ott’s daughter, Hester Amarinthia, were eventually married. Hester Bulloch presented her husband with a son, James Dunwoody Bulloch, on June 25, 1823 and died four years later. James Bulloch and the widowed Martha Stewart Elliott were wed on May 8, 1832. Daughter Anna was born to James and Martha in 1833, and in 1835 on July 8th Martha (Mittie) was born. James and Martha Bulloch left Savannah in the spring of 1838 and arrived at the red clay banks of Chattahoochee River, where they begun there new life in Roswell.The Building of Bulloch Hall: Bulloch hall was built in 1840, using the heart of pine or Rosemary pine, an extremely hard durable wood. Fittings were ordered from Philadelphia. Major Bulloch planted thirtyseven varieties of ornamental shade and fruit trees, and sunk a 60-foot well to supply ample water for his family. The floor plan of Bulloch hall reflects the time period. A lofty center entrance hall and numerous large windows in every room. The wide stairway in the hallway is flanked on one side by a formal parlor, the dinning room. The doorknobs in the bedroom were cut crystal, and the front doorknob was silver. The driveway at the front of the house is heart shaped and was bordered by Cider trees.Mittie and Theodore Meet: Martha Bulloch sent Mittie and Anna to Barnhamville Academy in South Carolina in the fall of 1851, to further their education. During the spring of 1853, they went to visit their sister in Philadelphia, where Mittie met Theodore, and soon after Mittie and Anna's return to Georgia, Theodore arrived to ask Mrs. Bulloch for her daughter's hand. On December 22, 1853 the wedding took place. The whole family arrived for this wedding, and the home was decorated with holly berries, mistletoe, and pine boughs tied in bows of red satin ribbon. Garlands of Ivy and Virginia creeper were draped along the balustrades, over windows and doors. The wedding was one of grand weddings that Amer...
