Legacy From The Estate Of Ambrose Bush

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"Under a power of attorney given by Hyronimus and wife, authorising Jenkins to sell a legacy which the wife was entitled to from the estate of Ambrose Bush, deceased, Jenkins sold the legacy to the defendant in error, Jeremiah Bush.... ."


"Hyronimus" was Pendleton Hieronymus and his wife was Mary (Bush) Hieronymus.  Mary was the daughter of Ambrose Bush and Lucy (Gholson) Bush. 

Kentucky Surveying Mural

The Hieronymus's daughter, Julia, wrote the autobiographical book, Sixty years in a school-room: ..., (excerpted below):

My Grandfather Ambrose, the youngest child [of Philip Bush] save one, married a Gholson a family from whence originated statesmen and orators. My great-uncle, Billy Bush, came to Kentucky with Daniel Boone on his second trip. He was fortunate in securing the fairest portion of the land in Clarke County...from Winchester to Boonesborough. He gave away or sold for a trifle farm after farm to his friends and relatives that they might be induced to settle near him."

Note:  My ex-brother-in-law is the fourth great grandnephew of Ambrose Bush.

Grand Jurymen Were Called From Both Sides Of The River

Upper Canada Sketches:

"...September 3, 1792, 'His Majesty's Court of Oyer and Terminer, and General Gaol Delivery' opened at L'Assomption (now Sandwich, Ontario)... ."

"Grand Jurymen were called from both sides of the river--the Judge himself resided in Detroit--an inquisition was filed on the death at Michillinackinac of an Indian man Wawanisse, another respecting Pierre Lalonde killed at Saguina (Saginaw) by Louis Roy, another of the murder at Detroit of Pierre Grocher by an Indian man called Guillet--there had been also a murder of David Lynd, alias Jacko, on the River La Tranche (the present Thames) by two Indians."

"True bills were found by the Grand Jury against Louis Roy, Guillet and Josiah Cutan of Detroit (for burglary). Roy was acquitted of murder... . Cutan, a coloured man, was found, guilty of burglary at Ste. Anne's and sentenced to death. Guillet was not arrested nor were the two Indians who slew Jacko."

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*See Source Link For Additional Information (including the names of J. Bondy and Francois Gamelin)

Michigan Law Under British Rule

Michigan Under British Rule: Law and Law Courts, 1760-1796, By William Renwick Riddell:

British Colonel McKee

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Col. Alexander McKee was Indian Agent at [or near] Pittsburg-before the Revolutionary War, after the outbreak-of which he was imprisoned by the revolutionists at Pittsburg. He effected his escape and co-operated with Sir John Johnson among the Indians, becoming Deputy Superintendent-General. In 1778 he traveled through the Indian territory to Detroit, and greatly assisted in maintaining friendly relations between the tribes and the British Crown. He was a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas at Detroit. His services were greatly appreciated by Lord Dorchester, and in his death on the 14th January, 1799, the, service lost an able and devoted officer. [Source]


McKee was listed as a British Officer at Malden.

Divided Into Tribes And Clans

A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland...., By Patrick Weston Joyce:

Old King William County

Old King William Homes and Families...: By Peyton Neale Clarke:

The Library of Virginia's Out Of The Box blog has a post, KING WILLIAM CO. CHANCERY NOW ONLINE!:

Chancery Records Index
Locality Index Number Original Case Number
King William Co. 1886-015 14
ADMR OF JOHN LUCKHARD ETC
Surname(s) Coleman, Johnson, Lipscomb, Luckard, Luckhard, Lukhard, Neale, Smith

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First Governor Of Maryland, The Life Of Thomas Johnson

Since there is no free version of the book The life of Thomas Johnson: member of the Continental congress, first governor of the state of Maryland, and associate justice of the United States Supreme court online yet, other sources were used to identify some of the details in the life of Thomas Johnson.

Source Of Thomas Johnson Portrait

Wikipedia stated that "Thomas Johnson (November 4, 1732 – October 26, 1819) was an American jurist with a distinguished political career."

The Supreme Court Historical Society stated that:

"He was educated at home and studied law in the office of the Clerk of the Provincial Court in Annapolis, and later with an Annapolis attorney. He was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1760. Johnson began his public career in 1762 as a delegate to the Maryland Provincial Assembly."

"On August 5, 1791, President George Washington nominated Johnson to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate confirmed the appointment on September 19, 1791. Citing the rigors of circuit riding, Johnson resigned from the Supreme Court on January 16, 1793."

See the images of the Thomas Johnson letters held at the Frederick County Public Libraries here.

The Frederick News Post published an article entitled Thomas Johnson: Patriot, politician lost in history, November 11, 2007.  An excerpt:

"...Johnson was a progressive thinker and favored a book of the day that promoted the progressive education of women."

Thomas Johnson's descendant, Confederate General Bradley T. Johnson's speeches, An Address By Confederate General Bradley T. Johnson and The Confederate Soldier Address By Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, featured at Detour Through History.

A 1779 Search Warrant For John Edgar's House

Manuscripts guide to collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign included the following: 

EDGAR, JOHN. SEARCH WARRANT, August 23, 1779. 1 item, transcript. 69-1587. This transcript is of a search warrant issued by Captain R. B. Lernoult, British commander at Detroit. The warrant was issued to search the house of John Edgar and to seize papers and arms.

A deposition against John Edgar:

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More about John Edgar, for whom Edgar County, Illinois, is named:

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John Ross's Supreme Adventure

In January, 1831, the Cherokee Nation, by John Ross as principal chief, brought a test suit of injunction against Georgia, in the United States Supreme Court. The majority of the court dismissed the suit on the ground that the Cherokee were not a foreign nation within the meaning of the Constitution, two justices dissenting from this opinion. [Source]

From the Library of Congress, American Memory:
John Ross led a bold attempt to resist forced removal through legal proceedings in Washington. In two Supreme Court cases, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Cherokees challenged Georgia laws intended to expel them from their land. 

The Worcester case prompted the sentiment (if not the actual quote) from President Andrew Jackson:  "[Chief Justice] John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!"  This derives from Jackson's consideration on the case in a letter to John Coffee, "...the decision of the Supreme Court has fell still born, and they find that they cannot coerce Georgia to yield to its mandate." [Source: Wikipedia]

A map of the contested Cherokee land:

Map of the Former Territorial Limits of the Cherokee "Nation of" Indians,

C. C. Royce, 1884.