Individual Details
Nancy Julia Bush
(1791 - )
Fayette Co KY Records Vol. 3
Michael L. Cook & Bettie A. Cummings Cook
Vol. 11 of KY Records Series
Cook Publications, Evansville, IN
1985
Marriage Bonds Commencing 1803
p.44 John Martin to Kitty Hieronimus, with John Springle as surety. Dec 13, 1808. Henry Hieronimus gave consent for his daughter to marry, with J. COMSTOCK and A. BUSH, witnesses.
Birth information from Bush family homepage
Bush family homepage
"Nancy Julia Bush married Lyndon Comstock and they lived in Washington [prob DC]. Lyndon was in the Navy and went to sea on duty. He was lost at sea and never heard from again. Nancy Julia, daughter of Ambrose Bush, was left alone in Washington. Her brother, Jeremiah, took two horses, one with a side saddle and rode to Washington and brought his sister back to Clark Co KY.
There is no indication Julia & Lyndon ever lived in Washington - he enlisted in the War of 1812 at Lexington, KY, and returned there following his capture after the Battle at the River Raisin, only to abandon Julia the next year. He was not in the Navy but may have sought hire on ships as in 1820 he was reported to have been seen in New Orleans and was in that time "from" South America. Julia lived with her brother Jeremiah in Lexington for at least the next two years. She obtained a divorce in Oct, 1825, claiming she had been dependant on family members for her support since her husband's disappearance; she married Benjamin Estill in 1829. At some point she may very well have visited her sister living in Washington.
Ambrose Bush, b. 1748, d. 1815 married Lucy Gholson, b. 1746, d. 1814
Jeremiah, b. 1789, d. 1842 married Nancy Harris Gentry 1811
Nancy Julia, b. 1791, d. ?, married Lyndon Comstock in 1806.
Benjamin Estill married Nancy Julia Comstock, bond dated 31 Oct 1829, Madison Co KY. Will Jenkins was bondsman. Nancy Comstock signed her own consent. Minister's return dated 1 Nov 1829.
1830 Census. Madison Co KY
Benjamin Estill: 1m age 50-60; 1f 40-50 [prob Nancy]
Not found in 1840.
Events
| Birth | 1791 |  | |||
| Marriage | 9 Dec 1806 | Lyndon Comstock | |||
| Divorce | 1 Oct 1825 | Lyndon Comstock | |||
| Marriage | 1 Nov 1829 | Madison County, Kentucky - Benjamin Estill | |
Families
| Spouse | Lyndon Comstock (1784 - ) |
| Spouse | Benjamin Estill ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR).
2. Bill and Kathy Vockery, Compilers, Madison County kentucky Marriage Records 1823-1851, 4 volumes (Richmond, Kentucky: Self-published, 1993), Vol II, p. 24.