Descendant Report for Pleasant Hulsey

1		PLEASANT HULSEY **🚩 b: 1792 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA d: 1865 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
	+		Elizabeth Lucille "Lucy" Byrd 🚩 b: 1795 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA m: 24 Jan 1815 in Franklin, Georgia; Officiating this marriage was Pleasant's brother, William who was a Justice of the Peace at the time. Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997. Electronic marriage records held by each county. d: 1845 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA

2		Pleasant Thomas Hulsey b: 1812 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA d: 1894 in Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
	+		Eliza b: 1821 in Georgia
2		Robert Hulsey b: 1814 in Georgia d: 06 Jun 1897 ; Buried in Lumpkin Co, Georgia Cemetery (see story) probably @ Liberty Baptist Church Where the Hulsey's Had Annual Reunion & Dinner on the Ground
	+		Mary Jane ?Wacaster Blassingame? b: 1826 in Georgia d: 10 May 1894

3		Malinda Ann Hulsey ? b: 08 Aug 1849 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA d: 11 Jul 1921 in Monroe, Walton, Georgia, USA; Death Age: 71
	+		William Taylor Norrell b: 04 Aug 1847 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA m: 14 Feb 1869 d: 17 Jul 1919 in Walton County, Georgia, USA
3		Sarah Jane Hulsey ? b: 02 Jun 1851 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA d: 20 Mar 1924 in Dawson County, Georgia, USA
	+		James W Cantrell b: 1851 in Georgia d: Unknown
3		Joanna Hulsey b: 1854 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
3		Charles Hulsey b: 1858 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
3		James Harvey Hulsey b: Abt. 1858 in Georgia d: 1936
	+		Agnes Chapman b: 1861 in GA m: 1881 in GA
3		Nancy Eleanor Hulsey b: 16 Apr 1861 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA d: 30 Dec 1924 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
3		Julia Hulsey b: 10 Oct 1866 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA d: 24 Dec 1946 in Enterprise, Fannin County, Texas, USA
	+		John Jefferson Gunter b: 11 Aug 1862 in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA
3		Eliza Ophelia Hyden b: 25 Nov 1868 in Georgia d: 1882 in Georgia, USA
3		William Marion Hulsey b: Abt. 1872 in Georgia d: 26 Jul 1933 in Hawaii, United States of America

2		James Meredith Hulsey b: 1817 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA d: Abt. 1876 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
	+		Sarah b: 1829 in Alabama, USA m: 1869 in Georgia
	+		Martha Haney b: 1825 in Lumpkin County, (or Hall Co.) Georgia, USA m: 08 Aug 1841 in Lumpkin, Georgia d: Abt. 1867 in Dawson County, Georgia, USA

3		Louisa Hulsey b: 1841 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
3		Andrew Jackson Hulsey b: 03 Sep 1844 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA d: 18 Oct 1932 in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA
	+		Emily Caroline Roper b: 07 Jul 1844 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA m: 21 Jan 1864 in Dawson, Georgia, USA d: 21 Jan 1904 in Maud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA
3		Mary E. Hulsey b: 1849 in Georgia
3		Charles W. Hulsey b: 1851 in Georgia
	+		Louise Herndon m: 1868
3		Margaret Adeline Hulsey b: 06 Jul 1853 in Dawson, Georgia, USA d: 19 Sep 1919 in Sasadawa, Seminole County, Oklahoma, USA
	+		Lindsey May b: 10 Dec 1852 in Marion County, Tennessee, USA m: 25 May 1873 in Franklin, Arkansas, United States d: 26 Jul 1880 in Center, Harper, Oklahoma, USA
	+		Jesse Gilbert Maxwell b: 1829 in IL m: 1881 d: 1889 in Center, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA
3		John C. Hulsey b: 1855 in Georgia
3		Emily Hulsey b: 1859 in Georgia
3		Jesse William Hulsey b: 10 Aug 1864 in Dawson County, Georgia, USA d: 01 Jan 1947 in Pampa, Gray, Texas, USA
	+		Missouri Ann (Rosie) Parker b: 11 Dec 1875 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma m: 16 Feb 1891 in Sebastian, Arkansas, United States d: 31 Jul 1952 in Gray County, Texas, USA
3		Mandy Hulsey b: 1866

	+		Adeline ? m: 27 Dec 1866 in Dawsonville, Dawson, Georgia
2		William Hulsey b: Abt. 1818 in Georgia, USA d: 1905
	+		Malinda Clark b: 1817 in NC m: 05 May 1844 in Lumpkin County, (or Hall Co.) Georgia, USA

3	Emily Hulsey b: Abt. 1838 in North Carolina

   

2		John Bales Hulsey b: 07 Apr 1819 in Hall County, Georgia, USA d: 20 Mar 1890 in Dawsonville, Dawson, Georgia, USA
	+		Lourinda N Perry b: 06 May 1818 in South Carolina m: 13 Mar 1842 in Lumpkin, Georgia d: 19 Feb 1897 in Dawsonville, Dawson, Georgia, USA

3		George W. Hulsey b: 02 May 1844 in Lumpkin, Georgia d: 20 Feb 1920 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
	+		Sarah Martha Willis b: 14 Apr 1848 in Georgia m: 1864 in GA
3		Sarah Elizabeth Dooly b: 15 Aug 1845 in Dawson County, Georgia, USA d: 14 Mar 1937 in Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
	+		Joshua Anderson Dooly b: 27 Aug 1839 in Habersham County, Georgia, USA d: 20 Mar 1925 in Forsyth County, Georgia, Uns
3		Benjamin H. Hulsey b: 1849 in Georgia, USA
3		Rose Malinda Hulsey b: 07 Apr 1851 in Dawsonville, Dawson County, Georgia, USA d: 15 Jun 1936 in Dawsonville, Dawson County, Georgia, USA
	+		William (Wiley) Cooper Andrews b: 1845 in GA m: 1867
3		R. L. Hulsey b: 1852 in Georgia, USA
3		Jefferson Ivan Hulsey b: 10 Apr 1853 in Dawson County, Georgia, USA d: 08 Dec 1940 in Jackson County, Georgia, USA
	+		Ada Virginia Brady b: 1859 in Villa Rica, Carroll, Georgia, USA m: 1876 in GA d: 1947
3		Mary Hulsey b: 10 Jan 1855 in Dawsonville, Georgia d: 28 Nov 1952 in Rural, Taylor, Texas, USA
	+		William Robinson b: Oct 1850 in Georgia, USA m: 1873
3		Goodman B. Hulsey b: 1857 in Georgia, USA d: 18 Mar 1943
3		Amanda Eugenia Hulsey b: 20 Jul 1859 in Georgia d: 10 Mar 1931
	+		James Milton Howard b: 20 Apr 1856 in GA m: 1881 d: 05 May 1935

2		Joseph Joel Hulsey b: 1823 in Hall County, Georgia, USA d: 03 Dec 1894 in Dawsonville, Dawson, Georgia, USA
	+		Margaret A Bollin b: Jun 1826 in North Carolina m: 11 Mar 1841 in Lumpkin County, (or Hall Co.) Georgia, USA

3		William Hulsey b: Abt. 1843
3		Elizabeth Hulsey b: Abt. 1845
3		James Andrew Hulsey b: 27 Mar 1857 in Lumpkin, Georgia, United States d: 09 Jun 1932 in Dawson, Georgia, USA
	+		Dampcey Vinninle Yancey b: Mar 1867 in South Carolina m: 17 Apr 1898 in Dawson, Georgia, USA

2		Jefferson Parks HULSEY **🚩 b: Abt. 1828 in Lumpkin County, (or Hall Co.) Georgia, USA d: 31 Mar 1909 in Taylor County, Texas, USA
	+		Sarah E. Haney 🚩 b: Abt. 1826 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA m: 25 Jul 1847 in Lumpkin, Georgia d: 06 Mar 1900 in Moody, McLennan County, Texas, USA

3		Pleasant Andrew Hulsey b: 1847 in Georgia d: Jan 1870 in Murray County, Georgia, USA; Died from inflammation of the brain. Later the same year, his wife Lydia also died and his children went to live with his parents, Jefferson Parks and Sarah Hulsey.
	+		Lydia Sarah Junkins b: 1845 in Georgia d: 1870 ; Lydia is found in the 1870 census with 4 small children. Her husband died earlier in the year and she passed away soon after the census. Three of her children went to live with their grandfather, Jefferson Parks Hulsey.
3		Malinda Hulsey b: Jul 1850 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA d: 11 Jul 1921 in Monroe, Walton, Georgia, USA
	+		William Norrell b: 1847 in Georgia m: 14 Feb 1869 in Lumpkin, Georgia, USA d: 1919
3		John Wesley Hulsey b: 14 Nov 1853 in Murray County, Georgia, USA d: 09 Jan 1935 in Moody, McLennan County, Texas; The information on this death certificate was given by son Carl. He is not accurate about about John Wesley’s mother’s name. He knew it was Sarah, and had obviously heard the name of Byrd which would have been his great grandmother’s name.
	+		Margaret Gasaway b: 16 Aug 1848 in South Carolina d: 03 Apr 1918 in Moody, McLennan Co., Texas
3		Hilliard Smith Hulsey b: 1858 in Georgia d: 1885
3		Sarah Jane Hulsey b: 07 Mar 1860 in Georgia d: 19 Jan 1930 in Wilcox, Georgia; Buried in Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery in Calhoun, Gordan County, Georgia
	+		Wyatt Wood b: 12 Jul 1850 in Georgia m: 1884 d: 17 Jan 1940 in Calhoun County, Georgia, USA
3		Emily Melissa Hulsey **🚩 b: 06 Jul 1862 in Spring Place, Murray, Georgia, USA d: 05 Jul 1933 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
	+		William Lazarus King **🚩 b: 25 Mar 1859 in Freemansville, Georgia; A large land area of Georgia was in Cherokee County. Cherokee was divided/subdivided into smaller, more manageable, counties: Milton, Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Gordan. m: 19 Jan 1882 in Dennis, Georgia; This union produced 14 children. d: 07 Jul 1949 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA; chronic myocarditis/heat stroke after plowing behind a team of horses
3		Nancy Caroline Hulsey b: 29 Oct 1864 in Georgia d: 05 May 1953 in Bisbee, Cochise, Arizona, USA
	+		John Daniel Carnes b: 1860 in Georgia m: 03 Feb 1884
3		Frances Emmalene "Fannie" Hulsey b: 10 Jul 1866 in Murray County, Georgia, USA d: 04 Dec 1907 in Moody, McLennan County, Texas
	+		Thomas Barksdale b: Jan 1866 in Georgia m: 21 Aug 1892 in Murray, Georgia, USA
3		Thomas Jefferson Hulsey b: 20 Sep 1868 in Rock Creek, Murray Co., Georgia d: 23 Jul 1952 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
	+		Mary Byrd Arendall b: 18 Aug 1876 in Norcross, Gwinnett, Georgia, USA m: 06 Jan 1895 in McLennan, Texas, USA d: 22 Mar 1954 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
3		Kansas Lydia Hulsey b: 04 Nov 1870 in Murray County, Georgia, USA d: 08 Jul 1958 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA; Lydia's parents were J.P. Hulsey and Sarah Haney. She lived near relatives, namely the MANY King brothers and sisters. Her death cert states her mother incorrectly as Sarah Hood. Her sister, Emily was married to W.L King. His mother was a Hood.

2		Wesley Hulsey b: 1830 in Hall County, Georgia, USA
	+		Adeline Bean b: 1820 in Little River, Tennessee m: 12 Jan 1851 in Hall County, Georgia, USA d: 18 Dec 1911 in Dahlonega, Lumpkin, Georgia, USA

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Excellent Hulsey Source

 The Hulsey family : with some history of the places and times in which they lived

This source is found on familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/726662

The Hulsey Family: With some History of the Places and Times in Which They Lived; by Burl B Hulsey, Jr. published in Fort Worth, Texas 1985

The Book was copied from the public library in Dallas, Texas. 

Pleasant Hulsey is found on p 4, p5, p II, p XXXII

Slide # 69 gives his family group including his wife Elizabeth Byrd and my Jefferson Parks Hulsey.

Pleasant Hulsey Timeline

1792  
Born in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina

1815  
Married Elizabeth Byrd on 24 Jan 1815 in Franklin Co. GA
Officiating this marriage was Pleasant's brother, William who was a Justice of the Peace at the time. This information was found in a list done by Jordan Dodd on Ancestry.com, electronic marriage records held by each county. 

1821

A Pleasant Hulsey was in 3rd and 4th Land Lotteries in Georgia 1820 & 1821.

1822 
Before 1822 Pleasant purchased a portion of his father's land in the 11th Land District of Hall County in Georgia on Wahoo Creek. 

1822
Pleasant's brother William died in Hall County in 1822, and William's children resided with Pleasant for some time before they emigrated to Arkansas.

1826

Pleasant's father, James, died. A deed in 1824 sold 196 acres in Hall Co. GA for $450. Signed by James and his wife Ann, both with "X's". James Hulsey Sr. died in Hall Co. GA in 1826, son Pleasant was appointed adminstrator of his estate which inventoried at $3,771.39.

1830
Pleasant is found in the 1830 United States Federal Census in Hall County, GA. This part of Hall County became Lumpkin County in 1834 and then became Dawson County in 1857. 

Living with Pleasant and his wife are nine other people. Some are Pleasant's children but some of the children cannot possibly be his according to the ages they have listed. It has been suggested by some family historians that one of Pleasant's brothers died and Pleasant and his wife took those children into their home.

July Term Hall County Court: Ordered that the court issue process against Pleasant Hulsey adm. of estate of James Hulsey deceased. Adley Hulsey, Jr. guardian of Adeline Pulliam and John Miller, guardian of Joel Miller, orphans, they being in default of returns for the year according to law

1840
Pleasant was living in Lumpkin County, GA, found in 1840 United States Federal Census

1850
At age 58, Pleasant is living with his son, John and wife Lourinda, in Barrett, Lumpkin County, GA. Elizabeth died in 1845.

Additional notes in information from Pat Keene:
At age 51, living in household of John Hulsey (age 30) in Lumpkin County,
Georgia, 1850 census (p 78B).  Next door are Joseph and William.

1860
At age 68, Pleasant is living with his son Joseph and his wife, Margaret in Dawsonville, Dawson County GA

1865
Pleasant died in Lumpkin County GA.