1754 James was born to Charles Hulsey and Hannah Witt in Goochland, Virginia.
James J. Hulsey
b. 1754
Gochland, Virginia
d. 1 Jan
1827 Hall Co. Georgia
In the research, this man is found
as James Jennius Hulsey. The person who
first inserted "Jennius" could not substantiate it and has since
recanted it. He was known as James
Hulsey; however, I am not going to take off "Jennius" because much
history can be found using it. Most
claim that he married Anna(No Maiden Name), not Sarah (NMN). His brother, Adonijah, married Sarah.
James Hulsey is from the third
generation of Hulseys. He lived much of
his adult life within 10 miles of his brothers in Georgia until Charles III (a
brother) migrated to TN and later to AR.
The third and fourth generations were illiterate so very few family
records, other than marriage licenses and land deeds, were kept until the fifth
generation. They lived in Georgia an
area intertwined with the Cherokee Nation.
Of the 5 Hulsey brothers that came to GA in 1800-1809, all had first
wives that may have been of Cherokee ancestry.
As the whites settled North
Carolina where James was found in 1776, many of the Cherokee moved further
westward. South Carolina and Georgia
were also bordered by the Cherokee Nation and boundaries were changing. After the Louisiana Purchase was completed,
the United States Government encouraged Cherokees in the eastern homeland to
immigrate to Arkansas to join the Old Settlers that had emigrated after the
Revolutionary War. In the 1820’s and
1830’s, many persons of Cherokee ancestry joined the Arkansas Cherokees before
the Trail of Tears forced removal. If a
person immigrated to western or northwestern Arkansas, it is likely that the
emigrant had some measure of Cherokee ancestry.
In Georgia, the Cherokee Nation attracted persons of Cherokee ancestry
before the Cherokee Removal of 1837-1839.
A person of some Cherokee ancestry or a Cherokee wife could settle
vacant land; hence, some of the Hulsey family later moved to the Cherokee
Nation.
I believe that this is where some
confusion of the Hulsey lines came to pass.
Robert, grandson of James and son of Pleasant, married Mary Jane ?, and
two of their children later applied for Cherokee land by claiming Cherokee
heritage; yet in this document, they gave different answers to extensive
questions about the names of their ancestors. The discrepancies are many. (See the Document on Robert Hulsey). Unfortunately for family historians, these discrepancies
are detrimental for establishing true family lines. However, I feel that I can establish my line through
James and Pleasant to Jefferson Parks.
Following are the facts that I can establish about James J. Hulsey.
