James Stephens Bulloch (1793 – February 18, 1849) was an early Georgia settler and planter. Bulloch was a grandson of Georgia governor Archibald Bulloch and a nephew of Senator William Bellinger Bulloch. He was also the maternal grandfather of President

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and a great-grandfather of First Lady

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, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, her fifth cousin, once removed.

Life and career

James Stephens Bulloch was born in

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to a planter family. His parents were Ann (

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Irvine) Bulloch (1770–1810) and her husband, Captain James Bulloch II (1765–1806). He had an elder brother, John Irvine Bulloch, and two younger sisters, Jane and Ann Bulloch. He was educated to become a planter and learned about managing crops and working with overseers to deal with slave labor.

Cotton mills and development of Roswell

Major Bulloch moved his family from Savannah in 1838 to north Georgia to partner with Roswell King in establishing a

cotton mill A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system. Although some were driven ...

in the piedmont near the fall line. They used water power for their mills. There in what developed as the town of Roswell, Bulloch built Bulloch Hall in 1839 with the labor of African-American

slaves Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...

and craftsman. Today, his

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known as Bulloch Hall has been restored and is listed on the

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. Bulloch also developed a plantation in the uplands, where his workers cultivated and processed short-staple cotton, the chief commodity crop. This cotton had been made profitable by invention of the cotton gin, and was planted throughout the piedmont.

Personal life

The younger James Bulloch first married Hester Amarintha "Hettie" Elliott (1797–1831), a daughter of Senator John Elliott and Esther Dunwoody, on December 31, 1817. Together, they had two sons: *John Elliott Bulloch (1819–1821) * James Dunwoody Bulloch (1823–1901) After Hettie died, Major Bulloch married on May 8, 1832, Martha "Patsy" Stewart (1799–1864), the second wife and widow of Senator Elliott. James had previously courted Patsy in 1817 and proposed to her. She had declined the proposal and later married Senator Elliott. Patsy was the youngest daughter of General Daniel Stewart and Sarah Susannah (née Oswald) Stewart. Sarah's brother was Thomas Hepworth Oswald. Together, James and Patsy had four children, with the youngest two, Charles and Irvine, being born in

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after the family had moved from Savannah.): * Anna Louisa Bulloch (1833–1893), who married James King Gracie (1840–1903) * Martha "Mittie" Bulloch (1835–1884), who married Theodore "Thee" Roosevelt, Sr. (1831–1878). * Charles Irvine Bulloch (1838–1841), who died young. * Irvine Stephens Bulloch (1842–1898) James Stephens Bulloch died in 1849. According to the 1850 Slave Schedules, his widow Martha "Patsy" Stewart Elliott Bulloch still held 31 slaves to work their plantation.rootsweb.com
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Descendants

Through his daughter Martha, he was the maternal grandfather of

, the future president, and Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt. He was also a great-grandfather of socialite Alice Lee Roosevelt and First Lady

(wife of President

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulloch, James Stephens 1793 births 1849 deaths Bulloch family People from Roswell, Georgia People from Savannah, Georgia 19th-century American planters American slave owners