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John Bushart
Born: Abt. 1720
Died: March 1795, Lincoln/Catawba County, NCJohn Bushart was of German descent and was born around 1720 in either Germany of Pennsylvania. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~reburke/bushart/family/history/history01.html
John Bushart may have been in North Carolina for many years prior to his first appearance in records, perhaps as early as the mid-1750s. Thousands of newcomers, including Scotch-Irish, English, and German settlers, poured into that region of North Carolina. Settlers poured in much faster than the colonial government could keep up with. Many began farming plots of land to which they had no deed. The area in which John Bushart settled was part of Anson County, then became part of Mecklenburg County in 1762, and finally part of Cabarrus County in 1792. John never moved from his tract of land on Dutch Buffalo Creek, but new counties were formed around him. Dutch Buffalo Creek was named for the German people who settled there, and the buffalo which had not yet all been killed in that part of North Carolina. They were not Dutch, but rather Germans, in the same way that the Pennsylvania Dutch were actually Germans; the confusion resulting from the similarity between the words Dutch and Deutsche. The colonial government caught up to John Bushart in 1765 and granted him the land that he had already been farming for perhaps ten or more years. This was common practice for the colonial government, since most of the people could not have afforded to buy the land. Also, by giving the land to the farmers, the government created a tax base. Besides there being little government around to record his name, another reason why John Bushart and many other German settlers may not be mentioned in early records is that the Germans lived quite apart from their English neighbors. They retained their language and taught it to their children; in fact German was still spoken in the area well into the late 1800s. Even their slaves spoke German. They also retained their faiths, either Lutheran or Reformed (Calvinist). When there were not enough Germans of either faith to afford separate churches, they simply shared the same building. Also, unlike many of their English neighbors, the Germans were literate people. Lutherans strongly believed in reading the Bible for themselves. Germans also married a little later, with the women usually over 18, and the men in their early twenties. The language and cultural barriers between the German and English peoples kept the Germans from attending the English courts to register deeds, wills, etc. John was married three times but the names of only one of his wives has been found. John had three daughters by his first marriage.
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse Margaret Bushart 15 Aug 1742 05 Oct 1839 Matthias Barringer Elizabeth Bushart 1748 Ann Bushart 1750 It is believed that after John's first wife died, he, Margaret, Elizabeth and Ann moved to North Carolina where he remarried. John had five children through this second marriage.
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse Ann Margart Bushart 1758 Catareena Bushart 1760 Barbara Bushart 1764 Jacob Bushart 1766 Ann Fulenwider Rosina Bushart 1770 Jacob married Ann (Unknown) after the death of his second wife. In a deed dated 12 Oct 1782, Ann relinquished her widows dower. Jacob and Ann had one child.
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse Catherine Bushart 1782 Deed records show that John Bushart had amassed 679 acres by 1768. In 1782, he sold 202 acres. Thus he had 477 acres when he died in 1795. However, John almost lost everything in 1781. John had to get a court order to keep people from taking his property since he was "in suspense until the General Assembly determine thereon ..." Although this entry in the Mecklenburg court minutes is somewhat cryptic, it probably has to do with those Lutherans who had opposed the Revolutionary War on religious grounds. According to the laws of the newly formed state of North Carolina, theses people were traitors and could lose their land. The state later relaxed its stance on religious objectors, only taking land from those whom had actively supported the British. In any case, John Bushart had been too old to fight when the war began in 1776, being about 56, and his only son, Jacob, was only 10 years old. The 1790 Census shows John Bushart's family as consisting of 2 white males over 16, 3 white females, and one slave. The two white males appear to be John and his son Jacob, and the three females were his final wife, Ann, and his daughters, Rosina and Catherine. If you have additional photos or information on the Bushart Family, please contact me.
