William Pullen

William N. Pullen (born 1758 near Petersburg, Virginia, died April 4, 1845 in Jefferson County) was a Revolutionary War veteran, and the first man buried with military honors in Jefferson County.

Pullen enlisted January 1, 1777 to serve in the Virginia Continental Line and served for 7 years. After the war, he first settled in South Carolina, and moved to the area which is now Avondale in 1820.

Upon his death in 1845, he was buried in what was then a family cemetery. That cemetery was incorporated into what is now Forest Hill Cemetery when it was created in 1883.

His wife is buried alongside him. They had 6 children. His grandson, W. P. Hickman, was a Jefferson County Commissioner.

References

• Mell, Mrs. P. H., Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, pp. 558-560.
• Owen, Thomas McAdory (1911) Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama