List, I got a notice that this email posted previously to the list had bounced, so will try again.. I had said: > Hi, > Bob and the Olsens > > No, I'm not a descendant of James nor Robert. Sorry.. :-\ > > Robert's Rev. pension does not name his father, just that he was > allowed off for a week or so to go visit him. (the father, probably > very ill or they would not have done so) But, a search of Hanover or > Goochland Co. VA records for the Busby's there might turn up something. > > I am a descendant of Edward or Edmund Busby/Busbee, etc. who was of > Wake Co., NC and whom I believe to be the son of Thomas Busby, Sr. > They all lived or received land that was a Granville grant to > Nathaniel Busby, in 1761, in the area that was probably Orange Co, but > may have been Johnston Co. NC. > > For those of you that don't have access to the DAR records in DC, if > you will get permission from your local library (if they have the > Heritage Quest Program) and go there, to the Rev. War link you can > find the actual records online for any pension that was applied for by > the soldier or his family. > And, there is this link that is online in rootsweb. now. submitted by > someone of Busby descent. > > http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~busby/military.htm > Sue