The Bullochs

Major James Stephens Bulloch was a friend of Roswell King’s, and he built Bulloch Hall in 1839. 

Together with his second wife Martha, Major Bulloch packed up his children and moved from Savannah to the Georgia Frontier.

Major Bulloch, when he was a young man.

Mrs. Bulloch when she was a grandmother.

Major Bulloch was an investor in the Roswell Manufacturing Company, and served on the board. The Bullochs were founding members of the Roswell Presbyterian Church.

Major and Mrs. Bulloch had four children together: Anna, Mittie, Charles, and Irvine. Charles passed away when he was 2 ½, and was one of the first people buried in Roswell.

This is their younger daughter, Mittie.

She got married in Bulloch Hall on December 22, 1853, to Theodore Roosevelt (the elder).

Mittie & Thee (as he was known) had four children, one of whom grew up to be our 26^th President. President Roosevelt visited Roswell in 1905.

Major & Mrs. Bulloch’s youngest child, Irvine, would eventually fight in the Confederate Navy, but as a child in Roswell, he loved to play with the family dogs! Unfortunately we don’t have any pictures of them, but I’m sure they were good-looking, for city dogs.

Until Next Time!

P.S.-Want to learn more about the Bullochs? Visit www.bullochhall.org!

How Roswell Was Founded

Mr. Roswell King lived in a town called Darien, & he worked for the bank there.

This is a picture of Mr. King.

During the gold rush in north Georgia, Mr. King made several trips, and noticed the good waterpower located here, as well as the healthier climate.

Because of this, Mr. King decided to start a summer colony to escape the malaria epidemic on the coast. He brought with him two of his sons, Barrington & Ralph, and several other coastal families.

These families were:

Major & Mrs. James S. Bulloch

Mr. & Mrs. John Dunwody

Dr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Pratt

Mr. & Mrs. Archibald Smith

Mrs. Elizabeth Hand

Together with Mr. & Mrs. Barrington King, these 6 families are called the “Founding Families of Roswell.”

Mr. Roswell King gave land to these families to build their homes, and invited them to invest in his business. 

This map sure would have been helpful when I got lost!

The Roswell Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1839, and most of the cotton was provided by local farms, including the Hembree family.

This wood-graving of the Roswell Manufacturing Company was done in 1854.

It seems the town of Roswell has never been without dogs; this is a photo of Ralph Browne King and his trusty sidekick!

Until Next Time!