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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 08 Apr 1748 / Orange / VA Death: 10 Feb 1815 / Clark / KY
Qualifying Service Description:
Donated farm products
Signer of the petition to Virginia House of Delegates on 5 December 1777
Additional References:
Thomas, William Henry BaldwinPatriots of The Upcountry, Orange County, Virginia in the Revolution, Virginia. Orange: Orange County Bicentennial Commission, 1976, pg 116-118
Find-a-Grave memorial provides no image of a grave or marker but states the Patriot's grand-daughter said he was buried in the cemetery.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
From the Boonsboro Road, take Old Stone Church Road until its end at the Church.
Author: James English Vaughn Jr.
Ambrose Bush was born on 8 April 1748 in Orange County, Virginia. He married Lucy Gholson on 1 June 1770 in Howards Creek, Boonesboro, Kentucky. She was born on 15 February 1746 in St. Thomas, Orange County, Virginia, the daughter of John Gholson, who also was a patriot of the American Revolutionary War.
Ambrose Bush is listed as Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Ancestor A133878 for his patriotic service as a signer of the Orange County Petition in 1777. Ambrose’s brothers, John (1742 – 1798) and William (1746 – 1815), were also patriots in the American Revolution. John Bush is listed as DAR Ancestor A017449 for his service as a Private in the 7th Regiment of the Virginia Militia under the command of Captain Joseph Spencer and Colonel Alexander McClenachan. William Bush is listed as DAR Ancestor A017486 for his patriotic service as a Lieutenant in the Virginia Militia under Captain Henry Rollings in 1776, as well as NSSAR Patriot P-126307 for being a Lieutenant in Virginia Militia.
The Patriot died on 10 February 1815 in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, while his wife Lucy died on 25 July 1814 in Clark County.
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