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Many thanks to Brucie TULL CLARE & Eugenia TULL RHOTEN, the
daughters ofEdward Rountree TULL, Jr., author of this TULL Family
manuscript for their kindpermission to retype their father’s
manuscript in total. Mr. Edward TULL's manuscripthas been provided
by Martha MARBLE, scanned by Dee MARCH, corrected by DeeMARCH and
Martha MARBLE, prepared and uploaded to the internet by Roy JUCHfor
the purpose of preserving the history of the TULL surname and
helpingresearchers in their efforts in that regard. A Name Index by
assigned number followsat the end of the manuscript.
TULL FAMILYby Edw. R. Tull
1956
PREFACE
When the suggestion was made that some record of my family
should be made formy children, separated as they are from their
paternal kin, it seemed so simple atfirst, but it soon became
evident that I knew very little about my own people.
Thus began the request for actual data from one generation back
to the next. True,it has required much persistent effort, and at
times has met little sympathy. On theother hand there have been
those that very graciously contributed their time inassembling
information on particular families. Their efforts are sincerely
appreciated.Without their assistance this compilation would not
have been as complete as it is.
The task has been complicated by the lack of records due to the
destruction onnearly all the Dobbs County records when the Lenoir
County Court House burned onOctober 21, 1873. Many of the papers of
the private collection of the late Mr. LovitHines, now in the North
Carolina State Department of Archives, were legalinstruments of
various members of the early Tull family in North Carolina, and
havebeen of invaluable assistance.
The aim has been to record the facts as they are to be found in
family Bibles, Wills,Court and Colonial Records and records
furnished by members of the family, withoutresort to assumption, as
a factual history of a family for the members of the family.When
possible, an effort has been made to include a brief historical
sketch forfurther identification and interest. The information
received from a mass ofcorrespondence over a period of several
years has been carefully checked foraccuracy. Yet errors will
undoubtedly be found, for the data of the death of myGrandmother is
not the same on the tombstone as is written in the family Bible,
andeven the spelling differs!
It is hoped that this information may be of interest and value,
and that some onemore capable and diligent may be able to complete
those portions where data wasunavailable at this time.
Edw. R. Tull
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September 23, 1956Rockingham, N.C.
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INTRODUCTION
About 1664 Thomas and Richard Tull came from England and settled
in Virginia anda short time later moved to Maryland. As this is
written, two hundred and ninety oneyears later, the name is a
familiar one along the Eastern shore of Maryland andVirginia.
Branches of this family extended to other parts of the country when
theearly pioneers ventured into the new territories.
The Eastern North Carolina branch of the family was established
when Isaac Tullmoved his family from Baltimore, Maryland, to Dobbs
County, North Carolina in1755. (This family is not to be confused
with the name sometimes encountered inthe Western part of the
State. The 1790 Federal Census listed Nicholas, Williamand
Frederick Tull with families in Stokes County, North Carolina.
However, theywere from a different family, although perhaps
distantly related.)
Isaac Tull prospered in Dobbs County. Surviving records indicate
that many acres ofland were acquired before he died in 1784.
Although Isaac’s descendants arescattered throughout the country
now, as is to be expected, Lenoir County, formedfrom Dobbs in 1791,
is the seat of the North Carolina branch of the Tull family,
andmany of his descendants are to be found there today.
In this account of the North Carolina branch of the Tull family,
no effort has beenmade to trace the Tull ancestry beyond the first
settler to this country. The followingdata compiled by Frances
Houston Irwin, Genealogist, is from “John Porter Tull andHis
Descendants 1796-1942” by James Porter Tull, printed by Morton B.
Hadlock,Hartford, Conn.;
“The name of Tull was evolved from that of Maoltuile, the second
son of Maolfeach,Prince of Ulster, Ireland, who flourished during
the seventh century.
“Maoltuile was the first to Anglicize the name to Multully -
Tully - meaning flood -Ulster. This spelling continued through the
generations to Kyras Tully, who died inCounty Galway, Ireland, in
1637 ….. Kyras Tully married (1) Sheela, daughter ofThomas O’Kelly,
their sons being MATHEW, Mark, Luke, John, Conner.
"A thorough research through the archives of Ireland reveals no
further record ofMatthew Tully until he appears as Mathew Tull on
the list of commissioned officersfrom Ireland in the army of
Charles I, King of England. In September 1649, duringthe
Cromwellian Protectorate, there was there was a general massacre of
theofficers of the forty-four Companies of Charles I in Ireland,
and as the only recordmade afterward of Matthew Tully-Tull was that
his confiscated estates were sold atChichester House in Dublin,
circa 1650-1651, he was evidently among the officersslain.
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THOMAS TULL and his brother Richard came to Virginia from
England about 1664.According to the Virginia records Thomas Tull,
son of Thomas Tull, Senior ofBerkshire, England, patented land on
June 10, 1664 in what later becameNorthampton County, Virginia. Two
days later Richard Tull patented land there onJune 12, 1664. This
was just fifty seven years after the establishment of the
firstpermanent English Colony at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607.
(Cavaliers and Pioneersof VA.)
They did not remain in Virginia long for the Maryland records
state that they “were inAnnemessex Section in 1666”, and are listed
in Somerset County, Maryland as firstsettlers in 1661-1666. On
November 28, 1689 they signed the address ofInhabitants of Somerset
County, pledging loyalty to William and Mary and theProtestant
religion.
Richard Tull married Martha Rhodes in 1671 and their children
were; Rachel 1672,Richard 1675, George 1677, John 1681, William
1684, Benjamin 1686, Elizabeth1688, Mary 1690, Sarah 1694, and
Richard 1695. John Rhodes sold land toRichard and Thomas Tull in
1671. Land was called “Salisbury” and was in Maryland.
Thomas Tull married Mary Minshall. “The first Banns of Matrimony
were publishedfor Thomas Tull of Annamessicke and Mary Minshall of
Morunsco” on September 4,1666 when the first court sat for Somerset
County, and they were married onOctober 1666. They had four
children. Thomas died after March 8, 1697 as heserved on the Grand
Jury for Somerset County on that date. (Old Somerset on E.S.of MD.)
Their children:
1. . i Thomas Tull born 1668 married Sarahii Richard Tull born
1670iii John Tull born 1674 married Esther Benton. This family has
been
recorded in “John Porter Tull and His Descendants 1796-1942”
byJames Porter Tull, printed by Morton B. Hadlock, Hartford,
Conn.
iv Mary Tull born 1677.
1. Thomas Tull, first son of Thomas and Mary (Minshall) Tull,
was born in 1668 inSomerset County, Maryland. Apparently, on
becoming of age, young Thomas Tulldecided to try out the Carolina
Territory, and leaving his family in Somerset County,Maryland, he
moved into Albemarle County, North Carolina. At the General Court
ofAlbemarle County, N.C., on September 28, 1694, “Thomas Tull
shewing that in yeyear 1689 he the said Thomas Tull obtained a
nonsuite against Jno Gibbs esq forwhich noe satisfaction hath
hitherto been made for his costs and chargestherein….etc” (Colonial
Records of North Carolina) There is a Tull’s Creek and aTull’s
Swamp in Currituck County which was formed from Albemarle
County.However, he did not remain in North Carolina but moved back
to Maryland where hedied. His will, dated November 26, 1727 and
probated January 4, 1728 (Abstractsof Wills of Somerset County,
Maryland) mentioned; Sarah Tull, widow. Son,Thomas, is to care for
William and Isaac Tull, and his two youngest sisters, Esther
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and Grace until they are of age. Land of John Tull is to be
given to Samuel Tull.Sons, William, Isaac and Samuel (William and
Isaac not yet 18) Daughters, Sarah,Rachel, Esther, Grace and
Mary.
"In England, the records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
give the wills in1656 of John Tull, Sen. and Thomas Tull, Sen.,
both of Berkshire, There is no furtherrecord of Thomas Tull, Senior
of Thomas Tull, Jun., but the highest Irish authoritiesstates, 'The
ancient Irish Proprietors and their children who survived the
Cromwelliandevastation were scattered from one end of the World to
the other, in England,Scotland and the great Western Republic’-
"In America, the Virginia archives state that Thomas and Richard
Tullpatented land in 1664”.
Note: As to the way some of the old dates were written:
The first calendar was the Jewish calendar, which being, a lunar
calendar hadthirteen months. This was followed by the Julian
calendar of twelve months or 365¼ days, by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.
It was changed in A.D. 1582 to the presentGregorian Calendar by
Pope Gregory XIII, but was not adopted by the Englishspeaking
countries until 1752. When finally adopted the New Year was
changedfrom Enunciation Day - March 25 - to January 1, 1752, but
the dates were then inerror by eleven days.
Therefore, George Washington’s birthday recorded in the family
Bible as February11 when corrected became February 22. Dates
between January 1 and March 25on some old records may be found as -
February 24, 1743/4, that is 1744 by ourpresent Gregorian
calendar.
Children of Thomas and Sarah Tull were:i Thomas Tullii Samuel
Tulliii Sarah Tulliv Rachel Tullv Mary Tullvi William Tull
2 vii Isaac Tull born December 16, 1718 married Winifred
Caldwell.viii Esther Tullix Grace Tull
2 Isaac Tull, son of Thomas Tull (#1) and his wife, Sarah, was
born December16, 1718 and died in 1784 in Dobbs County, North
Carolina. He was just nine yearsold when his father died and under
the charge of his older brother, Thomas, wassoon apprenticed with
his brother William, as was then customary. In the Will of
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Godfrey Spragle, dated December 14, 1737 (Wills of Somerset
County, Maryland,page 228) “William and Isaac Tull, apprentices of
said Spragle, are given theirfreedom”. Six years later at the age
of twenty five, he married on February 24,1743/4 (see note on
dates) Winifred Caldwell was born October 25, 1720 atBaltimore,
Maryland and died May 18, 1806 in Lenoir County, North Carolina.
Theymoved from Baltimore to North Carolina in 1755 and settled
between Nuce River andBriary Branch” near what is now Kinston,
North Carolina. Space does not permitcopies of some of the
interesting deeds written in their colorful legal terms of
theperiod when North Carolina was being settled by these
venturesome pioneers.
The 1790 Federal Census lists only 915 families in Dobbs County
which was formedfrom Johnston County by an Act of the General
Assembly in 1758, and until 1779included the territory now embraced
by Wayne, Greene and Lenoir. Wayne wascreated from Dobbs in 1779,
and the remainder divided into Lenoir and Glasgow in1791. Glasgow
became Greene in 1799.
Isaac Tull was sixty six years old when he died in 1784 and was
buried on hisplantation in Dobbs County, North Carolina, in the
vicinity of the present CaswellTraining School. Winifred, his wife
lived to be eighty six when she died on May 19,1806. Her own list
of her children is among the papers of the Lovit Hines LenoirCounty
papers, page 307, dated January 24 Day 1762, in the North Carolina
StateDepartment of Archives, Raleigh, N.C. The children of Isaac
and Winifred (Caldwell)Tull were:
3 i John Tull born October ye 15 Day 1744ii Charles Tull was
born October 19, 1746 and Died ye 18th of June 1750.iii Elizabeth
Tull was born Febr ye 6, 1748/9. (She was born in Baltimore,
Maryland, and moved to North Carolina with her family when she
wasseven years old. It is believed that Elizabeth married either
Hugh Ward,James Hutchins or Edward Hutchins, and that her sisters,
Ann andSarah, were wives of the other two.This opinion is based on
the following contract dated February 20, 1784(Lovit -Hines papers,
p 140 N.C. Department of Archives); “Know all menby these presents
we Charles Tull, William Tull and Hugh Ward, JamesHutchins and
Edward Hutchins all of County and State of North Carolinaare held
and firmly bound unto John Tull, Executor of Isaac Tull in thesum
of two hundred pounds lawful money of this State…etc”.
iv Ann Tull was born May 23, 1751. (See note under iii above)4 v
Charles Tull was born December 2, 1753. He married Sarah Hardy.5 vi
William Tull was born April 12, 1756
vii Isaac Tull was born November 18, 1758. No further reference
has beenfound. It is believed he died young.
viii Sarah Tull was born December 6, 1761 in Dobbs Co., N.C.
(See noteunder iii above)
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3 John Tull, son of Isaac Tull (#2) and his wife, Winifred
Caldwell, was bornOctober 15, 1744 in Baltimore, Maryland, and died
on September 20, 1820 in LenoirCounty, North Carolina. (Account in
RALEIGH REGISTER October 27, 1820. Hemarried on September 12, 1779
Elizabeth Cannon who died on December 30, 1820.He was listed among
those drafted in Capt. Kennedy’s Company of Militia of DobbsCounty,
July 26, 1777. (Roster of Soldiers from N.C. in American
Revolution. N.C.Dept. of Archives.) He expanded the holdings
inherited from his father and becameone of the largest property
owners of the state. His will follows:
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MARCH 9, 1820
In the name of God Amen, I, John Tull, of the County of Lenoir
and State aforesaid,knowing that it is appointed for all men once
to die do make and ordain this my LastWill and Testament in manner
and form following:Item 1st, I lend to my well beloved wife,
Elizabeth Tull, four Negroes to Wit: Tomy,Leah, James and Phillis
and one Feather Bed and furniture during her natural lifeand my
will and desire is that my wife live with either of my three
children whichevershe prefers living with and the above named
Negroes along with her in order to workfor the support and
maintenance of her as long as she lives free of any charge.After
her decease I give the above named Negroes, bed and furniture to my
threechildren, Elizabeth Graham, Isaac and Henry Tull, to be
equally divided amongstthem to each of them their heirs and assigns
forever.Item 2nd , I give, bequeath and devise to my well beloved
daughter ElizabethGraham, wife of Chauncey Graham, my plantation
lying on the suth side of theYadkin river which land I purchased of
William Croom and in her possession andfollowing Negroes to wit,
Moll, Simon, Esther, Ben, Frank, Gabe, Judah, Rachel,Sam, Lewis,
Dennis, Tomy and Lige and their Increase to her, her heirs and
assignsforever.Item 3rd, I give, bequeath and devise to my well
beloved son Isaac Tull the followingNegroes to Wit, Sam, Bob,
Daniel, George, Phebe, Rose, Tommy, Bill, Silas, Amyand their
Increase to him his heirs and assigns forever.Item 4th, I lend to
my beloved daughter-in-law Mary Tull, my Dwelling House andother
out houses together with as much of my adjoining plantation as my
Executorsmay deem sufficient for her farm, also the following
Negroes to wit, Ephriam, Juno,and Raif during her Natural life or
widowhood, after her decease or marriage theabove house lands and
Negroes Ephraim, Juno and Raif and their Increase I give toher
Daughter Sally Eliza Tull, I give and bequeath to Mary Tull Two
Feather Bedsand Furniture, one horse called Snap, two Mules, three
Cows, three Sows and pigs,fifteen dry hogs, one bee hive, one years
provision, half a dozen Chairs, one table,one pair of and Irons,
two plows, two pair of trams, two axles, two weeding hoes, twoIron
Pots, one Grubbin hoe and one pair of Iron wedges, one Case of
Knives andforks to her, her heirs and assigns forever.Item 5, I
give bequeath and devise to my well beloved Grand Daughter Sally
ElizaTull the plantation I now live on, containing about one
thousand acres also thefollowing Negroes to wit, London, Doll,
little Elleck, Kitty, Margaret, Needham,Richard, Susan and John,
they and their Increase and Six Hundred dollars to be puton
interest and to be educated out of the Income of her property and
the lands andNegroes to be rented and hired out until she marries
or arrives of legal age.Item 6th, I give and bequeath John and
Probert Collier, my Grand sons, twenty-fivedollars each.Item 7th, I
give and bequeath to my three children Elizabeth Graham, Isaac
andHenry Tull, the whole of my property not herein before given
away or intended to begiven to be equally divided amongst them
their heirs and assigns forever.
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Item 8th, I will that if she the said Sally Eliza Tull died
before she marries or has alawful begotten heir the whole of the
property given to her to be equally dividedamongst my three
children, Elizabeth Graham, Isaac and Henry Tull, to them,
theirheirs and assigns forever.Lastly I nominate, constitute and
appoint my sons Isaac and Henry Tull Executors tothis my Last Will
and Testament,
Hereby revoking all former wills by me made, In Witness I
hereunto set my Nameand Seal this Ninth of March, one thousand
eight Hundred and Twenty.Signed, Sealed and publishedby the
Testator to be and contain his last Will andTestament, in presence
of:Thos. CampbellGeo. G. LovickLewis G. Desmond (Signed) John
TullState of N.C.Lenoir County, October Court 1820
Then was the foregoing last will and testament of John Tull,
Sen’r, exhibited intoCourt and proved by the oath of Lewis C.
Desmond of the subscribing witnessesthereto and ordered to be
recorded. At the same time Isaac and Henry Tull, theexecutors,
therein named, appeared and qualified. Therefore letters
testamentaryissue accordingly.
C. Westbrook, ClerkI do hereby certify the foregoing to be a
true copy of the last will and testament ofJohn Tull, deceased,
given under my hand at Kinston, the 16th October, 1820
C. Westbrook, Clerk
(Lenoir County Papers, Lovit Hines Collection, Vol. 3, page 6
N.C. State Departmentof Archives and History)
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There were seven children born to John and Elizabeth (Cannon)
Tull, three of whommarried children of Dr. Chauncey and Sarah
(Merwin) Graham. They are listed in anold Prayer Book belonging to
Mrs. George W. Tull.
Children of John and Elizabeth (Cannon) Tull:i Caty Tull born
November 17, 1780 and died youngii Winifred Tull died young -born
about 1781,
6 iii Elizabeth Tull born October 6, 1782 married Dr. Chauncey
Graham IIIiv Sarah Tull born August 23, 1783 and died before 1820
married Thomas
Collier who died before 1820 Two sons were mentioned in John
Tulls will:1. John Collier2. Probert Collier“Received 18th October
1822 of Isaac and Henry Tull Executors ofJohn Tull dec’d Twenty
five dollars it being in full of a legacybequeathed to Probert
Collier by the said dec’d.
Witness: Craven Metts (Signed)Probert Collier”.
“Received 18th October 1822 of Isaac and Henry Tull Executors of
JohnTull dec’d Twenty five dollars it being in full legacy
bequeathed to JohnCollier, son of Thomas Collier, by the said
dec’d.
Witness: Craven Metts (Signed) John Collier ByProbert
Collier.(Lovit Hines Papers page 400, N.C. Dept. of Archives)There
were several families in the area named Thomas,John and Probert
Collier, but nothing definite has beenlearned of this particular
family.
7 v Isaac Tull born September 28, 1785 married Eliza Graham8 vi
Henry Tull born October 12, 1787 married Susan Hill
vii John Tull, Jr. Born March 3, 1790 died before 1820 married
onNovember 28, 1815 (RALEIGH REGISTER of Dec. 22, 1815) Mary B.
Grahamborn April 7, 1789 died between 1820 and 1831, daughter of
Dr. Chauncey andSarah (Merwin) Graham, Jr. They had one child:
1. Sarah Elizabeth Tull born about 1816 and died before
1831.“August 2, 1831. Indenture between Henry Tull and
HenryChamberlain and Sarah Catherine Chamberlain his wife of
PittCounty and Eliza Argent Graham, Julia Graham and Martha
JaneGraham of Lenoir County lands on North side of Nuse and S
sideof Briary Branch, devise of John Tull dec’d to Sally Eliza Tull
andin case of her death without issue to be divided between the
saidJohn’s sons Isaac and Henry and daughter Elizabeth
Graham.”(Lovit Hines Papers - N.C. Dept. Archives)
4 Charles Tull, son of Isaac Tull (#1) and his wife, Winifred
Caldwell, was bornDecember 1, 1753 in Baltimore, Maryland, and died
October 8, 1836 in LenoirCounty, North Carolina. In January 1779 he
married Sarah Hardy, born October 24,
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1763 in Bertie County, died February 12, 1843 in Lenoir County,
daughter of Lemueland Mary (Sutton) Hardy. Lemuel Hardy, son of
John Hardy, was born May 20, 1730married in 1752 Mary Sutton born
October 6, 1746, daughter of Thomas andElizabeth (Chauncey) Sutton.
Charles Tull served in the Revolutionary War with aNorth Carolina
Company. (Col. Records of N.C. Vol. 22, p 88 and Pension
RecordNumber S7759) A copy of the Pension Record follows. They
lived in theContentnea Creek Section near Rountree Church which he
helped organize and inwhich he took an active part. (See Rountree
Church minutes August 1828)Descendants are living today in the same
section. The Will of Charles Tull fromcolonial Records, page 57,
Lenoir County, N.C. Court House, is as follows:
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In the name of God amen, I Charles Tull of the State of North
Carolina and Countyof Lenoir being of sound and disposing mind and
memory do this 28th day ofNovember, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty five make and ordain this to be mylast will and testament in
manner and form following, viz;1st. I give and beqyeath to my wife
Sally Tull fifty dollars in cash, one bed and,
furnityre and bed stead, one walnut chest that she now keeps her
clothes in.2nd. I give and beqyeath unto my son Arthur Tull one
negro man named Lewis
which is now in his possession.3rd. I give and bequeath unto my
son Lewis Tull all my wearing apparel.4th. I give and bequeath unto
my daughter Susana Moore three negro servants,
Comfort, Hollan and Barbary and all Barbary's children to her,
her heirs andassigns forever.
5th. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Winifred Mullen one
negro mannamed Reddick in addition to those I have already given
her, her heirs andassigns forever.
6th. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sally Barwick the
following Negroes(viz) Joe and Enock and Esther and all Ester’s
children to her, her heirs andassigns forever
7th. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Edith Tucker one Negro
boy namedFrank in addition to those already given her, to her, her
heirs and assignsforever.
8th. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Catherine Vause, the
followingNegroes, Israel, John Cornesius, and Jinny and all her
children to her, herheirs and assigns forever.
9th. I lend to my daughter Laney Jones the following Negroes,
Luke and Mila forher own separate use, not however to be subject to
the control of herhusband and during her natural life. After the
death of said Laney it is mywill that they the children which said
Laney may have which said Negroes Igive to them, their heirs and
assigns forever.
10th. I give and bequeath to my two Grandchildren Isaac Tull and
Jesse Tull twoNegroes George and Dick to be equally divided between
them. Shouldeither of them die leaving no issue it is my will that
the survivor should boththe Negroes to them, their heirs and
assigns forever.
11th. I give and bequeath unto my grand son Henry Barwick one
Negro girl namedMary also one sorrel mare called Fancy, one feather
bedstead and furnituremarked H.B. and my chest that I now keep my
papers in and one saddle andbridle.
12th. It is my will and desire that all my land be sold in one
lot to itself and half ofthe money arising from the sale of said
land to be paid at the expiration oftwelve months, the other half
at the expiration of two years, all my personalestate not disposed
of by my will be sold, the money arising from theaforesaid sales to
be equally divided among all my children that is living andthose
that are dead their children have their part except Lewis and Sally
theirchildren to have their of said sales ----Sally’s children as
their arrive to lawfulage to receive their proportionable part of
her part of her part of said sales.
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I hereby nominate constitute and appoint Isaac Barwick Executor
of this my last willand testament, revoking and making void all
other former will by me made ratifyingthis to be and contain my
last will and testament. In witness whereof I hereunto setmy hand
and affixed my seal the day and year herein written.
Signed, sealed, publishedand declared in presence ofJ.S.
ScottThomas Harvey (Signed) Charles Tull
State of North Carolina Lenoir County Court of Pleas and
Quartersession January Term 1837 then was the foregoing last will
andtestament of Charles Tull dec’d, exhibited in open court and
theexecution thereof duly proved by Thomas Harvey one of
thesubscribing witnesses thereto at the same time Isaac Barwick
theexecutor therein appeared and qualified ordered that
lettertestamentary issue and that the said will be recorded.
Attest Lewis C. Desmond ClEnrolled in the Clerks Office of
Lenoir County May 11 1837
Lewis C. Desmond Clk
I certify the foregoing to be a true cony of the original last
and testament of CharlesTull dec’d as appears of record.
Lewis C. Desmond Clk.
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N.C. Pension Record of Charles Tull S-7759
#12316 N.C. - Charles Tull of Lenoir County, N.C. private in a
regiment commandedby Col. Caswell in the N.C. Line for 6 mos.
Inscribes on the roll of N.C. @ $20.00per annum to commence
3-4-1831. Certificate of pension issued 4-20-1833.Arrears to
3-4-1833- Act of 6-7-1832.
Lenoir County - Court of Please and Quarter Session April Term
1833. On 2nd April1833, before us, J. Rouse, C. Metts and P.
Hardee, Justices of the Court, personallyappeared Charles Tull 80
yrs old on Dec. 2, next and makes claim for benefits underthe Act
of 6-7-1832.
He states he volunteered in Dobbs County in 1775 in a company by
Capt. JesseCobb in a regiment, under Col. Richard Caswell, Lt. Col.
Wm Bryan and MajorGorham. They marched from Kinston, N.C. when the
company was organized andwent to New Bern where they drilled 14
days and returned to Lenoir where theyremained until 1776, when
they were dispatched to South River, N.C, to stop theTories. The
Tories escaped from South River and were overtaken at Moores
Creek,New Hanover County, N.C. 16 or 18 miles above Wilmington,
where, they wereengaged in a battle under Col. Richard Caswell and
the Tories were led by Gen.McDaniel and Capt. McLoud, who was
killed in the battle. The Tories lost 14 menkilled and we lost one,
man and his loss was thought to be an accident. The secondday after
the battle we marched back to Kinston where we stayed until called
toWilmington where we were engaged in building entrenchments
against the Britishwho were reported to be at Brunswick. They did
not attack and we returned toKinston and were discharged after 6
months of duty.
He further states that he is unable to prove his service by any
person./s/ Charles Tull
Lewis C. Desmond CC
Certificate of John Cox and James Tull of Lenoir County who have
known CharlesTull for year sand believe him to be 80 years old.
/s/ John Cox/s/ James Tull
He certified that he was born in Maryland in 1753 and came to
N.C. at the age of 2.That he lived in Dobbs County, N.C. when he
enlisted. He knew Co. Rich’d Caswell,John Williams, Wm. Lovick,
John Gatlen, Dallam Caswell, Blount Coleman and N.G.Blount and
refers to them for character and reputation.
/s/ J. Rouse/s/ C. Metts/s/ P. Hardee
Justices of the Court.
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The children of Charles and Sarah (Hardy) Tull were:9 i Susanna
Tull born December 19, 1779 married Richard Moore.
ii Lewis Tull born before, 1790 was living in 1835. No further
record:(Jones Co Georgia in 1827; Houston Co.,Ga. in 1835 census –
handwritten note)
iii Arthur Tull born before 1790 died after 1835 married Nancy
Tucker (SeeRountree Church minutes - 1829).The 1830 Census lists
two boys and three girls. Children mention in thewill of Charles
Tull were:
1. Isaac Tull2. Jesse Tull
10 iv Sarah Tull born May 18, 1793 married Isaac Barwick.11 v
Edith Tull born January 20, 1798 married Arden Tucker.
vi Winifred Tull married Mr. Mullen. No further record.12 vii
Catherine Tull born July 10, 1800 married Jesse Vause.13 viii Laney
Tull born August 6, 1802 married Green Jones.
5 William Tull, Senior, son of Isaac Tull (#2) and his wife
Winifred Caldwell, wasborn April 12, 1756 in Johnston County, N.C.,
from which Dobbs County wasformed two years later. He died about
1820. His wife was Susannah, but herlastname is not known. One of
the existing deeds is as follows: “This indenture
made this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord, one
Thousand eighthundred and twenty one between Susannah Tull of the
State of North Carolinaand County of
Lenoir on the one part, and William Tull her son of the State
and countyaforesaid….etc” The 1790 Census lists four daughters and
from deeds it isfound that they had three sons:
i Daughter Tullii Daughter Tulliii Daughter Tulliv Daughter
Tullv Lemuel Tull born about 1794 (1830 Census) and married about
1820. A
deed dated January 24, 1839 from John C Washington to Henry
Tull: “the samebeing the tract of land which Lemuel Tull derived
from his father, William Tull”.Four sons - no daughters. No further
reference.
vi James Tull born about 1793. "This indenture made this twenty
fourthday of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred andeighteen between William Tull, Senior and James Tull of
the State and Countyaforesaid on the other part. Witnesseth that
the said William Tull for and inconsideration of the natural love
and affection which I have toward my sonJames Tull and … etc”
Witnessed Charles Tull pension application in 1833, wasdescribed as
from Lenoir County. No further reference.
14 v William Tull born about 1796 married Sarah.
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Much of the information on this family has been derived from
Census records and afew deeds in the Lovit Hines Collection in the
N. C. State Dept. of Archives. The onlydescendants known to the
present generation were those of William Tull, Jr. and thelast of
those died in 1926. Undoubtedly, some Tulls found listed in Lenoir
CountyCensus and other records were members of this family, but
their connections areuncertain and it is not known what became of
them.
6 Elizabeth Tull, daughter of John Tull (#3) and his wife
Elizabeth Cannon, wasborn October 6,, 1782 and died about 1824. She
married about 1806 Dr.Chauncey Graham III of Kinston born July 26,
1783 died March 1853. He wasborn at Durham, Conn. and both were
buried in the family plot on theirplantation near Kinston. He was a
physician and was active inlocal affairs and politics. He was a son
of Chauncey and Sarah (Merwin)Graham, Jr. who moved from Durham,
Conn. to Murfreesboro, N. C. He was ason of Rev. Dr. Chauncey
Graham of Stillwater, Conn. whose father was Dr.John Graham, D.D.
graduate of the University of Glascow and received hisorders at
Edinburgh. In 1718 he immigrated to Boston and married
Abigail,daughter of the celebrated Doctor Chauncey who was Minister
at Exeter, NewHampshire and at Stafford, Conn. and the first
minister in Southbury society,Woodbury, Conn. (See “The Rev. John
Graham of Woodbury, Connecticut andHis Descendants” by Helen Graham
Carpenter. The Monastery Hill Press,Chicago; 1942).They had five
children:
i Sarah Catherine Graham born about 1807 at Kinston died about
1848,married about 1828 Henry Chamberlain of Greenville, N.C. They
moved toTarboro, N.C. They had one child, a daughter who died
young. (1830 Census)
ii Elizabeth Argent Graham born about 1809 died before 1850
unmarried,buried in the family plot.
iii Chauncey Graham IV born about 1811 died about 1830
unmarried.15 iv Julia Ann Graham born January 5, 1815 married
Stephen White.16 v Martha Jane Graham born July 30, 1816 married
Thomas Sims Burt.
7 Isaac Tull, son of John Tull (#3) and his wife Elizabeth
Cannon, was bornSeptember 28, 1783 and died September 12., 1823 at
Kinston (account inRALEIGH REGISTER Oct 24, 1823) Married on
February 1, 1814 (RAL.REG.Feb. 11 1814) Eliza Graham born September
1, 1794 at Murfreesboro and diedJuly 12, 1875 at Rahway, N.J. and
buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in NewBern, N. C., daughter of
Chauncey and Sarah (Merwin) Graham, Jr. (See #6)Sarah was a staunch
Baptist, converted by a vision. According to WheelersHistory, Isaac
was in the N.C. State House of Representatives forLenoir County in
1821.
He was buried in the family graveyard at the plantation
“Hammerby” at the presentCaswell Training School near Kinston. The
graves were later moved to New Bern byMrs. Matilda (Metts) Lewis,
Sarah’s great-grand-daughter.
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They had five children:17 i Dr. John Graham Tull born November
20, 1816 married Julia WestHollister18 ii Mary Ann Tull born
November 20, 1816 married James Ingram Metts
iii Stephen H Tull born February 1, 1819 died Nov. 1820iv Eliza
Maria Tull born April 1821 died April 1822 Kinston.
19 v Harriet Elizabeth Tull born April 30, 1823 married Edward
Powell Stanly.Eliza (Graham) Tull, widow of Isaac Tull (#7), next
married on March 27, 1827Craven Metts, born May 5, 1804 died
October 28, 1838, son of Frederick and Polly(Bruton) Metts of
Kinston. He was buried in the family plot at Kinston. They had
fivechildren:
vi Julia Eliza Metts born December 22, 1827 died March 27 1866,
marriedon June 3. 1853 James Machette Herring. Both were buried at
thefamily plot at Falling Creek in Lenoir County, now owned by the
BaptistOrphanage. They had one child:
1. Eliza James Metts Herring born June 25, 1854 married on April
8,1880 in New Bern, T. L. H. Missilier.
vii Frederick Chauncey Metts born November 1, 1829 died on
January 6,1855 and was buried in New Bern.
viii James Craven Metts born January 11, 1832 died December 17,
1848and was buried near Kinston.
20 ix Sarah Eleanor Metts born September 2. 1834 married Thomas
JenkinsMitchell
21 x William Penn Metts born January 27, 1838 married Sarah
ElizabethClark
8 Henry Tull, son of John Tull (#3) and his wife Elizabeth
Cannon was bornOctober l2, 1887 in Dobbs County and died November
18, 1856 near Kinston andwas buried in the family burial plot just
North of Kinston. He died of a heart attackwhile sitting on the
front porch at the plantation home called “The White House”.
Hemarried Susan Hill, daughter of Richard and Mary Hill of Dobbs
County. She wasborn in 1790 and after her husband’s death lived
with her son John and his first wife.She and her son had typhoid
fever at the same time and she had been buried in1861 beside her
husband before her son knew she had died. He inherited much ofhis
father’s property and purchased more to become one of the largest
planters ofEastern Carolina.
The home place North of Kinston known as “The White House" is
owned (in 1955) byMr. Payton Hooker and is well preserved although
much altered. Not far from this,and once a part of the same
plantation is the overseer’s house now owned by Mr. R.Burwell
Holland, a grandson of the overseer during the War Between the
States. Mr.Holland came by this through his parents, J. B. and
Emily (Hill) Holland who bought itJanuary 1, 1907 from Wm. H. Worth
who had bought it December 31, 1861 with2,058 acres from John and
Winnie R. Tull. Mr. Holland recalls his mother’sdescription of
Small Pox among the slaves during the war. Meals were prepared
atthe “Big House” and placed in front of the slave quarters that
arranged on a street
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adjacent to the big house. She said that many were buried during
the epidemic in aspot now know as the slave grave yard just to the
rear of the overseer’s house. TheTull family grave yard is also on
this plantation and when visited in 1952 containedonly three
markers. One being inscribed as follows: “Sacred to the Memory
ofHenry Tull, born October 12, 1787 Died Nov 18, 1856 ag’d 69 yrs 1
mo 6 D’s”. Nomarker to his wife, Susan. They had only one child,
thereby making it easier for thiscompiler.
22 i. John Tull born September 19, 1832 married (1) Cynthia Ann
Dunn. (2)Winifred Rountree Jackson
9 Susanna Tull, daughter of Charles Tull (#4) and his wife Sarah
Hardy, was bornDecember 19, 1779 and died March 20, 1845. She
married in 1804/5 RichardMoore of Lenoir County and they had six
children:
i Edith Moore married John Aldridge. They lived between
Institute andLaGrange in Lenoir County and hadseveral children.
Descendants are living in the section, but informationon this
family has not been obtained.
23 ii Winifred Moore married Gersham Wiggins24 iii Sarah Moore
born September 13, 1809 married William Cox Loftin25 iv Jesse J
Moore married Deborah Mewborn26 v Alfred Moore married Miss
Aldridge27 vi Needham Moore born October 29, 1806 married Elizabeth
Jackson
10 Sarah Tull, daughter of Charles Tull (#4) and his wife Sarah
Hardy was born May18, 1793 and married Isaac Barwick who was born
about 1792. The 1830 Censuslists six children:
i Four daughters - no further record.ii Henry Barwick was a
teacher and had all his investments in slaves whichwas lost after
the War Between the States. He then lived at the home ofhis brother
until his death. He never married.
28 iii Craven Tull Barwick born July 7, 1833 married three
times. (3) NancyAnn Brooks
11 Edith Tull, daughter of Charles Tull (#4) and his wife Sarah
Hardy was bornJanuary 20, 1798 and died July 16, 1869.
She married on December 10, 1818 Arden Tucker born December 31,
1789 diedJuly 16, 1834, son of Keeley and Susan (Brown) Tucker,
They had eight children:
i Henry Tucker born October 22, 1819 and died about 1884 in
Texas. Hemarried Sarah Raven of Pitt County.There was a daughter
and it is thought he married twice after the deathof his first
wife.
ii Allen C. Tucker born August 5, 1821 died February 28, 1891
marriedElizabeth Walker of Mecklenburg
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County. Both are buried in the family cemetery on the Tucker
place inPitt County about two miles from Winterville. Of six
children only onelived to maturity:
1. John W Tucker.Allen C. Tucker married second Rosa Taylor. No
child.
29 iii Warren Kossuth Tucker born July 24, 1822 married (1)
Abline James.Married (2) Susan E Tucker
30 iv Sarah C. Tucker born July 17, 1825 married James Sutton31
v Elizabeth Ann Tucker born August 26, 1827 married Samuel A.
Kittrell.32 vi William H. Tucker born September 26, 1829 married
Amanda Catherine
Hardee.vii Gray Tucker born January 27, 1832 died young
31 viii Arden C. Tucker born June 20, 1834 married Mary Jane
Kittrell (1)Married (2) Nancy Elizabeth Williams.
12 Catherine Tull, daughter of Charles Tull (#4) and his wife
Sarah Hardy, was bornJuly 10, 1800 died January 8, 1845 married
Jesse Vause born December 3, 1799died June 29, 1854. Their
plantation was near the present Taylors Crossroads inLenoir County,
and the house still standing has been moved to the highway. Theyare
buried there and the family plot has markers to both Jesse and
Catherine. Visitedin 1954 is owned by Lee Heath. They had two
sons:
34 i Jesse Vause born about 1828 married Harriet L Kennedy35 ii
Robert Bond Vause born about 1830 married Susan A. Jackson.
13 Laney Tull, daughter of Charles Tull (#4) and his wife Sarah
Hardy, was bornAugust 6, 1802 and died in the winter of She was
buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery,Wake County. She married on March 3,
1822 Green Jones born July 15, 1801 diedJanuary 15, 1848, son of
Phillip and Sarah Jones, buried, in Lenoir County. Theylived a
short time in SouthCarolina, went on to Georgia, and returning to
North Carolina settled near Kinstonwhere she had been raised, and
many of her family still lived, She was a chartermember of the
Gordan Street Christian Church of Kinston. (DAR #248317) Theyhad
nine children:
i William Charles Jones born December 26, 1823 died April 20,
1833ii Francis (Frank) Green Jones born February 17, 1825 married
Mary, and
moved to Florida where he died. They had two children:1. Albert
Jones2. Fannie Jones
36 iii Sarah Emiline Jones born July 30, 1827 married Jonathan
Pooleiv James Mason Jones born April 23, 1829 died March 27,
1833.
37 v Elizabeth “Betty” Margaret Jones born October 13, 1831
married CalvinPoole
vi George Washington Jones born April 1, 1835 died in 1881
buried in Mt.Moriah Cemetery, Wake County. two
Children:
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1. Jennie Jones dead2. Eula Jones dead
38 vii Asa Warren Jones born December 1, 1837 married Martha Ann
Creef39 viii Martha Rebecca Jones born December 18, 1839 married
David W.
Hoodix Mary Ann Eta Eliza Jones born October 14, 1845 died April
13, 1849.
14 William Tull, Junior, son of William Tull, Senior (#5) and
his wife Susannah wasborn about 1796 and his wife, Sarah was born
in 1795 (1860 Census) Thisfamily moved over into Onslow County and
were farmers there in 1860. A deedfrom his father dated Nov. 24,
1818: "Know all men by these presents that I,William Tull, Senior,
of the State of North Carolina and County of Lenoir for andin
consideration of the natural love and affection that I have for my
son WilliamTull, Junior.......etc" (Lovit Hines Papers, page 367,
State Dept. Archives). Therewas also an indenture as late as
December 16, 1848 from William Tull to HenryTull (L.H. Papers page
471, State Dept. Archives). They had six children:40 i Lemuel H.
Tull born 1822 married Perlina Haddock
ii A daughter born about 1823 died before ten years old.iii A
daughter born about 1826 died before ten years old.iv William Tull
III born in 1828. He and wife, Nancy, were living in Onslow
County in 1860. No children.v Nancy Tull born in 1830 was living
with her mother in Onslow County in
1860. She did not marry.41 vi Winifred Frances Tull born May 21,
1836 married Arlington N. Daniels.
15 Julia Ann Graham, daughter of Elizabeth Tull (#6) and her
husband Dr.Chauncey Graham III, was born January 5, 1815 on her
father's plantation nearKinston and died September 5, 1848. She
married in 1837 in Kinston, StephenWhite, son of William White,
born in 1809. Both were buried in MaplewoodCemetery in Kinston. He
was a merchant and they lived on East King Street. Hadfive
children:
42 i William White born about 1839 married Sarah Elizabeth
Greenii Chauncey White born November 15, 1841 and died at
Kinston
November 19, 1843iii Henry Tull White born August 22, 1843 and
died January 1, 1844iv Sarah Elizabeth White born February 1, 1846
died July 22, 1847v Julia White born about 1848 died young.
16 Martha Jane Graham, daughter of Elizabeth Tull (#6) and her
husband Dr.Chauncey Graham III, was born on July 30, 1816 at
Kinston and died about 1876 inShelbyville, Tenn. married on March
6, 1838 in Kinston as his second wife, ThomasSims Burt of Edgecomb
County, born August 26, 1813 died August 17, 1860, son ofWilliam
and Susan (Sims) Burt of Shelbyville, Tenn. They had three
children:
i William C. Burt born May 29, 1840 Edgecomb County died
unmarried in1882 in Shelbyville, Tenn.
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ii Mary Jane Graham Burt born May 17, 1848 in Shelbyvllle, Tenn.
Diedon June 16, 1889 and was buried on the Burt lot in Shelbyville,
Tenn.She did not marry. She was an invalid and kept a diary that
suppliedmost of the information of this family.
iii A son born September 14, 1853 died August 17, 1860.
17 Dr. John Graham Tull, son of Isaac Tull (#7) and his wife
Eliza Graham, wasborn November 20, 1816 at Kinston and died April
25, 1870. Married on March 11,1845 in New Bern, Julia West
Hollister, born February 27, 1823 died October 6,1877, daughter of
William and his first wife, Julia Hollon (West) Hollister. Both
wereburied in the Woodlands Cemetery in West Philadelphia, Pa. He
was a graduate ofthe University of N.C. in 1836, was in the
Department of Medicine in University ofPa, in 1841. Had a year of
post graduate work in Paris and then settled in NewBern, later
moving to Phila. They had sixteen children:
i William Hollister Tull born on December 26, 1845 died
September 11,1850. Buried at New Bern.
ii John Graham Tull born on March 2, 1847 died March 8, 1847iii
Julia John Tull born on February 7, 1848 and died January 16, 1934
in
Kinston. She never married. She was a staunch Presbyterian and
livedwith her brother George Wall Tull her latter years. Buried on
the Stanlylot in New Bern.
43 iv John Graham Tull born May 1, 1849 died February 25 1915
marriedElizabeth McKeehanv Isaac Tull born September 12, 1850 died
September 22, 1850
44 vi Isaac Tull born August 19, 1851 married Bessie Norrisvii
Lucretia Hollister Tull born November 1, 1852 died September 5,
1853viii William Tull born April 11, 1854 died August 26, 1854ix
Eliza Graham Tull born August 27, 1855 died August 31, 1857x
Montrose Graham Tull born January 23, 1859 died January 27,
1918
married Catherine Milligan ofPhiladelphia, Pa. They had no
children.
45 xi Edward Rowell Stanly Tull born January 28, 1860 died May
11, 1931 ofheart attack at Philadelphia, Pa. married Anna Wilsonxii
Janet Taylor Tull born May 5, 1862 died September 17, 1862.xiii A
daughter, unnamed died in infancy.
46 xiv George Wall Tull born March 29, 1861 married Rowena
Tull.47 xv Herbert (Bert) Graham Tull born August 7, 1863 married
Anne Eliza
Mitchell.xvi Frederick Tull born November 3, 1865 died October
6, 1866.
18 Mary Ann Tull, daughter of Isaac Tull (#7) and his wife Eliza
Graham, died July10, 1866, married on January 29, 1839 James Engram
Metts, son of Frederick andPolly (Engram) Metts, Jr. He was a
merchant and farmer of Kinston until 1848 whenhe moved to
Wilmington. They had one child:
48 i James Isaac Metts born March 16, 1842 married Cornelia
FrothinghamCowan.
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19 Harriet Elizabeth Tull, daughter of Isaac Tull (#7) and his
wife Eliza Graham, wasborn April 30, 1823 and died August 23, 1879
married in her mother’s home“Hammerby” near Kinston on November 22,
1843 Edward Rowell Stanly born May27, 1816 died March 9, 1883 son
of John and Mary (Fordham) Stanly of JonesCounty. Both were buried
in Hazelwood Cemetery at Rahway, N.J. They lived inNew Bern where
he built a large brick house at the corner of Pollock and
HancockStreets until the war between the states, when being
unsympathetic with theConfederate cause, they left one night rather
hurriedly, going to New Jersey. Sevenchildren:
i Mary Eliza Stanly born August 25, 1844 died June 6, 1845 at
New Bern.ii John Tull Stanly born September 15, 1845 died August
24, 1846 at New
Berniii James Stanly born April 4, 1847 died April 10, 1847 at
New Bern.iv Sallie Graham Stanly born August 17, 1848 died
unmarried April 27
1865. She was buried in New Bern.49 v Macy Outten Stanly born
November 16, 1851 died March 2, 1921
married on December 9, 1874 A. EdwardWoodruff. Buried at Rahway,
N.J.
vi Harriet Tull Stanly born January 14, 1853 died unmarried
August 5,1927. Buried at Rahway, N.J.
50 vii Julia Hollister Stanly born December 27, 1860 married
Francis LaBau.
20 Sarah Eleanor Metts, daughter of Eliza (Graham) Tull (#7) and
her secondhusband Craven Metts, was born September 2, 1834 at
Kinston and died July 14,1880, married on June 8, 1859 in New Bern,
Thomas Jenkins Mitchell born June 28,1836 died April 12, 1871. Both
buried in New Bern. They had seven children:
51 i Sallie Metts Mitchell born November 4, 1860 married Charles
M. Cooper.52 ii Thomas Jerkins Mitchell, Jr. Born February 9, 1862
married Sallie M.
Scales.iii Anne Eliza Mitchell born August 3, 1863 at Graham
died March 5, 1927
married on June 14, 1888 in Henderson, her cousin, Herbert
GrahamTull of Philadelphia, Pa., born August 7, 1863 died January
24, 1933,son of Dr. John Graham and, Julia West (Hollister) Tull.
He died at St.Davids, Pa. They had five children. For their
descendants see 47.
iv Julia Metts Mitchell born June 27, 1865 died Apr 28, 188253 v
Fred Graham Mitchell born June 18, 1867 died June 4, 1920
married
Mary P. Meadows.vi Harriette Tull Mitchell born October 24, 1868
at New Bern died
September 5. 1896 in Louisburg, married onDecember 18, 1895 in
Henderson, Samuel J. Parham. They had no
children.54 vii Alexander James Mitchell born May 28, 1870
married Adeline
Claypoole.
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21 William Penn Metts, son of Eliza (Graham) Tull (#7) and her
second husbandCraven Metts, was born January 27, 1838 died October
25, 1897 married on July 10,1860 at New Bern, Sarah Elizabeth
Clark, daughter of H. J. B. Clark, bornSeptember 17, 1838 died
January 25, 1883. They had five children:
i Matilda Metts born June 9, 1861 died in 1949 and buried in New
Bernwhere she had lived, married on June 4, 1884 William Luther
Lewis bornSeptember 27, 1849 died June 8, 1929. She had the graves
moved fromthe Tull-Graham family plot at the old plantation
“Hammerby” at Kinstonmoved to New Bern when the bricked-in plot was
in danger of beingdestroyed.
ii William Penn Metts, Jr. Born November 27, 1863 married on
November18, 1925 Mary Brooks.
iii Sarah Elizabeth Metts born October 12, 1866 married on
December 19,1888 Graham Tull Richardson who was named for the
Richardson’sfamily doctor, Dr. John Graham Tull. They live at
“Bellair”, old plantationon the Neuse River near New Bern.
iv Eliza Graham Metts died unmarried May 18, 1934 and was buried
atNew Bern.
v Henry Metts (daughter) did not marry. She lives in New Bern
(1939)
22 John Tull, son of Henry Tull (#8) and his wife, Susan Hill,
was born September19, 1832 in Lenoir County and died May 24, 1895
in Lenoir County. He was buriedin the Maplewood Cemetery at
Kinston. He first married on December 29, 1852Cynthia Ann Dunn,
born April 26, 1834 died November 9, 1860, daughter of Walterand
Cynthia (Loftin) Dunn. He was a large scale planter with several
plantations andtheir saw mills, brick kilns, many slaves and so on.
Just after the war between thestates on December 31, 1869 he sold
“The White House” plantation and bought the“Tower Hill” place from
Robert Hart Rountree. They moved into the Albert Rountreehouse on
Tower Hill road while the Tower Hill was being moved up to the road
andenlarged. One child, Edward R., was born there, then in 1872 the
family moved intothe Tower Hill house. Tower Hill was in the family
until sold to L. Harvey Co. in 19__.John Tull was almost bankrupt
following the war and had the experience that wascommon to so many
of that period. Life at Tower Hill was typical of the time. As
thechildren grew up and married it seemed natural that they bring
their wife or husbandthere to live. So we find that John’s daughter
Katie was born there the same year ashis granddaughters Alice and
Bettie. John and Cynthia (Dunn) Tull had threechildren:
55 i Cynthia Dunn Tull born December 22, 1858 married George
A.Grimsley.
ii Elizabeth C. Tull born December 30, 1856 died September 11,
1862and buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston.
56 iii Henry Tull born January 4, 1855 married Myrtie A. Wooten.
John Tullnext married on June 4, 1862 Winifred Rountree Jackson
born February 23,1840 died June 17, 1899, daughter of Jesse S. and
Eliza (Reid) Jackson.She was a graduate of Greensboro Female
College. They had ninechildren:
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57 iv Bettie Rowena Tull born September 27, 1863 married George
Wall Tull58 v Harriet Stanly Tull born September 30, 1865 married
George W.
Summerellvi John Leon Tull born September 16, 1868 at Kinston
died November 20,
1920 and buried in Maplewood Cemetery at Kinston, married Annie
LouSmith born at Liberty. He was a civil engineer, Supt of railroad
in MontgomeryCounty. Had gold mine at Troy, talc mine at Hemp, coal
mine at Sanford (EgyptImprovement Co) plantation in Craven Co. and
farms in Lenoir County and LeeCounty. She next married Dr. Scott of
Sanford and after his death becamePostmaster there. There were no
children.
vii Winifred Leona Tull, twin of John Leon Tull, was born
September 16,1868 at Kinston and died November 7, 1870.
59 viii Edward Rountree Tull, Sr. born February 21, 1871 married
PenelopeStanly Edwards.
ix Frank Eugene Tull born February 28, 1873 at Tower Hill died
October16, 1892 Kinston. Buried in theMaplewood Cemetery at
Kinston.
60 x Isaac Montrose “Ike” Tull born February 12, 1877 married
Ollie GilbertaHill.
61 xi Katie Eliza Tull born March 28, 1883 married E .J.
Becton.62 xii Reid Tull born November 25, 1885 married Charlie Bell
Craig.
23 Winifred Moore, daughter of Susanna Tull (#9) and her husband
Richard T.Moore, was married to Gersham Wiggins of Lenoir County in
the Contentnea CreekSection. They had three children:
63 i Richard Wiggins married Miss Frizelle64 ii Cicero Wiggins
married Gene Langston65 iii John Charles Wiggins born December 22
1846 married Laura Jane
Dunn
24 Sarah Moore, daughter of Susanna Tull (#9) and her husband
Richard Moore,was born September 13, 1809 died February 17, 1844
married on December 13,1827 William Cox Loftin born March 13, 1802
died March 27, 1866 son of Shadrackand Sarah (Cox) Loftin. They
lived in Lenoir County near Kinston and he was Clerkof County Court
and candidate for Congress. They had six children:
66 i Susanna Caroline Loftin born November 13, 1828 married
William HartRountree
67 ii Cynthia Biddle Loftin born September 13, 1831 married
Robert HartRountree
iii Jane Elizabeth Loftin born April 23, 1836 died July 7, 1901.
She nevermarried.
iv Benjamin Franklin Loftin born October 2, 1833 died March 14,
1855unmarried.
68 v Andrew Jackson Loftin born March 15, 1838 married (1) Sarah
FrancesWillis. (2) Mrs. Myrtle Best Gray Sutton.vi Thomas Jefferson
Loftin born July 4, 1843 died December 10 1864.
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William Cox Loftin, widower of Sarah Moore, next married
onSeptember 2, 1852 Annie Joyner. They had no children.
25 Jesse Moore, son of Susanna Tull (#9) and her husband Richard
Moore, wasmarried to Deborah Mewborn, daughter of Levi and Susan
(Parrott) Mewborn. Theyhad five children:
69 i Levi Jake Moore born in 1850 married Mary Bright Parrott70
ii Claudia Moore born September 26, 1853 married James M. Harper,
Jr.71 iii Persis Susan Moore born January 1848 married Fred M.
LaRoque.72 iv Mary Moore born in 1856 married William Taylor73 v
Eunice Moore married Parrott Hardy
26 Alfred Moore, son of Susanna Tull (#9) and her husband
Richard Moore, marriedMiss Aldridge. They had one son:
i Lemuel Moore married Miss McArthur and had three children:1.
Anne Moore married Noah Palmer Mewborn, son of JamesMarion and
Eliza A. (Palmer) Mewborn.
a. Anne Mewborn married Mr. Foster of Kinston.b. Noah Palmer
Mewborn, Jr. died youngc. Lemuel Mewborn killed in service War
II
2. Heber Moore married daughter of Pinkney Arthur.3. Alfred
Moore.
27 Needham Moore, son of Susanna Tull (#9) and her husband
Richard Moore,was born October 29, 1806 died April 21, 1880 married
on December 22, 1829Elizabeth Jackson born October 11, 1812 died
December 30, 1882 daughter ofJesse and Susan (Connelly) Jackson.
They had eleven children:
i Franklin Jackson Moore born December 18, 1834 never married.ii
William Charles Moore born April 5, 1841 died February 12,
1885married on October 20, 1864. Susan
Catherine Jackson born on October 2, 1845 died February 19,
1918daughter of Jesse and Emma (Davis)Jackson, II. No children. She
married (2) Jacob F. Parrott, son of JohnArundell and Eliza
(Bright) Parrott. They had no children.
iii Jesse Richard Moore born July 8, 1844 married Mattie Britt1.
Minnie Moore2. Kate Moore married John Aycock3. Ada Moore married
Mr. Watkins4. Hattie Moore married George Taylor5. Lilly Moore
married Mr. Canady.6. William C. Moore married Miss
Southerland.
iv Thomas Alfred Moore born July 19, 1849 died May 4, 1885v Mary
Frances Moore born December 6, 1852 died September 1881
married James E. Nunn born September 9, 1850 died March 24,
1893. Theyhad no children.
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vi Needham Jacob Moore born March 3, 1855 died January 7,
1883married Fannie Stewart, daughter of James and Jane Eleanor
(Loftin)Stewart.
74 vii Henry Hardy Moore born August 6, 1846 married Ida N.
Taylor.75 viii Susan Catherine Moore born October 3, 1832 married
Burwell
Westbrook Canady.ix Martha Jane Elizabeth Moore born February
16, 1837 died July 23,
1876 married on March 1, 1856 Drury H. Phillips, who died
December24, 1870. They had six children:
1. William F. Phillips born October 30, 18572. Thomas Spencer
Phillips born August 2, 18603. Susan Catherine Phillips born
February 3, 18634. Needham Moore Phillips born March 28, 18655.
Albert Phillips born April 11, 1869 died July 22, 19116. James H.
Phillips born January 10, 1870.
76 x James Jefferson Moore born December 28, 1838 married
Winifred(Williams) Canady.
xii Julia Ann Moore born October 13, 1830 married on December
30, 1852Thomas Sutton. They had no children.
28 Craven Tull Barwick, son of Sarah Tull (#10) and her husband
Isaac Barwickwas born July 7, 1833 and died November 18, 1885 at
Contentnea Creek in LenoirCounty. He married in 1868 as his third
wife, Nancy Ann Brooks born May 14, 1843died May 13, 1919, buried
at Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston, daughter of Mary Anna(Pittman) and
Edmond Brooks. (His first wife was Ann H. - no child) He was
amaster Mason, Worshipful Master of Bethel Lodge, a farmer and
merchant. Eightchildren:
77 i John Henry Barwick born October 9, 1869 married Sarah May
Coward.78 ii Mary Ada Barwick born August 24, 1871 married F. F.
Brooks.
iii Margaret Barwick born October 11, 1894 died April 8, 1947,
marriedLouis D. Womble. They had no children.
79 iv Jennie Barwick born December 11, 1879 married William F.
Harper80 v Joseph Foy Barwick born September 17, 1873 married Mamie
Gardner.81 vi Susan Winifred Barwick born September 3, 1876 married
Asa Thomas
Griffin82 vii Allen Johnson Barwick born October 21, 1877
married Anna Killian.83 viii Nancy Barwick born January 18, 1882
married Luke Bennett Roberson
28 Warren Kossuth Tucker, son of Edith Tull (#11) and her
husband Arden Tucker,was born July 24, 1822 and died June 2, 1894.
He married (1) Abline James. Theyare buried in the Tucker family
cemetery in Pitt County near Winterville. Only onechild:
84 i John Allen Kossuth Tucker married Della Brooks.Warren
Kossuth Tucker married (2) Susan E. Tucker. Ten children:85 ii
Addie Tucker married Robert L. Nickols86 iii Lucy Tucker married
James H. Hester
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87 iv Vicey Tucker married Joe Ross88 v Susan May Tucker married
Amos Byrd89 vi Myrha Tucker married Joe Harris90 vii Benjamin W.
Tucker married Hattie Galloway91 viii Gedaliah (Tom) Tucker married
Pattie Smith92 ix Mahlone Tucker married Martha MeLawhorn
x Arden Tucker married twice had several children.xi James H.
Tucker married Mabel Tyson daughter of Noah W. and Susan
(Joyner) Tyson. They live at Greenville and have the family
Bible. They had nochildren.
30 Sarah C. Tucker, daughter of Edith Tull (#11) and her husband
Arden Tucker,was born July 17, 1825. Married James Sutton. They had
two children:
i James A. Sutton married Mary Cherry.93 ii Grey Livingston
Sutton married (1) Fannie Nickols. Had one child.
Married (2) Pattie Ellis. Four children.James Sutton, widower of
Sarah C. Tucker, married next, Betty Nobles.They had one child:
iii Hulda Sutton married Henry F. Keel.
31 Elizabeth Ann Tucker, daughter of Edith Tull (#11) and her
husband ArdenTucker, was born August 26, 1827 in Pitt County and
died August 18, 1885, marriedin 1849 as his first wife Samuel A.
Kittrell born March 26, 1822 died November 21,1890 in Pitt County,
son of Allen and Lois (Hawkins) Kittrell. (See Pitt Co.
records)They had seven children:
94 i Willie Kittrell born October 20, 1867 married Zude
Garris.95 ii Hazzard A. Kittrell born July 14, 1852 married Alice
C. Edge.96 iii Sarah Catherine Kittrell born June 6, 1854 married
J.W. Patrick.97 iv Allen Kittrell born April 11, 1860 married Annie
Cox98 v Charles Tull Kittrell born Sept 24, 1863 married Beulah A.
Evans99 vi George Ann Kittrell born July 8, 1850 married John
Joyner100 vii Leon Lewis Kittrell born April 20, 1868 married
Stella Hardee.
32 William H. Tucker, son of Edith Tull (#11) and her husband
Arden Tucker, wasborn September 26, 1829 married on June 13, 1850
Amanda Catherine Hardee.They had four children:
101 i Rev. Henry Bryant Tucker born August 20, 1851 married
SallieBrooks.
102 ii Celius Allen Tucker born Sept 12, 1856 married Melissa
Cox103 iii Macon Tucker married Eva Brooks104 iv Martha Tucker
married Noah W. Forbes
33 Arden C. Tucker, son of Edith Tull (#11) and her husband
Arden Tucker, wasborn June 20, 1834 married first Mary Jane
Kittrell. They had six children that all diedin infancy and were
buried with their mother in the Tucker family Cemetery near
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Rountree Church. Arden C. Tucker next married Nancy Elizabeth
Williams and theylived near Ballards Cross Roads. Ten children:
i Alfred Tucker married Nora Johnson. Had one child:1. Alfred
Tucker, Jr.
ii Jennie Tucker born February 14, 1877 died December 30,1940
married Isiah A. Nickols who died June 6, 1947 age76, son of John
D. and Margaret (James) Nickols.
1. Rosa Lee Nickols married Mr. Joyner2. Thelma Nickols married
Harry Joyner born July 15, 1899 son ofJohn and Tena Nickols)
Joyner.
a. Carlton Grey Joyner born December 8, 1918b. Beverly Tucker
Joyner born December 11, 1919
iii Mattie Tucker married Walter L. Chandler of
Granville,CO.
iv Rose Tucker married Ben Savage.v Maggie Tucker never
marriedvi Lilly Tucker never married, lived with Maggie in
Washington, D. C.vii Bruce Tucker died at age 16viii Arthur
Tucker married Johnie Savageix Charlie Tucker married Mary Jacksonx
Boyce Tucker married Eve Gaynor
34 Jesse Vause, son of Catherine Tull (#12) and her husband
Jesse Vause, wasborn about 1828 married Harriet L. Kennedy born
1830 daughter of John B. Kennedyand sister of Charles Kennedy. He
died young leaving a widow and two smallchildren:
105 i Rev. William Charles Vause born May 21, 1852 marriedNannie
Taylor
106 ii Susannah E. Vause born 1850 married Hardy HillHarriet L.
(Kennedy) Vause, widow of Jesse Vause, next marriedThomas A. Heath
born in 1821. They had three children:
iii Nancy A. Heath born in 1858 married David Edwards.
3children.
iv Thomas Heath born in 1860 died young.107 v Jesse Thomas Heath
born in 1864 married Stella Hartsfield
Thomas A. Heath, widower of the widow of Jesse Vause, next
marriedDebbie Nethercutt. They had one child:
vi Trudie HeathThomas A. Heath next married as his third wife,
MittieHunter. They had four children:
vii Hugh Heath married Daisy Wallaceviii Sallie Heath married
George Rouseix Mary Heath married Mark Cummingsx Myrtle Heath.
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35 Robert Bond Vause, son of Catherine Tull (#12) and her
husband Jesse Vause,was born about 1830 married about 1853 Susan
Adeline Jackson born in 1834. Hewas a 2nd Lt., Co A. 40th Reg. N.
C. and was killed at Fort Macon during WarBetween the States
leaving a widow and four small children:
i Betty Vause born in 1861 married Mr. Outlaw - 12 children.ii
Robert Bond Vause, Jr. born 1864 married Miss Edwards
and they had five children.iii Jesse Vause born in 1855 married
Miss Swinson. 7 children.
108 iv John Irvin “Jack” Vause born in 1857 m Attie Elmore.Susan
Adeline (Jackson) Vause next married about 1869 Levi Russell.They
had a child:
v Henry Russell born 1870
36 Sarah Emaline (Sally) Jones, daughter of Laney Tull (#13) and
her husbandGreen Jones, was born July 30, 1827 died January 7,
1885. She married onDecember 25, 1856 Jonathan Poole born April 14,
1820 died December 7. 1891, sonof George Poole. They went out West,
returned to Winston-Salem where they areboth buried, They had two
children:
i Penny Poole born December 26, 1857 died June 13, 1915 married
onJuly 22, 1884 Edward A. Conn born October 29, 1842 died March
31,1906. Only one child:
1. A son born November 20, 1887 died immediately.109 ii Sarah
Poole born September 12, 1867 married Nathan A. Holleman
37 Elizabeth Margaret (Betty) Jones, daughter of Laney Tull
(#13) and her husbandGreen Jones, was born October 13, 1831 in
South Carolina and died November 1,1912 in Raleigh, married on
April 1, 1863 Calvin Poole born April 22, 1822 diedSeptember 6,
1908 son of William and Mary (Powell) Poole. Both are buried in
Mt.Moriah Cemetery, Wake County. They had five children:
110 i Joseph Franklin Poole born February 9, 1864 married Edie
Jones.111 ii Icana Poole born February 20, 1866 m Adeline Corina
Jones112 iii Alie Alien Poole born September 20, 1868 m John Wm
Honeycutt113 iv Addie Eleanor Poole born September 18, 1870 married
E. M. Ferrell114 v Emma Gertrude Poole born September 22, 1874
married James M.
Wilder.
38 Asa Warren Jones, son of Laney Tull (#13) and her husband
Green Jones, wasborn December 1, 1837 died February 22, 1899
married on September 19, 1875Martha Ann Creef born January 16, 1857
died March 31, 1926, daughter of Martinand Julia Creef. Both are
buried in Manteo. They had ten children:
115 i Josie Jones born May 6, 1892 married John Ferebee116 ii
Annie Randolph Jones born March 31, 1889 married Dr. William
Moore
Willis.iii Claude C. Jones born June 20, 1876 married first in
1907 Matilda
Etheridge. He next married on November 18, 1919 Ruth Meekins
born
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August 15, 1892 daughter of Charles M. and Winnie Meekins. He is
aretired Coast Guardsman and lives In Manteo. They had no
children.
117 iv Onslow Jennings Jones born December 22, 1877 married (1)
GeorgiaHarrison. Married (2) Mabel Evans.
118 v Eugene Clarence Jones born November 16, 1881 m Ella
Mann.vi Asa Warren Jones, Jr. born September 5, 1894 died January
10, 1938
never married. He was a salesman forO. J. Jones and lived in
Manteo.
119 vii Roscoe Jones born October 25, 1884 m Essie Mann.120 viii
Martha Agnes Jones born November 19, 1879 m W. F. Baum
ix Nannie Jones born October 13, 1890 married in 1918 William
Northan.They were divorced and she is aSocial Worker in Goochland,
Va. They had no children.
x Callie Jones born April 10, 1898 did not marry.
39 Martha Rebecca Jones, daughter of Laney Tull (#13) and her
husband GreenJones, was born December 18, 1839 died September 7,
1908 married David W.Hood. He served as Lt. in Confederate Army. He
died at Bentonsville in JohnstonCounty. She was buried at
Southport, They had six children:
121 i Henry Warren Hood born October 11, 1861 married Allie Kate
Foleyii Z. Edward (Ed) Hood never married - buried at Southport.iii
William B. (Will) Hood never married - buried at Southport.
122 iv Cody Hood married Mattie Calkinback.123 v Robert C. Hood
married Annie Garrett124 vi Mattie Hood married Girsh B.
McIntosh.
40 Lemuel H. “Lam” Tull, son of William Tull (#14) and his wife
Sarah, was born in1822 and died about 1908 in Jones County. His
wife was Perlina Haddock, bornAugust 3, 1825 died June 21, 1894 in
Jones County. He served as a private in Co.E, 3 Reg. in War between
the States and reinlisted in the same company. They livedin a house
where the Dover High School stood in 1951 and after the death of
his wifehe lived with James Huggins, on his farm which was owned in
1951 by L. R. Jenkinsand is just across the Jones County line seven
miles from Kinston. Lemuel H. Tulland James Huggins married
sisters, There is a marker at the family graveyard on thisfarm for
Perlina (Haddock) Tull, but only a wooden marker beside hers for
Lemuel.Members of the Huggins family remember him well and the
circumstances of hisfuneral as it snowed that day. No children.
41 Winifred Frances Tull, daughter of William Tull (#14) and his
wife Sarah, wasborn May 21, 1836 in Lenoir County and died on
January 4, 1926 at Kinston. Shemarried Arlington N. Daniels born
March 9, 1832 died June 10, 1872 and both wereburied in Maplewood
Cemetery in Kinston as was their one child. She was amember of the
Queen Street Methodist Church.
i Myrther Tull Daniels born October 14, 1864 died October
13,1869. Thelast of the descendants of William Tull #5 that could
be found.
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42 William White, son of Julia Ann Graham (#15) and her husband
Stephen White,was born about 1839 at Kinston and died December 15,
1869 at Kinston, married onFebruary 19, 1863 Sarah Elizabeth Green
born December 3, 1844 and died May 12,1908 daughter of Richard F.
and Eliza Bryan (Huggins) Green. He was a Captain inthe Confed.
Army and inherited his grandfather’s plantation. He had no
occupationafter the war. They had three children:
i Lillian White born March 31, 1865 died September 19, 1865.125
ii Julia Bryan White born July 17, 1866 married Dr. T. H.
Faulkner126 iii Laura Ann White born Aug 19, 1867 married Walter H.
Harding.
Sarah Elizabeth (Green) White next married on January 23, 1872
John WesleyCollins born 1834 died 1910 at Kinston.
43 John Graham Tull, son of Dr. John Graham Tull (#17) and his
wife Julia WestHollister, was born May l, 1849 and died February
25, 1915 at Waynesville, marriedon December 2, 1873 Elizabeth
McKeenan born March 9, 1853 at Chambersburg,Pa. died December 19,
1918 at Georgetown, S. C., daughter of Joseph andCatherine
Elizabeth (Hesser) McKeehan. He was a druggist in Waynesville.
Sixchildren:
i Bettine Tull born October 15, 1874 at Philadelphia, Pa. Died
July 14,1878 at Phila., Pa.
127 ii Julia Tull born February 9, 1876 married (1) John Hayes
married (2)LeGrand Walker. Married (3) a German.
iii Joseph McKeehan Tull born March 9, 1878 at Philadelphia, Pa.
marriedon April 16, 1902 Elizabeth Clarkson, who died after an
illness of severalyears May 9, 1954 in Atlanta, Ga., daughter of
Thomas Simons (spelledwith one m) and Elizabeth (Yates) Clarkson of
Charlotte, N.C. He is amerchant in Atlanta, Ga. They had no
children.
128 iv Isaac Waring Tull born November 12, 1885 married (1)
Catherine Smith.Married (2) Mary Dean.
v John Hollister Tull born May 29, 1882 at Morganton married on
June 2,1908 Grace L. Cavahagh bornSeptember 5, 1883 at St. Paul,
Minn., daughter of J. R. and Oline(Upson) Cavanagh. He is a
horticulturist. They had one child:1. Grace Antoinette Tull born
July 13, 1917 at Indianapolis, Ind. marriedon October 20, -- J. C.
Buhr born Sept.12.
129 vi Charles Watson Tull born Feb 11, 1890 married Margaret
Hawkins.
44 Isaac “Ike” Tull, son of Dr. John Graham Tull (#17) and his
wife Julia West(Hollister) was born August 19, 1851 at New Bern and
died December 22, 1892 atAnniston, Ala. Married on October 19, 1887
Bessie Norris, born May 12, 1869 atBaltimore, Md., daughter of
James Biscoe and Theodora (Anderson) Norris. He wasa druggist;
partner in a drug store in Anniston, Ala. They had one child:
130 i Isaac Norris Tull born June 24, 1889 married Margaret
McKimmon.Bessie (Norris) Tull, widow of Isaac Tull, next married
Dr. C. B. Woodlyof Kinston, where he practiced medicine. She died
September 1953 inKinston, They had one child:
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ii Elizabeth Woodly married Dr. Vance Peary. They lived in
Kinstonwhere he practiced medicine. Two children:
1. Elizabeth “Betsy” Peary married -2. Vance Peary, Jr.
45 Edward Rowell Stanly Tull, son of Dr. John Graham Tull (#17)
and his wife JulieWest (Hollister) was born January 28, 1860 and
died May 11, 1931 of a heart attackat Philadelphia, Pa. He married
in 1881 Anna Wilson born April 18, 1860 at Phila.,Pa. died 1922
daughter of James A. L. and Margaret LaRue (Tiers) Wilson. He wasa
banker in Philadelphia, Pa. Two children:
i John Graham Tull born in 1882 and died in 1918 in
Philadelphia,never married.
131 ii Edward Rowell Stanly (Ted) Tull born January 7, 1884
married MyrtleRidgley.
46 George Wall Tull, son of Dr. John Graham Tull (#17) and his
wife Julia West(Hollister) was born March 29, 1861 at New Bern died
November 29, 1941 atFranklinton, buried in Kinston, married on
October 25, 1882 at Tower Hill Plantation,Bettie Rowena Tull born
September 27, 1863 at White House Plantation at Kinston,daughter of
John and Winifred Rountree (Jackson) Tull. He moved
fromPennsylvania to manage a dairy at Tower Hill for his Cousin
John, father of Rowena.After her father’s death they operated their
own dairy and farm until retirement whenthey went to live with
their daughter in Franklinton. They had six children:
132 i Alice Kennedy Tull born October 25, 1883 married George
Cooke133 ii Ernest Rountree Tull born December 20, 1884 married
Rachel Sutton.134 iii Winifred Ruby Tull born November 22, 1891
married John Arthur Terrell135 iv Frances Eugenia Tull born June 4,
1895 married W. M. Koontz
v John Graham Tull born August 21, 1897 at Kinston married on
October25, 1932 Myrtle Self born November 30, 1906 died June 12,
1950 athospital in Orangeburg, S. C. and buried in Lincolton. She
was adaughter of A. F. Self of Lincolton. She was a nurse. He
served in WarI and was with the Tull Supply Company of Atlanta,
then he operated ahardware store in Atlanta. No children. He next
married on November26, 1953 Lessie Sacre of Atlanta. (She was
divorced - took her maidenname) They live in Atlanta. No
children.
vi George Wall Tull, Jr. born December 28, 1898 Kinston died May
18,1899 Kinston. He was buried in theMaplewood Cemetery in
Kinston.
47 Herbert (Bert) Tull, son of Dr. John Graham Tull (#17) and
his wife Julia WestHollister, was born August 7, 1863 at New Bern
and died January 24, 1933 at St.Davids, Pa. He married on June 14,
1888 in Henderson, Anne Eliza Mitchell, hiscousin, born August 3,
1863 at Graham, N. C. and died March 5, 1927, daughter ofThomas
Jerkins and Sarah Eleanor (Metts) Mitchell. He was a graduate
ofRittenhouse Academy of Philadelphia, Pa. in 1880. Decided he
would like to live inNew Bern. Moved from there to Anniston, Ala.
And thence to Philadelphia in 1892
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becoming treasurer of Henry A. Dreer Co. In 1918 he was
vice-president andtreasurer until his death at the age of 70. They
had five children:
i Helen Mitchell Tull born June 17, 1890 at Anniston, Ala.
married onOctober 18, 1940 at St. Davids, Pa., Gideon Lamb born
December 20,1886 at Hamilton, N. C., son of George Charles and
Annie Olivia(Hyman) Lamb. She was a graduate of Miss Hill’s School
ofPhiladelphia, Pa. In June 1909. She is a member of Magna
CharterDames, Colonial Dames of Pa., DAR, U.D.C., Founders and
Patriots. Heattended Bingham School at Mebane, Member of The
Cincinnati, beinga direct descendent of Colonial Gideon Lamb who
served onWashington’s staff. They live in Henderson. They have no
children.
ii Herbert Graham Tull, Jr. born August 24, 1891 at Stauton, Va.
wasaccidentally killed by a train in Philadelphia, Pa. on June 14,
1906
136 iii Montrose Graham Tull born March 28, 1893.iv Marion
Cooper Tull born June 5. 1895 at Philadelphia Pa. was educated
at Friends Select School at Philadelphia , Pa., Shipley School
of Bryn Mawr, Pa.,Grad of Miss Hills' School in 1914, Magna Charts
Dames, Col. Dames, D.A.R.Founders and Patriots.137 v Thomas
Mitchell Tull born July 6, 1898 married Fanny Yarborough Neal.
They had one child.
48 James Isaac Metts son of Mary Ann Tull (#18) and her husband
James EngramMetts, was born at Kinston on March 16, 1842 and died
October 18, 1921 atWilmington. Married on November 11, 1869
Cornelia Frothingham Cowan,daughter of Colonel Robert F. Cowan of
Wilmington. His family moved toWilmington when he was six. He
entered University of N. C. in 1860 and left in 1861to join the
Confederate Army and served with distinction in various capacities
up toCaptain in Co. G. 3d N. C. After the war he was a merchant and
broker ofWilmington. They had six children:
i James Isaac Mettsii Robert Cowan Mettsiii Thomas Walker Metts
died in infancy.
138 iv John Van Bokelen Metts born December 17, 1876 married
JosephineBudd
139 v Edwin Anderson Metts born August 10, 1890 married Eliz.
Cotchetvi Eliza Dickinson Metts born March 25, 1882 did not marry.
She lives in
Raleigh.
49 Macey Outten Stanly, daughter of Harriet Elizabeth Tull (#19)
and her husbandEdward Rowell Stanly, was born November 16, 1851
died March 2, 1921, married onDecember 9, 1874 A. Edward Woodruff.
They were buried at Rahway, N.J. Theyhad five children:
i Lavira Louise Woodruff born August 28, 1876 at Rahway, N.J.
died in1881
ii Edward Stanly Woodruff born September 13, 1878 died July 17,
1891.iii Graham Crowell Woodruff born February 13, 1880.
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iv Clifford Stanly Woodruff born March 28, 1883 lives (1938) in
Bronxville,N. Y.
v Harriette Stanly Woodruff born January 11, 1887 died in
Michigan,buried in Rahway, N.J. married Lawrence Kessler.
50 Julia Hollister Stanly, daughter of Harriett Elizabeth Tull
(#19) and her husbandEdward Rowell Stanly, was born December 27,
1860 married on February 14, 1893Francis LaBau. They live (1938) in
Tarrytown, N. Y, They had one child:
140 i Julia Stanly LaBau born Oct 13, 1895 married H. B.
Richards
51 Sallie Metts Mitchell, daughter of Sarah Eleanor Metts (#20)
and her husbandThomas Jerkins Mitchell, was born November 4, 1860
and died in February 1942,married on November 12, 1885 Charles M.
Cooper of Henderson. They had fourchildren:
i Julia Mitchell Cooper born March 19, 1887 died February 13,
1919married on November 1, 1916 in Henderson,Edwin F. Shaw. They
had no children.
141 ii Charles M. Cooper, Jr. born January 7, 1889 married Annie
M. Jonesiii Eleanor Watson Cooper born December 12, 1891 died
October 24, 1893
142 iv Harriette Tull Cooper born October 1, 1894 m G. R.
McKewn
52 Thomas Jerkins Mitchell, Jr., son of Sarah Eleanor Metts
(#20) and her husbandThomas Jerkins Mitchell, was born February 9,
1862 at Winston died February 26,1932 at New Bern, married on
October 25, 1887 Sallie M. Scales of Salisbury. Theyhad four
children:
143 i Thomas Jerkins Mitchell, III born December 11, 1888
married MaryHester Whitty.
143 ii Eldridge Scales Mitchell born August 31, 1890 married
Eula VirginiaBratcher.
145 iii James Walker Mitchell born December 12, 1893 married
JuliaMaxwell
146 iv Stephen Lord Mitchell born August 25, 1900 married
Placine C. Linke.
53 Fred Graham Mitchell, son of Sarah Eleanor Metts (#20) and
her husbandThomas Jerkins Mitchell, was born June 18, 1867 died
June 4, 1920 married onJanuary 6, 1892 Mary P. Meadows. They had
one child:
i Mary Meadows Mitchell born May 26, 1893 married in January
1910George Stratton. Fred Graham Mitchell next married on January
15,1902 Ida Latham Quidly. They had two children:
ii Evelyn Brooke Mitchell born October 17, 1905iii Julia Graham
Mitchell born November 8. 1909
Fred Graham Mitchell next married on August 6, 1915 Carolina
H.Whitehurst. They had three children:
iv Carolina Latham Mitchell born October 8, 1916v Frederick
Graham Mitchell born October 21, 1917vi Eliza Whitehurst Mitchell
born March 29, 1919
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54 Alexander James Mitchell, son of Sarah Eleanor Metts (#20)
and her husbandThomas Jerkins Mitchell, was born May 28, 1870 died
December 20, 1912 marriedon April 6. 1906 Adeline Claypoole. They
had two children:
i Alexander James Mitchell, Jr. born September 27, 1907 died
November10, 1908
ii Emily Dewey Mitchell born September 18, 1909.Adeline
(Claypoole) Mitchell next married William S Bernard, Professorof
Greek at Duke University.
55 Cynthia Dunn Tull, daughter of John Tull (#22) and his first
wife Cynthia AnnDunn, was born December 22, 1858 in Lenoir County
and died in Kinston December12, 1947. She was buried by the side of
her husband in Greensboro. She marriedon July 30, 1890 George A.
Grimsley born July 31, 1862 in Greene County and diedMarch 28 1935
in Greensboro, son of William Pope and Mary Elizabeth
(Dixon)Grimsley, grandson of John Grimsley and great-grandson of
Jethro Grimsley, all ofGreene County. He attended Bingham Military
School and the University ofNashville, Tennessee, where he
graduated in 1888. Supt of Tarboro City Schools,Supt of Greensboro
Public Schools, Secretary of Security Life and AnnuityCompany,
President of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company. She was
aschool teacher until her marriage. After Mr. Grimsley died she
lived with her niece,Mrs. Ed. J. Becton of Kinston where she
died.
147 i William Tull Grimsley born April 28, 1893 married Corinne
Justice.148 ii Harry Barnett Grimsley born July 16, 1891 married
Lucy Estes
56 Henry Tull, son of John Tull (#22) and his first wife Cynthia
Ann Dunn, was bornJanuary 4. 1855 at Kinston and died May 20, 1926
at Kinston. Married on June 1,1882 Myrtie A. Wooten born November
18, 1858 in Lenoir County and died onNovember 15, 1927 at Kinston,
daughter of Capt. Wm. T. and Elizabeth T. (Davis)Wooten (Capt. Co.
D. 27 Reg. N. C. Vol.C.S.A.) They were both buried in theMaplewood
Cemetery in Kinston. She attended Salem College. He was educated
inKinston schools, Bingham Military School, Harvard Medical College
and University ofPenn., M. D , in 1876. Practiced gynecology and
obstetrics in Kinston. Besides aleader in his profession he was
Director of Kinston Cotton Mill, President of OrionKnitting Mill,
on boards of local banks, Insurance Companies. In 1886 he built
thefirst brick hotel in Kinston, the Hotel Tull. Alderman and
Mayor, Chairman CountyBoard of Commissioners. Royal Arch Mason,
Etc. Etc. They had four children:
i William Tull born December 23, 1897 at Kinston and died June
8, 1900at Kinston.
147a ii Elizabeth Gladys (Betty) Tull born July 28, 1883 married
William CarlyleFields.148a iii Lottie Tull born November 7, 1895
married Dr. J. M. Parrott149 iv Henry Tull, Jr. born May 9, 1892
married Margaret Goodson
57 Bettie Rowena Tull, daughter of John Tull (#22) and his
second wife WinifredRountree Jackson, was born September 27, 1863
at the White House Plantation
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and married on October 25, 1882 at Tower Hill Plantation, George
Wall Tull, hercousin, born March 29, 1861 at New Bern, died
November 29, 1941 at Franklinton,buried in Kinston. He was a son of
Dr. John Graham and Julia West (Hollister) Tull(#17). He moved from
Pennsylvania to manage a dairy and farm at Tower Hill for hisCousin
John, father of Rowena. After her father’s death they operated
their owndairy and farm until retirement when they went to live
with their daughter inFranklinton. They had six children:
150 i Alice Kennedy Tull born October 25, 1883 married George L.
Cooke151 ii Ernest Rountree, Tull born December 20, 1884 married
Rachel Sutton152 iii Winifred Ruby Tull born November 22, 1891
married J. A. Terrell
iv Frances Eugenia Tull born June 4, 1895 at Kinston married on
June 4,1927 William Marshall Koonz born 1875 at West Jefferson.
They were retiredranchers living at Lovell, Wyoming. They had one
child:
1. Marion Tull Koontz born March 15, 1930 Worland, Wyo.v John
Graham Tull born August 21, 1897 at Kinston married on October
25, 1932 Myrtle Self born November 30, 1906 died June 12, 1950
athospital in Orangeburg, S. C. and buried in Lincolton, She was
adaughter of A. F. Self of Lincolton. She was a nurse. He served in
WarI and worked for the Tull Supply Co. of Atlanta owned by his
cousinJoseph M. Tull. They had no children. He next married on
November26, 1953 Lessie Sacre of Atlanta (She was divorced - took
her maidenname) they live in Atlanta and he operates a hardware
store. They haveno children.
vi George Wall Tull, Jr. born December 28, 1898 Kinston died May
18,1899 Kinston. He was buried in theMaplewood Cemetery in
Kinston.
58 Harriet Stanly (Hattie) Tull, daughter of John Tull (#22) and
his second wife,Winifred Rountree Jackson, was born September 30,
1865 at Kinston died July 12,1900 at Kinston where she was buried,
married In 1896 George W, Summerell bornin 1857 in Lenoir County
died July 1917 at Kinston. He was a wholesale grocermanof Kinston.
They had one child:
i Marjorie Tull Summerell born July 1900 at Kinston and married
February1921 Charles Thacker born atGreensboro died at Lillington
where he was in the sand and gravelbusiness. She attended Fassifern
at Hendersonville and next married inOctober 1931 Herbert Taylor of
Harnett County. He was an autosalesman. They were divorced. She was
reared by her aunt Rowenafrom her birth. She is now City Clerk of
Lillington. No child.George W Summerell next married Stella
Meacham. No child.
59 Edward Rountree Tull, son of John Tull (#22) and his second
wife, WinifredRountree Jackson, was born February 21, 1871 at the
Albert Rountree Place nearTower Hill, died February 23, 1932 at
Kinston and buried in the MaplewoodCemetery there. On December 28,
1898 married at her home near Farmville,Penelope Stanly Edwards
born January 16, 1879 at Edwards' Bridge in Pitt County,
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daughter of David McKinnie and Eugenia Bryan (Becton) Edwards.
He waseducated at the Kinston schools, (including the Lewis
Academy), Wake Forest andthe University of North Carolina, where he
was an outstanding athlete and declamer,excelling in track and
football. He left school at his father's death to manage thefamily
plantation. Became manager of the Kinston Telephone Co. when it
wasorganized, then dairyman and planter. Elk, Scoutmaster, etc. A
true sportsman witha vast store of knowledge of wild life and
forest. A devoted husband, indulgentfather, a Christian and a
gentleman. After his death she became a Matron at theMethodist
Orphanage in Raleigh where she could devote her talents and
energies tomany parentless children as well as her own. She retired
in 1952 to live alternatelywith her three children, making her home
with Louise in Gallatin, Tenn. He hadtaken an active part in civic
affairs as the fire department, Kinston Division of theNamal
Reserves (with active service at Wilmington), and was quite a
hunter. Theylived near the Tower Hill place just outside Kinston.
They had four children:
i Frank Eugene Tull born September 14, 1900 at Tower Hill died
October4, 1904 of Diphtheria. He was buried in Maplewood Cemetery
in Kinston.
153 ii Edward Rountree Tull, Jr. born May 3, 1903 married Bruce
B. Gore.154 iii Louise Tull born December 9, 1905 married Henry
Kirkwood Ellsworth
iv Eugenia Tull born December 11, 1910 at Kinston married on
February19, 1938 at Tucson, Arizona WilliamSpeight Barnes born
March 25, 1903 at Whitesville, son of Albert S. andDaisey (Speight)
Barnes. She attended E.C.T.C., N.C. State College,University of
N.C., Duke Univ., and graduated from University of Arizona.She
teaches in the Tucson public schools. He is a graduate of
DukeUniversity, Doctors degree in Physics from Univ. of N.C. and
otherschools. He is a Professor of Law at the University of
Arizona. Theyhave no children.
60 Isaac Montrose “Ike” Tull, son of John Tull (#22) and his
second wife, WinifredRountree Jackson, was born February 12, 1877
at Tower Hill Kinston died July 8,1935 in Kinston. Married on July
30, 1905 Ollie Gilberts Hill born January 22, 1887died August 24,
1945 at Kinston, daughter of John Bryant and Mittie
Lucretia(Edwards) Hill. Both were buried in the Maplewood Cemetery
in Kinston. Heinherited the Tower Hill Place and was dairymen and
planter, professional hunter,cotton warehouseman, and later
Treasurer of Lenoir County. Went to the Klondykerush for gold.
Didn't find any. After his death she operated Tourist home in
Kinston.They had seven children:
i Isaac Montrose Tull, Jr. born February 26, 1906 died in his
plane,accident near Burlington October 23, 1914 and buried in
Kinston. Hemarried on June 15, 1933 Christine Lydia Lantz born
March 8. 1906 inEdinburgh, Va. While in school at