Times are changing

Despite my best intentions I have not added any articles in months. This article will probably not remain here for long. I found some fascinating information that I want to record. This is purely for my entertainment.

When I was a girl (back when dirt was new) we had a "party line". Several families shared a phone line. Until you lifted the receiver you could not tell if a phone was in use. The only person with a "mobile phone" was Dick Tracy, a cop in the comic strips.

There were times when I was in elementary school I picked up the line and "listened in on someones call", which was very rude. You might listen for a second to determine if a call sounded like it was starting or ending, but no one appreciated an eaves dropper.

Now cell phones place calls, text, surf the internet. Mobile skype can send video calls. Tablets,U-tube, facebook, tweets, digital cameras, GPS and more commonplace. Adding machines zipped from basic calculators to laptops. Real techies are aware of the latest and greatest. Just when I feel comfortable with one technology, it is replaced by something more spectacular. Amazing apps are downloadable. Ebooks are rocking the publishing domain.

The three networks have been dwarfed by cable. Cable is threatened by online services like HULU and netflicks.

Our family subscribed to and read cover to cover "The Atlanta Journal", a local paper, "Saturday Evening Post", "Life","Ladies Home Journal"."Readers Digest", "US News & World Report", and "Time" magazines. Today there are folk who get their news from comedians "pretending to talk about issues" and newscasts are lightened with stories about Oprah retiring and Utube videos.

My mother told me of traveling with hot potatoes to keep your hands warm when traveling in a Model T in winter. Travel by plane was noteable. Today international travel is both a necessity and a nuisance. Friends and family travel the world to Asia, Europe, and Australia. Years ago I insured an astronaut who flew the Space Shuttle. Oh, that phrase "American as Apple pie" might need to be updated because the apples may be imported from China.

Andy's best friend is living with his family in Japan. One of my favorite people is a wonderful Muslim mom from Turkey. Our congregation has wonderful members from Japan, Korea, Germany, India, England and yes the US. Education, shared experiences, and testimony provide a wonderful starting point to build friendships. The differences that seem so significant when isolated without opportunities to know others are non-existent when working together. We can appreciate the talents, gifts and contribution each offers. It really is the "content of soul" that matters.

My feeble imagination has seen fantasy become reality. Technology. Diversity. Globalization. What is next?

Celebrating Women's History Month

The article is written about homes on the National Historic Registry and I am posting the opening and the portion about the family home. Important details were omitted in this article. I have added a comment which I hope is helpful.

Dont Forget the Wife and Kids! by Gretchen Brock, National Register & Survey Program Manager

"Documenting all the residents of your historic house
Celebrating Women's History month in March is a fairly recent phenomenon. Just a little over 30 years ago, the National Women's History Project (NWHP) was created to bring attention to the absence of womens history in the countrys K-12 curriculum and in the publics general knowledge. President Jimmy Carter signed the first National Women's History Week proclamation on March 8, 1980, and in 1987, March was designated as National Women's History Month.

In honoring this years theme, Writing Women Back into History, it is appropriate to explore the importance of documenting the women and children of a household when researching the history of your historic house.

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The architectural style of the Bulloch Family Home in Warm Springs in Meriwether County (listed January 11, 2002) is a direct result of the female residents updating the house to a more modern style. The house was built in 1892 for Cyprian Bulloch, Jr., as a two-story Folk Victorian-style house.

From 1887 to 1903, Cyprian Bulloch, Jr., was the co-founder, real estate developer, business-owner, promoter, establisher of the first U.S. fish hatchery, and entrepreneur of the community of Bullochville (renamed Warm Springs in 1924). After his death in 1903, his business interests were handled jointly by his wife, Julia Parkman Bulloch, and their two sons, both of whom died at an early age. By 1928, Julia Bulloch (1853-1936) assumed the role of matriarch for the family businesses, which included a general store, a business block with several storefronts, and several farms. Her four daughters, Mattie Bulloch, Minnie Bulloch, Ira Gene Bulloch Worth, and Mabel Bulloch Harry, lived with their mother in the family house. In 1927, the women had the house remodeled into the new fashionable Craftsman style. The house demonstrates the rapid change in architectural fashions from the ornate late 19th-century Folk Victorian style to the simpler Arts and Crafts Movement in the early 20th centuryto the point where the family remodeled a perfectly good house just to keep current.

The lives of the Bulloch daughters are all remarkable in their own right. Mattie was a college-educated teacher and traveled extensively along the east and west coasts, unusual for a single Southern woman at the time. Minnie assumed direct control of many of the family businesses after the death of her mother in 1936. Minnie also bought and sold land throughout the county and was celebrated in her obituary in 1961 as a prominent Warm Springs businesswoman. Ira Gene moved back into the family home after the death of her husband in 1931. She also managed the family businesses and was prominent in the local womens club and helped host social events in the community, including events where Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were guests and speakers. Mabel suffered from life-long health problems and moved into the house with her husband in 1930, but she still taught school and participated in womens club activities. Although Cyprian Bulloch started the town, for 62 years, the history of Warm Springs (Bullochville) and a large part of Meriwether County was directly shaped and influenced by the Bulloch women"

Comment:
All the Bulloch girls had college educations.

Sometime after her sons died, Julia Bulloch asked Mabel and family to return to help her. Granddaddy Harry was the pastor of a church in Gastonia, NC close to his family. He probably would have be pleased to remain in North Carolina. However, Mabel missed being surrounded by family and her mother wanted her nearby.

There probably was not a really good way for Granddaddy to help on the business side. Minnie was self assured and capable. Several years had passed by and the older sisters stepped in to fill the gaps created by their brothers deaths. Mabel was 14 years younger than Minnie; so she may have always seemed less capable to an older sibling. Her role was mother to three children, wife to a pastor and daughter.

As for Mabel being sickly, to the best of my knowledge she became ill around 1950 and was hospitalized at Emory with a high fever and complications for about six weeks. She never recovered from that illness. Prior to that she had been active and involved in the community, first graduating from college in Milledgeville, teaching, parenting and supporting her husband as the wife of a minister and mayor of Warm Springs.

Uncle Henry

When I was a little girl, I thought my uncle Henry was so handsome. He was.

This is a photo from his University of Georgia yearbook. I forgot to record what year it was for - I believe he was a Junior. The picture was in a section that showed his fraternity.

Several of my favorite childhood photos were taken by him when he worked for a school photo company. Gaye and I had individual and combined school photos when she was still tiny. I will scan and add her picture too.


Even though most memories of Uncle Henry revolve around holiday dinners, my first big memory was going to the train station in Atlanta to pick up my father when he returned home from Okinawa. Probably it was easier for a tall man to keep up with an excited three year old girl by putting me on his shoulders; so he did. Like most children I loved the attention as we walked through the crowd.

Mother insists I thought anyone in uniform must be my dad. I am certain that "I" was the first to spot him in a crowd of uniformed soldiers. I certainly had a bird's eye view of the crowd; but perhaps Daddy saw me first.

After Uncle Henry served in the navy, he went on to have a successful career. He was the President of the Retail Credit Bureau of Georgia. He and Aunt Sue are still a wonderful couple with a wonderful family. Mike, Greg and Steve are their three sons.

Jesse Hood Bulloch

This picture of Jessie Hood Bulloch,was probably taken in the 1870's. He is the brother to our Cyprian Bulloch, Jr and Benjamin F Bulloch. While his brothers remained in Meriwether County, Jesse Hood Bulloch moved west.

Jesse Hood Bulloch was born November 21, 1841, in Meriwether County, Georgia. He Married Mary Ann Parkman on September 12, 1865 after returning from service with the Confederate States Army. Jesse enlisted March 4, 1862 in Greenville, Meriwether County, Georgia, and arrived for a brief training period at Camp McDonald, Big Shanty, in Cobb County, Georgia. He was assigned to Company F., 41st Georgia Infantry Regiment, CSA. Jesse saw combat action first at the battle of Perryville, in the Kentucky campaign, in which he was wounded. The records do not specify details of the wounds. He was with his regiment at the surrender of Vicksburg, where he was parolled and sent to Demopolis, Alabama, where he was "exchanged". He joined with the 41st Regiment in November just in time to take part in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga campaign. Jesse fought with the Army of Tennessee through the battles of Nashville, Tennessee, and Bentonville, NC, until the surrender on April 26, 1865. After the war Jesse returned to Meriwether County, where he was married five months later.




Jesse Hood Bulloch died April 3, 1934 at home. He is buried in the family cemetery located on Judson Bulloch Road, Manchester, Georgia.

Jesse Hood, and Mary Ann Parkman Bulloch,raised nine children:
(By the way - Mary Ann Parkman is Julia Parkman's sister. Julia married Cyprian and they are Mabel's parents.)

Warren Calvin Bulloch
Born: 12 September 1866
Married: Anna Lee Thompson, 11 January 1893
Died: 20 January 1937 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Lagrange, Troup County, Georgia

Lucinda Paris Bulloch
Born: 09 March 1870, Meriwether County, Georgia
Died: 30 September 1881. Buried Macedonia Cemetery, Manchester, Meriwether County, Georgia

William Judson Bulloch
Born: 11 February 1873
Married: 1897 to Alice Bulloch
Died: 1935

John Lucius Bulloch
Born: 20 May 1875
Married: Lula Adelle Moody 09 October 1921
Died: 15 January 1947

Mary Ann "Aunt Tank" Bulloch
Born: 28 November 1878, Meriwether County, Georgia
Married: Clifford Lacy
Died: 07 July 1978

Julie Belle Bulloch
Born: 06 January 1883, Meriwether County, Georgia
Married: Cyprian Bulloch, 1912
Died: 17 March 1982, Manchester, Meriwether County, Georgia

Boykin Hood Bulloch
Born: 27 February 1885 Meriwether County, Georgia
Married: Birdie Jewell Martin, 05 February 1911
Died: 01 June 1965, Manchester, Meriwether County, Georgia

Susie Bessie Bulloch
Born: 14 September 1888, Meriwether County, Georgia
Died: 10 April 1890, Meriwether County, Georgia. Buried in Macedonia Cemetery, Manchester, Georgia

Benjamin "Little Benn" Bulloch
Born: 18 November 1891
Married: Hattie Rollins
Died: 1925

Thomas and Alice Bennett - 1622

Thomas and Alice arrived in Virginia in 1622 aboard the "Sea Flower". Their plantation was on Rock Wharf on Burwell's Bay.

( If you use a Google or Bing map and look up Burwell's Bay, VA.... then look for Bailey Ave, Smithfield, VA... you will be stunned to see how close we lived to Burwell's Bay. Nearly 400 years after Thomas Bennett lived there.)

Thomas Bennett was the first Puritan Governor of Virginia in 1652 Bennett’s Plantation situated on the Rock Wharf on the present Burwell’s Bay, was patented 11/21/1621 by Edward Bennett, a rich London merchant in partnership with his brother, Robert Bennett, and his nephew, Richard Bennett.

Richard Bennett became the first Puritan governor of VA in 1652. Thomas Bennett must have come to America before 1624, prior to Governor Bennett’s arrival. (The Mangums of VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, TN, ARK, TX, UT, by John T Palmer, PhD, Santa Rosa, CA 95409 p. 3) The Bennetts came to America on the “Sea Flower” in 1622. (The Mangums of VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, TN, ARK, TX, UT, by John T Palmer, PhD, Santa Rosa, CA 95409 p. 3)

Richard Bennett (1625-1709) of Isle of Wight was probably a son of Thomas and Alice Bennett who were residing on the south side of the James River near Lawne’s Creek in 1624. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie p.289) 10/4/1624, Alice Bennett was a witness before the General Court at the trial of John Proctor for cruelty to his servants. She was sworn and examined as to the beating of Elizabeth Abbott, serving maid of Mr Proctors, and state that she “found her by the waterside by Mr Burrow’s plantation lying behind a boat wrapped in a rug. whereupon this examinat, with Her Husband and Richard Richards carryed her and delivered her to her master. Anthony Barham swore that “he saw Mr Proctor strike Elias Hinton on e of his servants. (VA Mag., 19, p389) (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie p.289)

It seems that Thomas Bennett’s wife, Alice, was formerly the widow of one Pierce, for at General Court in October, 1624, “Elizabeth Pierce chose her father in law (step father), Thomas Bennett, as her guardian”. (VA Mag 20, p155). She was unmarried then because John Filmer to who she was engaged had just died and left all his property to her. This was the reason for her choosing a guardian. It is probably that this Elizabeth Pierce afterwards married Anthony Barham. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie p.290)

General Court held November 1, 1624, Jamestown, George Fadom reported that "about the 4th of July last past", he had written a will for John Philimore(Filmer), who "signed and sealed it". But when Phillimore died the will could not be found. Fadom testified that "said Phillimore did give all of his estate to Elizabeth (Pierse) to whom he was assured and meant to have marriage".

One Sully, to whom Fadom had read the will, also said that Phillimore had bequeathed to said Elizabeth all of his "goods, lands and Chattells". Others also gave testimony. Whereupon the court ordered that the guardianship and administration of the lands and goods of John Phillimore be granted to "any friende whome the said Elizabeth Peerce shal choose to her use." Elizabeth "made choyce of Thomas Bennett, her father in law(stepfather). (Minutes of the Court, 27) (Submitted by Barham researcher: Bill Barham )

Thomas Bennett was a Member of the House of Burgesses as he represented Mulberry Island in 1632 (Burgess Journals 1619-59, p. xiii) Apr...Justinian Cooper, Gent.,to Alice Bennett, widow, for 1 calf and 1 barrel of corn...150 acres between Castle Creek and Cypress Swamp and bounded by Stocker. Justinian Cooper (ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY VIRGINIA DEEDS 1647-1719, COURT ORDERS1693-1695 and GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS 1740-1767 abstracts by William Lindsay Hopkins, p.1:2)

Will of Anthony Barham of Mulberry Island, VA 9/13/1641 - mentions: Wife Elizabeth, daug Elizabeth, mother Bennett 5 pounds; brother in law Richard Bennett 5 pounds, sister Mrs Mary Duke, sister Groves 40s, friend Edward Major; gossip William Butler, Mrs Joane Pierce wife of Mr William Pierce, god daug Sara Butler d/o Wm Butler (NEGR Vol 42 p393) June 10, 1642, George Hardy received a grant of 300 acres on the easternmost side of Lawne’s Creek adjacent to Alice Bennett (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie p 293) Jun 19, 1642, John Stocker patented 200 acres adjoining Mr Hardy’s land and the widow Bennett. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie p293) Apr 2, 1644

Alice Bennett purchased 150 acres from her neighbor Justinian Cooper for a cow and a calf and a barrel of corn. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie p293) 19 Jul 1647...Alice Bennett to Mary Jackson and Sarah Jackson, the daughters of Richard Jackson...150 acres of land.

Alice(X)Bennett (ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY VIRGINIA DEEDS 1647-1719, COURT ORDERS1693-1695 and GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS 1740-1767 abstracts by William Lindsay Hopkins) Jul 17, 1648 Capt George Hardy patented 500 acres “lying on east side of Lawne’s Creeke extending to main river and along the great river to a creek dividing the same from land of Alice Bennett.” (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.293) Col Arthur Smith in 1666 made a deed to land at “Blackwater” inherited by his wife Sarah Jackson from her grandmother Alice Bennett. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.294)

Jun 19, 1666 Capt George Hardy made a deed to land which belonged to his wife Mary who he refers to as the “daughter of Richard Jackson, dec.” (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p294)

Richard Bennett resided at Blackwater in the vicinity of the plantations of Justinian Cooper and Francis England, in 1669 Thomas Wood, “son of Arthur Wood, and Sarah Wooten his mother, relict of Arthur deceased,” deeded him land and in the deed he is mentioned as “Richard Bennett of Blackwater.” (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.294) 1682, Richard Bennett patented 600 acres in the Lower Parish of Surry Co, bounded by the land of Francis Mason, William Edwards and the Hollybush Swamp, for the transportation of thirteen person, his name not being among those mentioned. As he did not receive any land for his own transportation it seems therefore that he was born in VA (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.294)

“Richard Bennett, ye elder of the Upper Parish of Isle of Wight with the free will and consent of my wife Anne, have for a valuable consideration to me in hand paid before the sealing, grant unto George Morrell of Lawne’s Creek Parish in the County of Surry, 150 acres situate on the west side of Pacatink Swamp in Surry, the same parcel of land being part of a patent for 630 acres to me granted the 22 July 1682 - near Mr Thos. Binns (Deed Book 2, p 30-31) 8/30/1694 Richard Bennett Sr of Isle of Wight made a deed of gift to Ann Bell, “the now wife of John Bell, Lately Ann Bennett, daughter of Richard Bennett, Jr., of Isle of Wight.” (Surry W & D Book 1693-1707) Sep 4, 1694, Richard Bennett made a gift of 200 acres on the west side of Pocatink Swamp to his son James Bennett of the Lower Parish of Surry Co. (Deeds 1694-1709, p18) 5/25/1695 Richard Bennett Sr of the Upper Parish of Isle of Wight Co, VA deeded 100 acres of land to John Mingham of the lower parish of Surry Co, VA. (The Mangums of VA, by John T Palmer, PhD, Santa Rosa, CA 95409 p. 3) July 5, 1699, Richard Bennett of Upper Parish of Isle of Wight deed to his “son and heir” Richard Bennett, Jr of the same parish “all right and title in land that belonged to Edward Jones then taking in plantation Richard Bennett now lives, being part of land bought of William Miles in 1656” (Book 1688-1704, p.292)

James Bennett is mentioned as “godson” in the will of Joyce Cripps, wife of George Cripps and former wife of Rancis England 4/8/1679. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.296) 10/20/1707 - John Mangum was a witness to the will of John Person, the testator mentions John’s wife, Frances Mangum and son, John. (The Mangums of VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, TN, ARK, TX, UT, by John T Palmer, PhD, Santa Rosa, CA 95409 p. 3) 8/19/1718 James Bennett was deeded from Charles Binns, his neighbor, the neck of land between Pocatink and Bridge Swamps containing 90 acres, (W & D 1715-30 p.139) James willed this tract to his son William (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.296) Alice Pierse was the widow of Thomas Pierse. Thomas Pierse was slain at the Indian Massacre of 3/26/1721-22 at Martin’s Hundred.

Thomas Bennett & Alice Pierse, her fourth marriage, had one child, Richard Bennett, Sr. (The Mangums of VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, TN, ARK, TX, UT, by John T Palmer, PhD, Santa Rosa, CA 95409 p. 4) Richard Bennett - inventory of his estate was recorded 1/21/1735. His personal property was appraised at 51 pounds by James Washington, Wm Evans and Thomas Bell. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.301) 9/26/1737 - John Mangum’s estate was appraised in Isle of Wight Co, VA and recorded 11/28/1737. The appraisal was made by John Davis, Edward Brantly, and Joseph Ward and was signed by Frances Mangum. John Mangum had been living in Lower Parish, Surry Co, VA with the Bennett family. (The Mangums of VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, TN, ARK, TX, UT, by John T Palmer, PhD, Santa Rosa, CA 95409 p. 3) Benjamin patented 180 acres in Brunswick on both side of Stephen Creek in 1750, (Bk. 29, p. 264) and together with his brother, Reuben, patented 263 acres September 26, 1761. (Bk. 33, p. 958) On the 25th of May, 1770, Benjamin and Sarah, his wife, along with Reuben and his wife, Mary, of Brunswick deeded William Brown of Prince George, "332 acres left Reuben Bennett by last will and testament of James Bennett, his father; the residue being granted to Reuben Bennett by patent 26 September, 1761." (Judge Huxford's "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia") 10/25/1764 William Bennett and Sarah, his wife, sold to Samuel Warren 47 acres on which they now live being part of a tract sold by Charles Binns to James Bennett, 8/19/1718 (Deeds 8, p.239) 12/1/1768 Thomas Bennett joined with his uncle Samuel in deeding 245 acres entailed to him and Samuel in his grandfather’s will. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.297) John Welch’s will - Isle of Wight, 2/1/1769 - leaves estate to wife for life and after her death same is to go to William, Jesse, Thomas, and Edmund Bennett, sons of his sister Sarah Bennett (Book 8, p.127, Valentine Papers, p.600) 5/25/1770 Benjamin Bennett and Sarah his wife, Reuben Bennett and Mary his wife, of Brunswick, deeded William Brown of Prince George, “332 acres left Reuben Bennett by last will and testament of James Bennett his father, the residue being granted to Reuben Bennett by patent 9/26/1761”. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.304) Feb 1779 - William Bennett, orphan of William Bennett, Dec. made choice of Charles Judkins as guardian. (Orders, 1775-1782 p.80) Jun 28, 1785 Ann Bennett widow, relict of Jesse Bennett, dec., and Sarah, Martha, Samuel, and James Bennett complain against William Bennett, son and heir at law of Jesse Bennett. (Orders, 1785) Elizabeth Bennett who probably married Francis Young, County Court Clerk of Isle of Wight. While her husband was away in the army during the Revolution, she heard that Tarleton’s Raiders were coming to destroy the Court House, so she buried the records in an old hair trunk. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.298) SMITH COUNTY, TNd*This indenture made the 28th of Aug one thousand & sixteen between JOHN M. BENNETT of the county of Smith & State aforesaid of their part I BENJAMIN BENNETT of the county of Smith & State aforesaid of the their part Witness that the said JOHN M. BENNETT for and consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifteen dollars to him on hand pa id by the said BENJAMIN BENNETT the recipt whereof he do himself actknowledge himself ? sales for have granded, bargained & sold & by those presents granted, bargain & sold to the side BENJAMIN BENNETT his heirs & assigns forever ten acres of land lying & being in Smith County State of Tennessee on the North fork of Dismal Creek a branch of Smith Fork of the Creeks fork of Cumberland River Beginning at a beech on the south side of said Creek running thence North twenty eight & six tenths poles to a beech thence West fifty six poles to Backeye & beech on each side of a path thence south twenty eight six tenth poles to an ash thence East fifty six poles to the beginning to have & to hold the said ten acres of land unto the said BENJAMIN BENNETT his heirs & ? forever & that JOHN M. BENNETT do for himself, his heirs Executors as much as ????? & & permission ? part through with this ????? said BENJAMIN BENNETT his heirs & asigns forever against the claim In Witness Witnessed, Sealed & delivered in presence of us WILLIAM BENNETT, JOHN HICKS, REUBEN JOHNSON, JOHN YEARGIN, WILLIAM ?, THOMAS COOPWOOD*JOHN M. BENNETT (seal)


(I need to print this and divide it into paragraphs. I received it as one long paragraph.)

Julie with her Kindergarten on the bridge at Deer Park

If you expand the photo, you can see Julie is wearing her "Cinderella Shoes" or jellies. She is all smiles and was having such fun - time flies by so-o fast. She still likes bridges over running water.  I have tried to load a photo of Julie and David in Central Park. He proposed there. Hopefully, I can find out what I am not doing and add it.

Just photos of me