Burrell RUSHING

Other Events:

• Property: 22 May 1772, , Anson, North Carolina, USA; 100 acres
• Property: 4 Mar 1775, , Anson, North Carolina, USA; 150 acres
• Military: Between 1776 and 1780; Capt. Stephen Jackson's Company
• Military: 1780; Colonel Wade's Regiment
• Residence: Apr 1809, , Anson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: Bef 1820, , Perry, Tennessee, USA
• Pension: Jul 1834, , Perry, Tennessee, USA; Rushing Creek
• Census: 1840, , Perry, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Anson Co, NC 1809
BURRELL PAUL RUSHING & ROB'T RUSHING TO RICHARD RUSHING
State of North Carolina, County of Anson
This indenture made the 10th day of April in the year of our Lord 1809 between Burrell Paul Rushing and Robert Rushing Executors to the Last Will and Testament of William Johnson, Sen, dcd of the one part and Richard Rushing of the County of Anson and State of North Carolina of the other part
WITNESSETH that the said Burrell Paul Rushing and Robert Rushing Exrs as aforesd doeth in pursuance of an act of the General assembly impowering Executors to make deed of Conveyance to Exonerate their Testators and for and in consideration of a previous contract or agreement between our Testator (to wit.) William Johnson Sen, dec'd and the sd Richard Rushing bargain sell alien Enfeoff convey and confirm unto the sd Richard Rushing the following tract or parcel of land with their appurtenances (to wit) beginning at a stake among 3 hickorys and a pine his old upper corner near the upper side of a small branch and runs So 40 Et. 68 poles to a stake a gum maple and ash pointers in a small branch above Rushing Meeting House then ___Wt. 104 poles to a black jack 2 pines and a black jack pointers then No. ___139 poles to a stake 2 black jacks and a pine pointers in the road then No. 55 Et 56 poles to a stake a post oak and 2 pines pointers in his old line then with his old line So 5 Et 19 poles to a black jack 2 post oak pointers then with his line to the beginning containing seventy five acres be the same more or less which sd tract or parcel of land the said Burrell Paul Rushing and Robert Rushing Exers as aforesd for themselves the heirs and Legatees of the sd William Johnson dec'd doth warrant and defend the sd land and premises and every part thereof unto the sd Richard Rushing and heirs and assigns forever free and clear from the lawful claim of all manner of persons whatsoever
In Witness whereof the sd Burrell Paul Rushing and Robert Rushing Exrs aforesd doth hereunto set their hands and seals the day and date above written.
Burrell Paul Rushing (Seal)
Robert (X) Rushing (his mark)
Signed sealed and delivered In presence of
Reuben White
Joseph Rushing
North Carolina, Anson County, April Sessions 1809
Then the within deed was duly proved in open court by Reuben White and ordered to be registered.
Tod Robinson Clk

RUSHING, RICHARD
S 21457
Service: N. C.
Born in Va.
A declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832
State of Tennessee
Perry County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term 1834
On this 21st day of July personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Perry Richard Rushing a resident of Rushings Creek in Perry County & State of Tennessee aged 85 years who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as hereinafter stated
This Declarent entered the service of the United States in Anson County North Carolina in the year 1776 under Captain John Jackson [but in consequence of extreme old and loss of memory occasioned thereby he can not with exactness state precisely the diferent tours and engagements under which he served but to the best of his memory he served as follows] Declarent entered the Service under Capt Jackson as above in the latter end of the year 1776 Declarent served this three months he was in a skirmish at Drowning Creek when this declarent's brother William Rushing was wounded of which he shortly afterwards died but not till after we returned home declarent here lost his horse & swam the creek with his gun in his hand The Whigs here were defeated by the Tories on this expedition he was a volunteer in the year 1777 he served under Capt Stephen Jackson in diferent tours not less than nine months. In the year 1778 he served not less than ten months under the same Captain. In the year 1779 he served under the same he served not less than eight months. In the year 1780 he served not less than six months. This declarent would here state that the events of the War of the Revolution are so conglomerated in his memory that he can not adjust them in proper order as they occurred at that time owing to loss of memory but on one of these latter tours he was in a skirmish with the British on Black River he was in another skirmish at Baties Bridge on Drowning Creek. Declarent can not tell owing to the above cause state at what time or on what tours he was commanded by officers that he was under he was part of his services under Col Wade he was one tour under General Sumpter and further he can not recollect. He has no documentary evidence by which he can prove his services nor does he know of any person except Philip Rushing by whom he can prove the same [who served most of the time with declarent]. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above writen
Richard ( X ) Rushing (his mark)
We William Woolverton a Clergyman residing in Henderson Cty and W. F. Doherty residing in Perry County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Rushing who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 85 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary soldier.
I Jesse Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Perry do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of Richard Rushing for a pension--
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this 21st day of July 1834--
Jesse Taylor
Clerk of Perry County Court
Questions by the Court
1st where and in what year were you born.
Answer I was born in Virginia on Roanoak in the year 1749.
2 have you any record of your age & if so where is it
Ans I have it at my house in my bible
3rd where were you living when you were called in to service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Ans I lived in Anson County North Carolina when called into service where I have lived ever since till about 15 years ago then from thence we moved to Perry County Tennessee where I now live
4th how were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom
Ans I was always out as a volunteer
5th State the names of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served with Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your services
Ans I recollect Col Smith General Rutherford and Col Wade but owing to old age & the consequent loss of memory I can not tell whether they were Regular officers or no but I think Smith was a Regular & for the general circumstances of my service see my declaration
6 did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it
Ans I never applied for a discharge but was marched home by my officer & just dismissed till I should be wanted to go out again as I always held myself in readiness to go when called for
7th state the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Ans William Woolverton and Col. W. F. Doherty and in fact all that know me. The reason that I called on Mr. Woolverton is that there is no other Clergyman that lives as near me and he lives not very far but in the adjoining County and preaches in my neighborhood & is well acquainted with me.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 14th, 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Richard Rushing, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson, Tennessee Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of Sept., 1835, to the 4th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present"
WEST TENNESSEE 29588
RICHARD RUSHING
of Perry Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Jackson of the Regt commanded by in the No Carolina line for 6 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Decr, 1834 and sent to Hon. W. C. Dunlap H. R.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1834 70.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '35 10.00/$80.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,} {Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E - 2 - Vol. 7 Page 103
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July 31, 1930
AWF:MLB
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
Miss Edna Rushing
924 - 38th Street
Sacramento, California
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 21457, that Richard Rushing was born in 1749 in Virginia "on the Roanoke".
While residing in Anson County, North Carolina, he served with the North Carolina troops, as follows:
In 1776, three months in Captain John Jackson's Company, was in a skirmish at Drowning Creek where his brother William was wounded and soon after died; in 1777, nine months in Captain Stephen Jackson's Company; in 1778, two months in the same company; in 1779, eight months in the same company; in 1780, six months in the same company. A part of the time he served in Colonel Wade's Regiment. He was in skirmishes on Black River, Bates Bridge, Lynch's Creek, Richardson's Creek and Thompson's Creek.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 21, 1834, at which time he was living in Rushing Creek, Perry County, Tennessee, having lived there fifteen years.
He stated that his brother Philip served with him most of the time.
There is no reference to wife or children.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

DB N&O, p. 103
Anson Co, NC 1808
RICHARD RUSHING TO BURRELL RUSHING
State of North Carolina
Know all men by these presents that I Richard Rushing of the County of Anson and State aforesd do hereby lay off and convey and deliver unto Burrell Rushing of the County and State aforesd a certain parcel of land containing of one hundred acres beginning on a hickory Richard Rushing line and Solomon Rushing corner near a large rock on Solomon Rushings branch and runs with Richard Rushings line Et. 13 chains & 50 links to a stake by 3 black jacks and a pine his corner then with his other line No. 5 Et. 34 chains to a stake by 2 pines and a black jack then Wt. 28 chains to a pine on the wt. sd of a small branch then So. 16 Et. 11 chains to a forked pine in the head of a hollow then down the sd hollow to a small branch then down the various courses of sd branch to the beginning it being part of a tract of land belonging to Richard Rushing here described the premises together will and singular the rights members hereditaments and appurtenances to sd premises belonging to or in anywise appertaining TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the premises before mentioned unto the sd. Burrell Rushing his heirs and assigns forever and I do hereby bind myself my heirs and admrs to warrant and forever defend all and singular sd premises unto sd Burrell Rushing his heirs and assigns against myself my heirs or all other persons lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof.
Witness my hand and Seal this 9th day of July in the year of Our Lord 1808 and in the 30th year of Independence of the United States of America.
Richard ( X ) Rushing (his mark)
Signed sealed & delivered In the presence of us
John Rushing
Willis Rushing
North Carolina, Anson County, April Sessions 1809
Then the within deed was duly acknowledged in open court and ordered to be registered.
Tod Robinson Clk
NOTE: There is no monetary value put on the transfer -- could this be a present from Father to Son????"

"Richard Rushing received two land grants issued by Josiah Martin, Royal Governor of the Colony of North Carolina. The first, No. 3853 dated May 22, 1772, was for 100 acres in Anson County on a branch on the lower side of Brown's Creek, joining the said branch above Wm. Rushing. The second, No. 7487 dated March 4, 1775, was for 150 acres in Anson County on the lower side of Brown's Creek, joining a small branch and Solomon Rushing. Richard Rushing moved to the Beech River area of Perry County (later Decatur County) in Tennessee before 1820 and settled on the south side of the Beech River. He had extensive land holdings in the 7th and 8th sections of the 8th range along Turkey Creek. He probably is the ancestor of most of the Rushings living in Henderson County.
"The following is a summary of the pension claim of Richard Rushing. It was written in a letter dated July 31, 1930, by B. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of Pensions, to Miss Edna Rushing, Sacramento, California.
"You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, [S. or 8.] 21457, that Richard Rushing was born in 1849 in Virginia 'on [the] Roanoke'. "While residing in Anson County, North Carolina he served with the North Carolina troops, as follows:
""In 1776, three months in Captain John Jackson's Company, was in a skirmish at Drowning Creek where his brother William was wounded and soon after died; in 1777, nine months in Captain Stephen Jackson's Company; in 1778, ten months in the same company; in 1779, eight months in the same company; in 1780, six months in the same company. A part of the time he served in Colonel Wade's Regiment.
"He was in skirmishes on Black river, Bates Bridge, Lynch's Creek, Richardson's Creek and Thompson's Creek. "He was allowed pension on his application executed July 21, 1834, at which time he was living in Rushing Creek, Perry County, Tennessee, having lived there fifteen years.
""He stated that his brother Philip served with him most of the time.
"There is no reference to wife or children."
"There is little proof of Richard's family, and the family presented in this database is somewhat of a composit. Richard seems to have had at least nine sons (including probably David in a separate household) and two daughters in the 1800 census of Anson County. There is proof that David, Willis, and Amy Boatwright were children of Richard. Dennis and Willis are always said to have been brothers, and the elder and younger Richard are in the same household in the 1840 census (based on ages children in the 1850 census). This is "Richard's family."
"Then there is "Sarah's family." Sarah Rushing appears as age 80 in the household of Burrell Rushing, born ca. 1821, from the 1850 census. Her family includes Elijah, Isaac, and Burrell (born 1789). Phillip's wife is known from a deed to have been named Hannah, so Sarah could not have been his wife. Sarah seems to have been living in William Rushing's household in the 1830 census. Between 1830 and 1840 Elijah Rushing and his wife appear to have died. Sarah (listed as Sally) appears as head of a household in the 1840 census; this probably is Elijah's household, including Burrell (born 1821). This young Burrell has money by the mid 1840s when he buys a large amount of land, buys slaves, and builds a mansion which is still a local landmark. Where did the money come from? The best explaination would that Sarah inherited a larger widow's portion of Richard's estate and financed the acquistions of her grandson Burrell with whom she had been living for several years."
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Richard's ancestry is in doubt at this time but there are a few possibilities in the prior generation.

Property:
150 acres, Anson Co, North Carolina

Richard married Sarah ??? before 1790. Sarah was born in 1770 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA; died about 1852 in , Decatur, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Sally ???
• Census: 1850, , Decatur, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

"This William Rushing seems to have lived on Brown's Creek near Black Jack Branch, near the present community of White Store in Anson County. This William Rushing may have been the one who received land grant No. 6531 dated 19 April 1763 for 150 acres on both sides of Deep Creek--including his own improvement. He is mentioned in land grant No. 3092 dated 18 April 1771 to Josiah Herndon, Jr., for 200 Acres in Anson County on Black Jack Branch of Brown's Creek, joining William Rushing. Given the frequency of the name William and the absence of the name Mathew among descendants, the most likely name for a father of this William Rushing would be William."
"One William Rushing, the father of "Flint River Jack" Rushing, is said to have immigrated from the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, to Welsh Neck, Cheraw, South Carolina. This William is the most likely to have been father of Flint River Jack, but it seems unlikely that he lived in the Welsh Neck or even the Welsh Tract. However, this William owned land on Thompson's Creek and may have lived in what is now Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Most of his descendants seem to have lived in Anson County and are associated with the other Rushing group living there. This William Rushing seems to have been the one who received land grant No. 495 dated 13 October 1756, on Thompson's Creek. He is listed as William Ruskin. This William Rushing also received land grant No. 947 dated 26 May 1757 for 400 acres in Anson County of the S.W. side of Pee Dee river, joining the E. side of the N. fork of Thompson's Creek and crossing the creek twice. Most likely name for the father of this William Rushing would be John Rushing."
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Are these two Williams the same man? If not, our Richard is probably the son of the William in the second paragraph and not a grandson of Matthys. In that case, Richard's mother was named Mary ??? and he had brothers John Robert, Mark, William, Noah, Rowland, and two sisters - names unknown, one may be Sarah.

Notes:

"The following information was supplied by Charles C. Rushing and appears in the "Rushing Past" newsletter, II(1), March 1980. "Let's start with the Isle of Wight County, Virginia. 'Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration' by Knittle (on Page 252) states that on the 2nd sailing from Holland to England then to Virginia, there was listed 23 May 1709 Mathys Riesin (German for Rushing) and Vrow (wife) and three children. Then on page 262 Mattys Russin -- they were of Protestant faith and could not worship as Protestants in Germany. In 'Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co. Virginia' by John Bennet Boddie, it states that Mattys Russian sold 150 acres to Wm Bridger in 1714. The Russians (Rushings) were living in an area overrun by Louis XIV of France and had escaped to Holland. There they were helped by Queen Anne of England who promised to take them to Virginia to settle there. In 'Lost Virginia Records' by Louis Des Cognets on Page 88, Mathew Rushin applied for 475 acres with a partner Edward Goodson. Russin sold his (or a part) to Wm. Bridger as stated above. This deed was dated 10 April 1707 (a little variation in the dates from the 'Palatine Migration' book). Mathys Rushin had to live on it for a period to get title; on 16 June 1714 he got title (page 190 of 'Lost Virginia Records'). Here is synopsis: 1707 Mathew Rushin applied for 475 acres; 1714 he received Patent." But this is only one theory about Rushing family origins. I am presenting it because it is a theory which at least presents documentary evidence. However, there are several other legends and theories on the origin of the family, the most widespread being that the family is Welsh. There is evidence for a James Rushing in New Kent County, Virginia, in 1667, and for a Mathew Rushing in Charles City County, Virginia, before 1670. The Rushings who settled in southern illinois, western Kentucky, and Tennessee came from Anson County, North Carolina. The Rushings in Anson County, North Carolina, seem to be very closely related, but working out the relationships between them is extremely difficult, particularly because there are so many William Rushings. I propose the following hypothesis. The Anson County Rushings seem to be descended from two near contemporary William Rushings. (A contemporary John Rushing lived near Thompson's Creek in the Chesterfield District of South Carolina.) To attempt to clarify the relationships I plotted probable locations of Rushing land grants and deeds. When this is done the Rushings fall into two subgoups. One group lived on Browns Creek near the present community of White Store, near Black Jack Creek. This group is associated with the elder and younger Joseph Whites in land grant and deed records. This group includes two Williams, Richard, Phillip, Soloman, and a John. The other group is found 5-10 miles farther south on Thompson's Creek, on the headwaters of Browns Creek, and on Little Browns Creek. This group includes two or more Williams, two or more Johns, a Mathew, Robert, Noah, and Abraham. They are associated in land grant and deed records with Benjamin Jackson and John Jackson. The breakdown is not exactly this simple, however, and some adjustments have to be made. Except for living near the southern Rushing group, Abraham is most closely tied to Richard, Solomon, and others in the northern group.
"He married Elizabeth. Died, circa 1745. According to Virgil W. Huntley of Mystic Connecticut, who has studied deed records for the Rushing family in North Carolina, "Mathew Rushing, father of William, had a wife, Elizabeth, as she acknowledges the sale of land to William Bridges or Bridgers on 15 July, 1718. "Widow Elizabeth Rushing is said to have maried either Edwin or Edward Goodson as her 2nd husband. Elizabeth is said to have died about 1743 to 1747 leaving property to Goodson. A most dramatic will said to be filed by Goodson. Where is it?" [Letter to David Donahue, July 19, 1992]
"Virgil W. Huntly also estimates that Mathew's son William had to have been born circa 1710 or earlier because he purchased his father's property in 1730. Neither of the William Rushings on Brown's Creek seem to be old enough to be the William, son of Mathew. Either or both might be grandsons."
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