Bailey Milton SPARKS

Other Events:

• Military: Between 1862 and May 1865, , , Texas, USA; Co B, 13th TX Cav, CSA
• Census: 1880, , Eastland, Texas, USA; ED 174, pg 20 (315D)
• Census: 1900, , Palo Pinto, Texas, USA; ED 122, pg 14A
• Census: 1910, , Wise, Texas, USA; ED 263, pg 13A
• Census: 1920, Bridgeport, Wise, Texas, USA; ED 164, pg 15B
• Census: 1930, Bridgeport, Wise, Texas, USA; ED 16, pg 10B
• death certificate: 28 Jan 1931; Nora Brown of Bridgeport

Notes:

Also married Samantha Jane Phillips, no children.

SPARKS QUARTERLY, pg 3471: Bailey Milton Sparks, son of Willoughby and Polly Sparks, was born in Tennessee in January 1847. He was probaby named for his great-uncle, Bailey Sparks, son of Matthew and Sarah (Thompson) Sparks. He served in Company B, Waller's Regiment, Green's Brigade of Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army during the Civil War and received a pension in later years from the state of Texas for his service. When the 1880 census was taken of Eastland County, Texas, he was living in the household of his brother, Tillman Sparks. (The abstract of his military records is below.) Bailey Sparks married Julia Antley, probably about 1882, and they had three children before her death on April 11, 1887, shortly after their third child was born. Bailey married (2nd) Amanda ---, probably about 1895. She apparently had a large family by a previous marriage. Bailey died on January 27, 1931, in Wise County, Texas.
MILITARY:
SQ pg 1281: Bailey Sparks enlisted in Capt. Thos. P. Hightower's Company, Waller's Battalion, Texas Cavalry, on April 14, 1862, at Marlin, Falls County, Texas, by Thomas P. Hightower. His age was given as 17. He was mustered into the service on April 23, 1862, at Hempstead by E. Waller, Jr. A note on one of the records indicates that he was a substitute for a man named Cornelison. The last record of his being paid was dated September 1, 1863. HIs name appeared on the muster roll for Company B of this battalion for January and February 1864 with the note "Absent, In Arrest." Following is a summary of the history of this unit: Waller's Regiment Texas Cavalry was first organized as the 13th, or Waller's Battalion Texas Cavalry with five companies, A to E. Company F was enlisted in Louisiana August 27, 1862. An unidentified company, Captain Menard's, Captain Goode's and Captain Dunn's Companies Texas Cavalry were added from time to time to complete the regiment.
Applied for pension in Parker Co, Texas and at Falls County. Pension file #13032-Parker.

Census:
Precinct 2
Tillmon Sparks Self M 41 Arkansas
Elcy Sparks Wife F 35 Texas
James R Sparks Son M 14 Texas
Alexander T Sparks Son M 10 Texas
Saml W Sparks Son M 4 Texas
John Sparks Son M 1 Texas
Bailey M Sparks Bro M 35 Texas

Census:
Precinct 4
Baley M Sparks Head M 53 Jan 1847 Texas m. 5 yrs.
Mandy Sparks Wife F 51 May 1849 Arkansas 9/9 children
Leona Sparks Dau F 18 Apr 1882 Texas
Chancy Sparks Son M 16 Feb 1884 Texas
Jack Camp S-son M 11 May 1889 Texas

Census:
Precinct 7
B M Sparks Head M 63 Texas
Samantha Sparks Wife F 62 Arkansas

Census:

Donald B Brown Head M 58 Texas
Nora Brown Wife F 36 Texas
Mildred Brown Dau F 7 Texas
Bailey M Sparks F-in-l M 73 Texas

Census:

Nora Brown Head F 46 Texas
Mildred Willingham Dau F 17 Texas
Bailey Sparks Father M 83 Texas

Bailey married Julia ANTLEY on 17 Aug 1882 in , Johnson, Texas, USA. Julia (daughter of James Augustus ANTLEY and Ellen DAY) was born in 1864 in , , Louisiana, USA; died on 11 Apr 1887 in , Wise, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nora Leona SPARKS was born on 15 Apr 1884 in , , Texas, USA; died on 3 Nov 1970 in Bridgeport, Wise, Texas, USA; was buried on 5 Nov 1970 in Bridgeport, Wise, Texas, USA.
2. Chauncy Milton SPARKS was born on 26 Feb 1884 in , , Texas, USA; died in Deceased.
3. Thomas Columbus SPARKS was born on 31 Mar 1887 in , , Texas, USA; died on 22 Jul 1976 in , Logan, Arkansas, USA.

Bailey married Samantha PHILLIPS in 1895 in , Falls, Texas, USA. Samantha was born on 25 May 1849 in , , Arkansas, USA; died on 26 Feb 1918 in , Wise, Texas, USA; was buried on 27 Feb 1918 in Bridgeport, Wise, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1825, , Miller, Arkansas, USA
• Census: 1830, , Pope, Arkansas, USA; pg 171
• Property: 24 Jan 1834, , Chicot, Arkansas, USA; Section 28, Township 15, Range 1W
• Census: 1840, , Hot Spring, Arkansas, USA; pg 156
• Residence: 1841, , , Tennessee, USA
• Tax List: 1845, , Robertson, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1847, , Limestone, Texas, USA
• Census: 1850, , Limestone, Texas, USA; pg 785 (379A), d/f #369/369
• Census: 1854, , Limestone, Texas, USA; The Texas Scholastic of 1854-1855
• Tax List: 1857, , Falls, Texas, USA; County
• Tax List: 1859, , Falls, Texas, USA; County

Notes:

Residence:

Signed petition to the President for aid to Miller Co, Arkansas

Census:

Sparks, Willoby - 01001-20001-0
1 male born 1820-25
1 male born 1800-10
2 female born 1825-30
1 female born 1800-1810

Property:
Willaby Sparks

Census:
Marble Township, Sulpher Springs
Sparks, Willoby
Male
1 under 5
1 5-10
1 10-15
1 30-40
Female
1 under 5
1 5-10
2 10-15
1 20-30

Residence:

three children born

Census:
Precinct 5
Sparks Willibo 47 M W Farmer 250 GA
Sparks Mary 40 F W IL
Sparks Levi 25 M W Farmer AR
Sparks William 17 M W Farmer AR
Sparks Tilman 13 M W AR
Sparks Clarinda 9 F W TN
Sparks Nancy C. 7 F W TN
Sparks Bayley M. 3 M W TN
Sparks John 1 M W TN
Jones Wilbern 31 M W Merchant Not Known
Loup Anna R. 14 F W Germany
Swingler George 16 M W None Germany
This part of the county was used to create Falls County in 1850.

Census:
Clarinda, Nancy, Bailey, and John, and three other children named Nelson: John, Willoughby, and Minerva. Grandchildren?

Tax List:
Wilouby Sparks

Tax List:
Willaby Sparks

Willoughby married Mary BOATWRIGHT about 1824 in , , Arkansas, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas BOATWRIGHT and Amy RUSHING) was born in 1809 in , Gallatin, Illinois, USA; died after 1861 in , , Texas, USA; was buried in , Parker, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Polly Boatwright
• Tax List: 1862, , Parker, Texas, USA

Notes:

I have a lot of doubts about this line even though three Sparks married Boatwrights.

Parker Co TX, Land
ABSALOM SPARKS A. SPARKS 1195
MARY SPARKS M. SPARKS 1231

"A great many years ago, two great-grandchildren of Willoughby and Polly (Harrell) Sparks, Frank Sparks and Segonia (Sparks) Pritchett, found Mary's (Polly's) grave in Hills Cemetery. It had a headstone marker then which read "Polly Sparks, 1813." When they revisited the cemetery the following year for the purpose of replacing the marker, someone had removed it.
"Hill Cemetery is in Parker County, TX. It is off of I-20 on Gilbert Pit Road. Go down the road past the gravel pit and the cattle guard. It is on the right back off the road." [George Boatright, http://boatwrightgenealogy.com/index.html] [This stone is still in the cemetery.]

I don't believe this information is correct for our Polly Sparks, it would make her only a child when these children were born and she was married previously. I don't believe she married at 10. Her stone may say 1813 but it would be obviously incorrect.

Tax List:

This is an indication that Willoughby has died.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1802, , Clarke, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1807, , Gallatin, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1819, , Miller, Arkansas, USA
• Residence: 1825, , Miller, Arkansas, USA

Notes:

Residence:
Big Creek Settlement

Residence:

Signed petition to the President for aid to Miller County.

Absalom married Lydia ELSBERRY about 1790 in , Franklin, Georgia, USA. Lydia (daughter of Benjamin ELSBERRY and Francina ???) was born about 1774 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Bef 1811, , , Tennessee, USA
• Residence: Bef 1819, , , Illinois, USA
• Residence: Abt 1819, , Miller, Arkansas, USA
• Occupation: 1821
• Fact: Dec 1821
• Property: 27 Jul 1824
• Residence: Abt 1825, , Miller, Arkansas, USA
• Census: 1830, , Pope, Arkansas, USA; pg 174

Notes:

County: Austin
Abstract Number: 17
District/Class: Title
File Number:
Original Grantee: Thomas Boatwright
Patentee:
Title Date:
Patent Date: 27 Jul 1824
Patent No: 254
Patent Vol: 1
Certificate:
Part Section:
Survey/Blk/Tsp:
Adj County:
Acres: 4,428.40
Adj Acres:
Remarks:

From the "Handbook of Texas"
BOATWRIGHT, THOMAS (1760-ca. 1830). Thomas Boatwright, early Texas settler, was born in Virginia, moved to Illinois, and by 1819 was living in old Miller County, Arkansas. In the early fall of 1821 he and his wife, Amy, and their ten children traveled with the Gilleland, Kuykendall, Williams, and Gates families down Trammel's Trace to Nacogdoches. In early December they left for Austin's Spanish land grant and arrived at the La Bah

Occupation:
Scout for Austin's Colony

Fact:
Old 300

Property:
Austin Co, Texas

Census:
Thomas Boatright
males
under 5 1
15-20 1
20-30 1
60-70 1
females
60-70 1

Thomas married Amy RUSHING. Amy (daughter of Richard RUSHING and RUSHING) was born about 1775 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA; died before 22 Apr 1839 in , Pope, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1833, , , Texas, USA
• Property: 24 Oct 1835

Notes:

One of the few women ever to receive a land grant in Austin's colony.
"Know all men by these presents. That whereas under and by virtue of a power of attorney duly made and executed on the twenty-second day of April 1839 (and duly recorded) by one Thomas Boatwright of Texas, the authorized and legally appointed Agent of Certain Heirs of the Estate of Richard Rushing late of the State of Tennessee, deceased, I, David Rushing of the County of Pope and State of Arkansas, was appointed the proper attorney and agent of sd. Boatwright in the premises to ask for, collect, demand, sue for, receive, and give receipts and full discharges for the same of the amounts of monies respectively coming or due to the late Amy Boatwright, mother of said Thomas Boatwright and also to the others, the children of said Amy, being a portion of the heirs of Richard Rushing, dec'd. upon and under the terms and conditions therein expressed, and whereas sd. David Rushing, being old and unable to travel to carry out the intentions of said power, is desirous and willing and able to appoint some other person to act therein; thereupon be it known to all whom it may concern that I, David Rushing of the County of Pope and the State aforesaid do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint Willis Rushing of the County of Benton in the State of Tennessee, my true and lawful Attorney, for me in my name or in the name of Thomas Boatwright the Legally authorized agent of the said heirs of the Estate, of said Richard Rushing late of Tennessee aforesaid. To ask for, receive, collect, sue for and receive, all sums or sums of money or effects of any kind or description of right belonging and appertaining to the said heirs of the said Estate, of said Richard Rushing dec'd. of and from all persons and parties owing or amenable for the dec'd. and I further authorize under and by virtue of the like power herein I am empowered to do and execute all acts to carry into effects the intentions therein expressed, the said Willis Rushing to give all necessary acquittances and receipts in the law for the same, either in my name as attorney and agent for the said Thomas Boatwright or in the name of said Boatwright as the legally authorized Agent of said heirs of the Estate as he the said Willis may be advised or required, and generally to act in the premise as agent or attorney of said Boatwright or myself under the above recited power, so that the monies due the heirs of the Estate of sd. Richard Rushing dec'd. may be collected and applied to the purposes expressed in the original power from sd. Thomas Boatwright. In witness thereof I have set my hand and seal this 27th day of December 1842. Signed, sealed,and delivered.
David Rushing (seal)
In presence of:
Jno. R. A. Scott
A. M. Metcalf
This day personally appeared before me an Acting Justice of the Peace within and for the co. and State af. sd. the within named David Rushing who duly acknowledged the name David Rushing at the end of the annexed power of Attorney to be his signature and that he executed the same for the reasons therein set forth. Dated this 27th day of december 1842.
A. R. Cheyne, J.P."
[Taproots, A Virginia & Carolina Legacy]
"Note: There was a Thomas Boatwright in Henderson County in 1850. If this Thomas is the same Thomas as the son of Amy, then the Boatwrights who lived in Henderson and Decatur Counties probably are descendants of Richard Rushing. There are White and Hill descendants of a W. H. Boatwright in the Concord Community of Decatur County."
David Donahue's Home Page
ddonahue@netease.net

County: Madison
Abstract Number: 7
District/Class: Title
File Number:
Original Grantee: Amy Boatwright
Patentee:
Title Date:
Patent Date: 24 Oct 1835
Patent No: 313
Patent Vol: 10
Certificate:
Part Section:
Survey/Blk/Tsp:
Adj County:
Acres: 4,428.40
Adj Acres:
Remarks:

Property:
Madison Co, Texas

Notes:

Daughters of Republic of Texas, Dorothy Burns Patterson, pg 260
MATTHEW AND SARAH SPARKS had 13 children. My ancestor was their son named william sparks born on April 3, 1761, Rowan Co, NC. He married Mary Polly Fielder around 1790. I have land deeds showing that he lived in Mississippi and Georgia, but in March, 1836, he moved to Nacogdoches County, TX, at the age of 75 years and was a resident of Sparks Settlement located about five miles north of Nacogdoches. Certificate 49, dated June 7, 1838, entitled him to 1,280 acres of land. William Sparks is on the Tax Lists of 1837, 1839, 1840, and 1845. Four of his children were living at Sparks Settlement. At age 85, William Sparks applied for a pension because of his service in the American Revolution. His declaration is most interesting to read. His application was rejected, apparently for lack of sufficient proof of his service. As one reads this interesting account, one is impressed with its authenticity and with the remarkable memory of this old man as he recalls events which occurred nearly 70 years earlier. He died in 1848 in Nacogdoches County. William Sparks is probably buried near the Old North Church in the Sparks Settlement in one of the four unmarked graves found there. William Sparks was my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. [Can't read the name of the daughter]

Matthew married Sarah THOMPSON about 1754 in , , Maryland, USA. Sarah was born about 1732; died on 23 Aug 1831 in , Hickman, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Francina ???. Francina was born about 1743; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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."
David Donahue's Home Page
ddonahue@netease.net
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 RUSHING about 1778. was born about 1750; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]