Elijah Bullion (1809-1888) - Find a Grave Memorial

Elijah Bullion

Birth

24 Oct 1809

Franklin County, Georgia, USA

Death

19 Oct 1888 (aged 78)

Oatmeal, Burnet County, Texas, USA

Burial

Oatmeal Cemetery

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s/o William Bullion & Amy Bolling
h/o Elizabeth Bumgardner - m. 29 Jan 1839
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Children:
1. Rachel Catherine Bullion - b. 23 Apr 1840
2. Emeline C. Bullion - b. 03 Jun 1842
3. Narcissa M. Bullion - b. 07 Jun 1844
4. Nancy Elmira Bullion - b. 25 Jul 1846
5. Marian A. Bullion - b. 02 Apr 1849
6. Amy Elizabeth Bullion - b. 28 Aug 1851
7. Martha Mariah Bullion - b. 18 Jan 1854
8. Savilla Kansas Bullion - b. 08 Dec 1856
9. Joseph Elijah Bullion - b. 30 Nov 1859
10. Sarah Arizona Bullion - b. 07 Sep 1861

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Taken from Burnet Co. History VoL II
976.463 Debo pp 36

The Elijah Bullion family (also spelled Bulien and Bullin), arrived in Texas in the late 1850’s, coming from the state of Arkansas. They first settled at Bagdad, near present-day Leander, in Williamson County, and in the 1860’s established permanent residence in the Oatmeal of Burnet Co.
Elijah’s father, William Bullion, served in Captain William Smith’s Company, 13th Regiment, Mississippi Territory, under Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812. At the Battle of New Orleans (fought after peace treaty with Europe was already signed) Jackson’s force of backwoodsmen, Indians, Negroes, and reformed pirates vanquished a British army twice its size, and some 2,000 dead or wounded Redcoats were left behind on the battlefield along with 500, who were American prisoners. One of the citizen soldiers under Jackson at the time was William Bullion, father of Elijah.
William Bullion was born August 6, 1784, in North Carolina, and died October 15. 1846. near Pine Bluff~ Arkansas. On February 13, 1809, in Franklin Co., Georgia, he was married to Naomi Amelia Meotaka (Amy) Boiling, who was born June 1, 1786, in North Carolina, and died near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on July 26, 1853.

Elijah Bullion was born Oct. 24, 1809, in Franklin Co., Georgia, and died October 19, 1888, at Oatmeal in Burnet County. He was buried in Oatmeal Cemetery. On January 29, 1839, he was married in Itawamba Co., Mississippi, to Elizabeth Mariah (Betsy) Bumgardner.