Various sources give Meredith's father as Needham Busby but Meredith filed a Revolutionary War Application where he declared that Sherrod was his father.
He was a Methodist preacher and pioneer.
He married Mary Polly Brooks and the couple went on to have several children together.
Meredith appears in the 1820 Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee Census.
Meredith appears in the 1850 Shelby County, Alabama Census with his wife, Mary and seven of their children.
According to the Southern Claims file of Asa Jones, Meredith Busby was the leader of the Union League in Shelby County, Alabama during the War Between The States. The meetings were held in the woods behind the Church. Asa's claim was rejected because several of his sons, grandchildren and grandnephews were found to be Confederates.
William McGrew was the executor of the estate of Sherwood Busby, who were both residents of Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee.
This article from a Shelby County, Alabama newspaper shows the climate in that county several years after the war, with Klan activity as late as December 3rd of 1868.
http://www.alabamamoments.alabama.gov/sec28ps.html
Various sources give Meredith's father as Needham Busby but Meredith filed a Revolutionary War Application where he declared that Sherrod was his father.
He was a Methodist preacher and pioneer.
He married Mary Polly Brooks and the couple went on to have several children together.
Meredith appears in the 1820 Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee Census.
Meredith appears in the 1850 Shelby County, Alabama Census with his wife, Mary and seven of their children.
According to the Southern Claims file of Asa Jones, Meredith Busby was the leader of the Union League in Shelby County, Alabama during the War Between The States. The meetings were held in the woods behind the Church. Asa's claim was rejected because several of his sons, grandchildren and grandnephews were found to be Confederates.
William McGrew was the executor of the estate of Sherwood Busby, who were both residents of Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee.
This article from a Shelby County, Alabama newspaper shows the climate in that county several years after the war, with Klan activity as late as December 3rd of 1868.
http://www.alabamamoments.alabama.gov/sec28ps.html
Family Members
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Hampton Busby
1811–1885
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Houston Busby
1811 – unknown
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Catherine Busby
1812–1862
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Keziah Busby Jones
1812–1892
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PVT John A. Busby
1817–1890
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Jake Busby
1820 – unknown
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Henry Busby
1822 – unknown
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Mary Busby Rinehardt
1823–1907
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Barbara Busby
1824 – unknown
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Margaret Busby
1826 – unknown
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Nancy Busby Martin
1828–1900
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Benjamin T. Busby
1828 – unknown
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Samuel Elijah Busby
1831–1904
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Elizabeth Busby
1832 – unknown
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