----- Original Message ----- From: <Kyelsew@aol.com> To: <BUSBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 5:35 PM Subject: Houston County, GA Busby's > Just got back for Orlando Public Library. They have a good genealogy dept. > On the 1830 Houston county, GA census I found the following: > on page 267 (page # written in) > Jonathan Busby > Jeremiah Busby > Allen Busby > on page 268 (page # written in) > Jacob Busby > on page 293 (page # written in) > John Busby > Does anybody out there have any information on these Busby's? > kathy kendrick > > > ==== BUSBY Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb Resource Cluster > http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames > Listowner: Barbara Peddicord mailto:nashoba@cdsnet.net > > I beleive that Jacob Busby is mine. He was born about 1808 in N.C. moved to Ga. with his parents Jeremiah & Margaret Busby as a child. He married Mirum Self and they had about 12 children. They moved first to Alabama and then to Arkansas . Jeremiah & Margaret moved from Ga. to Arkansas to be near their children. They died there. Jacob had a brother named Nathan, who owned a General store in Houston Co. When he had finicianal difficulties he followed his older brother , Jacob, first to Arkansas, then to Lousianna and later he moved to Gonzales County, Texas where many of his decendents live today. Jacob settled in Falls County on a 112 acre farm where he spent the rest of his life, dying in 1873 and his wife in 1875. He had a son named Nathan who was my great-great grandfather. Wanda Mobley mouse5@gte.net