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  New Georgia Encyclopedia: Archibald Bulloch (1730-1777)
Bulloch was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1730.
Archibald Bulloch was the great-great-grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States.
Bulloch resumed his political career in his new state and quickly became a leader of the Liberty Party, guiding it during the resistance to the oppressive measures of the British colonial government.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-682   (623 words)

  
 Bulloch County - History
In the late 1750's, a South Carolina native, Archibald Bulloch, came to Georgia and acquired a plantation along the Savannah River.
Due to his bravery and selfless acts, on January 20, 1776, Archibald Bulloch was elected President of the Executive Council of Georgia.
Siebald presented a 200-acre tract of land to the administrative officials of Bulloch County.
www.bullochcounty.net /history.htm   (652 words)

  
 This Day in History 1777: Archibald Bulloch dies under mysterious circumstances
Bulloch was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1730 to a Scottish father, James, and his Puritan wife, Jean.
Bulloch moved to Savannah, Georgia, in 1764 and married Mary de Veaux, the daughter of a prominent Savannah judge and landholder.
Archibald Bulloch has gone down in history as one of the American Revolution’s great leaders; he is also known as the great-great-grandfather of America’s 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt.
www.history.com /this-day-in-history.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=255   (337 words)

  
 Lynn Harvey's William Jay: Archibald Stobo Bulloch House, Orelans Square
Lynn Harvey's William Jay: Archibald Stobo Bulloch House, Orelans Square
This spectacular villa was built by Jay between 1818 and 1819 for prominent Savannahian Archibald Stobo Bulloch.
Jay also collaborated with Bulloch on the U.S. Customs House and Warehouses in 1819.
www.anthemion.com /jay/bulloch.htm   (95 words)

  
 When Liverpool Was Dixie
Bulloch had good reason for insisting on a wooden ships, the isolated neutral ports in the world, which they would use, were far more likely to have repair facilities for wooden ship, rather than iron.
Bulloch said that she was going on an overnight sea trial, this was a subterfuge, and her Master, Capt, Matthew J Butcher, sailed her to Moelfre Bay, n the isle of Anglesey.
Bulloch received a despatch from Mallory on 9th March 1863, suggesting that France might be more tolerant, and even help to rescue the rams, with a possibility of building other vessels in France.
www.csa-dixie.com /liverpool_dixie/bulloch.htm   (2912 words)

  
 Bulloch Hall - Historic Roswell, Georgia
The gracious and elegant Bulloch Hall was built in Roswell, Georgia in 1839 by Major James Stephens Bulloch one of Roswell’s first settlers and grandson of Governor Archibald Bulloch, and his wife Martha Stewart Elliott Bulloch, daughter of General Daniel Stewart.
The dining room of Bulloch Hall was the setting on December 22, 1853 of the wedding of their youngest daughter, Mittie, to Theodore Roosevelt (Sr.).
The mission of Bulloch Hall is to accurately restore, preserve and interpret this nationally significant antebellum historic site and to present an authentic interpretation to all Roswell citizens and visitors through quality tours, educational programs, community outreach and events.
www.bullochhall.org /museuminfo.asp   (332 words)

  
 Martha "Mittie" Bulloch Roosevelt
With Christmas only three days away, Bulloch Hall, the childhood home that the bride would remember fondly long after she had grown up, had been lavishly decorated with ribbons, candles, and green mistletoe and red holly berries that grew in abundance on the plantation just north of Atlanta.
It was her marriage to a local man, James Bulloch, that began the line that produced Mittie Bulloch and, later, Theodore Roosevelt and his remarkable sisters.
Archibald Bulloch, a lawyer (and son of Jean Stobo Bulloch), served as speaker of the Georgia Royal Assembly, president of the Provincial Congress that took charge of the state in July 1775, and, later, as the state's commander-in-chief and one of its delegates to the First Continental Congress.
www.electricscotland.com /history/women/wh50.htm   (4795 words)

  
 The Statesboro Convention & Visitors Bureau Welcomes You!
In 1796 Bulloch was formed from Screven and Bryan counties.
Archibald Bulloch was very active in the organizing efforts and was elected to serve as an early governor.
A businessman from Augusta, Georgia, George Sibbald, owner of vast holdings in Bulloch County gave 200 acres in the middle of the county for this purpose.
www.visit-statesboro.com /history.html   (836 words)

  
 Bulloch Hall, Roswell, Georgia
To those unfamiliar with Georgia history the state might not exist today had it not been for Archibald Bulloch, an early leader in the revolutionary movement in Georgia.
Archibald Bulloch's son James was 13 when the British took Savannah as part of a southern strategy during the American Revolution.
Archibald Howell, a neighbor who lived in Marietta (history of Marietta) came to her rescue with a loan against the value of Bulloch Hall.
roadsidegeorgia.com /site/bulloch_hall.html   (987 words)

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