JAMES MONROE TULLIS was born about 1824 in South Carolina and died before 1880 in Alabama.
James was a blacksmith. Also in the household in the 1850 census is Jacob Gunter age 33, clerk, b. SC; in the 1860 census is Nancy A.L. Davis age 16 b. GA.
James served in the War between the States as a Pvt. in Co K, 33rd Ala Infantry. He
enlisted March 13, 1862 in Greenville, AL, but spent much of the war in the hospital. By
the end of the war, he is listed as a 2nd Corporal in Captain Horn's Co.
James married Nicey Gunter, possibly the daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth Gunter. She was born about 1835 in Georgia. Nicey was living in 1880 with her son Ruff (James R.). Nicey was living in 1910 with her son-in-law James Baston. She is said to have
lived to be 103 years old.
issue:
a. Benjamin A. b. 1850 AL
b. Christiana E. b. 1852 AL
c. Julian P. b. 1855 AL
d. Sarah Curry b. 1857 AL
2. e. James R. b. 1859 AL, m. Jeanette Davis
3. f. Jeff b. 1861 AL, m. Lula _____
4. g. Martha Catherine b. 1865 AL, m. James T. Baston
References: Aven; 1850, 60, & 80 census Coffee Co., Ala.; 1910 census Dale Co., Ala.
2. JAMES RUFFIN TULLIS (James1) son of James M. Tullis and Nicey Gunter was born Feb 1859. The 1880 census says he was born in Georgia, but the 1860 and 1900 census say he was born in Alabama. In 1880, there is a Jim Tullis, b. 1877 FL, in the
household. He is listed as a nephew of James, but it is not known who his parents were.
James (or Ruff) married Jeanette G. "Nettie" Davis, daughter of Caroline Davis. Nettie was born Nov 1868 in Alabama.
issue:
5. a. James Howell b. 1885 AL, m. Julia L. _____
b. Mary H. b. Apr 1888 AL
c. Julian Preston b. Nov 1892 AL
d. Ida L. b. Apr 1893 AL
e Willie M. b. May 1898 AL
f. Howard b. 1901
g. Jesse b. 1904
h. Votie D. b. 1906
i. Roy Ruffin b. 1910
References: 1860, 80, & 1900 census Coffee Co., AL; 1910 census Covington Co., AL
3. JEFF TULLIS (James4, Moses3, Moses2, Moses1) son of James M. Tullis and Nicey Gunter was born May 1861 in Alabama.
Jeff married Lula _____. She was born Apr 1882 in Alabama.
issue:
a. Jonathon b. Feb 1899 AL
References: 1880 & 1900 census Coffee Co., Ala.
4. MARTHA CATHERINE TULLIS (James4, Moses3, Moses2, Moses1) daughter of James M. Tullis and Nicey Gunter. She was born in Dec 1863 in Alabama.
Martha married JAMES TROUP BASTON. He was born May 1863 in Florida, died 8 Apr 1912, and is buried in Sardis Methodist Church Cemetery in Coffee Co., Alabama. Both his parents were born in Georgia. In 1910, his mother-in-law, Nicey Tullis was living with him.
issue:
a. Ralph B. "Bertie" Baston b. Aug 1884 AL
b. Minnie L. Baston b. Sep 1887 AL
c. Charlie L. Baston b. 1889 AL, m1. Annie Senn, m2. Bernice _____
d. Eva Mae Baston b. 1891 AL, d. 1918 AL, m. Oglethorpe Sanders
e. Ella C. "Corrine" Baston b. Jul 1893 AL m. Alex Free
f. Mattie C. Baston b. Jun 1896 AL, m. _____ Tercel (or Pirkle)
g. Nettie D. Baston b. 1901 AL, m. Jack Cordle
h. Rushie L. Baston b. 1903 AL, d. 1984 AL, m. Francis Goynes Jeter
i. Colley Baston b. 1905? m. Nora Deal
References: Aven; 1900 Coffee Co., Ala.; 1910 census Dale Co., Ala
5. JAMES HOWELL TULLIS (James5, James4, Moses3, Moses2) son of James R. Tullis and Nettie Davis was born Aug 1885 in Alabama.
James married Julia L. _____. She was born about 1889.
issue:
a. Vancile b. 1909
References: 1910 census Covington Co., AL
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