FAMILY MATTERS

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

Hamblin’s Mill. As they approached Bush’s Fort, at Castlewoods, they encountered Ann Bush who was tomahawked, scalped 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 Enjoy tranquillity, privacy, peace and solitude at Smiths Castle!

Washington County and Southwestern Virginia, page 367.”: “Pension statement of James Fraley, among the fort occupants”: Indulge yourself in an authentic C15th Irish castle with a fascinating history, set away from the busy roads on almost 5

Tombstone of Charles Bickley - states he was Capt of militia defended Bush’s Fort against 17 Indians.” The grave is in the acres of mature grounds overlooking a river valley on the West coast of Ireland. The castle sits in one of the best possible family cemetery at Castlewoods, VA.

locations in the West of Ireland. Only a few miles from the castle you will find the longest sand beaches in Ireland, the More About Ann Bush and Henry Neas:

world famous Cliffs of Moher, the ferry to the Aran Islands, 2 championship golf courses and the most Western spa in Marriage: 02 Jun 1779, Castlewoods, VA.

Europe. The property lies within the unique Burren landscape with its rare flora, prehistoric monuments of international importance and so much more!

Children of Ann Bush and Henry Neas are:

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

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Nathan Noble.

Born in 1781 in Culpepper, Va.

Lady Ann Smith (b. 1565, d. 1635)

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

m. Jane Virginia Neace, the daughter of Henry Neace & Ann Bush - daughter of James Bush and Mary Plunkett. James Ann Smith was born 1565 in Yorkshire, Claire, Ireland, and died 1635 in Claire, Ireland. She married on 1580 in Claire, Ireland, is the son of Austin Bush and unknown.

son of and .

George Washington Noble

More About Ann Smith and Francis Bryan III:

cxxxiv. b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

Marriage: 1580, Claire, Ireland.

cxxxv. m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

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

Children of Ann Smith and Francis Bryan III are:

Barge’s Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was

i.

, b. 1600, Claire, Ireland, d. 1667, Glouchester, VA.

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

ii.

and married Phoebe Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the

state. George was a farmer.”

cxxxvii. Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

Colonel William Smith Bryan (b. 1600, d. 1667)

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

William Smith Bryan (son of and ) was born 1600 in Claire, Ireland, and died 1667 in Glouchester, VA. He married on Abt. 1630

cxxxix. m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

in Claire, Ireland.