Boschong Subscribers, Ancestry is airing a series called "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" on Friday nights which has been very interesting and I hope you all are watching it. A recent episode about Lionel Richie's ancestor was especially interesting since his ancestor's owner was a doctor who educated his slave grandson and in his Will, freed the mother and child and left land on the plantation to them because his son had fathered Lionel's ancestor. This was way before the Civil War. I thought it was time to explore the slaves in Tennessee and Virginia owned by the Bushongs. Many of them after being freed took the Bushong surname as theirs. Where are those descendants today? What stories could they tell us? What stories can we share with them? Not all slave owners were not cruel taskmasters. Some were quite benevolent to their slaves and some secretly educated them. The Bushongs were among them.They felt that slavery was wrong but because of the system that was in place were powerless to do anything about it. Then Lincoln was elected and things changed. The Confederate Bushongs did not get into the Civil War to defend slavery. Before the war started they were unhappy because of the high taxes put on their crops by the north and the little profit they were making. When the war started and the Union troops came through the Valley burning their barns and homes and nearly starving them, they got mad and joined the Confederate troops to get them out of their beloved Valley. I was recently contacted by a man who has an old letter written by Union soldier named Albert P. Moulton who was writing to Mary Bushong near Woodstock. This would be Mrs. Henry Bushong, nee Mary Ann Wendel. Captain Moulton was inquiring as to what happened to their home and barn hoping that nothing had been burned by the Union forces as they came through the Valley. I do know that the slaves owned by the Bushongs were treated well and the family tried to keep them together as a family unit, in other words, they did not sell them outside of the family, and treated them as family since they were more house slaves then field slaves. There were three slaves with the Battlefield family Jacob Bushong and Sarah Strickler, an unnamed man, a female named Mary and a boy named Israel. We do not know what happened to them but we sure would like to know. The Bushongs that we know owned slaves were Henry, Philip, John, George and William Bushong. There may have been others. Henry Bushong owned a slave named Samuel in 1820 (See Boschong post for 9 September 2005) George owned a slave named John who was 27 years old in 1842. He sold him to his brother William to keep him in the family. John was freed and was found living in the 1880 census with Charly Crackell in Bristol, Tennessee at age 70. (See Boschong post for 29 November 2004) There is a Crackell living in Clinton County, Ohio where the family below lived so we know there is a connection here. Clinton County, Ohio is right next to Pickaway County, Ohio where the Bushong's, whose parents and grandparents in Virginia and Tennessee had owned slaves, settled around 1812. Philip Bushong and wife Mary Ellen Dryden owned slaves who made beautiful quilts that were treasured by the Bushong family. (See Boschong post 16 August 2009) John Bushong of Powell's Fort owned 24 slaves in 1820 but we do not know what happened to them. He might have freed them before he died since there is no mention of them in his estate in 1840. With that said, here may be some of the descendants of those slave families who we believe were owned by the Bushongs, Philip, George and William in Tennessee. The Bushongs lived on the border near Bristol which was in both Sullivan County, Tennessee and Washington County, Virginia. They owned mining land and a forge/foundry called Bushongs forge. The Bushong family were very prominent in the Underground Railroad running slaves through their various homes to help them escape cruel slave owners, helping them work their way from the deep south through Tennessee and Virginia, to Ohio and Pennsylvania. Some stayed in Ohio and some went on to the West to Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Washington Territory. ------------------------- Notice the value of the land and money that William Bushon has in 1870. 1870 Federal Census: Ohio Clark Township, PO Farmers Station, Clinton County Enumerated 15 June 1870 Page 486A Lines 13-18, HH 272/286 William Bushon 35/Male/Black/Farmer/$6250-$680/TN Letta Bushon 35/Female/Black/KeepsHouse/VA Mary Ann Bushon 4/Female/Black OH Doreatha Bushon 2/Female/Black/OH Ardella Bushon 9mosBornOctober/Female//Black/OH William Bushon 14/Male/Black/FarmLaborer/VA ----------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Ohio Jefferson Township, ED 58, Clinton County Enumerated (No day given) June 1880 Page 83B Lines 9-16, HH 132/140 William Bushon Black/Male/45/Farmer/Married/TN/VA/TN Letta Bushon Black/Female/40/Wife/KeepingHouse/OH/VA/VA Mary Bushon Black/Female/14/Dau/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH Ruth Bushon Black/Female/12/Dau/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH Ardella Bushon Black/Female/10/Dau/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH Carrie Bushon Black/Female/8/Dau/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH Clara Bushon Black/Female/8/Dau/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH Frederick Martin Black/Male/43/Boarder/Single/Farmer/OH/TN/OH -------------------------- Clinton County Ohio Marriages Bride: Ruth Bushon age 17, d/o William Bushon Groom: Isaac Dillon Married: 3 May 1885 ---------------------------- The News-Herald Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio 12 January 1888 Page 5, Column 6 COMMON PLEAS COURT Isma Freth VS William Bushon et al. Money. Judgment for Costs. Exception noted. -------------------------------- The News-Herald Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio 30 August 1888 Page 5, Column 2 Ruth Bushon was arrested for disorderly conduct, and the mayor's sentence was $50-30, with the option of skipping the town. It is to be hoped that Ruth will close in, or out, with the last offer. NOTE: We have no idea what Ruth was being "disorderly" about (it might have been justified) but by 1900 she is married and back living with her parents with her husband. -------------------------- 1900 Federal Census: Ohio Clark Township, ED 59, Clinton County Enumerated 9 June 1900 Page 26B, Sheet 5 Lines 88-92, HH 122/123 William Bushon Head/Black/Male/Nov1834/65/Md35yrs/Farmer/Rents/TN/VA/TN Lettie Bushon Wife/Black/Female/April1836/64/5children5living/OH/VA/VA Russel Bushon Grandson/Black/Male/Sept1885/14/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Clinton Anderson SonInLaw/Black/Male/1871/29/Single/FarmLaborer/VA/VA/VA Ruth Anderson Dau/Black/Female/Feb1868/32/Md/NoChildren/OH/TN/OH ----------------------------- 1910 Federal Census: Ohio Clark Township, ED 61, Clinton County Enumerated 4 & 5 May 1910 Page 74B & 75A Lines 99-100 & 1-3, HH 201/203 William M. Bushon Head/Male/Black/75/MdTwice/GeneralFarmerMtg/TN/VA/TN Rebecca Bushon Wife/Female/Black/43/MdTwice/4children3living/OH/VA/VA Susie Bass StepDau/Female/Black16/OH/OH/OH Hazel Bass StepDau/Female/Black10/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Grafton Bass StepSon/Male/Black6/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH ----------------------------- The News-Herald Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio Thursday, 6 February 1913 Page 1, Column 3 MARRIAGE LICENSES Russell Bushon of Lynchburg and Grace Johnson of Hillsboro ------------------------------ 1920 Federal Census: Ohio Union Township, ED 124, Clinton County Enumerated No Date Given Page 141A, Sheet 9 Line 12, HH 172/177 Clinton County Infirmary William Bushon Ward/Male/Black/Married/84/TN/US/US -------------------------------- Ohio Death Records Clinton, Ohio William Bushon Died 15 September 1921 ----------------------------------- SSDI Russell Bushon Born: 3 September 1885 Died: September 1965 Issued Ohio ------------------------------ TO BE CONTINUED: ------------------------------ Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

Very interesting, Gloria. Thank you for* all* you do for the Bushongs! Janet Taber On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Boschong Subscribers, Ancestry is airing a series called "WHO DO YOU THINK > YOU ARE?" on Friday nights which has been very interesting and I hope you > all are watching it. A recent episode about Lionel Richie's ancestor was > especially interesting since his ancestor's owner was a doctor who > educated > his slave grandson and in his Will, freed the mother and child and left > land > on the plantation to them because his son had fathered Lionel's ancestor. > This was way before the Civil War. > > I thought it was time to explore the slaves in Tennessee and Virginia > owned by the Bushongs. Many of them after being freed took the Bushong > surname as theirs. Where are those descendants today? What stories could > they > tell us? What stories can we share with them? > > Not all slave owners were not cruel taskmasters. Some were quite > benevolent to their slaves and some secretly educated them. The Bushongs > were among > them.They felt that slavery was wrong but because of the system that was > in place were powerless to do anything about it. Then Lincoln was elected > and > things changed. > > The Confederate Bushongs did not get into the Civil War to defend slavery. > Before the war started they were unhappy because of the high taxes put on > their crops by the north and the little profit they were making. When the > war started and the Union troops came through the Valley burning their > barns > and homes and nearly starving them, they got mad and joined the > Confederate > troops to get them out of their beloved Valley. > > I was recently contacted by a man who has an old letter written by Union > soldier named Albert P. Moulton who was writing to Mary Bushong near > Woodstock. This would be Mrs. Henry Bushong, nee Mary Ann Wendel. Captain > Moulton > was inquiring as to what happened to their home and barn hoping that > nothing > had been burned by the Union forces as they came through the Valley. > > I do know that the slaves owned by the Bushongs were treated well and the > family tried to keep them together as a family unit, in other words, they > did not sell them outside of the family, and treated them as family since > they were more house slaves then field slaves. There were three slaves > with > the Battlefield family Jacob Bushong and Sarah Strickler, an unnamed man, > a > female named Mary and a boy named Israel. We do not know what happened to > them but we sure would like to know. > > The Bushongs that we know owned slaves were Henry, Philip, John, George and > William Bushong. There may have been others. > > Henry Bushong owned a slave named Samuel in 1820 (See Boschong post for 9 > September 2005) > > George owned a slave named John who was 27 years old in 1842. He sold him > to his brother William to keep him in the family. John was freed and was > found living in the 1880 census with Charly Crackell in Bristol, Tennessee > at > age 70. (See Boschong post for 29 November 2004) There is a Crackell > living > in Clinton County, Ohio where the family below lived so we know there is a > connection here. Clinton County, Ohio is right next to Pickaway County, > Ohio where the Bushong's, whose parents and grandparents in Virginia and > Tennessee had owned slaves, settled around 1812. > > Philip Bushong and wife Mary Ellen Dryden owned slaves who made beautiful > quilts that were treasured by the Bushong family. (See Boschong post 16 > August 2009) > > John Bushong of Powell's Fort owned 24 slaves in 1820 but we do not know > what happened to them. He might have freed them before he died since there > is > no mention of them in his estate in 1840. > > With that said, here may be some of the descendants of those slave families > who we believe were owned by the Bushongs, Philip, George and William in > Tennessee. > > The Bushongs lived on the border near Bristol which was in both Sullivan > County, Tennessee and Washington County, Virginia. They owned mining land > and a forge/foundry called Bushongs forge. > > The Bushong family were very prominent in the Underground Railroad running > slaves through their various homes to help them escape cruel slave owners, > helping them work their way from the deep south through Tennessee and > Virginia, to Ohio and Pennsylvania. Some stayed in Ohio and some went on to > the > West to Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Washington Territory. > ------------------------- > Notice the value of the land and money that William Bushon has in 1870. > > 1870 Federal Census: Ohio > Clark Township, PO Farmers Station, Clinton County > Enumerated 15 June 1870 > Page 486A > Lines 13-18, HH 272/286 > > William Bushon 35/Male/Black/Farmer/$6250-$680/TN > Letta Bushon 35/Female/Black/KeepsHouse/VA > Mary Ann Bushon 4/Female/Black OH > Doreatha Bushon 2/Female/Black/OH > Ardella Bushon 9mosBornOctober/Female//Black/OH > William Bushon 14/Male/Black/FarmLaborer/VA > ----------------------- > 1880 Federal Census: Ohio > Jefferson Township, ED 58, Clinton County > Enumerated (No day given) June 1880 > Page 83B > Lines 9-16, HH 132/140 > > William Bushon Black/Male/45/Farmer/Married/TN/VA/TN > Letta Bushon Black/Female/40/Wife/KeepingHouse/OH/VA/VA > Mary Bushon Black/Female/14/Dau/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH > Ruth Bushon Black/Female/12/Dau/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH > Ardella Bushon Black/Female/10/Dau/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH > Carrie Bushon Black/Female/8/Dau/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH > Clara Bushon Black/Female/8/Dau/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH > Frederick Martin Black/Male/43/Boarder/Single/Farmer/OH/TN/OH > -------------------------- > Clinton County Ohio Marriages > > Bride: Ruth Bushon age 17, d/o William Bushon > Groom: Isaac Dillon > Married: 3 May 1885 > ---------------------------- > The News-Herald > Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio > 12 January 1888 > Page 5, Column 6 > > COMMON PLEAS COURT > > Isma Freth VS William Bushon et al. > Money. Judgment for Costs. Exception noted. > -------------------------------- > The News-Herald > Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio > 30 August 1888 > Page 5, Column 2 > > Ruth Bushon was arrested for disorderly conduct, and the mayor's sentence > was $50-30, with the option of skipping the town. It is to be hoped that > Ruth will close in, or out, with the last offer. > > NOTE: We have no idea what Ruth was being "disorderly" about (it might have > been justified) but by 1900 she is married and back living with her > parents with her husband. > -------------------------- > 1900 Federal Census: Ohio > Clark Township, ED 59, Clinton County > Enumerated 9 June 1900 > Page 26B, Sheet 5 > Lines 88-92, HH 122/123 > > William Bushon Head/Black/Male/Nov1834/65/Md35yrs/Farmer/Rents/TN/VA/TN > Lettie Bushon Wife/Black/Female/April1836/64/5children5living/OH/VA/VA > Russel Bushon Grandson/Black/Male/Sept1885/14/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH > Clinton Anderson SonInLaw/Black/Male/1871/29/Single/FarmLaborer/VA/VA/VA > Ruth Anderson Dau/Black/Female/Feb1868/32/Md/NoChildren/OH/TN/OH > ----------------------------- > 1910 Federal Census: Ohio > Clark Township, ED 61, Clinton County > Enumerated 4 & 5 May 1910 > Page 74B & 75A > Lines 99-100 & 1-3, HH 201/203 > > William M. Bushon Head/Male/Black/75/MdTwice/GeneralFarmerMtg/TN/VA/TN > Rebecca Bushon Wife/Female/Black/43/MdTwice/4children3living/OH/VA/VA > Susie Bass StepDau/Female/Black16/OH/OH/OH > Hazel Bass StepDau/Female/Black10/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH > Grafton Bass StepSon/Male/Black6/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH > ----------------------------- > The News-Herald > Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio > Thursday, 6 February 1913 > Page 1, Column 3 > > MARRIAGE LICENSES > > Russell Bushon of Lynchburg and Grace Johnson of Hillsboro > ------------------------------ > 1920 Federal Census: Ohio > Union Township, ED 124, Clinton County > Enumerated No Date Given > Page 141A, Sheet 9 > Line 12, HH 172/177 > Clinton County Infirmary > > William Bushon Ward/Male/Black/Married/84/TN/US/US > -------------------------------- > Ohio Death Records > Clinton, Ohio > William Bushon > Died 15 September 1921 > ----------------------------------- > SSDI > > Russell Bushon > Born: 3 September 1885 > Died: September 1965 > Issued Ohio > ------------------------------ > TO BE CONTINUED: > ------------------------------ > Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- *Janet Taber*