BULLOCKS OF
VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY
Compiled by Nada Binnion Fuqua
1.
Edward Bullock.
Mentioned in his son Edward’s will, written 1755 in Hanover Co.,
VA. See below.
2.
Edward Bullock.
Little is known of this gentleman except information gleaned from his
will, written 1755 in Hanover Co., Va. The
Hanover records were destroyed years ago, but a copy of this will was found at
the courthouse of Greene Co., Ga. In
the 1950’s by Dr. Lewis Bullock. How
it came to be there one can only speculate.
The copy included the information that the will was proved Dec. 2, 175?
(illegible) in Hanover Co. Also it
included a statement by the Hanover County Clerk certifying the copy Oct. 10,
1803. Apparently the copy was recorded Jan. 7, 1826, in Greene Co.,
Ga. (W.B.F., p. 91-93) Legatees of
the will were:
Daughter
Sarah Rice
- two Negroes
Grandson Edward Rice
- Negro boy
Son John
- Land in Louisa (Co.) on south side of Little
River plus 10
acres more and two Negroes
Son Edward
- Land in Hanover given him by his father Edward – mill and
appurtenances, also two Negroes
Son James
- Remainder of land in Louisa Co. plus two Negroes
Daughter Mary Bullock
- two Negroes
Son Micajah
- one-half land in North Carolina and two
Negroes
Daughter Christeen Bullock
- two Negroes
Son William
- other half of N.C. Land and two Negroes
Executors: Clifton Rice (“my
son-in-law”) and eldest sons John and Edward.
3.
John Bullock.
The family Bible is in possession of Amanda Bullock Wallis, Lexington,
KY. In it is recorded the
following, according to a letter to Marion Wooters, Mar. 1, 1967:
John Bullock and Ann Rice married Feb. 4,
1755, Louisa, VA.
Children:
Rice Bullock
born Dec. 17,
1755 Died with (sic?)
issue
William
Dec. 28, 1757 no
account for
David
Dec. 17, 1759 M.
Catherine Roy
Robert
Feb. 21, 1762 Cousin
Agnes or Agatha
Lewis
Feb. 24, 1764 Mary
Chinn
Elisabeth
Feb. 19, 1766 Garland
Edward
June 6, 1768 no
account of
Mary
Jan. 4, 1770 Spinster
Rebecca
Jan. 17, 1773 Spinster
Nancy
Nov. 21, 1777 no
account of
John
Bullock of Louisa Co., Va. made his will Sept. 27, 1784, proved April 11, 1785.
Legatees: Sons Rice, David,
Lewis, Robert, Edward, daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Rebecca, Nancy. His wife was
living, but not mentioned by name. (W.B.111,
p. 68-70) Lewis received the
ancestoral lands with mill and appurtenances.
Concerning Robert and Edward, “I give all my lands on the western
waters which I have obtained from warrants or by being in partnership with Mr.
Charles Yancey or others to my two sons Robert Bullock and Edward bullock.”
The reason for going to Kentucky! David,
Edward, Robert, and Lewis – or at least men of those names – are listed in
the 1800 census of Kentucky. “There
is a single flat gravestone at Garlandtown in the graveyard, which marks the
final resting place of early Bullocks. Part
of the writing is illegible.” 1 The stone names each child of John
Bullock and Ann Rice.
Ann
Rice must have lived to be quite old. “On
Sunday at her residence in Louisa Co. Mrs.
Ann Bullock. She had numbered 91
years, etc. See Richmond
Constitutional Whig, July 18, 1826.” 2
4.
Robert Bullock.
According to the John Bullock family Bible mentioned above, Robert
Bullock was born Feb. 21, 1762, probably in Louisa Co., Va., since the family
lived there. Just when he went to
Kentucky is undetermined. The 1790
census of KY. was destroyed but the reconstruction using tax lists names only
Lewis, probably Robert’s brother, in Fayette Co., March 19, 1790.
Robert was in the 1800 census, also reconstructed from tax lists; he was
taxed in Mason Co., KY., May 10, 1800. Lewis
was the only other Bullock in Mason Co. at that time.
Robert’s
will was dated June 21, 1821, Mason Co., KY. and proved in the same county, Jan.
court, 1822. (W.B. E – p. 249)
In it he refers to his wife Agnes and mentions his children, but not by
name. Only from the Louisa Co., Va.
will of Rebecca Bullock, Robert’s sister, do we learn officially the identity
of his heirs. (W.B. 10, 1837-1842 p. 169)
This will was proved Aug. 12, 1839.
She, apparently, never married, so in her will divided her property among
nieces and nephews. Item one
mentions the family of brother Robert, deceased: heirs of James W. Bullock, deceased; eldest daughter of
Louisa E. (Lewis E. in next sentence); and Ann W. Yancey. David R. Bullock was also a son of Robert and Agnes.
In Oct. 1967 Vera Bullock Calico found this grave in an old burying
ground outside of Orangeburg, KY. The
following is the inscription on his tombstone:
“My husband/ David r. Bullock / Son of Robert and Agnes Bullock / Died
Dec. 16, 1871 / Age 71 yrs. 7 months /
In
the 1850 census of Mason Co., KY. Agnes
Bullock – age 74, born in Va. – is in
1 Malcolm
Harris, A History of Louisa Co., Va. (Richmond, Va.:1936) p. 294.
2
Ibid.
Descendants
claim that Robert married Agnes Bullock, daughter of James and his second wife,
Ann Waller. If so, Agnes and Robert
were first cousins. The veracity of
this statement is suggested by the will of James, which names sis son-in-law
Robert Bullock and his daughter Agnes Bullock.
(Will, May 18, 1813, Fayette Co., Ky.)
See paragraph 4. We know James’ brother John had a son Robert.
Vera
Calico also found the graves of Robert and Agnes Bullock.
Her letter, dated Dec. 14, 1967 “First to be buried on the extreme
south end is: ROBERT BULLOCK/ Di Oct.
12, 1821 / Age 96 yrs. AGNES
BULLOCK / Born Jan. 1776 / Died July 20, 1872 / Age 96 yrs. 6 months / Lo, the
prisoner is released / Lightened of her fleshy load, / Where the weary are at
rest / She is gathered unto God. W.
K. Bryant”
5.
James Waller Bullock
was married to Elvira Subblefield, Dec. 15, 1828 in Mason Co., KY.
Alex P. Stubblefield was bondsman. James
died shortly, for an inventory of his personal estate is recorded in Mason Co.
courthouse (D.B. I p. 140). Vera
Calico found his tombstone in the private cemetery mentioned above and wrote in
a letter Dec. 14, 1967: “In the family ‘burying-ground’ there was a stone
of James W. Bullock, which we were unable to move.
It was lying down and so covered with earth and moss it was the only one
we could not take a picture of. It
simply read: In memory of / JAMES
W. BULLOCK / Di Sept. 28th, 1832 / Age 30 yrs. 6 mo. 17”
We learned the names of his children in a deed to his heirs-at-law from James W. Marshall, May 28, 1841. (Mason Co., KY. D. B. 50, p. 205) His children were Mary M. Bullock, Agnes R. Bullock, and James W. Bullock. They must have been infants when he died.
Elvira
Stubblefield was the daughter of Alexander P. Stubblefield, we learn in a deed
of partition Oct. 27, 1870 (Mason Co., KY. D. B. 80, p. 384)
Her heirs are listed: Agnes Simcox, James W. Bullock, Margaret Bell, Lucy
Williams, Susan P. Boyd, John W. Boyd. Elvira
had remarried; her second husband was James Boyd, whom she married 23 Jan. 1841,
Marshall Stubblefield bondsman.1
A
letter dated Sept. 9, 1919 (in possession of Josephine Simcox Delay) from
George Simcox to his brother John is probably the best evidence at this time
of the later years of James’ children.
Note: George and John Simcox were grandsons of James, sons of Agnes
Rebecca. George had visited the
old home place where he was born at Mayslick, near Maysville.
He saw “Aunt Mag” (Margaret Bell) and said she looked much like his
own mother in her old age. At the
time Aunt Mag suffered from breast cancer and her days were numbered.
“The three Bell boys (Margaret and _____ bell’s sons) are located
close together in Ohio near Cincinnati. All
of them are cashiers in banks. All
have their nice homes and families.” George
was impressed with John Williams (probably Lucy’s husband) who had recently
sold his farm for $52,000; their daughter was mentioned but not by name.
Presumably Lucy was dead
1 E. P. Ellsberry, Marriages of Mason Co., Ky. 1789 – 1860. Vol. 4, p. 5.
since
she was not mentioned. “Uncle Jim
Bullock” may also have been dead; George was “all over the farm where he
lived,” but did not mention seeing him.
6.
Agnes Rebecca Bullock Simcox
was born Dec. 25, 1831 at Maysville, Ky.1 When she and William
Kennedy Simcox decided to marry, her mother and step-father, James Boyd, were
opposed. Apparently the Simcoxes
were not Maysville people and W. K. was not considered proper marriage material.
(The records show many Stubblefield – Bullock – Parker cousins
intermarried.) He wasn’t a cousin! He
appeared in the 1850 census in the home of Benjamin Preston; W. K. was then 22
years old, a medical student (!), born in Pa.
Apparently some others boarded thee, too.
Robert L. Cooper, 24, also a medical student, born in KY., roomed there,
and also was witness to the marriage of W. K. Simcox and Agnes Rebecca Bullock.
They eloped across the Ohio River to Aberdeen, Ohio.
They were married by Esquire Shelton Aug. 29, 1850.
J. L. Parker was also a witness. The
Simcox family is not in the 1850 Mason Co., Ky. census. Possibly W.K. came to Maysville alone to seek medical
instruction with a local physician.
A.R. and W. K. had twelve children. Before each birth she insisted on having a new dress ready, in case she should not survive and have to be “laid out.” Their children were:
Anna Mariah
born Dec.
2, 1851 died
James Walter
Feb. 6, 1853
Feb. 13, 1868
Robert A.
Sept. 17, 1854
1917
Elvira J.
Aug. 12, 1856
April 7, 1902
William P.
Mar. 22, 1858
May 9, 1870
John L.
May 28, 1860
1940
Thomas
Clarke
Apr. 16, 1862
Feb. 9, 1870
George B.
June 9, 1864
July 18,
1924
Bettie Bland
Mar. 24, 1866
Jan. 7,
1910
Mary A.
Apr. 30, 1866
Feb. 28, 1936
Josiah W.
Dec. 10, 1871
Aug. 9,
1844
Tyra
Mar. 18, 1874
Mar. 22, 1874
Marriages: --
Josiah W.
-
Ellen Davidson Apr. 20,
1893
James McNicol -
Elvira
Aug. 20, 1874
W. F. Watts -
Anna M.
Sept. 15, 1875
Robert A.
-
Mary Hester Smith
May 1, 1878
Wm. P. -
Mary Bell Smith
Feb.
3, 1881
John L. -
Josephine G. Whitley
July 20, 1884
W. W. Murfin -
Beggie B.
Sept. 25, 1884
Arthur Eaglin -
Mary A.
George B.
- Florence
Wasem
May 24, 1896
1
Except for the census data, most of this information is from letters of Rettie
Simcox Kelly and conversations with Mrs. Kelley, Maude s. Noll, Eunice Murfin,
Josephine Delay – granddaughters of W. K. and A. R.
Dates of birth, death, and marriage are from the Family Bible.
In 1866 after the War Between the States W. K. came to Patoka, Ill., rented a house and sent for the family. The porter helping them off the train was amazed that there was an unending line of children.
Mr.
Simcox started a general store in Patoka. To
get capital for the enterprise he traded a rag carpet they brought from
Kentucky. Several slaves came north
with the Simcoxes, loyal to their former owners.
The
Simcoxes became prominent members of the community and he was a prosperous
merchant in the thriving small town. They
were the first in Patoka to have a piano. At that time they lived at the site of present-day Cox-Martin
Funeral Home.
Agnes
Rebecca was well-educated for a lady of the day. She read the newspapers regularly and kept up with politics.
Being a woman of influence and certainly of opinion, she was sought by
the local candidates for her endorsement. Later
generations tell of her receiving a letter from Pres. Theodore Roosevelt who
inquired into their possible kinship. She
never replied “because he was a Republican.”
(The letter no longer can be found.
If their families were related, it had to be in the generations before
migration to Kentucky. T.R.’s
mother was a Bulloch from Georgia, and according to their family genealogist,
the –ochs are not related to the –ocks.)
The
parents and all children, except Mary in Oklahoma, are buried in the Patoka
Cemetery.
William
Kennedy Simcox was born March 15, 1826 at Germantown, Pa.,1 son of
Robert and Helen Kennedy Simcox. The
latter visited in the W.K. home in Patoka.
Her great-grandchildren called her “Little Grandma.”
She was born in 1808; it is thought she died in Los Angeles, California
1890 or after. The dates and
places of Robert Simcox’s birth and death are not known.
A note to Mabel Simcox from her grandmother Agnes Rebecca, March 21,
1914, associates Helen Kennedy’s family with Stevensons, though the exact
connection is not clear.
1
There were several towns of that name in Pa. Then, so the location of his
birthplace is not known at this time.
Submitted by Mrs. J. Terry Fuqua, 221 Sherwood Drive, Hopkinsville, Kentucky 42240.
Excerpt
from Kentucky Ancestors vol
7, no 4, April 1972, pages 195-199.