Amy Johnson Crow, the author of https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/ has a great challenge for those of us who follow her blog and get insightful tips from her each week. I have been taking her challenge for about 9 months, now and am really enjoying writing something each week about my family and my research. Each week she gives us a word and asks us to write something using that word as inspiration.
This week the word is "Unusual Name". I should have read ahead because I wrote last week about "Donzie" and that is a pretty unusual name! So, I have to find another unusual name for this week.
So, I will write about Stephanes Busby. I have shared some about him before, but will fill in a few blanks with this post. Stephanes Busby was born February 12, 1812 in Sumner County, Tennessee. He was the son of Stephen Busby (abt. 1781-1861) and Sarah Haile Busby (Bef 1792-Bet 1816-1819). After Sarah died, Stephen married again on February 13, 1820. This time to Verlinda Thomas (1797-1892). There were 5 additional children born to this marriage.
When Stephanes was 24 years old, he owned 50 acres of land with a value of $200 and he paid $ 0.22 tax on the land, $ 0.56 Poll Tax, $ 0.22 State Tax.
On August 30, 1839 Stephanes was appointed Postmaster of Lawrenceburg in Lawrence County, Tennessee. And all this before he was married!
When Stephanes was 26 years old he married Margaret Rebecca McLean on December 19, 1839. By the 1850 census, they had 4 living children: James Jones age 10, Samuel Sebastion age 6, John Stephen (my 2nd great gradfather) age 4 and Messaniah Elizabeth age 1. They also had a son who was born and died December 14, 1843 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28491802/infant-son-busby.
Stephanes had a sister named Jane or Jincy who married James McCoy and they moved to Missouri. The relationship between Stephanes and Jane/Jincy has been proven by a February 20, 1850 Deed that states that Jane is indeed the daughter of Sally (Haile) Busby, granddaughter of James Haile, same as Stephanes. Stephanes signed this Deed as a witness.
On August 13, 1860, Margaret Augusta was born, completing the family. We know that John Stephen served in the Confederate Army and believe that James and Samuel also served. There are records for men with these names, but I cannot be certain that they are the correct records for our men. They all came home from the war. James, Samuel and John married in 1864, 1866 and 1865, respectively. So, by the 1870 census, just the younger children were living with Stephanes and Rebecca.
The Civil War and emancipation of the enslaved people at the end of the war seems to have taken quite a toll on this Busby family. In looking at the Tax and Real Estate and Personal Property Lists the story seems clear. Here is what I see in these years:
This week the word is "Unusual Name". I should have read ahead because I wrote last week about "Donzie" and that is a pretty unusual name! So, I have to find another unusual name for this week.
So, I will write about Stephanes Busby. I have shared some about him before, but will fill in a few blanks with this post. Stephanes Busby was born February 12, 1812 in Sumner County, Tennessee. He was the son of Stephen Busby (abt. 1781-1861) and Sarah Haile Busby (Bef 1792-Bet 1816-1819). After Sarah died, Stephen married again on February 13, 1820. This time to Verlinda Thomas (1797-1892). There were 5 additional children born to this marriage.
When Stephanes was 24 years old, he owned 50 acres of land with a value of $200 and he paid $ 0.22 tax on the land, $ 0.56 Poll Tax, $ 0.22 State Tax.
 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Projectcontributors. Original data: Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. |
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| Source: County: Greene - Monroe; Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. |
Stephanes had a sister named Jane or Jincy who married James McCoy and they moved to Missouri. The relationship between Stephanes and Jane/Jincy has been proven by a February 20, 1850 Deed that states that Jane is indeed the daughter of Sally (Haile) Busby, granddaughter of James Haile, same as Stephanes. Stephanes signed this Deed as a witness.
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| Lawrence County, Tennessee Deed records, 1819-1891; deed index, 1819-1908; Deed records, v. K 1849-1852, page 158-159, James and Jincy McCoy selling slaves to Jacob Springer. Accessed January 15, 2019. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS5Q-SQ2X-4?i=83&cat=201518 |
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| Lawrence County, Tennessee Deed records, 1819-1891; deed index, 1819-1908; Deed records, v. K 1849-1852, page 160-161, James and Jincy McCoy selling slaves to Jacob Springer. Accessed January 15, 2019. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS5Q-SQ2X-4?i=83&cat=201518 |
By 1860, Stephanes and Rebecca had 6 living children. Messaniah had died in 1852. William Franklin was listed as 11 years old, but was not born until 1852, so was really 8, Thomas Reece was 6 and Charles Lindsey was 2.
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| "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSF-B24?cc=1473181&wc=7QMS-ZTC%3A1589422383%2C1589422325%2C1589436036 : 24 March 2017), Tennessee > Lawrence > 9th Civil District > image 6 of 14; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). |
 Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: District 9, Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1543; Page: 41A; Family History Library Film: 553042 Description: Township: District 9 | |||||
1836 Tax Record Stephanes has 100 acres of land valued at $200. No Slaves 12-60.
1850 Census - Stephanes - Real Estate Value - $2,500. Property Values not recorded.
1850 Slave Census - "S Busby" in District 6 - 17 slaves, various ages
1860 Slave Census - Stephanes - 19 Slaves, various ages
1870 Census - Real Estate Value - $4,000. Personal Estate Value - $1,000.
Through all of these lists, Stephanes is listed as a farmer.
On March 15, 1875 Stephanes died at the age of 63 during the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War. He is buried in the McLean Family Cemetery just outside of Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County, Tennessee.
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| Personal photo taken June 1991 |
After his death, many members of his family moved west to Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Stephanes is an unusual name but seems that it is a variation on Stephen, which is a rather common name in this Busby family.
'Til Next Time!
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Stephanes is an unusual name but seems that it is a variation on Stephen, which is a rather common name in this Busby family.
'Til Next Time!
#52Ancestors
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