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From: David Herron <>
Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER-L] Bullock roots in Jefferson County
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 21:01:03 -0600


Gary, with the info you have you could get pension records from the National Archives using form NATF Form 80 (rev. 3-96)

Bullock Gary L CNIN wrote:

> Hi to all:
>
> I have been trying to make some (so far difficult) connections in Jefferson
> County. My family is from there - and I can trace back to roughly 1850-60
> but the trail goes dead. I was hoping someone could shed some light down
> this dead end.
> Here's some background data;
>
> *Gary (me)
> *Clarence C. Bullock (b.1926)
> *Henry Franklin Bullock (b.1900) ((m. Goldie Brown))
> *James Franklin Bullock (b.187X) (m. Sarah Ford,
> 1895)
> *Henry C. Bullock (b. app. 1845)((m.
> Caroline Wells, 1866))
>
> I also have some anecdotal "family" information from Arthur Edmison's(sp?)
> wife (supposedly a 2nd or 3rd cousin of my grandfather Henry F.)
>
> Mrs Edmison
> *Roscoe Bullock (not Henry F.'s brother)
> *Benjamin F. Bullock
> *George E. Bullock
> *Noah (b. 1830) (( m. Marinda Hix, 1849 or
> 1852))((m. Elizabeth Garrison 1865))
> *George T. Bullock (b. ?,d1880) ((m.
> Miranda Casey, 1828) {moved from D.C. to
> Louisville to Mt. Vernon, tanner by trade}
>
> This is from her notes;
> "Noah Bullock was born in Mt. Vernon Il on Dec 25, 1830, the son of George
> Bullock of Washington DC. George had lived in Louisville, where he had a
> business as a tanner. He moved to Mt. Vernon, where he carried on the same
> business. He fought in the Blackhawk Wars and died in 1880. He married
> Marinda Casey , native of Tennessee, who died in 1894. They had children
> Noah, Thomas, and William. Thomas fought in the civil war. Noah fought with
> the Fourty-fourth Illinois Infantry, Company I. He was wounded at Franklin
> TN and again in Nashville - where he lost an eye. He returned to Mt. Vernon
> and married Marinda Hix in 1849 (Note::There seems to be a discrepancy- the
> civil war was not this early!) They had four children - (not named). After
> her death, he married Elizabeth Garrison . On March 10, 1892, he married
> Louisa Samons , and they had one son, Stacy."
>
> If theres anything there any of you can use, its OK. Some of the dates seem
> out of place or else I don't understand what she was saying. From the
> mariage records, it appears that Noah married Sethe Dodson in 1892 (bigamy,
> libidinous old coot, or what?)
>
> Nonetheless - where do these lines connect? Sufficient parallels to indicate
> that she and my grandfather were second or third cousins but....
>
> Thanks a lot - and I hope I haven't bored you with this missive. Just asking
> for guidance, input, suggestions, or sympathy
> Gary Bullock
>
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