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Joseph A. Sullivan

Born Jun 1818 in Mississippi Territory, United States of America

Ancestors

Son of Thomas Sullivan Jr. and Maude Elizabeth (Arnold) Sullivan

Brother of Hiram Stewart [half], Stephen Sullivan, Owen Sullivan, James Sullivan, Margaret (Sullivan) Harvey, Celia Cynthia (Sullivan) Owens, Thomas Sullivan, Loderick Sullivan, Dan Sullivan, Clarissa (Sullivan) Tew [half], Frederic Sullivan [half], Thomas Jefferson H Sullivan [half], Addie Caroline (Sullivan) Byrd, Henderson Sullivan [half], Eliza Jane (Sullivan) Ates [half], Mark A Sullivan [half], Wiley P Sullivan [half], Mary Ann (Sullivan) Spell [half], Samuel R Sullivan [half], Cornelius J. Sullivan [half], Loughton Sullivan [half] and Alexander Sullivan [half]

Husband of Harriet E (Wilson) Sullivan — married 2 Sep 1841 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States of America

Descendants

Father of Stephen Sullivan, Wiley A. Sullivan, Elizabeth (Sullivan) Wingate, Ephraim Thomas Sullivan, Orlando Jackson Sullivan, Celia Ann (Sullivan) West, Joseph J Sullivan, Mary Margaret Sullivan, Sarah Jane Sullivan and Jefferson Davis Sullivan

Died 5 Feb 1895 at age 76 in Smith County, Mississippi, United States of America

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Biography

Joseph was married to Harriett Wilson on 02 Sep 1841 at the home of his Uncle, Owen Sullivan, in Lauderdale County, Mississippi by James B. Rawling, JP. The marriage license had been issued on 28 Aug 1841.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

He is listed on the 1872 Smith County, Mississippi Land Tax List as follows:

Sullivan, Joseph - 80 acres described as the N 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 20, Township 10, Range 16 West.^[5]

Joseph also appears on the 1881 Personal Tax List for Smith County, Mississippi in the town of Zion Hill.^[6] And again in 1883's assessment.^[7]

He served as a private in Co G, 5th MS Infantry, CSA, joining on 12 Aug 1861 from Smith County, Mississippi.^[8]

Joseph is buried in New Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Smith county, Mississippi.^[9]^[10]

Sources

↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZR-GQS : 10 February 2018), Joseph Sullivent and Harriett Wilson, 02 Sep 1841; citing Lauderdale,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 899,112.
↑ Lauderdale County, Mississippi Marrige Book A p47.
↑ Dawson, James T. Lauderdale County, Mississippi Marriage Record Book A 11/24/1839-6/12/1845. 1987. Publisher-Lauderdale County Department of Archives and History, Inc. Meridian, MS. p23.
↑ Author: Strickland, Jean. Confederate Records-Covington, Wayne and Jones County. Page 88.
Record of his son, E.T. SULLIVAN names father as Joseph SULLIVAN, names mother as Harriet WILSON SULLIVAN b.SC.
↑ 1872 Land Tax List, Smith County, Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. page 78.
↑ 1881 Smith County, Mississippi Personal Property Assessment. Series 1202 Box 376, Mississippi Department of Archives and History. page 32.
↑ Smith County, Mississippi Personal Property and Poll Tax List p36.
↑ NARA military records - CSA
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34206644/joseph-a-sullivan: accessed 11 Nov 2022), memorial page for Joseph A Sullivan (Jun 1818–5 Feb 1895), Find A Grave: Memorial #34206644, citing New Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery, Smith County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Charles E. Carroll (contributor 46952409).
↑ Smith County, Mississippi Cemeteries. Smith County, Mississippi Genealogical Society. Published: 1999.

Franklin, Lisa R. A Genealogy of the Feuding, Fighting, Folks of Sullivan's Hollow, Mississippi. Birmingham, Alabama. 1999
1840 Smith county, MS Tax list: 1 white poll .37 1/2 cents tax.
MS State census-1845, Smith county, MS
US Federal Census- 21 Sep 1850, Smith county, MS
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GV-9N6 : accessed 20 May 2016), Joseph Sullivan, 1860.
MS State census- 1866, Smith county, MS
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFST-C9V : accessed 20 May 2016), Joseph Sullivan, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 6, family 37, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,248.
Author: Hammonds, Ann R. Title: Wild Bill Sullivan King of the Hollow. Published: University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 1980.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4P3-P7K : accessed 20 May 2016), Joseph Sullivan, Beat 3 Taylorsville, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 105, sheet 319C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0664; FHL microfilm 1,254,664.
Author: Sullivan, Chester. Title: Sullivan's Hollow. Published: University Press of Mississippi, 1978.
Mississippi Death Certificate of son, Jeff.
Mississippi death certificate of son Joseph J. Sullivan.
Mississippi Death Certificate of son, Ephrom Thomas Sullivan.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

Clarence Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-BY23560, FTDNA kit #255112
Henry Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #251301
Michael Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-BY23560, FTDNA kit #310868
Bo Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, FTDNA kit #877258
Ray Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #518985
Wynon Stewart : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #85506
Jeff Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #MK32960

Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:

Ronald Moore : AncestryDNA Maternal Lineage (discontinued) HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U5b2a1a1a
Beth (Power) Hinton : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup U5b2a1a1a, FTDNA kit #288130

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:

~6.25% ~6.25% Bertha (Byrd) Lewis : 23andMe, GEDmatch M150312 [compare] + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M150312 [compare], FTDNA kit #B20820
~6.25% James Gentry : 23andMe
~6.25% Betty Sullivan : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bettysnie
~6.25% Harvey Spell : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member apheresis_hp
~6.25% Clarence Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T868252 [compare], FTDNA kit #255112
~6.25% Jeff Byrd : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T085585 [compare], FTDNA kit #221974
~6.25% Jeff Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AG5219562 [compare], FTDNA kit #MD32960
~5.47% ~3.12% Myrtis Bishop : 23andMe, GEDmatch M082605 [compare] + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member myrtisjane
~4.69% Thomas Flynt : 23andMe, GEDmatch JL6769047 [compare]
~4.69% David Sullivan : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A449343 [compare], Ancestry member bigcuzdave1
~3.12% ~3.12% Ann (Lewis) Franklin : 23andMe, GEDmatch M132648 [compare]
~3.12% Edith Byrd : 23andMe
~3.12% Carolyn (Sullivan) Fillingham : 23andMe
~3.12% ~25.00% Eddie Alexander : 23andMe, GEDmatch MA5078163 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XV5173602 [compare], Ancestry member alex0959
~3.12% Lynn Sartin : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A646164 [compare]
~3.12% Patsy (Byrd) Green : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A984988 [compare]
~3.12% Jim Bishop : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A443860 [compare], Ancestry member DEAFJBBMS + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A443860 [compare], FTDNA kit #B176246
~3.12% ~12.50% Lyn (Meadows) Hazen : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member purpleorchid521
~3.12% Kissi Sullivan : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Kissi.sullivan
~3.12% Henry Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T884527 [compare], FTDNA kit #251301
~3.12% Brent Robinson : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T452317 [compare], FTDNA kit #221973
~3.12% Cheryl (Eubanks) Pardue : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F260881 [compare], FTDNA kit #260881
~3.12% Eddie Puckett : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T975863 [compare], FTDNA kit #726688
~3.12% Ray Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #518985
~3.12% Wynon Stewart : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T934069 [compare], FTDNA kit #85506
~2.34% Patricia Shows : 23andMe
~2.34% Carl Howell : 23andMe, GEDmatch M341494 [compare]
~2.34% Sarah (Thompson) Pendris : AncestryDNA
~2.34% Myra Sullivan : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A831809 [compare]
~2.34% David Brewer : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member davidbrewer36 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #b667077
~1.95% Tara Jordan : AncestryDNA
~1.56% ~1.56% Lisa Franklin : 23andMe, GEDmatch M150537 [compare] + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M150537 [compare]
~1.56% Lyn (Sullivan) Lucas : 23andMe, GEDmatch M247522 [compare]
~1.56% ~6.25% Sarah Catherine (Heinz) Bergquist : 23andMe
~1.56% Shannan (Stewart) Stewart Lee : 23andMe, GEDmatch TE7782345 [compare], yourDNAportal SHA4a5756c3 + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JK3324119 [compare], Ancestry member shannanstewart + Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch UL2620948 [compare]
~1.56% Phyllis Pittman : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A677462 [compare], Ancestry member pmpittman54
~1.56% ~6.25% Brian Flynt : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A386617 [compare], Ancestry member BFlynt74 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A386617 [compare], FTDNA kit #B32456
~1.56% Dreama Whatley : AncestryDNA
~1.56% Debra (Richardson) Keeton : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A310942 [compare]
~1.56% ~3.12% Denise (Fields) Morgan : AncestryDNA
~1.56% Kelly Enzor : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A268541 [compare], Ancestry member KEnzor3855
~1.56% Cynthia (Bishop) Fleming : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member johnbb49
~1.56% Angela (Pintor) Campbell : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KS6372547 [compare], yourDNAportal ANG638c567d, Ancestry member addictedtoreviews
~1.56% Vicky Lacy : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SE4076989 [compare], Ancestry member VickyLacy
~1.56% Chris Ringo : AncestryDNA
~1.56% Robert Smith : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T296350 [compare], FTDNA kit #422176
~1.56% ~12.50% Michael alan Rumble jr : Autosomal DNA Test
~0.78% Donna (Howell) Meeks : 23andMe
~0.78% James (Howell jr) Howell : 23andMe
~0.78% Carol Frizzell : 23andMe, GEDmatch M532928 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A893992 [compare], Ancestry member cdfrizz53
~0.78% Edward Painter : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FQ1686425 [compare], Ancestry member Eddie_Painter
~0.78% Kayla Farmer : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A710102 [compare]
~0.78% Tara Winstead : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A754134 [compare], Ancestry member tflmngo73
~0.78% Abby Myers : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SE700680 [compare], Ancestry member amyers1208
~0.78% Betty McKissack : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T244992 [compare]
~0.78% Michael Sullivan : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T435553 [compare], FTDNA kit #310868
~0.78% Jennifer (Johns) Dove : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #261161
~0.78% Mark Smith : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F434912 [compare], FTDNA kit #434912
~0.39% Sally McKissack : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A004447 [compare], Ancestry member ssmckissack