Jason Rushing was a son of Abraham Rushing and Mariah Meador and is mentioned in the 1806 will of Abraham Rushing. Jason Rushing never lived in the Decatur Co. area, but some of his children did. He married Alice Gulledge, daughter of William Gulledge and Bathsheba. The names and ages of Jason's children are preserved in the Autobiography of John Bateman Rushing. John Bateman Rushing was a grandson who lived in Appleby, Nacogdoches Co., TX.