van Voorhis, Newly

Samuel married Bushong, Julia on 23 Aug 1838 in , Logan, Ohio. Julia (daughter of Bushong, John Junior and Rush, Eleanor Ruth) was born on 16 Apr 1821; died on 04 Feb 1852 in Jasper County, (?) Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bushong Bulletin pg 46 Winter 1999: "Since Julie Bushong & Samuel VanVoorhis both died leaving small children, David, Newly & Eliza Jane lived with Julia's father, John Bushong and 2nd wife, Rachel VanVoorhis in Lynngrove Twp., Jasper Co., Iowa. Does anyone know where Julie & Samuel are buried?"

Notes:

Logan County, OH Marriages, Book A, 1818-1846

Bushong Bulletin Winter 1999 / Vol 15:4 / Page 46 states they were married June 2, 1839.

Notes:

Individual: Bushons, John, Jr.
County/State: Ross Co., OH
Location: Franklin Twp
Page #: 269
Year: 1820

John Bushong was in Putnam County, Ohio, Riley Township in 1850.Thatrecord also shows Kentucky as his birth place.

1850 Census Record, OH, Putnam County, Riley Township, Page 84
John Bushong 52 Kentucky
Rachel 41 Ohio
George (14), Peter (14), John (12), Samuel (8), William (2) all born in Ohio

SOURCE: jandjsmith@webzone.net (James & Joan Smith) We have photos and transcriptions of several tombstones.
John Bushong d. 4/20/1885 at 87yrs.6 mos. 4dys.;
Rachael d.5/22/1885 at 76 yrs. 3 mos. 10 dys. Same stone.
Samuel Bushong 12/30/1841-1/17/1926 and Phebe A. (Mendenhall)Bushong11/01/1845-2/28/1903. Samuel is a brother of John D. Bushong(my greatgrandfather). There is a civil war star beside their stone,and on the stone is engraved: "Co. F. 10th. IA Vol. Inft. 1861-1865.
Peter B. Bushong (Rev.) 1836-1924, another brother of my John D., is also buried there.

There is evidence that indicates John Bushong Jr., b. 1797, to John Bushong and Janet Summers , was not born in Ohio, as some reports indicate, but in KY. I have entered the proper data in my own records,and offer the below information so that others may make corrections as well:

1860 Iowa Census, Pg. 803, DW. 665, Fam.637 lists:
John Bushong, 63, Farmer, born Kentucky
Rachell Bushong, 51, Domestic, born Ohio
Samuel Bushong, 18, M. Farm Laborer, born ILLINOIS
Matilda Bushong, 8, F. born Ohio
? C. Vanvories, 9, M. born Ohio
John D. Bushong, 22, M. Com. Laborer, born Ohio

The 1870 Iowa Census, Pg. 334 shows John Bushong living in JasperCo.,Lynn Grove Twp.

A biographical report for George W. Bushong states that he and his father had a farm of eighty acres, and that in 1878 George was living with him,in Jasper Co., Iowa.

"Early Deaths Cloud County, Kansas, Before 1903," Pg. 12 states:John Bushong, d. 4/20/85...87 yrs.6mo4d. Cause of death not given.Source: An early Miltonvale Newspaper. Buried Oakland UnionCemetery-b. KY10-16-97-wife Rachel-son Peter.

"Cloud County, Kansas Cemeteries, Vol II," (Aurora, Colfax, Meredith,Oakland and Starr Twps.) , Pg. 67 under Oakland Union Cemetery states:John Bushong, b. blank, d. 20 Apr 1885 87 yr6mo4 d, b. KY.

John married Rush, Eleanor Ruth on 23 May 1816 in , Ross, Ohio. Eleanor was born about 1797; died about 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I don't know for sure if all these siblings belong together.

Other Events:

• Military Servic: Revolutionary War
• BAPM: 7 Dec 1760, Old Swedes Church in Wilmington, Del.
• BAPM: 12 Dec 1760, Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, De

Notes:

August 17, 1760 / Dec. 7, 1760 at Old Swedes Church in Wilmington,Del.

Listed as "Johny Beshong" in marriage index #229. Listed as"John Bishong" in marriage index #2.

He served in the Revolutionary War and fought against the Shawnee Indians who were employed by the British. On November 20, 1781, he qualified as too poor to purchase land at the state price, so he was granted four hundred acres, on the Big Benson Creek, March 18, 1784.In Lincoln Co. John married Jannet Summers. She is believed to have been born in Kentucky in the 1760's. John and Jennet raised tobacco and other crops in Lincoln Co., which later became Franklin Co.

In the 1790's John and his family moved to Chillicothe, Ross Co.,Ohio.,They are noted as one of Ohio's first families. Ohio was still in the Northwest Territory and not a state. John homesteaded a farm near Chillicothe of about two hundred and thirty acres. Its location was described as follows:
Beginning at the sycamores at the mouth of Patrus, now running south 55 poles to a sugar tree , thence south 166 poles to a white oak,thence east 64 poles to a white oak, thence south east 38 poles to a hickory.....thence in a direct line to the Seido River, then with meanders back to the place of beginning.

On their farm they raised one of the oldest and most valuable apple orcahrds in Ross County . The farm was said, after John's death, to be worth $3500.

In 1822, John, who was described as old and infirm met and married the widow, Elizabeth Breedlove, November 14. John died in 1825 *about 65 years old (and probably was buried in Ross County. A law suit filed October 13, 1827 by John and Jennet's heirs alleged that Elizabeth married John only to get his property and to keep it from his children. The case was not proved.

John and Jacob were privates in the Revolutionary War serving with the Lincoln County, Kentucky Militia in 1781 and 1782. Also there is evidence that these two brothers were under the command of Brig. Gen. George Rogers Clark in the Expedition against the Shawnees in 1782.

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Message #78 Sunday, August 06, 2000
Subject: John Bushong in Ohio
Posted by: Joanne Camp
Message: I have, since the last notice, obtained a copy of my John Bushong's death certificate. It shows that his father was Andrew Bushong, b. France; and his mother's maiden name was Nidick, also b.France.Anyone with any other info on this line??
Thank you.
Joanne

Census 1810
Individual: Bushong, John
County/State: Ross Co., OH
Page #: 002
Year: 1810
Census type code: Tax List

Census 1820
Individual: Bushons, John, Sr.
County/State: Ross Co., OH
Location: Franklin Twp
Page #: 270
Year: 1820
SOURCE: Judy Cassidy
John Bushong married Jannet Summers, daughter of Samuel,April 6, 1785 in Lincoln Co. He served with George Rogers Clark - April 27-May 27,1781 and again in 1782; He owned 400 acres of land on Big Benson Creek,,Southside of the Creek April 6, 1785, this land later became Mercer Co,Ky: John was one of the signers of a Petition to the Kentucky House of Delegates from the Inhabitants on the North Side of the Kentucky River in the district of KY, who stated that they had difficulty carrying their tobacco to the Warehouses at Jacks's Creek on the southside of the Kentucky River, date Nov. 2, 1789.

His parents were Andrew and Catherine 'Kit' Nidick Bushong of Montgomery Co VA, and his siblings were George who married Marthey David; Jacob who married Jane Nozler, Henry who married Issabella Summers and a brother Valentine. Henry and George lived in Barren Co,Ky. The rest of the family later emmigrated to Ross Co, Ohio.

swat@toast.net (SWAT) Bonita - The copy of the death certificate on JohnBushong listed his parents as Andrew of France and Nidick of France. (not this John Bushong, but another one I have n't located)

John married Young, Jannet on 06 Apr 1785 in , Lincoln, Kentucky. Jannet (daughter of Young, Patrick and Todd, Isabella) was born about 1761 in , , Kentucky; died in Jun 1822 in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SOURCE: BUSHONG BULLETIN 15:2 (SUMMER 1999) P. 28 - Five children were proven in Ross Co Ohio Chancery case dated 13 Oct 1827, in which heirs of John Bushong are protesting the Breedlove family taking over John's realestate and property. A complete transcript of this document appeared in the Bushong Bulletin, 1:2:3. In it, John Mitchell & Sally his wife, Jacob, Jemima & Delilah Bushong (children of James Bushong deceased)infants, vs Baylies Breedlove etal.

Among statements made in this document are: "...that the wife of said John Bushong and the mother and grandmother of your orator & others herein after mentioned have departed this life and the said John being old & inform was pirated and drawn into intimacy with one Elizabeth Breedlove, widow, and mother of Balies Breedlove; the marriage was solemnized on 11 Nov 1822 in this county, and Elizabeth with her family came to reside upon the land of John; John's children saw with regret that the said Elizabeth and sons were gaining an undue influence over their father, ...that their design was to wrest the farm from the old man, and if possible instead of breeding love to breed hatred malice and ill will between him and his own children.Some time after the conveyance was made, the said John Bushong, Nancy Young (wife of James Young) of age,and your orators Jacob Bushong,Jemima Bushong & Delilah Bushong, infants and children and heirs of James Bushong, son of John the elder and then lately deceased, that your orator John Mitchel & Sally his wife, for consideration since the decease of the ancestor had purchased all the right and title of the heirs John & George Bushong and James Young & Nacyhis wife... allright to the estate of their said Father, that the deceased John Bushong the ancestor left personal property of greatvalue..."

John Mitchell etal lost the case, but he later sued Baylies Breedlove for slander and was awarded $1,000 by the court. (Ross Co OhioChanceryRecords).

We believe she was actually Patrick Young's daughter, born the year of his death and so was probably given the name "Summers" since her mother married John Summers the same year of her husband's death. He would have been the only father she knew and it's likely he adopted her children. Read the comments under Isabella, legal documents mentioning their names,etc.

SOURCE: pattywoo@bellsouth.net (Patty Woodall)

(Until I have proof that this is not the case, I will leave her with this family.)

Name:
"Summers" was probably her last name, due to her mother's remarriage shortly after her father's death.

Notes:

SOURCE: Marriage Index Lincoln County, KY 1728-1850, listed asJohnyBeshong & Jannet Summers.