Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography: Jessie HULL ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Transcribed and submitted by Darla Ruebush, , 1998. ************************************************************************** JESSIE HULL - son of George HULL, was born in Bath County, Virginia, December 20, 1801. In Pocahontas County, (then) Virginia, August 6, 1837, he married Elizabeth A. CLEEK, born in Pocahontas County, June 3, 1807, a daughter of Matthias and Margaret (CRAWFORD) CLEEK. Their children are recorded: Margaret, born March 20, 1828, lives on Little Creek; William C., October 5, 1830, lives in this district; John M., August 25, 1838, died June 1, 1862; Evaline, February 15, 1833, died November 26, 1869; James Silas, June 1, 1836, died August 24, 1837; Jesse A., December 10, 1841, lives at home; Alice F., January 14, 1848, lives in Highland County, Virginia; Andrew F., January 26, 1850, lives at home; Charlotte, September 23, 1854, died September 19, 1883. Three sons were in the Confederate army, William C. in the 22d Virginia Infantry, Taylors company, and John and Jesse in Company B, Edgars battalion, 26th Infantry. John died in the service at Christianburg, Virginia, in 1862. Jesse was in the battles of White Sulphur Springs, Fayettesville, New Market, Cold Harbor, Lynchburg and Kernstown. In the last-named battle he was wounded in the thigh by a minie-ball, and recovered only after great suffering, reaching home in September 1864. Jesse HULL, the father, died July 20, 1875, and Elizabeth H., his widow, died February 16, 1879. Jesse, Andrew and William own 3,000 acres of land on Anthonys Creek, five miles above Alvon, 300 acres bottom land under cultivation. The upland is well timbered, good medicinal springs abound, and iron, coal and lead are found everywhere in the 3,000 acres. The family post office is Lowrys Mills, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock, 1974.