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John was born between 1792 and 1794, Union Co SC.

John was the son of Robert Jr & Susannah Eleanor [Whitehead] Bullington.

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1.***ATTACHED PHOTO - JOHN'S BURIAL CEMETERY***

CEMETERIES OF EAST LAUDERDALE ALABAMA:

Lexington Cemetery Row #5:

J.B. Oct 08, 1827 - (John Bullington) as it appears on the Cemetery Listing.

M.B. Deceased 1832

J.B. Oct 06, 1797 - June 09, 1836

J.M.B. Apr 09, 1805, Dec 24, 1835

2.**Note: John's Estate papers says they paid $5 for Coffin, $3 for Tombstone, now gone.

**SEE PARTIAL ESTATE PHOTO FOR PROOF OF PAID FOR TOMBSTONE & COFFIN.

3.***PHOTO COPIES OF JOHN'S WAR OF 1812 RECORDS. (2 COPIES)

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John & Milly had the following 7 known children:

(Ages were on John's Estate Papers, birth years figured from these Papers)

1. Stephen-------abt1816-aft1880-----m. Unkn.---Born Union Co SC

2. Robert---------abt1818-Unkn--------m.Unkn.----Born Union Co SC

3. Mary------------abt1821-Unkn-------m. Anderson Hill --1836--Lauderdale Co AL

----------------------------------------------------------------Born Spartanburg Co SC

4. Newton--------abt1823-Unkn-------m. Unkn-----Born Spartanburg Co SC

5. Benjamin S---abt1824-1862--------m. Unkn----- Died Civil War TN - Union Soldier

----------------------------------------------------------------Born Spartanburg Co SC

6. William--------abt1826-aft1870-----m. Unkn---- Died Saline Co IL

----------------------------------------------------------------Born Lawrence Co TN

7. Susannah-----abt1827-Unkn.-------m. Unkn----Born Lauderdale Co AL

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John Bullington's known siblings were:

Samuel---------1789------1853----m. Elizabeth Jackson--ca1810 Union Co SC

Ursula----------1793------1852----m.1.John Jackson-ca1809, 2.RevThomas Howardca1812

John------------1794------1827----m. Mildred White------1815 Union Co SC

Wm H-----------1796--aft1880----m.1.Clara. Golightly- -1818, 2. Eleanor Belue Unkn date

Benjamin------1797--bef1853---m. Unkn Greer---------- UnKn date

Reuben----abt1799---ca1847----m.Eliza. Youngblood--1824

James-----abt1805---Unkn------m. Caroline Denton----1843

Jesse M---abt1806---abt1870---m. Nancy Chapman----Unkn date

Lucy-------abt1809---aft1880----m. John Chapman Sr--Unkn date

Elizabeth-abt1810---Unkn------m. James Brannon------Unkn date

Caleb--- --abt1811---aft1880---m. Nancy Caleb----------abt1830

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John & Milly's Migration route:

Union Co SC-----------Both born & Married in Union Co SC

Spartanburg Co SC--Left Spartanburg Co SC 1825

Lawrence Co TN------Arrived in 1826.

Lauderdale Co AL----Arrived in 1827, **John passes away.**

Williamson Co IL-----Arrived by 1850 census. Milly

Saline Co IL------------Arrived by 1860 census. Milly

**Milly passes away about 1862/63-Saline Co IL**

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WAR OF 1812 VETERAN:

1814 - John Bullington was a War of 1812 Veteran. Served 6 months, in 1st Regiment SC Militia under Col Hugh Means, commanded by Capt Samuel Fossett. The same unit Milly's brother, Benjamin Franklin White served as a Fifer at 12 years old. Toward the end of that War both were stationed at Fort Moultrie SC, however, John was discharged at Charleston SC.

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MARRIAGE OF JOHN & MILLY:

1815 - John & Mildred were married Aug 23, 1815, by Rev Thomas Ray, who was also a member of the Padgett's Creek Baptist Church in Cross Keys Union Co SC. This marriage

date was on Milly's War of 1812 Application for military land grants.

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LAND RECORDS:

1820 - On Dec 2, 1820, Robert White Jr sold land to John Bullington, (Mildred White husband), on Kelso's Cr. of Fairforest Cr., 131 acres for $500. Roberts 1st wife Mary G. released her Dower. Recorded in Spartanburg Deed Book R., page 194-195 .

1825 - On Dec 1, 1825, John Bullington sells the above land on Kelso's Crk. for $650. This was recorded in deed book U, pages 253, and 194-193. This course was preparation

for John and Milly's move to Lawrence Co TN & Lauderdale Co AL.

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LAWRENCE CO TN:

1826 - John is on the Lawrence Co TN Tax list, just north across the border from Lauderdale Co AL.

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LAUDERDALE CO AL:

1827 - John Bullington died Oct 8th, 1827, in Lauderdale, is buried at the Lexington Cemetery in that county, though no grave marker has been located.. This date is confirmed, by his Will/Estate, and on his War of 1812, Bounty Grant application, for 160 acres, by his wife Milly, which was filed by the Notary Public, July 10, 1857, Saline Co IL, where Milly was living, at the time. the same documents, confirmed their marriage date, Aug 23, 1815, Union district SC.

1827 - John left a Will/Estate to Milly and the children, they remained in

Lauderdale until about 1833, then left the area, they first showed up on

the 1850 census, in Williamson Co IL, 1850, by 1860 Saline Co IL, near

the Ohio River, note here, Isaac Murphy, her Nephew wrote, in 1886 that

she moved to Ohio, however, was living near the Ohio River in IL...

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JOHN'S ESTATE RECORDS:

Pages 499, 500, 501

Lauderdale Co AL Will Book 6 - 1828-1832

pages; 123, 197, 250, 499 thru 507

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CHILDREN'S NAMES AND AGES ON JOHN'S ESTATE PAPERS:

1832 - The children's names and ages are listed in John Bullington's Estate

Papers, January 1832 entry, by Stephen Howard, Administrator. Isaac

Murphy, first cousin of Milly's, in a letter of 1886, wrote that they

had moved to Ohio, but Milly was in Saline Co IL, NEAR the OHIO RIVER.

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1836 - MILLY REMAINS IN LAUDERDALE CO AL -

Also, confirmed, is after John's death, Milly remained in Lauderdale Co AL, for several more years.

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1850 census - The family then moved to Williamson Co IL, by 1850.

On the 1850 Census there was a Sarah A Bullington, 18yrs born in AL,

living with her son Benjamin, head of household, then Milly is listed

next, then Son William, and lastly, Sarah. She would have had to born

about 1832 AL, this would be 3 or 4 years after the death of John

Bullington, so, Sarah was not John's daughter, as Sarah is listed after

William, on the census, there is the possibility that Sarah was a wife

or relative of one of the Bullington sons, a mystery, maybe a wife of

the lost sons Robert or Newton, that may have died before IL.

1850 Williamson Co IL Census Page 215From the Jackson 1850 Census Index Book.Household: 51-52

Bullington, Ben----26-m-w---Farmer---SC (head of house)

Mildred--------------50--f--w----------------SC

William--------------24-m-w----Farmer---SC

Sarah A--------------18--f--w----------------AL

**Notes: I believe this 'Sarah A', is most likely the wife

---of William, what's confusing is Mildred, the

---the mother is listed under the head of household?

---leaving me to believe Sarah is the wife of William...

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**MILLY APPLIES for a land grant, from her husbands service in the War of 1812.

1857 - C.H. Clark: Another witness on Milly's documentation was C.H. Clark,

he stated "...he knew the couple as man and wife, in SC and AL...". said "...he

attended the Burial of John Bullington...". Mr Clark was on the 1850

census in Lauderdale Co AL, and obviously, was there in

1857, to witness Milly's application.

1857 - Aug 11th--Robert Newton of Lauderdale Co AL, served witness and said

he knew John & Mildred Bullington in TN & AL, and also attended John's burial.

Served as witness to Milly's application for her husband War of 1812 bounty grant.

Note: The two witnesses were still living in Lauderdale Co AL, in 1857.

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** Bullington Family Researcher give us a 7 Gen lineage for our John Bullington:

1Nicholas Bullington (?-1636/40) and married Cynthia Clarke (maybe),

2---Nicholas Bullington Jr (about 1632-1692) married Margery Archer,

3----John (sometimes with "Robt") Bullington (bef1680-1726) married Temperance ------LNU,

4------John (sometimes with "Robert") Bullington (1705-after 1750) married 1st Letitia 4------Adkins, 2nd Sarah "Sally" Giles.

5--------Robert Bullington (1642/46-1821) ("Robt of Pittsylvania") m. Elizabeth Granger.

6------ ---Robert Bullington b.abt 1766 Richmond Henrico Co VA, d. 1 Jun 1852 Sptg. Co 6----------SC. Married 1st Susannah Whitehead, 2nd Mary Williams

7------------John Bullington b. abt 1794 Union Co SC, d. 8 Oct 1827, Lauderdale Co AL, 7------------Married Mildred "Milly" White 23 Aug 1815.

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