Katherine "Katie" Stevens & Isaiah Bull were married 24 Mar 1779 in Poughkeepsie (The Flats), Dutchess, NY. It is not known if she died on the journey or on the farm near Abingdon, Washington, VA on the Holstein River.
The only known documentation of her is her marriage record and the 1927 Nancy Quinton letter below to her daughter Laura Tubbs. Birth and death dates are estimated.
Letter written by Nancy Anderson Quinton to Mary Laura Quinton Tubbs, daughter of Nancy Anderson Quinton, Nancy being daughter of Pouncy Anderson and Tamar Griffin, daughter of Solomon Griffin and Mary Bull.
"Pulaski, KY 22 February 1927.
Dear Laura, I received your letter. I am as well as usual, not able to do much but I am thankful to be up and out of bed. Well, now I will write some History. I believe I wrote this History for you once before. I can't trace the Bulls any further back than New York City. That is where great-great-grandfather lived when great-grandfather was a little boy and I am 81 so that has been a long time. He went with his father to the seashore after there had been a shipwrecked merchant ship. It had been wrecked and only a few things saved. He told the people that all he had was in that ship, now all was gone, only the few things that lay on the shore, so the people began to give him money and when they had given him a good sum of money he told the people as he could do nothing with the little bunch of goods, he would just give the goods to those who gave him money so he began to pick up the things and give to the people that had given him money and he picked up a little glass tumbler with pictures on it and said "I will give this to your little boy" and gave it to him in his own hands and John Anderson has the glass now. The next I heard of great-grandfather Bull he was a young man still living in New York City and a couple of men came over from England to New York City on business and brought their young sister (Katie Stevens inserted) with them to see the sights. Their mother was dead and while they were there the sister (Katie inserted again) and great-grandfather (Isaiah Bull inserted) made up a match and got married. The brothers went back to England without her. The next I know about great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) he was living on a farm new in New York City. That is where he was living when grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) married his daughter Mary Bull. They had only two children, Mary and Isaiah. The mother died when uncle Isaiah was a baby Uncle Isaiah never married. He went to the War of 1812 and never returned. Great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) moved from New York to Virginia and married a second wife, Miss E. Esther McFall. Great-grandmother Bull's maiden name was Katie Stevens (note: his first wife). Then he moved to Kentucky. He first settled to Rockcastle County, then to Pulaski. That family of McFalls came from Virginia to Pulaski and settled near Union Church and when Grandma Esther Bull died she was buried in the neighborhood of Union at what is called the McFall graveyard. Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) took great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) back to Rockcastle County where he died. Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) was born in Vermont and when he was 13 years old Great-grandfather Griffin moved to New York City and Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it for many years. He helped to build lots of houses in New York City and lots of ships. He built the first jailhouse in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. He was a fine cabinet workman too. I have seen some of his fine work. (Paragraph) Well, now I will give you a History of the Quintons. Your great-grandfather and grandmother Quinton came from Ireland in their young days. I don't think they were. I believe they were all born in America. Their names were William and Jane. You have grannie Jane's picture. She was nearly a hundred years old when that picture was made. They said she was a hundred and one years old when she died. Besides your grandfather there was one son and four daughters: Richard, Betsy, Peggie, Polly (grandma inserted), Julia. Your grandmother Quinton was a Blackston. She had a sister named Nancy who married John Jolly. They died and left one child named Sallie. I don't know who raised her. She died an old maid. I have seen Sallie Jolly. Your grandma Quinton had two brothers: Kinnard and Jimmy. Kinnard Blackston lived to be an old man. He lived in Lincoln County. Riley Tubbs knew him. He said Kinnard (or Kennard inserted) Blackston was a very respectable old gentleman. Jimmy Blackston died young. I heard your grandmother say their parents died when they were small children, and their grandfather Goode took them to his house and kept them. That Jimmie Goode that lived at Eubank so long was her cousin, he just died this winter. He left a large fortune. He had one sister that took care of him in his last days. He made a will, the most of his fortune going to churches and schools. Well, I happen to have a tortoise shell which I found on the Lanney Spring branch when I was hunting papas years ago and Ed has got some sweet gum burs and Jimpson burs. I have not seen any beaucathers for a long time but I remembered seeing the picture in a catalog so I went upstairs and brought down a bunch of catalogs and the second one I started through I found it. I will send it to you. The catalog dates back ten years. I sold my Indian flints to George Sipple for five cents apiece. I think it was a dollar and five cents I got for them.
Signed Nancy Anderson Quinton
Copied February 21, 1955 from a copy
Recopied March 24, 1965
Nancy Paris Howser
Recopied June 5, 1971 (Irene Minor)
Recopied 1998 (Stephen Lee Krou)
From research, I believe her father was Stephen Stevens (he is the most likely male Stevens of age in Poughkeepsie (The Flats), Dutchess, NY records.
If you have ANY additional info, it would be GREATLY appreciated!
The only known documentation of her is her marriage record and the 1927 Nancy Quinton letter below to her daughter Laura Tubbs. Birth and death dates are estimated.
Letter written by Nancy Anderson Quinton to Mary Laura Quinton Tubbs, daughter of Nancy Anderson Quinton, Nancy being daughter of Pouncy Anderson and Tamar Griffin, daughter of Solomon Griffin and Mary Bull.
"Pulaski, KY 22 February 1927.
Dear Laura, I received your letter. I am as well as usual, not able to do much but I am thankful to be up and out of bed. Well, now I will write some History. I believe I wrote this History for you once before. I can't trace the Bulls any further back than New York City. That is where great-great-grandfather lived when great-grandfather was a little boy and I am 81 so that has been a long time. He went with his father to the seashore after there had been a shipwrecked merchant ship. It had been wrecked and only a few things saved. He told the people that all he had was in that ship, now all was gone, only the few things that lay on the shore, so the people began to give him money and when they had given him a good sum of money he told the people as he could do nothing with the little bunch of goods, he would just give the goods to those who gave him money so he began to pick up the things and give to the people that had given him money and he picked up a little glass tumbler with pictures on it and said "I will give this to your little boy" and gave it to him in his own hands and John Anderson has the glass now. The next I heard of great-grandfather Bull he was a young man still living in New York City and a couple of men came over from England to New York City on business and brought their young sister (Katie Stevens inserted) with them to see the sights. Their mother was dead and while they were there the sister (Katie inserted again) and great-grandfather (Isaiah Bull inserted) made up a match and got married. The brothers went back to England without her. The next I know about great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) he was living on a farm new in New York City. That is where he was living when grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) married his daughter Mary Bull. They had only two children, Mary and Isaiah. The mother died when uncle Isaiah was a baby Uncle Isaiah never married. He went to the War of 1812 and never returned. Great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) moved from New York to Virginia and married a second wife, Miss E. Esther McFall. Great-grandmother Bull's maiden name was Katie Stevens (note: his first wife). Then he moved to Kentucky. He first settled to Rockcastle County, then to Pulaski. That family of McFalls came from Virginia to Pulaski and settled near Union Church and when Grandma Esther Bull died she was buried in the neighborhood of Union at what is called the McFall graveyard. Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) took great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) back to Rockcastle County where he died. Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) was born in Vermont and when he was 13 years old Great-grandfather Griffin moved to New York City and Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it for many years. He helped to build lots of houses in New York City and lots of ships. He built the first jailhouse in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. He was a fine cabinet workman too. I have seen some of his fine work. (Paragraph) Well, now I will give you a History of the Quintons. Your great-grandfather and grandmother Quinton came from Ireland in their young days. I don't think they were. I believe they were all born in America. Their names were William and Jane. You have grannie Jane's picture. She was nearly a hundred years old when that picture was made. They said she was a hundred and one years old when she died. Besides your grandfather there was one son and four daughters: Richard, Betsy, Peggie, Polly (grandma inserted), Julia. Your grandmother Quinton was a Blackston. She had a sister named Nancy who married John Jolly. They died and left one child named Sallie. I don't know who raised her. She died an old maid. I have seen Sallie Jolly. Your grandma Quinton had two brothers: Kinnard and Jimmy. Kinnard Blackston lived to be an old man. He lived in Lincoln County. Riley Tubbs knew him. He said Kinnard (or Kennard inserted) Blackston was a very respectable old gentleman. Jimmy Blackston died young. I heard your grandmother say their parents died when they were small children, and their grandfather Goode took them to his house and kept them. That Jimmie Goode that lived at Eubank so long was her cousin, he just died this winter. He left a large fortune. He had one sister that took care of him in his last days. He made a will, the most of his fortune going to churches and schools. Well, I happen to have a tortoise shell which I found on the Lanney Spring branch when I was hunting papas years ago and Ed has got some sweet gum burs and Jimpson burs. I have not seen any beaucathers for a long time but I remembered seeing the picture in a catalog so I went upstairs and brought down a bunch of catalogs and the second one I started through I found it. I will send it to you. The catalog dates back ten years. I sold my Indian flints to George Sipple for five cents apiece. I think it was a dollar and five cents I got for them.
Signed Nancy Anderson Quinton
Copied February 21, 1955 from a copy
Recopied March 24, 1965
Nancy Paris Howser
Recopied June 5, 1971 (Irene Minor)
Recopied 1998 (Stephen Lee Krou)
From research, I believe her father was Stephen Stevens (he is the most likely male Stevens of age in Poughkeepsie (The Flats), Dutchess, NY records.
If you have ANY additional info, it would be GREATLY appreciated!
Katherine "Katie" Stevens & Isaiah Bull were married 24 Mar 1779 in Poughkeepsie (The Flats), Dutchess, NY. It is not known if she died on the journey or on the farm near Abingdon, Washington, VA on the Holstein River.
The only known documentation of her is her marriage record and the 1927 Nancy Quinton letter below to her daughter Laura Tubbs. Birth and death dates are estimated.
Letter written by Nancy Anderson Quinton to Mary Laura Quinton Tubbs, daughter of Nancy Anderson Quinton, Nancy being daughter of Pouncy Anderson and Tamar Griffin, daughter of Solomon Griffin and Mary Bull.
"Pulaski, KY 22 February 1927.
Dear Laura, I received your letter. I am as well as usual, not able to do much but I am thankful to be up and out of bed. Well, now I will write some History. I believe I wrote this History for you once before. I can't trace the Bulls any further back than New York City. That is where great-great-grandfather lived when great-grandfather was a little boy and I am 81 so that has been a long time. He went with his father to the seashore after there had been a shipwrecked merchant ship. It had been wrecked and only a few things saved. He told the people that all he had was in that ship, now all was gone, only the few things that lay on the shore, so the people began to give him money and when they had given him a good sum of money he told the people as he could do nothing with the little bunch of goods, he would just give the goods to those who gave him money so he began to pick up the things and give to the people that had given him money and he picked up a little glass tumbler with pictures on it and said "I will give this to your little boy" and gave it to him in his own hands and John Anderson has the glass now. The next I heard of great-grandfather Bull he was a young man still living in New York City and a couple of men came over from England to New York City on business and brought their young sister (Katie Stevens inserted) with them to see the sights. Their mother was dead and while they were there the sister (Katie inserted again) and great-grandfather (Isaiah Bull inserted) made up a match and got married. The brothers went back to England without her. The next I know about great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) he was living on a farm new in New York City. That is where he was living when grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) married his daughter Mary Bull. They had only two children, Mary and Isaiah. The mother died when uncle Isaiah was a baby Uncle Isaiah never married. He went to the War of 1812 and never returned. Great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) moved from New York to Virginia and married a second wife, Miss E. Esther McFall. Great-grandmother Bull's maiden name was Katie Stevens (note: his first wife). Then he moved to Kentucky. He first settled to Rockcastle County, then to Pulaski. That family of McFalls came from Virginia to Pulaski and settled near Union Church and when Grandma Esther Bull died she was buried in the neighborhood of Union at what is called the McFall graveyard. Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) took great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) back to Rockcastle County where he died. Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) was born in Vermont and when he was 13 years old Great-grandfather Griffin moved to New York City and Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it for many years. He helped to build lots of houses in New York City and lots of ships. He built the first jailhouse in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. He was a fine cabinet workman too. I have seen some of his fine work. (Paragraph) Well, now I will give you a History of the Quintons. Your great-grandfather and grandmother Quinton came from Ireland in their young days. I don't think they were. I believe they were all born in America. Their names were William and Jane. You have grannie Jane's picture. She was nearly a hundred years old when that picture was made. They said she was a hundred and one years old when she died. Besides your grandfather there was one son and four daughters: Richard, Betsy, Peggie, Polly (grandma inserted), Julia. Your grandmother Quinton was a Blackston. She had a sister named Nancy who married John Jolly. They died and left one child named Sallie. I don't know who raised her. She died an old maid. I have seen Sallie Jolly. Your grandma Quinton had two brothers: Kinnard and Jimmy. Kinnard Blackston lived to be an old man. He lived in Lincoln County. Riley Tubbs knew him. He said Kinnard (or Kennard inserted) Blackston was a very respectable old gentleman. Jimmy Blackston died young. I heard your grandmother say their parents died when they were small children, and their grandfather Goode took them to his house and kept them. That Jimmie Goode that lived at Eubank so long was her cousin, he just died this winter. He left a large fortune. He had one sister that took care of him in his last days. He made a will, the most of his fortune going to churches and schools. Well, I happen to have a tortoise shell which I found on the Lanney Spring branch when I was hunting papas years ago and Ed has got some sweet gum burs and Jimpson burs. I have not seen any beaucathers for a long time but I remembered seeing the picture in a catalog so I went upstairs and brought down a bunch of catalogs and the second one I started through I found it. I will send it to you. The catalog dates back ten years. I sold my Indian flints to George Sipple for five cents apiece. I think it was a dollar and five cents I got for them.
Signed Nancy Anderson Quinton
Copied February 21, 1955 from a copy
Recopied March 24, 1965
Nancy Paris Howser
Recopied June 5, 1971 (Irene Minor)
Recopied 1998 (Stephen Lee Krou)
From research, I believe her father was Stephen Stevens (he is the most likely male Stevens of age in Poughkeepsie (The Flats), Dutchess, NY records.
If you have ANY additional info, it would be GREATLY appreciated!
The only known documentation of her is her marriage record and the 1927 Nancy Quinton letter below to her daughter Laura Tubbs. Birth and death dates are estimated.
Letter written by Nancy Anderson Quinton to Mary Laura Quinton Tubbs, daughter of Nancy Anderson Quinton, Nancy being daughter of Pouncy Anderson and Tamar Griffin, daughter of Solomon Griffin and Mary Bull.
"Pulaski, KY 22 February 1927.
Dear Laura, I received your letter. I am as well as usual, not able to do much but I am thankful to be up and out of bed. Well, now I will write some History. I believe I wrote this History for you once before. I can't trace the Bulls any further back than New York City. That is where great-great-grandfather lived when great-grandfather was a little boy and I am 81 so that has been a long time. He went with his father to the seashore after there had been a shipwrecked merchant ship. It had been wrecked and only a few things saved. He told the people that all he had was in that ship, now all was gone, only the few things that lay on the shore, so the people began to give him money and when they had given him a good sum of money he told the people as he could do nothing with the little bunch of goods, he would just give the goods to those who gave him money so he began to pick up the things and give to the people that had given him money and he picked up a little glass tumbler with pictures on it and said "I will give this to your little boy" and gave it to him in his own hands and John Anderson has the glass now. The next I heard of great-grandfather Bull he was a young man still living in New York City and a couple of men came over from England to New York City on business and brought their young sister (Katie Stevens inserted) with them to see the sights. Their mother was dead and while they were there the sister (Katie inserted again) and great-grandfather (Isaiah Bull inserted) made up a match and got married. The brothers went back to England without her. The next I know about great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) he was living on a farm new in New York City. That is where he was living when grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) married his daughter Mary Bull. They had only two children, Mary and Isaiah. The mother died when uncle Isaiah was a baby Uncle Isaiah never married. He went to the War of 1812 and never returned. Great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) moved from New York to Virginia and married a second wife, Miss E. Esther McFall. Great-grandmother Bull's maiden name was Katie Stevens (note: his first wife). Then he moved to Kentucky. He first settled to Rockcastle County, then to Pulaski. That family of McFalls came from Virginia to Pulaski and settled near Union Church and when Grandma Esther Bull died she was buried in the neighborhood of Union at what is called the McFall graveyard. Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) took great-grandfather Bull (Isaiah inserted) back to Rockcastle County where he died. Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) was born in Vermont and when he was 13 years old Great-grandfather Griffin moved to New York City and Grandfather Griffin (Solomon inserted) learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it for many years. He helped to build lots of houses in New York City and lots of ships. He built the first jailhouse in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. He was a fine cabinet workman too. I have seen some of his fine work. (Paragraph) Well, now I will give you a History of the Quintons. Your great-grandfather and grandmother Quinton came from Ireland in their young days. I don't think they were. I believe they were all born in America. Their names were William and Jane. You have grannie Jane's picture. She was nearly a hundred years old when that picture was made. They said she was a hundred and one years old when she died. Besides your grandfather there was one son and four daughters: Richard, Betsy, Peggie, Polly (grandma inserted), Julia. Your grandmother Quinton was a Blackston. She had a sister named Nancy who married John Jolly. They died and left one child named Sallie. I don't know who raised her. She died an old maid. I have seen Sallie Jolly. Your grandma Quinton had two brothers: Kinnard and Jimmy. Kinnard Blackston lived to be an old man. He lived in Lincoln County. Riley Tubbs knew him. He said Kinnard (or Kennard inserted) Blackston was a very respectable old gentleman. Jimmy Blackston died young. I heard your grandmother say their parents died when they were small children, and their grandfather Goode took them to his house and kept them. That Jimmie Goode that lived at Eubank so long was her cousin, he just died this winter. He left a large fortune. He had one sister that took care of him in his last days. He made a will, the most of his fortune going to churches and schools. Well, I happen to have a tortoise shell which I found on the Lanney Spring branch when I was hunting papas years ago and Ed has got some sweet gum burs and Jimpson burs. I have not seen any beaucathers for a long time but I remembered seeing the picture in a catalog so I went upstairs and brought down a bunch of catalogs and the second one I started through I found it. I will send it to you. The catalog dates back ten years. I sold my Indian flints to George Sipple for five cents apiece. I think it was a dollar and five cents I got for them.
Signed Nancy Anderson Quinton
Copied February 21, 1955 from a copy
Recopied March 24, 1965
Nancy Paris Howser
Recopied June 5, 1971 (Irene Minor)
Recopied 1998 (Stephen Lee Krou)
From research, I believe her father was Stephen Stevens (he is the most likely male Stevens of age in Poughkeepsie (The Flats), Dutchess, NY records.
If you have ANY additional info, it would be GREATLY appreciated!
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