Tullis Trees, Volume 1, Number 2 · 2003-07-27 · Tullis Trees, Volume 1, Number 2 (2nd Quarter 2002) Page 29 From the Editor Well, I suppose anyone who doubted whether I would actually

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Tullis TreesVolume 1, Number 2 2nd Quarter 2002

This photo of James Wesley Tullis (1827-1893) was taken about 1890. He wasone of the pioneer settlers of Centralia in Washington Territory. See storystarting on page 30.

A Family History Newsletter

Tullis Trees, Volume 1, Number 2 (2nd Quarter 2002)Page 28

Contents29 From the Editor

An introduction to this, the second issue of Tullis Trees!

30 James Wesley Tullis, Washington State Pioneerby JoAnn N. BalmerJames Wesley Tullis was born December 19, 1827, in Carthage, Indiana. He and his brotherscrossed the plains with ox teams in 1852, and James became one of the pioneer settlers of whatis today Centralia, Washington. Includes photos of their Family Bible.

38 The Sad Story of Aaron M. Tullis (1822-1878)by Thomas S. TullisAaron M. Tullis was born about 1822 in South Carolina, went West with his brother during theCalifornia Gold Rush, and eventually settled in the Sacramento River valley. There he becamea prosperous fruit-tree grower, with one of the largest orchards in the area. Sadly, he wasmurdered on August 1, 1878, by men who wanted his valuable land.

44 Notes on the Origins of Tullisby Brian TullisIncludes notes on the Tullis (and similar) surname in early Scottish records dating back to the1600’s, especially in the Fife District.

46 Tullises in the Bureau of Land Management Land Patentsby Thomas S. TullisPresents a listing of 285 records, mostly from 1831 to 1916, documenting the transfer of PublicLands from the U.S. government to individuals named Tullis (or similar). These records do notinclude the original Thirteen Colonies.

51 Tullis ObituariesIncludes images of ten newspaper obituaries for Tullises, from 1879 to 1954.

54 Tullis QueriesIncludes four reader-submitted queries about Tullis ancestors.

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From the EditorWell, I suppose anyone who doubted whether I would actually keep up publishing this newslettershould be encouraged by the fact that there’s at least a second issue now! And it’s even bigger than thefirst one, thanks to several readers who submitted quite a bit of material.

One of the momentous decisions I had to make, in putting this second issue together, was whether tocontinue with the page numbering from the first issue in this volume or start over with this issue. Yes,I know everyone is anxiously awaiting my decision. After extensive research (I looked at three geneal-ogy newsletters I subscribe to!), I decided to go with “volume” numbering, which means that the pagenumbers in this issue continue from the previous one. In addition to being somewhat more common, Idecided that it will eventually make it easier to refer to pages in previous issues when I put together acumulative index of names, such as “1.40” meaning “Volume 1, page 40” or “2.53” meaning “Volume2, page 53.” So a volume will always refer to a full year (Volume 1 is 2002) and the pages will benumbered sequentially within it. Let’s hope I don’t live to regret this decision!

I would like to thank JoAnn Balmer, a Tullis researcher who wrote the first article of this issue, aboutJames W. Tullis of Centralia, Washington Territory. In addition to providing the text, she providedextensive photos, including the excellent photo of James that graces the cover of this issue and photosof the Family Bible. In fact, she also provided extensive information on James’ brother, Amos Fletcher,which I’m saving for a future issue! I hope that JoAnn’s article will inspire others to write similarprofiles of interesting Tullis ancestors.

The next article, about Aaron M. Tullis, is another one with a Western setting. I was researching theHistorical Newspaper Archives on Ancestry.com when I ran across references to the “Tullis Murder” inSacramento in 1878. Intrigued by this, I started doing some research to figure out who this “A. M.Tullis” was, where he came from, and why he was murdered. It made for an interesting, but sad,mystery.

I’d like to thank Brian Tullis of Australia for our next article, which includes some notes about theTullis (and similar) surname in early Scottish records, including the Old Parish Records dating back tothe 1600’s. As I said in the first issue of this newsletter, almost all of my own Tullis research has beenin the U.S., so I really welcome contributions such as this one that expand that horizon.

The next article presents a listing of Tullises in the Land Patents of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’sGeneral Land Office records. These records document the transfer of Federal land in the Public Landstates to individuals. Note that these records specifically do not include the original Thirteen Colonies.A total of 285 records for Tullises (and similar) are included, mostly from 1831 to 1916. This informa-tion is also available from the Tullis Trees Web site as an Excel spreadsheet.

Finally, this issue concludes with two features that I hope will become regular items in the newsletter:Tullis Obituaries and Tullis Queries. Many thanks to Sherri Tullis who provided all the obituaries, andto the four readers who submitted the queries.

Thomas S. Tullis, Editor


James Wesley Tullis,Washington State Pioneer

by JoAnn N. Balmer, P.O. Box 1057, Ocean Shores, WA 98569, [email protected]

James Wesley Tullis was born December 19, 1827, in Carthage, Indiana. He was a son of Isaac Tullis,who was born in 1796 in Virginia. Isaac was the son of Amos Langdon Tullis and his wife ElizabethFletcher. Amos was born 10 August 1772 near Hedgesville, Berkeley, WV, and died 11 May 1861 inVan Wert, Ohio. He was the son of Moses Tullis Sr. and his wife Mary Elizabeth Van Dyke.

Isaac Tullis married Ary Odle on April 26, 1822, in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio. They had four children: adaughter born in 1824 in Ross Ohio, John Tullis born in 1826 in Ross, Ohio, James born in 1827 inCarthage, Rush Co., Indiana, and Amos born in 1830 in Carthage, Rush Co., Indiana. Additional chil-dren were born to Isaac and Mary Ann McNutt (widow): Jonathan born 1830 in Rush Co., Indiana,Margaret born in 1832 in Rush Co., Indiana, and Sophia born in 1833 in Greene, Jay Co., Indiana.There is some question as to the father of the last three children. It is said of Amos, ”At the age of 5years his mother died; and five years later his father followed her to the great silent majority, leavinga family of four sons and two daughters, of whom Amos was the fourth child.” (History of PacificNorthwest—Oregon and Washington, V2).

James is thought to have moved to Kentucky early in life, although that has not been verified. OnMarch 18, 1852, James and his brothers John and Amos started with ox teams to cross the plains forPortland Oregon Territory. They did not tarry at that embryo metropolis, but started for Olympia, onPuget Sound (then Oregon Territory), which they reached on August 27, 1852.

James Tullis and his family were well known pioneers in Centralia, Washington (Centerville until1889). James was one of the substantial farmers in Lewis County. He was the second owner of theHolmes donation claim. His farm was close to the river and the railroad. He was considered a SouthernGentleman having directly emigrated from Kentucky (according to Centralia, the First Fifty Years byHerndon Smith). He employed Indians to work on his land and very much in Southern plantation style,their quarters were out of sight of the house. “Uncle Jim,” as his neighbors affectionately called him,didn’t do any heavy farming. Mrs. Hattie Rhodes explained, “He raised cattle on stretches of open andwooded land, but his chief duty was to weigh the stock in the fall and spring. While the Indians did thework, Uncle Jim did the bossing.” (All of these direct quotes are from Centralia, the First Fifty Yearsby Herndon Smith.)

George Washington, a black man and the founder of Centralia, owned the farm adjacent to JamesTullis. “Uncle Jim” proclaimed that his fences would never touch those of a Negro. Consequently, hebuilt his fence six feet to the north of the original line; but George Washington, not to be outdone,erected the cedar rails enclosing his land six feet to the south of his boundary. The twelve feet betweenthe two donation claims was known as “Tullis Lane.” Many years later, this strip of land was widenedand renamed Hanson Street.


James chose for his wife Mary Elizabeth Ward. They were married on November 14, 1856, in Boisefort,Lewis County, Washington. She was an average-sized woman with rather small brown eyes and brownhair. In the only picture that is known to exist she sits demurely with her hands folded in her lap with herhooped skirt bellowing about her. She was a sister of Mrs.Clem Crosby, and Henry Ward. The James Tullises hadfour children:

Mary Ann Tullis was born in Centerville, WA, on Au-gust 8, 1857. She attended primary school for a short timebefore her death. She died of tuberculosis. Mrs. AnnaWhealdon remembers Mary as a little girl who was lamebecause leeches had been applied to her leg when she hadscarlet fever. She died on June 9, 1864, at the age of eight.

Cyril Ward Tullis was born December 8, 1861. Muchlike a modern airplane pilot, he was the idol of every smallboy in town, for he became a railroad engineer. Sam Jamesof Grand Mound said that the first time he ever saw atrain, Cyril Tullis was at the throttle. During his schooldays, Cyril was a tease, as Mallie Roundtree Ward wellremembers. One morning while she, Cyril, and HarlanBorst were walking to school together, it seems that Harlan captured a squirrel and Cyril persuadedthem to have some fun with it. On arriving at school he deposited the small animal in the only closeddesk in school—the one belonging to Stacey Coonness, the stepson of George Washington. The threeculprits did not hear the word of prayer and a bit of scripture with which Mr. Hovey, the teacher, openedschool that morning. They were too intent on watching Stacey’s desk. As soon as the last word ofscripture was read, the boy opened his desk and gave a loud yell as the squirrel landed; they both leapedinto the air at the same time. Although the room was in a hilarious uproar, Mallie, now Mrs. Ward,remembers that she did not join in, feeling quite ashamed of her part in causing the disturbance. But thiswas evidently neither Cyril’s first or last attempt at mischief for Bob Ready averred, “Cyril Tullis gottwo out of every three lickings given in that school.” Nevertheless, when the young mischief-makergrew into manhood, Herman Young declares, “He was a very orderly gentleman and conducted him-self in a graceful manner.” Cyril died on March 9, 1890, after an extended illness. He was 29 yearsold. (See accompanying obituary.)

Annie Martha Tullis was born May 18, 1865, in Centerville. “Annie wasn’t blond or brunette, butbetwixt and between,” is the way Mrs. May Jackson of Tenino describes the next of the Tullis children.Annie was the second girl and had large eyes and a small round face. Annie married Peter BradfordChurch on September 13, 1882, at the Tullis home. Peter was a railroad engineer in his youth and a real-

1880 U.S. Census record for the James Tullis family (Washington Territory, Lewis Co., E.D. 19, page10, enumerated on June 11, 1880.)

The James Tullis family, about 1870: L-R:James, Annie, Mary Elizabeth, and Cyril.


estate broker in Tacoma, WA, after his retirement from the Northern Pacific Railroad. Not long afterher marriage and the birth of her daughter Carrie, she became so ill that she had to travel to her mother’shome for care. The train traveled from Tacoma to Centralia making an extra stop at Magnolia Street sothat she might be carried on her bed to her parent’s home that was then located in Centralia where theGesler-McNiven Building now stands. She died soon after on November 13, 1885, at the age of 20. Herhusband Peter and her nine-month-old baby girl Carrie accompanied Annie to the Tullis home. Jamesand Mary Tullis raised Carrie Elizabeth until her marriage to Paul R. Newman, an illustrated songvaudevillian who performed in Centralia, in 1902. He was in Centralia for a three-day gig and when he

Annie Tullis Church, about 1882.

A teacher writes:

To AnnieAs o’er life’s rugged pathwayYou plod to the end.Remember in kindnessYour teacher and friend: —Friend, if I may meritSuch memory from theeShall be held a true honor

O. HarmonCenterville, WAMarch 21, 1882

A friend writes:

To— Miss Annie.A little word in kindness spoken, amotion or a tear.Has often healed the heart that’sbroken.And make a friend sincere.

From your friendElla M. BrewerNovember 24, 1880

A friend with whom she enjoyed horsebackriding writes:

I write a line or two for theeDear Annie the jewel.This is from Billy the SillyPresident Hayes nephewWashington DCJuly 4, 1880

Inscriptionsfrom Annie’sAutographBook

Cyril Ward Tullis, son of James Tullis and Mary E. Tullis, died on Sunday morning, March 9, 1890, of consump-tion, after a lingering illness. He was 29 years old.

Mr. Tullis was a railway engineer, and was very popular personally and with the officials of the road as well as hiscomrades, having been for some time chief of the Tacoma division of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers. Assoon as news was received of his death, orders were given for the draping of the locomotives on this division, an orderthat was obeyed with loving alacrity by the engineers. The first passenger engine, which arrived in Centralia only twohours after his death, was appropriately draped in honor of the dead brother and comrade.

The funeral services, at 2 PM Monday, were attended by large number of friends of the Tullis family, and youngassociates of Cyril. A delegation of nine members of the Tacoma division of the brotherhood was present at the funeralas a memento of their affection; they brought with them a beautiful floral pillow, in which the name “Cyril” wasbeautifully worked in natural flowers. Among the relatives present from outside the city an uncle of Cyril’s Mr. AmosTullis of Tacoma and his son Harley Tullis, a cousin, Miss Kate Ward of Bucoda, Mr. Peter B. Church of Tacoma, abrother in law, and Mr. Ira Ward of Olympia an uncle. Rev. C.D. Spencer, of this city, conducted impressive services.The pallbearers were selected from the visiting delegates of the B.L.E.

Cyril Tullis was a young man whose high character and friendly disposition had won the esteem of his fellows, andmany were the expressions of regret, heartfelt and sincere, for his early death. And yet death comes as a mercy to himwho is in the unrelenting grasp of consumption. That a young man of his prospects and possibilities should be taken atscarcely 30 seems inexpressibly sad. Yet, when the lives of good men are ended, in youth or age, which can say thattheir life work is finished?

(Chehalis Bee)


Frank I. Tullis, about 1896

Frank Tullis died at his home on Prinelle Street atan early hour Sunday morning of typhoid fever.The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon, and theremains were interred in the cemetery in Centralia.Mr. Tullis was 29 years of age. He leaves a wid-owed mother and a wife and child to mourn hisdeath, besides numerous friends. Mr. Tullis wasborn in Lewis County and made his home inCentralia until a few years ago when he met withan accident in a shingle mill that almost causedhis death. He then went to Grays Harbor to reside,but for some time past he had been clerking forJ.A. Graham in this city. After the loss of a leg inan accident at Martin’s Mill Frank ran a small ci-gar store on Tower Avenue.Centralia Bee, August 1903.

left he had married the love of his life after knowing her for three days.

Frank Irvin Tullis, the youngest, was born July 17, 1873. He seems to have been a tease like his olderbrother. Ada Ready Smith said, “I went to school with him and that was proof enough for me. He andI were the only two scholars in the first grade. When we went to the teacher’s desk to recite, I stood atone end of the desk and Frank at the other.” Frank and Nellie G. Coyle applied for a license to marryon December 24, 1892. They were married by a Justice of the Peace, H. L. Mead, on the 25th day ofDecember 1892, at the house of Mr. O.R. Coyle in the Lewis Co, Washington. Frank and Nellie had twochildren, Orpha Tullis and Frank Tullis Jr. Both of Frank and Nellie’s children died in their teens ofrespiratory problems. Even as Frank grew older and started working in the Barnaby Shingle Mill, hewas still up to mischief. When Herman Young walked to work with him every morning, the two menpassed a choice pear orchard. The only hindrance to obtaining some of the fruit was a mean watchdog,but one dark night they silently climbed over the fence, picked a pail of large, luscious pears, and sooutwitted both the owner of the pears and the sleeping dog. Frank lost his right leg in a mill accident in1895. He died on August 6, 1903. (See accompanying obituary.)

Although the Tullis house of one-story “box” construction did not resemble a southern mansion, it wassituated near the river. The only house in that area, it was used as a landmark in early days. Built onhigher ground, it often offered a hospitable refuge for distressed families during high water. The firstschoolteacher stayed at the Tullis house and it also served as a post office when Jim Tullis was ap-pointed Postmaster, July 30, 1867.

Instead of a trim beard of a Southern colonel, “Uncle Jim” had a long flowing one that proved to be hisundoing at least once in his life. At a church meeting his children were publicly rebuked for misbehav-ing by a Mr. Cheryhome. Pride in his family and a quick temper caused Jim Tullis to immediately callon Mr. Cheryhome in an attempt to avenge his family honor, but Mr. Cheryhome quickly took theoffensive and grabbed a handful of the Tullis beard and held it in his grasp. In this undignified position,“Uncle Jim” could neither avenge his family honor nor even protect his person. To add to his distress,Mrs. Cheryhome repeatedly stuck her head out of the door yelling, “Shall I bring the shotgun,


Cheryhome? Shall I bring the shotgun?”

“Uncle Jim”, like all southern gentlemen, had fought in the war. In this case, it was not the War ofSecession, but the earlier Indian war of 1855-56. There he was ordered to serve as a lieutenant inCharles Eaton’s Puget Sound Rangers whose organization was authorized by Acting Governor MasonSnowden. The historical records indicate he went to Olympia on October 27, 1855, to raise recruits forthis company. He served from October 20, 1855, to January 21, 1856. On Mary Elizabeth’s applicationfor an Indian War Pension, she described him as being six foot two inches tall with dark brown eyes,black hair and dark complexion

James Tullis passed on April 2, 1889, at his home in Centralia with Mary (Lizzie) at his side. Thefollowing appeared in the Centralia Bee on Friday, March 31, 1893:

DIED: Jas Tullis of Centralia died Sun. The deceased was a native of Indiana and was born December19, 1827. He settled in Lewis Co. in 1852. He was a brother of Amos F. Tullis of Tacoma & John Tulliswho died 9 years ago. Mr. Tullis leaves a wife & one son.

The Tullises acquired the Holmes donation claim in 1865 for $1400, and in 1888 received $7,488 formost of this land from the Washington Land and Improvement Company. Having no permanent home,the family, after renting several years, bought back part of their farm in the form of three city lots onNorth Pearl Street which in the meantime, had become part of the fashionable residential district.Apparently this property cost a large sum of money for Frank said, “Father sold his whole farm to getenough to buy part of it back in three city lots.”

At the time of Mary Elizabeth’s death the only family was Carrie Church Newman to divide the trea-sured Tullis possessions. Mrs. Hattie Rhodes, until the time of her death, slept in a spool bed that wasmade for little Mary Tullis. Mrs. Ann Kaestner has four straight-back- chairs and a settee of walnut thatwas upholstered in red plush, used to stand stiffly against the wall in the Tullis parlor. Blue plush hasreplaced the red in the furniture owned by Mrs. Joe Cole—a chair, a settee, and a sofa, upon whichMary Elizabeth Tullis used to sit in her hooped skirts entertaining the socially elite of early Centerville.

Family Bible of the James Tullis family. (Continued on subsequent pages.)


Family Bible of the James Tullis family-- Births


Family Bible of the James Tullis family-- Marriages


Family Bible of the James Tullis family-- Deaths


The Sad Story ofAaron M. Tullis (1822 - 1878)

by Thomas S. Tullis (Editor)

Recently, I subscribed to the “Historical Newspaper Collection” of Ancestry.com, which provides access toscanned images of many old newspapers. Through the use of Optical Character Recognition, they have madethe collection searchable. Curious about what I would find, I did a search on “Tullis.” To my surprise, manyarticles from the Reno (Nevada) Evening Gazette in 1878 and 1879 came up. So I started looking at them.Again to my surprise, I found many references to the “Tullis Murder” in Sacramento, CA. The basic story wasthat “A. M. Tullis”, an orchardist with a substantial ranch on the Sacramento River, was murdered while work-ing in his orchard on the evening of August 1, 1878. The accounts of his murder, the trials of his accused, andtheir eventual sentencing, were rivetting. It appears to have been one of the most-followed events of the entirearea for several years. Intrigued by this, I decided to try to determine who this A. M. Tullis was and where hecame from. Now I think I know. This is a brief story of his life and eventual sad demise.

Aaron M. Tullis was born about 1822 in South Carolina, a son of Aaron Tullis and Judith CharlotteThurmond. Aaron Sr was a son of Moses Tullis and Letitia Newell, and Moses was a son of MosesTullis and Mary Elizabeth Van Dyke. Aaron M. was one of eight children of Aaron and Judith. In 1826,when Aaron M. was still a young boy, his father died. In 1830, Judith was appointed guardian of theirminor children, “Martha W., William B., Jane Eliza, Aaron W., Thos. E., and Elizabeth J. Tullis”(Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville [SC] Wills and Bonds: Tullis, Aaron Decd. Minors-- Box92, Pack 2292). They also had two older children, Pleasant Thurmond and Mary Ann. (See articleabout a descendant of Pleasant Thurmond Tullis in The Tullis Tracer, Vol. 1, No. 2.)

In 1837, Judith moved the family to Alabama. She died on March 28, 1849, in Chambers County,Alabama. Note that an important event in U.S. history had just taken place the previous year: InJanuary 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California. That started the Great CaliforniaGold Rush. Two of the now-orphaned Tullis sons, Aaron M. and his older brother William B., appar-ently couldn’t resist the lure of the West and the chance of getting rich by finding gold, so they headedfor California! In the 1850 census (below), we find William B. and Aaron M. listed as miners, born inSouth Carolina, on the Middle Fork of the American River in El Dorado County, California. (Sutter’sMill was on the South Fork of the American River.)

What happened to William is not known. I’ve been unable to locate him in later census records. But bythe 1860’s Aaron apparently had made enough money from his gold mining to settle in the nearbySacramento River delta, where he purchased a ranch on Grand Island. Grand Island is formed by theSacramento and San Joaquin rivers just south of Sacramento in a region known as the California Delta.

1850 U.S. Census, California, El Dorado Co, Middle Fork of American River, page 481.


Aaron established himself as a fruit-tree grower (orchardist). This region is still filled with orchardstoday, and hosts the annual Pear Festival at Courtland. The history of the region records that many ofthe early ranches in the area were established by former gold miners. Over some number of yearsAaron managed to buy more property until he had one of the largest and best orchards on Grand Island.He apparently was quite successful and prosperous. He was also unmarried. He appeared in the 1870census (above) with no family; the value of his real estate was listed as $10,000-- quite a sum for then!

Unfortunately, his prosperity and apparent lack of any obvious heirs brought him to the attention of alocal man named Troy Dye who was the Public Administrator for Sacramento County. As stated innewspaper reports, “Dye had found the office of Public Administrator unprofitable, and had remarkedoccasionally in jest that he would have to kill someone to make it pay.” (Reno Evening Gazette, Aug.16, 1878). Apparently this idea started to take serious hold in his mind, and he picked Aaron Tullis ashis intended victim. Dye and Tullis had been neighbors for 12 years. Dye’s somewhat unclear logicwas that since Tullis had no apparent heirs, then he, as Public Administrator for the county, might beable to somehow take over Tullis’s property. He then recruited some associates to help with his plan.The associates included Edward Anderson and probably A. F. Clark and Tom Lawton. Dye had em-ployed Anderson in his butcher shop for many years, and Dye and Clark ran a saloon together.

First they decided to try to poison Tullis. A “bottle of poisoned cocktails” was prepared in Dye andClark’s saloon and Anderson took it with him to Tullis’s ranch, ostensibly in search of work. Aftersharing some drinks with Tullis from a good bottle, he gave Tullis the poisoned bottle and left. Butapparently this didn’t work. So then they decided that a more direct approach was required. First, theybuilt a boat at Dye’s house in Sacramento. Then, early in the evening of August 1, 1878, Anderson andperhaps Clark and Lawton took the boat down the Sacramento River to Tullis’s ranch. After inquiringat the house and learning from a Chinese servant that Tullis was working in the orchard budding trees,they found him there, knocked him down with a sand-bag and shot him in the back several times. Heapparently died without a struggle. Neighbors across the river reported hearing three shots. The assasinsthen left by their boat and were met by Dye at a pre-arranged place and brought back to Sacramento.

By August 15, Dye and Anderson had been captured and charged with the murder. Soon after, Clarkwas also captured and charged. Tom Lawton was sought, but never captured; he was widely believedto have been the one who actually shot Tullis, although not the “mastermind.” Dye was clearly themastermind, but he apparently thought that he had been granted immunity by the District Attorney if heprovided information that would indict the others. He did provide some of that information, but hedidn’t get immunity-- a point which he argued with the authorities about up until his sentencing. Manyof the details of the trials can be read in the excerpts from the newspapers on the following pages. Dyewas convicted on January 11, 1879, and Anderson was convicted on January 14. Both were sentencedto hang. Clark was also tried for the murder but both Dye and Anderson refused to testify against him,and with only circumstantial evidence to indicate his part in the murder, he was acquitted. After anunsuccessful appeal, Dye and Anderson were hanged on May 30, 1879, in Sacramento. Public opinionseemed to be that justice had been served. According to newspaper reports, Aaron Tullis was survivedby a brother in Texas and a sister, Mrs. Jane E. Gant, who moved to the area and inherited the property.

1870 U.S. Census, California, Sacramento Co, Georgiana Township, page 122.


The Sacramento Bee,Aug. 2, 1878:

The Sacramento Bee,Aug. 3, 1878:

Reno Evening Gazette,Aug. 15, 1878:


Reno Evening Gazette,Aug. 17, 1878:

Daily Nevada State Journal,Sept. 20, 1878:

Reno Evening Gazette,Sept. 30, 1878:


Reno Evening Gazette,Jan. 11, 1879:





Reno Evening Gazette,May. 30, 1879:


Notes on the Origins of Tullisby Brian Tullis, P.O. Box 170, Kalamunda, WA 6926, Australia; [email protected]

In The Surnames of Scotland by George F. Black (© The New York Public Library 1946) the followingentry appears:

TULLIS

Spelled TULLAS in Wardlaw ms [The Wardlaw manuscript, by James Fraser,edited by William Mackay, Edinburgh, 1905]. Francis TULLOIS was retouredheir of Michael TULLOISS of Hillcairny, his brother, 1555, [Retours, Fife 27].Mr. James TULLUS, Minister of Burnt Island, is mentioned in 1598 [Dysartp26]. Janet TULLOUS was married in Edinburgh 1618 [Edinb. Marr.] Mr JohnTULLIS was Minister at Weyms, 1631 [PPK p14] and Alexander TULLIS,hammerman in St Andrews 1688 [PSAS liv p243]. Robert TULLIS introducedprinting into Cupar, Fife in 1803.

Note the considerable variation in the spelling of the name (probably the greatest bugbear to genealo-gists for almost any name). It appears that the name stabilised from mostly TULLOS to TULLIS in thebeginning of the 1800’s.

Black has separate entries for:

TULLIE: includes TULLY, TILLOW, TULLOWETULLOCH: includes TULLO, TULLOH

See the accompanying map for the location of Hillcairny which is about 4km North of Cupar. This wasscanned from the Ordinance Survey Map, Landranger series, map No. 59, St. Andrews and Kirkcaldyarea. These maps, which cover the whole of the British Isles, are scaled at 1:50,000 (1¼ inch to 1 mile)and are a valuable source of detail for research. Each blue (Map Reference) square is 1km x 1km. Allheights are in metres. A wide range of similar maps of other scales are available from the same source.Also available on the Internet are maps from the 1850s at 6 inch to 1 mile, these are free and with a littleexperimenting can be printed out to the correct scale. These are at http://www.old-maps.co.uk

Searching the St. Catherine’s House Index for Civil Births in England and Wales showed TULLOS stillin use but only one instance each in 1887, 1856 and 1980. No instances of TULLOS have been foundin Scotland between 1855 and 1910. Civil registration of Births Marriages and Deaths (BMD) startedin 1837 for England and Wales, 1855 in Scotland. For this article I have assumed TULLIS to be thecorrect spelling.

In the earlier Old Parish Records (OPRs) it would be reasonable to assume that the wide variations inspelling are no more than errors by the Session Clerk or “the nearest is good enough”. There are onlyone or two instances of TROWLESS, TULLACE or TULLICE. Who gets the name right nowadaysanyway? I usually have to spell the name and even then it is sometimes mis-spelt.


The level of education was in fact high in Scotland in the early days, certainly higher than England; thisprobably accounts for the high proportion of famous scientists, engineers and doctors who were bornand bred North of the Border.

Looking at George F. Black’s comment ‘Robert TULLIS introduced printing into Cupar, Fife in 1803’directs us to Fife where by far the greatest number of TULLIS and variants throughout Scotland appearon the International Genealogical Index (IGI). Examining the Old Parish Records (OPR) for all par-ishes in Fife (and ignoring any entries from the IGI not found in the OPRs, including ‘relatives submis-sion’) the following table shows results for the earliest births:

Parish (in Fife) Given name Surname Earliest TULLIS Earliest OPRBalmerino Isbel TULLUS 1642 1632Cupar David TULLACE 1790 1654Ferry-Port-on-Craig William TULLOUS 1657 1634Kettle Elspeth TULLIS 1697 1633Kilconquhar Robert TULLUS 1678 1637Newburn An(n) TULLACE 1685 1628St Andrews Margaret TULLUS 1668 1627

The total approximate numbersof TULLIS (including variants)in the Fife OPRs for the periodup to about 1875 is Births (in-cluding Christenings) 600, Mar-riages 330 and Deaths 190. Veryfew deaths and burials are re-corded in the OPRs in Scotland,and the details are often toovague to make much sense fromthem. Whereas Births and Chris-tenings, and Marriages or Mar-riage Proclamations were usuallyrecorded, Deaths often went un-recorded.

The earliest TULLIS found in theUSA is thought to be MosesTULLIS, 1730 - 1777; his fathermay have been Robert TULLIS.No instance of the forenameMoses has been found in Scot-land, nor Cloud/Claud, Aaron orAmos.

Map of Cupar area, Fife,Scotland


Surname Given Name(s) State County Issue Date Land Office Doc. # Accession #/Serial #TULLIS AARON W OH SHELBY 4/18/1837 CINCINNATI 4903 OH0330__.369TULLAS ALBERT MS LEAKE 10/1/1859 COLUMBUS 37654 MS1580__.027TULLIS ALEXANDER H AR POLK 4/20/1915 CAMDEN 5345 469180TULLOS ALICE A MS ATTALA 8/2/1913 JACKSON 2504 349118TULLUS ALLEN MS LEAKE 10/1/1859 COLUMBUS 38326 MS1590__.151TULLIS AMZY IN ADAMS 9/2/1835 FORT WAYNE 2256 IN1460__.224TULLIS AMZY IN ADAMS 10/8/1835 FORT WAYNE 3522 IN1490__.028TULLIS ANDREW J OK DEWEY 11/5/1908 GUTHRIE 10738 26772TULLOS ANN E MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 776 MS0630__.245TULLOS ANN E MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 777 MS0630__.246TULLOS ANNA LA LA SALLE 11/12/1900 NEW ORLEANS 8705 LA1460__.163TULLOS ARCHIBAL MS CHOCTAW 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 19212 MS1210__.111TULLAS ARCHIBALD MS HOLMES 2/10/1840 MT. SALUS 15390 MS0390__.005TULLOS ARCHIBALD MS YAZOO 2/10/1840 MT. SALUS 15544 MS0390__.159TULLOS ARCHIBALD MS CHOCTAW 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 17138 MS1170__.188TULLOS ARCHIBALD MS YAZOO 9/14/1835 MT. SALUS 7756 MS0230__.243TULLOS ARCHIBALD MS YAZOO 9/14/1835 MT. SALUS 7757 MS0230__.244TULLIS ARNOLD F CO ELBERT 4/18/1914 PUEBLO 1778 399075TULLOS AZARIAH M LA JACKSON 12/7/1859 MONROE 18576 LA1190__.293TULLOS AZARIAH M LA JACKSON 12/7/1859 MONROE 20303 LA1200__.357TULLIS BARSHABY MS J.DAVIS,SIMPSON 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 6383 MS0740__.165TULLOS BENJAMIN F MS MONTGOMERY 9/1/1848 COLUMBUS 32441 MS1480__.263TULLIS BURREL MS CHOCTAW 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 17984 MS1180__.469TULLIS BURTON A SD LYMAN 2/5/1906 MONTANA 1391 SDMTAA 055273TULLIS CHARLES A CA LOS ANGELES 8/1/1898 2964 CACAAA 074993TULLIS CHARLES W SD ROBERTS 7/12/1888 MONTANA 2598 SDMTAA 081767TULLIS CHARLES W UT 1/28/1913 SALT LAKE CITY 1933 312103TULLOS CISIAR MS SMITH 2/12/1902 JACKSON 16071 MS2670__.368TULLES CLEVELAND LA OUACHITA 7/15/1909 NEW ORLEANS 57 71927TULLOS COLEY W AR ASHLEY 2/14/1910 CAMDEN 1801 111254TULLOS COLUMBUS LA JACKSON 7/2/1860 MONROE 20886 LA1210__.314

Tullises in the Bureau of LandManagement Land Patents

An often-overlooked resource for the genealogist is the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM),General Land Office (GLO) records. A wealth of information is already online and more is beingadded at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. These records document the transfer of Federal land in thePublic Land states to individuals. Note that these records specifically do not include the originalThirteen Colonies. The states created out of the public domain, and included in this database, are thelands now embraced in the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida,Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mon-tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah,Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

As of April 10, 2002, the database contained 285 records documenting a land transfer to someone withthe surname Tullis or a similar spelling (e.g., Tullas, Tullos, Tulles, Tullus). Those names are listedbeginning below, in order by given name. For each record, in addition to the person’s name, is the stateand county of issue, the issue date, location of the Land Office issuing the patent, the document num-ber, and the accession number or serial number. In most cases, the record is also linked to an image ofthe original Land Patent, an example of which is shown at the end of this list. The earliest of theseTullis records is from 1823 and the most recent is from 1985. The vast majority (95%) are from 1831to 1916. This Excel file can be downloaded from the Tullis Trees web site.

by Thomas S. Tullis (Editor)


TULLOS COLUMBUS LA JACKSON 9/1/1860 MONROE 21980 LA1230__.129TULLOS COLUMBUS A LA JACKSON 11/28/1900 NEW ORLEANS 9019 LA1460__.392TULLOS DANIEL B LA JACKSON 8/21/1890 NEW ORLEANS 2818 LA0360__.482TULLOS DANIEL C LA JACKSON 4/13/1903 NEW ORLEANS 11054 LA1520__.340TULLOS DANIEL N LA JACKSON 7/1/1859 MONROE 18654 LA1180__.191TULLOS DANIEL N LA JACKSON 12/5/1861 MONROE 21264 LA1260__.167TULLOS DANIEL T LA WINN 9/16/1904 NEW ORLEANS 11428 LA1550__.504TULLIS DAVID IN RUSH 4/16/1835 INDIANAPOLIS 17917 IN0700__.276TULLIS DAVID IN RUSH 10/28/1835 INDIANAPOLIS 20558 IN0750__.386TULLIS DAVID MN OTTER TAIL 7/3/1890 ST. CLOUD 6728 MN2030__.154TULLIS DAVID S OK WASHITA 4/14/1910 EL RENO 1677 125355TULLIS DAVID W UT IRON 10/29/1913 SALT LAKE CITY 537 362926TULLOS DOCK F MS SCOTT 5/7/1897 JACKSON 11988 MS2550__.331TULLIS DORCAS MS SIMPSON 3/1/1859 JACKSON 32599 MS2180__.183TULLOS E G MS JASPER 9/1/1848 AUGUSTA 7578 MS0760__.460TULLOS E G MS JASPER 9/1/1848 AUGUSTA 7579 MS0760__.461TULLOS EDWARD G MS SMITH 7/2/1860 AUGUSTA 11439 MS0890__.198TULLOS EDWIN G MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 2002 MS0650__.451TULLIS EDWIN WILLIAM OR MALHEUR 2/14/1944 THE DALLES 1117890TULLOS ELIHU A LA JACKSON 11/13/1895 NEW ORLEANS 5647 LA0430__.127TULLIS ELIJAH LA UNION 7/2/1860 MONROE 20958 LA1210__.368TULLOS ELIJAH C LA JACKSON 5/15/1862 MONROE 17603 LA1260__.265TULLOS ELIJAH C LA JACKSON 7/2/1860 MONROE 20830 LA1210__.272TULLOS ELIJAH C LA JACKSON 9/1/1860 MONROE 21654 LA1220__.387TULLOS ELINDER C MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 5502 MS0720__.283TULLIS ELIZABETH OR GILLIAM 9/2/1890 THE DALLES 1156 ORTDAA 072619TULLOS ELZIE B LA WINN 4/18/1902 NEW ORLEANS 18463 LA1270__.299TULLES EMMETT E CO MONTEZUMA 2/2/1922 DURANGO 846821TULLOS EVA BROWN CA SAN BERNARDINO 7/1/1958 LOS ANGELES 1184008TULLIS FRANK CO ELBERT 12/11/1913 PUEBLO 3444 370876TULLIS FRED W MT CUSTER 6/24/1921 MILES CITY 811680TULLIS GARDNER H LA TENSAS 8/5/1837 OUACHITA 3246 LA0910__.096TULLIS GARNER H LA TENSAS 6/20/1837 OUACHITA 1321 LA0880__.066TULLIS GARNER H LA TENSAS 6/20/1837 OUACHITA 1322 LA0880__.067TULLIS GARNER H LA TENSAS 6/20/1837 OUACHITA 1326 LA0880__.071TULLIS GARNER H LA TENSAS 10/1/1845 OUACHITA 149 LA1000__.031TULLIS GARNER H LA TENSAS 10/1/1845 OUACHITA 150 LA1000__.032TULLOS GEORGE LA WASHINGTON 11/16/1894 NEW ORLEANS 5217 LA0410__.492TULLOS GEORGE MS SIMPSON 2/24/1898 JACKSON 12879 MS2570__.186TULLOS GEORGE L LA CALDWELL 3/6/1916 BATON ROUGE 5654 517161TULLOS GEORGE S MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 5501 MS0720__.282TULLOS GEORGE S MS SMITH 9/1/1846 AUGUSTA 7238 MS0760__.107TULLOS GEORGE W LA WASHINGTON 9/16/1904 NEW ORLEANS 11373 LA1550__.500TULLOS GEORGE W LA CADDO 1/30/1892 NATCHITOCHES 20005 LA0790__.386TULLOS GEORGE W MS CHOCTAW 10/1/1860 COLUMBUS 40998 MS1650__.090TULLIS HAMPTON MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 517 MS0050__.492TULLOS HAMPTON MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 628 MS0630__.099TULLIS HARVEY A IL MONTGOMERY 1/1/1840 EDWARDSVILLE 20637 IL2300__.239TULLIS HARVEY A IL BOND 5/25/1841 EDWARDSVILLE 21729 IL2320__.309TULLOS HENRY LA LA SALLE,WINN 11/3/1891 NEW ORLEANS 3348 LA0380__.079TULLOS HENRY C LA GRANT 6/28/1895 NEW ORLEANS 5448 LA0420__.311TULLIS HENRY M AL COFFEE 12/7/1894 MONTGOMERY 13368 AL4840__.155TULLOS HOWARD LA CLAIBORNE 8/20/1858 MONROE 15961 LA1150__.056TULLOS HOWARD MS LAWRENCE 11/30/1854 WASHINGTON 13228 MS0590__.124TULLOS HOWEL B MS LAWRENCE 2/1/1859 WASHINGTON 10681 MS0550__.009TULLIS ISAAC IN RUSH 9/9/1835 INDIANAPOLIS 17413 IN0690__.269TULLIS ISAAC IN JAY 11/10/1840 FORT WAYNE 22482 IN3610__.400TULLIS ISAAC IN RUSH 3/15/1827 INDIANAPOLIS 7460 IN0490__.319TULLIS J L WA JEFFERSON 5/1/1872 OLYMPIA 888 WAOAA 082806TULLIS J ROBERT ID 7/16/1985 IDAHO 7181985 IDIDAA 051125TULLOS JACKSON MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 1647 MS0650__.100TULLOS JACKSON MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 681 MS0630__.152TULLIS JACOB G LA RAPIDES 5/8/1901 NEW ORLEANS 18014 LA0310__.491TULLIS JAMES MS SIMPSON 12/15/1854 JACKSON 31141 MS2150__.473TULLIS JAMES MS SIMPSON 3/1/1859 JACKSON 32199 MS2170__.325TULLOS JAMES M MS SMITH 2/5/1912 JACKSON 3794 246117TULLIS JAMES R OK BEAVER 4/18/1910 WOODWARD 2965 125789TULLIS JANET COLLIGAN ID 9/9/1976 IDAHO 9091976 IDIDAA 051068TULLOS JASPER LA JACKSON 3/19/1895 NEW ORLEANS 5332 LA0420__.127TULLIS JEHU MS SIMPSON 12/30/1884 JACKSON 2570 MS2360__.429TULLIS JESSE C CO ELBERT 5/9/1910 PUEBLO 3146 128947TULLOS JESSE R LA WINN 5/21/1902 NEW ORLEANS 18533 LA1270__.318TULLIS JOHN AL ETOWAH 8/29/1902 HUNTSVILLE 12801 AL4990__.364TULLIS JOHN IL MONTGOMERY 1/1/1840 EDWARDSVILLE 16301 IL2220__.036TULLIS JOHN IL BOND 1/1/1840 EDWARDSVILLE 16829 IL2230__.044TULLIS JOHN IL BOND 1/1/1840 EDWARDSVILLE 16867 IL2230__.079TULLIS JOHN IL BOND 1/1/1840 EDWARDSVILLE 18351 IL2250__.499TULLIS JOHN IL BOND 1/1/1840 EDWARDSVILLE 19853 IL2280__.472


TULLIS JOHN IL MONTGOMERY 5/25/1841 EDWARDSVILLE 21705 IL2320__.287TULLIS JOHN IN ALLEN 8/20/1838 FORT WAYNE 18105 IN3520__.490TULLOS JOHN LA JACKSON 12/7/1859 MONROE 18578 LA1190__.295TULLOS JOHN LA JACKSON 12/7/1859 MONROE 19856 LA1200__.062TULLOS JOHN LA WASHINGTON 9/10/1890 NEW ORLEANS 3049 LA0370__.193TULLES JOHN MO FRANKLIN 4/10/1843 ST. LOUIS 12159 MO0760__.232TULLES JOHN MO FRANKLIN 4/10/1843 ST. LOUIS 12160 MO0760__.233TULLIS JOHN MS CLAIBORNE,HINDS 2/10/1840 MT. SALUS 13901 MS0380__.065TULLIS JOHN MS CLAIBORNE,HINDS 2/10/1840 MT. SALUS 13902 MS0380__.066TULLIS JOHN MS CLAIBORNE,HINDS 10/20/1835 MT. SALUS 13970 MS0350__.035TULLIS JOHN MS SIMPSON 10/1/1851 JACKSON 30382 MS2150__.032TULLIS JOHN WA LEWIS 11/1/1865 OLYMPIA 558 WAOAA 093088TULLIS JOHN WI GRANT 4/1/1848 MINERAL POINT 7286 WI1960__.120TULLOS JOHN B LA OUACHITA 11/9/1908 NEW ORLEANS 21586 27965TULLIS JOHN B OH MERCER 10/16/1835 WAPAKONETTA 2367 OH0640__.324TULLIS JOHN B OH MERCER 10/16/1835 WAPAKONETTA 2368 OH0640__.325TULLIS JOHN B OH RANDOLPH 11/7/1837 CINCINNATI 5625 OH1490__.093TULLIS JOHN H UT IRON 11/20/1911 SALT LAKE CITY 1486 234393TULLIS JOHN R AL BULLOCK 5/3/1848 CAHABA 36547 AL1850__.255TULLIS JOHN R AL BULLOCK 5/3/1848 CAHABA 36548 AL1850__.256TULLIS JOHN R AL BULLOCK 5/3/1848 CAHABA 36550 AL1850__.258TULLIS JOHN R AL BULLOCK 5/3/1848 CAHABA 36774 AL1850__.483TULLIS JOHN R AL BULLOCK 5/3/1848 CAHABA 36775 AL1850__.484TULLES JOHN R MO REYNOLDS 2/1/1848 JACKSON 8789 MO3540__.001TULLIS JOHN T LA CLAIBORNE 9/25/1896 NEW ORLEANS 16617 LA0310__.090TULLOS JOHN T LA WINN 4/10/1862 MONROE 22025 LA1230__.169TULLOS JOHN T LA LA SALLE 10/17/1896 NEW ORLEANS 6418 LA0440__.308TULLOS JOHN T MS SIMPSON 10/9/1895 JACKSON 9862 MS2510__.234TULLOS JOHN W LA LA SALLE 6/2/1900 NEW ORLEANS 8418 LA1450__.140TULLES JOHN W OR COOS 7/19/1909 ROSEBURG 2749 72595TULLIS JONATHAN IN RUSH 4/1/1823 BROOKVILLE 2946 IN0400__.374TULLIS JONATHAN IN RUSH 4/1/1823 BROOKVILLE 2947 IN0400__.375TULLIS JONATHAN IN TIPPECANOE 1/30/1828 CRAWFORDSVILLE 5850 IN0980__.361TULLIS JONATHAN D WA SNOHOMISH 11/1/1873 OLYMPIA 3466 WAOAA 065401TULLOS JONATHAN O LA JACKSON 12/7/1859 MONROE 18499 LA1190__.229TULLOS JONATHAN O LA JACKSON 12/7/1859 MONROE 18562 LA1190__.281TULLOS JONATHAN O LA JACKSON 4/27/1898 MONROE 20204 LA0090__.431TULLIS JOSEPH FL ALACH,BRADFRD 5/1/1855 NEWNANSVILLE 2137 FL0370__.429TULLOS JOSEPH A MS SMITH 7/2/1860 AUGUSTA 11053 MS0890__.144TULLOS JOSEPH L LA LA SALLE 10/9/1901 NEW ORLEANS 18201 LA1270__.127TULLOS JOSEPH N LA WASHINGTON 11/16/1894 NEW ORLEANS 5177 LA0410__.462TULLOS JOSEPH S MS SMITH 11/28/1900 JACKSON 44362 MS0770__.448TULLOS JOSIAH M MS JASPER 5/1/1861 AUGUSTA 15085 MS0900__.366TULLIS JULIAN P AL GENEVA 5/29/1891 MONTGOMERY 8989 AL4740__.179TULLES LEICESTER CO MONTEZUMA 12/22/1922 DURANGO 891438TULLIS LEONARD E WY BIG HORN 8/25/1902 1106 WYWYAA 018423TULLOS LEWIS MS SCOTT 8/12/1901 JACKSON 10011 MS2660__.128TULLIS MANDY E AL ETOWAH 8/29/1902 HUNTSVILLE 12801 AL4990__.364TULLIS MAOMI AL GENEVA 5/29/1891 MONTGOMERY 8989 AL4740__.179TULLOS MARGARET A MS SMITH 2/5/1912 JACKSON 3794 246117TULLES MARIE NV CLARK 5/24/1956 NEVADA 1159977TULLOS MARTHA LA CLAIBORNE 4/6/1898 MONROE 13943 LA0090__.349TULLOS MARTIN LA JACKSON 9/1/1860 MONROE 21862 LA1230__.041TULLOS MARTIN A LA JACKSON 7/2/1860 MONROE 21406 LA1220__.141TULLOS MARTIN A LA JACKSON 9/1/1860 MONROE 21534 LA1220__.294TULLIS MAY MT STILLWATER 4/12/1915 BILLINGS 6070 468025TULLIS MICHAEL IN HANCOCK 3/20/1837 INDIANAPOLIS 24136 IN0820__.466TULLOS MOLLIE J AR ASHLEY 12/20/1909 CAMDEN 1646 97744TULLIS MOSES IN RUSH 9/2/1834 INDIANAPOLIS 13451 IN0610__.175TULLIS MOSES IN CARROLL 3/20/1837 CRAWFORDSVILLE 24344 IN1360__.045TULLIS MOSES IN CARROLL 9/10/1838 CRAWFORDSVILLE 24909 IN3210__.019TULLIS MOSES W IN JAY 11/10/1840 FORT WAYNE 23156 IN3630__.069TULLOS MOUNTY F LA JACKSON 11/14/1890 NEW ORLEANS 3130 LA0370__.270TULLOS NANCY LA WASHINGTON 9/26/1891 NEW ORLEANS 1448 LA0370__.474TULLOS NANCY A MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 3604 MS0680__.492TULLOS NANCY E LA WASHINGTON 11/26/1904 NEW ORLEANS 11642 LA1560__.311TULLOS NEVEL E MS SMITH 8/8/1901 JACKSON 44739 MS1660__.355TULLOS NICK MS SMITH 1/19/1898 JACKSON 12649 MS2570__.100TULLOS OPHELIA MS SIMPSON 6/16/1906 JACKSON 16968 MS3330__.381TULLIS R EDWARD UT IRON 9/28/1911 SALT LAKE CITY 1227 226895TULLIS R H CO BOULDER 6/20/1904 38999 COCOAA 045956TULLOS RASEEN P LA JACKSON 12/22/1903 NEW ORLEANS 11161 LA1550__.075TULLIS RICHARD FL COLUMBIA 7/10/1844 ST. AUGUSTINE 620 FL0320__.374TULLIS RICHARD FL SUWANNEE 7/10/1844 ST. AUGUSTINE 70 FL0320__.035TULLIS RICHARD MS SIMPSON 3/1/1859 JACKSON 31197 MS2160__.025TULLIS RICHARD MS SIMPSON 3/1/1859 JACKSON 32507 MS2180__.104TULLOS RICHARD MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 3505 MS0680__.394TULLAS ROLAND MS HOLMES 9/25/1835 MT. SALUS 10384 MS0270__.201


TULLES ROLAND F NV CLARK 5/24/1956 NEVADA 1159977TULLIS RUFUS MS LAMAR 9/23/1893 JACKSON 42043 MS2310__.159TULLES RUSSELL P OR COOS 10/4/1909 ROSEBURG 4634 82752TULLIS SADIE O SD FALL RIVER 1/23/1915 RAPID CITY 23281 455371TULLIS SAMUEL IN VERMILLION 3/20/1837 VINCENNES 8573 IN0180__.012TULLOS SAMUEL MS SMITH 4/2/1897 JACKSON 11840 MS2550__.116TULLIS SARAH A LA BIENVILLE 11/19/1889 NATCHITOCHES 1301 LA0820__.208TULLOS SEABORN MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 4917 MS0710__.214TULLOS SEABORN MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 4918 MS0710__.215TULLOS SILAS MS LAWRENCE 11/10/1840 WASHINGTON 4891 MS0440__.419TULLOS SILAS MS LAWRENCE 11/10/1840 WASHINGTON 5517 MS0460__.027TULLOS SILAS A LA JACKSON 12/17/1902 NEW ORLEANS 10814 LA1510__.331TULLIS STEPHEN MS SMITH 5/10/1853 JACKSON 30561 MS2150__.148TULLIS STEPHEN MS SMITH 8/10/1859 JACKSON 32463A MS2190__.472TULLAS STEPHEN MS SMITH 11/10/1859 AUGUSTA 10166 MS0850__.436TULLAS STEPHEN MS SMITH 5/2/1859 AUGUSTA 10167 MS0810__.157TULLAS STEPHEN MS SIMPSON 2/10/1840 MT. SALUS 15695 MS0390__.309TULLOS STEPHEN MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 1301 MS0640__.259TULLOS STEPHEN MS NESHOBA 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 25715 MS1330__.134TULLOS STEPHEN MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 4919 MS0710__.216TULLOS STEPHEN MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 5246 MS0720__.035TULLOS STEPHEN MS SIMPSON,SMITH 9/1/1848 AUGUSTA 5771 MS0760__.212TULLOS STEPHEN MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 678 MS0630__.149TULLIS STEPHEN OH MERCER 10/7/1835 WAPAKONETTA 2841 OH0650__.287TULLIS SUSAN R UT GARFIELD 1/25/1922 SALT LAKE CITY 845247TULLOS TALTON LA JACKSON 8/21/1890 NEW ORLEANS 2823 LA0360__.487TULLOS TATE G CA VENTURA 6/6/1916 LOS ANGELES 11988 532133TULLOS TEMPLE MS NESHOBA 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 13633 MS1100__.481TULLOS TEMPLE MS NESHOBA 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 13635 MS1100__.483TULLOS TEMPLE MS NESHOBA 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 15211 MS1130__.435TULLOS TEMPLE MS HOLMES 2/10/1840 MT. SALUS 16619 MS1870__.220TULLOS TEMPLE MS NESHOBA 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 19539 MS1210__.427TULLOS TEMPLE MS NESHOBA 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 19540 MS1210__.428TULLOS TEMPLE MS NESHOBA 2/1/1843 COLUMBUS 25040 MS1440__.047TULLUS TEMPLE MS HOLMES 2/1/1832 MT. SALUS 5905 MS0200__.206TULLOS TEMPLE C MS LAWR,PIKE,WALTH 2/1/1859 WASHINGTON 11667 MS0550__.482TULLAS TERNAL MS NESHOBA 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 26776 MS1350__.107TULLOS THOMAS MS SMITH 5/2/1859 AUGUSTA 10716 MS0820__.080TULLOS THOMAS MS JEFFERSON DAVIS 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 2389 MS0660__.330TULLOS THOMAS MS JEFFERSON DAVIS 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 2395 MS0660__.336TULLUS THOMAS MS SMITH 5/2/1859 AUGUSTA 9398 MS0800__.102TULLIS THOMAS WY SHERIDAN 2/12/1891 788 WYWYAA 014174TULLIS THOMAS E UT EMERY 11/26/1913 SALT LAKE CITY 1156 367606TULLIS THOMAS H AL MARION 2/13/1913 MONTGOMERY 1345 315113TULLIS THOMAS J SD HAAKON 4/23/1908 MONTANA 5175 SDMTAA 009623TULLIS VANDER V MS LINCOLN 11/1/1897 JACKSON 12505 MS2560__.450TULLOS VANDY P LA GRANT 9/27/1913 BATON ROUGE 2983 357271TULLIS VINA OR GILLIAM 6/22/1899 THE DALLES 3239 ORTDAA 072813TULLIS VINCENT CA GLENN 12/5/1861 73881 CACAAA 033154TULLIS VINCENT MS SIMPSON 12/15/1854 JACKSON 31000 MS2150__.363TULLIS VINCENT MS SIMPSON,SMITH 3/1/1859 JACKSON 32705 MS2180__.277TULLIS VINCENT WA GRAYS HARBOR 3/25/1890 OLYMPIA 8697 WAOAA 101924TULLOS VINCIAN MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 3507 MS0680__.396TULLOS VINCIAN MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 3508 MS0680__.397TULLOS VINEY MS SIMPSON 2/24/1898 JACKSON 12879 MS2570__.186TULLOS VINSON M LA JACKSON 3/31/1906 NEW ORLEANS 20507 LA1600__.076TULLOS WILBER LA WASHINGTON 9/26/1902 NEW ORLEANS 10460 LA1510__.077TULLOS WILBER LA WASHINGTON 10/28/1904 NEW ORLEANS 19830 LA1530__.335TULLIS WILLIAM LA NATCHITOCHES 9/28/1893 NATCHITOCHES 20070 LA0790__.404TULLIS WILLIAM MS YALOBUSHA 12/10/1840 CHOCCHUMA 2366 MS1770__.183TULLIS WILLIAM MS YALOBUSHA 9/1/1848 CHOCCHUMA 3013 MS1800__.086TULLIS WILLIAM MS YALOBUSHA 9/1/1848 CHOCCHUMA 4836 MS1800__.262TULLAS WILLIAM MS HOLMES 9/30/1835 MT. SALUS 12710 MS0320__.365TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 1299 MS0640__.257TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 1300 MS0640__.258TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 1306 MS0640__.264TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 1307 MS0640__.265TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 1308 MS0640__.266TULLOS WILLIAM MS NESHOBA 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 13634 MS1100__.482TULLOS WILLIAM MS SIMPSON 5/10/1826 JACKSON 1686 MS0110__.237TULLOS WILLIAM MS NESHOBA 2/27/1841 COLUMBUS 19542 MS1210__.430TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 2/2/1837 AUGUSTA 199 MS0050__.187TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 2/2/1837 AUGUSTA 200 MS0050__.188TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 2003 MS0650__.452TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 2/2/1837 AUGUSTA 201 MS0050__.189TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 3603 MS0680__.491TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 3605 MS0680__.493TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 4920 MS0710__.217


TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 4987 MS0710__.282TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 5499 MS0720__.280TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 654 MS0630__.125TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 655 MS0630__.126TULLOS WILLIAM MS SCOTT 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 724 MS0630__.195TULLOS WILLIAM MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 778 MS0630__.247TULLIS WILLIAM OH MERCER 7/1/1831 PIQUA 570 OH0610__.061TULLIS WILLIAM SD TRIPP 6/20/1913 GREGORY 4947 342540TULLIS WILLIAM B AL TALLAPOOSA 7/1/1845 MONTGOMERY 8440 AL4340__.408TULLIS WILLIAM B AL TALLAPOOSA 7/1/1845 MONTGOMERY 8441 AL4340__.409TULLOS WILLIAM J LA LA SALLE 6/9/1910 NEW ORLEANS 2371 135635TULLOS WILLIAM J LA LA SALLE 10/11/1902 NEW ORLEANS 10463 LA1510__.090TULLOS WILLIAM T LA LA SALLE 11/12/1900 NEW ORLEANS 8705 LA1460__.163TULLOS WILLIS J MS SIMPSON 12/14/1896 JACKSON 11334 MS2540__.173TULLOS WILLOBY MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 3509 MS0680__.398TULLOS WILLOBY MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 679 MS0630__.150TULLOS WILLOBY MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 760 MS0630__.230TULLOS WILLOBY MS SMITH 1/5/1841 AUGUSTA 761 MS0630__.231TULLIS WILLOUGHBY MS SMITH 3/1/1859 JACKSON 32464 MS2180__.068TULLIS WILSON AL CRENSHAW 1/15/1891 MONTGOMERY 7147 AL4710__.446

This sample Land Patent docu-ments the transfer of 165 acres inCoffee Co, Alabama, to Henry M.Tullis on December 7, 1894.


Tullis ObituariesEditor’s Note: I’d like to start including copies of newspaper obituaries for Tullises as a regular fea-ture of this newsletter. My thanks to Sherri Tullis, who provided copies of the obituaries in this issue. Ifyou have copies of any older obituaries for Tullises, and you have a scanner, please scan at 300 dpi orhigher and email to me. I can handle most file formats, but JPEG or compressed TIFF probably workbest. If you don’t have a scanner, a good photocopy mailed to me would be fine. Be sure to include thefull name and location of the newspaper and date of publication. For copyright reasons, we shouldprobably limit this to obituaries from 1963 or earlier.

Anna Cumberland Tullis, October 14,1929: Daily Herald, Oskaloosa, IA.

Dr. Gerald F. Tullis, March 15, 1929:Ottumwa Courier, Ottumwa, IA.

George Maley Tullis, Feb. 11, 1931:Ottumwa Courier, Ottumwa, IA.

Moses Grooms Tullis, May 1, 1879:The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald,Oskaloosa, IA. William Henry Tullis, died Oct 13, 1915: Saturday Globe, Oskaloosa, IA


Amos Langdon Tullis, May 24, 1954:Ottumwa Courier, Ottumwa, IA.

Orah Tullis Huband, Sept. 19, 1939:Ottumwa Courier, Ottumwa, IA.


Manford Hayden Tullis, Feb. 29,1944: Ottumwa Courier, Ottumwa,IA.

continuation:wages to men building the Kansas City- Ottumwa line of the Milwaukee Rail-road. Surviving in addition to the wife,are two sons, Ray Tullis and ErnestTullis of Ottumwa; 4 grandchildren. Mr.Tullis was preceded in death by one son,John Howell Tullis, March 25, 1941...Johnson's Funeral Chapel.

Mary G. Tullis (wife of Manford HaydenTullis), Feb. 9, 1948: Ottumwa Courier,Ottumwa, IA.

Earnest Tullis, Aug. 7, 1946:Ottumwa Courier, Ottumwa, IA.


Tullis QueriesEditor’s Note: You can submit queries about Tullis ancestors for inclusion in this newsletter by mailingor emailing them to me, or by submitting them via the Queries form on the Tullis Trees web site.

Submitted by Irma Feeback, 101 Medorah Dr, West Monroe, LA 71291; [email protected]:Seeking information about ancestors or other descendants of James Elijah Tullis, born 2/12/1878. Hedied in 1933 in Junction City, LA, of pnemonia. His wife, Mellie Garner Tullis, was by his side. Theymarried 8/28/1918. She was his second wife and bore three children: Leamon, b. 4/10/1920 (only lived5 hrs); Aline Garner, b. 8/9/1921 (my mother); and James Elvin, b. 8/19/1923. Mom told me that herdad was a very tall man, well over 6'. He had several children from his first marriage to Gaudie Greer.There names are: Joe Frank, b. 10/17/1899; Ada & Vada (twins), b. 12/20/1904; Artie Mae, b. 8/2/1900; Brodie Wayne, b. 10/29/1911; and Warren Thomas, b. 7/4/1909. James Elijah was buried inBethel Cemetery near Junction City, LA. It appears that James was a son of Thomas Jefferson Tullis (b.1844) and his second wife Melvina Wallace (b. abt. 1857); Thomas Jefferson was a son of Elijah Tullis(b. 1810) and Mahaly Margaret McClendon (b. 1821); and Elijah was a son of Moses Tullis and PollyBlalock. [Editor’s Note: See the Family Bible of Moses and Polly in Tullis Trees, Vol. 1, No. 1.]

Submitted by Sharon Mang, 3562 S. US Hwy 421, Greensburg, IN 47240; [email protected]:I am looking for information about Margaret E. Tullis who was born abt. 1832 to Jesse H. Tullis andSarah Daniels. She married Robert C. Whiffing in Sept of 1850 in Decatur County, IN. They had 5children. Robert disappeared around 1860 and Margaret divorced him in April of 1862. She thenmarried John C. Bird in September of that year. The family then moved to Marion Co (Indianapolis)early in 1863. Margaret and John placed Margaret's son Joseph in an insane asylum and Margaret'sdaughter, Margaret A., married John Moore in 1868. I can't find Margaret Tullis Whiffing Bird on the1870 census or beyond. I can't find a death record in Marion County, IN, either. Any help would begreatly appreciated.

Submitted by Freda Tewell, P. O. Box 1066, Dolores, CO 81323; [email protected]:Looking for information for my elderly Aunt about her Father who was listed as Christopher Colum-bus Tullos in Cherokee Records. He was a descendent of Claudious Cloud Tullos, in possibly MO andTX. Christopher later changed his name to Harvey Oliver. Looking for any info at all on Christopher/Harvey and his parents, possible siblings or relatives. Thank you for your time and assistance.

Submitted by Crystal Dingler, 18813 57th Ave. NE, Kenmore, WA 98028; [email protected]:Seeking information on the Rhoda A. Tullis family. Rhoda was b. March 1876, IN, to Stephen andAmanda E. Tullis, and m. Charles T. Campbell in August 1896 in Delaware Co, IN. Stephen B. Tullism. Amanda Wilson in April, 1873, Wells Co, IN, and had moved to Delaware Co, IN, by 1880. Stephen’sparents were John B. Tullis, b. 1805 OH, and Cynthia Ann Adams, b. 1810 OH, m. in Darke Co, OH,on February 21, 1828. Cynthia’s possible parents were George & Elizabeth Adams. 1850 Censusfound John B. and Cynthia in Brown twp, Darke Co, OH, while 1870 census found them in Wells Co,IN, and 1880 found Cynthia living in Delaware Co, IN. Other children of John B. & Cynthia Tullisinclude George, Sarah, Thomas, Milton, Cinthia, Aaron, and Elizabeth. Other children of their sonStephen include Grant (1920 living in MO) and William (1900 living in Delaware Co, IN). 1900 findsRhoda, Stephen and Amanda “missing”. Any help appreciated on any members of this family.

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Tullis Trees, Volume 1, Number 2 · 2003-07-27 · Tullis Trees, Volume 1, Number 2 (2nd Quarter 2002) Page 29 From the Editor Well, I suppose anyone who doubted whether I would actually