The Bush's And Lincoln's Together

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Excerpts from "The Lincoln kinsman" (different format)

Sarah Bush Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln, was born in what is now Hardin County, Kentucky, on December 13, 1788... .  The names of her husband, Thomas Lincoln, as well as her Bush family members, were found together on Kentucky documents.

July 28, 1795
"Ordered that Christopher Bush, Daniel Linder, Stephen Rawlins, and Hannah Lincoln after being duly sworn do view the most convenient way for a road from Jacob Van Meter's mill to the Court House and report at the next court."

"Thomas Lincoln became intimately acquainted with Christopher Bush in 1805. Between the year 1797 and 1802 Thomas was with his uncle Isaac in Tennessee and then back with his mother in Washington County, Kentucky, but by 1803 he had taken up his residence permanently in Elizabethtown. About this time Christopher Bush began to take an interest in politics, and he received an appointment as captain of a patrol in which Thomas Lincoln was one of his patrolers."

"Ordered that Christopher Bush, Robert C. Slaughter, Thomas Lincoln, Gregory Glasscock, be and they are hereby appointed patrolers in the northwardly district of this County and the said Christopher Bush be and he is hereby appointed Captain of said Patrolers." Order Book B, 17, Hardin County Court.

Old-Fashioned School Was The Scene Of A Murder

Trial of Matt. F. Ward: for the murder of Prof. W.H.G. Butler, before the ...,  by George Cole, Kentucky. Circuit court (Hardin Co.):

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Christopher Bush's Famous Daughter

Christopher Bush, Will

Will Book B - Page 75

24 February 1812

...shares given to all children (except Christopher and John)....
Wife: Hannah
Sons:  William, Samuel, Isaac, Elijah
Daughters: Hannah Radley, Rachel Smallwood, Sally Johnston*

Witness: Ben Helm

Inventory: Page 80 and Page 81

8 March 1813

*Sally Johnston was Sarah (Bush) Johnston Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's step-mother.


From "The Lincoln kinsman":

Sarah Bush Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln, was born in what is now Hardin County, Kentucky, on December 13, 1788... .

The wife of Christopher Bush was named Hannah, but we do not know her maiden name. There were six sons and three daughters in the family. The boys' names were William, Samuel, Isaac, Elijah, Christopher, Jr., and John. The girls were Hannah, Rachel, and Sarah [widow of Daniel Johnston].

Christopher Bush made his will on February 24, 1812, and it was probated on February 8, 1813. In this will the pioneer states, "I have already given to all my children except Christopher and John their full share of my estate both real and personal and being desirous that my two sons namely Christopher and John shall be secured in my estate equal to what I have given the rest of my children who have left me namely my sons William, Samuel, Isaac and Elijah and my daughters Hannah Radley, Rachel Smallwood and Sally Johnston — ." Christopher then sees to it by certain bequests that his two sons shall receive their share of the estate and that his wife will not be forgotten.