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Descendants of William Gulley, Jr.

Generation No. 2


2. SARAH3 GULLEY (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 10 November 1765 in Johnston County, North Carolins12, and died Bef. 181912. She married JEPTHA DANIELS 01 January 1786 in Duplin County, North Carolina12. He was born 175912, and died Unknown.

Notes for SARAH GULLEY:
The following is quotation from the book titled 'JOHN GULLEY GENEALOGY A PLANTER IN ALABAMA ANND ARKANSAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS' authored by Paul John.

Sarah (called Sally) Gulley, we judge that she and Jeptha were living with her father at the time of the NC State Census in April 1786, but had moved elsewhere by the time of the first U.S. Census in 1790. Sarah died before 1819 when her father wrote his will.

More About SARAH GULLEY:
Nickname: Sally

Notes for JEPTHA DANIELS:
See Sarah Gulley's notes.

More About JEPTHA DANIELS and SARAH GULLEY:
Marriage: 01 January 1786, Duplin County, North Carolina12
     
Children of SARAH GULLEY and JEPTHA DANIELS are:
  i.   WILLIAM4 DANIELS, d. Unknown.
  ii.   DANIEL DANIELS, d. Unknown.


3. WILLIAM3 GULLEY, LLL (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 15 June 1777 in Johnston County, North Carolina13, and died May 180214. He married CATHERINE. She died Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM GULLEY, LLL:
The following is quotation from the book titled 'JOHN GULLEY GENEALOGY A PLANTER IN ALABAMA ANND ARKANSAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS' authored by Paul John.

His will gives his wife's name as Caty Gulley, and they had two sons. These two sons, James and Henry, are named in the will of their father, William Gulley, Jr. Since no other children are named therein we presume there were no others, at least none who were living in 1802.

Notes for CATHERINE:
      See William Gulley, Jr.'s notes.

More About CATHERINE:
Nickname: Caty
     
Children of WILLIAM GULLEY and CATHERINE are:
7. i.   JAMES4 GULLEY, b. 30 March 1800, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
8. ii.   HENRY GULLEY, b. 11 January 1802, Duplin County, North Carolina; d. 14 March 1878, Monroe County, Alabama.


4. EDITH3 GULLEY (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 29 July 1780 in Johnston County, North Carolina15, and died Abt. 1843 in Monroe County, Alabama. She married WILLIAM FREDERICK 24 May 1804 in Dublin County, North Carolina16. He was born 08 July 1779 in Duplin County, North Carolina17, and died Bet. 1840 - 1850 in Monroe County, Alabama17.

More About WILLIAM FREDERICK and EDITH GULLEY:
Marriage: 24 May 1804, Dublin County, North Carolina18
     
Children of EDITH GULLEY and WILLIAM FREDERICK are:
9. i.   MARSHALL4 FREDERICK, b. 05 March 1805, Duplin County, North Carolina; d. 26 March 1892, Navarro County, Texas.
10. ii.   STEPHEN FREDERICK, b. Bet. 1806 - 1810, North Carolina; d. October 1857, Monroe County, Alabama.
11. iii.   PETER K. FREDERICK, b. 1812, Duplin County, North Carolina; d. 1859, Jefferson County, Arkansas.
12. iv.   WILLIAM G. FREDERICK, b. 12 February 1813, Duplin County, North Carolina; d. 25 August 1879, Navarro County, Texas.
13. v.   JOHN H. FREDERICK, b. 13 June 1820, Georgia; d. 10 January 1883, Navarro County, Texas.


5. NANCY B.3 GULLEY (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 14 October 1786 in Duplin County, North Carolina18, and died Abt. 1829 in Conecuh County, Alabama19. She married JACOB GILMORE 09 July 1805 in Dublin County, North Carolina20. He was born 1780 in Cumberland County, North Carolina21, and died 1842 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi21.

More About JACOB GILMORE and NANCY GULLEY:
Marriage: 09 July 1805, Dublin County, North Carolina22
     
Children of NANCY GULLEY and JACOB GILMORE are:
14. i.   JOHN4 GILMORE, b. 1808, Duplin County, North Carolina; d. 1871, Sepulga, Conecuh County, Alabama.
  ii.   SARAH GILMORE, d. Unknown.
  iii.   STEPHEN GILMORE, d. Unknown.
  iv.   ELIZABETH GILMORE, d. Unknown.
  v.   ANNA GILMORE, d. Unknown.
  vi.   JOEL GILMORE, d. Unknown.
  vii.   WILLIAM GILMORE, d. Unknown.
  viii.   BRYANT GILMORE, d. Unknown.


6. JOHN3 GULLEY, SR. (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 March 1788 in Duplin County, North Carolina23,24, and died 12 October 1865 in Quachita County, Arkansas25. He married NANCY W. BIZZELL 13 February 1809 in Duplin County, North Carolina26, daughter of JAMES BIZZELL and MARY BOWDEN. She was born 14 July 1791 in Duplin County, North Carolina27, and died 26 June 1870 in Ouachita County, Arkansas27.

Notes for JOHN GULLEY, SR.:
The following is quotation from the book titled 'JOHN GULLEY GENEALOGY A PLANTER IN ALABAMA ANND ARKANSAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS' authored by Paul John.

John Gulley, the youngest son of William Gulley, Sr. and Bethany Hinnant, was born in Duplin County NC where he spent his childhood and early manhood. Shortly after his nineteenth birthday he became a substantial land owner. In a deed dated 22 April 1807 William Gully of Duplin County gave to his son John Gully 363 acres "where he the said William now lives." Note that the name is Gully in this deed. We think John, like his father, spelled his surname without the "e." But as explained in William Gulley, Sr. notes, John's sons all changed to Gulley.

On the 13th of Feb. 1809 John Gulley, age 20, and Nancy Bizzell, age 17, were married in Duplin County NC. The newlyweds resided on the plantation given by his father, located in the northwest corner of Duplin County NC. Their first child was born 20 Jan 1810. Over a span of 27 years there were 13 more -- ten boys and four girls in all.

In 1817 or 1818 John and Nancy moved with their for children from North Carolina to Alabama. Before they moved John sold his land in North Carolina. In a deed dated 21 Dec. 1815 he sold the 363 acres given to him by his father in 1807, for $3085 -- a handsome sum in that day. Later, in Jan 1817, he sold 80 acres in Duplin County to his brother-in-law, Elijah Bizzell, for $80.

How did John and family travel to Alabama? Basically he had two choices -- by land or by sea. Overland the straight line distance is approximately 600 miles -- considerably longer if customary travel routes were followed. The water distance was twice as far, but the travel time was less and the trip was apt to be safer and more convenient. Numerous ships were engaged in transporting goods and passengers between many ports on the Atlantic seaboard and the Gulf Coast. We have no evidence to prove that John traveled from Wilmington NC to Mobile AL by ship, but it was a feasible and attractive alternate available to him, particularly since we think he had ample funds to pay for the passage.

The family departed North Carolina after 22 Mar 1817 (when son Marshal was born in NC) and arrived in Alabama before 25 Feb. 1819 (when daughter Elizabeth was born in AL). Hence it is very probable that John and Nancy were in Alabama when the 1820 Census was taken, although they have not been found in this Census. But this particular Census is very incomplete. Alabama Census Returns 1820, published by the Alabama State Department of Archives and History, which states in the preface: "The Department of Archives and History has tried for years to locate the Census returns for other counties covering the period but has so far failed."

In 1830 John Gulley was living in Monroe County AL; but, because the Courthouse records of Monroe County were destroyed by fir in 1833, we were unable to determine how long he had been living there. He moved from Monroe County not long after 1830. On 10 Dec. 1832 John Gulley patented land in the SW1/4 of Sect 33 of Twp 13N and Range 11E, in the southeast corner of Dallas C. AL. Living in the same vicinity were John and Nancy (Williams) Purifoy and their children. They had moved there from Pike County AL about two years earlier when John Purifoy patented 1 Feb. 1831 land in the SE1/4 of Sect 32 of Twp 13N and Range 11E. John Purifoy's quarter sections and John Gulley's quarter section adjoined, and were on the Dallas/Wilcox County line about 2.5 miles north of Snow Hill, AL. On 23 Aug 1835 Leroy Purifoy, son of John Purifoy, and Elizabeth Gulley, daughter of John Gulley, were married. Six months Later there was a second wedding when their siblings, James Haywood Gulley and Mary Ellen Purifoy were married 28 Feb. 1836.

By then John Gulley was planning to move again, this time to Conecuh County AL where he patented, 12 Apr 1836, 80 acres located in Sect 20 of Twp 3N and Range 13E. Before 1836 ended he obtained three more patents for 280 additional acres in adjoining sections. The local of this land is the northeast corner of present-day Escambia County about four mile south of Brooklyn, AL near the Sepulga River. At the time this area was in Conecuh County (Escambia was not created until 1868) and Conecuh was John's county of residence in the 1840 Census. His enumeration totaled 37 persons (including 26 blacks) and it took a high degree of management to efficiently employ this many individuals and to feed, clothe and house them. He owned much land and had a large farming operation. His total worth was probably several times the $3165 which he had when he left North Carolina.
     
In 1844 (perhaps earlier) John decided to move west again, this time to Arkansas. Why he decided to leave Alabama is unknown. He was in his mid 50's, had lived in Alabama for nearly three decades and appeared to be doing reasonably well. However, he was not by himself in this decision. A number of his neighbors in Alabama moved to Arkansas about the same time he did. That the journey took place by water is fairly certain. Just a few miles south of John's plantation the Sepulga River flows into the Conecuh River, which was open to boat traffic to Pensacola, FL. A ship from Pensacola to New Orleans, and thence up the Mississippi River to the Ouachita River and by boat up the Ouachita to Arkansas was a feasible journey. We know this because one of John's sons used this route for visiting Alabama in the 1850's.

John with wife Nancy and seven unmarried sons (John, Jr., Jesse, Calvin, Samuel, Harvey, Henry and Mathew), settled in Missouri Twp, Ouachita County, Arkansas. daughter Elizabeth Purifoy and family located nearby. Married son Marshal settled in Liberty Twp in the same county. Two other sons, William and James Haywood, moved their families to Union Parish in northern Louisiana near the Arkansas border. We think these moves all occurred at about the same time: i.e., between 1844 and 1847. John Gulley, his wife Nancy, their ten sons and one married daughter are in the 1850 Census of Ouachita County AR and Union Parish, LA. Of their 14 children only three, Hepsabeth, Mary and Nancy M., are unaccounted for in this Census.

What was it like to live in Southwest Arkansas in the mid 1800's? Conditions encountered by early settlers in this area are described in a letter written by one Joseph M. Graham, as published in Researchin' Ouachita/Calhoun Counties AR, Vol 9, No. 1, page 8. Note that John Gulley and Joseph Graham both moved to a rural area of Ouachita County about the same time under conditions that were probably quite similar.

March 20th 1850 "Little Bay", Ouchiata (sic) County AR

Nearly five months have elapsed since my arrival in this state ... We pitched our tents and remained in them ... having no houses on my place, and but 17 acres of Cleared land. We had a pretty rough time of it... I have been my own overseer and have paid particular attention that the negroes should not be exposed to more than we could possibly avoid until they got acclimated to this Country. They have, however, done a great deal of work, having erected four good and comfortable negro houses, a Smoke house & Black Smith Shop, and have our dwelling underway. We have also cleared about 130 acres of land, and in the course of Two weeks will have it ready to plant... I am much better pleased with this Country than I anticipated, and particularly with my land location. I am only a mile & 1/2 from Little Bay on the Ouchiata where Boats stop almost daily as they ascend and descend the River, which brings me within 4 days of New Orleans.

This is one of the finest Stock Countries I have ever seen. Persons here never think of feeding their hogs with Corn and they are killed from the woods as fat and large as the Kentucky Hogs that are driven to Carolina. I have bought about a hundred head; and the Bear, and Panther, serves to make them gentle and causes them to come up every night. Rice, Potatoes and vegetables of every kind grow here luxuriantly. As we are near navigation every thing of that kind that we have spare, we can find ready sale for on the Steam Boats.

Henry arrived here about two months since ... He has purchased a house & lot in the town of Camden (at the head of navigation on the Ouchiata, a business place & containing about 2500 inhabitants) and opened a Drug Store ...Say to Mother that I have some $300 subscribed to build a Baptist Church in our neighborhood. That we hope to have the Church completed in about six months, and that we would be pleased if she would send us a minister. We have not a Church now where they have regular service within 20 miles of us. And it is a rare thing to hear a sermon.

In April and July 1844 John Gulley patented 560 acres in Sections 6 and 7 of Twp 14S and Range 19W, which land is on the Ouachita/Nevada county line on the south side of Highway 4 running between Camden and Hope. Five years later, in July 1849 he patented 120 acres in Sect 27 of Twp 12S and Range 20W, a location about eight miles north and three miles west of his initial holdings. Each year or two thereafter he added additional acreage in the same area. In Aug. 1860 he obtained his 18th patent by which time he had patented 1520 acres of Arkansas land. By 1861 he had consolidated his plantation into one contiguous tract of 1400 acres, and he also owned other acreage in tracts several miles to the east. When John died in 1865 he owned 2466 acres -- nearly four square miles.

The site of John Gulley's plantation was NE Nevada County (Ouachita County in his day) about four miles SW of Bluff City, AR. It can be pinpointed by the extant Gulley Family Cemetery near the center of the plantation. This land is currently owned by International Paper Company, which uses it to grow tree seedlings in several fields surrounding the cemetery -- the same fields John Gulley cultivated 140 years ago.

Like the author of the preceding letter, John was able to benefit from the good transportation afforded by the Ouachita River. His plantation was about 16 miles from Camden ("head of navigation on the Ouachita" and only half that far from waterways above Camden classified as intermittently navigable.\

The Ouachita County courthouse records were destroyed by fire in 1875. However, tax appraisal records prepared by the County and submitted to the State have been preserved, and from these we obtain insight into John's financial condition. In 1858 his assets totaled $24,343, a considerable fortune considering that one nickel then would buy more than a dollar bill today. John doubtless sustained heavy financial loss from the Civil War, but the most traumatic loss for him and Nancy was to their family. Four of their sons enlisted in the Confederate Army, and two died in service. Three grandsons also died in service. And the war was barely over when John died, 12 Oct. 1865, at age 77. John no doubt wrote a will, but it has been lost due to the Ouachita County Courthouse fire mentioned earlier.

Leroy Purifoy, a son-in-law, was Administrator of John Gulley's Estate, and may have been the Testamentary Executor. By 1867 Leroy had distributed the other assets but had not made disposition of 2446 acres of John's land. The average value of this land was $1.26 per acre compared to $3 per acre in 1858 and 1861. Following his father's death Samuel Luther Gulley moved back to the family home from Union County AR, and took over the operation of the family farm (the Civil War had reduced it from a plantation to a farm).

In 1870, on June 26th, the mother Nancy Bizzell Gulley died, one month short of her 79th birthday. Interment was in the Gulley Family Cemetery beside her husband. Both her grave and his were marked by tombstones molded from concrete. Later these were replaced with carved stone markers, but parts of the original markers are still extant. In this cemetery there are 28 inscribed burials, ten with surname Gulley, eight with Purifoy and six with Epperson. The Gulley and Purifoy burials are descendants, or spouses of descendants, of John and Nancy Gulley, and the Epperson burials may be. The last burial in this cemetery was in 1918, after which the cemetery was unattended for forty or fifty years and become overgrown with vegetation. John B. Gulley of Prescott, AR, writes about it in a letter addressed to Pau John dated 21 June 1986:


I find it very interesting in acknowledging receipt of your letter concerning your search for the Gulley records regarding John and Nancy Gulley. You have information, it seems that they were buried about five miles southwest of Bluff City. OK, that is correct as far as I know, but have you actually visited the "GULLEY CEMETERY"? If not, let me tell you a little of the history of which I am familiar, (and of course that might be just a small part of it) and we can start from there.... my part of the story begins about ten or twelve years ago when I made up my mind to do a little research on the subject, and began trying to locate the GULLEY CEMETERY. Now that turned out to be a little more than I had expected, because nobody seemed to know the exact spot because it had totally grown up down there in those woods, and I made two or three trips down hunting for it before I finally located it. Then to my despair I found a bad sight. First let me explain the reason for this condition; it seems that back in those days a lot people would set out a cedar tree at the head of a grave because a lot of them were not able to buy headstones. Well, these old cedar trees had grown into maturity and had turned into a real good grade of cedar saw logs. Well, some guy, (some sorry thief) had gone in there and stole the cedar timber and in doing so had cut trees down over the monuments and breaking up a lot of them, but also left the whole thing in a shape that made it hard to even locate. But finally I did. At that time I was in the saw-business, (I retired in 1977) so I took a part of my mill crew down there and cleaned it up and straightened up a lot of the monuments, and since then I have studied them a little to some extent, but as I have already said, I am not so sure about my great grandparents, but can give you quite a bit about my grandfather (SAMUEL LUTHER GULLEY).... the Gulley farm wound up finally in the hands of my uncle John's three daughters ... some time later on they sold the land to INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. with a provision of the sale that International Paper would build a fence around the cemetery and maintain it from now on. So now International Paper has built some houses down there for their employees and the "OLD GULLEY PLACE" is now a pine tree nursery, and it is looking more modern every day....

More About JOHN GULLEY, SR.:
Burial: Unknown, Gulley Family Cemetery, Bluff City, Nevada County, Arkansas
Name Used: Plantation own

Notes for NANCY W. BIZZELL:
The following is quotation from the book titled 'JOHN GULLEY GENEALOGY A PLANTER IN ALABAMA ANND ARKANSAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS' authored by Paul John.

Nancy Bizzell, wife of John Gulley, was born 14 July 1791 in Duplin County NC, the daughter of James Bizzell and Mary Bowden. Her father's plantation was a short distance downstream from William Gulley's Plantation, and John and Nancy possibly had know each other all their lives when they married 13 Feb. 1809, at ages 21 and 17 1/2. Nancy Gulley is in her father's will dated 22 May 1822:

... I also give to my son James my negro man named Martin on the condition that he pay to my daughter Nancy Gully three hundred dollars on or before the 20th day of May in the year 1826 ...

Nancy was by then living in Alabama.

Nancy Bizzell's lineage goes back to her great great grandfather, Thomas Bizzell, who was born in England about 1665. He came to Virginia in 1691 and four generations of the family lived in Nansemond County VA, including Nancy's father James Bizzell. James was an infant when he moved with his parents to North Carolina, settling first in Edgecombe County, NC but later moving to Duplin County, which is where James Bizzell and Mary Bowden were Married, 2 Jan. 1781. They continued in Duplin until their deaths. One of the supporting documents for the Bizzell Family is the excellent book The Bizzell Family by Oscar M. Bizzell. In addition to genealogical data for hundreds of Bizzells it contains much interesting history, such as: "Seventeenth Century Atlantic Voyages," "Living Conditions in Colonial America," " Revolutionary War Records, " etc.

John Gulley and Nancy Bizzell were the parents of 14 children -- ten sons and four daughters. All ten sons lived to maturity, and seven left descendants. One daughter also married and had issue. As might be expected with such a large family, descendants of John Gulley and Nancy Bizzell were very numerous, and many of them continued to reside in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.




More About NANCY W. BIZZELL:
Burial: Unknown, Gulley Family Cemetery, Bluff City, Nevada County, Arkansas

More About JOHN GULLEY and NANCY BIZZELL:
Marriage: 13 February 1809, Duplin County, North Carolina28
     
Children of JOHN GULLEY and NANCY BIZZELL are:
15. i.   NANCY HEBZABETH4 GULLEY, b. 20 January 1810, Dublin County, North Carolina; d. 23 December 1850, Ouachita County, Arkansas.
16. ii.   WILLIAM HAYWOOD GULLEY, b. 23 July 1812, Duplin County, North Carolina; d. 03 September 1863, Union Parish, Louisiana.
17. iii.   JAMES HAYWOOD GULLEY, b. 14 November 1814, Duplin County, North Carolina; d. 10 October 1883, Bremond, Robertson County, Texas.
18. iv.   MARSHALL GULLEY, b. 22 March 1817, Duplin County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1891.
19. v.   ELIZABETH GULLEY, b. 25 February 1819, Alabama; d. Unknown.
  vi.   MARY GULLEY, b. 24 June 1820, Alabama29; d. Bef. 1830.
  Notes for MARY GULLEY:
The following is a quotation from the book titled 'JOHN GULLEY GENEALOGY A PLANTER IN ALABAMA ANND ARKANSAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS' authored by Paul John.

Mary Gulley, the third daughter and sixth child of John Gulley and Nancy Bizzell, was born 24 June 1820 in Alabama. We think she died young as she is missing from her father's 1830 Census, and we have no further records.

20. vii.   JOHN GULLEY, JR., b. 17 January 1822, Alabama; d. 05 January 1880, Nevada County, Arkansas.
21. viii.   JESSE BIZZELL GULLEY, b. 15 October 1823, Conecuh County, Alabama; d. 09 February 1855, Ouachita County, Arkansas.
  ix.   NANCY MATILDA GULLEY, b. 30 December 1825, Alabama30; d. Unknown.
  Notes for NANCY MATILDA GULLEY:
      Nancy Matilda Gulley, daughter of John Gulley and Nancy Bizzell, was born 30 Dec. 1925 in Alabama. One birth record had "Nancy M.;" another birth record has "Matilda." We believe that "Nancy Matilda" is correct. In 1840 at age 14 she was living with her parents in Conecuh County AL. She is missing from her father's 1850 Census in Ouachita County AR. Since she was by then 24, it is uncertain whether she was living elsewhere or had died. We have no other information.

  x.   CALVIN AHASUERUS GULLEY, b. 30 December 1827, Monroe County, Alabama30; d. Unknown; m. ADALINE ELIZABETH YOUNG, 02 July 185831; b. 07 August 183231; d. Unknown.
  Notes for CALVIN AHASUERUS GULLEY:
      Calvin Ahasurus Gulley, sixth son of John Gulley and Nancy Bizzell, was born 30 Dec. 1827 in Alabama; probably in Monroe County, his place of residence in 1830. In 1850, at age 23, he was living with his parents in Missouri Twp, Ouachita County AR. He is listed on a tax roll of Ouachita County, dated 22 June 1859, as the owner of 450 acres of land located in Section 16 of Twp 14 and Range 19 on the western edge of Ouachita County about one mile east of Route 57 and two miles south of Route 4. This land was valued at $1350. Horses, cattle and other chattels were valued at $1641 for a total taxable evaluation of $2991. This is the last record we have for him. We did not find him in subsequent tax rolls, or in the 1860 Census.

      We did find in the 1860 Census a Mrs. L. Gulley, resident of Behestian Twp, Ouachita County AR. She was 30 years old, born in TN, a land owner and a farmer. She shared a dwelling with Mrs. E. Lorry, age 60, born in TN, possible her mother. There was one son, Calvin Gulley, age 1, born in AR. If Mrs. L. Gulley was the widow of a descendant of John and Nancy Gulley, it had to be Calvin Ahasurus. Their other sons are all accounted for elsewhere. The possibility that her husband was from another branch of the Gulley family cannot be ruled out, but a search in Ouachita and surrounding counties has turned up no Gulleys in this time period except descendants of John and Nancy.

  More About CALVIN GULLEY and ADALINE YOUNG:
Marriage: 02 July 185831
22. xi.   SAMUAL LUTHUR GULLEY, b. 07 May 1829, Monroe County, Alabama; d. 05 February 1900, Nevada County, Arkansas.
23. xii.   HARVEY GULLEY, b. 10 May 1831, Monroe County, Alabama; d. 18 January 1864, Alton (Pock Island), Madison Co, Illinois.
  xiii.   HENRY CICERO GULLEY, b. 26 December 1834, Dallas County, Alabama32; d. Unknown; m. RHODA; d. Unknown.
  Notes for HENRY CICERO GULLEY:
      Henry Cicero Gulley, the ninth son and thirteenth child of John Gulley and Nancy Bizzell, was born 26 Dec. 1834 in Dallas County AL. He was still an infant when his parents moved to Conecuh County AL, and was about 10 when they moved to Ouachita County AR. In 1850 at age 15 he was living with his parents in Missouri Twp of Ouachita County AR.

      In April and May 1859 he patented 240 acres of land in Union County AR. This land was near the Arkansas/Louisiana border just a few miles north of Oakland LA. He married, and in 1860 he and his wife Rhoda were living on this property in Lapile Twp of Union County AR. He was a farmer of considerable means. His real estate was valued at $3000 and his personal estate at $5000. There were no children.

      The Civil War began and on 17 Oct. 1861 Henry C. Gulley enlisted in the Confederate State Army at Camden AR. His brother Mathew and a nephew, Thoma H. Purifoy, enlisted at the same time. Their outfit (County B, 15th Ark. Inf.) was sent to Virginia and on 16 Feb. 1862 in a battle at Fort Donaldson VA, Henry and his comrades were captured by Union Forces. Henry C. Gulley and Thomas H. Purifoy were sent to a military prison at Camp Butler in Springfield IL.

      Private H.C. Gulley remained at Camp butler until 23 Sept. 1862 when he was sent to Vicksburg MS to be exchanged. Following the exchange he was assigned to County F, 15 Reg't. Ark. Inf. and was promoted to sergeant. On 9 July 1863 Sgt. Gulley was captured at Fort Hudson LA and three days later on July 12th was paroled.

      After the War Henry may have returned to his home in AR but we have no record. In 1869 he still owned his land in Union County AR but may not have been living on it. The next year W.A. Harris was listed on the Union County Tax Roll as the owner of this land.
     
      We looked for Henry C. Gulley in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and California in both the 1870 Census and the 1880 Census but did not find him.



GULLEY, H.C. 1Sgt - Enl 17 Oct 1861 at Camden, AR. Captured 16 Feb 1862 at Ft Donelson, TN and sent to MP at Camp Butler, IL then to Vicksburg, MS 23 Sep 1862. Captured 9 Jul 1863 and paroled 12 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA

  More About HENRY CICERO GULLEY:
Date born 2: 26 December 1834, Conecuh County, Alabama33
Military Branch: 1st Sgt., County B, 15th Ark. Inf. CSA
War Veteran: Civil War34
  xiv.   MATHEW B. GULLEY, b. 07 June 1836, Alabama35; d. 16 March 1862, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri36.
  Notes for MATHEW B. GULLEY:
      Mathew B. Gulley was the fourteenth, and youngest, child of John Gulley and Nancy Bizzell. He was born 7 June 1836 in Alabama and was about nine when he moved with his parents to Ouachita County AR. In 1860 at age 24 he was still living with them, their only child still at home.

      On 17 Oct. 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army at Camden AR. He, his brother Henry and a nephew Thomas H. Purifoy, enlisted together and were assigned to County B, 15th Ark. Inf. On 16 Feb 1862 all three were captured in a battle at Fort Donaldson VA. Henry and Thomas were sent to a military prison at Camp Butler, Springfield IL, but Mathew, who was wounded, was sent to a military hospital in St. Louis MO. His death in the hospital is recorded on a certificate.

      Private Mathew B. Gulley is buried in Grave No. 4991 in the National Cemetery in St. Louis MO.


GULLEY, M.B. Pvt, 15th (Johnson's), CSA d. 16 Mar 1862 #4991, National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, MO

GULLEY, M.B. Pvt - Enl 17 Oct 1861 at Camden, AR. Died POW 16 Mar 1862 in General Hospital St Louis, MO. Claim filed 16 Dec 1862 by John Gully Sr, father.

  More About MATHEW B. GULLEY:
Burial: Unknown, National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks Cemetery Grave No. 4991, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri
Cause of Death: Killed in war
Military Branch: Pvt. County B, 15th Arkansas Infantry CSA
War Veteran 1: Civil War37
War Veteran 2: Civil War

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