[1] His grandfather, Benjamin Bullett (so spelled at the time), was from Languedoc in southern France, and emigrated across the Atlantic Ocean to escape the religious restriction of Huguenots after the Edict of Fontainebleau.

Alexander Scott (1686-1733) of then-vast Overwharton Parish (now Aquia Church) had received considerable land in Fauquier and Prince William Counties from Lord Fairfax.

[1] Bullitt developed his plantation, known as Mount View, on a peninsula where Quantico Creek enters the Potomac River.

[5] As the American Revolutionary War neared, Bullitt became active politically, as did his militia officer brother Thomas as well as his Scott in-laws, among others.

Bullitt joined Prince William County's Committee of Safety as did Lynaugh Helm and Henry Lee III.

Serving the new state government, Bullitt became the Commonwealth Attorney (prosecutor) in Prince William County.

[5] He also served several terms part-time as one of Prince William County's representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates.