GED4WEB version 4.34 For privacy reasons, Date of Birth and Date of Marriage for persons believed to still be living are not shown.
Billingsley John [Male] b. 10 SEP 1781 Onslow Co., NC
12142
From Kay Martin:
John BILLINGSLEY He was born on 10 September 1781 in Onslow Co., NC.Moved from NC to Sulliva n Co.,
TN with his parents in 1787. Married (1) on 10 Oct 1802, MarthaBLACKWOOD, b. NC 12 Mar 1786 . From a
published account in Biographical Album in 1808 and furnished by his son,Leander T. Billingsl ey, the claim is
made that John and his bride started from NC on a blind pony to findthemselves a home. They f inally reached the
Sequatchie Valley, Bledsoe Co., TN with a cash capital of one dollar andtwenty five cents. Th is marriage may have
taken place in NC but we feel that as no documentary evidence exists toprove it the logical p resumption is that it
occurred either in Sullivan Co., TN or or Washington Co., TN and that itwas from this point t he trip to Sequatchie
Valley was started. They located in Bledsoe Co., TN, cleared some landand made a crop with th e pony. During the
spring of the following year, the pony fell and broke it's leg and thesecond crop was made wi th a young bull.
Martha Blackwood died on 11 Mar 1829 and he married (2) on 15 Sept 1831to Jane HOODENPILE, b . NC 21
April 1812, d/o Philip Hoodenpile, a native of Holland. From a humblestart, John Billingsle y became one of the
wealthy and prominent citizens of Bledsoe Co., TN. He served some 40years as a member of th e County Court, and
part of the time it's Chairman. He also represented the County in theState Legislature. At th e time of his death 25
May 1856 his property was valued at $85,000.00. Jane survived him manyyears and died 3 Sept 1 894. The family
were Baptists. He and his two wives are buried in the Old SmyrnaGraveyard. The graves of Joh n and Jane are
marked, but that of Martha on his side is unmarked.
12143
Archibald Fulks moved his family to Smith County, TN in 1807. TheMatthias Hoover family move d to Hoover©ØOØs Gap in 1807. Matthias©ØOØdaughter, Mary, married John Bradford Prewitt. His da ughter, Sarah ,married William Rollins (Rawlins).
FULKS and Archibald FULKS, Jr were brothers. John D was born in VA.Archibald Fulks, Jr. was b orn in Smith County, Tennessee in 1812.Archibald's wife, Piety Elizabeth, was a sister to Mar y Ann Rollin s.They were grandchildren of Matthias and Mary HOOVER, the founders ofHoover's G ap, Tennessee.
12144
12145
12146
The family tree of Kelly Lynn Fulks is taken from the work of DelorisFulks with the followin g information:
Fulks Family Page
I started this set of pages while trying to learn more about my family.My mother, Delorise Ta ylor Fulks, is really into geneology and is doingthe family tree. I have helped her some alon g the way wi th research onthe internet, but now she is on-line also.
I hope to be adding to this greatly over time. This is what I was prettysure of and I now hav e more data to be putting into the system. You cancontact me via email at kfulks@@knology.net . Or you can contact my mother(Delorise Fulks) at mmf@@cafes.net.
12147
1021
1213
12148
12149
12150
12151
12152
12153
12154
12155
12156
12157
From Kay Martin:
Samuel BILLINGSLEY A statement by Andrew C. Myers of TN in 1930 says:'Sam married a society w oman
who loved to go to dances and such. Sam did not approve of this. He movedwest in the early 18 40's, and I do not
think he carried her with him.' He migrated to Arkansas about 1841/42 andlocated in Clark Co . and engaged in
_' farming. In 1850 he is listed with a wife named Nancy, born KY 1812.From the difference i n the ages of the 3rd
and 4th child she is probably his 2nd wife. They disappear from thiscounty before 1860. The y may have been
deceased or may have returned to TN. While three Grandsons have beenlocated, they do not appe ar to know
anything of their Grandparents names or where they resided.
29. (--?--) ANDERSON. Not proven.
1214
This HTML database was produced by a registered copy of GED4WEB version 4.34
Copyright 2014 Joe A. Jamison