Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: William Crawford HULL

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Transcribed and submitted by Darla Ruebush, <darbush @wizrealm.com>, 1998.
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WILLIAM CRAWFORD HULL - an energetic and prosperous farmer of Anthonys
Creek District, Greenbrier County, owns about 900 acres of excellent
land of which 130 acres is bottom land and under cultivation.  The
remainder is upland, well timbered with white pine, cedar, locust,
poplar, white oak, ash and sugar.  Iron ore is to be found in abundance,
the mountainous portion of his land being, on fact, almost a solid cake
of iron ore.  Lead, silver and coal, also abound.  Mr. HULL's grandfather
was a soldier in the patriot army, war of 1776, and with his comrades, by
the treachery of their commander, was sold to the British forces.  The
parents of William C. HULL were Jesse and Elizabeth (CLEEK) HULL, whose
record has just been given, and he was born in this district, October 25,
1830.  In Pocahontas County, West Virginia, April 23, 1867, he married
Mary A. CLEEK, who was born in that county, July 13, 1837, a daughter of
John and Phebe Ann (LIGHTNER) CLEEK.  Mr. and Mrs. HULL are the parents
of: John F., born October 14, 1870; Eutoka Addie, April 23, 1872;
Elizabeth L., Jully [sic] 13, 1874.  Mr. HULL was a soldier in the
civil war.  He served in Captain Taylor's company, 22d Virginia
Infantry, Confederate army, and was in the battles of Cloyd Mountain,
Piedmont, Winchester, Droop Mountain, Fishers Hill, Lynchburg, the
seven days fight near Richmond, and others.  Lowrys Mills, Greenbrier
County, West Virginia, is his postoffice address.

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.