temperance: See Also Temperence, Temporence, Tempy, Tempe, Tempie
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Tennessee Cousins, By: Worth S. Ray; Call Number: F435.R3
[NI3872]
Granddaughter Angela (Rushing) Place notes that Ethel Thompson was 5'7", 175 lbs., and had been married once prior to her marriage to Amos Rushing. The 1968 Herrin City Directory lists her as living at 201-1/2 S. 19th, Herrin.
[NI3873]
Carl Dean Rushing was a serviceman when he was killed in an automobile accident in Virginia.
[NI3895]
This Nathan J. Rushing is listed in the census in Johnson Co., IL, but his daughters' marriage records show them to have been born in Saline Co., IL.
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In the 1880 census he is Val Rushing, age 28, in Johnson Co., IL.
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 23:17:57 -0600 (MDT)
From: form-mail
To: Dan Rushing
Name=Patsy Vernon
Email=< e-mail address deleted>
Your home page address (URL)=http://
Subject:=William M. Rushing, b. 1799
Comments:=There are some corrections to his line.
His wife's name was MARAB not Marah. My
great grandmother was named after her
as Marab was her grandmother. My
ggrandmother, Marab Whitley was the
daughter of Sina or Siney (not Jiney)
Rushing, b. 1828 and Needham Whitley.
Sina and Needham's marriage license is
in Union Co.NC.,1860. Marriage preformed
by
her father, William M. Rushing.
Please correct info. Have documentation
It looks like Marab on the census but people have "corrected" her name to Marah and Mary in some cases.
Page 74.
"SILAS W. BULLOCK, of BIG SANDY, who once clerked in the store of WILLIAM CARAWAY and then went to ARKA??SAS and TEXAS, came back and went to work again for the CARAWAY store at BIG SANDY in Benton County. He married Miss Dora RUSHING in 1886, and for a time was in the Drug Business at BIG SANDY. "