Born about in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Scott
and Jane (Thomas) Scott
Sister of
John Thomas Scott and Robert Thomas Scott
Wife of
William Harrison Bush
— married
1823 in Edgefield County, South Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Polly (Bush) Jones, Jefferson Jackson Bush, Madison Prescott Bush, Joseph Scott Bush and John Polk Bush
Died
at about age 91
in Jones, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jul 2015
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- Note: Her year of birth ranges from 1791-1808 in the Census Records.
Biography
Mahala was born in 1808. Mahala Scott ... She passed away in 1890.
- 1850 Household of Harrison Bush[1]
Age in 1850: 59; Birth Year: abt 1791; Birthplace: South Carolina; Home in 1850: Jones, Mississippi. Family Number: 155 (Daughter, Mary Bush Jones enumerated in household #154) - 1860 Household of Harrison Bush[2]
Age in 1860: 67; Birth Year: abt 1793; Birth Place: South Carolina; Home in 1860: Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi; Dwelling Number: 290 - 1870 Household of Mahala Bush[3]
Living next door to son, Madison (Dwelling Number 6).
Age in 1870: 62; Birth Year: abt 1808; Birthplace: South Carolina; Dwelling Number: 7; Home in 1870: Township 9, Jones, Mississippi - 1880 Household of John Scott Bush[4]
Name: Mahala Bush; Age in 1880: 73; Birth Date: abt 1807; Birthplace: South Carolina; Home in 1880: Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi; Dwelling Number: 14; Relation to Head of House: Mother
Marriage and Children
Compiled from Census records:
- Harrison Bush, 1791, SC[1][2]
- Mahala Bush, 1805, SC year of birth changed in each Census (1791)[1] (1793)[2] (1808)[3] (1807)[4]
- missing children 1824–1829
- Chesley Bush, 1830, SC[1]
- Harrison Bush, 1832, GA[1]
- Washington Bush, 1834, GA[1]
- Madison Preston Bush, 1836, GA[1]
- Lucy Bush, 1838, GA[1][2][3][4]
- Sarah Ann Susan Bush, 1841, GA[1][2]
- Joseph Bush, 1847, GA[1][2]
- John Scott Bush, 1851, MS[2][4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1850 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Jones, Mississippi; Roll: M432_374; Page: 126B; Image: 256. amb 16 September 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 1860 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Jones, Mississippi; Roll: M653_584; Page: 703; Family History Library Film: 803584. amb 16 September 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 1870 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Township 9, Jones, Mississippi; Roll: M593_733; Page: 207A; Family History Library Film: 552232. amb 16 September 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 1880 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi; Roll: 651; Page: 308B; Enumeration District: 126. amb 16 September 2018
- Find A Grave: Memorial #20850971
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mahala by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mahala:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mahala by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mahala:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Ed Mauldin 
:
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Jim Gayle :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Stacy (Nichols) Gallups :
MyHeritage DNA
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Stacy (Nichols) Gallups
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Mahala Scott Bush was born February 19, 1809 in Edgefield county, South Carolina and died August 19, 1890 at 81 years of age in Jones County,, MS.
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