1860 Federal Census: Virginia
New Market District, PO New Market, Shenandoah County
Enumerated 26 July 1860
Page 696/105
Lines 32-39, HH 724/722
Jacob Bushong 69/Male/Farmer/$10050-79161/VA
Sarah Bushong 61/Female/VA
Elizabeth Bushong 33/Female/VA
Anderson Bushong 28/Male/FarmHand/VA
Elizabeth Bushong 27/Female/VA
Franklin Bushong 19/Male/VA
Sarah Bushong 1/Female/VA
William Bushong 3mos/Male/VA. Bushong Farm
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Soon, the growing family needed more space and a larger home was constructed in 1825.
Of their six children, only four lived to adulthood: Harrison, a master mechanic and builder who died before he was forty; Elizabeth, a talented quilter with a keen mind for business; Anderson, a farmer like his father and the first to marry and bring the joy of grandchildren to the farm; and Franklin, an adventurous fellow who settled in the West before Civil War gripped the nation.
On May 15, 1864 the Bushong’s fertile wheat fields became a battleground. Three generations of the family took shelter in the basement of their home. After the battle, they continued to occupy the basement as their home was pressed into service as a hospital. Determined and strong, they rebuilt in the aftermath of war. The family grew as they continued to till the land.
Due to an unfortunate crop yield, the Bushong property was sold in 1942. By 1944, it was owned by George Randall Collins, VMI Class of 1911, and was on its way to becoming a permanent memorial to the VMI Cadets in the Battle of New Market. In 1964, the Bushong Farm and surrounding property was deeded to VMI, creating the first act of Civil War battlefield preservation in the Shenandoah Valley. Jacob Bushong
Census • United States Census, 1830
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5N-1DJ : 20 February 2021), Jacob Bushong, Western District, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing 98, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 200; FHL microfilm 29,679.
Copy Citation
Name Jacob Bushong
Event Type Census
Event Date 1830
Event Place Western District, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Page 98. Jacob bought 1 acre, 3 rods and 13 poles from Charles Birnbaum and wife
Polly nee Hupp relative of George Hupp. The Deed was executed the 15 April
1824 for the amount of $37.00 and recorded 15 August 1826.
Shenandoah County Virginia Deed Book FF
Page 35
15 August 1826
"This Indenture made this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty six Between Charles Birnbaum of the County
of Shenandoah and State of Virginia of the one part and Jacob Bushong of the
county and state aforesaid of the other part. WITNESSETH that the Charles
Birnbaum for and in consideration of the sum of thirty seven dollars current
money of Virginia unto them in bond paid by the said Jacob Bushong the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged and thereof doth release acquit and discharge
the said Jacob Bushong his heirs executors and administrators by these
presents the said Charles Birnbaum has granted bargained sold aliened and confirmed
by these presents does grant bargain sell alien and confirm unto the said
Jacob Bushong his heirs and assign a certain piece or parcel of land situated
lying being in the said County of Shenandoah and State aforesaid near the town
of New Market on the west side of the main road being the same which was
conveyed to the said Charles Birnbaum by a Deed of Bargain and Sale bearing date
the 15th day of April 1824 from George Hupp and Polly is wife bounded as
followeth to wit: BEGINNING at a stone and running South 43 degrees West 24.6 to
a stake thence South 68 East 13.8 to a stake thence North 23 degrees East
14.5 to the place of Beginning containing one acre three rods and thirteen
poles be the same more or less together with all houses, buildings, orchards,
ways, watercourses, mines or profits, commodities, Hereditaments and
appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining and the
reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders rents issues. Also all the
estate rights, title, interest, use, trusts, property, claim and demand
whatsoever of them, the said Charles Birnbaum in law or equity of and in the premises
aforesaid and every part thereof TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the
premises with the appurtenances hereby conveyed unto the said Jacob Bushong his
heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of the said Jacob Bushong
his heirs and assignees forever. And lastly that the said Charles Birnbaum
and his heirs all and singular the premises hereby conveyed with the
appurtenances thereto belonging unto the said Jacob Bushong his assigns theirs against
them the said Charles Birnbaum and his heirs and all and every other person
and persons whatsoever shall and will warrant and forever defend by these
presents.
In Witness whereof the said Charles Birnbaum has here unto set his hand and
seal the day and year first above written."
Charles Birnbaum, Seal
Recorded 21 August 1826. Chancery Record held in Page County Courthouse, Luray, Virginia
Whereas as disputes and misunderstandings have arisen and now exist between
Henry Strickler, Abraham Strickler, David Strickler the husband of Elizabeth
the daughter of Abraham Strickler dec'd and Jacob Bushong the husband of Sally
the daughter of the said Abraham Strickler dec'd and Christina Strickler the
widow and relict of Abraham Strickler dec'd the above named Henry Strickler,
Abraham Strickler, David Strickler for his wife Elizabeth and Jacob Bushong
for his wife Sally heirs of Abraham Strickler dec'd. Now for the ending and
deciding thereof, it is, hereby mutually agreed by and between the above named
Henry Strickler, Abraham Strickler, David Strickler for his wife Elizabeth,
Jacob Bushong for his wife Sally and Christina Strickler the widow and relict
of the said Abraham Strickler dec'd. That all matters and difference between
them touching or any any wise connected with an equal and equitable
distribution of all the real estate of which the said Abraham Strickler died seized
and possessed of shall be referred and submitted to the arbitrament; final end
and determination of John W. Rice, Isaac Thomas, John Beaver, Daniel Co
ffman, and Joseph Aleshire or any three of them arbitrators indifferently elected
by the said Henry Strickler, Abraham Strickler, David Strickler for his wife
Elizabeth, Jacob Bushong for his wife Sally, and Christina Strickler wife and
relict of said Abraham Strickler dec'd, So as the said arbitrators or any
three of them do make and publish their award or acts of distribution and
settlement of said differences, in writing ready to be delivered to the above
named parties, or such of them as shall desire the same as soon as practicable.
And it is hereby mutually agreed by and between the said Henry Strickler,
Abraham Strickler, David Strickler for his wife Elizabeth, and Jacob Bushong for
his wife Sally, legal heirs of Abraham Strickler dec'd. and Christina
Strickler widow and relict of Abraham Strickler dec'd. that this submission shall be
made a rule of Court.
In Witness whereof, the above persons parties to these presents have here to
set their hands this 7th day of Feby. 1837.
Henry Strickler, Seal
Abram Strickler, Seal
David Strickler, Seal
Jacob Bushong (in German Script), Seal
Christina Strickler, her X mark and Seal
Page County To Wit:
At a Court held for the County of Page on Monday the 26 day of November
1840
The foregoing Submission and award, were on Motion, made a Rule of Court,
and ordered to be recorded.
Teste:
W. A. Harris, CC. Jacob Bushong and Sarah Strickler
Part VIII
Part 2 of 2
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Benjamin Strickler of lawful age first duly sworn
Deposeth saith:
Question by Defendants: State any thing you may know about Jacob Bushong's
having received money belonging to Abraham Strickler.
Answer: I know that he (Bushong) told me that he had received bonds from
Abraham Strickler amounting to $1000 which he had collected; he also said that
if he Bushong had not got the bonds that the money would have been lost as he
believed.
Question by Complainant: Did he in the same conversation inform you that he
had applied the money raised in the bonds to pay Abraham Stricklers debt?
Answer: He did not.
Question by Complainant: On whom were the bonds he spoke of?
Answer: If I mistake one was on Charles Pence another (I think) on Samuel
Husten.
Question by Defendant: State whether Pence and Husten were both sold out
Answer: I do not know certainty, but would suppose they were.
And further Saith not Benjamin Strickler
David Strickler a defendant in this suit whose evidence is taken subject to
all just enception being of lawful age and first duly sworn deposeth as
follows:
Question of Defendant: State any thing you may know about John Strickler the
admr. of Abraham Strickler having offered Jacob Bushong money in amount of
his wife's interest in the estate.
Answer: I heard John Strickler offer him $100 which he declined receiving.
The offer was on amount of his wife's interest in the ......estate.
And further saith not.
David I. Strickler
The foregoing depositions were taken and sworn to before the ..........a
Justice of the Peace for Page County at the time and place in the caption
mentioned. In the presence of the counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant.
John Lionberger. Jacob Bushong and Sarah Strickler
Part VI (C)
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I then carried to the credit of each of the children of said decedent the
respective sums of $1284.92 1/4 to their separate accounts, with the said
Administrator and also carried to the credit of the widow, in a like account, her
share of the Estate which was $1208.27. And after charging the said
Advancements to such as received aforesaid, and also charging each Distributee with
payments made to them by the Admr. and interest on such payments, to the 31
August 1845, I find as stated on the preceding page, that the Administrator
overpaid Jacob Bushong $384.81 and that the Admr. owes the widow $14.79, David
Strickler $188.76, Henry Strickler $181.06 1/4, and Abram Strickler $94.09
including interest from the date of closing the Administrators account with the
Estate, to this 31 August 1845. The time which calculations are made settling
this account.
I have charged as Commissioned 44 hours for settling this account,
although I have been engaged double that time, in examining the papers, reading
Depositions, issuing notices for parties to appear before me as Commissioner,
examining and bringing the propper charges from the former accounts and
arranging them in order in this account, in examining and arranging Vouchers, since
the esparte settlements, in examining the advancements charged in Decedents
Book, in making numerous and long calculations of Interest, in opening 5
accounts with the Distributees and this Admt. and the general Account of the Admr
with the Estate at 75 cents per house is $33. Commissioner fee 20 hours for
settling the account of Abram Spitler and 5 accounts, with his Distributees,
which at 45 cents per hour is $15 making in all $48.
My fee for the 12 accounts. All of which is respectfully submitted for
the consideration of the Court.
J. M. McPherson
Master Commissioner, Page County. I have also charged Jacob Bushong in his separate Account with the Admr.
with the further sum of One thousand dollars, not found against him in the book
of charges before named, but which sum of one thousand Dollars, the said Abram
Strickler in his life time advanced to the said Jacob Bushong as has been
proven by the Depositions in this suit, to which I refer the Court.
I have made no change in the Commission of Seven per cent, allowed by the
former Commissioner, I do not think it too much, when I look into the
Inventory of the personal estate, and find $5315.00 the value of the slaves, on
which no commission was allowed, and yet some responsibility rested on the Admt.
and moreover the first Admr. was in advance of receipts, nearly $400.00 and
when that came back into the hands of the present Admr. I allowed no
Commission on such receipt; because that part of the estate out of which he was
reimbursed, has give unto the hands of the Admr. de bonis non.
I will further state to the court in this place although it would have
come in more appropriate on the preceding days where I refered to the more of
settling accts. in Granberry against Granberry, to wit: In page (6). I....the
general account of the Admr. with the Estate on the 1st January 1843 allowing
all propper charges against the Estate and the Commission before named and
excluding from that general account payments to the widow and distributees, at
which date their was then a balance in the hands of the said Administrators
to be distributed among the heirs and widow of Abram Strickler decd. of
$3624.82. One third of this sum was the Widows share $1208.27 which left the sum
of $2416.55 for the other four distributees, who are children of the said Abram
Strickler decd.; to this last sum was added the advancements, which each
child received from said Abram Strickler during his life time, was bought in to
Hotchpot, Jacob Bushong received $1278.74 including the $1000. David
Strickler received $825.67 and Henry Strickler received $618.73. Abram Strickler
received nothing which sum above of $2416.55 and the advancements make the sum
total of $5139.69 to be divided among the four children and heirs of said Abram
Strickler deceased, leaves the sum of $1284.92 1/4 for each heir, which four
sum of $1284.92 1/4 I credited the Admr with which produced the sum total
above of $5139.69 which closed the general account of the Administrator. Jacob Bushong and Sarah Strickler
Part V
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Deposition of George M. Pennybacker taken at the Firm of Philip Ligett in
the Town of New Market in the County of Shenandoah (in Pursuance of a notice
herewith returned) this 16th day of July 1842 to be read in Evidence in a suit
now pending in the Circuit Supreme Court of Law and chancery for the County of
Page (being a suit in Chancery) wherein Jacob Bushong and Sarah his wife are
Plaintiffs and Abraham Spitler Administrator of Abraham Strickler dec. and
David I. Strickler Admin. of John Strickler decd. The said John Strickler dec.
being the Admin. of the said Abraham Strickler decd. Henry Strickler, David
Strickler and Elizabeth his wife, and Abraham Strickler. The said Henry,
Elizabeth and Abraham being distributes of the said Abraham Strickler decd.
Defendants.
The said George M. Pennybacker being first duly sworn for that purpose on
his oath deposeth and saith:
Question by Plaintiffs Counsel: State whether in the year 1819 you were
Clerk and kept the Books of your father the late Benjamin Pennybacker decd.
Answer: I was Clerk and kept the Books.
Question: State whether or not your father the said Benj. Pennybacker dec.
was then indebted to the said Abraham Strickler decd.
Answer: He was indebted.
Question: State whether as Clerk as aforesaid you settled and adjusted the
accounts then ever .......the said Benj. Pennybacker and the said Abraham
Strickler.
Answer: I presumed I did as the entries are in my hand writing.
Question: State to whom did you pay the amount due from Benj. Pennybacker to
said Abraham Strickler.
Answer: Jacob Bushong.
Question: Was the debt due by Bond from Benj. Pennybacker to Abraham
Strickler?
Answer: It was.
Question: State whether the bond was assigned by Abraham Strickler to Jacob
Bushong.
Answer: I am of the opinion there was some assignment.
Question: By what authority was the payment of the Bond made to Jacob
Bushong?
Answer: I believe that Bushong only acted as agent for Strickler and that
Abraham Strickler never objected to the payment made to Bushong so far as my
knowledge extends.
Question: State how and in what way you made the payment to Jacob Bushong as
assigned.
Answer: The debt due by Benj. Pennybacker to Abram Strickler was 122.7.10
that sum was paid in the following manners Viz:
1819 Feb 7- To. note given Bushong on Brown & Smith 74.5.1 1/2
To. Interest on the above note
1.3.0 1/2
To. Cash paid Bushong 46.19.8
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122.7.10
And further the deposent saith not.
George M. Pennybacker
Sworn and subscribed to before me, on the day and at the place set forth in
the above of foregoing deposition.
I. D. Hinkle, JP
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The deposition of Moses Watton, taken at the same time and place as set
forth in the foregoing deposition of George M. Pennybacker to be read in evidence
in the suit therein set forth. The said Moses Watton being first duly sworn
deposeth and saith:
Question by Plaintiff: State whether you know of Abraham Strickler having
purchased a Tract of Land of Henry Bushong the father of the Plaintiff Jacob
Bushong?
Answer: I know that Abraham Strickler bought said Land from Henry Bushong,
and I drew the Deed from Henry Bushong to said Abraham Strickler as he
Strickler's agreed which Deed was recorded and acknowledged before myself and John
Neuman two Justice of the Peace for Shenandoah County where the land lies to
the best of my belief.
Question: State whether you ever heard said Abraham Strickler assign any
reason why he bought the land aforesaid.
Answer: At the time he requested me to write the Deed, I understood from him
he had purchased the Land to save Jacob Bushong his son in law and to save
himself for money loaned to said Henry.
Question: State whether Jacob Bushong paid any money on the Land purchased
by Abraham Strickler from Henry Bushong.
Answer: I do not know.
Question: Had you any conversation with Abraham Strickler as to what
disposition was to be made of the Land which he purchased as above?
Answer: I have no particular recollection on that subject but believe I
asked said Strickler if the Deed were to be made to him or to the said Jacob
Bushong.
Question: Is the Land mentioned in your deposition the same land which was
sold by James Brown to the said Henry Bushong?
Answer: It is the same Land.
And further this deposed saith not.
Moses Watton
The deposition of Moses Watton was sworn and subscribed to before me at the
time and place set forth in the deposition of George M. Pennybacker.
I. D. Hinkel, JP. Chancery Records Page County Courthouse, Luray, Virginia
Deposition of Isaac Thomas:
The Deposition of Isaac Thomas taken this 13th day of May 1842 in the Clerks
office in the Town of Harrisonburg, Rockingham County Virginia between the
hours of nine oclock and six oclock of said day to be read in evidence in a
suit in chancery now pending in the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
for the County of Page, whereas Jacob Bushong and Sarah his wife are
Plaintiffs and David I. Strickler administrator of John Strickler dec'd which said
John was admin. of Abraham Strickler dec'd., Aleshire, Spitler, Thomas
arbitrators now of Abraham Strickler decd. Henry Strickler, Abraham Strickler, and
David Strickler and Elizabeth his wife are Defendants.
The said Isaac Thomas being first duly sworn deposeth and saith:
Question of Plaintiff Counsel: Were you acquainted with Abraham Strickler
late of Page County, and who lived near the Road leading from New Market to
Frederickberg?
Answer: I was.
Question of Plaintiff: State whether you ever had a conversation with
Abraham Strickler decd. in regard to his land upon which Jacob Bushong and wife now
reside. If so, State the substance of the conversation.
Answer: I think in the later part of the year 1821 in New Market in the town
to announcement of 1822. I had a conversation with Abraham Strickler in
which he informed me that he had been reluctantly compelled to purchase the land
of Henry Bushong (the father of Jacob). That he had made a judgment for said
Henry Bushong to owe James Brown Sr. and in order to insure him surety was
even pulled to take the land.
Question by Complainant: State whether you was one of the arbitrators called
on to divide the lands and settle matters between the widow and heirs of
Abraham Strickler decd?
Answer: I was.
Question by Complainant: State what occurred at the arbitration in regard to
the claim of $1000 now alleged to have been issued by Jacob Bushong?
Answer: I knowest nothing about that.
In Witness now
Isaac Thomas
End of Deposition of Isaac Thomas
The foregoing deposition was taken sworn to and subscribed before the
subscriber in justice of the peace in and for Rockingham County at the time and
place in the deposition mentioned.
A. N. Smith
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At the same time and place as in the Monday deposition the deposition of
Abraham Smith was also taken.
Question of Complainants: State whether you were covenanted with James Brown
some year back in the subscribed business in New Market then and in our
County, Virginia.
Answer: I was in the years 1818 and 1819.
Question: State whether you know anything of the purchase of land by Abraham
Strickler from Henry Bushong.
Answer: Only from hearsay. I know Henry Bushong purchased of Brown.
Question: State whether you know of any obligation from Charles Pence to
James Brown.
The defendants object to the above question ......the obligation be his
..now ...or account for.
Answer: The terms that Henry Bushong bought of James Brown he was unable to
make the payments for...then ...an arrangement made between the parties to pay
James Brown a bond of undecideable amount..I think bond was paid. I think by
Jacob Bushong with the funds of .....Strickler the satisfaction of Jacob
Bushong as I understood. Amongst the funds a bond used in the payment was a bond
of in or about $1000 on Charles Pence with several securities which bond
James Brown ...of Jacob Bushong (then come in payment of a debt ... Plaintiff
and Issued it of James Brown which he owned one and I sold it to William Rice
at ......on account to pay a security debt for Daniel Ragan.
Question: State whether at the time Jacob Bushong delivered the bond of
Pence--Any obligation on the Pennybackers was also delivered or a paid ....amount
of the bond to Brown.
Answer: My recollection on that matter is indistinct. There was other paper
transferred for the purpose of paying the bond to Brown but whether at the
same time I cannot say.
Question: State whether the .....firm of Brown ....were indebted to the
Pennybakers.
Answer: I think they were so indebted at all times during our ....for
..........and further ......
Wit:
A. N. Smith
End of Deposition. Due to an unfortunate crop yield, the Bushong property was sold in 1942. By 1944, it was owned by George Randall Collins, VMI Class of 1911, and was on its way to becoming a permanent memorial to the VMI Cadets in the Battle of New Market. In 1964, the Bushong Farm and surrounding property was deeded to VMI, creating the first act of Civil War battlefield preservation in the Shenandoah Valley. VMI.edu. Tutwiler_Edward, Hunter_David
The Bushong name, which graces the records of Reformed, Lutheran, Quaker and Baptist churches throughout Pennsylvania and the West, is likewise a part of the history of Shenandoah Valley churches. The New Market, Virginia newspaper noted in their August 1, 1873 obituary of Jacob Bushong,
DIED “Near New Market, Va., July 27, 1873 Jacob Bushong aged 82 years, 11 months and 7 days. Thus another one of Shenandoah’s octogenarians has passed away; not only full of years, but highly esteemed for his honesty, industry, and hospitality. Some months before his death, he was baptized into Christ, and received into connection with St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church, and died in hope of a home with Christ, in that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”. Jacob Bushong, of New Market Battlefield, had person sources.
1 !!!! NOTE: this account is WAS NOT for the Battle of New Market!!!! The date and place was fradulently changed from 1865 at Maurey, Virginia. Originally published in the Confederate Veteran. -found by Rick Bushong, Aug., 2023-----------!!!
On the morning of May 15, 1864, the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute fell into rank and began the march to New Market, where they would serve as a last defense against a Northern force headed by General Franz Sigel.
Despite his determination not to let the boys see actual combat, Southern General John Breckinridge was forced to, at last, commit the young, grey-clad corps to fill a gap in the line as the battle raged near the old Bushong Farm. The young cadets fought valiantly and helped turn the tide of battle, securing an increasingly rare victory for the doomed Confederacy.
Mustered at dawn, the 247 cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, more than half first-year students as young as 15, fell into ranks and began the long march to New Market. Having left with a minimum of baggage, they camped near the town of Midway when the rains began to pour down.
“Let’s run for the church,” said Private Edward Tutwiler, pointing to the nearby Presbyterian meeting house.
When his friends objected that “they might not like it,” Tutwiler replied, “We can’t fight if we drown first.”
Tutwiler would later write, “We slept where many a good follower of Calvin had slept before us.”
The boys climbed through a window and by morning, every cushioned pew was occupied by cadets.
General Ulysses S. Grant had ordered Union troops to proceed up the valley as a flanking maneuver to press Confederate General Robert E. Lee from the west. The small Confederate force had little choice but to deploy every resource, which in this case included the mostly teenaged cadet corps of Virginia’s Military Institute.
John Breckinridge had served as vice president of the United States, ran second to Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 Electoral College vote for president, been expelled from the U.S. Senate for siding with the South and risen to the rank of general in the Confederate Army. Yet, it was in the last year of the war, in the peaceable Shenandoah Valley, that he would face one of the most difficult decisions of his life. With his center collapsing, he realized that his last hope lay with the youngsters from the Institute, and that they would be advancing directly across open ground into enemy fire.
“May God forgive me the order,” said Breckinridge.
Soon the full force of Union General Sigel’s army poured into the Shenandoah Valley, forcing Breckinridge to make his fateful command to send the boys into battle.
The battle raged for hours, with cadets streaming on both sides of the Bushong farmhouse into the fray. In the pouring rain, with freshly plowed fields, the cadets found their footwear consistently stuck in the mud of the Bushong farm. As they pressed forward, the mud’s suction ripped the shoes from their feet, earning the property the name that sticks to this day: “The Field of Lost Shoes.”
The Bushong family, at first, remained below in the basement, but as casualties mounted, soon they were upstairs preparing to receive the dead and dying. It mattered little whether the wounded wore gray or blue, the Bushong family took them in. It would be weeks before the last of the wounded would leave the once-idyllic farm, but the bloodstains on the wooden floors are still visible today.
There has long been speculation that the kindness of the Bushong’s toward the Union soldiers accounts for the fact that the Bushong barn was virtually alone in being spared when Union General Philip Sheridan later wreaked havoc in the valley.
The Bushong name, which graces the records of Reformed, Lutheran, Quaker and Baptist churches throughout Pennsylvania and the West, is likewise a part of the history of Shenandoah Valley churches.
To read the full account of “The Field of Lost Shoes,” visit the Leben website.
source: http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/247-boys-forced-to-fight-at-field-of-lost-
shoes/. One of Jacob's slaves...Israel
name: Israel Bushing
gender: Male
baptism/christening date:
baptism/christening place:
birth date: 03 Jul 1857
birthplace: New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia
death date:
name note: Slave owner's surname
race: Black
father (or slave owner): Jacob Bushing
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Mary
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C00937-1
system origin: Virginia-EASy
source film number: 33931
reference number: p 38. Will of Jacob Bushong mention's 3 children and 3 grandchildren
Will written: 20 December 1872
Will recorded: 8 September 1873
my wife, Sarah Bushong
my son Anderson Bushong
my son Benjamin Franklin Bushong
my daughter Elizabeth Ann Bushong
To Caroline Bushong, Daughter of my son Anderson
to William Franklin, son of Anderson
to Jacob Bushong, who is also the son of Anderson Bushong
20th day of December 1872.
Jacob Bushong
Recorded 8 September 1873. Jacob Bushong, father Henry and brother Philip are discussed in this suit...
Shenandoah County Virginia Chancery
Superior Court - Winchester
Instituted 1824
1857 - 005
JACOB BUSHONG VS MARK ALLEN
To the Honorable Henry George Tucker Judge of the Superior Court of
Chancery held in Winchester.
Humbly complaining Your Orator Jacob Bushong sheweth to your Honor. That on
the 17th day of August eighteen Hundred and twenty one, a certain Henry
Bushong, the Father of your Orator and Philip Bushong, your Orator's Brother
executed a note to a certain Mark Allen, who your Orator prays, may be made
a defendant to this Bill of Complaint for the sum of two hundred and
twenty four dollars and fifty four cents current money made payable on or before
the first day of January then next, ensuing that the said Bond was given
for the purchase of Corn to be delivered by said Allen to the said Henry
Bushong; That after the executing of the said Bond by said Henry and Philip,
the said Allen failed to deliver to the said Bushong the quantity of Corn
purchased by the said Bushong, two Hundred Bushels for which one Hundred
Bushels, he had at the time of executing the Note before mentioned in due Bill
on said Allen for the delivery on or before Christmas next, ensuing the
date which said Allen has never discharged. Nevertheless the said Allen with
knowing the premises and well knowing that the said Bushong was Justly
indebted to a credit on the Note for the said One Hundred Bushels of Corn which
at Four shillings per Bushels amounted to the sum of Sixty six Dollars
seventy six and twenty three cents, commenced a suit against the said Henry
Bushong and said Bushong in the County Court of Shenandoah. The writ was
executed on the said Philip and only retainable or returnable to the Court and
your Orator became the Appearance Bail of the said Philip just failing to
enter special bail, a Judgement went against the said Philip and your Orator
as Appearance Bail previous to the Judgement last mentioned the said Allen
had such out an attachment against Henry Bushong the other obliger to
Compel an appearance which suit he has plead to and it now depending in the
County Court of Shenandoah in which said suit the said Henry Bushong instructed
his counsel to plead the said Due Bill, and on other account for Whiskey
for the sum of Nine Pounds Ten Shillings as a faith the said attorney
finding that there was a Judgement against Philip and your Orator as Appearance
Bail did not expect an execution would open on the Judgement as the Bond on
which it was rendered was a Joint Bond or Note and not a Joint and Several
bond Plaintiffs satisfied or repealing the claim by the plaintiffs before
mentioned in the amounted sum of One Hundred and Seven Dollars when in fact
there was not more than Sixty eight dollars due on the Bond when the suit
was brought, so that the said Mark Allen was indebted to the said Henry at
the time of his bringing the suit aforesaid. Be that as it may the said Allen
filed his execution against the said Philip and your Orator as his
Appearance Bail without waiting for the decision of the suit against the said
Henry Bushong the principal in the Note and the said Joint Note; And the
property of your Orator was executed to discharge said unrighteous Judgement and
he was compelled to give a forthcoming Bond for the delivery of property
which was not delivered and a Judgement hath since been obtained on said
forthcoming Bond; And your Orator's property is now under execution and will be
sold in a few days unless prevented by the interference of your Honor, all
which actings and doings are contrary to equity and good conscious all as
much therefore as your Orator is without remedy at Common law and only and
properly relievable in a Court of Equity, he prays the Commonweath's
suppression of injunction may be granted him restraining the Sheriff and all
other persons whosoever from any further Proceedings on the said Judgement and
executive until the matter can be fully heard and determined in Equity and
that the said Mark Allen may on his corporal oath be compelled true and
perfect answers to this several allegations contained in this Bill of
Complaint as he was again interrogated thereto, particular to state whether the
Bond on which his original Judgement was obtained was not a Joint Bond and not
a Joint and Several Bond and whether there is not a suit now depending
against Henry Bushong the person who first executed the said Note and who
received the benefit of the Corn for which it was given and whether the said
Henry is not Justly entitled to the efforts before mentioned in addition to
the credits of One Hundred and sixty six and Ninety cents and your Orator as
in duty bound will ever pray etc.
JACOB BUSHONG
J. STRUTHERS, PE
This day personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace for
Shenandoah County the within named Jacob Bushong who made oath that the
within Bill of Injunction contains the truth to the best of his knowledge and
belief.
Given under my Hand and Seal this 18th day of August 1824.
Samuel Bare, Justice of the Peace. Jacob Bushong
Birth: 1790 in New Market, Virginia
Death: 27 Jul 1873 in New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Father: Henry W. Bushong b: 19 May 1763 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Mother: Barbara Lohr b: 1766 in Bavaria, Germany
Marriage 1 Sarah Srickler b: 3 Nov 1797 in Virginia
Married: 5 Mar 1818 in Shenendoah County, Virginia
Children
1. Sallie Bushong
2. Caroline S. Bushong
3. Harrison Bushong b: 25 May 1819 in Virginia
4. Elizabeth Ann Bushong b: 11 Mar 1826 in Virginia
5. Anderson Bushong b: 28 Feb 1832 in Shenendoah, Virginia
6. Franklin J. Bushong b: 12 Sep 1840 in Shenendoah, Virginia. Will of Jacob Bushong mention's these children and heirs....
Will written: 20 December 1872
Will recorded: 8 September 1873
my wife, Sarah Bushong
my son Benjamin Franklin Bushong
my other two children, Anderson Bushong and Elizabeth Ann Bushong
To Caroline Bushong, Daughter of my son Anderson
to William Franklin, son of Anderson
to Jacob Bushong, who is also the son of Anderson Bushong
20th day of December 1872.
Jacob Bushong
Recorded 8 September 1873
- a son, Harrison was said to have died before the new will was written - daughters Sallie and Caroline had likely died, too as there was no mention of them... Stone photo present - multiple with ...
Jacob
Sally
Harrison
Abram
Caroline
Elizabeth
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Jacob Bushong
Birth: Aug 20, 1790
New Market
Shenandoah County
Virginia, USA
Death: Jul. 27, 1873
New Market
Shenandoah County
Virginia, USA
Family links:
Spouse:
Sarah Strickler Bushong (1797 - 1889)
Children:
Elizabeth Ann Bushong (1826 - 1907)*
Franklin J Bushong (1840 - 1927)*
*Point here for explanation
Burial:
Saint Matthews Cemetery
New Market
Shenandoah County
Virginia, USA
Created by: Jan robinson
Record added: Feb 02, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 33479496. Slave owner
Enumerated Sept 9 1850
United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 for Jacob Bushong
an example....
Owner's Name: Jacob Bushong
Residence: Shenandoah county, Shenandoah, Virginia
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Age: 74 years
Calculated Birth Year: 1776
Film Number: 444983
Digital Folder Number: 4206483
Image Number: 00176
Line Number: 16
County: Shenandoah
State: Virginia. In the 1850 Census in Shenandoah, Virginia, Jacob is found with mother, Barbara age 83 born MD, living with them.
note: this document was viewed and the name is "Bushong" the place of birth is MD - not Massachusetts,
enumerated Oct 2, 1850
Bushing, Shenandoah county, part of, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Name: Jacob Bushing
Event: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Shenandoah county, part of, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 59
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race (Expanded):
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Estimated Birth Year: 1791
Dwelling House Number: 1646
Family Number: 1655
Line Number: 29
NARA Publication Number: M432
NARA Roll Number: 976
Film Number: 444966
Digital Folder Number: 004206466
Image Number: 00241
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Jacob Bushing M 59 Massachusetts
Sarah Bushing F 51 Virginia
Harrison Bushing M 30 Virginia
Elizabeth A Bushing F 24 Virginia
Anderson Bushing M 19 Virginia
Benjamin F Bushing M 9 Virginia
Barbara Bushing F 83 Massachusetts. Battle of New Market, Virginia. May 15, 1864
In 1821 Henry Bushong sold the property to Jacob Bushong's father-in-law
Abraham Strickler.
Shenandoah County Virginia Deed Book BB
Pages 153-155
30 June 1821
Henry Bushong and wife Barbara to Abraham Strickler
207 1/2 acres of land situated in Shenandoah County, Virginia
For the Sum of $3162.50.
Henry Bushong signed in the German script
Abraham Strickler's daughter Sarah had married Jacob Bushong in 1818 after
courting her since 1814 and they had set up residency on the property, building
the little 1818 house first. After the death in 1836 of Sarah's father
Abraham Strickler a court battle raged in Page County court. The heirs of Abraham
Strickler vs. Jacob and Sarah Strickler Bushong who wanted to remain on the
property that Jacob had improved with the home and outbuildings. During the
time of his marriage until Abraham Strickler's death in 1836, Jacob Bushong
bought land surrounding the Strickler property. From 1836 until 1847 in the
Page County court, Jacob and Sarah fought for the right of Sarah to inherit the
land they lived on and finally won when the heirs signed over the property to
them.
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1850-1851 Shenandoah County Virginia Tax Assessment Book
District of Joseph Wattson
Jacob Bushong
207 1/2 acres--New Market- Residence (Inherited from Abraham Strickler)
1 and 133/160 acre---N. New Market
128 1/4 acres--Mountain Land. Shenandoah County Virginia Marriages
Groom: Bushong, Jacob
Age -
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Father: -
Mother: - Married
2 Mar 1818
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Bride: Strickler, Sally
Age -
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Father: -
Mother: -. Date caluculates to Aug 20, 1790
Shenandoah Valley newspaper
New Market, Virginia
1 August 1873
DIED
"Near New Market, Va., July 27, 1873
Jacob Bushong--aged 82 years, 11 months and 7 days.
Thus another one of Shenandoah's octogenarians has passed away; not only
full of years, but highly esteemed for his honesty, industry, and hospitality.
Some months before his death, he was baptised into Christ, and received into
connection with St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church, and died in hope of
a home with Christ, in that house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens." Shenandoah County Virginia Will Book 16
Pages 38-40
Will written: 20 December 1872
Will recorded: 8 September 1873
WILL OF JACOB BUSHONG
I Jacob Bushong of the county of Shenandoah, do hereby make my last will and
testament in the manner and form following:
Test---I devise and hereby direct my execator to pay out of such of my
personal estate as may come into his hands to be administered, all my just debts
and funeral expenses.
Second: I give to my wife, Sarah Bushong, for and during her life, all my
real estate. It is my desire however, and I hereby direct, that my son Anderson
Bushong be premitted, as long as my wife lives (if they can live peaceably
together) to occupy and cultivate the farm by his paying her my said wife, one
third of the grain raised upon the farm, (if she requires it) and allowing
her as much of the pasture and such shelter, as she may need for her stock, and
one-third of the grain raised upon the farm, (if she requires it, and
allowing her as much of the pasture and such shelter, as she may need for her
stock, and one-third of the fruit if she requires it. I also give her, my said
wife all my household and kitchen furniture, my loom and tackling, one bridle,
one side saddle, all the stock on the farm now known as her stocks, to dispose
of as she pleases, and I give her during her life the interest on a bond I
hold against R. M. Conn for one thousand dollars.
Third: I Give to my son Benjamin Franklin Bushong fifteen hundred dollars,
to be paid to him by my son Anderson Bushong in six equal annual payments,
commencing one year after my death, but should my son Benjamin Franklin die
before the said legacy is paid, as while any part thereof remains unpaid, if he
leaves no children or grand children, the said legacy, as such part thereof as
may remain unpaid, shall be equally divided between my other two children,
Anderson Bushong and Elizabeth Ann Bushong or their heirs.
Forth: I give to my daughter Elizabeth Ann Bushong, after the death of my
wife, for and during her life, all that part of the farm upon which I now reside
included within the following boundaries to wit:
Beginning at the blacksmith shop in the corner of my land, thence with said
lane (passing the Barn) to the gate of a field lying between the turn of the
land and the river (the field is commonly called the rocky field) thence
turning to the left and runing with the fence of the said field, at the upper and
of the same, crossing Indian hollow, to Shirleys line, and Kipps line to the
river, thence down the river to Harshbargers corner: then with Hershbargers
line to the land leading from Harshbargers land to my house, thence with
Strayers line and the lane to the beginning corner at the Blacksmith shop, Except
one half of the dwelling house and the out houses, one half of the yard and
garden, one half of Barn, and one half of orchard, which is reserved for my
son Anderson
I also give her for and during her life one half of a track of timber land
lying on the Fort mountain adjoining the lands of P. E. Frederick, David Neff
and others. After the death of my said daughter Elizabeth Ann I give all the
above mention real estate, in which I have given her a life interest, to her
children. To them and thair heirs forever but if she should die leaving no
children or grand children, then and in that event, if at the time of her death,
my son Anderson should be living, I give to him and during his life all the
real estate in which I have herein given my said daughter Elizabeth Ann a
life interest, and after his death, I give the same to such of my son Andersons
children, as my said daughter shall by will properly executed, designate as
heir to the same, The right to make such designation is hereby given her as
fully as if in fee simple title had been reservedly vested in her but if she
should die leaving no children or grand children and without making such
designation, in that event I give the said real estate to the children of my said
son Anderson to them and there heirs forever.
In giving the above mentioned real estate to my daughter Elizabeth Ann
during her life, the right is hereby expresly reserved and given to my son
Anderson to cultivate the same by his giving her one-third of the grain and hay
raised upon her part of the lands, as much of the pasture and shelter as she may
need for her stocks, and all the fruit on her part of the orchard.
Fifth: I give all my real estate not herein disposed of to my son Anderson
Bushong, including the part of the house, out houses, yard, garden, Barn,
Orchards and excepted in Elizabeth Anns share to him and his heirs forever. I
also give him all my horses (excepting which is known as Elizabeth Anns the
right of which is hereby confirmed to her) horse gear, cattle, sheep, and hogs,
(except such as is known as my wifes) all my wagons, plows, Harrow, and other
farming utensils and instruments of every kind, including the Blacksmith tools
and all other tools.
Sixth: I give to my three grand children after the death of my wife, the
thousand Dollars upon which, by the second clause or item of this my will, she
is to receive the interest to be divided as follows: To Caroline Bushong,
Daughter of my son Anderson three hundred dollars, to William Franklin, son of
Anderson, three hundred dollars, and to Jacob Bushong, who is also the son of
Anderson Bushong, four hundred dollars.
Seventh: Should I at my death have any real estate, or any personal estate
not herein disposed of, I give the same after the payments of my debts and
funeral expenses, to my son Anderson and my daughter Elizabeth Ann, to them and
thair heirs forever: and lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my son
Anderson Bushong, Execator of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all
others or former wills or testaments by me made at any time heretofore made.
In witness I have set my hand and affixed my signature and seal this 20th
day of December 1872.
Jacob Bushong
Signed in the German Script
Signed sealed, published and declared by Jacob Bushong as and for his last
will and testament in the presence of and hearing of us who at his request in
his presence and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as
witnesses thereto.
Samuel B. Harshbarger
George M. Tidler
R. M. Conn
Recorded 8 September 1873. Slave Owner 1850 Slave Schedule
1820 Census showing one female slave under fourteen years of age
1850 Female age 74 (abt 1776) Black (Jacob Bushong Shenandoah, Shenandoah county, Virginia)
1850 Male age 19 (abt 1831) Black (Jacob Bushong Shenandoah, Shenandoah county, Virginia)
1850 Female age 14 (abt 1836) Mulato (Jacob Bushong Shenandoah, Shenandoah county, Virginia)
1857 Mary age 14 gives birth to Israel (Jacob Bushong Shenandoah, Shenandoah county, Virginia)
1857 Israel born to Mary (Jacob Bushong Shenandoah, Shenandoah county, Virginia)
1860 Mary age 24 (abt 1826) (Jacob Bushong Shenandoah, Shenandoah county, Virginia)
1860 Male age 27 (abt 1823) (Jacob Bushong Shenandoah, Shenandoah county, Virginia)
1860 Israel age 3 (abt 1857) (Jacob Bushong Shenandoah, Shenandoah county, Virginia)
For Jacob Bushong the earliest documentation for slaves is in the 1820 Census showing one female slave under fourteen years of age. The 1857 Birth Record for Shenandoah County showed that Jacob Bushong had one female slave named Mary who gave birth to a son named Israel. The 1860 Census showed three slaves working on the property, a 27 year old male, a 24 year old female (Mary) and a 3 year old boy (Israel). This family most likely lived in the loft above the kitchen. He was enumerated on the census of 1820 in New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia.