BULLARD FAMILY RECORDS, APPENDIX IV
Elizabeth [Betsy] BULLARD, wife of Thomas Brooks,
# 100, was born in Caroline County, Virginia on the 21st of
August 1804 to Charles Bullard and unknown mother who died between
1807 and 1813. Elizabeth died shortly
before her fifty fourth birthday, August 10, 1858. Her will was evidently
made on her death bed as she requested
her brother, Richard Bullard to sign it for her. She is buried next
to Thomas at the Brooks Cemetery on the
homeplace in Callaway County. Elizabeth must have been
left motherless at an early age and raised by a step
mother, as her father married again in 1813 and had another son, Charles
Benson Bullard. She was one of three
children of her natural mother. It has always been assumed that
she was the middle child, with her brother
Ambrose being the eldest, however, there is no proof of this; she may
have been the oldest of the three children,
Elizabeth, Ambrose and Richard.
Nothing is known about her early life in Virginia and only speculation
about her life in Missouri; however, she
showed a certain amount of empathy for her slaves after the death of
her husband, Thomas Brooks; or just good
business sense to protect her property. She entered into
a hiring agreement in 1854 and her agreement [among
others]was used in a thesis by Phillip V. Scarpino PH.
D. concerning slavery in Missouri. The agreement
to
hire the slaves of the Brooks estate was made between Elizabeth Brooks
and William A. George, with A. George as
surety. It states:
$150.00 On or before the first day of January 1855 we or
either of us promise to pay to Elizabeth Brooks
administrix of the last will and tesament of Thomas Brooks, deceased,
the sume’ of One Hundred and fifty Dollars
for the hire of a negro man named John for the present year and we
do further agree and bind ourselves to treat
said slave with humanity, not to work him in bad weather, pay his Doctor
bills, and loose’ the time he is sick and
give him the fowling’ clothing to wit four shirts, two
pairs sumer’ pants two pairs janes pants janes vest one
janes frock coat three pairs yarn socks all the above clothing
to be made of new materials one good wool hat one
blanket worth two dollars two pairs linsey drawers to keep
him well shod and to return him with good boots to the
above administrix on the twnety fourth of December 1854 and not to
work slave out of the County of Callaway or
in the river bottom. witness our hand and seal this first day
of January Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Four.
Signed by William A. George and A. George
Elizabeth received a letter from her Great Aunt Agatha Benson
and named one of her daughters Agatha as the
aunt had requested. This letter was in the possession of a descendent
in Callaway County: See below
April 6, 1828
Postmarked Chancellorsville, Virginia
[* = relative]
My Dear Niece,
I an now seated to scribble a few lines and tell you your kind offer
will ever be gratefully remembered by me, were
you living in the neighborhood I should spend a great deal of my time
with you. Oh, my dear Betsy, such a severe
trial I have had, the death of my ever dear tormented child who died
with the dropsy. She was tapped, she lived but
a few days after the operation. I am now at your father’s. I mean to
return home this summer, I can’t help dreading
to see the old place, it would remind me of poor Agatha’s sufferings.
I1 have a request to make of you, if you
should have a daughter, call her after my poor Agatha. Your good
friend, Lawyer’s Field’s wife* is dead, she died
of the consumption, your friends are all well, except Judith Benson*
who has been extremely ill at Mr. Hord’s in
Frederickburg. Well, my dear Betsy, I must bid farewell, with
my love and best wishes for you and yours. God
Bless You. Says Agatha Yancy April 4, 1828
Ambrose T. Bullard, the oldest or second oldest child
of Charles Bullard has been hard to trace. Only by word of
mouth through a descendent of Richard Bullard, with some knowledge
of the Bullard family through her mother,
did Ambrose come to light.
Ambrose may have traveled back and forth from Virginia to Tennessee.,
probably in the area of the Ames
Plantation Land Base in Fayette County, TN.
Spotsylvania County, Virginia Court Records, 22 February 1838
reveal that he had filed a lawsuit, as well as his
father against an estate.
Commonwealth of Virginia to Sheriff of Spotsylvania County:
Greetings:
You are hereby commanded to summons Ann Edwards, Adminixtrix of Enoch
Edwards, dec’d to appear in the
town of Fredericksburg, at the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit
Court of Law and Chancery, of Spotsylvania County
directed by law to be holden in the said town, on the first Monday
of March next, to answer a bill exhibited
against her in the said court, by Ambrose T. Bullard. In the
same court, same date- another summons against her
by Charles Bullard.
Ambrose died in Fayette County, Tennessee sometime in 1839.
He evidently lived in the “Ames Plantation” area
o Fayette County, TN 2He was the father of two daughters and his wife’s
name was Mary . She is shown in the
1840 Federal Census in Fayette County with two daughters. They evidently
had moved to Tennessee or simply
took slaves there to hire out according to agreements between
Ambrose and his father, Charles Bullard. There are
Articles of Agreement filed in Fayette County, Tennessee and
Patrick County, Virginia.
Patrick County Deed Book 8, page 199. agreement dated
29th of November 1832.
Agreement between Charles Bullard and Ambrose T. Bullard.
Charles Bullard agrees for Ambrose T. Bullard to take three negro
slaves to the state of Tennessee for hire and for
the year 1837 he is to have $200.00 and for the year 1838, Ambrose
is to hire them to the best advantage he can.
Signed by Charles Bullard and Ambrose T. Bullard. Witnessed
by Solomon Weaver and Charles Bullard, Jr.
Fayette County, TS. Recorder of Deeds office, Old Book 1, page
523.
Articles of agreement entered into this 17th day of October 1836
between Charles Bullard of the one part and
Ambrose Bullard of the other part to take three of his negroes to the
state of Tennessee for to hire for him viz:
Gabrel, a blacksmith, Richard and Harriett for whom the said Charles
Bullard as to o all expense to convey them to
Tennessee and for the year 1838 the said Ambrose Bullard is to hire
them to the best advantage he can for the
benefit of Charles Bullard or to work them on the farm and pay the
customary hire for them, to the said Charles
Bullard or any person he shall appoint to receive same. The said
Ambrose Bullard doth also agree to deliver the
said negroes when called for to any person the said Charles
Bullard shall appoint to receive them.
Given under our hands the day and date written, signed by: Charles
Bullard and Ambrose Bullard.
Attested: Solomon Weaver and Charles Bullard, Jr.
State of Tennessee- Fayette County
This day personally appeared Wilson H. Price before me, James
T. Mahaffy an acting Justice of the Peace for the
said county who made oath that the above agreement between Charles
Bullard of the one part and Ambrose Bullard
bearing date of the 17th day of October 1836 is just and true,
he, the said Price being fully acquainted with the
circumstances in the transaction.
Signed by Wilson M. Price
Sworn and subscribed before me, the 1st day of Jan’y 1840. Registered
7 September 1840.
This document was also recorded in Patrick County, Virginia the 8th
of March 1841.
These are seemingly two different documents because of the dates and
wording, The first document was copied
from the files of George Harrison Sanford King, Esquire, a genealogist
of note, now deceased, from
Fredericksburg, Virginia, who donated his files to the Virginia
Archives are available to the public. The second
document was obtained from the respective counties.
A search of land records of Fayette County, Tennessee failed to reveal
any land transactions involving Ambrose
Bullard. The surrounding counties were not searched for
records due to time limitations. He may have died in an
adjoining county. Because of the guardianship, it appears that
there was some real or personal property that
belonged to him and the children would have been heirs and needed a
male guardian or the mother may have
simply been unable to care and provide for them. She may have also
have remarried. The last record we have of
this family is in 1845, We assume that she is still residing in Fayette
County, Tennessee. This following was
found in Callaway County records.
To the Honorable Court of Callaway:
It is my wish Richard Bullard of your county become guardians
of my two children, Sarah Ann and Margaret M.
Bullard, children of Ambrose Bullard, Dec’d, formerly of the state
of Tennessee. I hereby waive all of my rights of
being their guardian this 17th day of March 1845.
Signed by Mary F. Bullard.
Callaway County Book D, page 37- March 17, 1845.
Guardianship of Sarah and Margaret Bullard, children of Ambrose Bullard
to Richard Bullard.
Know all men by these presents that we, Richard Bullard, Felix Nichols
and Richard L. Hord are firmly bound
unto the State of Missouri in the full amount of $1000.00 current money
and for the use of Sarah Ann Bullard and
Margaret M. Bullard, minors herin named to which payments well and
truly made to be we bind ourselves, our
heirs, executors and administrators jointly, severally, and firmly
by these presents sealed with our seals and dated
this 17th day of March 1845.
The conditions of the above obligation is such that whereras
the above beholden Richard Bullard has been at the
present March term of said court of Sarah Ann Bullard and Margaret
M. Bullard, infant orphans of Ambrose
Bullard, deceased.
Now if the said Richard Bullard shall well and truthfully discharge
his duties of his office as Guardian aforesaid
according to law, then this obligation is to be void, otherwise
to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in our presence.
L. B. Grant Clk.
Signed by Richard Bullard, Felix Nichols and R. L. Hord.
These two daughters were living in the household of William Baugh [BAW] in 1850, Fayette Co., TN Census
[lOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THESE TWO DAUGHTERS OF AMBROSE AND MARY]
RICHARD BULLARD
The youngest son of Charles Bullard and his first wife, was born
in either Caroline or Spotsylvania County,
Virginia, the 7th of December 1807 and died in Callaway County,
Missouri May 20, 1859, aged 51 years, 5
months and 10 days. He married Caroline Amelia Conyers
October 22, 1829 in Caroline County, Virginia. She
was born December 10, 1813 in Stafford County, Virginia , the daughter
of John Conyers and his second wife,
Lucy ??. She died in Callaway County February 20, 1873 and is
buried in the Bullard Cemetery. She was
orphaned at an early age and raised by James Briggs who
according to a suit filed by Richard and Caroline in
1830 and answered by James Briggs regarding her inheritance about a
year after her marriage. Her father died in
1819 and her mother a year or so later according to the answer
to the law suit . Information sent to me by
Catherine Offutt Carter from McFarland, California says that
Caroline was so young when they were betrothed
that Richard gave her a doll for Christmas. She was not quite
sixteen when they married. An abstract from an old
newspaper clipping state that Richard Bullard and family moved from
Virginia arriving at their new home near
New Bloomfield, Callaway County, Missouri November 23, 1838.
They resided there until the spring of 1852
when they moved to their prairie farm in the northern part of Callaway
County, just south of the Audrain County
line. They established a cemetery on that farm and
Richard and Caroline are both buried there. They were the
parents of seven children:
1. Harriette Elizabeth Bullard born Aug. 1, 1832 in
Va. Married William Collier . died May 22, 1855
in MO. Buried at Bullard Cemetery
2. Eliza Jane Bullard born Dec. 23, 1838 in Mo. Married
William French died May 11, 1872 in MO.
Buried Bullard Cemetery.
3. Sarah Ann Bullard born August 29, 1841 in
MO. Married John T. Harrison. died May 18, 1863.
Buried Bullard Cemetery.
4. Charles Richard Bullard born Oct. 22, 1843 at Culpeper County,
VA. Married Molly Dillard. Died
June 29, 1901.
5. John Thomas Bullard born Feb. 2, 1846 . A bachelor
who went west.
6. William Shelton Bullard born August 30, 1848 in Mo.
Married Martha Collins Douglas. Died Sept.
16, 1873.
7. Susie Catherine Bullard born July 9, 1851. Married William
Jacob Baker. Died Dec. 15, 1936.
There are many descendants of this family in Audrain and Callaway Counties
today.
CHARLES BENSON BULLARD, a son born to Charles
Bullard and his second wife, Martha Herndon seems
to have be the only child that Charles Bullard favored.
He obviously had contact with Ambrose Bullard in
Virginia, but Charles Benson Bullard seems to be the only one involved
in any of the land transactions and the
recipient of money received from sales of lands. He was born
in 1815 and died January 6, 1873 of pneumonia .
He was first buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Fredericksburg,
Virginia and his body was later removed to
Washington, D. C. , where his wife is buried.
C. B. Bullard married Sarah Ann Chancellor of Chancellorsville,
Virginia March 2nd, 1838. she was born in
1819 and died August 14, 1915 in Washington, D. C. She is buried at
Glenwood Cemetery. They were the parents
of ten children. She was raised at Chancellorsville which was
destroyed during the Civil War. Their children
were:
1. Lee Bullard
06. Margaret Bullard
2. Lucy Jane Bullard
07. Virginia Bullard
3..John C. Bullard
08. Martha Bullard
4. Mary Bullard
09. Anna Bullard
5. Charles Bullard
10. Richard Bullard
Charles B. Bullard was in the Virginia Home Guard prior
to the Civil War. He was a half brother to Elizabeth
Brooks, but there must be a strong family resemblance to the Bullard
side. There is a picture taken of C. B.
Bullard in his uniform, he appears to be about twenty five to thirty
years old. This picture, side by side with a
picture of C. B. Brooks, [# 476] are so close in appearance that
many people think it is one and the same man.
[This picture was sent to us by Warren Conklin, a descendent
of Charles Benson Bullard. The picture is in the
possession of another descendant in Philadelphia Other information
was also obtained from the same source; plus
the collection of George Harrison Sanford King, Esq. of Fredericksburg,
now deceased.]
Fredericksburg Ledger- January 10, 1873- Obit of Charles B. Bullard.
Col. Charles B. Bullard died of pneumonia at his residence on
Saturday last, in the fifty ninth year of his life. He
was an upright and high toned gentleman and for many years a member
of the Masonic Lodge # 4 of this place.
His remains were brought to town last Wednesday and
interred in the burying ground of Lodge # 63 with
Masonic Honors.
We were told that Charles B. Bullard and wife lived just east of Chancellorsville
and their home was destroyed in
that battle and that they moved then to Stafford County, northeast
of Falmouth. This has not been verified.
Charles Benson Bullard received property on more than one occasion
from his father as a gift. In 1853, he sold
197 acres, which was part of the Richard Bullard estate to Samuel Todd
of Caroline County, Virginia. This was
conveyed to him by his father Charles Bullard and James H. Haydon.
CHARLES BULLARD, [ circa 1770/80 to 1850/60] son of Richard
Bullard and Catherine Benson, father of the
above four children , Elizabeth, Ambrose and Richard by the first wife,
and Charles Benson Bullard has been
rather elusive. We have no absolute proof of his parentage except for
a hand written record by Susan Catherine
Bullard Baker, youngest daughter of his son, Richard.
She also listed Elizabeth and Ambrose as siblings of her
father, Richard Bullard. We know the connection between Elizabeth
and Agatha Benson Yancy who was the aunt
of Charles Bullard. . The agreements between Charles and Ambrose
are a matter of public record, however,
anything that he might have done for these three children must have
been as they left home. He married again in
Culpeper County, Virginia on October 29, 1813 to Martha Herndon
and had another son, Charles Benson Bullard,
who is sometimes listed as Charles Bullard, Jr. His relation
ship with this last and youngest child seems to have
been quite good and it appears that he favored this son. Nothing has
been found to indicate any gifts of land, slaves
or money to the first three, or to his second wife. He
sold lands and the proceeds went to this son in the 1840’s.
Land that had been inherited from his father was involved in
a land transaction with Charles, Jr. who had gotten it
from his father. All of the above counties have been searched
for probate records and nothing seems to have gone
through probate. He seems that he disposed of all of his
holdings before his death, the place and date of which is
unknown.
Charles Bullard owned land in Culpeper County, Virginia and the neighboring
counties of Spotsylvania and
Caroline. There are many land transactions for Charles, by his
self and with other men. In 1810, he was living in
Stafford County with a plantation in Spotsylvania County. he
was not found in the 1820 census, in 1830 he was in
Amhurst County, in Patrick County, Virginia in 1840 and in Caroline
County in 1850. He lived in the vicinity of
Chancellorsville according to the letter from Agatha Yancy postmarked
Chancellorsville.
Charles Bullard at one time owned the land where the Chancellor
family built the inn and where the Battle of
Chancellorsville was fought. He sold this land in 1809.
He seems to have done a lot of buying and selling of lands
in that area. None of the property transactions list a wife for
Charles Bullard, either the first wife or second wife,
Martha Herndon. We searched all pertinent counties for a probate
record for Charles and he seems to have given
everything to his last son, C.B. Bullard, Jr. prior to his death, which
date is unknown, as is his birthdate.
Spotsylvania Co., Va. Deed Book Q, page 347- dated 04 February
1804.
Richard Lee, Esq. to Charles Bullard of Spotsylvania county makes a
deed of confirmation re: deed dated August
8, 1799 from Henry Lee and Ann, his wife and General Alexander
Spottswood to the said Charles Bullard for 100
acres, part of the Old Mine Tract.
Deed Book Q, page 487 - dated October 1, 1805.
Bradley Mathews and Mary, his wife, to Charles Bullard for 156 pounds,
130 acres of land on the Mountain Road
adjoining the land of Richard Bland Lee.
Fredericksburg, Va. District Courthouse, deed Book “E” , page
368- dated October 1, 1805
Charles Bullard recorded 300 acres in Spotsylvania County, south side
of Mountain Road, 30 rods above sign post
at the fork of Brooks Road cornering to William Jones thence
with the line of said William Jones to Orange
[County} line near roger Beckworth’s house thence south 40 w g 62 poles
to an ash sapling on the north branch of
the river, 20 poles, thence down the river thence s. 50 degrees 22
poles to a hillside thence n 65 and 1/2 E. 210
poles to flat corner of patent..............
Fredericksburg, Va. District Courthouse, deed Book “E”, page
368- dated 04 Feb. 1804- recorded 01 October
1805.
Richard Bland of Halifax County to Churchill Jones of Orange County,
Stapleton Crutchfield of Spotsylvania
County, Bradley Mathews of Spotsylvania County, Charles Bullard of
Spotsylvania County, Gawan Moore of
Spotsylvania County, ----vacating General Henry Lee’s agreement to
sell to Churchill Jones about 817 acres, to
Bradley Jones 422 acres, to Charles Bullard 1000 acres, to Gawan Moore
211 acres, and to Stapleton Crutchfield
150 acres, [the latter having sold his right to Stapleton Crutchfield],
R. B. Lee confirms the transaction. About
3000 acres in all.
Spotsylvania County Deed Book “R” , page 518-
August 31, 1809
Charles Bullard sold to Richard Pound for $500.00, a tract of
land on the west side of “Elly’s” Road, now corner
to Ludwell Lee, south side of Mountain Road to Lee’s, 230 acres with
all house, fences, woods, ways, waters,
watercourses, etc. Deed of trust to John M. Herndon from Richard
and Ann Pound, same dare , page 219.
This tract of land purchased by Richard Pound
and his wife, Nancy Ann Pound
is the property where Chancellorsville was located at a later
date. They lived at
the plantation’s old house, Fairview, a squared log structure one-half
mile west of
Chancellorsville. she kept an “ordinary” at Fairview until after
the death of
Richard Pound and her marriage to George Chancellor, when the
dwelling
known as Chancellorsville was built. It is likely that Charles Bullard
and family
lived at “Fairview” , but not proven The dwelling is marked as
Log Home on an
1863 Federal Sketch Map in The War of the Rebellion: A
Compilation of the
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, vol.
XXV, part 1, p.
673. A Federal map of 1867 shows only chimneys, indicating
the house had been
destroyed during the war. Chancellor familiar relationships
may be found in “
The Chancellor Family”, by George Harrison Sanford King, William and
Mary
Quarterly, Series. 2, XV 1935}, 178-179. [Note: GHSK was a family
member of the
Chancellor family].
The 1810 Federal Census for Spotsylvania County listed a Charles Bullard
Plantation with no white people and 15
slaves. There is a Charles Ballard with 5 white people and 6 slaves.
This would fit the size of his family and could
just be bad writing or transcribing of the census to printed form.
The years between 1813, when he married his second wife, and 1832
have not been searched particularly. We
know he bought land in Patrick County, 520 acres for $520.00 , one
Dollar per acre , recorded November 29, 1832.
This is the same date as the first agreement between Richard Bullard
and his son, Ambrose to transport slaves to
Tennessee. The other document was recorded in Patrick County in 1836,
indicating that he remained in that county
for a while. 1836 has him conveying property in Culpeper County to
his son, Charles B. Bullard “for love and
affection and $2.00”, 325 acres of land purchased from John Benson.
Signed March 1, 1836. In 1838, Spotsylvania
County records, a summons against Ann Edwards by Charles Bullard is
recorded. Spotsylvania County Deed Book
II, page 451 has Charles Bullard of Patrick County selling
to his son, Charles B. Bullard of Spotsylvania County,
for $300.00, 92.5 acres on the Rappahannock River, same as assigned
to the grantor in the division of property as
per recording in Will Book “P”, page 609. This was his share
of the land as a devisee of Richard Bullard, his
father.
Patrick County, Virginia Deed Book “ LL “ page 410.
February 2, 1846.
Charles Bullard and Charles B. Bullard and Sarah, his wife, of
Spotsylvania County to Henry E. Terry of Patrick
County, for $1000.00, 520 acres of land lying in Patrick and Floyd
Counties, mostly in Patrick County.
Patrick County, deed Book “ LL” page, 520 - March 6, 1846
Charles Bullard to Charles Benson Bullard- gift
Charles Bullard, now of Spotsylvania County, formerly of Patrick County,
Virginia for the love and affection he
bears his son, Charles B. Bullard of Spotsylvania County the proceeds
of the sale of the grantor’s land in Patrick
and Henry Counties, Virginia sold by me to Henry Terry, [my said son
having joined me in the conveyance of the
said land to the said Terry], also eleven slaves by name and
agrees to forever warrant and defend the title to the
property to my said son against the claims and demands of all
persons whomsoever. Signed by Charles Bullard.
Filed and recorded 18 March 1845. Marginal note: Deed del. to
C. B. Bullard 13 May 1853. [This may have been
about the time of the death of Charles Bullard.,Sr. ]
Richard Bullard was born circa 1745-50 in Virginia,
died in September 1838 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia,
the son of Ambrose Bullard and Elizabeth “Betsy” Woolfolk. Richard
was a Captain in the Revolutionary War and
is listed in Crozier’s “Virginia Colonial Militia”. He owned land in
various places in this county. There was a warrant
for 50 acres issued to Richard Bullard, Assigne of William Lampton-a
soldier until 1760- in February of 1780 in
Spotsylvania County. Re: “Virginia Colonial Soldiers”, by Brockstruck.
He is listed as an infant in his father’s probate
in 1758.
He married Catherine Benson, [daughter of Charles Benson and Judith
Berry or Greenwood, see Benson
Appendix] who was born August 29, 1753 at “Hickory Hill”
in Culpeper County, Virginia and died July 17, 1836
in Spotsylvania County. They were the parents of eight children:
1. Margaret Bullard, married Benjamin Fields
2. Elizabeth Bullard, married Abner Hayden
3. Mary Bullard married a Woolfolk
4. Eleanor Bullard, born June 3, 1786, died July 14, 1846, married
William Willis Lee Benson.
5. Charles Bullard, see above.
6. William B. Bullard, died died before 1 Jan 1838 at 38 years of age
7. Richard Woolfolk Bullard, born Novemer 7, 1793, died in December
of 1836. Married Keziah Ann
Conyers,
8. Lucy Bullard, married James Stubblefield
Richard Bullard died in October of 1837, probably
on the same land as his father Ambrose. [See Ambrose
Bullard]. Property belonging to the estate of Richard Bullard,
deceased, was sold on the 23rd and 24th of
November 1837. the following is a list of this sale. [Do
= “ same as above]. Sampling of prices.
Walnut Desk and bookcase 8.00
6 breakfast plates .25
Do, Press
2.50 4 deep do
.25
do, Drawers
1.00 7 dishes 1.50
Dining Table
1.60 Set of knives & forks
.85
Small round Do
.25 Do do
do .80
2 do square do
1.75 Set of china [20 pieces] 3.00
Pine do
.25 Do cups and saucers
.50
2 looking glasses
1.85 6 cups and saucers
.10
Small do
.12 3 “bowles”
.13
8 chairs
1.60 2 plates, sugar dish, teapot, 2 mugs
.35
2 arm do
1.20 2 salt cellars
.45
2 flag bottom do
.25 6 dining plates
.25
Walnut chest
1.25 This ended the first page of the sale
bill.
Bed and Bedstead
18.00 Total of $125.69
Do and Do
21,00 The next page contains other
items sold
Do without Do
20.50 with out the prices.
Do and bedstead, trundle 11.00
White Counterpane
2.80
Yarn do
6.80
Check do
1.00
Pair blankets
4.00
Do and Do
1.75
3 blankets
2.00
Pair sheets
1.25
Do and do
1.25
Do and do
1.25
Box of ??
2.25
Do table cloths
1.50
3 towels
.25
3 do
.30
6 dining plates
.25
Salt and pepper boxes, 6 silver teaspoons, 6 pewter spoons, 6 tablespoons,
3 waiters, large waiter & 9 yumblers
and wine glasses, sugar dish, 2 cream pots, 2 decanters, 6 bottles,
4 milk pans, tin pan, buckets, strainer, 3 jugs,
small jug, case and 10 bottles, metyal skillet, coffee pot, tea kettle,
2 coffee mills, spice mortar, 2 flax irons, 5
butter pots, large pots and hooks, 2 small pots, large oven, 2 small
ovens, skillets, set of woodenware, 5 bread
trays, skimmer and flesh fork, 3 salt barrels, loom, harness and shears,
set of warping bars and boxes, quilting
frames, 2 spinning wheels, yaern cards, flax wheel and hackel,
3 reels, large pine chest, smalll pine chest, sett’ ,
blacksmith tools, anvil, 2 vices, set of gunsmithing tools, set
of cooper tools, shoe bench, 6 carpenter planes, cross
cut “sawe”, hand saw, 5 mortizing chisels, 3 turning chisels,
mitre box, plumb, 3 squares, 4 gauges, 3 drawing
knives, lot of whet stones, 3 screw augers, 3 “barrle” augers, 2 pr.
foot adze, broad axe, hatchet, 8 marrow axes, 2
cow bells, 2 sheep bells, 3 pr. wedges, set old chairs, log chain,
set of tongue chains, box of clevis and hames,
“lott” of wrought iron, box of horseshoeing implements, 3 boxes
of old iron, box of old traps, box of old nails, box
of old gun locks, 22 hoes of various sizes, 2 spades, 4 shovels, 2
garden rakes, scythe and cradle, [3], 3 mowing
scythes, 5 scythe blades, 2 iron forks, desk and contents, lot of leather,
2 saddles and bridles, pair of steelyards, lot
of hemp, 28 flour barrels, 6 cider barrles, 98 bushels of corn,
11 barrles of wheat, 7 barrles of oats, wagon and
gear for horses, 2 sets plough gear, lot of old yew, 4 horse
collars, cutting box and knife, 2 curry combs, ox cart
and yoke, cider truogh and crib, 2 feed truoghs, 6 McCormick plows,
6 shovels, 2 new ground cutters, large
triangle harrow, small triangle harrow, square tooth harrow,
3 oblique harrows, 9 shingle saws, stretcher chains,
bay mare, sorrel mare, riding horse [jack], bay horse, 27 sheep, sow
and 6 pigs, sow and 4 pigs, sow and 2 pigs,
sow, lot of hogs in woods, 2 yoke of oxen, 2 piebald cows, 2
“buffaloe” cows, 1 brindle and 1 red cow, steer and
heifer, 3 calves, 2 stacks of oats, stack of top fodder and shucks,
160 # blade fodder, 190 blade fodder, 600 # hay,
1035 rye straw, 2 stacks wheat straw, rakes and pitch forks, 7 hogsheads,
wheat fan and seive, 500 shinkles, gun,
gun, box pf physicians weights and scales, 3 books, lot of old books
and papers, knife case, 3 pr sheep skins, 1 pr
andirons, 2 candle sticks, 2 saddle bags, 85 bushel potaotes, grindstone,
barrel of tar, New Testement, 8 sides
leather, cslf skin, 2 shovel ploughs, lot of cabbage, 6 reaping hooks,
lot of peas and beans, 3 raw cow hides, 12
bags, large kettle, lot of pewter and tin, 3 prs cards, meat axes and
knife, gallon pot, 5 window sash, lot of sheep
skin, 2 and 1/8 bushel of rice, lot of cotton, 50 yards of cloth.
This ended seven very large hand written pages accounting for the sale
of property. Total dollar amount of this sale
was $1429.62. Returned and recorded SpotsylvaniaCourt, February 5,
1838 by Jas. R. Benson acting as clerk.
Division of Slaves among his children was done in December 1837 and
recorded with the Court June 4, 1838. he
owned a total of 18 slaves according to the Commissionersd appointed
to make equitable division among the heirs.
Commissioners Sanford Chandler, Thomas C. Chandler, William Beazely
and William Hord listed the slaves as
follows, and the division of slaves to make each child’s portion
worth $587. 12 in slaves and mony from the other
heirs.
List of slaves:
George $400.00, Jesse $400.00, Alexander $660.00, Madison $600.00,
Rudwell $600.00, Daniel $150.00,
Andrew $250.00, Jane $350.00, Gabriel $250.00, Caroline & child
$350.00, Wilson $175.00, Mildred $125.00,
Chinchwell $ 200.00, James William $175.00, == $4625.00 appraisal
value.
Lucy Bullard rec’d Madison worth $600.00 and paid C. Bullard
$21.87 & 1/2 cent.
Richard W. Bullard heirs rec’d Alexander worth $600.0, paid Abner
Haydon & wife $21.87
Elanor Benson rec’d Rudwell worth $660.00 , paid Abner Haydon &
wife $21.87
Mary Woolfolk rec’d Jane worth $350.00 and Gabriel worth $250.00, paid
C. Bullard, $6.25, A. Haydon $9.37,
R. W. Bullard heirs $3.12 & 1/2 cent, Benjamin Field
& wife $3.12 & 1/2 cent
Charles Bullard rec’d George worth $400.00 and Daniel worth $150.00
and received from Lucy Bullard $21.87 &
1/2 cent, and from Mary Woolfolk $ $6.12 == $28.12
Benjamin Field and wife rec’d Jesse worth $400.00 and Wilson worth
$175.00. Rec’d from Mary Woolfolk $3.12.
This equaled their part of $578.12
Abner Haydon & wife rec’d Caroline & child worth $350.00
and James William worth $175.00. They rec’d
fromRichard W. Bullard heirs, $21.87 1/2, from E. Benson $21.87 1/2,
Mary Woolfolk $$21.87 + 1/2 cent
Richard W. Bullard hei rs rec’d Chinchwell worth $200.00,
Andrew worth $200.00 and Mildred worth $125.00
They rec’d from M. Woolfolk $3.12 1/2 == $578.12 & 1/2 cent.
CharlesBullard was assigned a boy named John, worth $350.00 to “make
him equal in advancements”. [Nothing
specified as to what the others had received].
In the final reporting of the Commissioners, there were two other
old slaves, Rose and Bristo who remained with
the estate and no value was listed.
Description of his land from his estate with the boundary of each parcel
by number. These boundaries correspond
with a map of the property found in the Spotsylvania Courthouse. Letters
correspond to areas and measurements on
the map. This property was located in a bend of the Rapidan River,
near the confluence of the Rapidan and the
Rappahannock Rivers in northeastern Spotsylvania County. The
property is at the end of the last road turning
right of f of Ely’s Ford Road before it crosses the river toward
Richardsville, Culpeper County. This plat
contained 869 acres of Richard Bullard, deceased , belonging to the
estate of the Richard Bullard, Sr. which has
been divided into eight lots or parcels.
A. A stake on the south side of the river corner Hord
B. 3 pines corner to Hord
C. A post by a road corner to No. 1 and 2
D. A pine and post corner to Wellford
E. A dead red oak corner to No. 2 and 3
F. A big oine corner to No. 2 and 5 Wellford
G. 2 white oaks and gums to a valley corner to No. 5 and 6
H. A post oak and pine corner to No. 6 and 7 and Wellford
I. A white oak and two red oaks to No. 7 and 8
J. not used on map
K. 3 hickorys corner to Wellford
L. A pine and post oak corner to Wellford
M. A white oak corner to Wellford
N. A hickory corner to Elley
O. A post and pine corner to Elley
P. A post oak and 2 red oaks corner to Elley and Lot 7 and 8
Q. A pine stump to Elley
R. The fork of a branch to Elley
S. The mouth of a branch
T. A peach tree on the bank of the river corner to Lot
6 aND 7
U. Maple and “Beach” corner to Lot 5 and 6
V. A red oak and pine corner to No. 2 and 3
W. Stake near a persimmon tree corner to # 3 and 4
X. A dogwood corner to No. 2 and 3
Z. A locust corner to No. 1 and 2
No. 1 79 acres allotted to Abner Hayden and Elizabeth, his wife.
No. 2 92 acres allotted to Charles Bullard
No. 3 101 acres allotted to Mary Woolfolk
No. 4 93 acres allotted to Richard W. Bullard’s heirs
No. 5 160 allotted to Elinor Benson
No. 6 113 acres allotted to Benj. Field and wife Margarette
No. 7 113 acres allotted to Lucy Bullard
No. 8 188 acres allotted to Wm. B. Bullard heirs
This land was divided according to the value of different
parts of the land . Spotsylvania Court, January 1, 1838
acted on a motion of Abner Hayden and appointed three commissioners,William
hord, Sanford Chancellor,
William Beazley and John Chancellor , any three of which could
act to divide the real estate of Richard Bullard,
deceased, and make a report to the court. The above division
was made among the legatees and submitted to the
court on February 15, 1838. Signed by all four of the appointees.
The accounting of Richard Bullard’s estate started on October
31, 1837, continued through Febuary 1839 when
an accounting was made to the court. Following are the lists of paid
outs from the estate.
1837.
Oct. 31. One pair of shoes
1.00
Nov.07 Advertizing the sale
2.00
21 4 gals.
brandy @ .75 cts
3.00
26 50 yards
cloth @ .50 cts
25.00
cash for crying sale
5.00
2 gallons whiskey @ .75ct
1.50
1/2 bushel salt
.50
Dec. 06 Wages and clerk’s fee
13.95
30 Blacksmith
account
7.07
1838.
Feb. 14. Cash to Wm. Redd on acct
3.02
May 09. Blacksmith’s acct
8.53
May 07. Executing a warrant against Powell
.30
Aug 29. Cash paid John L. Manse for services 17.00
Spt 10. Cash paid Dr. Nalle
5.00
11. Wages and clerk’s
fee
4.34
Oct 06. Cash to Culpeper Cty. Clk.
.81
1839.
Feb. 09. Alll of the following:
Cash to C. Chancellor for services
3.00
May account against estate
116.91
Wm. Beazley a/c oper. recpt.
37.50
Cash paid Abner Hayden pr. a/c
6.00
Cash paid clerk s for bill
2.27
Cash paid Benj. Fields per rec’t
175.73
Cash paid Abner Hayden per rec’t 175.73
Cash paid Charles Bullard
175.73
Cash paid W.C. Chandler
2.00
Cash paid Keziah A. Bullard
175.73
Cash paid P. R. Benson , Guardian 175.73
Cash paid Ja’s R. Benson for his mother
E. Benson
175.73
Cash paid Robt Woolfolk for his mother
M. Woolfolk
175.73
Cash paid Lucy Stubblefield
175.73
Admr. commission on this sum $1794.72
89.76
This sum rec’d by the Comm’s for settling
this account.
$1794.72
Balance in administrator’s hand this day
29 and 1/2 cents.
Spotsylvania Count Court June 3, 1839.
The above distribution of monies verifies the children of Richard Bullard
and Catherine Benson.
The property mentioned above was in part, the legacy to Richard
Bullard and his sister, Mary Bullard from their
father, Ambrose Bullard. He puerchased the land from Mary Bullard
and her husband, Edmund Jones.
Spotsyvania County , Virginia Deed Book D 1771-1774
Edmund Jones and his wife, Mary, to Richard Bullard of SPotsylvania
County, Va. 58-155 “currancy” right and
title to tract of land of 470 acres, etc. Whereas, Ambrose
Bullard, by his l;ast will and testement, dated 30 July
1754,”bequethed “ the whereon he lived to be sold and the proceeds
applied to the upbringing and education of his
chidren, part thereof, to wit: Frances, Thomas and Lucy having
departed their lives in their minority, and before
any “desposiition” where by the land became fully vested. [Vested
to the two remaining children, Mary and
Richard.]
Richard Bullard may have received land in Kentucky for his service in
the Revolutionary War. No further record
of this land has been found. Many land warrants were sold to
speculators and the original recipient of the
warrant or grant had not seen the land prior to the
sale.
Spotsylvania County, Virginia Recorder’s Office- Deed Book N, page 451.
1793- Richard Bullard of Spotsylvania County, Virgina gives a Power
of Attorney to Richard Cave of Fayette
County, Kentucky.
Recorded 02 April 1793.
Spotsylvania County Clerk Office- 1801- “ Record Book for Processioners”
1796-1831 has Richard Bullard listed
as a “Processioner” in the winter of 1801. Processioning
consisted of a person or persons appointed by the Court
to meet with the land owners and walk their boundaries with them and
re-marking their lines and corners. At least
one other person would accompany the property owner and Processioner,
usually and preferably the adjoining
property owner. Processioning was used in Colonial Virginia under the
auspices of the Church of England, and
later under the vespries of the Parishes and then under the courts
for some fifty years following the Revolutionary
War.
Richard Bullard’s wife died in 1836. her obituary in the
Fredericksburg, Virginia Herald, located in the Library of
Congress says......................
Died: on the 17th of July in Spotsylvania County, Mrs. Catherine Bullard,
wife of Richard Bullard, Sr., Esq:, in the
83rd year of her life.... a tender and affectionate wife..... sincerely
attached to her children.....with a long eulogy.
AMBROSE BULLARD was the great grandfather
of Elizabeth Bullard Brooks. His ancestry is unknown. His
birthdate is unknown. He died in Spotsylvania County. His
will was dated July 30, 1854 and probated April 16,
1758. [He died in 1756 according to notes of George Harrison
Sanford King, Esq. of Fredericksburg]. He married
Elizabeth [Betty] Woolfolk, daughter of Richard Woolfolk and
Elizabeth Rosewell.One source has her birthdate as
1690; if this is so, then Ambrose should have been in the same
age group, unless she was older than he. He would
have been about 66 years old when he died. The earliest record
we have found is in Spotsylvania County.
Ambrose and Betty Woolfolk Bullard were parents of five children.
He may have been related to the Richard
Bullard of Orange County who fought in the Indian Wars.
His will, written in 1854 designates his wife, Elizabeth and brother,
Richard Woolfolk as the executors. His legacy
to son, Richard Bullard was land lying in Caroline County, Virginia;
the residue to his wife, “ land whereon I
now live in Spotsylvania County to be sold and the money applied
to the use of my estate and the upbringing of
my children.....three of whom departed their life in their minority....”
[Frances, Thomas and Lucy died young,]
leaving Richard Bullard as the only son and a daughter, Mary, who married
Edmund Jones. Richard is listed as an
infant in the probate records, which is interpreted to mean that
he hadn’t reached his legal age or majority, but not
necessarily a baby.
Ambrose, as other Virginians of the time, was very involved in tobacco.
Tobacco was a major cash crop for early
Virginians and was used as the onlycommodity that could be traded
or sold for other commodities and was in
demand overseas. Tobacco crops were planted in the early 1700’s
and created a demand for tobacco warehouses at
the river ports of eastern Virginia. Spotsylvania planters had their
choice of warehouses on both sides of the
Rappahannock River to market their crop. There were several warehouses
in Federicksburg.
The Virginia General Assembly and the British Board of Trade
regulated the production to create a market. By
this regulation, prices were kept up and tobacco was always in demand.
Tobacco inspectors were appointed by the governor from a list
submitted annually by the county courts. Politics
may have played some part in the appointments, but the inspectors had
to be men who knew tobacco and were
persons of high integrity , high morals and were absolutely honest.
[Refer: “ A History of Early Spotsylvania County”, by James
Roger Mansfield 1977].
Ambrose Bullard evidently was a man of “ high integrity, high morals
and absolute honesty”; as he was appointed
an official tobacco inspector in Fredericksburg.
Spotsylvania County- Pre Revolutionary Records.
1753- Ambrose Bullard- Inspector of the Cause.
“Know all men by these presents that We Ambrose Bullard, Thomas James
and Charles Julian of Spotsylvania
County are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lord George the
Second by the Grace of God of Great
Britain France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, etc., in Five
Hundred Pounds of lawfull money of Virgina.
To be paid to our said Lord the King his heirs and “Susessors”: To
the which payment will and truly be made we
bind our selves and every of us and every of our heirs Executors
and Administrators jointly and severally firmly by
these presents sealed with our seals date this fourth day of December
in the twenty seventh year of His Majesty’s
Reign “Ammoque Domini 1753”.
THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION is such Whereas the
above bound Ambrose Bullard is by the
Honorable Robert Dinwiddie, Esq: His Majesty’s Lieutenent Governor
and Commander Chief of the Colony and
Dominion of Virginia, constituted and appointed one of the Inspectors
of the Cause at the “Publick” Warehouse
established at Boystons in Fredericksburg pursuant to the
Act of Assembley instituted an Acrt for amending the
Staple of Tobacco and preventing Frauds in His Majesty’s Customs. Now
if the said Ambrose Bullard shall truly
and faithfully perform the Duty and Office of an Inspector according
the the Directions ankd true Intent and
Meaning of the Act; then this obigation to be void otherwise to remain
in full force and virtue.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of W. W. Waller. Signed by Ambrose
Bullard, Thomas James and Charles
Julian.
Ambrose Bullard was a Lieutenent in the Colonial Militia. He was commissioned
and took the oath, September 4,
1753. [See Spotsylvania County Order Book 1749-1755, page
330}.
He probably held both positions until his death.
Virginia W. P. A. Records- Historical surveys- Volume 1, pages 178/9.
BULLARD FOUNDRY.
Location: In the first bend of the Rapidan River between Culpeper and
Spotsylvania County. To reach it travel
north at Ely’s Ford Church and Rout 615. Travel in a northward direction
for 2.8 miles. Part of this is a private
road, but it is nearly straight. Roads are very bad except in dry season.
Date of foundry not known, circa 1750.
Owners:
Ambrose Bullard purchased 470 acres from William Ellis “the same
being granted to Robert Slaughter by patent
in 1719”, Deed Book “D”, page 535.
The house is mentioned in the deed. In 1754 Ambrose Bullard willed
his property to his children, Richard Bullard
being one of them, Will Book “B”, page 288.
In 1841, Abner Hayden converyed a tract to C. B. Bullard, being part
of the estate of Richar5d Bullard, dec’d.,
assigned to Abner Hayden and wife as legatee and conveyed to
Ambrose Hayden in 1840. This deed mentions
house, tenements, etc., and then says “Also all mines, mettles and
minerals”. Deed Book “II”, page 449.
As a house is mentioned above, we know it must have been built prior
to 1750. It is not standing now, only parts of
the old chinney and a tangle of vines and weeds mark the site
of it. The present owner, however, was able to tell
something about it as he tore it down some years ago. It was just a
ruin then. He says the sills were made of eight
by ten heart pine and the framing was oak, sawed with a whip saw. The
outside boards were of yellow poplar and
worn very thin. The nails were shop made and the chimneys were built
of stone.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
“It is said that the first flintlock in Virgina was made here and that
here were manufactored arms for the
Revolutionary Soldiers. A slave is said to have known how to
make them and because of this ability he was freed
by his master and paid fifty cents a day.”
“This is a very nice story but so far we have found no evidence to
prove it. That there was a foundry here is evident
for part of it is still standing. it is altogether possible and probable
that they got pig iron from the Spotswood
Furnace and transported it by boat to this foundry. The Furnace is
near the Rappahannock River and this in on the
Rapidan [spelled Rapid Ann in the old deeds], but the two river converge
between these two points. Pieces of
molten iron are still seen at the old foundry.”
“The fact that several people have found pieces of old flintlock guns
around here does not prove that they were
made here. They may have been bought for old iron after the War Between
the State. In a neighboring county, a
blacksmith melted them and made horseshoes from them and the same thing
could have happened here.”
[Note: the comments were the opinion of the person doing the survey.
This property had belonged to Ambrose, but
Richard Bullard lived here during the Revolution. Among the
personal property listed in Richard Bullard’s estate
was a set of gunsmithing tools. Also, see deed above to
Richard Bullard from his sister Mary Jones].
[Listed in Crozier’s Virginia Militia- a Richard Bullard from Orange
Co., Virginia.