From p. 437 of "Yazoo, Its Legends and Legacies," (1974) by Harriet DeCall and JoAnn Prichard.
“James Hogan Bull was b. in Craven County, NC 23 Jun 1780, d. near Benton, MS 25 Aug 1840. He m. in 1797, NC, Miss Lovey Campbell. Both are buried in the Bull Family Cemetery on Hwy 16 between Benton and Big Black River.

“His father, Ambrose Bull, served in the American Revolution, in a company commanded by Capt Roach, which was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Johnson.

“James Hogan Bull with his brother, Robert, and mother, Elizabeth, moved to Pike County, GA, in the early 1800’s. While there he served as a 1st Lt. in Capt Reid’s Company of Infantry of GA militia under Col. Ezekiel Wimberly in the War of 1812. He later migrated to Lawrence County, MS, and
served as the first postmaster of Ole Brook, now Brookhaven, MS.

“In the early 1830’s he began to purchase lands in this area. A Certificate dated 21 Sep 1835 at Mt Salus, and signed by Andrew Jackson, then President, shows that James H. Bull of Lawrence County, MS, purchased lands in what is now Yazoo County.

“The known children of James H. Bull and Lovey Campbell were: Sarah 1800-1877 who m. Zedekiah Pepper; Susan 1803-1853 m. John M. Hendricks; Ambrose Carroll 1806-1889 m. Sarah Maxwell; James C. 1811-1892 m. Llydia King; Mary 1823-1854, m. Daniel Hendricks; and William Bull 1816-1843 m. Louisa Stevens. Ambrose Carroll Bull went to TX in the 1850’s and settled on Bull’s Creek in Mills County where he left many descendants.”