I am re-posting my request for information on Bushnells, Gordons, Hagans. Ethel in Louisiana. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ethel Sacker To: Hynum, Jill Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [MSJEFFER-L] BUSHNELL, GORDON, HAGAN Thanks, Jill, and all- for the response on Eusebius Bushnell, and the Spanish Land Grants. I wish I knew what you mean by "The Spanish Land Grant Records are all over". I would love to find those places. However, I think I have located one source in the Florida State Archives. I am in contact with a lady in the Archives. The MSJefferson website article is great, and is very useful info in my search of Eusebius Bushnell, my ancestor. He was the first Bushnell to come to Louisiana, but I have very little on his final years. Seems he spent his last several years in Spanish West Florida, which may have included Natchez, MS. Where were these Flatboats supposed to have landed? He is listed as a settler. That could be a really good clue. Appreciate all response. This is a great list. Ethel.

There are two books titled, "Residents of the Mississippi Territory, Miscellaneous," by Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards which were published in 1995. The index which is in the second book mentions the surname BUSHNELL on three pages, i.e. page 67 & 82 in Book 2A and page 122 in Book 2B. Page 67 has to do with the case of Robert Percy vs John Collins, Executor, 1804. Natchez. Feb. 1794 statement....Charles Percy, dec'd: David Lejeune & Daniel Ogden, Appraisers; John Newton & Eusebius Bushnell, witnesses; Frances Pompett & Don Manuel Gagofo de Lemos mentioned. An Estate inventory follows with a long list of negro men and their families and the ages of family members. British Navy Lt. Robert Percy, son of Charles Percy. Susan, 2nd wife of Charles Percy. Henry Hargoreder and Henry Rapier bought the estate. Death of William Vousdan mentioned. Thomas J. Percy, minor heir. Robert Dow, Attorney. Page 82 is a court case in 1824 which mentions a Charles Bushnell. Page 232 mentions that Eusebio Bushwell arrived in Natchez from Kentucky with a number of others. This was on 22 Jun 1790. (The spelling is not mine but what is shown in the book.) Many of the Spanish deeds in the Mississippi Territory were described in terms of distances from the Spanish Fort in Natchez. Thus, Twelve Mile Swamp might be somewhere within what is now Adams County.