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Facts and Events
References
- Norman, Don. Don Norman's Family Files.
- ↑ McWhorter, Lucullus Virgil. The Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia from 1768 to 1795: Embracing the Life of Jesse Hughes and Other Noted Scouts of the Great Woods of the Trans-Allegheny. (Hamilton, Ohio: Republican Publishing Co., 1915)
pg. 113.
Jacob Bush was born in Hampshire County, Virginia, 1756. In the fall of 1782 he married Margaret Swann, on the South Branch, where they lived until the fall of 1785, then moved with their two oldest children, Peter and "Susan", to now Lewis County, West Virginia. Jacob Bush did not live to reap any benefits from the pension due him; but died Nov. 28, 1832.
The law required that the widow, be entitled to a pension, should have been married to the soldier prior to 1794. Mrs. Bush proved her marriage and was granted eighty dollars a year to commence March 4, 1831. Margaret Bush died July 28, 1847, at the age of ninety or ninety-one years. Her surviving children who drew the money due their mother were Peter, born 1783, Henry, Jacob, John, George; Elizabeth married Stump; Margaret married Stump; Barbary married Fisher; Susannah married Simpson. Before her death another son, Michael Bush, died, leaving a widow and two children, Mary and Adam Bush.
- Johnston, Ross B. West Virginians in the American Revolution. (Parkersburg, West Virginia: West Augusta Historical and Genealogical Society, 1959)
pg. 40.
Bush, Jacob
Service – Virginia
VA No. – 16970
No. – W-24685
Enlisted 1778 in Captain Samuel Pringle’s company of Indian spies from Buckhannon Fort. Scouted from the West Fork and little Kanawha rivers to the Ohio River under Lieutenant Westfall. Also served under the militia regiment of Colonel Morgan. Substituted for his brother, John Bush, with Captain Jackson and Lieutenant William White. Joined army of General Clark and descended the Ohio River to the Falls. Frequently acted as hunter. Killed two deer on the north side of river and took the brains of one to General Clark who treated him to whisky. Alexander West, David M. Sleeth, John Talbott, George Butcher and Adam Flesher support his claim. Mentions William Powers. Born, 1756, Hampshire County, Virginia. Before the Revolution, lived in Momongalia County, now Lewis County.
Bush married Margaret Snarr or Swan in Augusta or Hardy County, 1782-1784, by publication of Reverend Mitchell. Witness were Adam Flesher, John Cutright and Christianna McCune. Their children were: Henry, Peter, Jacob, John, George, Elizabeth (Stump), Margaret (Stump), Barbary (Fisher), Susannah (Simpson) Michael (dead leaving a widow, Mary and a son Adam).
Soldier applied for pension November 7, 1832. Certificate was issued, October 18, 1833 but as soldier had died in the meantime, November 27, 1832, pension was issued in favor of his widow, Margaret. Soldier is buried in Gilmer County. Widow applied for pension August 7, 1833 and it was issued. She died July 28, 1847.
- Find A Grave.
Jacob Bush
Birth 1756
Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
Death 28 Nov 1832 (aged 75–76)
Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Jacob Bush was the son of George (Jurig) Adam Bush Sr (b: 23 JUL 1721, in Germany; d: ~1820 in Lewis County VA, now WV); and grandson of Johan Michael Busch (b: ~1697, in Germany; d: 29 JUL 1749, in PA) and his wife Eva (b: ~1697, in Germany).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90185867/jacob-bush
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