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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF
 RICHARD GULLEY,
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER

BY:     DESI W. GULLEY
11/20/1998
                        ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


Like all genealogists, I have had many other
genealogists share information, and leads on
information, which has made its way into this paper.
But two researchers, which I must mention by name,
are Netta Satterfield of Mojave, Ca. and Wayne
Gulley of LaGrange, In.  These two have shared much
of what they had already gleaned about Richard.
Also, they provided leads that, upon follow-up,
produced new information (at least new to me) which
made this article more complete.


EARLY YEARS


Richard Gulley was born on October 29, 1756.  The
birth date can be deduced from a Revolutionary War
pension application document signed on March 27,
1821 in Pendleton District Court, South Carolina.
In this document, Richard states he was "...aged
sixty four years the twenty ninth day of October
last...".    (National Archives and Records
Administration, 7th and Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, D.C.) His parents were Thomas and Mary
Gulley of Orange County, Virginia.  We know Thomas
(II) and Enoch were two of his brothers.  This
information is gleaned from a document signed by
Thomas (II) Gulley in Greenbriar County, (then)
Virginia (now West Virginia) in which he names
Richard and Enoch of Orange County, Virginia as his
brothers.  He also names Thomas Gulley of Orange
County, Virginia as their father.  This document was
dated October 25, 1783.  We also learn in this
document that the father, Thomas had already died
before this date.  This document is a deed giving
part of the father's plantation in Orange County to
Richard and Enoch to be divided equally.    The deed
was entered into the Orange County court records on
March 25, 1784 and again on September 26, 1791.
(Orange County Deed Book 20, page 38).  Other
researchers assert that John W. Gulley, James
Gulley, and William Gulley were also brothers, but I
have no direct proof of these facts. Not much is
known about Richard's early years except what can be
deduced from court records of his father, Thomas.
We know that Thomas was granted a land patent for
400 acres "...in the county of Orange on the
branches of Stoney Bridge River..." on March 26,
1739.  (Virginia Land Patents, Virginia State
Archives, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia). 
This land was still in the possession of Thomas (II)
on October 24, 1783 and was sold to John Gulley of
Culpepper County, Virginia and recorded in Orange
County court on March 25, 1784 and again on
September 26, 1791.  (Orange County Deed Book 20,
pages 36-38).  This suggests some connection between
Thomas (II) and John Gulley.  It is very likely that
this land was where Richard and his siblings were
born and raised.  On August 22, 1771, Thomas and
Mary Gulley purchased 95 acres of land from John and
Elizabeth Woods in Orange County.  (Orange County
Deed Book 15, pages 380-382).  This is the same land
cited above, given to Richard and Enoch after their
father's death.  Perhaps Richard moved to this land
when he was fourteen years old.  We cannot be sure,
because the 400 acres on Stoney Bridge River was
still in possession of Richard's father, Thomas,
until after his death, when it was sold to John
Gulley. It is interesting to note that Thomas (Sr.),
Thomas (II), and Enoch were all apparently literate
at least to the point of signing their names.
However, Richard missed out on this luxury of life. 
In all legal documents, Richard always marked the
document with his "X".  As will become evident later
in Richard's life, he never did as well financially
as his two brothers.  This perhaps could be a result
of his education level.


REVOLUTIONARY WAR YEARS


Richard enlisted as a private in Captain William
Barrett's company attached to Colonel George
Baylor's regiment of the Virginia Colonial line.
Baylor's Regiment was officially known as the 3rd
Continental Light Dragoon Regiment.  Dragoons, in
today's language, would more properly be called
cavalry.  The 3rd Continental Light Dragoon Regiment
was authorized by Congress on January 1, 1777 and
assigned to the Main Army.  It was relieved on
November 5, 1778 and assigned to the Middle
Department.  Again, relieved on May 7, 1779, it was
assigned to the Southern Department.  Reorganized on
January 1, 1781, it was renamed 3rd Legionary Corps.
On November 2, 1782, it was combined with, and
thereafter called, the 1st Legionary Corps.
Richard's war service and pension record (No.
S.38781) can be found in the National Archives and
Records Administration, 7th and Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington, D.C.  All of his wartime data has
been gleaned from these files. In a sworn statement
in Elbert County, Georgia, dated October 19, 1819,
Richard told his war experiences in an application
for a federal pension based on his war service.
(National Archives and Records Administration, 7th
and Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.)  Richard
says that he enlisted in March 1778 and served about
two years.  History proves that Colonel Baylor was
at Valley Forge on March 7, 1778 and on that date
was ordered back to Virginia to recruit more men.
Richard states further that he served in "Toppann
(Tappan) in the state of New York & ... storming
Stoney Point...". Richard did not mention a very
interesting piece of history that occurred on
September 28, 1778 involving Baylor's Regiment. The
event has become known as "Baylor's Massacre".  An
excellent account can be found in The Bergen County
History.  The dates suggest that Richard must have
been present.  On that night, the 3rd Continental
was quartered in six dairy barns on the south bank
of the Hackensac River.  At 3:00 a.m. British Major
General Grey, on information gained by Tories,
ordered his troops to use only bayonets, surround
the barns, and attack the 3rd Dragoons.  Of the 104
privates in the Regiment, 11 were killed outright,
17 were wounded (4 of whom later died), and 33 (8 of
whom were wounded) were taken prisoner.  On the
morning of September 28, Colonel Woodford of the
Virginia 3rd Regiment met the survivors that he
estimated at about fifty men and more than 100
horses on the road to Peekskill on the north bank of
the Hudson River.  (Conner, Edward: "A Report of Men
and Horses in the 3rd Regt. of L.D." Sept. 26, 1778
(G.W. Papers)).  Colonel William Washington (nephew
of George) commanded this regiment after this point
in time since George Baylor was wounded and captured
by the British. I have personally visited the site
of Baylor's Massacre near Tappan, New York, but on
the south bank of the Hackensac River, thus, in
Bergen County, New Jersey.  There is a small park
there with several soldiers' graves marked and a
large mill stone, said to have been a grave cover
for some of the American bodies dumped into tanning
vats located near the dairy barns on the old Herring
farm. Continuing with Richard's sworn statement,
after being transferred to the Southern Department
(May 1779), he says he was "taken prisoner by the
enemy commanded by Colonel Tarlton at Lewis' Ferry
(sic) on the Santee River in the state of South
Carolina near George Town."  He was carried to
Charleston (Charleston fell on May 12, 1780) where
he remained a prisoner of war for about one year
before he and other prisoners "affected their escape
by taking a brigg (sic) lying in Charleston harbor".
Richard reached his home in Virginia in July 1781.
General George Washington accepted unconditional
surrender from General Cornwallis at Georgetown on
October 19, 1781.



POST-WAR YEARS IN VIRGINIA


Richard apparently settled back near his home of
Orange County, Virginia.  On April 8, 1782 he
married Mary Terry.  (Culpepper County, Virginia
Marriage Book 1, page 79).  George Eve, a Baptist
minister, married them. What we know about Mary has
been learned from a Virginia Land Office Treasury
warrant number 2649 issued on January 26, 1799.
This warrant led to a land survey and ultimately a
land grand issued on May 14, 1811.  (Virginia
Northern Neck Land Grants, Vol. IV  1800-1862 Land
Grant A2-409 to 411).  This land grant was for 100
acres on the Rapidan Road in Madison County,
Virginia.  (Madison County was carved out of
Culpepper County in 1792.)  The grant was issued to
Thomas Terry, Mary's father, who had died after the
land was surveyed, but before the deed was recorded.
The survey was dated October 11, 1803.  In the grant
was documented the fact that Thomas Terry had
departed this life; therefore, the land was
descended to his heirs.  One heir listed was
"Richard Gulley, who intermarried with Mary Terry, a
daughter and co-heir of the said Thomas Terry
deceased".   Richard inherited one eighth of the
land.  The warrant states further, "he, the said
Richard Gulley having had issue, born alive, by the
said Mary, and the said Mary having since departed
this life, and at the death of the said Richard
Gulley, the said undivided eighth part to Mary
Gulley, the daughter, sole heiress, and only issue
of the said Mary; whose maiden name was Mary
Terry...".  The document goes on to list Mary
Terry's siblings as Nancy Kelley, Joseph, John,
Sally, James, William, and Lucy.  The grant also
names Sally Terry as the wife of Thomas Terry, and
therefore, the mother of Mary Terry Gulley.  The
grant was dated May 14, 1811. A few very important
facts documented here are that Richard's wife Mary
Terry had deceased and that they had only one child,
Mary Gulley, before Mary Terry Gulley died.  Most
researchers believe this child, Mary Gulley, is the
same Mary Gulley who married Timothy Moore on August
11, 1796, recorded in Culpepper County, Virginia.
If this were true, Mary would have been only 13
years old, at best, when she married.  This is
possible. Although it is not wise to argue with
historical documents, I firmly believe Richard and
Mary Terry had other children besides Mary.  I
believe that these other children did not live in
Virginia in 1811 when the above document was
prepared, and therefore, were omitted from the
document.  I will save this argument for later in
this paper.  I also fully acknowledge that I stand
on very poor ground (in light of the above grant)
from which to build my argument. In October 1782,
Thomas Barbour took a census of Orange County,
Virginia.  Richard and his family do not appear in
this census.  However, Enoch Gulley is listed with
five white members in his household.  (Since Enoch
and his wife Frankie Franklin were married on
December 26, 1781, it is highly unlikely that his
family was this large; they might have had one child
by this time since their marriage.)  I question
whether Richard and Mary lived in the same household
with Enoch at this time; leading to five members
being listed in the household? By 1785, when a new
tax list of Orange County was compiled by William
Bell, Enoch was listed with four members in his
family, one dwelling, one horse, and four cattle.
Richard is listed with four in his family, no
dwelling, two horses, and no cattle.  The four
likely would have included Richard, his wife Mary,
their daughter Mary, and one other.  Thus, I begin
to build my case that Richard and Mary may have had
two dependents at this point in time. I assume Mary
Terry Gulley died sometime before April 26, 1786.
On this date, in Albemarle County, Virginia, Richard
married his second wife, Elizabeth Ballard.
(Albemarle County, Virginia Marriage Book Containing
un-numbered pages for 1786.)  Elizabeth was the
daughter of Philip Ballard. On August 11, 1786
Richard applied for a land warrant for his
Revolutionary War service.  The warrant application
was signed (?) by William Barrett and addressed to
the Register of Land Office in the state of
Virginia.  On another note dated March 29 (I assume
in the year 1787) it was requested that the warrant
be delivered to Zachariah Lucas at the land office. 
This document is recorded in Richard's war and
pension records, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
In Revolutionary War Records, Vol. 1, Virginia, by
Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, page 437, Richard Gulley's
warrant is given the number 4302.  A copy of this
warrant can be found in the Virginia Military
Warrant Register.  It grants Richard 100 acres of
land in consideration for his service for three
years as a soldier in the Virginia Continental Line.
In 1787, Richard Gulley is still shown in the Orange
County personal property Tax List "B" with two
horses and no cattle.  The date of the tax list is
given as May 29, 1787.  The order of households
visited and dates of visits indicate that Richard
and Enoch were still neighbors.  Apparently Richard
and Elizabeth remained close to, or in the same
location where Richard and Mary had lived.  Other
neighbors were George Tillory and Jeremiah Smith.
Richard is also shown in the 1790 census of Orange
County. This data is the last Virginia documents
where Richard was actually verified as being in
Virginia.


MOVE TO ELBERT COUNTY, GEORGIA


The first documentation I have found of Richard in
Elbert County, Georgia is his entry into the Second
Georgia State Land Lottery of 1806.  He was granted
two draws in Captain George Roebuck's district of
Elbert County.  Unfortunately, neither draw was a
successful draw for securing land. In 1802, Enoch
Gulley purchased 200 acres of land on Pickens Creek
in Elbert County, Georgia.  (Elbert County Deed Book
J, page 103).  Enoch sold this land in 1805 (Book J,
page 162).  Enoch Gulley entered the First Georgia
State Land Lottery of 1805 with two unsuccessful
draws.  His registration serial number was 280.  His
county of residence was listed as Elbert County.
This indicates to me that both Richard and Enoch
moved to Georgia at the same time, or about the same
time. John Gulley (b. 1737 in Orange County,
Virginia) moved to Pendleton County, South Carolina
in 1794.   This information is contained in his war
records and Pension file.  This county is just
across the Savannah River from Elbert County,
Georgia.  Perhaps this establishes the date when all
three brothers moved to this new location from
Virginia.  John Gulley indicated that he moved on to
Kentucky nine years later (1803) and subsequently to
Tennessee.   (National Archives and Records
Administration, 7th and Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, D.C.). On February 19, 1817, Richard
sold 253 acres along the Savannah River in Elbert
County to Reuben Haley.  (Deed Book U, page 9).  I
have searched both Elbert County records and parent
Wilkes County records, but can find no records of
how or when Richard came into possession of this
land. On October 19, 1819, Richard applied in open
court in the county of Elbert for a federal pension
for his service in the Revolutionary War.  (National
Archives and Records Administration, 7th and
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.)   His
residence was listed as Elbert County, Georgia.  He
was issued a Certificate of Pension No. 15925 on
November 29, 1819 and granted a pension in the
amount of  $8.00 per month and paid in arrears back
to October 19, 1819. Richard Gulley was shown as a
winner in the Third Georgia State Land Lottery of
1820.  He was listed as a resident of Elbert County.
His registration serial number was 294.  Actually,
there is evidence that a winning draw was also
awarded to Richard's son, Thomas in the 1820 land
lottery.  Richard won his land in Irwin County,
Georgia and it was subsequently granted on August
13, 1838.  I have not searched the records of Irwin
County to ascertain if Richard ever claimed this
land. In the 1820 Census for Pendleton District,
State of South Carolina, we find Richard Gulley
listed as residing in this district.  Richard's age
(I assume the elder male listed in the census is
Richard) was given as over 45.  Richard would have
been 64 years old in October of 1820.  Elizabeth's
age (same assumption) was given as over 45.  One
male was listed as 10 - 16 years of age.  Some
researchers believe this to be his son Thomas, but I
am not as sure because it is not consistent with
other information about Thomas.  One female was
listed as 10 - 16 years old.  Most researchers agree
this was probably his daughter, Elizabeth.  This
would be consistent with her birthdate being about
1808 and her marriage (at the age of about 16) in
1824 to Eli Snow in Elbert County, Ga. By March 20,
1821, Richard had signed a request in Pendleton
District Court to have his pension moved to
Pendleton District.  In this document, the pension
certificate no. 15925 was referenced.  Richard
listed his belongings, and appeared to be very poor
indeed. His total worth was estimated as $77.25.  It
is humbling to read the list of items that Richard
thought worthy of listing as his assets! This
document goes on to list as living with Richard, his
wife Elizabeth, about 55 years of age.  This would
establish Elizabeth Ballard's birth year at about
1766.  A son, Thomas, was named and his age given as
about twenty-five.  This age is not consistent with
the assumption discussed above concerning the 1820
Pendleton District Census.  It is also not
consistent with other data contained in Census
information which I will discuss later.   Lastly, a
daughter, Elizabeth, aged thirteen was also listed. 
This would establish her birth year at about 1808.
(National Archives and Records Administration, 7th
and Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.)
Apparently Richard lived in South Carolina until
about March 7, 1828.  On this date, he applied in
Elbert County, Georgia to have his pension moved
back to the state of Georgia and paid there.  A
significant fact mentioned in this document was that
he had been living on the "small farm of David
Stinson a relation by family marriage...".  This
arrangement had come to an end, and Richard "had an
opportunity of getting a situation in Georgia,
Elbert County upon reasonable terms...". (National
Archives and Records Administration, 7th and
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) Richard was
listed in the 1830 Federal Census of Elbert County,
Georgia.  He was shown between 70 and 80 years old. 
This was consistent with his age being 74.
Elizabeth was shown between 60 and 70 years old.
This was also consistent with her age being 64.  A
"mystery" household member was shown as a female
child under the age of 5 living with the two. On
February 28, 1834    Richard sold to William White
105 acres of land on Pickens Creek in Elbert County,
Georgia.  The sale price was $155.46.  Apparently,
Richard was doing better financially by this point
in time. Richard was listed on the "List of
Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services
still living in Elbert County, Georgia as of June 1,
1840".  (History of Elbert Co., Ga. 1790 - 1935
McIntosh, John H.  Cherokee Pub. Co. Atlanta Ga.
1968, page 133).  His age was given as 85.  On this
date he should have been 83.  He was shown as living
in the household of William Robertson.  No mention
was made of his wife, Elizabeth.  I can find no
further reference to Richard after this date.  There
was a note entered on his pension certificate
referencing a letter to the Pension Agent dated
December 25, 1840.  I have located no such letter,
but I can only assume what the content might have
been.


RICHARD GULLEY FAMILY CEMETERY


Listed in Early Cemeteries and Gravestones of Elbert
County, Georgia  1708 - 1919  compiled by the Elbert
County Historical Society, is a reference to the
Richard Gulley Family Cemetery where Richard and
Mrs. Richard Gulley are buried.  It is referenced by
"NLS" which means "No Lettered Stone" on the graves.
A map is included showing the location of the
cemetery. On October 14, 1994, I visited the site,
but could not find any indication of the cemetery.  
I discussed with a local resident, Mrs. Nona
Richardson (b. 1917) the graveyard.  Her father, Mr.
Ira Thomasson, owned the land upon which the
graveyard sat when she was a child.  She remembered
the graveyard and dated that memory at about 1925.
She recalled that by 1936 any traces of the
graveyard were gone.  She recalled many graves being
on the site and not just a few graves, as some
family plots seem to contain.  Mrs. Richardson did
not recall ever being told which family was buried
in the cemetery. I have been in touch by letter and
telephone with Mr. J. W. (Bill) Hyde, President of
the Elbert County Historical Society, who sent me a
copy of his field notes showing the exact directions
to the cemetery.  This location agrees exactly with
Mrs. Richardson's memory of the location. Mr. Adlai
Stowers, whom, I was informed by Mr. Hyde, had
deceased, signed the field notes.  I am at a loss as
to how to further substantiate the cemetery's
location.


CHILDREN


Mary Gulley.     I have already discussed Mary
Gulley, daughter of Richard and Mary Terry.  Mary
Gulley married Timothy Moore on August 11, 1796 in
Culpepper County, Virginia.  William Mason, a
minister, married them.  (Culpepper Marriage Book 3,
page 191). Elizabeth Gulley.     Elizabeth Gulley
has also been discussed.   Elizabeth married Eli
Snow on January 22, 1824 in Elbert County, Georgia. 
(Marriage Book L16, page 490).  This was while
Richard was living in Pendleton District, S.C., but
after the Census of 1820. Thomas Gulley.  Richard's
son, Thomas has records which are somewhat
confusing.  Richard's request for pension transfer
would place Thomas' birthyear about 1796. As
mentioned above, some researchers think the 1820
S.C. census refers to Thomas.  This would require
him to have been born between 1804 and 1810. Thomas'
first appearance in the Census was in the Elbert
County, Ga. Census of 1830.  His age was listed
between 40 and 50.  This would require his birthdate
to have been between 1780 and 1790.   His wife
(Susannah, name not given) was between 20 and 30.  I
have found no marriage records for Thomas and
Susannah.  One son was under 5 (George, name not
given).  One son was between 10 and 15.  One
daughter was under 5 (Betsy, name not given). By the
1850 Census, Thomas was listed in the Clark County,
Georgia Census.  His age was given as 65.  This
would place his birthyear about 1785.  The place of
birth was listed as Ga., but this was most probably
an oversight, since there were no Gulleys known to
be in Georgia in 1785.  At any rate, Thomas' wife
Susannah was shown as 52 years old (b. abt. 1798).
Susannah was shown in this census as being from N.C.
Sally Reed, age 107 (b. abt. 1743) was also shown
living with Thomas and Susannah.  Could she have
been Susannah's mother or grandmother?  Children
were: Betsy (b. abt. 1828), George (b. abt. 1829),
Charity (b. abt. 1835), Sarah (b. abt. 1831), and
Minerva (b. abt. 1836).  This all agreed with the
1830 Elbert County Census. The "preponderance of
evidence" suggests that Thomas was probably born in
the late 1780s and was probably a son of Richard and
Elizabeth Ballard Gulley.


These three children are all that I have documented
as being born to Richard Gulley.  However, there is
compelling evidence for other Gulley's belonging to
Richard.  


CONJECTURE


Valentine Gulley.  Valentine first made an
appearance in the 1820 Census of Elbert County,
Georgia.  I could not glean any information from
this census because of the poor print quality.
Valentine Gulley of Elbert Co. won land in the 1820
Georgia land lottery in Appling Co., Ga. Valentine
and his family appeared in the 1830 Census of Elbert
County.  He was shown between 30 and 40.  His wife
(Elizabeth P. King, name not given) was shown
between 20 and 30.  Valentine Gulley and Elizabeth
P. King were married in Elbert County on January 8,
1818.  (Marriage Book L16, page 193.)  One son was
less than 5 (Jasper P., name not given).  One male
was shown between 20 and 30.  This was most likely
Ezra Paulett who lived with Valentine.  One daughter
was shown less than 5 (Harriet, name not given). One
daughter was between 5 and 10.  One daughter was
between 10 and 15. By the 1850 Census, Valentine was
living in Franklin County, Georgia.  He was shown as
58 years old (b. abt. 1792) and born in Virginia.
If Valentine were a son of Richard, this birthyear
would make Elizabeth Ballard his mother.  In the
1850 Franklin census, Elizabeth, Valentine's wife,
was shown as 49 (b. abt. 1801) and born in Georgia. 
Harriet was 24 (b. abt. 1826).  Jasper P. was 22 (b.
abt. 1828).  John W. was 18 (b. abt. 1832).  Jane
was 15 (b. abt. 1835).  Asbury was 12 (b. abt.
1838).  William F. was 7 (b. abt. 1843).  Also shown
living in the household was Ezra Paulett.
Valentine, Jasper P., and Ezra were all listed as
farmers.    Richard Gulley (age 25, b. abt. 1825)
and his wife Nancy (age 24, b. abt. 1826) were also
shown in the Franklin County Census, with a son
named Valen (age 2, b. 1848).  This Richard was
probably Valentine's son. John Gulley.  John Gulley
was listed in the Elbert County 1820 Census.  No
real information has been gleaned. John Gulley of
Elbert Co., Georgia was awarded land in the 1820
Georgia land lottery.  The land was located in Early
Co., Georgia. In 1830, he was in the Elbert County
Census aged between 40 and 50.  His wife was aged
between 30 and 40.  John Gulley married Mary Ann
Decker in Elbert County on July 29, 1813.  (Marriage
Book K12, page 162.)  It is interesting to note that
the land Richard Gulley sold in 1817 to Reuben Haley
was bordered on one side by Allen R. Decker.  If
John were Richard's son, The Deckers would have
owned the property next door.  I have not searched
to find if Mary Ann's father was Allen R. Decker.
John and Mary Ann were shown again in the 1870
Elbert Census with John S. Gulley, age 19 (b. abt.
1851) and George F. Gulley age 11 (b. abt. 1859) in
the household with them.  John was listed as 88 (b.
abt. 1782) and born in Virginia.  If John were
actually Richard's son, this birthyear would make
Mary Terry Gulley his mother.  This would make the
Orange County, Virginia tax list of 1787, mentioned
above, begin to make sense.  However, it would make
the will of Thomas Terry discussed above, in error
concerning Mary being an only child of Richard and
Mary Terry Gulley.  In this 1870 Elbert Census, Mary
Ann, John's wife, was listed as 76 (b. abt. 1794).
John's obituary was published in the Hartwell Sun, a
Hart County, Georgia newspaper on March 17, 1883.
He was a resident of Elbert County and listed as 105
years old.  This would have placed his birthyear in
1778.  Most other evidence points toward John's
birthyear actually being about 1782. Nancy Gulley.
Nancy Gulley married Samuel Stincon in Elbert
County, Georgia on September 24, 1815.  (Marriage
Book K12, page 310).  It is noteworthy that this
date is three years before Richard moved to
Pendleton District S.C. to live on a "small farm of
David Stinson a relation by family marriage...".
William Gulley.     William Gulley married Frankie
P. Taylor on October 26, 1815.  (Marriage Book K12,
page 243).  I am especially interested in this
family because I can positively document my ancestry
back to this William Gulley and his wife Frances.   
William Gulley was included in the 1820 Elbert
County Census.  No information is forthcoming from
this census. William Gulley of Elbert County, Ga.
was awarded land in the 1820 Georgia land lottery.
The land was located in Early Co., Ga.  I have not
searched the land records to ascertain whether
William ever actually claimed this land. In the 1830
Elbert County Census, William's household was listed
right next to Richard Gulley's household.  William
was shown between 40 and 50.  His wife was shown
between 20 and 30.  Children include two sons
between 5 and 10, two daughters under 5, one
daughter between 5 and 10, and one daughter between
10 and 15. William Gulley of Elbert County, Ga. was
awarded land in the 1832 Gold Land Lottery of
Georgia. The 1850 Elbert County Census showed
William as 67 years old.  This would require him to
have been born about 1783.  He was shown as born in
Ga., but I believe this was an oversight, as no
Gulleys were documented in Georgia in 1783.  Frances
was shown as 49 years old and born in Ga.  This
would place her birthyear about 1801.  Children
listed were:   1) M.C. Gulley (female, 24 years old,
birth about 1826)  2) F. Gulley (female, 22 years
old, birth about 1828)  3)  F.L. Gulley (female, 20
years old, birth about 1830)  4)  T.A. Gulley (
female, 18 years old, birth about 1832)  5)  U.C.
Gulley (female, 16 years old, birth about 1834)  6) 
J.M. Gulley (male, 14 years old, birth about 1836)
7)  G. Gulley (female, 10 years old, birth about
1840)  8)  R.P. Gulley (male, 6 years old, birth
about 1844).  This last son, Robert Phearson Gulley
was my direct ancestor. Adding in the children from
the 1820 census who do not appear in the 1850 census
(presumed to be old enough to have left home before
1850), I surmise there are two missing sons and two
missing daughters in the 1850 Census.  This leads to
a conclusion that William and Frankie had a total of
12 children. In the 1860 Elbert Census, William was
shown as 77 (b. abt. 1783) and born (this time) in
Virginia.  If William were a son of Richard, this
birthyear would require that his mother was Mary
Terry Gulley.  Again, this could explain the Orange
County, Virginia 1787 tax list where four members
show up in Richard's household, but is refuted by
the Thomas Terry will.  In the 1860 Elbert census,
William's occupation was shown as farming.  Frances
was shown as 54 (b. abt. 1806) and born (this time)
in Virginia.  They still had their two youngest
children at home. By the 1870 Census, Frances was
shown living alone.  I assume this means that
William died between 1860 and 1870.  Frances claimed
in this census to be 63 years old (b. abt. 1807).


CONCLUSION


Richard Gulley had a long and prosperous life.  He
never learned to write, and this may have
contributed to his lot in life being harder, and
poorer than it otherwise might have been.  He moved
his family to the "frontier" of Georgia and
successfully raised them there.  He had the
satisfaction of serving his country and helping it
gain its' independence.  He left at least three
children, and probably much more to carry on the
Gulley name, in Georgia and across the new western
frontier we now call The United States of America.