The NULL FAMILY
Colonel Millard Fillmore Null, the present Phothonotary of westmoreland
county,Penn. b:04-5-1854 at the old
Mckeans stand (now Ruffsdale) in
East Huntingdon township
Westmoreland, Co. He is the son of
Henry Harrison and Ellen (Dom)
Null. Writes some of the following:
PHILLIP NULL b: 1752 in
Wrightsville,York County, Pa.
Phillip Null's parents were Huguenots, from the French-German district, knows as Alsace-Loraine and were French people. Capt.Phillip Null's Parents were John Nicholas Null b:1710 Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (They spoke German)(1)While in Germany John N. Null married Margaret Strasburgh:(2nd) Anna Margaret Pence Null, Grand parents were Johann George Null (Pa.) b: 1690, d:1753, & Anna Margaret Null. He and other members of the Null family arrived in America on the Loyal Judith ship of London from Rotterdam last from cowes, England 09-1732. They settled near Womeladorf-Tulpehocken Pa.then to Lebanon Co Pa. John Nicholas and Margaret Pence had at least 4 children before moving to Augusta Co. Va. about 1753.They became the first settler families in the Shenandoah Valley. John and Margaret Pence had 7 children in all. John N. Null served in the French and Indian War. d: in Augusta Co. Va. 1767. The father of John Nicholas Null was Johann George Null 1690-1753 b: Alsace-Lorraine, Germany. He along with the other Null family members were on the Loyal Judith ariving in 1732 along with a 119 men on the ship. His wife's name was Catrina( Her last name may have been Oberlin.) He also used the name Hans George. He died abt 1753 either in Va. or Pa.
Capt. Phillip Null; Died 1834 of Cholera which he contracted while waiting for a steam boat connection on his way to visit his son Henry Null in Pa. He died and was buried at a Point Pleasant Cemetery, WV. Most likely, (Swon Cemetery. Mason County, WV Cemetery Transcriptions LDS Film 0924926 Item 3 # 95,mention of a Rev. soldier being buried there by Mrs Hershel Henderson of Pt Plesant,W Va.).Note: The family mentions his wife Margaret's body was moved to the same location.
Residence of Capt. Phillip Null, between 1775 & 1763 was North Carolina .
Multi copies of his death date,using 1834 Array
Additional Information:Swon Cemetery
Mason Co. W/VA Cemetery Inscriptions "Rt 62 N to Homer Smith Farm, opposite Potter Creek Rd. A sand and gravel Company sign. Go out a dirt road to home of a Mr Chattin. Behind it remains a cattle pen. At one time a large orchard was there, and thee were many stones. When the late Mrs Charlotte Steenbergen was writting her "McCulloch" in 1962, the land was frequently flooded; some stones were stacked up beside the fence, and some moved. Donna
Signed: Greg Clendenin
Capt.Phillip Pence Null (Noll)
Baptism 04-15 1755 Christ Lutheran
Church.
Miltary Service: Abt 1777 joined
Capt George Hudson's Heidelberg
Company,Lancaster Battalion of Pa.
In 1776 he was most likely in
battles of Harlem Heights, White
Plains NY, and at Fort Lee across
water from Harlem and Manhattan
Island NY. He was also likely at
Brooklyn Heights, Long Island NY.
from Aug. 17,1776, Nov.18,1776.
On Dec. 25, 1776 Christmas Day was
one of 2400 men picked to cross the
Delaware with Gen George Washington.
He was with Gen Washington when they won a battle at Trenton,NJ. the next
day Dec. 26 1776. After an appeal by Gen. Washington, Capt Phillip Null
was one of 200 men who volunteered
to go with General Washington in the battle of Princeton, NJ. on Jan 3,
1777.
Then served with Capt. George Null's 4th Company of 1st Lancaster Battalion of Penn. Capt Phillip was a non-comissioned officer with Gen.
Washington at Valley Forge during
the bad winter of 1777-1778. That winter he received his commission as Captain.
Capt.Phillip Null was at Brandywine Creek Sept.11.1777, and met Major General the Marquis de Layfayette, who was wounded (the General) at battle of Germantown oct 5 1777.
Later, Gen. Washington sent Philip
Null to North Carolina to help put
down Tory uprisings. He was captured by Torries who slit his throat, and
left him for dead. He was found by
his future wife's family. They took
him home where his future wife,
Margaret Beauchamp (1755-1826) (Anna Maria Margaretha(WV) Bushong Null b:04-13-1755 in York Co.Pa) sewed up his throat, which saved his life.
Phillip Null was leading a company
of Militia at the Battle of Camden
SC Aug.16 1780 where the British
troops routed Gen Gates.
Capt.Null was with Col. Andrew
Pickens at the Battle of Cowpens
under the wagoneer of Gen. Daniel
Morgan. Book (The Patriots at the Cowpens Revised Edition, by Bobby Gilmer Moss). (Pickens was promoted to General. because of the great job done by Capt.Phillip Null and his men.) There is a very good chance Capt Null was at the Battles of Kings Mt.NC Oct. 7, 1780 and Ramsour's Mills June 20, 1780. near his home in Lincolnton, NC. He also served under the Gamecock Gen. Thomas Sumpter , and was under the Swamp Fox ( Gen. Frances Marion) in the Battle of Eutaw Springs Sept. 8, 1781 that pushed the British up to
their end at Yorktown,Va.
Capt Phillip Null was with Gen.
George Washington when the British surrendered in Youktown Va. Oct. 19,1781.
Capt. Phillip Null also knew and
served with the Quaker Gen.
Nathaniel Green.
The Torries forced Capt Null's wife
out of their house in Lincolnton,
Lincoln Co.NC. She had to beg for
food for her children. Margaret
Beauchamp Toughed it out. Capt. Null had a tavern and a toal (jail) at
this home in Lincolnton, Lincoln
Co.NC (now Rutherford), NC daughter
of Jacob (Pierre) Bushong
1735-1812 and Juliana Wingle.
Note: (Capt Phillip Null's son John
Null who died in Youk Co. Pa wrote)
(Will-Oct 27 1765) Both Bushong and
Null families came from
Alsace-Lorraine France.
Capt. Null built 3 houses (1st) was
where Joseph Academy now stands, 2
story built between 1770-1774 (2nd)
house was a two story house had a
tavern and Goal (jail) got laid off
in 1791 records and a (3rd) house on Poca river, now in Putnam Co.WV.
House built about 1803.
In 1799 the Phillip Null family moved over the Mountains back to Pa, Westmoreland Co. He had
officers warrants in NC and SC 200
acres in Wadell's line NC, 500 acres near Clemson, Old Pendelton Co SC,
1795 back to 1779. Also had other
land grants 350 acres on Catawba
river NC ,250 acres high Shoals,NC.
He traded these officers script for
1600 acres on Poca River Kanawha Co
VVV( now Putnam Co WV).
Capt Phillip discovered coal on Poca River (at the mouth of Poca in 1790) from Hardesty Hist-of Putnam Co
1886.
He was helped by this friend Gen.
George Washington in getting the
land.
He moved his family here in about
1803, after his 1600 acre he also
had 3 land warrants for 370 acres in Kanawha Co Va.(WV July 15,1829.Book
1,page 260 Kanawa Co WV.
Note: At one time during the war, he was in charge of some troops that
were crossing the Delaware River,
prior to the battle of Trenton and
Princeton. About this time General
Washington came up on foot and got
in the way of the advancing regiment. The old Veteran in command, not noticing in particularly who it was and called,
"get out of the way". Gen George Washington look up, smiled, said nothing, but passed on. ( Washington and Null were great friends after that. Gen. Washington helping Captain Null get land on Poca River Putman Co.Wv later. Capt. Null was embarrassed when he found out who he was ordering around.
This information: From the
families of Captain Philip Null &
Spouse: Anna Maria Margrethe
Bushong Null.
The above information was from several different
sources. Lancaster County,Pa. Historical Society, Source Pages 19-22 History of Westmoreland County, Vol.2 Penn by John N Boucher, NY, Lewis Publishing Co.,1906, and published byth Westmoreland Co. Genealogy Project. Mason Co.,W/VA Cemetery Transcriptions-Partial,Lancaster Co.Pa Historical Society,Charles Ray Harper. (ON LINE:To learn more about the heritage of the Burnett family Purchase and read :THE BURNETTS and Their Connection Vol 2 by June Baldwin Bork, 1992 Edition.)
Captain Phillip Null b:1752
d:1834 & m Anna Maria Margrethe
(Peggy) Bushong, Null
b:04-13-1755 d:1826;
CHILDREN:
(1)Henry Harrison Null b:04-24-1783,Lincoln Co.NC.
(2)Julia Ann Null b:1784,Lincoln Co.NC.
(3)Sara Null b:1788 Lincoln Co.NC.
(4)Francis Marion Null b:1792,Lincoln Co.NC.
(5)Clara Gloria Null b:06-04-1793
(6)Elizabeth Null b:1794 Lincoln Co.NC.
(7)Phillip Null
(8)Margaret"Peggy"Null
Note: Capt. Phillip Null was upset when his 14 year old daughter left home to marry Fredrick Burnett; He practially dis-owned her and moved the family back to Penn.
Their daughter Margaret Peggy Null, Burnett b:04-22-1780, is buried at the
Old Ingram Cemetery Buncombe Co.NC
MARRIED:
Fredrick Thomas Burnett,Son of Jesse Burnett & Judith Prince.b:05-11-1770 d;07-09-1854;buried at the Lakey Cemetery in Macon Co.NC.
Note: The information is from many different family sources. II didn't put all of the available family information down. Roger Burnett
Colonel Millard Fillmore Null, the present Phothonotary of westmoreland
county,Penn. b:04-5-1854 at the old
Mckeans stand (now Ruffsdale) in
East Huntingdon township
Westmoreland, Co. He is the son of
Henry Harrison and Ellen (Dom)
Null. Writes some of the following:
PHILLIP NULL b: 1752 in
Wrightsville,York County, Pa.
Phillip Null's parents were Huguenots, from the French-German district, knows as Alsace-Loraine and were French people. Capt.Phillip Null's Parents were John Nicholas Null b:1710 Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (They spoke German)(1)While in Germany John N. Null married Margaret Strasburgh:(2nd) Anna Margaret Pence Null, Grand parents were Johann George Null (Pa.) b: 1690, d:1753, & Anna Margaret Null. He and other members of the Null family arrived in America on the Loyal Judith ship of London from Rotterdam last from cowes, England 09-1732. They settled near Womeladorf-Tulpehocken Pa.then to Lebanon Co Pa. John Nicholas and Margaret Pence had at least 4 children before moving to Augusta Co. Va. about 1753.They became the first settler families in the Shenandoah Valley. John and Margaret Pence had 7 children in all. John N. Null served in the French and Indian War. d: in Augusta Co. Va. 1767. The father of John Nicholas Null was Johann George Null 1690-1753 b: Alsace-Lorraine, Germany. He along with the other Null family members were on the Loyal Judith ariving in 1732 along with a 119 men on the ship. His wife's name was Catrina( Her last name may have been Oberlin.) He also used the name Hans George. He died abt 1753 either in Va. or Pa.
Capt. Phillip Null; Died 1834 of Cholera which he contracted while waiting for a steam boat connection on his way to visit his son Henry Null in Pa. He died and was buried at a Point Pleasant Cemetery, WV. Most likely, (Swon Cemetery. Mason County, WV Cemetery Transcriptions LDS Film 0924926 Item 3 # 95,mention of a Rev. soldier being buried there by Mrs Hershel Henderson of Pt Plesant,W Va.).Note: The family mentions his wife Margaret's body was moved to the same location.
Residence of Capt. Phillip Null, between 1775 & 1763 was North Carolina .
Multi copies of his death date,using 1834 Array
Additional Information:Swon Cemetery
Mason Co. W/VA Cemetery Inscriptions "Rt 62 N to Homer Smith Farm, opposite Potter Creek Rd. A sand and gravel Company sign. Go out a dirt road to home of a Mr Chattin. Behind it remains a cattle pen. At one time a large orchard was there, and thee were many stones. When the late Mrs Charlotte Steenbergen was writting her "McCulloch" in 1962, the land was frequently flooded; some stones were stacked up beside the fence, and some moved. Donna
Signed: Greg Clendenin
Capt.Phillip Pence Null (Noll)
Baptism 04-15 1755 Christ Lutheran
Church.
Miltary Service: Abt 1777 joined
Capt George Hudson's Heidelberg
Company,Lancaster Battalion of Pa.
In 1776 he was most likely in
battles of Harlem Heights, White
Plains NY, and at Fort Lee across
water from Harlem and Manhattan
Island NY. He was also likely at
Brooklyn Heights, Long Island NY.
from Aug. 17,1776, Nov.18,1776.
On Dec. 25, 1776 Christmas Day was
one of 2400 men picked to cross the
Delaware with Gen George Washington.
He was with Gen Washington when they won a battle at Trenton,NJ. the next
day Dec. 26 1776. After an appeal by Gen. Washington, Capt Phillip Null
was one of 200 men who volunteered
to go with General Washington in the battle of Princeton, NJ. on Jan 3,
1777.
Then served with Capt. George Null's 4th Company of 1st Lancaster Battalion of Penn. Capt Phillip was a non-comissioned officer with Gen.
Washington at Valley Forge during
the bad winter of 1777-1778. That winter he received his commission as Captain.
Capt.Phillip Null was at Brandywine Creek Sept.11.1777, and met Major General the Marquis de Layfayette, who was wounded (the General) at battle of Germantown oct 5 1777.
Later, Gen. Washington sent Philip
Null to North Carolina to help put
down Tory uprisings. He was captured by Torries who slit his throat, and
left him for dead. He was found by
his future wife's family. They took
him home where his future wife,
Margaret Beauchamp (1755-1826) (Anna Maria Margaretha(WV) Bushong Null b:04-13-1755 in York Co.Pa) sewed up his throat, which saved his life.
Phillip Null was leading a company
of Militia at the Battle of Camden
SC Aug.16 1780 where the British
troops routed Gen Gates.
Capt.Null was with Col. Andrew
Pickens at the Battle of Cowpens
under the wagoneer of Gen. Daniel
Morgan. Book (The Patriots at the Cowpens Revised Edition, by Bobby Gilmer Moss). (Pickens was promoted to General. because of the great job done by Capt.Phillip Null and his men.) There is a very good chance Capt Null was at the Battles of Kings Mt.NC Oct. 7, 1780 and Ramsour's Mills June 20, 1780. near his home in Lincolnton, NC. He also served under the Gamecock Gen. Thomas Sumpter , and was under the Swamp Fox ( Gen. Frances Marion) in the Battle of Eutaw Springs Sept. 8, 1781 that pushed the British up to
their end at Yorktown,Va.
Capt Phillip Null was with Gen.
George Washington when the British surrendered in Youktown Va. Oct. 19,1781.
Capt. Phillip Null also knew and
served with the Quaker Gen.
Nathaniel Green.
The Torries forced Capt Null's wife
out of their house in Lincolnton,
Lincoln Co.NC. She had to beg for
food for her children. Margaret
Beauchamp Toughed it out. Capt. Null had a tavern and a toal (jail) at
this home in Lincolnton, Lincoln
Co.NC (now Rutherford), NC daughter
of Jacob (Pierre) Bushong
1735-1812 and Juliana Wingle.
Note: (Capt Phillip Null's son John
Null who died in Youk Co. Pa wrote)
(Will-Oct 27 1765) Both Bushong and
Null families came from
Alsace-Lorraine France.
Capt. Null built 3 houses (1st) was
where Joseph Academy now stands, 2
story built between 1770-1774 (2nd)
house was a two story house had a
tavern and Goal (jail) got laid off
in 1791 records and a (3rd) house on Poca river, now in Putnam Co.WV.
House built about 1803.
In 1799 the Phillip Null family moved over the Mountains back to Pa, Westmoreland Co. He had
officers warrants in NC and SC 200
acres in Wadell's line NC, 500 acres near Clemson, Old Pendelton Co SC,
1795 back to 1779. Also had other
land grants 350 acres on Catawba
river NC ,250 acres high Shoals,NC.
He traded these officers script for
1600 acres on Poca River Kanawha Co
VVV( now Putnam Co WV).
Capt Phillip discovered coal on Poca River (at the mouth of Poca in 1790) from Hardesty Hist-of Putnam Co
1886.
He was helped by this friend Gen.
George Washington in getting the
land.
He moved his family here in about
1803, after his 1600 acre he also
had 3 land warrants for 370 acres in Kanawha Co Va.(WV July 15,1829.Book
1,page 260 Kanawa Co WV.
Note: At one time during the war, he was in charge of some troops that
were crossing the Delaware River,
prior to the battle of Trenton and
Princeton. About this time General
Washington came up on foot and got
in the way of the advancing regiment. The old Veteran in command, not noticing in particularly who it was and called,
"get out of the way". Gen George Washington look up, smiled, said nothing, but passed on. ( Washington and Null were great friends after that. Gen. Washington helping Captain Null get land on Poca River Putman Co.Wv later. Capt. Null was embarrassed when he found out who he was ordering around.
This information: From the
families of Captain Philip Null &
Spouse: Anna Maria Margrethe
Bushong Null.
The above information was from several different
sources. Lancaster County,Pa. Historical Society, Source Pages 19-22 History of Westmoreland County, Vol.2 Penn by John N Boucher, NY, Lewis Publishing Co.,1906, and published byth Westmoreland Co. Genealogy Project. Mason Co.,W/VA Cemetery Transcriptions-Partial,Lancaster Co.Pa Historical Society,Charles Ray Harper. (ON LINE:To learn more about the heritage of the Burnett family Purchase and read :THE BURNETTS and Their Connection Vol 2 by June Baldwin Bork, 1992 Edition.)
Captain Phillip Null b:1752
d:1834 & m Anna Maria Margrethe
(Peggy) Bushong, Null
b:04-13-1755 d:1826;
CHILDREN:
(1)Henry Harrison Null b:04-24-1783,Lincoln Co.NC.
(2)Julia Ann Null b:1784,Lincoln Co.NC.
(3)Sara Null b:1788 Lincoln Co.NC.
(4)Francis Marion Null b:1792,Lincoln Co.NC.
(5)Clara Gloria Null b:06-04-1793
(6)Elizabeth Null b:1794 Lincoln Co.NC.
(7)Phillip Null
(8)Margaret"Peggy"Null
Note: Capt. Phillip Null was upset when his 14 year old daughter left home to marry Fredrick Burnett; He practially dis-owned her and moved the family back to Penn.
Their daughter Margaret Peggy Null, Burnett b:04-22-1780, is buried at the
Old Ingram Cemetery Buncombe Co.NC
MARRIED:
Fredrick Thomas Burnett,Son of Jesse Burnett & Judith Prince.b:05-11-1770 d;07-09-1854;buried at the Lakey Cemetery in Macon Co.NC.
Note: The information is from many different family sources. II didn't put all of the available family information down. Roger Burnett
The NULL FAMILY
Colonel Millard Fillmore Null, the present Phothonotary of westmoreland
county,Penn. b:04-5-1854 at the old
Mckeans stand (now Ruffsdale) in
East Huntingdon township
Westmoreland, Co. He is the son of
Henry Harrison and Ellen (Dom)
Null. Writes some of the following:
PHILLIP NULL b: 1752 in
Wrightsville,York County, Pa.
Phillip Null's parents were Huguenots, from the French-German district, knows as Alsace-Loraine and were French people. Capt.Phillip Null's Parents were John Nicholas Null b:1710 Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (They spoke German)(1)While in Germany John N. Null married Margaret Strasburgh:(2nd) Anna Margaret Pence Null, Grand parents were Johann George Null (Pa.) b: 1690, d:1753, & Anna Margaret Null. He and other members of the Null family arrived in America on the Loyal Judith ship of London from Rotterdam last from cowes, England 09-1732. They settled near Womeladorf-Tulpehocken Pa.then to Lebanon Co Pa. John Nicholas and Margaret Pence had at least 4 children before moving to Augusta Co. Va. about 1753.They became the first settler families in the Shenandoah Valley. John and Margaret Pence had 7 children in all. John N. Null served in the French and Indian War. d: in Augusta Co. Va. 1767. The father of John Nicholas Null was Johann George Null 1690-1753 b: Alsace-Lorraine, Germany. He along with the other Null family members were on the Loyal Judith ariving in 1732 along with a 119 men on the ship. His wife's name was Catrina( Her last name may have been Oberlin.) He also used the name Hans George. He died abt 1753 either in Va. or Pa.
Capt. Phillip Null; Died 1834 of Cholera which he contracted while waiting for a steam boat connection on his way to visit his son Henry Null in Pa. He died and was buried at a Point Pleasant Cemetery, WV. Most likely, (Swon Cemetery. Mason County, WV Cemetery Transcriptions LDS Film 0924926 Item 3 # 95,mention of a Rev. soldier being buried there by Mrs Hershel Henderson of Pt Plesant,W Va.).Note: The family mentions his wife Margaret's body was moved to the same location.
Residence of Capt. Phillip Null, between 1775 & 1763 was North Carolina .
Multi copies of his death date,using 1834 Array
Additional Information:Swon Cemetery
Mason Co. W/VA Cemetery Inscriptions "Rt 62 N to Homer Smith Farm, opposite Potter Creek Rd. A sand and gravel Company sign. Go out a dirt road to home of a Mr Chattin. Behind it remains a cattle pen. At one time a large orchard was there, and thee were many stones. When the late Mrs Charlotte Steenbergen was writting her "McCulloch" in 1962, the land was frequently flooded; some stones were stacked up beside the fence, and some moved. Donna
Signed: Greg Clendenin
Capt.Phillip Pence Null (Noll)
Baptism 04-15 1755 Christ Lutheran
Church.
Miltary Service: Abt 1777 joined
Capt George Hudson's Heidelberg
Company,Lancaster Battalion of Pa.
In 1776 he was most likely in
battles of Harlem Heights, White
Plains NY, and at Fort Lee across
water from Harlem and Manhattan
Island NY. He was also likely at
Brooklyn Heights, Long Island NY.
from Aug. 17,1776, Nov.18,1776.
On Dec. 25, 1776 Christmas Day was
one of 2400 men picked to cross the
Delaware with Gen George Washington.
He was with Gen Washington when they won a battle at Trenton,NJ. the next
day Dec. 26 1776. After an appeal by Gen. Washington, Capt Phillip Null
was one of 200 men who volunteered
to go with General Washington in the battle of Princeton, NJ. on Jan 3,
1777.
Then served with Capt. George Null's 4th Company of 1st Lancaster Battalion of Penn. Capt Phillip was a non-comissioned officer with Gen.
Washington at Valley Forge during
the bad winter of 1777-1778. That winter he received his commission as Captain.
Capt.Phillip Null was at Brandywine Creek Sept.11.1777, and met Major General the Marquis de Layfayette, who was wounded (the General) at battle of Germantown oct 5 1777.
Later, Gen. Washington sent Philip
Null to North Carolina to help put
down Tory uprisings. He was captured by Torries who slit his throat, and
left him for dead. He was found by
his future wife's family. They took
him home where his future wife,
Margaret Beauchamp (1755-1826) (Anna Maria Margaretha(WV) Bushong Null b:04-13-1755 in York Co.Pa) sewed up his throat, which saved his life.
Phillip Null was leading a company
of Militia at the Battle of Camden
SC Aug.16 1780 where the British
troops routed Gen Gates.
Capt.Null was with Col. Andrew
Pickens at the Battle of Cowpens
under the wagoneer of Gen. Daniel
Morgan. Book (The Patriots at the Cowpens Revised Edition, by Bobby Gilmer Moss). (Pickens was promoted to General. because of the great job done by Capt.Phillip Null and his men.) There is a very good chance Capt Null was at the Battles of Kings Mt.NC Oct. 7, 1780 and Ramsour's Mills June 20, 1780. near his home in Lincolnton, NC. He also served under the Gamecock Gen. Thomas Sumpter , and was under the Swamp Fox ( Gen. Frances Marion) in the Battle of Eutaw Springs Sept. 8, 1781 that pushed the British up to
their end at Yorktown,Va.
Capt Phillip Null was with Gen.
George Washington when the British surrendered in Youktown Va. Oct. 19,1781.
Capt. Phillip Null also knew and
served with the Quaker Gen.
Nathaniel Green.
The Torries forced Capt Null's wife
out of their house in Lincolnton,
Lincoln Co.NC. She had to beg for
food for her children. Margaret
Beauchamp Toughed it out. Capt. Null had a tavern and a toal (jail) at
this home in Lincolnton, Lincoln
Co.NC (now Rutherford), NC daughter
of Jacob (Pierre) Bushong
1735-1812 and Juliana Wingle.
Note: (Capt Phillip Null's son John
Null who died in Youk Co. Pa wrote)
(Will-Oct 27 1765) Both Bushong and
Null families came from
Alsace-Lorraine France.
Capt. Null built 3 houses (1st) was
where Joseph Academy now stands, 2
story built between 1770-1774 (2nd)
house was a two story house had a
tavern and Goal (jail) got laid off
in 1791 records and a (3rd) house on Poca river, now in Putnam Co.WV.
House built about 1803.
In 1799 the Phillip Null family moved over the Mountains back to Pa, Westmoreland Co. He had
officers warrants in NC and SC 200
acres in Wadell's line NC, 500 acres near Clemson, Old Pendelton Co SC,
1795 back to 1779. Also had other
land grants 350 acres on Catawba
river NC ,250 acres high Shoals,NC.
He traded these officers script for
1600 acres on Poca River Kanawha Co
VVV( now Putnam Co WV).
Capt Phillip discovered coal on Poca River (at the mouth of Poca in 1790) from Hardesty Hist-of Putnam Co
1886.
He was helped by this friend Gen.
George Washington in getting the
land.
He moved his family here in about
1803, after his 1600 acre he also
had 3 land warrants for 370 acres in Kanawha Co Va.(WV July 15,1829.Book
1,page 260 Kanawa Co WV.
Note: At one time during the war, he was in charge of some troops that
were crossing the Delaware River,
prior to the battle of Trenton and
Princeton. About this time General
Washington came up on foot and got
in the way of the advancing regiment. The old Veteran in command, not noticing in particularly who it was and called,
"get out of the way". Gen George Washington look up, smiled, said nothing, but passed on. ( Washington and Null were great friends after that. Gen. Washington helping Captain Null get land on Poca River Putman Co.Wv later. Capt. Null was embarrassed when he found out who he was ordering around.
This information: From the
families of Captain Philip Null &
Spouse: Anna Maria Margrethe
Bushong Null.
The above information was from several different
sources. Lancaster County,Pa. Historical Society, Source Pages 19-22 History of Westmoreland County, Vol.2 Penn by John N Boucher, NY, Lewis Publishing Co.,1906, and published byth Westmoreland Co. Genealogy Project. Mason Co.,W/VA Cemetery Transcriptions-Partial,Lancaster Co.Pa Historical Society,Charles Ray Harper. (ON LINE:To learn more about the heritage of the Burnett family Purchase and read :THE BURNETTS and Their Connection Vol 2 by June Baldwin Bork, 1992 Edition.)
Captain Phillip Null b:1752
d:1834 & m Anna Maria Margrethe
(Peggy) Bushong, Null
b:04-13-1755 d:1826;
CHILDREN:
(1)Henry Harrison Null b:04-24-1783,Lincoln Co.NC.
(2)Julia Ann Null b:1784,Lincoln Co.NC.
(3)Sara Null b:1788 Lincoln Co.NC.
(4)Francis Marion Null b:1792,Lincoln Co.NC.
(5)Clara Gloria Null b:06-04-1793
(6)Elizabeth Null b:1794 Lincoln Co.NC.
(7)Phillip Null
(8)Margaret"Peggy"Null
Note: Capt. Phillip Null was upset when his 14 year old daughter left home to marry Fredrick Burnett; He practially dis-owned her and moved the family back to Penn.
Their daughter Margaret Peggy Null, Burnett b:04-22-1780, is buried at the
Old Ingram Cemetery Buncombe Co.NC
MARRIED:
Fredrick Thomas Burnett,Son of Jesse Burnett & Judith Prince.b:05-11-1770 d;07-09-1854;buried at the Lakey Cemetery in Macon Co.NC.
Note: The information is from many different family sources. II didn't put all of the available family information down. Roger Burnett
Colonel Millard Fillmore Null, the present Phothonotary of westmoreland
county,Penn. b:04-5-1854 at the old
Mckeans stand (now Ruffsdale) in
East Huntingdon township
Westmoreland, Co. He is the son of
Henry Harrison and Ellen (Dom)
Null. Writes some of the following:
PHILLIP NULL b: 1752 in
Wrightsville,York County, Pa.
Phillip Null's parents were Huguenots, from the French-German district, knows as Alsace-Loraine and were French people. Capt.Phillip Null's Parents were John Nicholas Null b:1710 Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (They spoke German)(1)While in Germany John N. Null married Margaret Strasburgh:(2nd) Anna Margaret Pence Null, Grand parents were Johann George Null (Pa.) b: 1690, d:1753, & Anna Margaret Null. He and other members of the Null family arrived in America on the Loyal Judith ship of London from Rotterdam last from cowes, England 09-1732. They settled near Womeladorf-Tulpehocken Pa.then to Lebanon Co Pa. John Nicholas and Margaret Pence had at least 4 children before moving to Augusta Co. Va. about 1753.They became the first settler families in the Shenandoah Valley. John and Margaret Pence had 7 children in all. John N. Null served in the French and Indian War. d: in Augusta Co. Va. 1767. The father of John Nicholas Null was Johann George Null 1690-1753 b: Alsace-Lorraine, Germany. He along with the other Null family members were on the Loyal Judith ariving in 1732 along with a 119 men on the ship. His wife's name was Catrina( Her last name may have been Oberlin.) He also used the name Hans George. He died abt 1753 either in Va. or Pa.
Capt. Phillip Null; Died 1834 of Cholera which he contracted while waiting for a steam boat connection on his way to visit his son Henry Null in Pa. He died and was buried at a Point Pleasant Cemetery, WV. Most likely, (Swon Cemetery. Mason County, WV Cemetery Transcriptions LDS Film 0924926 Item 3 # 95,mention of a Rev. soldier being buried there by Mrs Hershel Henderson of Pt Plesant,W Va.).Note: The family mentions his wife Margaret's body was moved to the same location.
Residence of Capt. Phillip Null, between 1775 & 1763 was North Carolina .
Multi copies of his death date,using 1834 Array
Additional Information:Swon Cemetery
Mason Co. W/VA Cemetery Inscriptions "Rt 62 N to Homer Smith Farm, opposite Potter Creek Rd. A sand and gravel Company sign. Go out a dirt road to home of a Mr Chattin. Behind it remains a cattle pen. At one time a large orchard was there, and thee were many stones. When the late Mrs Charlotte Steenbergen was writting her "McCulloch" in 1962, the land was frequently flooded; some stones were stacked up beside the fence, and some moved. Donna
Signed: Greg Clendenin
Capt.Phillip Pence Null (Noll)
Baptism 04-15 1755 Christ Lutheran
Church.
Miltary Service: Abt 1777 joined
Capt George Hudson's Heidelberg
Company,Lancaster Battalion of Pa.
In 1776 he was most likely in
battles of Harlem Heights, White
Plains NY, and at Fort Lee across
water from Harlem and Manhattan
Island NY. He was also likely at
Brooklyn Heights, Long Island NY.
from Aug. 17,1776, Nov.18,1776.
On Dec. 25, 1776 Christmas Day was
one of 2400 men picked to cross the
Delaware with Gen George Washington.
He was with Gen Washington when they won a battle at Trenton,NJ. the next
day Dec. 26 1776. After an appeal by Gen. Washington, Capt Phillip Null
was one of 200 men who volunteered
to go with General Washington in the battle of Princeton, NJ. on Jan 3,
1777.
Then served with Capt. George Null's 4th Company of 1st Lancaster Battalion of Penn. Capt Phillip was a non-comissioned officer with Gen.
Washington at Valley Forge during
the bad winter of 1777-1778. That winter he received his commission as Captain.
Capt.Phillip Null was at Brandywine Creek Sept.11.1777, and met Major General the Marquis de Layfayette, who was wounded (the General) at battle of Germantown oct 5 1777.
Later, Gen. Washington sent Philip
Null to North Carolina to help put
down Tory uprisings. He was captured by Torries who slit his throat, and
left him for dead. He was found by
his future wife's family. They took
him home where his future wife,
Margaret Beauchamp (1755-1826) (Anna Maria Margaretha(WV) Bushong Null b:04-13-1755 in York Co.Pa) sewed up his throat, which saved his life.
Phillip Null was leading a company
of Militia at the Battle of Camden
SC Aug.16 1780 where the British
troops routed Gen Gates.
Capt.Null was with Col. Andrew
Pickens at the Battle of Cowpens
under the wagoneer of Gen. Daniel
Morgan. Book (The Patriots at the Cowpens Revised Edition, by Bobby Gilmer Moss). (Pickens was promoted to General. because of the great job done by Capt.Phillip Null and his men.) There is a very good chance Capt Null was at the Battles of Kings Mt.NC Oct. 7, 1780 and Ramsour's Mills June 20, 1780. near his home in Lincolnton, NC. He also served under the Gamecock Gen. Thomas Sumpter , and was under the Swamp Fox ( Gen. Frances Marion) in the Battle of Eutaw Springs Sept. 8, 1781 that pushed the British up to
their end at Yorktown,Va.
Capt Phillip Null was with Gen.
George Washington when the British surrendered in Youktown Va. Oct. 19,1781.
Capt. Phillip Null also knew and
served with the Quaker Gen.
Nathaniel Green.
The Torries forced Capt Null's wife
out of their house in Lincolnton,
Lincoln Co.NC. She had to beg for
food for her children. Margaret
Beauchamp Toughed it out. Capt. Null had a tavern and a toal (jail) at
this home in Lincolnton, Lincoln
Co.NC (now Rutherford), NC daughter
of Jacob (Pierre) Bushong
1735-1812 and Juliana Wingle.
Note: (Capt Phillip Null's son John
Null who died in Youk Co. Pa wrote)
(Will-Oct 27 1765) Both Bushong and
Null families came from
Alsace-Lorraine France.
Capt. Null built 3 houses (1st) was
where Joseph Academy now stands, 2
story built between 1770-1774 (2nd)
house was a two story house had a
tavern and Goal (jail) got laid off
in 1791 records and a (3rd) house on Poca river, now in Putnam Co.WV.
House built about 1803.
In 1799 the Phillip Null family moved over the Mountains back to Pa, Westmoreland Co. He had
officers warrants in NC and SC 200
acres in Wadell's line NC, 500 acres near Clemson, Old Pendelton Co SC,
1795 back to 1779. Also had other
land grants 350 acres on Catawba
river NC ,250 acres high Shoals,NC.
He traded these officers script for
1600 acres on Poca River Kanawha Co
VVV( now Putnam Co WV).
Capt Phillip discovered coal on Poca River (at the mouth of Poca in 1790) from Hardesty Hist-of Putnam Co
1886.
He was helped by this friend Gen.
George Washington in getting the
land.
He moved his family here in about
1803, after his 1600 acre he also
had 3 land warrants for 370 acres in Kanawha Co Va.(WV July 15,1829.Book
1,page 260 Kanawa Co WV.
Note: At one time during the war, he was in charge of some troops that
were crossing the Delaware River,
prior to the battle of Trenton and
Princeton. About this time General
Washington came up on foot and got
in the way of the advancing regiment. The old Veteran in command, not noticing in particularly who it was and called,
"get out of the way". Gen George Washington look up, smiled, said nothing, but passed on. ( Washington and Null were great friends after that. Gen. Washington helping Captain Null get land on Poca River Putman Co.Wv later. Capt. Null was embarrassed when he found out who he was ordering around.
This information: From the
families of Captain Philip Null &
Spouse: Anna Maria Margrethe
Bushong Null.
The above information was from several different
sources. Lancaster County,Pa. Historical Society, Source Pages 19-22 History of Westmoreland County, Vol.2 Penn by John N Boucher, NY, Lewis Publishing Co.,1906, and published byth Westmoreland Co. Genealogy Project. Mason Co.,W/VA Cemetery Transcriptions-Partial,Lancaster Co.Pa Historical Society,Charles Ray Harper. (ON LINE:To learn more about the heritage of the Burnett family Purchase and read :THE BURNETTS and Their Connection Vol 2 by June Baldwin Bork, 1992 Edition.)
Captain Phillip Null b:1752
d:1834 & m Anna Maria Margrethe
(Peggy) Bushong, Null
b:04-13-1755 d:1826;
CHILDREN:
(1)Henry Harrison Null b:04-24-1783,Lincoln Co.NC.
(2)Julia Ann Null b:1784,Lincoln Co.NC.
(3)Sara Null b:1788 Lincoln Co.NC.
(4)Francis Marion Null b:1792,Lincoln Co.NC.
(5)Clara Gloria Null b:06-04-1793
(6)Elizabeth Null b:1794 Lincoln Co.NC.
(7)Phillip Null
(8)Margaret"Peggy"Null
Note: Capt. Phillip Null was upset when his 14 year old daughter left home to marry Fredrick Burnett; He practially dis-owned her and moved the family back to Penn.
Their daughter Margaret Peggy Null, Burnett b:04-22-1780, is buried at the
Old Ingram Cemetery Buncombe Co.NC
MARRIED:
Fredrick Thomas Burnett,Son of Jesse Burnett & Judith Prince.b:05-11-1770 d;07-09-1854;buried at the Lakey Cemetery in Macon Co.NC.
Note: The information is from many different family sources. II didn't put all of the available family information down. Roger Burnett
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