The Busbee Busby and Variations Database
The Leonardo Andrea Collection:
A Closer Look
By
James E. Busbee
The
Andrea Collection, a report compiled for Mr. O'dell Ladue Busbee of Pelion,
SC, contains a number of proven errors.
Those of significance to researchers follow, listed by item
numbers of the report. It
should be noted that the Barnwell Courthouse was burned by direction of Judson
Kilpatrick, leader of some of William Tecumseh Sherman's "bummers",
as they were termed by the folks in South Carolina.
2. This is confusing, to say the
least. There is no record of James
L. Busbee marrying any Cynthia Popwell, but James L., killed during the War
Between the States [WBTS], and married to Nancy Garvin, was father of Caroline,
James Carson (who married Laura Lucas), Hiram Preston (husband of Martha Ann
Rish), Arabella, and Mary. James
L. did die at an early age, however, at the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864,
aged about 35.
2a. Grandparents of James C. and parents of
James L. were Miles T. and Prudence (Smith) Busbee.
3. Neither David Busbee can be found on
any SC or MS census record from 1800-1860, although they may have been on a
later census report in MS.
4. The Emanuel Busbee and Ella Garvin of
Wagener, SC, referred to in this paragraph were James Emanuel I and Harriet
Ella (Tyler) Busbee, and they had 13 children including my father.
5. The family of David Wyman Busbee gives
the name of his wife as Katherine Captolar Hardee, nicknamed
"Myrtle".
8. The 4th county referred to
by Leonardo was Granville, and there are many counties today, which were
districts before and after the Revolution.
10. Re: Anne Maria Bussin. There is no credible evidence to show
that the Germans identified females by adding "in" to the family
name.
10a. Mr. Andrea should have looked into
other counties and districts. The
Buss and Busser families, to a considerable extent, became identified by the
names of Booze and Boozer, absolutely consistent with the German pronunciation
of Buss and Busser.
12. William Busbee was recorded as having a
wife and 10 children, eight under the age of 16, upon his arrival from
Virginia.
30-45. For those who wish to examine a more
comprehensive listing of Busbees and others, the following works are suggested:
(1) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution by
Bobby Gilmer Moss, and (2) Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the
Revolutionary War by Murtie June Clark. Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc published both books.
48. Family either American Indian or free
negro according to the census.
50. Sherrod Busby was in the Orangeburg
District, not Beaufort.
On
a separate page of the report is a hand lettered chart which reflects Jackson
Busby and an otherwise un-named Garvin.
This was obviously a reference to Andrew Jackson Busbee, whose wife was
Harriet Sawyer. Carson was a son of
James L., Jackson's older brother.
Page 16
Section: For Information. Mr.
Andrea offered the speculation that Miles Busby had a grant in SC in 1775, and
that it could be that William Busbee and Simon were brothers and both named sons
Miles, or the above Miles could have been a nephew of William of SC…. Uh, huh. Only thing is that William Busbee had sons named Miles and
Simon. If one is to speculate, it
is probable that William, constable of Saxegotha, also had sons named John, Burrell,
and Isom to go along with Simon, and maybe another son named William. Whatever else, the names of Simon,
Miles, John, Burrell, and William appear on the rolls of Richardson's Regiment
of South Carolina as Colonial Soldiers, most likely during the Cherokee
expedition in the late 1750s.
This
commentary is not intended to discredit Mr. Andrea's work for O'dell
Busbee. It is offered to correct
misinformation, which anyone who has been attempting to trace ancestors knows
exists in great quantity. Mr.
Andrea did not have access to computerized records, and the old handwritten
records are often illegible and loaded with words spelled in mysterious ways.
As
always, any corrections to this attempt to improve on Andrea's report will be
appreciated so long as they are from a credible source.
J. E. Busbee
February,
2002
The Leonardo Andrea Collection:
An Introduction
By Barbara
Peddicord
This data has been compiled from the SC State Archives under the surname of BUSBY with various spellings and does not contain all the data under the name for much more can be found in the county seats... however, since William Tecumseh Sherman destroyed the courthouses at Orangeburg and Lexington, data cannot be found there.
1. The data under Busby is spelled in many forms and often the same man spelled it two ways. I have found it spelled as:
BUSBY - BUSSBY - BUSS
BUZBY - BUZSBY - BUZBEY
BUSBEE - BUZBEE - BUZZBEE
BUSHBY - BUSBEY - BUSBIE
This collection consists of mostly land and tax records, with a few genealogical facts thrown in now and again. Robert Lee Busby, Jr. of Virginia contributed these papers to the family, for which I thank him very much.
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