Notes

[NI4821] Mariah Meador (Meadows/ Meadow) is sometimes confused with another Sarah.

[NI4829] Notes for Asa Rushing:

1850 Decatur County, TN page 414
line 19-28; DW: 86; HN: 86

Asa Rushing, 48, M, farmer, $400, N. Carolina
Nancy Rushing, 47, F, N. Carolina
G B Rushing, 25.sex marked F then M[sic], school teacher,N.Carolina
Mary A Rushing, 19, F, Tennessee, attending school
Farbe J Rushing, 16, F, Tennessee, attending school
Temporance A Rushing, 14, F, Tennessee, attending school
William M Rushing, 12, M, Tennessee, attending school
Rosannah M Rushing, 10, F, Tennessee, attending school
Elijah J Rushing, 8, M, Tennessee, attending school
John B Rushing, 4, M, - - Tennessee -

[NI4840] This is the Philip I. Rushing in 1800 in Anson County, the younger Philip Rushing in 1820, and Philep J. Rushing in 1820. In 1817, Peniah and Phillip J. Rushing sign as heirs in the selling of the estate of Thomas Gaddy, Sr., to Wm. Dismukes (Anson County Deed Book S, p. 297). The family proposed for Phillip in this database is hypothetical. It consists of the William Rushing with whom Phillip is living in 1850 in Stewart Co., TN, plus the Darling Rushing in the adjacent household. Then there is the J. J. Rushing in Benton Co. whose descendants think was descended from Phillip J. Rushing. Added to this is the John D. Rushing in Benton Co., TN, in 1850 whose ancestry has not been proven, who fits census data for the family of Phillip J. Rushing, and whose son Francis Marrion Rushing is buried in the same
Williamson Co., IL, cemetery as J. J. Rushing's son James Darling Rushing. John D. and Jonathan J. appear on the same page of the Benton Co., TN, census in 1840. Added to this is the Roland Rushing in Benton Co., TN, in 1850, who may have a son named Darling Rushing. In the Dennis Rushing family Roland Rushing is stated to be a son of Phillip J. Rushing, but it is also claimed that
Phillip J. Rushing was the Rev. War Veteran Phillip Rushing (Roland is too young ).

The Abraham Rushing is here because of name and age fit only, and to place a loose family line somewhere that makes sense. This connection is far shakier than others. Personally, I prefer to think of the Darling Rushing, age 22, in 1850, as a grandson and the Darling Rushing, age 48, sheriff of Union Co., NC, as son of this Phillip Rushing. In the 1840 census Phillip appears on page 334. Census data. Anson Co., NC, 1810: 3101-1001. Anson Co., NC, 1820: 22131-2101. Stewart Co., TN, 1840: 100110001-0002.

- David Donahue

[NI4843] Notes for William Rushing: Clement Rushing was once placed as a son in this family but research has shown him to be a son of Hardy Rushing according to Susan Knight Gore.

[NI4845] Thomas is also found as Thomas "Russhin" in the 1820 Census and the FTM archive "Early Tennessee Settlers, 1700s-1900s" along with Peter "Russhin" [Family Archive 511 ].

Ira Baxter Rushing claims some documentation exists that brings into question whether or not Thomas M. Rushing belongs in the family of Abraham Rushing and Mariah Meador. You must judge for yourself from the available documents. Thomas is mentioned in Abraham's Will as a son. Some census data and wills for Abraham are included in this database. The M. as his middle name comes from the research of Gertrude Rushing of Denison, Texas [deceased Dec. 1999] who had some letters and private family records of Thomas Rushing (Russhin)'s children.

Subject: Re: thomas m rushing
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 05:59:56 EST
From: Ira Rushing
To: Dan Rushing

dan, in 1787, thomas was a witness to a land transaction, and around 1800
peter was witness to a land transaction also. we know that thomas rushing in
tenn. was born around 1785. so he can not be the son of abraham rushing. you
have to be at least 18 if not 21 before you can witness a legal transaction.
where did the middle initial m come into play. thomas and peter are said to
be the children of sarah mariah, if this is true, they were born long before
1785 and 1795, as she was deceased before 1776. when i read a legal document,
i look for what is not in there, as much as what is in there. in 1776 the
heirs of jason meadow to mal watts land on jones creek. abraham rushing was
one of the wit. mariah is not there. in the will of jason meador it has
listed all of his heirs, and mariah is mentioned. so it would seem to me that
mariah passed away between 1774 and 1776.

- from Ira Baxter Rushing of North Carolina to D. Dan Rushing of Albuquerque, NM
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Thomas M. Rushing's Will, 1869:
In the name of God, Amen,

I, Thomas M. Rushing of the County of Bedford and State of Tennessee, being weak in body, but sound in mind, calling to mind the uncertainty of life, and the certainty of death, and being desirous to dispose of the property which the Lord has blessed me with do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament.

This my Will that all my just debts be paid by my executors out of my Estate.

This my Will that all my land and personal property be sold by my Executors and the proceeds thereof after all my debts and funeral expences are paid be disposed of in the following manner after paying the expences of Selling the Same.

I will that my daughter Ruah Lynch Shall have Twenty five dollars and each of her children Ten dollars out of my Estate.

This my Will that the remainder be equally divided between my Wife Elizabeth and my Children, Alice Marr, Mary McBride, Elizabeth Rushing, Jane Stinnett, Ester P. Stinnett, Margaret Daugherty and my Grand Son Andy Rushing that is living. Also, the heirs of my deceased children, Wilson E. Rushing, Patrick F. Rushing, John C. Rushing shall have the interest of their deceased fathers.

I hear appoint William P.H. McCanan and Henry H. Manley my Executors of this my last Will and Testament.

In witness here I have hereunto set my hand and seal This 24th day of September, 1869
his
Thomas M. Rushing
mark

Witness
Jacob Lynn
T. Robinson
State of Tennessee, Bedford County: I., R.C. Couch, Clerk of the County Court of Said County do certify that the forgoing Will of Thomas M. Rushing Died as proven and admitted to Probate at this October Ten, 1869 of the County Court of Said County.
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The family given here for Thomas M. Rushing is based on the research of Gertrude Rushing of Denison, TX. The vertical file at the Crittenden County Public Library in Marion, KY, contains family group sheets for Thomas Rushing, Wilson E. Rushing, and several of Wilson E. Rushing's children. To Gertrude Rushing's list of the children of Thomas I added Margaret and Andrew E. based on the 1850 census.

by - David Donahue, 1994
Andrew E. Rushing has been moved to a grandchild son of Elizabeth and Unknown [Elizabeth never married] based on the research of Thomas' descendants, and Thomas' will.

[NI4847] WILL OF ABRAHAM RUSHING (Anson Co., NC) 20 May, 1805

In the Name of God Amen, I Abraham Rushing Senr. of the County of Anson and State of North Carolina being in a Low State of health but of a Sound Mind memory Thanks be given to God for his Mercy, Calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body, and Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in This Life, I give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following manner And Form, First Desire that all my just Debts and Funeral charges Should be paid at the Discretion of my Executors--Secondly I Lend to my Beloved wife Sarah Rushing the Land and plantation where I now Live
and one Black mare and Coalt and Bridle and Saddle and one Fether Bed and furniture one Loom and Gear and Cotten Wheel and one pear of Cardes and one Cheast one Table and Two Chairs pail and piggin one Beason and one Dish and Two pewter plates and White Earthen Boal and Two Cows and Calves Two Ewes and Lambs, and one sow and pigs and Twenty Bushels of Corn and Five Bushels of Wheat- one plough fraim and hoe and one ax. all the above mentioned property that I have Lent to
my Wife Sarah Rushing she is to keep and process During her Neatrel Life and after her death to be Sold and Equelly Divided between all my children hereafter Mentioned.

Item I Give to my Son Phillip Rushing the Land and plantation whereon he now lives togather with all the Rest of the property that I have Lent him.

I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Morgin Twenty Dollars to be paid by my Executors out of the money arising out of my Estate and all the property that I have Lent her-

I give to my Son William Rushing the Land and plantation that he now Lives on with all the Rest of the property that I have Lent him-

I give to my Son Jason Rushing all the property that I have Lent him.,

I Give to my Son Abraham Rushing all the property that I have Lent him,

i give to my Daughter Sarah English Twenty Dollars to be paid out of my Estate by my Executors Togather with all the Rest of the property that I have Lent her-

I give to my Son Peeter Rushing all the property that I have Lent him,

I give to my Son Thomas Rushing all the property that I have Lent him,

My will and Desire is that the Rest of my Estate not Named heretofore Consisting of Negros Lands horses, Cattle and all the Remainder part of my Estate not Mentioned shall be Sold by my Executors and the money Arising from such sale after paing the above mentioned Sums to be Equally Divided between my Eight Children before Named, I Constitute and appoint My Son Jason Rushing and Leml. Bell Executors of this my Last will and Testament and I do hereby Disannul Revoke and Disallow all other wills or Bequeaths by me in anywise Mentioned Ratifying and Confirming This and no other to be My Last will and Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal This Twentith day of May Eighteen Hundred and Five

Abraham (A. R.) Rushing (his mark) (SEAL)

Signd, Seald, & published and delivered as Abraham Rushings Sr. Last will and Testament in the Presents of us

Wm. Plantt

John ( X ) Autry (his mark)

[Anson County, North Carolina Will Book 2, page 141. July 1806]
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Abraham Rushing, -notes continued:
"The birth date for Abraham Rushing is somewhat controversial. Several sources use 1730. I have been unable to determine if there is a factual basis for this or if this date is based on identifying the wrong Phillip (Revolutionary War veteran Phillip) for the son Phillip (probably the Phillip I. in the 1800 census) named in Abraham's will. Based on ages of Abraham's children other than Phillip, Abraham need not have been born before 1750. Land grant records indicate a probably birth date of 1740-1745.
Abraham Rushing received land grant No. 6314 dated 15 November 1762 for 300 acres in Anson County on the North Fork of Thompson's Creek joining above John Jackson. Abraham Rushing received Land Grant No. 8814 dated July 25, 1774, and issued by Josiah Martin, Royal Governor of the Colony of North Carolina. The grant was for 150 acres in Anson County on the branches of Thompson's Creek, joining Thomas Creel and Rushing's own survey, between the two prongs of Thompson's Creek."
- Notes of David Donahue, 1994

The birth dates of his children and their peers is found by using sequential census data. This is not possible for Abraham, more documentation is needed. Philips birth date is questioned because of the other Phillip?

[NI4850] Roland Rushing is listed as an early settler of Benton County. The county's quarterly court minutes, Book A., p. 304, dated December 1847, relate that he had been serving as tax collector, but had become somewhat "deranged in mind" and his accounts were confused and his securities would have to make good his fiscal deficiencies.

There is some confusion about his ancestry. The best fit to me is to place Roland as a son of Phillip J. Rushing, son of Abraham Rushing. The actual family claim is that Roland was the son of Phillip J. Rushing, who served in the Continental Line from Anson County with his brother Richard during the Revolutionary War. There are two problems with this claim -- Phillip J. Rushing (census Anson County 1820) probably was the son Phillip named in Abraham Rushing's will in 1805 and Roland is far too young to be a son of Revolutionary War veteran Phillip whose wife was 45 or older in 1800. Abraham Rushing, Jr., who settled in the Stewart County area, also seems to have had a son named Roland.

[NI4851] By comparing the three Philip/Phillip Rushings in Anson County from 1790 to 1820, especially be comparing their ages and the ages of their children, it seems most likely that the Philip Rushing Jr. in the census in 1790 must have been the Phillip to purchase land in Stewart County, Tennessee, in 1812. Census data, Anson County, 1800: 5201-101. This shows two sons born before 1790 and five more (including Reuben and Larkin) born before 1800. This Phillip was in Stewart County in 1808 when he lived on Guices Creek and served in Captain Wardens co. of the militia.

In 1814 Isaac Lanier and later John Bailey were administrators of the estate. An inventory for the estate was returned May 2, 1814.

In 1816 the court appointed Elijah Lowry as guardian of the orphan children of Phillip Rushing deceased, naming Reuben, Larkin, Betsy, Anna, and Jemima. Elijah Rushing and Lewis Brewer were securities to the guardianship.

[ Elijah Lowry, Lewis Brewer, Elijah Rushing, guardian bond for Reuben Rushing, Larkin Rushing, Betsey Rushing, Jemima Rushing, orphan children of Philip Rushing; 6 Aug 1816 (Stewart County,[Tennessee] Bonds and Settlements, Book 3) this looks more like a list of probate settlements between 1814-1824.]

In February 1818 40 acres of Phillip's estate were conveyed to Mark Cooper.
-From David Donahue's notes, 1994.

[NI4852] Children of HENRY WHITE and HANNAH RUSHING are:
i. DANIEL6 WHITE, b. 1787, Anson County, NC.
ii. REUBEN R. WHITE, b. 1788, North Carolina.
iii. ROBERT WHITE, b. 1790, Anson County, NC; d. December 13, 1853, Leon County, TX.
iv. JOSIAH WHITE, b. 1793, North Carolina; d. 1877, Shelby County, Texas.
v. NANCY WHITE, b. October 06, 1796, North Carolina; d. May 30, 1881, Decatur County, TN.
DAVID WHITE, b. 1800.
vii. REBECCA WHITE, b. October 27, 1800, North Carolina; d. March 16, 1864.
viii. ISAAC L. WHITE, b. 1801, Virginia.
ix. HENRY H. WHITE, JR., b. 1808, Anson County, NC; d. 1870, Nacogdoches County, TX.
x. ELIJAH WHITE, b. 1809, Anson County, NC.
xi. WILLIAM H. WHITE, b. 1812, Anson County, NC.
Notes for WILLIAM H. WHITE:
A Methodist preacher. Settled in Shelby County.
xii. ALBERT WHITE, b. 1815.
xiii. BURRELL W. WHITE, b. 1817.
xiv. SALLY WHITE, b. 1821, Anson County, NC.
xv. MARY ANN WHITE, b. 1823, Anson County, NC.

[NI4857] Richard Rushing moved to Navarro County, Texas between 1850 and 1860 with Prudence and some of the children.

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