It’s Family Time~Martha A. Brock and William D. Gulledge

Martha A. Brock was born abt 1829 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. ^{1 2 3} She was the daughter of Benjamin Brock and his wife Temperance [LNU] . She was the known daughter in a family with 6 siblings, all brothers.
 
Martha A. Brock and William D. Gulledge were married about 1847. Martha was age 18 and William D. Gulledge was age 21.
 
Their first born, a son named William J., was born about 1848. Shortly after his birth William and Martha packed their belongings and headed off to Alabama. On the way, in Georgia, a son Benjamin Newton was born about 1850 and the remaining children were all born in Alabama.
 
William D. Gulledge and Martha A. Brock had the following children:
 
i. William J. Gulledge, born abt 1848, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Susan O. Hughes, 28 Jan 1866, Pike, Alabama; died 2 Nov 1884, Clio, Alabama.
ii. Benjamin Newton Gulledge was born in 1850 in GA; died 19 Apr 1916 in Louisville, Barbour, Alabama.
iii. Susan Gulledge was born about 1851.
iv. Eliza C. Gulledge was born about 1852 in Barbour County, Alabama.
v. Alabama Caroline Gulledge, born 5 Feb 1851, Barbour County, Alabama; married Elias J. Kelly, 15 Jan 1874; died 13 Jun 1912.
vi. John Thomas Gulledge, born 19 Nov 1855, Barbour County, Alabama; married Lucinda Aurella Strength, 20 Oct 1874, Barbour County, Alabama; died 11 Dec 1926, Barbour County, Alabama.
vii. Mary Jane Gulledge was born about 1856 in Barbour County, Alabama.
viii. Temperance Ellen Gulledge, born 28 Apr 1858, Barbour County, Alabama; married William S. Sutton, 20 Jul 1879, Barbour County, Alabama; died 5 Jun 1943, Clio, Barbour, Alabama.
ix. Doctor Franklin Gulledge was born Dec 1859 in Barbour County, Alabama.
x. Edward "Eddy" Gulledge was born about 1865 in Alabama.
xi. Cordelia Gulledge was born about 1870.

Access to Alabama records are very limited; so this family remains a works in progress trying to find documents that provides both birth and death dates and other related information.  
 
Martha A. Brock Gulledge is my 2nd Great Grand Aunt.












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Sources:
1. 1860 U. S. Census, Barbour County, Alabama, population schedule, Beat 15, Barbour, Alabama, Page: 556; Line 4, Dwelling 636, Family 624, Household of William GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 November 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M653 Roll 1.
2. 1870 U. S. Census, Barbour County, Alabama, population schedule, Township 9 Range 25, Barbour, Alabama, Page: 398B (penciled); Line 16, Dwelling 2256, Family 2391, Household of William GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 November 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M593 Roll 2.
3. 1880 U. S. Census, Barbour County, Alabama, population schedule, Atkinsons, Barbour, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 021, Page: 332C(stamped); Line 30, Dwelling NL, Family 140, Household of W. D. GULLEDGE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 November 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M593 Roll 3.