Hi, I am very interested in the info in the email below mine regarding Sherad, Robert & Micajah Busby. I believe Robert to be my ggggrandfather. I only have one of his sons, David busby born 1810 TN according to census records. David married Lucy Lively (I believe) b. TN 1820, marriage probably about 1838 as the first child listed in the 1850 Humphreys Co. TN census was born c1840. The children are listed as follows: Lively J. b. c1840-female Robert b. c1842 Frances b. c1844-female Wade H. b. 9/1845-MY GREAT GRANDFATHER Daniel b. c1847 David (Jr.) b. c1849 Later Elizabeth & Susan were born. The way I found Wade's father, David was due to an old tale my mother tells me. Her father George Franklin Busby told her that his father, Wade, used to tell her father's brother James that his real name was "James Alexander Robert Daniel David Denton Majors Newton Busby. She thought it was just a joke but I figured it was a clue to the past. I finally found a David Busby with children Robert, Daniel & Daniel...Wades wife's, Clarinda Plumlee has a brother named Denton, Lively J. married a Newton Capps and I imagine perhaps Frances married a man named Majors but haven't found that yet. All those names would be uncles either by blood or marriage. I haven't yet found the Alexander or confirmed the Majors but it pays to listen to your elders in our research. They have clues and don't even know it. I figured that the Robert Busbee in the 1850 Stewart County TN census was the father of David due to David's his first son being named for David's father, the first daughter's name being Lively I felt had to be Lucy's last name and found a D.F. Lively in Humphreys Co. TN married to a Susan (stepmother to Lucy), the name of David's last daughter (that I have found). Also their daughter, Frances is named for David's mother. I believe Frances, wife of Robert, last name might be Howard but I am not positive. As to Sherad, I have seen him in my searches and somewhere, don't know where, I read that sometimes his name is spelled Sherwood and that might his correct name. If you pronounce the name Sherwood fast or with an accent you could easily come up with Sherad. Stewart County used to be part of Humphreys county or vice versa...have to look at my notes. I don't think the David Busby in Lincoln County, TN in an earlier census can be my David. There is also another Wade Busby married to a Martha Sweeny that is not my Wade. David and family must have spent some time in MS as all David's children up to David Jr. were born in TN except for Wade who was born in MS. David moved his family to Arkansas sometime between 1850 & 1860 as the 1860 AR census shows him married to a Mary who already had children, Jensey and Milton. I have info on David, Wade and Wades decendant's but would be very interested in Wade's (once spelled Waid in a census) brothers and sisters and Robert and Frances's other sons and daughters plus the parents of Robert, Sherad and Micajah. Thank you, Marsha McGee Bowen At 08:36 PM 8/11/99 EDT, you wrote: >Looking for information on Sherad, Robert and Micajah Busby who are brothers >who move from Lexington co. SC to Tennessee in the 1800s. > >Sherad is in Giles co. Tenn. 1820 census living next to his 2 sons Robert >and Meredith Busby. Robert ?. Meredith moves to Shelby co. Alabama in the >1830s is on the 1840,1850 and 1860 Shelby co. Ala. census. > >Robert is in Davidson co. Ten tax list of 1812 with brother Micajah. >Robert is in Humphreys co. Ten. 1820 census then in 1830,1840 and 1850 >Stewart co. Ten. census. Robert sais he is born in 1769 in NC and his wife is >Francis born 1775 TN. > >Micajah is in Dickson co. Ten. in 1820 census which is next to Davidson co. >Ten.Then is on the Henderson co. Ten census in 1830,1840 and 1850. >Micajahs wife is still alive in the 1850 census and sais she was born in 1770 >in NC. >Micajahs sons are Miles,Micajah and Sion Busby. > >If Robert was born in NC then Micajah was born in NC to and was probably >older than Robert. > >I think Sherad,Robert and Micajah are sons of Nathaniel Busby in Lexington >co. SC who moved from Johnston co. NC in the 1770s. There are all living >next to each other on the 1800 Lexington co. SC census. > > >==== BUSBY Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb Resource Cluster >http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames >Listowner: Barbara Peddicord mailto:nashoba@cdsnet.net > >