Priscilla Mills

• General Notes
  • Mathew Rust, fifth son of John and Sarah Cox Rust, an ancestor to James H. M. Rust, was born, c1770, in Granville County, North Carolina. He married, 2 Jul 1791, Priscilla Millls, daughter of William Mills. Matthew Rust died, c1806, at the age of 39 years. The children of Mathew were put under the guardianship of his brother, Samuel Rust. After the marriage of their mother to Harlow Priddy, the children were apprenticed to relatives of their father. William Rust was apprenticed to Claiborne Cooke, as a carriage maker; George Boswell Rust was apprenticed to George Rust, as a carriage maker; Charnock Cox Rust was apprenticed to Samuel Rust as a planter; and Mary (Polly) Rust was apprenticed to Jeremiah Rust. The two younger children, John S. Rust and James Rust, were not listed in the dockett report. William M. Rust, oldest son of Mathew and Priscilla Rust, moved to McLean County, Illinois where he became a very wealthy man. John S. Rust and George Boswell Rust moved to Gibson County, Tennessee, where their descendants can be found today. Mary Rust married Stephen Roycroft and moved to Hickman, Weakley and then to Gibson County, Tennessee. Charnock Cox Rust, fourth child and father of James H. M. Rust moved to Maury County, Tennessee.