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Refer to a long memorandum from Will Crump written to T.Mason and others titled "Bushrod Family records." Discussion from Will Crump refutes the long held idea that John Bushrot and his wife Margery Feltons are the parents of the Richard Bushrod that was baptized 3 Feb 1576.
DEATH: Letter from Mary Jo Fite, Cordell, OK, to T Mason; ; dtd 25 Sep 1996; in poss of T Mason; NOTE: page 613, Captain Henry Fauntleroy was a first cousin of Hannah Bushrod, the wife of Col.. John Augustine Washington. His four brothers, John, Griffin Murdock, Joseph, and Robert were officers in the Va. Continental Line Troops. His cousin, Major Griffin Fauntleroy, 1st Va. Light Dragoons Continental Line (son of Capt. Bushrod Fauntleroy), was mortally wounded at the battle of Guilford Court House, N.C. 15 March, 1781.
Member of the House of Delegates from Richmond Co. 1784.
Unmarried.
MILITARY: Letter from Mary Jo Fite, Cordell, OK, to T Mason; ; dtd 25 Sep 1996; in poss of T Mason; NOTE: page 613, Captain Henry Fauntleroy was a first cousin of Hannah Bushrod, the wife of Col. John Augustine Washington. His four brothers, John, Griffin Murdock, Joseph, and Robert were officers in the Va. Continental Line Troops. His cousin, Major Griffin Fauntleroy, 1st Va. Light Dragoons Continental Line (son of Capt. Bushrod Fauntleroy), was mortally wounded at the battle of Guilford Court House, N.C. 15 March, 1781.
Resided at "Smith's Mount" in King George county, Virginia. He left a will on 2 Jun 1787 at Westmoreland Co., VA; proved 30 Oct 1787.
REFERENCE: The Turners of Virginia by Harriet Turner Coops.
MILITARY: Letter from Mary Jo Fite, Cordell, OK, to T Mason; ; dtd 25 Sep 1996; in poss of T Mason; NOTE: page 613, Captain Henry Fauntleroy was a first cousing of Hannah Bushrod, the wife of Col.. John Augustine Washington. His four brothers, John, Griffin Murdock, Joseph, and Robert were officers in the Va. Continental Line Troops. His cousin, Major Griffin Fauntleroy, 1st Va. Light Dragoons Continental Line (son of Capt. Bushrod Fauntleroy), was mortally wounded at the battle of Guilford Court House, N.C. 15 March, 1781.
Unmarried
Died unmarried.
Had 8 children.
RESEARCHER-DESCENDANTS: Information sent to T.Mason on 30 Apr 2005 by Rachel Turner [rachelturner3@comcast.net].