Additions and Corrections to Fulton Manuscripts
Additions and Corrections to Fulton Papers

      James Fulton of Augusta County, Virginia
       (Numbers refer to the genealogical number of the persons in the original manuscript.)

      1. December 9, 2001 - Added map of the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road

      2.  Correction to #76, note added to #42.

      3.  January 12, 2002 - Corrected "roant mare from New England" not the 'black pacing mare'.

      4.  January 15, 2002 -  Added photocopy of 1874 marriage certificate of Nancy Fulton and Benjamin Franklin Jarrard.

      5.  January 17, 2002 - Corrections and additions to #7. Eleanor Fulton.
           Added obituary and military service record of William McCutcheon (1758-1843) Probably son not husband.

      6. Added will of Edward Hall - father-in-law of #38 Andrew Fulton

      7. February 10, 2002 - Added to Footnote #1 Steele/Fulton marriage.  Citation from Morton. Says Samuel Steele's 1st wife was dau. of James Campbell; Mildred Goeller has her the daughter of John Campbell.  'Also found in 13T127-8: Morton, on p.431,476, 532, Samuel Steel b. 1709, prob. in Wales; d. 30 January 1790, Augusta Co., son of  Richard and Mary (Scurlock) Steele; m. (1) by 1753 Sarah Campbell, dau. of James; m. (2) Margaret Fulton.'

      8.  February 11, 2002 - Added note from John Ward's will and deeds to James Fulton #3 ( wife Mary Ward, dau. of John Ward) John Ward's will and deeds provide two other points of interest:  1) John Ward, Sr. (Jr.) had a daughter named Molly (Mary?), married to a Fulton (James Fulton - Dec. 19, 1781, Mary Fulton & Jno Ward administrators of James Fulton [Annals III, pg. 390.]); and 2) as coheirs of John Ward, Sr., deceased, both David Stuart and Alexander Rodgers must have been married to Ward daughters.

      9. February 22, 2002 - added line that had been omitted in James Fulton's will.  To wit: "Item I bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth a black pacing mare brought from New England."

      10. May 7, 2003 - added note that Elizabeth Mitchell Fulton and her husband James Fulton raised her nephew Thomas Fulton after his mother died when he was only three weeks old.

      11. Added copy of letter received from the Archivist at the Library of Virginia that they had purchased.  Written by Hugh & William Fulton to their brothers in law Robert & William McKnight and their sister. Provides additional information on the family of James and Sarah Fulton Strong.

      "Augusta County, Virginia, September 18th 1835. (wording and spelling as written)

      Dear Brothers and Sister, I take this opportunity of sending you a few lines letting you know that we are all well at this time and that all our relations and acquaintances is generaly  all in their usual State of Health. James Strong and Sarah is as well as usual. Sarah has been something better than when I wrote to you.  Their family is scattering of from them. Peggy and William Strong is both married and doing for them selves. Peggy maried  William Reany a widdower that had five children before the ware maried. William Strong is maried  to Miss July Ann Risk and is living near the old people. John Fulton's family is all well. Sum of them was here a few days ago. I have nothing very strange at this time to write to you. Small crops mist very much this last harvest. Wheat is very light. Spring crop has done tolarabel  well oats and corn is as good as common. John Byers the Bearer has been in this county at this time, intending sending these few lines with him. I have not had any letters nor any perticular account from you for a long time. I wish you would write perticularly to me respecting you and your family it wold be a sattisfaction to me to hear from you all and to hear that you were well nothing more at present but remains your brothers and sisters until death.  Willliam & Robert Knight      == Fulton
      Hugh and William"

      12. May 22, 2003 - Added marriage date. for William Strong and Julia Ann Risk, 18 June 1835 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

      13. May 22, 2003 - Added marriage date for Margaret Strong and William Haines, 4 November 1834

      14. May 30, 2003 - Added two more children of George Richard Fulton, provided by Robert Fathauer.

      15. June 10, 2003 - Scanned article about the survivors when the Golden Gate sank. Lone survivor George Richard Fulton (#122)    Page 74Page 75; and Page 76

      16. November 1, 2003 - added notes from Ernie Thompson correcting the Morton reference to Sir Richard Steele.

      1. According to the Steele Family History by Mildred Goeller, Samuel Steele of County Armagh, Ireland, married a Miss Fulton, an aunt of the inventor. They had a son, Andrew, born 1743, died 1800, married ca. 1765 Mary Ramsey. Perusal of other Steele records show Samuel Steele (1709-1796), will dated August 16, 1789,  proved 16 February 1796,  with Sarah Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, as his first wife and Margaret Fulton as his second wife.  Also found in 13T127-8: Morton, on p.431, Samuel Steel b. 1709, prob. in Wales; d. 30 January 1790, Augusta Co., son of  Richard and Mary (Scurlock) Steele; m. (1) by 1753 Sarah Campbell, dau. of James; m. (2) Margaret Fulton. 

      An e-mail from Ernest Thompson is reprinted here with his permission which discredits the Morton reference.

      Ernest B Thompson wrote:

      "I am a descendent of Samuel Steele and Margaret Fulton.  I regret to tell
      all that there  is almost no possibility that the very famous Sir Richard
      Steele,  author and playwright, and his wife Mary Scurlock were  the
      parents of our Samuel Steele.  The  life of Sir  Richard is extensively documented
      in at least three biographies (e.g., Life of Richard Steele by Aitken) and
      there is no record indicating he had a son either by Mary or anyone else
       including his first wife Margaret Stretch.  Sir R. and Mary did have a
      child in 1709, but it was a daughter named Elizabeth.   The theory that the
      Steeles of Steele's Tavern in Augusta Co. were descendents of Sir Richard
      has been around for 40 -50 years and  seems to have a life of its own.
      Much as we might like to think we are descendents of Sir Richard  (I know I
      would) we will have to look elsewhere for the origins of the Steeles of
      Augusta Co."


      Editor's note: It is also more likely that Samuel Steele's wife Margaret Fulton was the aunt of James Fulton's grandson Robert, son of Hugh, who is the same age as the inventor Robert Fulton.

      17. January 14, 2003 - Added Wayne Co., Mo census images for #19, #76, #77.  
      Added 1930 image for #122 Amy Day/Walter Fathauer, Decator Co., Ill. Corrected link for photo of George Richard and Jennie Berry Fulton family.  Added children of George Richard and Jennie Berry Fulton under #122

      18. April 10, 2005 - Only minor editorial changes to origins in Ulster, Ireland. Does not affect any major research.

      19. January 31, 2007 - Removed a few dead links. Added link to Guilford Courthouse on James Fulton files. Updated jmfult05.htm to jmfult07.htm.  Updated Additions & Corrections page, and the Fulton Index