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The Rushing Family

Ira Baxter Rushing

MY NAME IS IRA BAXTER RUSHING. I LIVE NEAR CLAYTON N.C. IN JOHNSTON CO. JUST A FEW MILES EAST OF RALEIGH, N.C. I WAS BORN IN ANSON CO. N.C. ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, NEAR WHAT IS CALLED BROWN CREEK SWAMP. RICHARD AND SOLOMON RUSHING OWNED LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK ADJ. TO THE SWAMP. WHO KNOWS, I MAY HAVE BEEN BORN ON SOME OF THE ORIGINAL RUSHING LAND. MY YOUNGEST BROTHER LEON RUSHING WAS BORN THERE ALSO.

GROWING UP IN ANSON CO. IN THE 1950S, OUR FATHER WOULD DRIVE AROUND THE COUNTRY SIDE AND SHOW US DIFFERENT PLACES, ONE BEING THE OLD RUSHING HOME PLACE. THE OLD HOUSE WAS A TWO STORY WITH A FIRE PLACE AT EACH END. THE HOME PLACE WAS BURNED DOWN BY AN ARSONIST ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER OLD AND UNOCUPIED DWELLINGS, BEFORE HE WAS ARRESTED. IT IS SAID TO BE THE HOME PLACE OF WILLIAM RUSHING. AS IT IS DESIGNATED AS RUSHING ON AN 1878 ANSON CO. MAP, LOCATED JUST NORTH OF WHITE STORE. THE OTHER PLACE OUR FATHER POINTED OUT WAS THE OLD JOSEPH WHITE HOMEPLACE, JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE WE LIVED IN 1952. HE MENTIONED THAT MINNIE BALLS FROM THE CIVIL WAR WERE EMBEDDED IN THE HOUSE. AFTER NEARLY 50 YEARS I CAN STILL REMEMBER THIS VERY WELL.

NONE OF THE RUSHINGS IN MY FAMILY KNEW WHO THE FATHER OF WESLEY WAS. MY FATHER IS ALBERT BAXTER RUSHING, SON OF WILLIAM ISHAM RUSHING, SON OF WESLEY MORRIS RUSHING. THE ONLY INFORMATION WE HAD ON THE RUSHINGS IS WHAT OUR FATHER TOLD ,THAT A WILLIAM RUSHING AND SIX SONS CAME TO THE ANSON CO. AREA CIRCA 1750. IN FEBRUARY OF 1997, I TOOK A TRIP TO THE N.C. STATE ARCHIVES TO SEE WHAT I COULD FIND ON THE RUSHINGS. I FOUND THE 1860 CENSUS OF ANSON CO. LOOKING FOR RUSHINGS THAT HAD A CHILD BY THE NAME OF WESLEY. I LOCATED A JESSE J. RUSHING, WHO WAS 57 YEARS OF AGE, AND AND HAD A MALE LISTED IN HIS HOUSEHOLD BY THE NAME OF WESLEY AND WAS LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD. WE KNEW THAT WESLEY WAS BORN IN 1860.

JESSE J. RUSHING WAS BORN 1804 IN ANSON COUNTY. HE HAD BEEN MARIED TWICE; FIRST TO A MARY BARRETT, DAUGHTER OF DOMINICK AND MARY BARRETT. JESSE AND MARY HAD 10 CHILDREN BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY CIRCA 1855.

JESSE MARRIED A MARY MORRIS IN 1857 FROM UNION COUNTY ,DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND PHERBY SMITH MORRIS AND HAD 4 CHILDREN FROM THIS MARRIAGE.. I AM DESCENDED FROM THIS MARRIAGE.. JESSE PASSED AWAY IN 1867.

TO THIS DATE I DO NOT KNOW THE NAMES OF HIS PARENTS, BROTHERS OR SISTERS, A COMPLETE MYSTERY. IN FEBRUARY 1999, MY BROTHER LEON AND I TOOK A TRIP BACK TO ANSON CO. DETERMINED TO FIND OUT WHERE JESSE LIVED AND WHERE HE WAS BURRIED.

WE KNEW THAT A PERSON BY THE NAME OF L [LOU] HUNTLEY OWNED THE OLD RUSHING HOMEPLACE IN 1932, AND HAS 2 DAUGHTER STILL LIVING IN THE AREA. WE TALKED TO MATTIE LOU HUNTLEY HORNE, AND ASKED HER IF SHE HAD EVER HEARD OF JESSE RUSHING, AND SHE REPIED THAT SHE HAD; AND SAID THAT JESSE OWNED THE OLD RUSHING HOMEPLACE AND THE LAND AROUND IT. ALSO SAID THAT HER FATHER SHOWED HER A SMALL GRAVEYARD, MARKED ONLY WITH ROCKS, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 5 GRAVES, LOCATED BESIDE OF THE ROAD, NEXT TO THE RUSHING HOMEPLACE , AND THAT JESSE WAS BURRIED THERE. THE GRAVEYARD WAS DESTROYED.

AS I HAVE STATED ABOVE, I DO NO KNOW THE PARENTS, BROTHERS OR SISTERS OF JESSE J. RUSHING. SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER HE IS CLOSELEY RELATED TO SOLOMON RUSHING, AS HE AND JESSE, TOGETHER PURCHASED 275 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, FROM PAUL RUSHING, THE EXECUTOR OF SOLOMON RUSHING SENIOR. THIS LAND WAS SOLD TO RICHARD CROWDER IN 1834. AND SOLOMON MOVED TO ALABAMA, ALONG WITH PAUL AND STEPHEN RUSHING. PAUL AND STEPHEN WERE THE EXECUTORS OF THE WILL OF SOLOMON RUSHING SENIOR.

A SISTER OF JESSE COULD BE ELVY RUSHING; BORN 1802 IN ANSON CO. MARRIED A WILLIAM LEARD AND MOVED TO GEORGIA. TWO OF THEIR CHILDREN WERE NAMED JESSE J. LEARD AND DICKSON RUSHING LEARD.

THERE WAS A DICKSON RUSHING LIVING IN ANSON CO., NOW UNION COUNTY, BEING ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS JESSE. HE APPARENTLY LEFT THE STATE.

IN 1829 WILLIAM M. RUSHING AND DICKSON RUSHING WITNESED A CONVEYANCE. FRANCES RUSHING TO REBECKA RUSHING [A SISTER]. ALL HER PERSONAL PROPERTY, APPARENTLY FRANCES WAS MOVING AWAY.

THE OLDEST SON OF WILLIAM M. RUSHING, ANDREW JACKSON RUSHING NAMED 2 OF HIS SONS JESSE J. AND JOSEPH J. RUSHING. WILLIAM M. AND ANDREW J. RUSHING LIVED JUST INSIDE THE UNION COUNTY LINE. WILLIAM HAD LAND NEXT TO JESSE IN ANSON CO. JESSE RUSHINGS OLDEST SON IS JOSEPH JOEL RUSHING.

IN 1830 JESSE J. RUSHING WAS LIVING VERY NEAR A JOHN RUSHING, SOLOMON RUSHING, LEVI MEADOWS AND DAVID MEADOWS ON DEADFALL CREEK, JUST NORTH OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER.

IN 1840 JESSE RUSHING WAS LIVING IN UNION CO. VERY NEAR WILLIAM M. RUSHING.

IN 1850 JESSE RUSHING WAS LIVING BACK IN ANSON CO. APPARENTLY AT THE OLD RUSHING HOMEPLACE, AND LIVED THERE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1867.

IN 1850 JESSE OWNED 15 SLAVES AND IN 1860 HE OWNED 20 SLAVES.

AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, JESSE OWNED APROXIMATELY 1100 ACRES OF LAND IN ANSON AND UNION COUNTIES. THE RUSHINGS IN VIRGINIA AND NORTHEASTERN N.C.

THE EARLIEST RUSHING I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE IN THE COLONIES SEEMS TO BE A MATHEW RUSHING, JAMES CITY COUNTY VIRGINIA. MATHEW PASSED AWAY IN 1678, LEAVING A WIFE [NAME UNKNOWN] AND TWO SONS BY THE NAME OF WILLIAM AND MATHEW. IT APPEARS THAT WILLIAM DIES BEFORE HE BECOMES OF AGE, LEAVING ONLY MATHEW TO CARRY ON THE RUSHING NAME. ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS MATHEW BECOMES OF AGE AROUND 1690. MATHEWS NAME DOES NOT COME UP AGAIN UNTIL 1714 IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT CO., WHEN HE AND EDWARD GOODSON RECEIVE A LAND GRANT FOR 640 ACRES OF LAND FROM THE LT. GOVERNER OF VIRGINIA. FOR PROVIDING PASSAGE FOR 10 PERSONS. THE LAND WAS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BLACKWATER SWAMP AND IS BOUNDED BY THE NOTTOWAY SWAMP.

ON 20 NOVEMBER 1716 MATHEW RUSHIN SOLD HIS SHARE TO EDWARD GOODSON EXECPT 100 ACRES, UPON WHICH GOODSON LIVES.

MATHEW RUSHIN LIVED IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT VIRGINIA WHEN HE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, BUT MOVED TO ALBERMARLE CO. NORTH CAROLINA [CHOWAN PRECT.] IN 1714 OR BEFORE.

WILLIAM BROWN SOLD TO MATHEW RUSHIN 150 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MEHERRIN RIVER IN 1714. THIS LAND WAS LATER SOLD TO WILLIAM BRIDGER IN 1718. ELIZABETH IS THE WIFE OF MATHEW RUSHIN, AS IT IS STATED IN LAND TRANSACTIONS. THIS LAND IS JUST SOUTH OF THE VIRGINIA BORDER.

IN 1718 THOMAS KIRBY SOLD TO MATHEW RUSHING 150 ACRES OF LAND ON THE ROANOKE RIVER IN NORTHAMPTON CO. THIS LAND IS SOUTHWEST OF THE PRESENT DAY TOWN OF JACKSON, IN WHAT IS CALLED KINCHENS NECK.

IN 1731 BARNABE MCKINNIE SOLD TO WILLIAM RUSHING 150 ACRES OF LAND THAT HIS FATHER MATHEW RUSHING HAD LIVED ON. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT MATHEW IS NO LONGER LIVING.

DEC. 7 1739 WILLIAM RUSHING JR. WITTNESED A DEED BETWEEN JOHN WHEELER AND ROLAND WILLIAMS.

NOW WE CAN SAY FOR SURE THAT MATHEW HAD A SON BY THE NAME OF WILLIAM AND WILLIAM HAD A SON BY THE NAME OF WILLIAM.

IN 1740 A MATHEW RUSHING SHOWS UP IN EDGECOMBE CO. HE HAS A WIFE BY THE NAME OF ELIZABETH. THEY CONTINUE TO LIVE IN EDGECOMBE CO. UNTIL 1767.

JOHN RUSHING WITNESSES A LAND TRANSACTION FOR MATHEW RUSHING IN THE EARLY 1740S.

WILLIAM RUSHING IS MENTIONED AT LEAST TWICE AS A WIT. IN LAND TRANSACTIONS IN THE LATE 1740S. IN NORTHAMPTON CO. 1749 WOULD BE THE LAST.

IN 1755 JOHN WILLIAMS OF NORTHAMPTON CO. SELLS TO WILLIAM ARMISTEAD OF NORTHAMPTON CO. 150 ACRES OF LAND THAT WILLIAM RUSHING PURCHASED OF BARNABE MCKINNIE IN 1731. IT WOULD APPEAR TO ME THAT WILLIAM RUSHING SON OF MATHEW IS DECEASED. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF WILLIAM RUSHIING SELLING THIS LAND AND NO EVIDENCE OF HOW JOHN WILLIAMS BECAME THE OWNER.

IT IS SAID THE WILLIAM RUSHING THAT SETTLED IN ANSON CO. AROUND 1750 IS THE SON OF MATHEW AND ELIZABETH RUSHING. I DO NOT FIND THIS TO BE TRUE. IT HAS TO BE WILLIAM RUSHING JR. WHEN HE ARRIVES IN ANSON CO. HE WOULD THEN BE CONSIDERED WILLIAM RUSHING SENIOR.

IN MY OPINNION MATHEW RUSHING AND WIFE ELIZABETH HAD AT LEAST ONE SON BY THE NAME OF WILLIAM, AND WILLIAM HAD A SON BY THE NAME OF WILLIAM AND MATHEW AND JOHN ARE SONS ALSO.

THE EARLIEST RUSHINGS IN ANSON CO.

1- WILLIAM RUSHING SENIOR. LIVED ON THOMPSONS CREEK. 2- WILLIAM RUSHING JR. LIVED ON THE NORTH FORK OF THOMPSONS CREEK IN 1787. 3- ROWLAND RUSHING LIVED ON CEDAR CREEK. 4- RICHARD RUSHING LIVED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, NEAR A SWAMP IN 1771. 5- ABRAHAM RUSHING LIVED IN THE THOMPSONS CREEK AREA. 6- JOHNSON RUSHING 7- MARK RUSHING 8- ROBERT RUSHING LIVED ON LITTLE BROWN CREEK. 9- SOLOMON RUSHING LIVED IN THE THOMPSONS CREEK AREA. 10- NOAH RUSHING LIVED ON THE NORTH FORK OF THOMPSONS CREEK IN 1787. 11- DAVID RUSHING 12- PHILLIP RUSHING LIVED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, NEAR THE MUDDY SPRINGS. 13- JACOB RUSHING 14- MATHEW RUSHING JR. LIVED AND DIED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. 15- JOHN RUSHING LIVED ON LITTLE BROWN CREEK.

THE ABOVE DAVID RUSHING IS MENTIONED ONLY ONCE IN 1776 AS OWING MONEY TO JOHN COTTON A FORMER JUSTICE OF ANSON; ALONG WITH WILLIAM RUSHING SENIOR WILLIAM RUSHING, JOHN RUSHING AND DAVID RUSHING.

THE ABOVE JOHNSON RUSHING IS MENTIONED IN 1768 WITH JOHN RUSHING AND JACOB RUSHING, UNRECORDED PLAT FOR LAND NOT GRANTED , 200 ACRES OF LAND ON THOMPSONS CREEK, ST DAVIDS PARRISH, SURVEYED BY JOHN WADE. THIS WAS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. JOHN, JACOB AND JOHNSON APPEAR TO BE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED.

AS TO THE MATHEW RUSHING IN ANSON CO. HE DOES NOT SHOW UP IN LAND GRANTS UNTIL THE EARLY 1770S. BUT THERE WAS A MATT RUSHING IN ANSON CO. AS EARLY AS 1755; AS WILLIAM RUSHING WAS ISSUED 150 ACRES OF LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF DEEP CREEK IN 1763, BUT THE GRANT WAS ENTERED IN 1755. CHAIN BEARERS WERE WILLIAM RUSHING AND MATT RUSHING. [THE CHAIN CARRIERS ARE THE PERSONS WHO CARRY THE CHAINS FOR THE SURVEYOR.] IS THIS WILLIAM AND HIS SON MATHEW, OR WILLIAM AND A BROTHER.

IN 1768 WILLIAM JOHNSTON RECEIVED A LAND GRANT ON BROWN CREEK, INCLUDING THE PLACE WHERE MATHEW RUSHING LIVED.

IN 1768 JOHN WADE SOLD TO WILLIAM JOHNSON SOME PROPERTY ON BLACKJACK CREEK. IN THE PRESENCE OF WILLIAM RUSHING AND MATHEW RUSHING SENIOR. SO THIS MATHEW WOULD HAVE TO BEEN BORN 1730 OR BEFORE.

IT HAS BEEN STATED THERE WERE 2 DIFFERENT RUSHING FAMILIES LIVING IN ANSON CO. AT THE SAME TIME ; EACH HEADED BY A WILLIAM RUSHING. ONE BEING ON THOMPSONS CREEK AND THE OTHER ON BROWN CREEK, AND THEY WERE PROBABLY COUSINS. THIS WOULD BE IN THE 1750-1780 PERIOD. I CAN NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF THIS.

I HAVE IN MY POSSESSION, COPIES OF THE DEEDS AND LAND GRANTS FROM THE EARLY 1700S TO ABOUT 1870. IT APPEARS TO ME THERE WERE 3 RUSHING FAMILYS IN ANSON CO. AND CRAVEN CO. S.C. [THOMPSON CREEK AREA]. WILLIAM, JOHN AND MATHEW RUSHING.

ACCORDING TO LAND TRANSACTIONS MATHEW RUSHING SENIOR CAME TO THE CRAVEN CO. AND ANSON CO. AREA AROUND 1768.

WILLIAM RUSHING SENIOR RECEIVED SEVERAL LAND GRANTS ON THOMPSONS CREEK AND THE BROWN CREEK AND LITTLE BROWN AREA; TOTALING SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES. LITTLE BROWN CREEK THAT IS SHOWN ON THE ANSON CO. MAP TODAY IS NOT THE ORIGINIAL LITTLE BROWN CREEK. THE ORIGINIAL LITTLE BROWN CREEK IS JUST WEST OF THE PRESENT DAY WHITE STORE AND RUNS SOUTH FOR SEVERAL MILES.

WILLIAM RUSHING JR. RECEIVED SEVERAL LAND GRANTS ON THOMPSONS CREEK AND LITTLE BROWN CREEK.

IN 1782 ROBERT RUSHING RECEIVED A LAND GRANT ON LITTLE BROWN CREEK NEXT TO WILLIAM JOHNSTON AND WILLIAM RUSHING THE THIRDS HOME LINE.

NOW WE KNOW THAT WILLIAM RUSHING SENIOR HAD A GRANDSON IN ANSON CO. AS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD IN 1782, LIVING IN THE WHITE STORE AREA.

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THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM RUSHING ON THOMPSONS CREEK SEEM TO BE. 1-WILLIAM JR. 2- JOHN 3- ABRAHAM 4- ROLAND 5- SOLOMON 6- MARK 7-noah

THE RUSHINGS THAT LIVED ON BROWN CREEK AND LITTLE BROWN CREEK, THAT APPEAR TO BE BROTHERS ARE; 1-RICHARD 2-ROBERT 3-JOHN 4-PHILLIP 5-WILLIAM KILLED AT DROWNING CREEK

THERE IS A STRONG POSABILTY THAT DAVID RUSHING IS A BROTHER TO THE RUSHINGS ON BROWN CREEK, DUE TO THE FACT THAT RICHARD AND ROBERT EACH NAMED A SON OF THEIRS DAVID. DAVID RUSHINGS NAME IS MENTIONED ONCE IN 1776, AS OWING MONEY TO JAMES COTTON , A FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF ANSON CO.

IN 1767 WILLIAM RUSHING GAVE TO WILLIAM JOHNSON 150 ACRES OF LAND ON LITTLE BROWN CREEK AND BROWN CREEK. THE LAND WOULD BE ON BOTH SIDES OF LITTLE BROWN CREEK AND CROSSING TO THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, LOCATED AT WHITE STORE. IT IS STATED THAT WILLIAM JOHNSON MARRIED A DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM RUISHING SENIOR OF THOMPSONS CREEK. THE WILL OF WILLIAM JOHSON STATES THAT HIS WIFE IS NAMED SARAH AND THE EXECUTORS ARE RICHARD RUSHING AND PAUL RUSHING.

IN 1778 WILLIAM RUSHING SENIOR OF THOMPSONS CREEK GIVES TO RICHARD AND ROBERT RUSHING 200 ACES EACH LAND ON ROBERT RUSHING BRANCH A BRANCH OF BROWN CREEK. IT IS STATED THAT RICHARD RUSHING MARRIED A DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM RUSHING SENIOR OF THOMPSONS CREEK. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT ROBERT RUSHING ALSO MARRIED A DAUGHTER ALSO.

A DEED IN 1783 STATES THAT WILLIAM RUSHING SENIOR GIVES TO HIS SON WILLIAM 50 ACRES OF LAND ON THOMPSONS CREEK. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME WILLIAM RUSHING GIVES ANY OF HIS SONS ANY LAND THAT IS RECORDED.

BELOW ARE EXCERPTS OF THE LAND GRANTS AND DEEDS BEGINNING IN THE EARLY 1700S TO AROUND 1870. I HAVE IN MY POSSESSION COPIES OF NEARLY ALL THE LAND GRANTS AND DEEDS. A FEW ARE IN SUCH BAD SHAPE THEY CAN NOT BE READ.

THE ORIGINIAL GRANTS AND LAND DEEDS ARE LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT OF STATE ARCHIVES IN RALEIGH, N.C. MATHEW RUSHING

THERE WAS A MATHEW RUSHIN LIVING IN CHARLES CITY COUNTY VIRGINIA. MATHEW PASSED AWAY IN 1678, LEAVING A WIFE AND TWO SONS, WILLIAM AND MATHEW. THE NAME OF MATHEWS WIFE IS NOT KNOWN. ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS WILLIAM DID NOT LIVE TO BE OF AGE. BUT MATHEW DID. ORPHAN COURT RECORDS OF CHARLES CITY COUNTY, HELD AT WESTOPHER.

THE ORPHAN OF WM. RUSSHIN, PETETIONS COURT THAT HE IS UNJUSTLY DETAINED IN SERVICE OF SARAH, RELICT AND ADM'X OF JNO WALLIS, DEC'D, PRAYS ORDER FOR HIS FREEDOM; AND SAID SARAH, DISCLAIMING AND RIGHT TO SAID ORPHAN, AND SAID ORPHAN'S ESTATE BEING SECURED IN HANDS OF JAMES MUNFORD, COURT THEREFORE SETS ORPHAN AT LIBERTY.

WIDOW OF JON. WALLIS, DEC'D TO PROCURE SECURITY FOR WHAT ESTATE SHE HAS IN HER HANDS BELONGING TO THE ORPHAN OF WM. RUSSHIN, DEC'D. OR ELSE JAMES MUNFORD TO BE POSESSED OF THAT ESTATE.

1690 JUNE 3. AT WESTOPHER AT CHARLES CITY CO. COURT. PAGE 285. ON MOTION OF MATHEW RUSSSHIN, AN ORPHAN, THE WIDOW OF JAMES MUMFORD, DEC'D, IS TO BE SUMMOND TO NEXT COURT TO ANSWER WHAT SAID ORPHAN SHALL EXHIBIT AGAINST HER.

PAGE 300 ORDERED THAT WIDOW OF JA. MUMFORD, DEC'D GIVE GOOD SECURITY AT NEXT ORPHAN'S COURT FOR WHAT SHE HAS BELONGING TO MATHEW RUSSHIN.

SEPT. 15 1690 ON 23RD. THIS MONTH MR. JN. HARDIMAN, MR. RICHARD BLAND AND MR. JON. WOODLEIFE TO DIVIDE THE GOODS AND CHATTELS OF JA. MUNFORD. DEC'D. BETWEEN SARAH THE RELICT, AND CHILDREN OF DEC'D; BUT BEFORE DIVIDING, WHAT ESTATE WAS IN MUMFORDS HANDS BELONGING TO MATHEW RUSSHIN, AN ORPHAN,TO BE SET ASIDE AND SECURED.

AT A COURT HOLDEN AT WESTOPHER, 10TH NOVEMBER 1691. CLERK TO DELIVER TO RANDAL MATTUX HIS BOND OF RUSSHINS ESTATE.

ADMIN. GRANTED JANO. GALLOES ON THE ESTATE OF MATHEW RUSHING AS MARRYING THE RELICT. OCT. 1679. ISLE OF WIGHT, WILLS..GREAT BOOK VOL 2 1715-1726

(P.107)MAY 1717...EDWARD GOODSON, YEOMON OF ISLE OF WIGHT, AND WIFE MARY GOODSON TO THOMAS CRAWFORD, CORDWAINER, OF NANSEMOND COUNTY...375 ACRES IN THE LOWER PARISH OF ISLE OF WIGHT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLACKWATER AT "FLAGG RUNN" AND IS BOUNDED BY NOTTOWAY SWAMP (BEING LAND GRANTED EDWARD GOODSON AND MATHEW RUSKIN ON JUNE 16, 1714 AND SAID RUSKIN SOLD HIS RIGHT TO EDWARD GOODSON ON 20 NOV. 1716...BEING ALL EXECPT 100 ACRES UPON WHICH GOODSON LIVES). EDWARD (X) GOODSON AND MARY (X) GOODSON. WIT. JOHN HUNT, RICHARD HAMPTON AND EDWARD (X) COBB.

(P.112) 17 MAY 1717...MATHEW RUSHIN AND WIFE, ELIZABETH RUSKIN, OF NORTH CAROLINA APPOINT EDWARD COBB SR. OF THE LOWER PARISH OF ISLE OF WIGHT AS THEIR ATTORNEY FOR THE FOLLOWING DEED. MATHEW (X) RUSKIN AND ELIZABETH (X) RUSKIN. WIT: NICHOLAS WILLIAMS, EDWARD (X) COBB, JR. AND JOHN (X) BARNES. RECORDED 28 OCT. 1717.

(P112) 20 NOV. 1716..MATHEW RUSKIN, YEOMAN OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO EDWARD GOODSON, YEOMAN OF THE UPPER PARISH OF ISLE OF WIGHT... .?. ACRES (BEING ALL OF A PATENT GRANTED SAID RUSKIN ON 16 JUNE 1714). MATHEW RUSHIN AND ELIZABETH RUSKIN.WIT. NICHOLAS WILLIAMS, JOHN (X) BARNES AND ROBERT (X) WILLIAMS JR. RECORDED 28 OCT. 1717. CHOWAN PRECT. BOOK #3 PAGE 201

WILLIAM BROWN OF CHOWAN PRECT. PLANTER AND MARTHA HIS WIFE TO MATHEW RUSHEN OF THE SAID PRECT. 21 APRIL 17--8 POUNDS 150 ACRES ON YE WEST SIDE OF MEHERRIN RIVER, JOINING DIVIDING RUN AND YE RIVER, PART OF 640 ACRES SURVEYED BY YE AFORESD BROWN. WIT. GEORGE SMITH, JOHN SMITH. REG. 2 FEB. 1714/5. DEED BOOK 1 CHOWAN PRECT..N.C. PAGE 601

MATHEW RUSSIAN OF CHOWAN PRECT. TO WILLIAM BRIDGERS [RESIDENCE NOT GIVEN] 16 JULY 1718, 150 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MEHERRIN RIVER, JOINING YE DIVIDING RUN AND THE RIVER, AND IS PART OF A GREATER TRACT SURVEYED FOR WILLIAM BROWN. WIT. JOHN BARDIN, JOHN NAIRINE. REG. 8 NOV. 1718. DEED BOOK 3 CHOWAN PRECT. N.C.

PAGE 708 THOMAS KIRBY OF CHOWAN PRECT. AND ELIZABETH KIRBY TO MATHEW RUSHEN OF THE SAID PRECT. AFRSD. 160 CT. 1718 22 POUNDS CURRENT MONEY 150 ACRES, MORE OR LESS AT THE BRANCHES OF THE ROANOKE RIVER, JOINING JOHN HATHAN, A MARSH, A SWAMP, PART OF 640 ACRES GRANTED TO HENRY WHEELER AND SOLD BY HIM TO SAID KIRBY. WIT. JOHN RAINESFORD. RICHARD WASHINGTON. REG. 25 AUG. 1719. BERTIE DEEDS. BOOK C PAGE 269

BARNABE MCKINNIE TO WILLIAM RUSHING 1731, 16 POUNDS FOR 150 ACRES IN NORTHWEST PARRISH OF BERTIE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MARATTOCK RIVER [ROANOKE RIVER]. WHEREON MATHEW RUSHING, FATHER OF SAID WILLIAM FORMERLY LIVED. SURVEY GRANTED TO BARNABE MCKINNIE BY PATENT DATED 1700, ADJ. JOHN HAWTHORNE [?] HENRY WHEELER, ON MILL POND. WIT. JOHN GILL, JOHN JUDRAT AND JAMES CAIN. BERTIE CO. DEEDS BOOK C PAGE 375

JOHN WHEELER TO ROLAND WILLIAMS, DEC. 7 1739, FOR 35 POUNDS FOR 90 ACRES WITH A GOING MILL. WIT. WILLIAM RUSHING JUNIOR. ROBERT CARSON. MAY COURT 1739.

JOHN WATSON AND MARY HIS WIFE OF EDGE. CO. TO MATHEW RUSHING OF EDGE. CO. 20 APRIL, 1740, 25 POUNDS CURRENT MONEY OF VA. 104 ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MORATOCK RIVER AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF BEACH SWAMP, JOINING THE FORK OF LONG BRANCH, THE SWAMP AND THE FORMER LAND OF WILLIAM MURPHY; ALL HOUSES GARDENS, PASTURES, FENCES, ETC. WIT. JOHN RUSHING. REG. EDGE. CO. MAY COURT 1741. R. FOSTER, C.CT.

MATHEW RUSHING OF EDGE. CO. TO THOMAS MAY OF EDGE. CO. 12 NOV. 1742 25 POUNDS CURRENT MONEY VA. 104 ACRES IN THE FORK OF LONG BRANCH AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BEACH SWAMP, JOINING THE FORMER LAND OF W. MURPHY AND THE SWAMP, ALL THE HOUSES, OUT HOUSES, GARDENS ETC. WIT. JOHN POPE JR. WALTER MCFARLAN, REG. FEB. COURT 1742. R. FORRESTER C.CT.

JOHN BROWN OF EDGE. CO. TO MATHEW RUSHING OF NORTHAMPTON, 20 NOV. 1750 40 POUNDS CURRENT MONEY OF VA. 100 ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TARR RIVER, JOINING THE MOUTH OF A GUT AND THE RIVER AS BY PATENT TO JOHN LOTT, 11 NOV. 1744, AND BY HIM CONVEYED TO MICHAEL DORMAN AND BY THE SD. DORMAN CONVEYED TO THE SAID BROWN. WIT. JAB. LOCKERMAN, WILLIAM BRYANT, JAMES BENN [?] REG. EDGE. CO AUGUST COURT 1751. B. WYNNS C.CT

MATHEW RUSHING AND FRANCIS HIS WIFE OF EDGECOMBE CO. TO JOHN PAUL OF NORTHAMPTON CO. 5 NOV. 1755, 35 POUNDS CURRENT MONEY OF VIRGINIA. 100 ACRES NEAR THE LITTLE CYPRUS SWAMP, JOINING WILLIAM KINCHEN, THOMAS WILLBURN AND THE SAID PAUL; PART OF A TRACT PATENTED TO JOHN DEW. WIT. WILLIAM DAVIES, THOMAS WILLBURN, THOMAS PACE. REG. 5 NOV. 1755 BEFORE ME, JAMES HASSELL C.J.

JOHN WILLIAMS OF NORTHAMPTON CO. TO WILLIAM ARMISTEAD OF NORTHAMPTON CO. 23 MAY, 1755; 100 POUNDS CURRENT MONEY OF VA. 150 ACRES MORE OR LESS JOINING THE EDGE OF THE LOW GROUNDS, JOHN HAWTHORN, OCONEECHE SWAMP AND THE MILL SWAMP. NIGH YE PLANTATION WHERON HENRY WHEELER DID LIVE. AND THE LAND WILLIAM RUSHING PURCHASED OF BARNABE MCKINNIE IN AUG. 1731. WIT. JOHN JONES, WILLIAM [?] DAVIES, THOMAS BROOKS. REG. NORTHAMPTON CO. MAY COURT 1755, J. EDWARDS C.CT. NORTHAMPTON CO. DEEDS PAGE 353

NICHOLAS BUSH OF NORTHAMPTON CO. PLANTER TO ROLAND WILLIAMS OF NORTHAMPTON CO. 22 JULY 1748; 10 POUNDS CURRENT MONEY OF VA. 50 ACRES MORE OR LESS JOINING CAPTAIN ROBINSONS MILL, LITTLE CYPRUS SWAMP; THE MAIN ROAD, OTHER LANDS OF THE SAID BUSH AND THE SAID WILLIAMS, PART OF 300 ACRES GRANTED TO JOSEPH SIMMS. WIT. NOAH PREDHAM AND WILLIAM RUSHING. REG. NORTHAMPTON CO. AUG. COURT. 1748. J. EDWARDS C.CT.

PAGE 378 AUGUSTINE MOORE OF EDGE. CO. TO JOHN WADE OF GRANVILLE CO. 28 OCT. 1748, 40 POUNDS CURRENT MONEY OF VA. 250 ACRES MORE OR LESS JOINING OCONNEECHE SWAMP, JAMES TURNER AND THE HEAD OF LITTLE CYPRUS SWAMP, PART OF A SURVEY GRANTED TO WILLIAM BALDWIN 1 DEC. 1727 AND BY HIM CONVEYED TO THE SAID AUGUSTINE MOORE, 7 FEB. 1732/3, ALL HOUSES, ORCHARDS ETC. WIT. WALTER WATKINS, SAMUEL TAYLOR AND WILLIAM RUSHING. REG. NORTHAMPTON CO. MAY COURT 1749. J. EDWARDS C.CT.

PAGE 463. ABRAHAM BADGETT AND ABRAHAM BADGET JR. OF NORTHAMPTON CO. TO NEWIT DREW OF SOUTHAMPTON CO. 23 JAN. 1750; 102 POUNDS 10 SHILLINGS CURRENT MONEY OF VA. 250 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MEHERRIN RIVER, 150 ACRES OF WHICH IS PART OF A PATENT TO WILLIAM BROWN 29 NOV. 1706 AND THE OTHER 100 ACRES IS PART OF A PATENT TO BARNABY BRYANT 22 MARCH 1742, JOINING BRYANTS SWAMP, MEHERIN RIVER, BRIDGERS AND THE MOUTH OF RUSHING BRANCH. WIT. JAMES WASHINGTON, ROGER WARREN AND THOMAS LILE. REG. NORTHAMPTON CO. FEB. CT. 1750 J. EDWARDS C.CT. DEED BOOK 5 NORTHAMPTON CO.

WILLIAM ARMISTEAD, HIS WIFE SARAH, ANTHONY ARMISTEAD, HIS WIFE MILDRED OF BERTIE CO. TO ALLEN JONES OF NORTHAMPTON CO. 29 NOV..1770. 100 POUNDS PROCLAMATION, 150 ACRES WHICH SAID WILLIAM ARMISTEAD PURCHASED FROM JOHN WILLIAMS AND SOLD TO ANTHONY ARMISTEAD IN KENCHENS NECK, JOINING THOMAS WILBURN, ALLEN JONES, WHEELER MILL CREEK. ANTHONY ARMISTEAD AND WILLIAM ARMISTEAD. WIT. E. HAYES, WILLIE JONES. DEC. COURT 1770 CC.

THE ABOVE LAND WAS SOLD BY THOMAS KIRBY TO MATHEW RUSHING IN 1718. THE SAME LAND WAS SOLD BY BARNABE MCKINNIE TO WILLIAM RUSHING IN 1731. MATHEW RUSHING IS THE FATHER OF WILLIAM RUSHING.

ABSTRACT OF WILLS...NORTHAMPTON CO. MAY 9. 1744 WILLIAM PAUL, WIFE, EXECUTRIX AND SOLE LEGETEE; MARY. WITNESS; R. WILLIAMS, WILLIAM RUSHING AND JOHN PAUL. NO PROBATE.. DEED BOOK C EDGECOMBE CO.

MATHEW RUSHING AND HIS WIFE FRANCIS OF EDGECOMBE CO. TO MAJAH THOMAS OF SAME, 28 MARCH 1767. 50 POUNDS PROCLOMATION. 100 ACRES WHICH HAS BEEN A PATENT TO JOHN LOTT NOV. 1744, WHO CONVEYED IT TO MICAL DORMAN, WHO CONVEYED IT TO JOHN BROWN AND FROM HIM TO SAID MATHEW RUSHING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TARR RIVER. WIT. ETHELRED RUFFIN, EDWARD CLINCH, WILLIAM CROSS, OCT. CT. 1767. JAS. HALL CC. ANSON CO. DEEDS

JULY 28 1751...ABRAM PAUL OF CRAVEN CO. S.C. PLANTER TO STEPHEN JACKSON OF ANSON CO. PLANTER FOR 50 POUNDS VA. MONEY..200 ACRES ON SOUTH SIDE OF THOMPSONS CREEK...ABRAHM PAUL [SEAL]. WIT. WILLIAM RUSHING AND BENJAMIN JACKSON.

24. OCT. 1757 WILLIAM RUSHING OF ANSON CO. PLANTER TO JACOB CARTER OF SAME, PLANTER 50 ACRES IN ANSON CO. WILLIAM RUSHING [SEAL] WIT; JOHN PICKENS AND STEPHEN JACKSON.

4 MAY 1762..JACOB CARTER OF ANSON CO. TO JOB MEADOW OF SAME FOR 10 POUNDS..50 ACRES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THOMPSONS CREEK..PATENTED BY WILLIAM RUSHING 21 FEB. 1757..JACOB CARTER [SEAL] WIT. BENJAMIN JACKSON AND WILLIAM RUSHING. [THIS LAND NOW IN SOUTH CAROLINA] ANSON COUNTY LAND GRANTS 1753-1853 1A- ABRAHAM RUSKIN NO. 5132 640 ACRES ISSUED 10 JULY 1797 ON DEAD PINE BRANCH. 1- ABRAHAM RUSHING NO.4878. 50 ACRES ISSUED NOV. 1790. 2- ABRAHAM RUSHING JR. NO. 5269. 100 ACRES ISSUED 9 MARCH 1799 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. 3- ABRAHAM RUSHING NO. 5847 300 ACRES ISSUED 21 DEC. 1805 ON THE SIDE OF RUSHINGS PRONG OF THOMPSONS CREEK. 4- ABRAHAM RUSHING NO. 6317 300 ACRES ISSUED 18 NOV. 1818, ON RICHLAND CREEK. THIS GRANT WAS TRANSFERED FROM JACOB RUSHING IN 1797. 5- ABRAHAM RUSHING NO. 3664 150 ACRES ISSUED 25 JULY 1774 ON THE BRANCHES OF THOMPSONS CREEK. 6- ABRAHAM RUSHING NO. 2074 300 ACRES ISSUED 15 NOV. 1762 ON THE NORTH FORK OF THOMPSONS CREEK. 7- ABRAHAM RUSHING NO. 1500 300 ACRES NORTH FORK OF THOMPSONS CREEK. 8- ABRAHAM RUSSIAN NO. 2494 200 ACRES ISSUED 22 DEC. 1768, ON THE NORTH FORK OF THOMPSONS CREEK. 9- DARLING RUSHING NO. 6804, 300 ACRES ISSUED 7 DEC. 1830. ADJOINING THE HEIRS OF ABRAHAM RUSHING. 10- DAVID RUSHING NO. 6476 50 ACRES ISSUED 26 NOV. 1821. 11- DAVID RUSHING NO 6153 100 ACRES ISSUED 7 DEC. 1814. 12- DAVID RUSKIN NO 5145 75 ACRES OF LAND ISSUED 10 JULY 1797 ON THE WATERS OF BROWN CREEK. 13- ELIJAH D. RUSHING GRANT NO. 3094 70 ACRES ISSUED 29 NOV. 1833 ADJ. ISSAC THOMAS AND ROBERT LEONARDS LAND. 14- ELIJAH J. RUSHING NO. 7460 3 ACRES ISSUED 20 APRIL 1852 ADJ. THE LANDS OF JESSE CAUDLE. 15- HARDY RUSHING NO. 5821 150 ACRES ISSUED 27 NOV. 1804; INCLUDING THE GRINDSTONE HILL. 16- HARDY RUSHING NO 5739 89 AND 1/2 ACRES ISSUED 20 DEC. 1803 ON THE WATERS OF THOMPSONS CREEK. 17- JACOB RUSHING NO. 5297 100 ACRES ISSUED 9 MARCH 1799 ON THE UPPER LITTLE BROWN CREEK. 18- JACOB RUSHING NO. 4971 50 ACRES ISSUED 27 NOV. 1792 ON A BRANCH OF BROWN CREEK 19- JASON RUSHING NO. 5705 100 ACRES ISSUED 26 NOV. 1803 ON THE WATERS OF THOMPSONS CREEK. SON OF ABRAHAM RUSHING. 20- JASON RUSHING NO. 6545 14 AND 1/2 ACRES ISSUED 26 JAN 1824, ADJ. HIS OWN LAND AND JOHN RUSHINGS LAND. 21- JESSE J. RUSHING NO. 7028 40 ACRES ISSUED 20 JAN. 1836, JOINING LANDS OF WM. BROADWAY AND OTHERS. 22- JOEL RUSHING NO. 3188 21 ACRES ISSUED 12 JAN 1836, JOINING HIS OWN LAND AND J. NEWSOMS. 23- JOEL RUSHING NO 7038 50 ACRES ISSUED 20 APRIL 1836 JOINING DARLING RUSHING, HARRIS LAND AND OTHERS. 24- JOEL RUSHING NO 6579 100 ACRES ISSUED 14 DEC. 1825, ADJOINING THE HEIRS OF ABRAHAM RUSHING. 25- JOHN RUSHING NO. 7212 100 ACRES ISUED 17 DEC. 1840, BEG. AT SOLOMON MULLIS'S CORNER. 26- JOHN RUSHING NO. 5684 50 ACRES ISSUED 30 AUGUST 1802, BEG. AT A POST ASH IN HIS FATHERS LINE. 27- JOHN RUSHING NO. 7011 100 ACRES ISSUED 23 NOV. 1836. ADJ. ALEX W. BRANNON AND DANIEL JENKINS LAND 28-JOHN RUSHING NO. 6504 30 ACRES ISSUED 30 NOV. 1822, JOINING JASON RUSHINGS LAND. 29- JOHN RUSHING NO. 6202 50 ACRES ISSUED 24 NOV. 1815, ADJ. RUBEN WHITE. 30- JOHN RUSHING NO. 6706 102 ACRES JOINING I. D. CASH. 31- JOHN RUSHING NO. 3089 150 ACRES ISSUED 24 MAY 1774 ON LOWER SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. NEAR WILLIAM RUSHINGS 400 ACRE SURVEY. 32- JOSEPH RUSHING NO. 5919 220 ACRES ISSUED 14 DEC. 1808 33- MARY RUSHING NO. 5418 75 ACRES ISSUED 6 DEC. 1799. DAUGHTER OF MATHEW RUSHING. 34- MARK RUSHING NO. 5930 31 ACRES ISSUED 6 DEC. 1810. BEG. AT HIS CORNER HICKORY. 35 MARK RUSHING NO. 4379 200 ACRES ISSUED 14 OCT. 1783. BORDER OR NEAR ROBERT RUSHINGS LINE ON LITTLE BROWN CREEK, INCLUDES HIS OWN IMPROVEMENT. 36- MATHEW RUSHING NO. 4634 320 ACRES ISSUED 23 SEPT. 1785 ON NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. 37- MATHEW RUSHING NO. 4579 150 ACRES ISSUED 23 SEPT. 1785. 38- MATHEW RUSHING NO. 4584 100 ACRES ISSUED 23 SEPT. 1785. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK; BORDER; EDWARDS AND LEONARD; INCLUDES TROUBLEFIELDS BRANCH AND HIS OWN IMPROVEMENTS. 39- MATHEW RUSHING NO. 4589 200 ACRES ISSUED 23 SEPT. 1785. 40- MATHEW RUSHING NO. 4952 200 ACRES ISSUED 23 SEPT. 1785. 41- MATHEW RUSKIN NO. 5228 100 ACRES ISSUED 10 JULY 1797 ON THE HEAD OF CLAY CREEK. 42- MATHEW RUSHIN NO. 5229 150 ACRES ISSUED 10 JULY 1797, ON THE SCHOOL SPRINGS BRANCH. 43- NOAH RUSHING NO. 4777 110 ACRES ISSUED 16 NOV. 1790. 44- NOE (NOAH) RUSHING NO. 4467 100 ACRES ISSUED 14 OCT. 1783, BEGINNING AT A RED OAK ON THE WEST SIDE OF LITTLE BROWN CREEK IN WILLIAM JOHNSTONS WEST LINE AND RUNS WEST TO ROBERT RUSHINGS LINE, CROSSING THE CREEK TO WILLIAM RUSHING JUNIORS LAND. THEN WEST TO HIS OWN LINE AND WILLIAM JOHNSTONS LINE. 45- PAUL RUSHING GRANT NO. 2275 150 ACRES ISSUED 7 DEC. 1814, JOINING ASHCRAFTS LAND. 46- PHILLIP RUSHING NO. 5287 50 ACRES ISSUED 9 MARCH 1799, BEGINNING AT HIS OWN CORNER. 47- PHILLIP J. RUSHING NO. 6340 30 ACRES ISSUED 10 DEC. 1818, JOINING JOSEPH JORDONS AND HIS OWN LAND. 48- PHILLIP J. RUSHING NO. 6405 42 ACRES ISSUED 22 DEC. 1819, ADJ. GREY LEDBETTER. 49- PHILLIP J. RUSHING NO. 6256 10 1/2 ACRES ON THE WATERS OF BROWN CREEK. 50- PHILLIP RUSHING NO. 4951 200 ACRES ISSUED 20 DEC. 1791,BEGINING AT THE SECOND CORNER OF THE LAND HE NOW LIVES ON. 51- PHILLIP RUSHING NO. 3520 400 ACRES ISSUED 23 JULY 1774. ON GREAT BROWN CREEK. ON MUDDY SPRINGS BRANCH. 52- PHILLIP RUSHING JR. NO. 4951 ENTERS 200 ACRES ON THE NORTH FORK OF THOMPSONS CREEK, NEXT TO HIS OWN LINE. OCT. 10TH. 1789. 53- RICHARD RUSHING NO. 2882 100 ACRES ISSUED 22 MAY 1772, ON A BRANCH ON THE LOWER SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. 54- RICHARD RUSHING NO. 5480 200 ACRES ISUED 20 DEC. 1799, ON BOTH SIDES OF BEAVERDAM CREEK. 55- RICHARD RUSHING NO. 4567 100 ACRES ISSUED 14 OCT.1783. 56- RICHARD RUSHING NO. 5330 150 ACRES ISSUED 9 MARCH 1799 ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. 57- RICHARD RUSHING NO. 3215 150 ACRES ISSUED 4 MARCH 1775, LOWER SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. 58- ROBERT RUSHING NO. 4381 100 ACRES ISSUED 14 OCT. 1783, BEGINNING AT A PINE IN THE HOME LINE OF WILLIAM RUSHING AND RUNS TO A WHITE OAK IN JOHN RUSHINGS LINE. AND TO A STAKE IN WILLIAM HOLLEYS LINE. CHAIN BEARERS ARE JAMES CHEWING AND RICHARD RUSHING.THE ABOVE WILLIAM RUSHING IS WILLIAM RUSHING THE THIRD. 59- ROBERT RUSHING NO. 4502 150 ACRES ISSUED 14 OCT. 1783. LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF BROWN CREEK, ADJ. PALMERS LAND. AND TO A DRAIN OF HOLLEYS BRANCH. CHAIN BEARERS ARE RICHARD RUSHING AND JAMES CHEWING. 60- ROBERT RUSHING NO. 3007 150 ACRES ON THE LOWER SIDE OF LITTLE BROWN CREEK. 61-A ROBERT RUSHEN NO 4664 100 ACRES ISSUES AUGUST 1786 ON BLACKJACK CREEK. ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, BEGINNING AT THE FORK OF A PATH. CHAINBEARERS ARE ROBERT RUSHEN AND JNO SMITH. 61- ROBERT RUSHING 6262 100 ACRES ISSUED 12 DEC. 1816 ON THE WEST SIDE OF BLACKJACK CREEK. 62- ROBERT RUSHING NO. 5082 50 ACRES ISSUED 8 DEC. 1794. 63- ROWLAND RUSHING NO. 4622 225 ACRES ISSUED 23 SEPT. 1785 BORDER WILLIAM RUSHING AND DRY. 63A- ROWLAND RUSHING ENTERS 100 ACRES IN ANSON CO. ON CEDAR CREEK, WATERS OF JONES CREEK; BORDER INCLUDES PART OF A PATH FROM HIS HOUSE TO EDWARD TRAVIS. 64- SOLOMON RUSHING NO- 2979 200 ACRES ISSUED 22 JAN. 1773 ON A SWAMP OF BROWN CREEK; JOINING RICHARD RUSHING,S LAND WHERE HE LIVES. 65- SOLOMON RUSHING NO. 5348 100 ACRES ENTERED 9 MARCH 1799, BEGINNING AT RUBENS WHITES CORNER. 66- STEPHEN RUSHING NO. 6450 50 ACRES ISSUED 25 NOV. 1822 ON BLACKJACK CREEK. 67- STEPHEN RUSHING NO 6173 100 ACRES ISSUED 20 DEC 1814 ON BLACKJACK CREEK. 68- WILLIAM RUSKIN NO. 0495 400 ACRES ENTERED 13 OCT. 1756 ON NORTH FORK OF THOMPSONS CREEK. 69- WILLIAM RUSKIN NO. 2206 400 ACRES ISSUED 26 MAY 1757. 70- WILLIAM RUSSIAN NO. 2587 400 ACRES ISSUED 16 DEC. 1769. ON THE UPPER SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. CHAIN BEARERS ARE RICHARD RUSHING AND WILLIAM JOHNSTON. 71- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 0496 235 ACRES ENTERED 20 APRIL 1763 ON BOTH SIDES OF BROWN CREEK. BETWEEN HIS OTHER SURVEY AND THE PLANTATION JACOB PAUL ONCE LIVED BEGINNING AT A SMALL WHITE OAK ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAID CREEK AT THE LOWER CORNER OF SAID RUSHINGS OTHER SURVEY, THENCE RUNNING DOWN THE CREEK CROSSING THE CREEK TO THE OTHER SIDE. TO HIS OLD LINE. 72- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 0497 200 ACRES ISSUED 24 OCT. 1765. 73- WILLIAM RUSHING NO.5322 200 ACRES ISSUED 9 MARCH 1790. 74- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 5336 100 ACRES ISSUED 9 MARCH 1799 ON RUSHINGS CREEK. 75- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 6519 20 ACRES ISSUED 31 OCT. 1823 [SON OF SOLOMON] JOINING NIMROD REDFERNS AND ALLEN CHAPMANS LAND. 76- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 6910 180 ACRES ISSUED 29 NOV. 1833 ON BLACKJACK CREEK. 77- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 1501 150 ACRES ISSUED 27 NOV. 1762 ON BROWN CREEK. 78- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 2075 150 ACRES ISSUED 27 NOV. 1762 ON BROWN CREEK. 79- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 4389 100 ACRES ISSUED 14 OCT. 1783. SURVEYED FOR WILLIAM RUSHING JR. BEGINNING AT A STAKE IN WILLIAM RUSHINGS LINE AND CROSSES BURRS BRANCH TO WILLIAM RUSHING SENIORS LINE. CHAIN BEARERS ARE NOE RUSHING AND ROLAND RUSHING. 80- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 3519 150 ACRES ISSUED 23 JULY 1774. 81- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 2103 150 ACRES ISSUED 19 APRIL 1763. BEGINING AT A RED OAK ON THE NORTH BANK OF DEEP CREEK. THIS GRANT WAS ENTERED IN 1755 AND THE CHAIN BEARERS ARE WILLIAM AND MATT RUSHING. 82- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 1593 150 ACRES ISUED 19 APRIL 1763. GRANT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME AS THE ONE ABOVE. 83- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 4465 150 ACRES ISSUED 14 OCT. 1783. SURVEYED FOR WILLIAM RUSHING JR. BEGINNING AT A BLACK OAK IN WILLIAM RUSHINGS SENIORS WEST LINE AND RUNS NORTH, CROSSING RUSHINGS LITTLE CREEK. CHAIN BEARERS ARE NOE RUSHING AND ROLAND RUSHING. 84- WILLIAM RUSHING NO. 4392 150 ACRES ISSUED 14 OCT. 1783. SURVEYED FOR WILLIAM RUSHING JR. BEGINNING AT A HICKORY IN WILLIAM JOHNSTONS UPPER CORNER. AND TO A STAKE IN HIS BACK LINE. CHAIN BEARERS ARE ROLAND RUSHING AND PHILLIP RUSHING. 85- WILLIAM M. RUSHING NO. 7164 12 ACRES ISSUED 23 JAN 1839. 86- WILLIAM M. RUSHING NO. 7165 15 AND 1/2 ACRES ISSUED 26 JAN. 1839 ON THE WATERS OF BROWN CREEK. 87- WILLIAM RUSHEN NO. 436 400 ACRES ISSUED 26 MAY 1757. LIST OF MAJOR JAMES COTTON'S ACCOUNTS, 1776

THE CLAIM OF LOYALIST MAJOR JAMES COTTON, A FORMER JUSTICE OF ANSON COUNTY, AGAINST THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, FOR HIS LOSSES CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING.

A LIST OF OUTSTANDING DEBTS IN THE PROVENCE OF NORTH CAROLINA DUE JAMES COTTON, ESQ. BY BONDS, NOTES AND BOOK ACCOUNTS FEBRUARY 1776, WHEN THE OBLIGATIONS AND BOOKS FELL INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. WHICH LIST WAS MADE OUT TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE. TOGETHER WITH THE HELP OF CAPTAIN WALTER CUNNINGHAM, HIS ASSISTANT SURVEYER OF LAND IN THAT PROVENCE, WHO FOR SOME TIME LIVED IN THE FAMILY, WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH HIS AFFAIRS AND ALSO THE SEVERAL DEBTORS HERE INSERTED. WILLIAM RUSHING WILLIAM RUSHING SR. JOHN RUSHING DAVID RUSHING ABSTRACTS OF COUNTY COURT MINUTES, 1771-1777 ANSON CO.

ORDERED ABRAHAM RUSHING, THOMAS CREEL, JOB MEADOWS, LEWIS MEADOWS, JOEL CHIVERS, WILLIAM JOHNSON, WILLIAM RUSHING, CHARLES BOOTH, THOMAS HUNTLEY, JOHN JACKSON, LAY OUT ROAD FROM PROVENCE LINE [STATE LINE] AT THE END OF CHERAW ROAD.

ORDERED WILLIAM RUSHING, OVERSEER OF ROAD FROM SOUTH LINE AS FAR AS THOMAS MITCHELS AND THAT INSIGN BETTIS AND HIS HANDS WORK ON SAME.

ORDERED ROAD BE LAID OUT FROM PROVENCE LINE BETWEEN HEAD OF BROWN CREEK AND HILLS CREEK TO THE COUNTY LINE, DIRECTLY TOWARDS SALISBURY. WILLIAM RUSHING, ABRAHAM RUSHING AND OTHERS.

ORDERED PHILLIP RUSHING BE OVERSEER OF ROAD FROM JACKSONS OLD PATH, HANDS FOR SAME. WILLIAM RUSHING, THOMAS FORD, ELIZ BOSTICK, JOHN BECK ABRAHAM JONES, KELL GROVER AND JACOB JONES. ABSTRACTS OF PROBATE REPORTS 1749-1789

JULY CT. 1783. ROBERT KEYS. INV. BY SOLOMON RUSHING, 9 JAN. 1782 THOMAS TRULL INV. BY CHARITY TRULL.

DEC. 8 1782. SALE OF ESTATE OF RUBEN RORIE. BUYERS. SARAH RORIE, MANNY THINS; WILLIAM RORIE, A CYPHERING BOOK. JOHN STANFIELD, SOLOMON RUSHING, WILLIAM HILL, AND OTHERS. JNO. JACKSON, SHERIFF.

A LIST OF RUSHINGS WHO SIGNED SEVERAL PETITIONS FROM 1777-1789. WILLIAM RUSHING, ROWLAND RUSHING, RICHARD RUSHING, ABRAHAM RUSHING, JOHNSON RUSHING, JOHN RUSHING, MARK RUSHING, WILLIAM RUSHING SENIOR, ROBERT RUSHING, SOLOMON RUSHING, NOAH RUSHING, PHILLIP RUSHING, JACOB RUSHING AND MATHEW RUSHING. ANSON COUNTY DEEDS VOLS H-1 JOB MEADERS TO WILLIAM RUSHING, 8 POUNDS FOR 50 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THOMPSONS CREEK. THIS LAND WAS GRANTED TO WILLIAM RUSHING IN 1757; PART OF ORIGINAL 400 ACRE GRANT. IN PRESENCE OF JOHN JACKSON AND MALACHI WATTS. ANSON SUPERIOR COURT. JULY TERM 1767. SAML. SPENCER CLERK OF COURT.

PAGE 52. WILLIAM RUSHING TO WILLIAM JOHNSON. THAT THE SAID WILLIAM RUSHING FOR DIVERS GOOD CAUSES AND CONSIDERATION HIM THEREUNTO MOVING BUT MORE ESPECIALLY FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE NATURAL LOVE AND AFFECTION HE BEARETH TOWARDS THE SAID WILLIAM JOHNSON HATH GIVEN AND GRANTED ALIENED ENFEOFFED CONVEYED AND CONFIRMED AND BY THESE PRESENTS DOTH FREELY AND ABSOLUTLEY GIVE GRANT ALINE CONVEY AND CONFIRM UNTO THE SAID WILLIAM JOHNSON ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF LITTLE BROWN CREEK AND CROSSING BROWN CREEK. IN THE PRESENCE OF BENJAMIN JACKSON AND ROBERT PARTAIN. REG. SEPT. 8 1767 SAML. SPENCER CL. COURT.

VOL K PAGE 317. MARK RUSHING TO JEREMIAH GULLEDGE 150 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH FORK OF THOMPSONS CREEK FOR THE SUM OF 24 POUNDS. IN THE PRESENCE OF JAMES GORDIN AND JAMES FARMER. APRIL 1775. J. AULD CLK.

H-1 PAGE 170 JOHN WADE TO WILLIAM JOHNSON FOR THE SUM OF 40 POUNDS FOR 200 HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND ON BLACKJACK BRANCH OR SMITHS BRANCH OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. WILLIAM RUSHING AND MATHEW RUSHING SENIOR. JULY COURT 1768. SAML. SPENCER C.C.

VOL 4 WILLIAM THOMAS TO MARK RUSHING 300 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE NORTH FORK OF THOMPSONS CREEK. APRIL 1774. WIT. ROBERT THOMAS, TRUSTRAM THOMAS . J, AULD CLERK OF COURT.

PAGE 470 WILLIAM RUSHING TO ROBERT RUSHING. THAT THE SAID WILLIAM RUSHING FOR DIVERS GOOD CAUSES AND CONSIDERATION OF THE NATURAL LOVE AND AFFECTION HE BEARETH TOWARDS THE SAID ROBERT RUSHING, 200 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK, ON ROBERT RUSHINGS BRANCH. IN THE PRESENCE OF WILLIAM RUSHING JR. NOAH RUSHING AND BENJAMIN JACKSON. JANUARY 1778. J. AULD. CLERK OF COURT.

WILLIAM RUSHING TO RICHARD RUSHING. THAT THE SAID WILLIAM RUSHING FOR DIVERS GOOD CAUSES AND CONSIDERATION OF THE NATURAL LOVE AND AFFECTION HE BEARTH TOWARDS THE SAID RICHARD RUSHING, 200 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK, ON ROBERT RUSHINGS BRANCH, IN THE PRESENCE OF WILLIAM RUSHING JR. NOAH RUSHING AND BENJAMIN JACKSON. JANUARY 1778. J. AULD. CLERK OF COURT.

WILLIAM RUSHING TO WILLIAM RUSHING. PLANTER, FOR AND INCONSIDERATION OF THE LOVE GOOD WILL AND EFFECTION WHICH I HAVE AND DO BEARTH TOWARDS MY SON WILLIAM RUSHING ABOUT 50 ACRES OF LAND TAKEN FROM MY SURVEY OF 400 ACRES BY THE FORK OF LITTLE CREEK. WIT. JOSEPH FRIFFETH AND NOAH RUSHING. JAN. 1782. THOMAS WADE JR. CLERK OF COURT.

PAGE 231 THOMAS WADE TO ROBERT RUSHING 225 POUNDS OF CURRENT MONEY. LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, AND ABOUT ONE HALF MILE ABOVE THE BLACK JACK BRANCH. CROSSES BROWN CREEK TO THE EAST SIDE.

DEED BOOK B#2 PAGE 148. ABRAM RUSHING TO WILLIAM RUSHING. PLANTER, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE LOVE AND GOOD WILL AND EFFECTION WHICH I DO BEAR TOWARDS MY SON WILLIAM RUSHING, ONE HUNDRED ACRES TAKEN FROM MY SURVEY OF 200 ACRES. IN THE PRESENCE OF NATHAN GILBERT AND WILLIAM YARBROUGH. APRIL COURT 1789 MICH AULD CLERK OF COURT.

PAGE 148 ABRAM RUSHING TO PHILLIP RUSHING, PLANTER, FOR AND IN CONSIDERSTION OF THE LOVE AND GOOD WILL AND EFFECTION WHICH I DO BEAR TOWARDS MY SON PHILLIP RUSHING, ONE HUNDRED ACRES TAKEN FROM MY SURVEY OF 200 ACRES, IN THE PRESENCE OF WILLIAM YARBROUGH AND NATHAN GILBERT. APRIL CT. 1789. MICH AULD CLK.

PAGE 266 VOL B-1 FROM RUSHING TO BAKER. MATHEW RUSHING SOLD TO WILLIAM BAKER 75 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, FOR 22 P OUNDS 10 SHILLINGS. BEING PART OF A TRACT GRANTED TO MATHEW RUSHING IN 1785 . MATHEW RUSHING JUNIOR [SEAL]. IN THE PRESENCE OF TIMOTHY HANEY, NANCY YOUNG AND DANIEL YOUNG. OCT, COURT 1790. WM. JOHNSON CLK. OF COURT.

C-2 PAGE 94. JOHN RUSHING OF WILKES COUNTY GEORGIA SOLD TO FRANCIS BAKER OF ANSON COUNTY 200 ACRES OF LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE WAXHAW BRANCH, FOR THE SUM OF 82 POUNDS. IN THE PRESENCE OF JOEL RENFROE AND WILLIAM SHEPERD. ANSON CO. COURT 1792. TEST. WM. JOHNSON CLK.

C-2 PAGE 102. ABRAHAM RUSHING TO WILLIAM RORIE FOR 15 POUNDS FOR 40 ACRES OF LAND GRANTED TO THE SAID ABRAHAM RUSHING IN 1774. WIT. SAMUEL JACKSON AND EZEKIAH RORIE. JAN. COURT. 1793. WILLIAM JOHNSON CLK.

C-2 PAGE 204 MATHEW RUSHING TO STEPHEN RYANS ON BOWL WEAVERS BRANCH, NINETY FIVE ACRES OF LAND FOR THE SUM OF 32 POUNDS. THIS LAND IS ON THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF BOWN CREEK, JOINING PALMERS. WIT. DANL. YOUNG AND JOB MEADOR JURATT. OCT. COURT 1793. WILLIAM JOHNSON CLK.

C#2 PAGE 310 WILLIAM NELSON TO RICHARD RUSHING 200 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF JONES CREEK. WIT. ABRAHAM MILLER AND JAMES HARRELL. JULY COURT 1794. WILLIAM JOHNSON CLK.

PAGE 321. WILLIAM NELSON TO RICHARD RUSHING 150 ACRES FOR 30 POUNDS IN ANSON CO. BEYOND THE BEAVERDAMS AND CROSSING THE CREEK. WIT. ABRAHAM MILLER AND JAMES HARRELL. JULY COURT 1794. WM. JOHNSON, CLK.

PAGE 69 ENSIENT BETTIS TO PHILLIP RUSHING 25 POUNDS FOR 200 ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. NOAH RUSHING AND ROLAND RUSHING. OCT. COURT 1795 WM. JOHNSON CLK.

PAGE 79 PLEASANT MAY TO TEMCE RUSHING [DAUGHTER OF MATHEW RUSHING] 150 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK.NEXT TO MATHEW RUSHING AND EDWARDS CORNER. WIT. JOHN BLOODWORTH AND WILLIAM BLOODWORTH. JULY CT. 1795 WM. STRAIN.

DEED H#2 PAGE 70. ZACHARIAH WHITE TO PHILLIP RUSHING FIFTY POUNDS FOR 140 ACRES OF LAND ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK AND ON BOTH SIDES OF CREEK AND NEXT TO PALMERS LOWER CORNER AND TO A HICKORY ON RUSHINGS BRANCH. WIT. ROWLAND RUSHING AND RICHARD RUSHING. ANSON COUNTY COURT, OCT, 1795. WM. JOHNSON CLK.

PAGE 47. ROBERT RUSHING TO RICHARD RUSHING, 160 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, ABOUT A HALF MILE ABOVE THE BLACKJACK BRANCH, PART OF A SURVEY GRANTED TO RICHARD SPEIGHT IN 1756. WIT. MALACHI WATTS AND WILLIAM PACE. JULY COURT 1795. WM. JOHNSON CLK.

PAGE 234 RICHARD ODOM TO WILLIAM RUSHING, 150 ACRES OF LAND FOR 35 POUNDS, LOCATED ON A BRANCH OF RUSHINGS CREEK. WIT. NATHAN FALKNER AND ELI ROGERS. OCT. COURT 1797.

PAGE 202 NATHANIEL DABBS TO ABRAHAM RUSHING JUNIOR, 50 ACRES OF LAND FOR 10 POUNDS; LOCATED ON DEADFALL CREEK. PRONG OF THOMPSONS CREEK. WIT. PHILLIP MAY AND JOHN DUNCAN. OCT. CT. 1797. WM. JOHNSON CLK.

PAGE 215. THOMAS JONES TO ABRAHAM RUSHING JUNIOR; 50 ACRES OF LAND FOR THE SUM OF 50 POUNDS. LAND IS ON NORTH SIDE OF BALIS CREEK. WIT. JASON RUSHING AND ABRAHAM RUSHING SENIOR. OCT. CT. 1797 WM. JOHNSON CLK.

PAGE 226. JACOB RUSHING TO THOMAS MEADOW,150 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK, FOR THE SUM OF 100 POUNDS. WIT. JOHN MEADORS AND ENES MEADORS. OCT. COURT 1797. WM. JOHNSON. CLK.

PAGE 52. ABRAHAM RUSHING TO JONATHAN DOSTER OF CHESTERFIELD CO. S.C. 100 ACRES OF LAND ON DEAD PINE BRANCH, OF LYNCHES CREEK; PART OF 640 ACRE GRANT TO ABRAHAM RUSHING. WIT. JOHN LOWERY AND JOHN RUSHING. JAN. COURT 1797. W.R. PICKETT D.C.

PAGE 203. JAMES RORIE TO JACOB RUSHING, 150 ACRES OF LAND FOR THE SUM OF 20 POUNDS. LAND IS ON BROWN CREEK. LAND GRANTED TO WILLIAM RORIE IN 1775. WIT. JOHN MEADOR AND SUSSANNA RORIE. OCT. COURT 1797. WM. JOHNSON CLK.

VOL F PAGE 146. WILLIAM RUSHING TO LYDDA RUSHING, TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME I WILLIAM RUSHING DO SEND GREETING KNOW YE THAT I WILLIAM RUSHING OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE COUNTY OF ANSON PLANTER FOR IN CONSIDERATION OF THE LOVE GOOD WILL AND AFFECTION WHICH I HAVE AND DO BEAR TOWARDS LYDDA RUSHING OF THE SAME PLACE AND GIVEN GRANTED AND BY THESE PRESENTS DO FREELY GIVE AND GRANT UNTO THE SAID LYDDA RUSHING HER HEIRS EXECRS. OR ADMRS. ONE CERTAIN NEGRO BOY ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD. NAMED WILLIS. WIT. RUEBIN WHITE AND RICHARD RUSHING. JULY COURT 1799 WILLIAM JOHNSON CLK.

PAGE 161 WILLIAM RUSHING TO SYLVAH RUSHING. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME I WILLIAM RUSHING DO SEND GREETING, KNOW YE THAT I THE SAID WILLIAM RUSHING OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND IN THE COUNTY OF ANSON PLANTER FOR IN CONSIDERATION OF THE LOVE GOODWILL AND AFFECTION WHICH I HAVE AND DO BEAR TOWARD SILVAH RUSHING OF THE SAME PLACE HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED AND BY THESE PRESENTS DO FREELY GIVE AND GRANT UNTO THE SAID SLYAH RUSHING HER HEIRS. EXERS. OR ADMRS. ONE CERTAIN NEGRO WOMAN NAMED AGGA ABOUT TWENTY FOUR YEARS OF OLD BEING THE SAME THAT WAS CONVEYED BY ELIZABETH LOWERY TO THE SAID RUSHING. WIT. RUBEN WHITE AND RICHARD RUSHING. JULY COURT 1799. WM. JOHNSON CLK.

DEED BOOK H+2 PAGE 66 GENERAL JOHNSON AND HARDY RUSHING TO GEORGE LAWRENCE,OF ANSON CO. 200 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, FOR THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED POUNDS. LAND NEXT TO RICHARD RUSHING, WIDOW JOHNSON, HARDY RUSHING, AND TIMOTHY JOHNSON. WIT. JOEL YARBROUGH AND BURWELL RUSHING. ANSON COUNTY COURT. 1801. TOD. ROBINSON CLK.

H+2 PAGE 100. WILLIAM RUSHING TO ELIJAH RUSHING 150 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK FOR THE SUM, OF FIFTY POUNDS. LAND ADJ. TO WILLIAM JOHNSON. WIT. NOAH RUSHING AND RICHARD RUSHING. ANSON CO. COURT. JANUARY 1801. TOD. ROBINSON CLK. H+2 PAGE 117 JAMES BENTON TO JASON RUSHING 150 ACRES OF LAND ON THOMPSONS CREEK, FOR THE SUM OF FIFTY POUNDS. LAND GRANTED TO BENTON IN 1773. WIT. ABRAHAM RUSHING AND PETER RUSHING. ANSON CO. COURT APRIL 1801. TOD. ROBINSON CLK.

H+2 PAGE 85 WILLIAM JOHNSON TO DAVID RUSHING 31 ACRES OF LAND FOR THIRTY POUNDS, LAND ON NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK NEXT TO JOHNSONS LINE. WIT. BURWELL RUSHING. JAN. COURT. 1801. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

H+2 PAGE 90 JACOB RUSHING TO ABRAHAM RUSHING FIFTY ACRES OF LAND FOR THE SUM OF 20 POUNDS. LAND ON BROWN CREEK.

H+2 PAGE 250 JOSEPH WHITE TO PHILLIP RUSHING FOR 200 ACRES OF LAND FOR FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. LAND IS ON BROWN CREEK NEXT TO MATHEW RUSHING LAND WAS GRANTED TO MORGAN BROWN IN 1794. WIT. WILLIAM RUSHING AND ZACHARIAH WHITE. ANSON CO. CT. JAN. 1802. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 29 ABRAHAM RUSHING TO JOHN PHILLIPS 200 HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND THAT WAS GRANTED TO ABRAHAM RUSHING 10 JULY 1797. WIT. JOHN THREAT AND SAMUEL JACKSON AND MILES THREAT. JAN. SESSION 1807. TOD. ROBINSON CLK.

D&M 267 WILLIAM RUSHING TO JAMES RATLIFF THREE TRACTS OF LAND ON THOMPSONS CREEK, ON THE SIDE OF THE HILL NEAR RUSHINGS CREEK AND TALTONS CREEK, CONTAINING 150 ACRES. GRANTED TO WILLIAM RUSHING 23 DAY OF JULY 1774. THE OTHER TRACT CONTAING 150 ACRES OF LAND CROSSES BURRS BRANCH, NEXT TO WILLIAM RUSHING SENIOR. THE LAST TRACT CONTAINS 62 ACRES ON RUSHING CREEK. I ROLAND RUSHING AND WILLIAM RUSHING DO JOINTLY WARRANT TO THE SAID JAMES RATLIFF, AND HIS HEIRS [BUT ROLAND RUSHING WARRANT NO MORE]. WIT. PH. MAY AND JOHN SINCLAIR. JAN. SESSION 1802. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

THE ABOVE WILLIAM RUSHING IS WILLIAM RUSHING JR. AND IS A BROTHER TO ROLAND RUSHING. AS IT IS STATED IN A PREVIOUS LAND GRANT.

DEED BOOK D&M PAGE 326 ZACHARIAH HARRELL TO PHILLIP RUSHING ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND FOR THE SUM OF FIFTY POUNDS LAND IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK BEGINING AT A STAKE PHILLIP RUSHINGS BACK UPPER CORNER OF THE LAND HE NOW LIVES ON. LAND GRANTED TO JAMES HARRELL 14TH OCT. 1783. WIT. DANIEL YOUNG AND LOVICK YOUNG. ANSON CO. APRIL CT. 1802.TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DEED BOOK F&G PAGE 329 JAMES GORDON TO PHILLIP RUSHING 100 ACRES OF LAND FOR FIFTY DOLLARS, LOCATED ON RICHLAND BRANCH, OF BROWN CREEK, NEXT TO MARY RUSHING. WIT. MARK RUSHING AND HARDY RUSHING. APRIL COURT 1802. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 418 BENNETT JARREL TO JOHN RUSHING ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND ON LITTLE BROWN CREEK, FOR THE SUM OF FIFTY DOLLARS. WIT. MOSSES WOOD AND PHILLIP RUSHING. OCT. CT. 1801. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 518 ISHAM MEADOW TO ELIJAH RUSHING FIFTY ACRES OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF WHITES LICK BRANCH OF LITTLE BROWN CREEK.FOR THE SUM, OF 75 POUNDS. WIT. MICHAEL MELTON AND ISHAM MELTON. APRIL CT. 1803 TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 520 ISHAM MEADOR TO ELIJAH RUSHING FIFTY ACRES OF LAND ON WHITES LICK BRANCH NEXT TO HIS OTHER 50 ACRES. FOR THE SUM OF 75 POUNDS. WIT. ISHAM MELTON AND MORDEAR MEADORS. APRIL CT. 1803. ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 557 ABRAHAM RUSHING JR. TO DRURY PRICE, 200 ACRES OF LAND FOR 275 DOLLARS LAND IN ANSON CO. NEXT TO THOMAS JONES, WIT. LEMUEL BELL AND DANIEL FINNEY MOORE. JULY COURT 1803 TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DEED L&M PAGE 45 WILLIAM RUSHING OF THE COUNTY OF LEXINGTON IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO JOSEPH RUSHING OF ANSON CO. 150 ACRES OF LAND FOR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. PART OF A PARCEL OF LAND GRANTED TO JOHN RUSHING 22ND. JULY 1772. WIT. SABRINA RYSTER AND WILLIAM JONES ORANGEBURG DIST. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. APRIL CT. 1808. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 47 NATHAN BYRD TO JOSEPH RUSHING 140 ACRES OF LAND ON A BRANCH OF BROWN CREEK, FOR THE SUM OF 100 DOLLARS. WIT. JOHN RUSHING AND PHILLIP RUSHING. APRIL CT. 1808. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 84 ROBERT RUSHING TO JOSEPH RUSHING [SON] 106 ACRES OF LAND ON A BRANCH OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. J.R. GRANADE AND DAVID RUSHING. JAN CT. 1806. TOD ROBINSON. CLK.

ROBERT RUSHING TO JOHN RUSHING [SON] 149 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK, NEXT TO WILLIAM BYRDS LINE. WIT. JAMES LITTLE AND STEPHEN HUNTLEY.

PAGE 85 RICHARD RUSHING TO WM ARMSTRONG 5 ACRES OF LAND FOR 10 DOLLARS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. JAN CT. 1806. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 144 NOAH RUSHING TO JOHN GRIGGS 325 ACRES OF LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE NORTH FORK OF THOMPSONS CREEK,PART OF A SURVEY OF WILLIAM RUSHING SENIOR. WIT. JAMES RATLIFF AND JASON MEADORS. JAN. COURT 1806 TOD ROBINSON CL;K.

234 MARK RUSHING SENIOR TO BENJAMIN CHEARS 325 ACRES ON LITTLE BROWN CREEK, NEXT TO ROBERT RUSHINGS LINE, FOR 325 DOLLARS. WIT. MARK RUSHING. ANSON CO.COURT. 1806. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

278 BRYANT RUSHING TO WILLIAM BAKER 200 ACRES ON THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. GRANTED TO MATHEW RUSHING IN 1785. BRYANT IS THE SON OF MATHEW RUSHING. APRIL CT. 1808 TOD ROBINSON CLK.

370 JOSEPH RUSHING TO RUBEN WHITE 125 ACRES OF LAND FOR 50 DOLLARS. LAND IS ON BROWN CREEK NEXT TO GORDONS AND NATHAN BYRDS.WIT. PAUL RUSHING JAN, CT. 1809. TOD ROBINSON CLKJ.

DEED N&O PAGE 103 RICHARD RUSHING TO BURRELL RUSHING 0NE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND ON SOLOMOM RUSHINGS BRANCH. WIT. JOHN RUSHING AND WILLIS RUSHING. APRIL CT. 1809 TOD ROBINSON CLK. ABOVE DEED APPEARS TO BE A GIFT.

169 ELIJAH RUSHING TO WILLIAM SMITH, FIFTY ACRES OF LAND FOR THE SUM OF TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS LAND IS ON BROWN CREEK NEXT TO WILLIAM JOHNSONS LINE. WIT. WILLIAM YARBROUGH AND RUBEN WHITE. JULY CT, 1809. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 366 ABRAHAM RUSHING TO PETER USSERY 100 ACRES OF LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF BROWN CREEK AND ON A BANK OF THE BIG BRANCH. PART OF A GRANT TO JOHN SHEPPERD FOR 200 ACRES. WIT WILLIAM USSERY AND TABITHA RUSHING. JULY SESSIONS 1809. TOD ROBINSON C

PAGE 399 MARK RUSHING TO PETER USSERY 175 ACRES OF LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF LITTLE BROWN CREEK, NEXT TO BENJAMIN CHEARS AND JOHN HARRELL. ALSO A TRACT CONTAINING 225 ACRES OF LAND NEXT TO PHILLIP RUSHING. APRIL CT. 1809. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 404 PHILLIP RUSHING OF STEWART CO. TENNESSE TO JOHN HUBBARD OF ANSON CO. 100 DOLLARS FOR A PARCEL OF LAND ON THOMPSONS CREEK. WIT. JOHN WEBB APRIL SESSION 1809. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 215 ABRAHAM RUSHING TO JOHN LITTLE 200 ACRES OF LAND ON A DRAIN OF LITTLE BROWN CREEK ADJ. ISHAM MEADORS LAND. WIT. WILLIAM RUSHING APRIL SESSION 1810. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 245 HARDY RUSHING TO JOHN MELTON EIGHTY NINE AND ONE HALF ACRES OF LAND ON THOMPSONS CREEK FOR ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS. WIT. JOSEPH, RUSHING ANNA MELTON AND MICHAEL MELTON. JULY SESSIONS 1810 TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 266 JOSEPH RUSHING TO RUBEN WHITE 206 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK ON THE WEST SIDE OF WIILIAM RUSHINGS 400 ACRE SURVEY, FOR FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS. WIT. J. JORDON AND W. DEASON OCT. CT. 1810. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

N&O PAGE 106 JOHN RUSHING TO ROBERT RUSHING, 149 ACRES OF LAND FOR 200 DOLLARS. LAND ON BROWN CREEK, THIS LAND WAS GIVEN TO JOHN RUSHING IN MARCH 1804 BY ROBERT RUSHING. WIT. W. HAMMON AND SHERD AULD. APRIL CT. 1812. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 289 JOHN RUSHING TO RUBEN WHITE 50 ACRES OF LAND NEXT TO HIS FATHERS LINE "ROBERT" FOR THE SUM OF FIFTY THREE DOLLARS. WIT ABEL KNIGHT AND NANCY RUSHING. JAN. CT. 1811. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 182 WILLIAM JOHNSTON TO PAUL RUSHING, WILLIAM JOHNSTON APPOINTS PAUL RUSHING TO BE HIS ATTORNEY. WIT. STEPHEN RUSHING AND MORDAICA MEADOR. APRIL CT. 1812 TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 207 ROBERT RUSHING TO JAMES BAKER. 149 ACRES OF LAND FOR THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. WM. BAKER AND PHILLIP RUSHING. JAN. CT. 1812. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 213 RICHARD RUSHING TO RUBEN HARRELL. 200 ACRES OF LAND FOR THE SUM 100 DOLLARS, BEING ON THE BEAVERDAM CREEK. WIT. ASA RUSHING JULY CT. 1812. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 282 HENRY MICHEL TO WILLIAM RUSHING 100 ACRES OF LAND FOR THE SUM OF 50 DOLLARS. LAMD IS ON THOMPSONS CREEK. LAND WAS PATENTED BY JOHN SMITH IN 1791. WIT. JOHN RUSHING AND REDDEN AUTRY. APRIL CT. 1813. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

PAGE 331 WILLIAM RUSHING TO HARMON KING 340 ACRES OF LAND FOR THE SUM OF 160 DOLLARS ON THE DEAD PINE BRANCH OF LYNCHES CREEK. THIS BEING THE GRANT THAT ABRAHAM RUSHING RECEIVED IN 1797. WIT. JOHN RUSHING AND JAMES KING. THIS DEED WAS PROVEN IN OPEN CT. BY JOHN RUSHING. JULY TERM 1813. TOD ROBINSON. CLK. ANSON CO. DEEDS 1808-1816 NSOP

DEED BOOK O PAGE 7. BRYANT RUSHING TO ELIJAH COOK 100 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. OCT. COURT 1818. LAND NEXT TO PHILIP RUSHING.

PAGE 8. JUDITH HILL TO JOHN RUSHING 37 ACRES OF LAND ON LICK BRANCH OF THOMPSONS CREEK, FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM RORIE. WIT. WILLIAM RUSHING.

PAGE 64 JASON RUSHING TO MALACHI GULLEGE, 150 ACRES OF LAND ON THOMPSONS CREEK. WIT. STEPHEN RUSHING.

PAGE 260 RICHARD RUSHING TO DOMINIC BARROTT FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN AND ONE HALF ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK, IN 1819.

PAGE 261. WILLIAM RUSHING TO DAVID HUNTLEY, LAND ON NORTH PRONG OF THOMPSONS CREEK.

PAGE 292. RICHARD RUSHING TO ASA RUSHING, LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. H BARROTT AND THOMAS BARROTT. 1818.

PAGE 306 ABRAHAM RUSHING TO MILES HARRELL 50 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. IN PRESENCE OF PHILLIP RUSHING. DEED BOOK S

PAGE 357 ROBEERT RUSHING TO WILLIAM RUSHING 126 ACRES OF LAND ON THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, LAND FORMERLY GRANTED TO ROBERT RUSHING. WIT. ROBERT RUSHING. 1815. ANSON CO. DEEDS 1815-1825 R.Q.T & U.

PAUL RUSHING TO THOMAS ASHCRAFT; 150 ACRES OF LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF BLACKJACK CREEK AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF GRINDSTONE HILL. WIT. V.T. CHAIRS AND W. DEASON. JULY TERM 1815.TOD ROBINSON CLK. DEED R13.

DEED R15. W. DEASON & RUSHING TO JOHN ASHCRAFT. 75 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF LANES CREEK. WIT. THOMAS ASHCRAFT AND SOLOMON MARSH. JULY TERM 1815. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DEED R25 BRADLEY THOMAS TO STEPHEN RUSHING 150 ACRES OF LAND ON BLACK- JACK BRANCH ON BROWN CREEK. WIT. PAUL RUSHING AND PHILLIP JOHNSON. JULY COURT 1815. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DEED R28. STEPHEN RUSHING TO PAUL RUSHING 150 ACRES OF LAND ON BLACK- JACK BRANCH ABOUT 200 YARDS BELOW THE MAIN FORK. WIT. W. DEASON AND MORDICA MEADOW. JULY CT. 1815. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DEED R34 MARYAN ROADLANDER TO JOHN RUSHING 50 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. PLT. MAY AND JAS MAY. JULY COURT 1815. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DEED R59 PHILLIP RUSHING TO ELIJAH COOK 200 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH- WEST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. BURWELL RUSHING AND JESSE COLLINS. FEBRUARY 1815 PHILLIP [X] RUSHING AND HANNAH [X] RUSHING. SEAL

DEED R97. H. TAYLOR TO JOHN S. RUSHING 71 & 1/2 ACRES OF LAND ON LITTLE BROWN CREEK. WIT. SAMUEL BELL AND JOEL GULLEDGE. OCT. TERM 1815.

DEED R210. NOAH RUSHING TO HARDY RUSHING, 100 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF LITTLE BROWN CREEK, NEXT TO WILLIAM RUSHING SENIORS LINE. WIT. ROLLAND RUSHING, WM. YARBROUGH AND MICHAEL MELTON. APRIL CT. 1816. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DED R412 ISHAM DICKERSON TO STEPHEN RUSHING 20 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF KITES BRANCH. WIT. MICHAEL MELTON AND ISHAM MELTON. APRIL CT. 1816. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DEED R297 JOHN RUSHING TO ISAAC MANOR, 50 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. NICHOLAS NORCOTT. JULY CT. 1816. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DEED R298 RICHARD RUSHING TO ALFRED SINCLAIR LAND NEXT TO JASON RUSHINGS LAND NEAR THOMPSONS CREEK. WIT. STEPHEN RUSHING AND JOHN R. HARRELL. JULY CT. 1816. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DEED R490 PHILLIP I. RUSHING 150 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK, NEAR WILLIAM BEACHMANS OLD LINE. WIT. JOSEPH WHITE AND WILLIAM DABBS. OCTOBER. COURT 1816. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DEED R463 ISAIAH WHITE TO PHILLIP J. RUSHING 150 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WATERS OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. WM. R. PICKETT AND JOHN JACKSON. OCTOBER COURT 1816. TOD ROBINSON CLK.

DEED T12 PHILIP RUSHING TO BURWELL BENTON 5 TRACTS OF LAND IN ANSON CO. TOTAL OF 1200 ACRES OF LAND FOR THREE THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS. WIT. JOSEPH WHITE AND H. BARRETT. JANUARY CT. 1820. TOD ROBINSON CLK. THIS IS THE PHILLIP THAT WENT TO TENNESSE WITH RICHARD RUSHING IN 1820.

DEED T164 LEMUEL BELL AND JASON RUSHING TO ELIJAH HUNTLEY 116 ACRES OF LAND ON THOMPSONS CREEK. WIT. A. SINCLAIR AND DAVID HUNTLEY. JAN. CT. 1821. WM. DISMUKES CLK.

DEED T176 PAUL RUSHING TO MOSES MOORE 244 ACRES OF LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF BLACKJACK CREEK IN ALLEN CHAPMANS LINE. WIT. THOMAS ASHCRAFT AND JOHN JORDON. JAN CDT. 1821. WM. DISMUKES CLK.

PHILLIP I. RUSHING TO JOHN R. MCRAE. 160 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WATERS OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. T. GODFREY AND RICHARD GODFREY. APRIL CT. 1821. W. DISMUKES CLK.

DEED T263 PAUL AND STEPHEN RUSHING TO THOMAS BARRETT. 275 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, THAT FORMERLY BELONGED TO SOLOMON RUSHING DEC'D. WIT. SOLOMON RUSHING. JULY TERM 1821. W. DISMUKES CLK.

WILLIAM R. PICKETT TO PAUL RUSHING 150 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK. LAND WAS PROPERTY OF THOMAS CHRISTIAN AND WAS SOLD FOR TAXES. PAUL RUSHING WAS THE HIGHEST BIDDER. JULY TERM 1821.

DEED T290 WILLIAM RUSHING TO JEREMIAH GULLEDGE 250 ACRES OF LAND ON RUSHINGS CREEK OF THOMPSONS CREEK. WIT. THOS CULAR AND JOEL GULLEDGE. JULY CT. 1821. WILLIAM DISMUKES CLK.

DEED U90 PAUL RUSHING TO STEPHEN RUSHING 3 SURVEYS AND PART OF ANOTHER ONE. ALL CONTAINING 285 ACRES OF LAND. FORMER LANDS OF WILLIAM RUSHING JR. JAS HORNE, AND JAMES HANDS. LAND IS ON BROWN CREEK. WIT. WILLIAM RUSHING JANUARY CT. 1822 WILLIAM DISMUKES CLK.

DEED U193 JOHN G. RUSHING TO JOHN RUSHING [SON OF SOLOMON], 100 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WATERS OF LITTLE BROWN CREEK. WIT. JOSHUA ALLEN.

DEED U199 WILLIAM DEASON AND PAUL RUSHING TO SOLOMON MARSH 46 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF LANES CREEK. 1823.

DEED U 291 BENJAMIN CHEARS TO STEPHEN RUSHING LAND ON BROWN CREEK AND LITTLE BROWN CREEK. WIT. A. SINCLAIR AND M. RUSHING APRIL CT. 1823.

DEEDD U 341 HARDY RUSHING TO STEPHEN RUSHING 100 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WATERS OF LITTLE BROWN CREEK. WIT. ISHAM CHERRY AND MICHAEL MELTON. JULY CXT. 1823. W. DISKMUKES CLK.

DEED U 523 HOLDEN BARROTT TO PHILLIP I. RUSHING LAND ON THE WATERS OF BROWN CREEK AND ON BOTH SIDES OF BLACKJACK CREEK. ANSON CO.DEEDS 1824-1827 1829-1839 VOL V.W.X. PAGE 52 THOMAS CROWDER TO JOHN D. RUSHING, 121 AND 1/2 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK AND ON BOTH SIDES OF BLACKJACK CREEK. FOR THE SUM OF $425.00. WIT. ROBERT RUSHING AND PHILLIP RUSHING. JANUARY COURT. 1825.

PAGE 69. RICHARD RUSHING TO KINCHEN ROSS, 150 ACRES OF LAND LYING ON THE BEAVERDAM , INCLUDING JORDON VICKS IMPROVEMENTS. FOR THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. WIT. STEPHEN HASTY AND STEPHEN HUNTLEY. JAN. COURT 1825.

PAGE 163 ROBERT RUSHING TO DOMINICK BARRETT. 312 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK NEXT TO JOHN D. RUSHINGS LINE. WIT. RICHARD CROWDER AND J.J RUSHING, OCT. COURT 1825.

PAGE 214 ASA RUSHING TO DOMINIC BARRETT 100 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. FOR THE SUM OF $365.00. WIT. RICHARD CROWDER AND ESTER [X] STORY. OCT. COURT 1825.

PAGE 305. SOLOMON AND JESSE J. RUSHING BOUGHT LAND FROM PAUL RUSHING THE EXECUTOR OF SOLOMON RUSHING LATE OF ANSON CO. 275 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, NEXT TO RICHARD RUSHING BRANCH. FOR THE SUM OF $1000.00. WIT. D. MEADOR AND HUGH MEADOR. OCT. CT. 1828.

PAGE 378 WILLIAM RUSHING TO JOEL GULLEDGE JR. 165 ACRES OF LAND ON THOMPSONS CREEK, NEXT TO JAMES RATLIFFS LINE. FOR $150.00.

PAGE 262 HOLDEN RUSHING TO CALVIN RUSHING, $125.00 . I THE SAID HOLDEN RUSHING RELINQUISH ALL MY RIGHTS AND CLAIM TO ALL THE LAND I BOUGHT TO THE ESTATE OF DAVID RUSHING. ON THE WATERS OF BROWN CREEK, BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK. WIT. GEORGE DUREN AND WILLIAM ALLEN. OCT. CT. 1825.

PAGE 359 FRANCES RUSHING TO REBECKA RUSHING. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I FRANCES RUSHING OF ANSON COUNTY AND NORTH CAROLINA SEND GREETINGS KNOW YE THAT I SAID FRANCES RUSHING FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE NATURAL LOVE AND AFFECTION THAT I HAVE AND BEAR UNTO MY BELOVED SISTER REBECKA RUSHING OF SD. COUNTY AND STATE AND FOR DIVERS OTHER GOOD CAUSES AND CONSIDERATIONS ONE HEREUNTO MOVING HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED AND BY THESE PRESENTS DO GIVE AND GRANT UNTO SD. REBECKA RUSHING AND SINGULAR MY GOODS AND CHATTLES FOLLOWING , ONE SORREL MARE, ONE SORREL HORSE, ONE RED BRIDDLE, COW AND CALF, ONE BLACK AND WHITE COLORED COW AND YEARLING, ONE HEIFER, 21 HEAD OF GEESE, 2 FEATHER BEEDS, AND FURNITURE. WIT. WILLIAM M. RUSHING AND DICKSON RUSHING. JAN. CT. 1829.

BURRWELL RUSHING AND WIFE TO JOEL RUSHING, A PARCEL OF LAND ON THE WATERS OF BROWN CREEK FOR THE SUM OF $125.00. THIS LAND BEING ALL THAT PIECE OF LAND WHICH MAY BE ALLOTED TO MATILDA RUSHING BY THE DEATH OF ABRAHAM RUSHING, LATE OF ANSON CO. MATILDA RUSHING IS THE DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM RUSHING.

VOL W PAGE 281 HOLDEN RUSHING TO JAMES RATLIFF 100 ACRES OF LAND ON THE BANKS OF THOMPSONS CREEK, FOR THE SUM OF $125.00 . SIGNED BY HOLDEN RUSHING AND WIFE DELILAH RUSHING. WIT. GEORGE DUREN. JULY CT. 1828.

WILLIAM RUSHING TO RICHARD CROWDER. 125 ACRES OF OF LAND ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF BIG BROWN CREEK. FOR THE SUM OF $500.00. THIS LAND WAS GRANTED TO ROBERT RUSHING IN 1783. WIT. JESSE J. RUSHING, JAN COURT 1829.

JOHN D. RUSHING TO RICHARD CROWDER. 61 AND 1/2 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLACKJACK BRANCH. FOR THE SUM $325.00. WIT. JESSE J. RUSHING. ANSON COUNTY CT. 1829.

VOL.X PAGE 46 STEPHEN RUSHING TO SHEPPERD RUSHING, 255 ACRES OF LAND ON DELILlAH JOHNSON BRANCH AND BROWN CREEK. THIS LAND WAS A GIFT FROM FATHER TO SON. WIT. D. MEADOW AND JOHN P. RUSHING. JULY CT. 1829.

PAGE 236 JASON RUSHING [FATHER] TO JOEL RUSHING [SON] ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND ON THE WATERS OF THOMPSONS CREEK. WIT. EDWARD CASON AND M.J. MEADOW. APRIL CT. 1830.

VOL X PAGE 186 MICHAEL MELTON TO ASA RUSHING, 4 DIFFERENT TRACTS OF LAND ON OR NEAR LITTLE BROWN CREEK, CONTAINING 270 ACRES. LAND BEING LOCATED ABOVE SMITHS CABIN ON HIGHTS BRANCH OF LITTLE BROWN CREEK. NEAR WHITES LICK BRANCH. AND ADJ. TO WILLIAM YARBROUGH AND STEPHEN RUSHING. WIT. JOHN M. RUTHLAND AND JAMES GAITHINGS. APRIL SESSION 1830. WM. DISMUKES, CLK. ANSON CO. RECORD OF DEEDS 1831-1838 VOLS Y&Z.

P HILLIP J. RUSHING TO WILLIE LEDBETTER, 42 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK, BEGINNING AT A PINE IN CHAPMANS LINE. IN THE PRESENCE OF T.R. LEDBETTER AND RUFUS JOHNSON. JANUARY CT. 1832. W. DIMUSKES CLK. DEED BOOK Y. PAGE 77.

DEED BOOK Y PAGE 121. STEPHEN RUSHING TO BENJAMIN CHEARS, 15&1/2 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HORSEPOLE BRANCH IN WILLIAM RUSHINGS 4TH LINE. WIT. W.R. PICKETT AND ALFRED SINCLAIR. SEPT. CT. 1832. WM. DISMUKES CLK.

DEED BOOK Y PAGE 364 LEWIS MEADOR TO SOLOMON RUSHING A CROP OF CORN AND COTTON.WIT. DAVID MEADOR AND ELIZABETH MEADOR. SEPT. 12TH 1832. WM. DIMUSKE CLK.

DEED BOOK Y PAGE 386 JOEL RUSHING TO MICHAEL BAKER, 50 ACRES OF LAND NEXT TO MICHAEL BAKERS CORNER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. A. SINCLAIR AND JONATHON BAKER. JULY CT. 1832. WM. DIMUSKE CLK.

DEED BOOK Y PAGE 415 CULLEN BRASWELL TO JOEL RUSHING 140 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK. WIT. BRYANT BRASWELL AND EDMUND DEES. OCT. CT. 1832. WM. DIMUSKE CLK.

DEED BOOK Y PAGE 418 JOHN RUSHING TO WILLIAM, ELIZABETH AND OWEN MITCHELL 50 ACRES OF LAND NEXT TO SOLOMON RUSHING. WIT. JOHN CAMPBELL AND D. CAMPBELL. OCT. CT. 1833. WM. DIMUSKE CLK.

DEED BOOK Y PAGE 419 PHILLIP J. RUSHING TO JAMES M. RUSHING OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHESTERFIELD DISTRICT. 308 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK AND ON BOTH SIDES OF BLACKJACK CREEK. WIT. S. RUSHING AND MILLY MEADOR. OCT. CT. 1833. WM. DIMUSKE CLK. THE ABOVE DEED WAS MADE IN 1826 AND PROVEN IN 1833.

DEED BOOK Y PAGE 574 JAMES M. RUSHING TO DOMINIC BARROTT 308 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK AND ON BOTH SIDES OF BLACKJACK CREEK. 13TH. OF OCT. 1831 AND WAS PROVEN IN COURT IN JULY 1834 BY THOS. P. CHAPMAN. WM. DIMUSKE CLK.

BOOK Z PAGE 44 JASON RUSHING TO LEWIS J. MEADOR. 150 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WATERS OF THOMPSONS CREEK. WIT. S. RUSHING AND SOLOMON RUSHING. JAN. CT. 1835. WM. DISMUKES CLK.

BOOK Z PAGE 78 STEPHEN RUSHING TO WILLIAM M. RUSHING, 150 ACRES OF LAND ON BLACKJACK CREEK. WIT. B. RUSHING AND MOSES MOORE. JAN. CT. 1835. WM. DISMUKES CLK.

BOOK Z PAGE 145 JOHN GRACE TO JOEL RUSHING 50 ACRES OF LAND OF RICHARDSON CREEK, NEXT TO JOEL RUSHINGS LINE. 1835.

BOOK Z PAGE 203 DICKSON RUSHING TO JAMES GORDON AND D. RUSHING ONE BAY MARE, ONE COW AND CALF, ONE SOW AND PIGS, AND ALL HIS CORN AND FODDER. WIT. JOEL RUSHING AND BENJAMIN RUSHING. OCT. CT. 1835. W. DISMUKES CLK.

BOOK Z PAGE 209 SOLOMOMN AND JESSE J. RUSHING TO RICHARD CROWDER, 276 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RICHARD RUSHINGS BRANCH; LAND WAS FORMERLY OWNED BY SOLOMON RUSHING SENIOR, DECEASED. WIT. CALVIN BARRETT AND R. LICK. WM. DISMUKES CLK.

BOOK Z PAGE 531 NANCY RUSHING TO ROBERT HUNTLEY. 246 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK AND LITTLE BROWN CREEK. NANCY RUSHING IS THE WIFE OF DAVID RUSHING, LATE OF ANSON CO. WIT. J. WHITE AND STEPHEN HUNTLEY. JAN. CT. 1838.

BOOK Z PAGE 591 JOEL RUSHING TO DAVID MYERS 246 ACRES OF LAND IN ANSON COUNTY. WIT. CLEMENT DEES AND GREEN RUSHING. JANUARY CT. 1838. N.D. BOGGAN CLK. RECORD OF DEEDS 1839-1849 BOOKS 10-11-12

WILLIAM TICE TO JESSE J. RUSHING, ONE BLACK HORSE, THREE COWS, AND A GROWING CROP OF COTTON AND COTTON. FOR THE SUM OF $150.00. WIT. D. RUSHING AND E.A. RUSHING. SEPT. CT. 1840. N.D. BOGGAN. CLK. BOOK 10 PAGE 119

WILLARD J. GORDON TO SHERWOOD RUSHING, 58 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH PRONG OF LICK BRANCH. WIT. J. WHITE AND D.P. GORDON. APRIL CT. 1841. W.D. BOGGAN CLK. BOOK 10 245.

BOOK 10 PAGE 254 GRAY LEDBETTER TO SHERWOOD RUSHING 81 ACRES OF LAND ON LICK BRANCH. WIT. T. R. LEDBETTER AND J. GORDON. N.D. BOGGAN CLK. APRIL CT. 1841.

BOOK 10 PAGE 262 WILLIAM E. TROY TO JESSE J. RUSHING 150 ACRES OF LAND ADJ. SHEPPERD RUSHINGS LINE AND MICHAEL BAKERS LINE ON DELILAH JOHNSONS BRANCH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. THIS BEING THE LAND OF JOHN JACKSON, LATE OF ANSON CO. APRIL CT. 1841. N.D. BOGGAN CLK.

BOOK 10 PAGE 269 GULLEDGE RUSHING TO ALLEN BLACKWELL. 150 ACRES OF LAND ON RICHARDSON CREEK. JULY CT. 1841. N.D. BOGGAN CLK.

BOOK 10 PAGE 296 STEPHEN RUSHING TO SHERWOOD RUSHING. TO SON SHERWOOD, ONE NEGRO BY THE NAME OF RALPH, AGE 7. SEPT. CT. 1841. THE ABOVE STEPHEN RUSHING IS NOW A RESIDENT OF SUMTER CO. ALABAMA.

PAUL RUSHING, SOLOMON RUSHING AND STEPHEN RUSHING WENT TO ALABAMA IN 1836. ANSON CO. RECORDS OF DEEDS 1839-1849 VOL 11.12 &13

VOL. 11 PAGE 31 JOHN G. RUSHING TO DANIEL A COVINGTON, DEBT OWED TO DANIEL A COVINGTON. REGISTERED SEPT. 15. 1842. N.D. BOGGAN, CLK OF COURT.

PAGE 111 DARLING RUSHING TO JOEL RUSHING, FOR ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, FOR 535 ACRES OF LAND BELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF ABRAHAM RUSHING, LATE OF ANSON CO. LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF BROWN CREEK. REG. 1843.

PAGE 301. JOSEPH RUSHING TO TOWNLEY REDFEARN, 8 ACRES OF LAND FOR FIFTY DOLLARS, NEXT TO LOCKARTS LAND. JAN. 1844. N.D. BOGGAN CLK OF COURT.

PAGE 382 DARLING RUSHING TO MICHAEL BAKER, SIX AND ONE HALF ACRES OF LAND ON THE SPRING BRANCH WHERE WILLIAM TICE NOW LIVES, SOUTHEAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. WILLIAM TICE AND JOEL RUSHING. JAN. TERM 1843. W.D. BOGGAN CLERK OF COURT.

PAGE 470 DARLING RUSHING TO WILSON CHAMBERS, 72 AND 1/2 ACRES OF LAND ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. THIS LAND ADJ. TO DARLING RUSHING AND JOEL RUSHING. WIT. P. HARRELL AND SHERWOOD D. RUSHING. JULY TERM 1845. W. D. BOGGAN CLERK OF COURT.

BOOK 12 GULLEDGE RUSHING TO A. BENTON, FARM ANIMALS AND ALL THE HOUSE HOLD FURNISHINGS AND KITCHEN FURNITURE. OCT. 4, 1844. N.D. BOGGAN CLK.

PAGE 269 G. RUSHING AND WIFE AND W. B. MCCORKLE TO WILLIAM BRANTLEY. TWO TRACTS OF LAND 1331/2 ACRES FORMERLY OWNED BY JOHN GRACE. THE OTHER TRACT CONTAINING 18 ACRES FOR THE TOTAL SUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS. WIT. W.A. BENTON AND W.A. MCCORKLE. SIGNED BY GULLEDGE RUSHING, WIFE MARTHA J. RUSHING AND W.B. MCCORKLE. 22 JUNG 1847.

BOOK 13 PAGE 110 WILLIAM MORGAN TO JOEL RUSHING 21 1/2 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WATERS OF BROWN CREEK. WIT. JAMES MARSH AND JESSE J. RUSHING JAN. TERM 1850 W.D. BOGGAN CLK.

BOOK 14 PAGE 321 ALFRED D. RUSHING TO EMALINE HUBBARD, ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FOUR SLAVES. AUG. 17TH 1849. WIT. E.F. GADDY AND J.E. HUNTLEY. N.D. BOGGAN CLK.

PAGE 400 JOHN ASHCRAFT TO JESSE J. RUSHING, ONE SLAVE BY THE NAME OF BEN, 50 YEARS OF AGE. FOR SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS. APRIL 1854. J.W. WHITE CLK.

BOOK 15 PAGE 104 MARY WIMBERELY APPOINTS BEN. D. RUSHING AS HER ATTORNEY IN ALL LEGAL MATTERS AND TO SELL HER LAND IN ANSON CO. AS SHE IS A RESIDENT OF NOVARRO CO. TEXAS. AND IS THE DAUGHTER OF HENRY WOMBLE DECEASED.

PAGE 582 A.C. MOORE, SHERIFF TO JOEL RUSHING 100 ACRES OF LAND ON LONG BRANCH. JAN. 22 1858.

BOOK 16 PAGE 343 B.D. RUSHING AND TEMPERANCE RUSHING TO JESSE E. MARSH ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE ACRES OF LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF BROWN CREEK FORMERLY BELONGING TO HENRY WOMBLE DECEASED. WIT. J.W. WHITE AND D. RUSHING. 31 DEC. 1862.

PAGE 528 SUSSAN M. LILLY TO FRANCIS CROWDER. SUSSAN M. LILLY, GUARDIAN OF MELVINA AND JOSEPH RUSHING, MINOR ORPHANS, DO HEREBY AND APPOINT FRANCIS CROWDER MY LAWFUL AGENT AND ATTORNEY. 1866. THE ABOVE MELVINA AND JOSEPH RUSHING ARE THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH JOEL RUSHING, AND THE GRANDCHILDREN OF JESSE J. RUSHING.

PAGE 604 MICHAEL BAKER TO JOEL RUSHING 50 ACRES OF LAND ON BROWN CREEK NEXT TO JOEL RUSHING OCT. CT. 1867. WIT. B. CROWDER AND MILES P. MASK P.J. COPPEDGE CLK. JESSE JOEL RUSHING

JESSE J. RUSHING WAS BORN 1804-1867 IN ANSON CO. JESSE WAS MARRIED TWICE. FIRST TO MARY BARRETT, BORN 1805, DIED CIRCA 1855. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF DOMINICK AND MARTHA BARRETT.

CHILDREN

1- JOSEPH JOEL CHILDREN 1- JOSEPH JOEL. 2- MALVINA, WIFE OF WILLIAM DAVIS.

2- MARTHA J. BORN 1825-1911. WIFE OF WADE HAMPTON HUNTLEY, 1821-1894. CHILDREN.

1- MARY 1844-1933 2- THOMAS S. 1845- 3- NARCISSUS 1849-1867 4- JESSE MARION 1851- 5- FRANKILIN PIERCE 1856- 6- ISADORA 1859-1939 7- YOUNG HAMPTON 1861- 8- FANNIE 1863-1933 9- ROBERT D. 1866

3- THOMAS, BORN 1837-1893. MARRIED TO ADLINE HUNTLEY, 1836-1898. DAUGHTER OF DAVID HUNTLEY. CHILDREN 1- MALVINA. 2- JESSE D. 1866-1903. 4- ELIZABETH. 5- RECTINA, WIFE OF THOMAS WOMBLE. 6- HENERITTA. WIFE OF THOMAS BROWN. 7- RICHMOND.JOHNSON, MARRIED TO JANE LILLY. 8- ANDREW PAUL. KILLED AT GETTEYSBURG IN 1863. 9- ELLEN, WIFE OF HOGAN ALLEN. MOVED TO ARKANSAS. CHILDREN ARE . 1- LOUISIANA HASELTINE 2- ARABELLA MILDRED 3- EMALINA JANE 4- WILLIAM SPENCER 5- DUDLEY DANIEL 6- SARAH ANN 7- MARY PENELOPE 8- MARTHA FRANCIS 9- JULIA PROCTER HUNTER FLORENCE 10- YOUNG HOGAN 11- COLLEN REBECCA 12- RACHEL RUTH 13- MARGARET ELIZABETH

10- JANE, WIFE OF JOHN EASON.

JESSE J. RUSHING'S SECOND MARRIAGE WAS TO MARY MORRIS OF UNION CO. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND PHERBY SMITH MORRIS . BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF MARY MORRIS RUSHING ARE.

1- NANCY, WIFE OF JOHN GULLEDGE. 2- WILLIAM MORRIS. 3- JAMES MORRIS. 4- SARAH, WIFE OF JOHN GAITHINS. 5- ELIZABETH, WIFE OF J.E. SEGAR. 6- JOHN MORRIS.

CHILDREN OF JESSE J. AND MARY MORRIS RUSHING ARE. 1- FRANKLIN SMITH 1858-1912. 2- WESLEY MORRIS 1860-1897. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH FLORENCE DAVIS 1863-1949. FATHER IS ISHAM DAVIS AND MARY HUBBARD DAVIS. 3- PRESTON 1865-1888. 4- ARETTA. (ELLA LORETTA).

2-A CHILDREN OF WESLEY MORRIS RUSHING AND ELIZABETH FLORENCE DAVIS ARE; 1- WILLIAM ISHAM RUSHING 2- THOMAS RUSHING 3- JESSE D. RUSHING 4- LESTER RUSHING 5- MARY RUSHING, BORN 1-28-1892 DIED 7-25-1965, MARRIED TO ARCHIE MILLS. BORN 1-6-1889 IN UNION CO. BUT LIVED IN CHESTERFIELD CO. S.C. CHILDREN ARE 1- LILLIE MAE MILLS 2- OSCAR THOMAS MILLS 4- WESLEY EUGENE MILLS. 5- EULA ALICE MILLS 6- JOE LEE MILLS 7- JAMES ALBERT MILLS 8- J. D. MILLS 9- RUBY FLORENCE MILLS 10- ARCHIE MELVIN MILLS 11- GEORGE EVERETTE MILLS 12- LAURA EDITH MILLS.

6- EVA RUSHING, NEVER MARRIED.

2-B WILLIAM ISHAM RUSHING MARRIED GILLIE MILLS. CHILDREN ARE. 1- WILLIAM FRANK RUSHING MARRIED DOT HAYES. CHILDREN ARE 1- WILLIAM [BILLY] 2- JIMMY. 3- JOANNE. 2- ADA RUSHING MARRIED HURLEY CARPENTER, CHILDREN ARE. 1- HURLEY C. 2- BILLY. 3- BEATRICE RUSHING MARRIED DELMAS MILLS. CHILDREN ARE 1- BURWELL. 2- CARROLL. 4- ALBERT BAXTER RUSHING 1917-1967 MARRIED MAUDE HORNE, DAUGHTER OF JACK HORNE AND BESSIE CAUDLE OF ANSON CO. CHILDREN ARE 1- IRA BAXTER RUSHING BORN NOV. 13 1942 ON BROWN CREEK SWAMP. MARRIED TO CAROLYN A. AUSTIN OF WAKE COUNTY. CHILDREN ARE. 1- ALLAN BAXTER RUSHING BORN 1965. IN FT. MYERS FLA. 2- MELLODY DAWN RUSHING BORN 1968. IN WAKE CO. 3- VALLARIE MICHELLE RUSHING BORN 1971 IN WAKE CO. 4- TIFFANY RENEE RUSHING BORN 1980 IN WAKE CO. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2- HARVEY DOHN RUSHING WAS BORN JULY 14, 1944 IN CHARLOTE, N.C. WAS MARRIED TO SHARON BECK OF VIRGINIA, CHILDREN ARE 1- KIMBERLY 2- KELLY. TWINS --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3- HERBERT LEON RUSHING WAS BORN AUGUST 25, 1946 ON BROWN CREEK SWAMP IN ANSON CO. MARRIED TO JUDY EDWARDS OF EMPORIOR VA. CHILDREN ARE. 1- BRYAN LEON 2- MEGAN. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4- GAYLE MARIE RUSHING WAS BORN IN ANSON CO. ON OCT 31, 1949. MARRIED TO CLYDE BRUCE SLOAN OF WAKE COUNTY. CHILDREN ARE 1- CHRISTOPHER WAYE RUSHING 2- HEATHER MARIE SLOAN 3- MATHEW [MAT] SLOAN. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5- MARY FLORENCE RUSHING, BORN JUNE 29, 1951 IN ANSON CO. MARRIED TO ROLAND ROBINSON OF GASTONIA, N.C. CHILDREN ARE 1- DAVID 2- KEVIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5- ANNIE LEE RUSHING MARRIED BOYD BRIGHAM,CHILDREN ARE. 1- BUDDY 2- BECKY 6- JOSEPH FRED RUSHING MARRIED RUTH GOODWIN, CHILDREN ARE 1- JOSEPH 2- JANE 7- JAMES BOYD RUSHING MARRIED RUBY CHILDREN ARE 1- MARTHA 2- CAROLYN 8- DESNIE RUSHING MARRIED HARDY WILLIS. CHILDREN ARE 1- LARRY 2- TONY 9- MILDRED RUSHING MARRIED MARSHALL FLETCHER. LIVED IN KENTUCKY. 10- CONWAY RUSHING MARRIED MILDRED.SOLES, CHILDREN ARE 1- WESLEY CONWAY 2- KATHY

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ANSON COUNTY, IN THE PROBATE COURT TOWNLY REDFERN, GUARDIAN OF PRESTON, WESLEY AND ARETTA RUSHING, THAT ON 1 SEPT. 1879 BY DIFFERENCE OF VALUATION IN LOTS PAID TO JOEL J. RUSHING HEIRS. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME JESSE J. RUSHINGS MIDDLE NAME IS EVER USED.

SLAVE CENSUS OF ANSON CO. IN 1850, JESSE J. RUSHING OWNED 15 SLAVES. SLAVE CENSUS OF ANSON CO. IN 1860, JESSE J. RUSHING OWNED 20 SLAVES.

JESSE J. RUSHING AND SOLOMON RUSHING PURCHASED 275 ACRES OF LAND FROM PAUL RUSHING THE EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF SOLOMON RUSHING, DECEASED. THE LAND WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RICHARD RUSHINGS BRANCH, AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROWN CREEK. THIS WAS IN 1826.

JESSE J. RUSHING AND SOLOMON RUSHING SOLD THE ABOVE LAND TO RICHARD CROWDER IN 1834

IN 1841 JESSE J. RUSHING PURCHASED 150 ACRES OF LAND FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN JACKSON ON DELILAH JOHNSON BRANCH, NORTHWEST OF WHITES STORE, NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK.

IN 1843 MICHAEL BAKER SOLD TO JESSE J. RUSHING 50 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK.

IN 1855 JOHN ASCRAFT SOLD TO JESSE RUSHING A 50 YEAR OLD SLAVE BY THE NAME OF BEN FOR $700.00.

IN 1854 HOGAN ALLEN SOLD TO HIS FATHER-IN-LAW JESSE RUSHING A SLAVE GIRL.

ANSON COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

MARY RUSHING THE WIDOW OF JESSE J. RUSHING LATE OF ANSON COUNTY, FILED HER PETITION IN THIS COURT AGAINST THOMAS RUSHING, HAMPTON HUNTLEY AND WIFE MARTHA, JOHN EASON AND WIFE ELIZA J.. HOGAN ALLEN AND WIFE ELLEN, ELIZABETH RUSHING, HENERIETA RUSHING, RECTAINA RUSHING, WILLIAM DAVIS AND WIFE MALVINA AND JOEL RUSHING; HEIRS-AT-LAW OF HER SAID HUSBAND, AND IT WAS ORDERED THAT A WRIT OF DOWER BE ISSUED TO THE SAID SHERIFF IN HER BEHALF AS TO THE FOLLOWING LANDS; ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND IN ANSON CO; AND A TARGET CONTAINING ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES IN UNION CO. FEBRUARY 19, 1870.

ON MARCH 23, 1870 322 ACRES OF LAND WAS LAID OFF FOR MARY RUSHING. THE LAND BEING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWN CREEK, ON DELILA JOHNSON BRANCH NEAR WHITES STORE.

ON DECEMBER 27, 1877 TOWNLEY REDFEARN WAS APPOINTED GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE OF THE INFANT CHILDREN OF JESSE. J. RUSHING...WESLEY, PRESTON AND ARETA.

BOOK 20 PAGE 437 TOWNLEY REDFEARN BOUGHT LAND FROM JOHN W. EASON AND WIFE E.J. RUSHING, DAUGHTER OF JESSE J. RUSHING THIS WAS IN AUGUST 1879 OCD. THIS WAS THE LAND OF JESSE J. RUSHING DECEASED OF ANSON CO.

JESSE J. RUSHING BOUGHT 430 ACRES OF LAND IN UNION CO. IN 1861 FROM JOHN F. GAITHINGS. DEED BOOK 5 PAGE 704. THIS LAND IS ON BROWN CREEK. LAND WAS KNOWN AS THE JOHN MORRIS LAND. HE IS THE FATHER OF MARY MORRIS RUSHING, WIFE OF JESSE J. RUSHING.

DEED BOOK 14 PAGE 112 JESSE J RUSHING AND WIFE MARY TO JAMES B. BARRETT MAY 1850, LAND ON THE LITTLE RIVER. THIS BEING DEEDED LAND FROM THE ESTATE OF DOMINICH BARRETT LATE OF ANSON CO.

DEED BOOK 14 PAGE 298 JESSE J. RUSHING AND WIFE MARY TO ANGUISH MARTIN LAND ON THE LITTLE RIVER. THIS BEING DEEDED LAND FROM THE ESTATE OF DOMINICH BARRETT.

DEED BOOK 15 PAGE 623 JESSE J. RUSHING TO THOMAS ROBINSON LAND ON JONES CREEK. SEPT. 8, 1856. THIS BEING DEEDED LAND FROM THE ESTATE OF DOMINICH BARRETT.

NOVEMBER 22, 1877, MARY RUSHING, WIFE OF JESSE RUSHING, LATE OF ANSON CO, SOLD TO TOWNLEY REDFEARN, 265 ACRES OF LAND FROM HER 322 ACRE DOWER, FOR $600.00. LAND BEING ON DELIAH JOHNSON BRANCH. WIT. F.S. RUSHING AND ISAC HUNTLEY. THE ABOVE DEED WAS RECORDED ON DECEMBER 18, 1885, IN ANSON COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. THE ABOVE WIT. F.S. RUSHING, [FRANK SMITH] IS THE OLDEST SON OF MARY RUSHING, BORN IN 1858, AND DOES NOT LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA. DEED BOOK 24 PAGE 442.

DEED BOOK 21 PAGE 133. SEPT. 9, 1878, JAMES A LILES AND SON PURCHASED 26 ACRES OF LAND FROM ARETTA, PRESTON AND WESLEY RUSHING, FOR THE SUM OF $300.00. THIS IS THE LAND ALLOTED TO THEM FROM THE ESTATE OF THEIR FATHER JESSE JOEL RUSHING.

BOOK 20 PAGE 693 TOWNLEY REDFEARN, COMMISSIONER TO MASTIN MORGAN. DEC. 8, 1879, MASTIN MORGAN PURCHASED 30 ACRES OF LAND ALLOTED TO ARETTA RUSHING, IN THE DIVISON OF THE LANDS OF HER FATHER JESSE J. RUSHING AT THE RESIDENCE OF SAID JESSE J. RUSHING.

DEED BOOK 20 PAGE 192. APRIL 26, 1874 ELIZABETH RUSHING SOLD TO TOWNLEY REDFEARN 30 ACRES OF LAND, BEING THE LAND ALLOTED TO HER AFTER THE DEATH OF HER FATHER JESSE J. RUSHING. THIS LAND WAS ADJ. TO WILLIAM RUSHING. WILLIAM MORGAN AND OTHERS.