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Following that 1733 Release of Indenture in coastal South Carolina, René Julien and Mary Bullock put into motion the definitive migration plan that permanently transferred their family line north to the Virginia frontier.[1, 2] 

Using the updated timeline anchored by your archival discovery, here are the exact steps they took: 

1. The Liquidating Frontier (1733–1736) 

The Final Sale: After signing the 1733 release of the Seewee Bay property, René (now a man in his late 60s) and Mary gathered the proceeds of their South Carolina land investments. [1] 

Consolidating the Family: They did not move alone. They organized a massive family caravan including five of their adult sons (including John, Peter, and your direct line, Isaac Julian Sr.). They began moving northward along the colonial coast, briefly stopping or maintaining legal ties in the Bohemian Manor / Cecil County, Maryland area. [1, 2] 

2. The Move to the Shenandoah Valley (1737) 

Assigning the Leases: In 1737, records show René officially assigning his remaining midAtlantic leases to a man named Henry McCoy. This assignment marks the absolute finalization of their northward trek. [1] 

Entering the Wilderness: The family turned southwest, cutting into the vast Shenandoah Valley. They traveled into what was then Orange County, Virginia (which would be sliced away to form Frederick County just a year later in 1738). [1, 2] 

3. Establishing the Winchester Homestead (1737–1744) 

Pioneering the Town: They arrived just as the settlement of Winchester, Virginia was being carved out of the wilderness. René, Mary, and their sons claimed frontier acreage, turning from maritime coastal farmers into deep-woods Appalachian homesteaders. 

The Final Paper Trail: René Julien is documented alive in Winchester until at least 1744, which is the final known record of his signature. [1, 2] 



4. The Final Resting Place

Both René Julien and Mary Bullock spent their final days on this Virginia homestead. When they passed away (René around 1744/1745 and Mary around 1750), they were laid to rest at the historic Old Opequon Cemetery in Kernstown, located just south of Winchester. It is on this very ground that their descendants carved the original "St Julien" family name back into stone, refusing to let their true Huguenot identity fade into the English colonial archives. [1, 2, 3, 4]


Two years after Mary's passing, their son Isaac Julian Sr. received an official Fairfax land grant here in 1752, keeping the family anchored in Winchester just long enough for your grandfather, René III, to be born and raised there before the next great push south into North Carolina. [1, 2]


Would you like to explore the land grants that René's sons (like Isaac Sr. or Peter) received in Winchester during the 1740s, or should we trace exactly what drove the family to pull up stakes again in the 1750s to head down to North Carolina?


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