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Descendants of Thomas Hull

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM¹⁰ HULL (THOMAS⁹, WILLIAM JACKSON (UNPROVEN)⁸, MOSES⁷, SAMUEL⁶, SAMUEL⁵, SAMUEL⁴, JOSEPH³, THOMAS², RICHARD¹)^24,²⁵ was born 19 October 1802 in possibly Putnam County, (possibly Burke Co.) Georgia ²⁶, and died Unknown. He married NANCY ANN OLIVER 08 October 1826 in Elbert County, GA. or Marietta, GA, daughter of CALEB OLIVER and NANCY WHITE. She was born 1808, and died Aft. 1880.

Notes for WILLIAM HULL:
From a "Historical Genealogy On The Ancestry of Wiliam Benjamin Hull and Emily Harriett Watson Hull and Related Lines", by Dorothy Hull Shaw and Harold L. Shaw, July 1989:

William Hull (middle name may have been Benjamin) was born October 19, 1802 in Putnam Co. (possibly Burke Co.) Georgia.

Based upon several pieces of documentation and other evidences, it is reasonable to believe that William Hull married Nancy Ann Oliver in Elbert County, Georgia on October 8, 1826. Such a marriage is duly recorded there, according 'History of Elbert County, GA, 1790-1925" page 243, by John McIntosh. There is, however, as to the name "Hull" some confusion. In print, the presentation is made as "Hul(me?). There were in that County at the time a number of families by the name Hulme. However, there were none with the given name of William who married anyone named Oliver. There are other evidences that in hand-written documentation, the second "l" in the Hull name were not written. This would appear to be the case here, and that fact, coupled with the familiarity with the name Hulme in that geographical area may have caused the editorial addition of the parenthetical "me?" when the handwritten record was transcribed to print. Handwritten original says "Hulme".

Be that as it may, Nancy Ann Oliver married again in 1837 (to Matthew Peters) and brought to that marriage two small children -- a girl and a boy -- and almost indisputable legend/evidence from that point on indicates the father of these two children was William Hull.

What happened to William Hull after 1830 remains a mystery. As said, there is documentation of his marriage in 1826 (when he was 24 years old). Further, his name appears in the first Tax List of Butts County, GA., in 1828, as owning land in the same district as that of his father, Thomas. Finally, he appears in the 1830 federal census for Butts County as a separate house-hold, living alone -- no spouse, no children.

There are legends about subsequent name changes, second marriage, and the rearing of another family, by William Hull, but there is not so much as a hint that any of this is factual. It has not been learned whether or not William Hull lived past 1830.

Notes for NANCY ANN OLIVER:
From a "Historical Genealogy On The Ancestry of Wiliam Benjamin Hull and Emily Harriett Watson Hull and Related Lines", by Dorothy Hull Shaw and Harold L. Shaw, July 1989:

".... when in about 1837, Nancy Oliver Hull Peters married Matthew Peters she brought to that marriage a girl and a boy. The same was true for Matthew -- he also had a boy and a girl from his first marriage. This as this union began, the Matthew Peters household took form as follows:

Mathew Peters, born 1801, died 183, Married 1837, Nancy Oliver Hull Peters, born 1808, died after 1880. Children in the family:

Daughter: Hollon Peters, 10 years old.
Son, Matthew Jordan Peters, 7 years old.
Daughter Frances Elizabeth Hull, 10 years old.
Son, William Benjamin Hull, 8 years old.

Additional children, born of this marriage were as follows:
Martha Peters, born 1839
Mary A. Peters, born 1842
Andrew Jackson Peters, born 1844
James K. Peters, born 1845
Simeon C. Peters, born 1849

Also added into this household in 1849 was the infant daughter of Francis Elizabeth Hull Butler, the mother having died in that year. This infant, (Elizabeth Butler) was Nancy's granddaughter and William Benjamin Hull's niece.

Also from: From a "Historical Genealogy On The Ancestry of Wiliam Benjamin Hull and Emily Harriett Watson Hull and Related Lines", by Dorothy Hull Shaw and Harold L. Shaw, July 1989:

"....Before leaving discussion of the Peters kin, a particular historical event should be recorded here: In about 1882 a caravan, said to have consisted of 5 wagons, left Chambers and/or Tallapoosa Co., Alabama and went to Orlando. (More likely, actually went to Conway, now a suburb south of Orlando, where William Benjamin Hull was established). Known to have been in he entourage were the following:

Matthew Jordan Peters (step-brother to Wm. Benjamin Hull), his wife, Johannah and children, John (called "Boason"), Mary, Frances (called Fanny), Sarah, daughter Hollon, and son Horry.

Martha (Mattie) Peters (half-sister to Wm. B. Hull), unmarried.

Andrew Jackson Peters (half-brother to Wm. B. Hull) and likely his wife Mary and 3 children.

James K. Peters (half-brother to Wm. B. Hull), his wife, Johnnie and children: Charlie Belle, Matthew (then 12 years old and who drove one of the wagons), Mattie Eleta Perry Lee (called Parlee -- she was the mother of Ms. France V. Thomas who now lives in Alexander City, AL. and who is the Peters family historian) Lenora, James Harlan, and other small children.

And finally: "Grannie" -- Nancy Oliver Hull Peters, mother of William Benjamin Hull. She was then about 74 years old.

Of this group, only Matthew Jordan Peters and his family stayed in Florida. Matthew Jordan ("M.J.") Peters, his wife Johanna and most of their children (and their spouses) are buried in the old (Methodist Church) cemetery in the center of Conway (Orlando), Florida. From Conway Methodist Church records and by personal inventory of tomb-markers, following is a listing of those buried there:

M. J. Peters, died 16 July 1890, age 60 (this was Matthew Jordan, Born 1830).
Joan Peters, Died 25 May 1923, age 73. Maiden Name: Johanna Patterson, 2nd wife of M. J. Peters.
Mary J. Speer, 10 August 1876; 8 November 1940. (She was the daughter of Matthew Jordan Peters).
Wilson L. Speer, 1 September 1870, 12 October 1931 (husband of Mary J. Speer).
Ionia Speer, 3 October 1898, 26 Dec 1918. (daughter of the above).
Frances R. Villeneuve, 1878, No death date. (daughter of M. J. Peters).
Lorenze S. Villeneuve, 1868-1924 (husband of Frances R.)
Vera Villneuve, 11 July 1905 - 21 August 1906 (Infant daughter of Lorenze & Frances).
Horry Peters, died 6 Sept 1884, age 11. (son of M.J. and Johanna Peters).

Note: There are records that John Peters (Boason) son of Matthew Jordan Peters was involved in purchase of cemetery lots in this location, but no evidence that he is buried there.

Returning to the 1882 entourage: After a short stay -- perhaps a few weeks or few months -- the remainder of this group returned to their former homes in Alabama. The trip southbound is said to have taken 31 days, the return, northbound, 29.

Amongst the "Collection of Letters to Simeon Benjamin Hull" in the mid-1880's, will be found letters from people in this group, after they returned to Alabama.

The date and place of death of Nancy Ann Oliver Hull Peters is not known. There is a legend that she went west to Oklahoma or Texas (she had a son in Houston) and died there.

The ancestors of Nancy Ann Oliver, born 1808, mother of William Benjamin Hull (from France Thomas):

Her father was Caleb Oliver, born 1762, Orange Co., VA, died 1825 in Elbert County, Georgia.

The father of Caleb Oliver was Durette Oliver, born 1734, died 1771. Lived Orange Co., Virginia. Durette's wife's name was Tabitha.

Her mother was Nancy White, born about 1775, who married Caleb Oliver, Orange Co., Virginia in 1792. They settled in Elbert County, GA.

Nancy White's father was Thomas White, born 1753, died 1807. Thomas White married Sarah Shelton. they settled in Elbert County, Georgia. Sarah Shelton's father was Henry Shelton and her mother's maiden surname was Ray. Henry Shelton's father was Thomas Shelton, his mother's name unknown.

The father of Thomas White, born 1753, was John Conyers White. The latter immigrated to Virginia from England and married Ann Wisdom of Queens County, VA. John Conyers White was born 1696, died 1787.

The parents of John Conyers White were Conyers and Nancy White of Leicestershire (county) England.

More About WILLIAM HULL and NANCY OLIVER:
Marriage: 08 October 1826, Elbert County, GA. or Marietta, GA

Children of WILLIAM HULL and NANCY OLIVER are:

10.	i.		ELIZABETH¹¹ HULL, b. Abt. 1827; d. 1849, Chambers County, Alabama.
11.	ii.		WILLIAM BENJAMIN HULL, b. 28 September 1829, Georgia; d. 12 April 1914.

3. JULIA¹⁰ HULL (THOMAS⁹, WILLIAM JACKSON (UNPROVEN)⁸, MOSES⁷, SAMUEL⁶, SAMUEL⁵, SAMUEL⁴, JOSEPH³, THOMAS², RICHARD¹)^26,^27,^28,²⁸ was born 13 May 1808 in possibly Putnam County, Georgia ²⁹, and died 11 May 1856 in Vienna, GA²⁹. She married TRAVIS GEORGE BLEDSOE^30,^31,³² 28 October 1828 in Butts Co., Georgia ³³, son of BLEDSOE and ELIZABETH LINNEY. He was born Bet. 1798 - 1799 in VA, and died November 1861 in Memphis, TN (CSA Record).

Notes for JULIA HULL:
According to her obituary in The Christian Index (Arkansas), Julia was the mother of twelve children.

Julia's ggg granddaughter (Ilene Wallace Jeffers) remembers playing around the grave sites of Julia and Travis when she was a child, later a fallen tree destroyed the tombstones.

Notes from Ilene Jeffers Wallace:

Travis George Bledsoe and Julia Hull were married 26 October 1828 in Butts County GA. They moved to Dallas County Arkansas around 1849.

1850 Dallas County Arkansas Census #20
T.G. Bledsoe 52 farmer b. VA
Julia 42 b. GA
Jas. M(James Monroe) 19 B. GA
Bagley L. (Baley or Bailey) 15 b. GA
Susan E. 13 b. GA
Jno. 10 b. GA
Toaby G. (Travy G)9 b.GA
Charles H. 8 B. GA
Lucina M (Lucinda) 6 b. GA
Julia A.M. 3 b. GA
Martha F. 1 b. ARK
G.A. Torrance 24 b. GA ( I think this is a nephew)
A.J. McManus 19 19 b. ALA( states laborer)

Next door-
Baylor Green 18 b. GA
Elvira 16 b. GA

Julia had died by the 1860 Census and Travy had married Mary Hanson from Talbot Co. GA. Another daughter of Julia shows up on the 1860 Dallas County Census#122

Sarah 8 b. Ark

CSA records from the Arkansas State Archives-
T.G. Bledsoe died at Memphis Nov. 1861
C.H. Bledsoe died 8 August 1862 Camp Douglas Near Chicago IL
John T. Bledsoe died Oct 1862 at Corinth , MS

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E-mail note from Betty Linney (Dec. 2003) refers to Julia Hull as Mary Julia Hull.

More About JULIA HULL:
Baptism: By Elder J. P. James of Henry Co., GA
Moved 1: 1840, Arkansas
Moved 2: 1849, To Dallas Co., AR
Religion: Temperance Hill Church (Arkansas)

Notes for TRAVIS GEORGE BLEDSOE:
Nicknames: Treavy & Travy

Travis left Orange Co., VA about 1820 (Betty Linney, Dec. 2003 note).

Travis was disinherited by his grandfather William Coplin Linney. Betty Linney is seeking the answer as to why this was so. She states that: It appears that after this happened (around 1820's), the Linney's split up going to North Carolina, Kentucky and Georgia.

More About TRAVIS BLEDSOE and JULIA HULL:
Marriage: 28 October 1828, Butts Co., Georgia³³

Children of JULIA HULL and TRAVIS BLEDSOE are:

MARY E.¹¹ BLEDSOE³⁴, b. 30 October 1829; d. 02 September 1884; m. JOHN SHIRLEY ELLIOTT, 15 October 1846, Morgan County, GA; d. Unknown.

Notes for MARY E. BLEDSOE:
According to Betty Linney, they had about 7 children.

More About JOHN ELLIOTT and MARY BLEDSOE:
Marriage: 15 October 1846, Morgan County, GA

	ii.	JAMES MONROE BLEDSOE, b. Abt. 1831, GA; d. Unknown.
12.	iii.	ELVIRA BLEDSOE, b. Abt. 1834, GA; d. Unknown.
	iv.	BAILEY BLEDSOE, b. Abt. 1835, GA; d. Unknown.
	v.	SUSAN E. BLEDSOE, b. Abt. 1837, GA; d. Unknown.
	vi.	JOHN T. BLEDSOE, b. Abt. 1840, GA; d. October 1862, Corinth, MS (CSA Record).
	vii.	TRAVY G. BLEDSOE, b. Abt. 1841, GA; d. Unknown.
	viii.	CHARLES H. BLEDSOE, b. Abt. 1842, GA; d. 08 August 1862, Camp Douglas near Chicago, IL (CSA Record).
	ix.	LUCINDA M. BLEDSOE, b. Abt. 1844, GA; d. Unknown.
	x.	JULIA A.M. BLEDSOE, b. Abt. 1847; d. Unknown.
	xi.	MARTHA BLEDSOE, b. Abt. 1849, Arkansas; d. Unknown.
	xii.	SARAH BLEDSOE, b. Abt. 1852, Arkansas; d. Unknown.

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