BRYAN

Mary Bryan (b. 1710, d. 1772)

Children of Ann Bush and Henry Neas are:

xxiii. , b. Abt. 1783, Castlewoods, VA, d. 15 Sep 1881, Breathitt Co. KY.

Mary Bryan (daughter of and ) was born 1710 in Brinbridge, County Down, Ireland, and died 1772 in Winchester, VA. She Nathan Noble.

married on Abt. 1732 in Spotsylvania, VA, son of and .

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Notes for Mary Bryan:

Died March 23, 1858 in Lost Creek. Kentucky. Age 77.

Her other children were John Bush III 1741, and William 1746.

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

Rebecca Bryan Boone, wife of Daniel Boone is her cousin.

George Washington Noble

More About Mary Bryan and Philip P. Bush:

xxiv.

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Marriage: Abt. 1732, Spotsylvania, VA.

xxv.

m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

Children of Mary Bryan and Philip P. Bush are:

i.

, b. 1739, St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, d. 11 Nov 1808, Castles Woods, Russell Co., VA.

xxvi. Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed James Bush (b. 1739, d. 11 Nov 1808)

about the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married

Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a

farmer.”

James Bush (son of and ) was born 1739 in St Thomas Parish, Orange County, VA, and died 11 Nov 1808 in Castles Woods, Russell Co., VA. He married on 01 Jun 1757 in Amherst Co. VA.

xxvii. Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Ann Bush (b. 1763, d. 1800)

xxviii. b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

Ann Bush (daughter of and ) was born 1763 in Amherst Co. VA, and died 1800 in Russell Co. VA. She married on 02 Jun xxix. m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

1779 in Castlewoods, VA, son of and Anna Maria Dittemore (b. 13 Sep 1743, d. Dec 1830)

Anna Maria Dittemore was born 13 Sep 1743 in PA, and died Dec 1830 in Green Co. TN. She married , son of and , daughter xxx.

Ambrose Noble

of Anna Dorothea Pfiffer (d. date unknown)

xxxi. b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

Anna Dorothea Pfiffer died date unknown.

xxxii. m. Omega Noble

Children of Anna Maria Dittemore and Hans Jacob Neece are:

i.

, b. 1755, Richmond, Spotsylvania Co. VA, d. 1815, Russell Co. VA.

xxxiii. Vesta Noble

Notes for Ann Bush:

xxxiv. b. 1921. d. 2003 Age 83.

- 1780, July, Ann and her sister Mary were attacked by Indians Ann was captured and later rescued by a company of militia in xxxv. m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

what is now Floyd County, KY, at Jenny’s Creek. Ann was scalped. “Pension Statement of James Fraley” “I enlisted as an Indian Spy under Col. Campbell in April 1780. Ear;y in June the Indians made their appearance in Washington County. First xxxvi. Inez Fugate

they stole many horses. In July they killed one Dorton and stole two girls, Ann and Mary Bush, and made off for Canada.

xxxvii. b. 1948

They seceded in getting down the water of the Sandy with them as far as Jenny’s Creek. Our company came up on the Indians as they were skinning a buffalo. Our men fired on the Indians and they retreated to the camp about 200 yards, distant. As they xxxviii. m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

ran by they tomahawked Ann Bush. Mary jumped down the bank and escaped any violence.” This incident is also described xxxix. Anya Liftig

in “The Great Wagon Road”; author Parke Rouse Jr., pg 123.

- 1782, On the Wednesday prior to the 19th of May, Indians murdered Joseph Ray and several members of his family, at xl.

b. 1977

Hamblin’s Mill. As they approached Bush’s Fort, at Castlewoods, they encountered Ann Bush who was tomahawked, scalped xli.

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

and left for dead. After the Indians were gone she staggered back to the fort with blood streaming down from every pore that had held a hair. Three men with only two guns had defended the fort against 17 Indians. “L. P. Summers, History of xlii.

Dorothy Liftig

Washington County and Southwestern Virginia, page 367.”: “Pension statement of James Fraley, among the fort occupants”: xliii.

b. 1981

Tombstone of Charles Bickley - states he was Capt of militia defended Bush’s Fort against 17 Indians.” The grave is in the family cemetery at Castlewoods, VA.

xliv.

m. David Martin, 2009

More About Ann Bush and Henry Neas:

Marriage: 02 Jun 1779, Castlewoods, VA.

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