Okay, I am a stickler for detail. Been that way since I was born and I will not apologize for it. My motto is: Think, Investigate, Conclude. I went and looked at the 1820 and 1830 census records for a Jacob Bushong, Revolutionary War Soldier. I know that he was a private in the Revolution and received a pension in Ohio. No argument there. But, I would like to point out a few inconsistencies that have been overlooked because no one questioned. Based on the census records, it would appear that if this woman in the 1830 census is the wife of Jacob Bushong, Revolutionary War Soldier, the oldest she would have been when she married him was 13-14 years old since all of the quoted marriage dates for a couple named Jacob Bushong and Eve Bossert is 1 January 1784. So, if this Eve Bossert was under age when she married Jacob Bushong, someone from this lineage needs to find exactly where they were married to see who the person was who gave consent for this marriage. I believe her Bossert father was still alive, since I have found deeds in Pendleton County, VA now West Virginia that verifys this, so he would have put up the bond I'm thinking in present day Pendleton County, probably where they were married. I know you think that they were married at Shenandoah County because of the Strasburg church record there in the Lutheran church. We know that Simon Harr married that couple. But what you don't know, is that Simon Harr traveled several counties, including Pendleton and married many couples. He didn't always give back his returns in the country of the marriage. We have never seen a marriage bond in Shenandoah County for this couple, which means they possibly weren't married there..And just remember that there was another couple named Jacob Bushong and Catherine Cline who married and lived in Shenandoah County, son of Peter Bushong, named in his Will which we put on the List. They had a child named Mary Ann also named in Peter's Will. We have suspected that her name was Eve Catherine Cline since there are Deeds in Culpeper County recorded that way and we don't think that the Revolutionary War Soldier was ever in Culpeper County. And since we know that Peter was the brother of Henry and Henry's some of his family lived in Culpeper County and also that the family of John Bushong married to Magdalena Bauserman's family lived near Culpeper County, we think this is a pretty good bet that the Deeds there are for Peter's Jacob. Possibly you should look in Pennsylvania for a marriage record for the Revolutionary War Soldier and his wife Eve since I have said that Jacob Bushong's son John married to Barbara Kreighbaum was born and married there. BUT to look a little closer at the census records below, there are a few more problems as you will shortly see. And the 1820 is a corker...... 1820 Federal Census: Ohio Centerville, Washington, Columbiana County Page 38 JACOB BUSHONG 1 male 10 and under 16 years of age 1 male 16 and under 26 years of age 1 male 45 and up 1 female 16 and under 26 years of age 1 female 45 and up (Born 1775 and up) Based on this census the wife in the household was at least 45 years of age. So if you calculate birth date based on her youngest age of 45 you come to a birth date of 1775. That means that in 1784 when Jacob Bushong, the Revolutionary War Soldier married an Eve Catherine Bushong, if this woman was the Bossert woman, she would have been 9 years old when she married. ----------------------- 1830 Federal Census: Ohio Harrison Township, Stark County Page 174 Eve Catharine Bushong 2 males 20 to 30 years of age 1 female 10 to 15 years of age 1 female 50 and under 60 years of age (Born 1770-1780) --------------------------- So, this all I have to say about research on Jacob Bushong, Revolutionary War Soldier. ---------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong