James Stephens Bulloch

Who was James Stephens Bulloch?

James Stephens Bulloch was an early Georgia settler and planter. He was a grandson of Georgia governor Archibald Stobo Bulloch and Senator William Bellinger Bulloch.

He was born in Savannah, Georgia to Captain James Bulloch II and Ann Irvine. He and an elder brother, John Irvine Bulloch, and two younger sisters, Jane Bulloch and Ann Bulloch. Major Bulloch first married Hester Amarintha "Hettie" Elliott, a daughter of Senator John Elliott and Esther Dunwoody, on December 31, 1817. They had two sons:

John Elliott Bulloch

James Dunwoody Bulloch

After Hettie died, Major Bulloch married on May 8, 1831 Martha P. "Patsy" Stewart, the second wife and widow of Senator Elliott. James had previously courted Patsy in 1817 and proposed to her, though she declined the proposal and later married Senator Elliott. Patsy was the youngest daughter of General Daniel Stewart and Sarah Susannah Oswald. Sarah's brother Thomas Hepworth Oswald was the patrilineal great-great-grandfather of Lee Harvey Oswald. James and Patsy had four children: