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John Bullard Jr.

Birth
Robeson County, North Carolina, USA
Death
1813 (aged 57–58)
White River, Gibson County, Indiana, USA
Burial
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BULLARD FAMILY LEGENDS

I can remember being told by my father and aunts, who lived in Illinois and Iowa and were personally acquainted with their grandmother Nancy Ann Bullard. They told me my Bullard ancestor was an English Merchant on one of the Easten seaboard town, sailing the ocean to bring goods back to the colonies. When he first met the Spanish lady. He had sailed to the Island of Manorca, Spain, where he saw this beautiful Spanish girl with long golden hair. She was Castilian Spanish. They were married and sailed back to the Carolinas.
- Told to Shirley Mofield, by her mother Etta [1899-1991], the great grand-granddaughter of Nancy Ann Bullard

John Bullard's first wife, Maria Isabella, died prior to 1790 as by that time John Bullard was married to Mary Hedgepeth and had their first child, James Bullard.

John Bullard Jr. was born ca 1762 in North Carolina. After the death of his father, he was living on a small farm with his mother, when some Tories scouring the countryside captured him and took him away. One of his captors, feeling sorry for him due to his age, allowed him to escape. He hid in some woods near his home and his mother supplied him with food. As soon as he was able, he joined General Marion's forces, and was later at Sullivan's Island. He participated in the defense of Fort Moultrie against the British fleet. he witnessed the gallant and historical act of Sergeant jasper, who, when the flag was away by the British, sprang over the parapet and seizing the colors, restored them to their place on the fort. he was but fourteen years old when these events occurred. After the war, John settled down in his native state and raised a family. In 1812, he emigrated to the Territory of Indiana. The following year he and two of his sons died of fever. Five sons and three daughters survived.
- Shirley, rootsweb.com

About 1813 or 1814 there was some kind of a pestilence called then and known now as the "black plague," which swept the people before it with a fatality equal to the cholera or yellow fever, and greatly depleted the population of Columbia (now Patoka), and it is thought by some contributed largely to its defeat for the county seat of Gibson County. - History of Gibson County, Indiana, Page 183

US Census 1790, Robeson, North Carolina, USA
John Bullard Jr (age 35), wife Mary (Hedgepeth) Bullard (age 25), sons Bryant (age 8), James (age 3).

US Census 1800, Union, South Carolina, USA
John Bullard Jr (age 45), wife Mary (Hedgepeth) Bullard (age 35), sons Bryant (age 18), James (age 13), Thomas (age 8), Peter (age 4) and daughters Nancy (age 2) and Daughter (1).

US Census 1810, Union, South Carolina, USA


Children
Bryant Bullard (1783 - 1861)
James Bullard (1789 - 1813)
Thomas Bullard (1792 - 1813)
John William Bullard (1794 - 1868)
Peter Bullard (1797 - 1875)
Nancy Ann (Bullard) Shields (1798 - 1817)
Amos Bullard (1804 - 1822)
Sarah Bullard (1808 - ?)
Allen Bullard (1807 - ?)
Charity (Bullard) Stewart (1810 - 1875)
BULLARD FAMILY LEGENDS

I can remember being told by my father and aunts, who lived in Illinois and Iowa and were personally acquainted with their grandmother Nancy Ann Bullard. They told me my Bullard ancestor was an English Merchant on one of the Easten seaboard town, sailing the ocean to bring goods back to the colonies. When he first met the Spanish lady. He had sailed to the Island of Manorca, Spain, where he saw this beautiful Spanish girl with long golden hair. She was Castilian Spanish. They were married and sailed back to the Carolinas.
- Told to Shirley Mofield, by her mother Etta [1899-1991], the great grand-granddaughter of Nancy Ann Bullard

John Bullard's first wife, Maria Isabella, died prior to 1790 as by that time John Bullard was married to Mary Hedgepeth and had their first child, James Bullard.

John Bullard Jr. was born ca 1762 in North Carolina. After the death of his father, he was living on a small farm with his mother, when some Tories scouring the countryside captured him and took him away. One of his captors, feeling sorry for him due to his age, allowed him to escape. He hid in some woods near his home and his mother supplied him with food. As soon as he was able, he joined General Marion's forces, and was later at Sullivan's Island. He participated in the defense of Fort Moultrie against the British fleet. he witnessed the gallant and historical act of Sergeant jasper, who, when the flag was away by the British, sprang over the parapet and seizing the colors, restored them to their place on the fort. he was but fourteen years old when these events occurred. After the war, John settled down in his native state and raised a family. In 1812, he emigrated to the Territory of Indiana. The following year he and two of his sons died of fever. Five sons and three daughters survived.
- Shirley, rootsweb.com

About 1813 or 1814 there was some kind of a pestilence called then and known now as the "black plague," which swept the people before it with a fatality equal to the cholera or yellow fever, and greatly depleted the population of Columbia (now Patoka), and it is thought by some contributed largely to its defeat for the county seat of Gibson County. - History of Gibson County, Indiana, Page 183

US Census 1790, Robeson, North Carolina, USA
John Bullard Jr (age 35), wife Mary (Hedgepeth) Bullard (age 25), sons Bryant (age 8), James (age 3).

US Census 1800, Union, South Carolina, USA
John Bullard Jr (age 45), wife Mary (Hedgepeth) Bullard (age 35), sons Bryant (age 18), James (age 13), Thomas (age 8), Peter (age 4) and daughters Nancy (age 2) and Daughter (1).

US Census 1810, Union, South Carolina, USA


Children
Bryant Bullard (1783 - 1861)
James Bullard (1789 - 1813)
Thomas Bullard (1792 - 1813)
John William Bullard (1794 - 1868)
Peter Bullard (1797 - 1875)
Nancy Ann (Bullard) Shields (1798 - 1817)
Amos Bullard (1804 - 1822)
Sarah Bullard (1808 - ?)
Allen Bullard (1807 - ?)
Charity (Bullard) Stewart (1810 - 1875)


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