Benjamin West Bussey

--b. November 15, 1774 Wilkes Co., GA
--d. August 1838 Jamestown, Chattahoochee Co., GA
--m/1 Mary 'Polly' BURGAMY
--November 12, 1795 Lincoln Co., GA
----b. Decmeber 16, 1779 Wilkes Co., GA
----d. August 1826 Putnam Co., GA
------d/o John Burngamy and Mary ---
--m/2 Rebecca SMITH
--July 23, 1828 Putnam Co., GA
--m/3 Lucy B. HENDERSON
--1834 Columbus, GA
----b. December 13, 1790 Monroe Co., GA
----d. May 16, 1855 Chattahooche Co., GA
------buried Old Harmony Cemetery, Chattahoochee Co., GA
----Lucy m/1 Absalom Davis WOOLDRIDGE 1805

• 1796 - Lincoln Co., GA

  Will of Hezekiah Bussey (father) - 1796 Lincoln Co., GA
  Will Book A, page 1-2

  4th item: I do give and bequeath to my son Benjamin Bupey one feather bed and two cows and calves which is to be raised out of my estate to him and his heirs forever."

• 1805 Lincoln Co., GA
  --Lincoln Co. Genealogy and History, comp.
  ----by R.S. Davis, Jr. and J.E. Dorsey, Magnolia Pr., 1987, p.327)

  Benjamin won a 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, p. 331

• 1815 Lincoln Co., GA
  --Lincoln Co. Genealogy and History, comp.
  ----by R.S. Davis, Jr. and J.E. Dorsey, Magnolia Pr., 1987, p.327)

  "Benjamin was a Baptist minister. He is listed on the Grand Jury in May 1815 in Lincoln Co."

• 1820 - Morgan Co., GA

  *Benjamin Bussey

• 1827 - March 5, Putnam Co., GA
  -- Minute Book AA, page 200

  "Settlement of Arthur Dodwell's estate by Mary's brother, Benjamin Bussey"

1. Amy H. (Bussey) O'NEAL WADSWORTH

   --b. March 7, 1797 Columbus, Muscogee Co., Georgia
   --d. November 19, 1860 Harperville, Shelby Co., Alabama
   --m/1 William O'NEAL
   --July 28, 1825 Lincoln Co., GA
   ----b. before 1783 Virginia
   ----d. January 18, 1829 Wilkes Co., GA
   --m/2 Hogan WADSWORTH
   --April 21, 1836 Lincoln Co., GA
   ----b. 1808 Georgia
   ----d. AFTER 1880 probably Dallas Co., Texas
   ------s/o William Wadsworth and Elizabeth HOGAN
   --------gs/o Thomas Wadsworth and Elizabeth --
   --------gs/o Shadrack Hogan and Elizabeth GIBSON
   ----Hogan m/2 Mary C. STEWART Marcy 6, 1862 Shelby Co., Alabama
   
   

2. Charles Bussey

   --b. June 29, 1802 Jasper Co., GA
   --d. September 15, 1867 Anderson Co., Texas
   --m. Almeda LEVERETTE
   --January 1, 1822 Putnam Co., GA
   ----b. January 22, 1806 Lincoln Co., GA
   ----d. November 16, 1876 Texas
   ------d/o Thomas Jefferson Leverette and Mary Ann GRIFFIN
   
   

3. Benjamin Pullum Bussey

   --b. May 6, 1805 Georgia
   --d. 1859 Griffin, GA
   ----buried Pressley Cemetery
   --m. Julia Elizabeth ZACHERY
   --July 30, 1828 Morgan Co., GA
   ----b. October 11, 1806 Georgia
   ----d. January 13, 1879 Union Co., AR
   ------buried Old Presbyterian Cemetery, El Dorado, Union Co., AR
   
   

4. Elizabeth (Bussey) Bozeman Hollis

   --b. July 23, 1807 Georgia
   --d. 1860/70 Schley Co., GA
   --m/1 Eli W. BOZEMAN
   --October 26, 1828 Morgan Co., GA
   ----b. 1790/1800
   ----d.1838 Morgan Co., GA
   --m/2 Thomas Charles HOLLIS
   --February 20, 1844 Monroe Co., GA
   ----b. November 12, 1792 Fairfield Co., South Carolina
   ----d. May 12, 1852 Monroe Co., GA
   ------buried Hollis Cemetery, Monroe Co., Georgia
   -----Thomas m/1 Elizabeth Nancy TAYLOR Dec 10, 1790 Putnam, GA
   -----Thomas m/2 Rebecca PEARSON Nov 23, 1837 Monroe, GA
   -------s/o Moses Hollis, Jr.
   
   

5. Mary Ann (Bussey) Wooldridge

   --b. November 8, 1809 Lincoln Co., GA
   --d. AFTER 1880 Probably Chattahooche Co., Georgia
   --m. Thomas Flournoy WOOLRIDGE
   --1830 GA
   ----b. 1808 Georgia
   ----d. April 3, 1856 Georgia
   ------s/o Absalom Davis Wooldridge and Lucy B. (HENDERSON) BUSSEY
   

   *Thomas would become Mary's stepbrother when Mary's father married Thomas's mother 4 years later.

   

6. John Burgamy Bussey

   --b. December 13, 1811 Helena, Arkansas
   
   

7. Lucretia Bussey

   --b. January 5, 1814 Georgia
   
   

8. Martha Ann Bussey

   --b. February 18, 1816 Georgia
   --d. as a child
   
   

9. Hezekiah Henry Bussey

   --b. August 1818 Georgia
   --d. after 1880 probably Stewart Co., GA
   --m. Frances Evaline WILHITE
   --December 21, 1841 Marion Co., GA
   ----b. 1813 North Carolina
   ----d. 1860/80 Georgia
   
   

10. Nathan Jordan Bussey

    --b. November 19, 1819 Morgan Co,. GA
    --d. January 11, 1891 Columbus, Muscogee Co., Georgia
    ----buried Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA
    --m/1 Harriet Abigail SMITH
    --July 2, 1844 Georgia
    ----b. June 16, 1824 Jones Co., GA
    ----d. May 15, 1886 Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA
    --m/2 Sarah Salonel McKINLEY
    --after 1886
    ----b. 1856 Georgia
    
    

11. William Wallace Bussey

    --b. July 17, 1826 Georgia
    --d. February 6, 1867 Chattahoochee Co, . GA
    ----buried Old Harmony Cemetery, Chattahoochee Co., GA
    --m. Mary J. R. HORN
    ----b. 1831 Georgia