Residents of Bullock’s Grove Settlement, Pottawattamie County

 
Residents
 
From the Pottawattamie High Council Minutes of 1846-1853, the following residents were added to the resident list (1).  They were residents of Bullock’s Grove but attended the Hyde Park Branch.
 
Benjamin Bullock III
Dorothy “Dolly” Kimball (wife)
Jane Kelton Bullock (married to John Riggs)
Benjamin Kimball Bullock
Isaac Bullock
Mary Ann “Polly” Bullock
Jared John Bullock
Dolly Melissa Bullock
 
Benjamin Kimball Bullock (Bishop of Hyde Park Branch)
Martha Elizabeth Hart (wife)
Benjamin Kimball Bullock, Jr.
 
John Riggs
Jane Kelton Bullock (wife)
Martha Elizabeth Hart (adopted) (married Benjamin Kimball Bullock)
Susan Jane Riggs
Mary Ruth Riggs
Dorothy Melissa Riggs
 
The 1850 U. S. Census of Pottawattamie County was enumerated by Luke Johnson.  At that time, Johnson was a resident of Hyde Park settlement.  The enumeration began on August 30, 1850.  It appears that Johnson began his work with Bullock’s Grove on the ridge above his residence.  Following are the names listed:
 
#1.  Isaac Houstan (age 51) (Isaac Houston)
Theodocia (age 45) (wife) (Theodocia Keyes)
Emiline (age 16) (Emeline Houstan) (married James Preston)
Mindwell (age 12)
 
James Preston (age 26) (James Whitmore Preston)
 
#2.  Thomas Giles (age 64)
Maria (age 58) (wife) (Maria Davis)
Ebenezer Giles (died 1815)
Mary Ann Giles (died 1817)
Thomas Davis Giles
John Davis Giles (died 1834)
David Alma Giles (died 1826)
Sarah Giles (married Lorin Farr)
Edward (age 16) (Edward R. Giles)
 
#3.  Joseph Binsley (age 50) (Joseph Thomas Bardsley)
Hannah Harrison (wife) (died 1844)
Mary Bardsley (died 1840)
Elizabeth Bardsley (age 19) (daughter) (married John Mackland)
Martha Bardsley (died 1840)
 
#4.  William Scotts (age 47) (William Stott)
Sarah Lees (wife) (died 1849)
Hannah Lees Stott (married James Fisher)
James Lees Stott (died 1834)
William (age 20) (William Henry Lees)
Thomas Fenton Stott (died 1835)
Edwin (age 14)
Emma (age 10) (married Isaac Bullock)
 
James Fisher (age 30)
Hannah (age 27) (wife) (Hannah Lees Stott)
Sarah (age 4)
 
William Taylor (age 20) (William Whitehead Taylor)
 
#5.  Jacob Lance (age 29)
Mary (age 21) (wife) (Mary Jane Marsh)
William James Lance (died 1847)
Hannah (age 2) (Hannah Melissa Lance)
Mary Anne (age 2) (not Jacob’s child)
Orson Hyde Lance (born 27 November 1850)
 
#6.  John Duckworth (age 40)
Mary (age 44) (wife)
 
#7.  Edw. Duckworth (age 24) (Edward Duckworth)
Margaret (age 22) (wife)
Robert (age 19) (half-brother)
James (age 13) (half-brother)
 
#8.  Benjamin Bullock (age 58)
Dolly (age 51) (wife) (Dorothy Kimball)
Kimbal (age 29) (Benjamin Kimball Bullock)
Isaac (age 25)
Jared (age 16) (Jared John Bullock)
 
#9.  John Riggs (age 36)
Jane (age 31) (wife) (Jane Kelton Bullock)
Susan (age 5)
Dolly (age 1)
Martha Hart (age 13) (adopted daughter of John Riggs)
 
Jane Rice (age 32)
Myron (age 11)

Marriages

From the Pottawattamie County Marriage Records, it lists:

“Youngs I. Kendall of Bullock’s Grove aged 30 years and Pamelia Holman of Ceg [Keg] Creek settlement aged 22 years both in said County, she being a resident thereof (2).”  The date was May 10, 1849. 

No one named Youngs I. Kendall has been found.  There is a Pamelia Holman that married Vinedge Garrigus in about 1847.  This couple traveled west with an unknown company but are found in the 1850 U. S. Census at Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory.

“B. K. Bullock and Miss Martha Hart, both of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, [no date], at Bullock’s Grove, by Isaac Bullock (3).”  From the Pottawattamie County Marriage Records, the date was January 26, 1851.

Benjamin Kimball Bullock became the Bishop of the Hyde Park Branch.  Martha was the daughter of Thomas Passmore and Mary Ruth Riggs Hart.  Her father died the year of her birth and her mother in 1846.  She was raised by John and Jane Kelton Bullock Riggs.

On March 7, 1851, The Frontier Guardian newspaper listed the marriage of “James W. Preston and Miss Emeline Houston, both of Pottawattamie County, Iowa at Bullock’s Grove, by Orson Hyde.”  From the Pottawattamie County Marriage Records, the date was March 2, 1851.

James Whitmore Preston was the son of Richard and Mary Nance Preston.  Emeline Houston was the daughter of Isaac and Theodocia Keyes Houston. 

Deaths

 “Gardner, Amos, son of Moses I. and Polly Gardner, [died] 23 May 1850, at Bullock’s Grove, of smallpox, 13 years, 2 months, and 19 days.” It was written in The Frontier Guardian newspaper on May 29, 1850. 

Amos was the son of Moses Isaac and Polly Ann Pierson. 

Travel Companies

The William Snow/Joseph Young Company departed Kanesville on June 21, 1850, with about 42 wagons.  Among those traveling with this Company was Ezra Bickford and his wife Abigail Hartford.

Ezra Bickford (age 44)
Abigail Hartford (age 48)
 
Ezra died near Grand Island, Nebraska on the way to the Salt Lake Valley.
 
Isaac Bullock was the Captain of a Company that departed in the Spring of 1852.  Among the 155 travelers were the following Bullock’s Grove residents:
 
Benjamin Bullock (age 60)
Dorothy Bullock (age 53)
Isaac Bullock (age 27)
John Jared Bullock (age 18)
 
Benjamin Kimball Bullock (age 31)
Martha Elizabeth Bullock (age 14)
Benjamin Kimball Bullock, Jr. (infant)
 
Mary Duckworth (age 46)
Robert Duckworth (age 21)
 
James Fisher (age 32)
Hannah Fisher (age 28)
Sarah Fisher (age 6)
 
Moses Isaac Gardner (age 57)
Polly Ann Gardner (age 57)
Charles Gardner (age 19)
John Gardner (age 17)
George Alma Gardner (age 12)
 
Maria Giles (age 61)
Edward Giles (age 19)
 
William Stott (age 49)
William H. Stott (age 22)
Edwin A. Stott (age 15)
Emma Stott (age 12)
 
William Whitehead Taylor (age 24)
 
Cholera must have hit the Company during the month of July.  The following people died:
 
Sarah Ann Andrews on July 11, 1852
Benjamin Bullock on July 27, 1852
George Alma Gardner on July 27, 1852
Polly Ann Gardner on July 29, 1852
Moses Isaac Gardner on July 31, 1852
Thomas Herbert on unspecified day in July, 1952
Margaret Wilson just listed as 1852 on the Trail
 
Bibliography

1. Pottawattamie High Council minutes, 1846-1852; 1850 December-1851 March; Church History Library, https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/dff41a9e-b768-40b7-bde1-98b2c19f8c90/0/0 (accessed: December 14, 2021)
2. “Pottawattamie County Marriage Records,” Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society, 2000.
3. Lyndon W. Cook, Death and Marriage Notices from the Frontier Guardian, 1849-1852(Orem, Utah: Center for Research of Mormon Origins, 1990), 31.
4. Ibid, 9.