Boschong Subscribers, There has been a lot of discussion about an article in the Fall 1984 issue of the Bushong Bulletin where Carol W. Bell put up a pretty good case claiming that the Revolutionary War soldier buried in Grandview Cemetery was really Jacob Bushong her ancestor. She put out a lot of material to support her claim, but even with all that, there is one small detail that she seemed to have overlooked. The stone was erected in 1829, the year that Samuel Bushong died. The tombstone reads "SAMUEL BUSHONG DIED 1829, FOUGHT UNDER BARON STEUBEN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR." If Samuel Bushong died in 1829 which we believe he did, then he could not possibly be Jacob Bushong born 1753-54 since that Jacob was still alive and signing a Deed with his wife Eve in April 1830 in Centreville. (Columbiana County Ohio Deed Book 13, Page 348). There definitely was a Samuel Bushong who died in 1829 and his name was not Jacob. Sorry guys. Gloria I would like to reply including my sources. Samuel Bushong is not listed in the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Listed there however is: Service Number Va Bushong, Jacob S9297 Listed in The Pension Roll of 1835, U. S. Department of the Treasury lists Statement &c. of Columbiana county, Ohio. Jacob Bushong Private $96 (annual) Virginia continental (service) Nov. 10, 1818 (pension roll) June 3, 1818 (comencement of pension) Jacob is also listed in Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T718, 23 rolls); Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Record Group 217; National Archives, Washington, D.C. as Bushong Jacob Private $8 (monthly allowance) 3 June 1818 (Commencement) Also DAR Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files lists BUSHONG, Jacob S9297, VA Line, appl 15 May 1818 Columbiana Cty OH aged 64, in 1828 sol was living in Stark Cty, OH, sol had srv as Artifacer with the VA Troops under Capt Francis Cowherd. Samuel is also not listed in The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio. Daughters of the American Revolution. Listed there are: BUSHONG, JOSEPH, (Carroll Co.) “A soldier of the war” –history of Carroll Co. p. 360 Vol 1. Howe’s Hist Coll O. Bur Carrollton, Carol Co, O. Fur infor Jane Dailey, State Chairman. (volume 1, 1929, page 61) COLUMBIANA COUNTY 1803, formed from Jefferson and Washington Bushong, Jacob (volume 2, 1938, p. xv) In Historical Collections of Ohio In Two Volumes, An Encyclopedia of the State, Henry Howe, Columbus Ohio, 1889. from the section on Carroll County, p.359 Centerville, now Carrollton, was laid out by Peter Bohart, Oct. 4, 1815; [snip] Peter Bohart gave the land for the Carrollton cemetery and is buried in it, where also is buried Joseph Bushong, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and several soldiers of the Mexican war. The only citation for Samuel is found in Tombstone Inscriptions & Family Records of Carroll County, Ohio, Esther Weygandt Powell, Akron, Ohio, 1973. Bushong, Samuel 1829 ae ? REV WAR soldier under Baron Steuben (DAR Roster #2 gives Jacob Bushong of Columbiana Co. p.79 & DAR Roster #1 p. 61 gives Joseph Bushong of Carroll Co. & Carroll Co. History Vol. I, p. 360) Wife ____? Considering there is no documentation of Samuel Bushong’s Revolutionary War service other than his gravestone, it would be of interest to know when it was placed and by whom. Is Samuel the same as Joseph for whom there is a record of burial in the cemetery? And does anyone know to which families Joseph, and Samuel belong. I have Jacob Bushong (m. Eva Catharina Bossert) as being b. 18 February 1754 and d. before 16 August 1830 (the date his will as probated). His military marker states: JACOB BUSHONG PVT CONTINENTAL LINE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1754 1830 (Grandview Cemetery, Carroll County, Ohio Genealogical Society website) They are both buried in Grandview Cemetery, Carrollton, Carroll Co., OH. Documentation supports Jacob as soldier who served in the Revolutionary War. I find nothing more than a gravestone supporting that Samuel served. So, my conclusion from the available data is that Jacob is probably not Samuel. Perhaps he did, but I would need more proof to substantiate thw claim. And because they are not the same person does not mean that they both serve the county.