Anderson-Sipple Family Tree » Isaiah Bull Sr. (1756-1821)

Données personnelles Isaiah Bull Sr. 

• Il est né le 2 mai 1756 dans Crom Elbow Precinct, Clinton, Dutchess, New York, Verenigde Staten.Les sources 4, 5, 7
• Propriété: le 24 mai 1809 400 acres on Pitman creek, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA.Source 2
• Résidant en l'an 1820: .Source 3
• Il est décédé en l'an 1821 dans Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA, il avait 64 ans.Les sources 4, 6
• Alternative: Il est décédé environ 1838.Source 6
• Un enfant de Nathan Bull et Abigail Inman

Famille de Isaiah Bull Sr.

(1) Il est marié avec Catherine Stevens.

Ils se sont mariés le 24 mars 1779 à Poughkeepsie (The Flats), Dutchess, New York, USA, il avait 22 ans.Source 1

Enfant(s):

1. Mary Bull  1780-1875 
2. Isaiah Bull  ± 1781-± 1838

(2) Il avait une relation avec Esther McFall.

Notes par Isaiah Bull Sr.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=109917259

Birth:
May 2, 1756
Dutchess County
New York, USA
Death:
1821
Rockcastle County
Kentucky, USA

Isaiah 1st married Katie Stevens Abt. 1779 in NY. They had 2 children Mary and Isaiah Jr.

He married his 2nd wife Esther McFall abt. 1783 and probably in , Washington, VA.

18 Oct 1793 Pg 406 - Isiah Ball, assignee of James Rogers - 320 ac - Commissioners Certificate - on the waters of and on the north side of the middle fork of Holstein River - beginning on a spur of brushey mountain corner to Jacob Williams land - on Shavers line - in Henry Kounts line - in Porterfield's line

18 Oct 1793, Pg 407 - Jacob Williams, heir to John Williams, decd - 190 ac - Commissioners Certificate - on the north side of the middle fork of Holstein River - beginning on a spur of the brushey mountain corner to Isiah Bull's land - line of Shaver's land - line of Willson's land

Isaiah Bull & wife Esther are listed in D.B. 3, pg. 167 Aronheim Files in the State Library of Virginia in Richmond.
1797 Washington, VA Tithables - Isaiah Bull is listed with 1 male over 16

Isaiah Bull Sr. and Isaiah Bull, Jr. were both on the 1804 tax list for Washington, VA.

In 1807, Stephen Langford sold property on the Rockcastle River below present-day Livingston to Isaiah Bull. This property later belonged to Uriah Gresham.

He is listed n the 1809 Lincoln, KY Tax lists as "Izaah" Bull

Isaiah Bull is listed along with 22 others in Elihu Ingalls Revolutionary War NY Veterans Pension Application. pension number: W. 20156

1810 , Knox, KY Census
Isaiah Bull over 45
1 M 16-26
1 M under 10
1 F over 45

Isaiah Bull is next listed in Knox, KY 1810 and 1811 tax lists.

Elmer Decker's "Knox County Kentucky History" mentions Isaiah Bull only once, as a Revolutionary War veteran from a State other than VA or NC.

1820 Somerset, Pulaski, KY Census
Isaiah Bull over 45, wife over 45, 1 slave

Isaiah died between 1821-1829. As per the February 22, 1927 letter written by Nancy Quinton to her daughter Laura Tubbs Solomon Griffin brought his father-in-law Isaiah to their home in Rockcastle, KY, where he died. Unfortunately we have no death or burial record.

Letter written by Nancy Anderson Quinton to Mary Laura Quinton Tubbs, daughter of Nancy Anderson Quinton, Nancy being daughter of Pouncy Anderson and Tamar Griffin, daughter of Solomon Griffin and Mary Bull.

"Pulaski, KY 22 February 1927.
Dear Laura, I received your letter. I am as well as usual, not able to do much but I am thankful to be up and out of bed. Well, now I will write some History. I believe I wrote this History for you once before. I can't trace the Bulls any further back than New York City. That is where great-great-grandfather lived when great-grandfather was a little boy and I am 81 so that has been a long time. He went with his father to the seashore after there had been a shipwrecked merchant ship. It had been wrecked and only a few things saved. He told the people that all he had was in that ship, now all was gone, only the few things that lay on the shore, so the people began to give him money and when they had given him a good sum of money he told the people as he could do nothing with the little bunch of goods, he would just give the goods to those who gave him money so he began to pick up the things and give to the people that had given him money and he picked up a little glass tumbler with pictures on it and said "I will give this to your little boy" and gave it to him in his own hands and John Anderson has the glass now. The next I heard of great-grandfather Bull he was a young man still living in New York City and a couple of men came over from England to New York City on business and brought their young sister (Katie Stevens inserted) with them to see the sights. Their mother was dead and while they were there the sister (Katie inserted again) and great-grandfather (Isaiah Bull inserted) made up a match and got married. The brothers went back to England without her. The next I know about great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) he was living on a farm new in New York City. That is where he was living when grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) married his daughter Mary Bull. They had only two children, Mary and Isaiah. The mother died when uncle Isaiah was a baby Uncle Isaiah never married. He went to the War of 1812 and never returned. Great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) moved from New York to Virginia and married a second wife, Miss E. Esther McFall. Great-grandmother Bull's maiden name was Katie Stevens (note: his first wife). Then he moved to Kentucky. He first settled to Rockcastle County, then to Pulaski. That family of McFalls came from Virginia to Pulaski and settled near Union Church and when Grandma Esther Bull died she was buried in the neighborhood of Union at what is called the McFall graveyard. Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) took great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) back to Rockcastle County where he died. Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) was born in Vermont and when he was 13 years old Great-grandfather Griffin moved to New York City and Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it for many years. He helped to build lots of houses in New York City and lots of ships. He built the first jailhouse in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. He was a fine cabinet workman too. I have seen some of his fine work. (Paragraph) Well, now I will give you a History of the Quintons. Your great-grandfather and grandmother Quinton came from Ireland in their young days. I don't think they were. I believe they were all born in America. Their names were William and Jane. You have grannie Jane's picture. She was nearly a hundred years old when that picture was made. They said she was a hundred and one years old when she died. Besides your grandfather there was one son and four daughters: Richard, Betsy, Peggie, Polly (grandma inserted), Julia. Your grandmother Quinton was a Blackston. She had a sister named Nancy who married John Jolly. They died and left one child named Sallie. I don't know who raised her. She died an old maid. I have seen Sallie Jolly. Your grandma Quinton had two brothers: Kinnard and Jimmy. Kinnard Blackston lived to be an old man. He lived in Lincoln County. Riley Tubbs knew him. He said Kinnard (or Kennard inserted) Blackston was a very respectable old gentleman. Jimmy Blackston died young. I heard your grandmother say their parents died when they were small children, and their grandfather Goode took them to his house and kept them. That Jimmie Goode that lived at Eubank so long was her cousin, he just died this winter. He left a large fortune. He had one sister that took care of him in his last days. He made a will, the most of his fortune going to churches and schools. Well, I happen to have a tortoise shell which I found on the Lanney Spring branch when I was hunting papas years ago and Ed has got some sweet gum burs and Jimpson burs. I have not seen any beaucathers for a long time but I remembered seeing the picture in a catalog so I went upstairs and brought down a bunch of catalogs and the second one I started through I found it. I will send it to you. The catalog dates back ten years. I sold my Indian flints to George Sipple for five cents apiece. I think it was a dollar and five cents I got for them.

Signed Nancy Anderson Quinton
Copied February 21, 1955 from a copy
Recopied March 24, 1965
Nancy Paris Howser
Recopied June 5, 1971 (Irene Minor)
Recopied 1998 (Stephen Lee Krou)

Family links:
Spouses:
Katherine Stevens Bull
Esther McFall*

Children:
Mary Bull Griffin (1780 - 1875)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Unknown

Created by: Stephen Lee Krou
Record added: May 03, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 109917259

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kmcmahan&id=I18405

ID: I18405
Name: Isaiah Bull
Sex: M
Change Date: 11 FEB 2010
Birth: 2 MAY 1756 in Dutchess Co., NY 1 2
Death: 1838 in Rockcastle Co., KY 3
Note:
Isaiah Bull's household is counted in the 1810 census of Knox Co., KY. He is first listed there in the tax lists in 1809 as "Izaah" Bull, with a note that he owned land in Lincoln Co., KY. Isaiah Bull is next listed in Knox in the 1810 and 1811 tax lists. In 2006, I doubted that he was closely related to my John Bull Sr., who is first listed on tax lists in Knox Co. in 1806. However, Isaiah's father's given name, Nathan, is found in the Turnbull descendants of John Bull, as is the given name of brother Aaron (see my notes for him documenting his being a Loyalist during the Rev. War). [Note: Aaron Turnbull, b. 1859 in Lincoln Co., KY, is the grandson of Richard T. Bull/Turnbull of Knox Co., KY. Also, Nicholas T. Bull/Turnbull d. ABT 1855 in Lincoln Co., KY. ] Isaiah's given name and that of brother Jeremiah are not found in John's descendants. Since Isaiah is said to be a native of NY (see below) and John is said to be from VA, I still doubted that they were kin. Isaiah appears to have resided in Washington Co., VA, when his daughter, Mary, married Solomon Griffin on 25 Jan 1797, per my source Chuck Griffin. Washington Co. was located in southwest VA, bordering NC.

This Web page: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/vawashin/2000-04/0954717774
has abstracts of 1781-1797 Washington Co., VA, survey records which appear to document the subject Isiah (sic) Bull on the Holstein River (sic?, see below for Holston River) in 1793 (no other Bull records found there):
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Page 406 - Isiah Ball, assignee of James Rogers - 320 ac - Commissioners Certificate - on the waters of and on the north side of the middle fork of Holstein River - beginning on a spur of brushey mountain corner to Jacob Williams land - on Shavers line - in Henry Kounts line - in Porterfield's line - October 18, 1793...

Page 407 - Jacob Williams, heir to John Williams, decd - 190 ac - Commissioners Certificate - on the north side of the middle fork of Holstein River - beginning on a spur of the brushey mountain corner to Isiah Bull's land - line of Shaver's land - line of
Willson's land - October 18, 1793...
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"Isaiah Bull & wife Esther are listed in D.B. 3, pg. 167 Aronheim Files in the State Library of Virginia in Richmond.
1797 Washington Co., VA Tithables - Isaiah Bull is listed with 1 male over 16" (per the following Web page):
http://sjwamback.googlepages.com/JOSIAHCLOSSONCLOSSONFAMILYGENEALOGYN.doc

In Sept. 2013, my correspondent Leonard Ira Turnbull sent me the following 1797 Washington Co., VA warrant found at this Web page URL: [http://www.ramblingroots.com/RYB-p/exhibits/wcva-sb-2.pdf]

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17. BULL, Isaih [Isaiah] 17 Nov 1797 50 acres Warrant No. 2239 dated 01 Aug 1797
both sides MFHR adj: BURGER, Samuel McREYNOLDS, Arthur BOWEN
Assistant Washington County Surveyor: Elijah Gillenwaters
[Land now located in Smyth County, VA.]
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The above abstract refers to the Middle Fork of the Holston River (MFHR). The introduction to the abstracts states: "The name 'Holston River' was used in many of the old land records to describe that section of the South Fork of the Holston River (SFHR) that flows southwest from it’s junction with the Middle Fork of the Holston River to the Sullivan County Tennessee border...... The SFHR continues to flow through Tennessee until it’s junction with the NFHR (North Fork) on the Sullivan/Hawkins County line west of Kingsport. From that point on the river is called the Holston River until it reaches its confluence with the French Broad River just east of Knoxville,Tennessee. The merged waters from both the Holston River and French Broad River then become the Tennessee River."

John Bull Sr. is said to have come from VA to Greene Co., NC by 1783. Greene Co. was formed in 1783 from Washington Co., NC, and came into the new State of TN in 1796, with other western counties of NC. John Bull was recorded at Greene Co. in 1792-1794. John Bull was next recorded in Grainger Co., TN. in 1799 to 1805 before he moved to Knox Co., KY, by 1806. I've found no evidence that my John Bull Sr. and the subject Isaiah Bull ever resided in the same county prior to about 1809.

Elmer Decker's "Knox County Kentucky History" mentions Isaiah Bull only once, as a Revolutionary War veteran from a State other than VA or NC. Decker has John Bull Sr. as a veteran from the State of VA. I looked for but found no Rev. War pension record for Isaiah Bull at the Heritage Quest Web Site.

The family story below has that Isaiah moved from NY to VA and married his second wife (after 1785, per Chuck Griffin). Leonard Turnbull, has a theory that Isaiah and our John Bull Sr., are brothers. I confirmed Leonard's finding that Peter Bray (likely brother of Nancy & Fanney Bray, who married sons of John Bull Sr. in Grainger Co., TN) was listed on the same Knox Co. census page as the subject Isaiah Bull in 1810. However, Isaiah Bull is listed on page 88 while John Bull Sr., and sons James Bull and John Bull, have households on page 64, apparently some distance away from Isaiah.

Chuck Griffin's database has more on Isaiah, such as he's in 1820 Pulaski Co., KY. He died in Rockcastle Co. which was formed in 1810 from Pulaski, Lincoln & NW Knox Cos. Chuck doesn't have Isaiah with a brother John but some other Isaiah researchers do have him with a brother, John Bull b. ABT 1745 (no basis yet found by me; see my notes for Isaiah's alleged brother John). One such researcher, Cheri Closson, has the following family history story on her page for Isaiah's father, Nathan Bull at:
[ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=genhistory&id=I7924 ]
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"The following is a letter written to (Mary) Laura Tubbs, daughter of Nancy Anderson Quinton, daughter of Poncy Anderson & Thamar Griffin, daughter of Solomon Griffin & Mary Bull: Dear Laura, I received your letter. I am as well as usual, not able to do much but am thankful to be up & out of bed. Well, now I will write some History. I believe I wrote this History for you once before. I can't trace the Bull's any further back than NY City. That is where great-great grandfather lived when great grandfather was a little boy & I am 81 so that has been a long time. He went with his father to the seashore after there had been a shipwrecked merchant ship. It had been wrecked and only a few things saved.

"He told the people that all he had was in that ship, now all was gone, on;y the few things that lay on the shore, so the people began to give him money and when they had given him a good sum of money he told the people as he could do nothing with the little bunch of goods, he would just give the goods to those who gave him money so he began to pick up the things & give to the people that had given him money & he picked up a little glass tumbler with pictures on it and said "I will give this to your little boy" & gave it to him in his own hands and John Anderson has the glass now. The next I heard of great grandfather Bull he was a young man still living in NY City and a couple of menn came over from England to NY City on business and brought theier younger sister (Katie Stevens) with them to see the sights. Their mother was dead and while they were there the sister (Katie Stevens) and great grandfather (Isaiah Bull) made up a match and got married. The brothers went back to England without her. The next I know about great grandfather Isaiah Bull he was living on a farm near NY City. That is where he was living when grandfather Solomon Griffin married his daughter Mary Bull. They had only 2 children, Mary & Isaiah. The mother died when Uncle Isaiah was a baby. Uncle Isaiah never married. He went to the War of 1812 and never returned. Great grandfather Isaiah Bull moved from NY to VA and married a second wife, Miss E, Esther McFall. Great grandmother Bull's maiden name was Katie Stevens (his first wife). Then he moved to KY. He first settled in Rockcastle Co, then to Pulaski. That family of McFalls came from VA to Pulaski and settled near Union Church & when Grandma Esther Bull died she was buried in the neighborhood of Union at wahat is called the McFall graveyaard. Grandfather Solomon Griffin took great grandfather Isaiah Bull back to Rockcastle Co where he died. Grandfather Solomon Griffin was born in VT and when he was 13 yrs old great grandfather griffin moved to NY City & grandfather Solomon Griffin learned the carpenter's trade & worked at it for many years. He helped to build lots of houses in NY City & lots of ships. He built the first jailhouse in Mt Vernon, Rockcastle Co, KY. He was a fine cabinet workman too. I have seen some of his fine work........... Nancy Anderson Quinton; Pulaski, KY February 22, 1927."
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My correspondent, Bob Coto, has a more complete citation for his source of the above family history letter (without the typos in Cheri Closson's above transcription) at the following Web page for his "Descendants of Daniel Closson":

http://www.bobpatcoto.com:80/ClossonDaniel1.html

Bob also has Nathan & Abigail (Inman) Bull as the parents of John Bull b. Abt. 1745. His source appears to have been Stephen Krou of Tampa, FL, who sent Bob his John Bull.rtf report on 6 Jun 1998. On 16 Feb 1998, Stephen L Krou posted to the GRIFFIN-L mail list that he descends from Solomon Griffin & wife Mary Bull, daughter of the subject Isaiah. Stephen later posted to BULL-L on 22 Nov 1998 that his brick-wall is the subject Isaiah Bull but that he had found no marriage records, proof of Nathan as Isaiah's father, and no spouse for Nathan. Steve Krou saw that I was researching Isaiah and contacted me by e-mail in July 2012. In a phone call Steve told me that he has NO documentary evidence for the existence of John Bull as the s/o Nathan & Abigail Bull. His info also came from a source with no documentation.

Father: Nathan Bull b: 1715 in South Kingston, Washington Co., RI
Mother: Abigail "Abiah \ Abijah \ Abian" Inman b: 29 NOV 1712 in Cumberland, Providence, RI

Marriage 1 Catherine "Katie" Stevens b: ABT 1756 in England
Married: BEF 1780 in Dutchess Co., NY 2 4
Children
Has No Children Mary Bull b: 21 MAY 1780 in NY
Has No Children Isaiah Bull , Jr. b: ABT 1782 in NY

Marriage 2 Esther McFall b: BEF 1865
Married: AFT 1785 in VA 5

Sources:
Abbrev: Knox Co., KY, U.S. Census 1810 per Mary Lou Hudson.
Note:
Knox Co., KY, U.S. Census 1810 per Mary Lou Hudson. Knox Co., KY, Tax Lists 1809, 1810, & 1811 per Mary Lou Hudson. Harlan C. Griffin RootsWeb World Connect "harlancgriffin".
Abbrev: Cheri Closson RootsWeb World Connect "genhistory"
Abbrev: Harlan C. Griffin RootsWeb World Connect "harlancgriffin".
Abbrev: Year based on birth of 1st child.
Note:
Year based on birth of 1st child. Ethan Allen Doty "The Doty-Doten Family in America" (1897).
Abbrev: Harlan C. Griffin RootsWeb World Connect "harlancgriffin".
Note:
Harlan C. Griffin RootsWeb World Connect "harlancgriffin". Based on marriage after death of prior spouse.

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