James J Hulsey Sources for Hulsey/Head Website

 Sources         http://hulseyheadhuff.net/about.html

I found this website on Oct. 24, 2012

It is no longer functional. However, I found the relative who placed the information on Ancestry.com so I still have access to the family groups.

About This Website.
This Website is the result of over 8 years of research on three lines of my Ancestors.
This Site is limited in the number of generations of the siblings of each direct ancestor. Further, known living persons have been removed from the GENCOM because of space limitations. Inquires are welcomed. See Contacts.
A Note on Data in this Website:
Various birthdates and spouses vary from the standard references. These changes are explained in the different articles. The Author bereaves that his data is more correct that the listed sources.

The Researcher has relied heavily on the following Published Sources:
Pero, Lou; The Hulsey Book; Self Published, Bend OR,,1989.
I. H. Avoid, HEAD, Descendants of Henry Head (1695-1765) in America; 1984
Martha Walker Akin, FRANKLIN COUNTY TAX DIGESTS, V. 1, 1798-1807.
Martha Walker Akin, FRANKLIN COUNTY TAX DIGESTS, V.2, 1808-1818
Martha Walker Akin, FRANKLIN COUNTY TAX DIGESTS, V.3, 1819-1823
Willis Huff; Two Hundred Years, Odyssey of an American Huff Family.
Thora O. Kimsey; Our Family Tree, Ficquett-Wilbanks-Huff.
Various other publications were consulted to a lesser extent.

Archives and local reference sources include:
Georgia State Archives, Morrow, GA.
Clerk of Court Real Estate Records of Hall, White, Jackson, Oglethorpe, Greene, Lumpkin, Walker, Polk, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga and Whitfield Counties, GA
Libraries in Athens, Lexington, Greensboro, Gainesville, Cleveland, Dawsonville, Dahlonega, Ringgold, Summerville and Rome, GA.
White Co., GA Historical Society, Cleveland, GA.
Carroll Co., AR Historical Society, Berryville, AR.

Internet Sources of particular aid included:
Ancestry.com and The Ancestry Family Trees contained therein.
RootsWeb Discussion Forum.
Genforum Discussion Forum.
The GA GenWeb project for White, Hall, Oglethorpe, Greene, Polk, Floyd and Lumpkin Counties, GA.
Wikipedia Articles on the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and early Virginia.
The U.S. National Park Service websites on the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and the Soldiers and Sailors System.
There have been additional Internet sources too numerous to mention.
Personal interviews with relatives and friends are too numerous to mention. Glen Paul, J. M (Don) Hulsey, Ruth DeLong Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Mary Dell Head and Bobbie Green Cuzzzort have been of particular help.

James J Hulsey's Children

Two of his daughters, Francis and Elizabeth, married before 1808 and never resided in Hall County.

William, his son, died in 1821 in Hall County and his children later emigrated to AR after residing with Pleasant Hulsey for some time.

Adam died in Hall County in 1832 without issue. Charles Isham and William P. Reed as brothers-in law were heirs to his estate.

Charles M. Hulsey moved to Carroll Co., GA about 1827.

John Hulsey moved to TN before 1830 and Joel H. Hulsey moved to TN after 1830.

Pleasant Hulsey (my 4th great grandfather) moved to Lumpkin Co., GA after 1832. Some of his descendents remain in DeKalb, Dawson and Lumpkin Co., GA .

James Adler had a spouseless relationship with Mary Kettle resulting in two named children, Burrell and Lydia, before his death in 1832 in either north Hall Co. or south Habersham Co. (The 1830 Census shows a total of 11 persons, 3 adults and 8 children, in James Adler Hulsey’s household. The names of the other children are unknown.) Burrell remained in Hall Co. and his line continues to this day in Hall County. Burrell’s ancestry was confirmed by Nancy Isabella Shockley, his daughter-in-law and the wife of Burrell J. Hulsey.

Anne Hulsey married John Adam Miller in Forsyth Co., GA. The family later removed to old Cherokee Co., GA.

NFN Dau 1 Hulsey married Charles Isham. No further Information.

NFN Dau 2 Hullsey married William P. Reed. The Reed family remained in Hall Co. and still resides in the Murrayville area near the James Hulsey and Pleasant Hulsey Wahoo Creek Farm.

James J Hulsey Death and Burial

 James died on 1 Jan 1827.  He had registered for the Land Lottery before his death and actually drew land for his Revolutionary service after his death.  His son, Pleasant (MY ANCESTOR), was appointed administrator of his estate and his property, excluding land was inventoried at $3,771.39.  He was buried at Old Dewberry Church Cemetery.

DEWBERRY BAPTIST CHURCH      Hall County, NE Georgia

Picture taken March 2001 (found online http://www.darkfiber.com/tomb/cemeteries/dewberry/)

James J Hulsey After the Revolution

 

1781-1786            At some point in or after 1781, James moved back to Albemarle Co. VA for a few years as he is shown on the Tax Records there.  His father, Charles II, may have retained land there.  It is not known how long he remained in VA before moving back to Burke Co. NC or to Greenville Dist., SC.  His father had moved to Greenville Dist., SC by 1788, and one of James’ daughters is shown as being born in Greenville Dist. SC in 1786.

1790       James and his brothers, Adler, Charles and Adonijah and his son Jennings, are found in the SC Census in Greenville District.  James is shown with 1 male under 16, 3 males over 16 and 5 females in his household.           

1800       James and his brothers Charles, Adler and Adonijah had moved to Franklin Co. GA.  James recorded his first land purchase in 1801.  This and other properties were within an area of Franklin Co. not ceded by the Cherokees until 1805.  Over the next 20 years, he acquired additional lands in old Franklin County and owned as many as 9 slaves to work his land. 

1820’s   Some researchers have him in Gwinnet Co.GA, but the deed records for Gwinnet were destroyed by fire.  In 1820, Hall/Habersham/Gwinnet counties were expanded to the west and that land was divided into Land Lots and awarded through the Land Lottery.  James was awarded a Land Lot in Habersham Co.  This Land Lot was not registered to his name until after his death by Pleasant Hulsey, his son and administrator.  Before 1822, he purchased 1 ½ land lots on Wahoo Creek in the 11^th Land District of Hall Co.  He sold a portion to his son Pleasant in 1822.  Apparently this was his final home as his other properties were sold by 1824 or earlier. 

The mountain range, terminating at the Appalachians’ southern end, is known for weathered peaks often draped in blue haze. Largely unsettled by whites before 1820, the territory was opened by land lottery.  Discovery of gold in 1829 brought diverse treasure-seekers who mixed with spirited pioneer residents.

1824       Deed found for selling all of the plantation lying in 3 counties, 344 acres for $800.  Another deed sold 184 acres in Hall Co GA for $450.

James J Hulsey Revolutionary Soldier (history cont.)

 

1778 or 1779      James Hulsey served in the Revolutionary War (date unrecorded) in the North Carolina Line for a period of one year or less.  In 1780, James fought again under Col Roebuck after the fall of Charleston, SC.  A unit of the NC State Troops fought a retreat from near Charleston to Hillsboro, NC.  James was paid for this service, an unusual occurrence during that period. (He has been documented in DAR which says his service was in SC.) 

Ancestor #010000 Service Source: SC ARCH, ACCTS AUD 33869A, ROLL #76 Service Description: 1) COL ROEBUCK, MILITIA, AFTER THE FALL OF CHARLESTON

RESIDENCES AFTER THE REVOLUTION:

1778 James' residence was in Burke County, NC. James recorded the purchase of land on John's River below William Stones near the Three Forks of the river in 1778 from hulseyheadhuff.net

 1779 date unrecorded, served in NC line. probably for less than a year. No documentation is found.

1780 Second time to serve under Col Roebuck

1790 living in Greenville, SC. Also listed nearby are his brothers Adler, Charles and Adonijah and his son Jennings.

1820 Residing in Hall County GA. It appears that he moved to Georgia from South Carolina sometime between 1790 and 1800. At that time Franklin County encompassed all of NE GA including Hall, Jackson, Clarke and Gwinnett. As a Revolutionary Soldier, James drew land in Georgia. 

1827 James passed away on 1 Jan 1827 in Gainesville, Hall Co GA, Buried in the Old Dewberry Church Cemetery. 

          

James J Hulsey History (continued)

 Early 1760’s        As a child, his family moved to Albemarle Co. VA.  They later moved to Halifax (later called Pittsylvania Co.) VA by 1766, where they remained until 1774 or later.  By 1776, the family had moved to Burke Co. NC., where the western boundary was the Cherokee Nation.  Some Cherokees remained east of the boundary and took on the cultural traits of their white neighbors, including white names, in addition to their Cherokee names.  There was one major difference, however.  The Cherokee men were skilled hunters, and as game disappeared, they were slow to learn agricultural skills.  Their white neighbors were much more skilled in agriculture, and the Cherokee women found more eligible white men in her community.  The Whites were much wealthier (comparably) than the Cherokees.  Thus, the Cherokee women entered into unions with white men.

This map shows the border of the Cherokee Nation, which eventually ended with the Trail of Tears. 

1775 or 1776      James entered into an unrecorded relationship with Sarah Ann (No Maiden Name) or Ann (NMN).  Her name is shown both ways.  Adam, their first child, was born in 1777 in Burke Co. NC.  The union of a white man and an Indian woman generally was not recognized as a legal marriage because a minister or judge would not marry a Christian to a non-Christian, and an Indian was not, by GA law at that time, a Christian.  This attitude did not begin to change until well into the 1830’s.  In the case of the Hulsey families, these unions generally lasted a lifetime.  A person of mixed blood was judged to be white based on their cultural traits more so than their ancestry.

1778       James purchased land on John’s River below William Stones near the Three Forks of the river and later signed a “Road Request from the Three Forks of the River to the Globe Clearing”.  This area is northwest of now Lenoir, NC.

James J Hulsey History Sheet

 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.