GULLEY: Every once in awhile a record pops up that is just out and out confusing! Such is the case of a DAR application for one George Gulley.
My ancestor Enoch Gulley had two brothers Richard and John who served in the Revolutionary War. There is no record of Enoch having served, however.
A DAR application was filed in 1916 and accepted for a descendant of a George Gulley. This George Gulley served as a private in the 3rd Virginia Regiment. He was born in England in 1750 and died in 1814 and married to Frances Franklin. The application was filed through the lineage of daughter Frances [1792-1878] who married David Pruitt. Also named as children were George, Betsy, and Sally.
Enoch Gulley was born in 1750, married Frances "Franky" Franklin, had a daughter Frances who married David Pruitt, and had children named George, Betsy, and Sally. He was, however, alive and well in 1814. Enoch Gulley died about 1829 in Indiana.
The DAR has since declared the 1916 application for the George Gulley line an "error in lineage."
Was George Gulley actually Enoch?
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