NORTH MOUNTAIN BRANCH
JOHN FULTON(1)
Rockingham County, Virginia
Updated August 31, 2002
NOTE: A + sign in front of a child indicates the child married and had a new family group of his own. This is information I acquired in trying to separate the many Fultons in Augusta County, Virginia. I am not descended from this line here so have no further information at this time. My thanks to Mrs.Katharine Bushman of Augusta County who did much research on my behalf. I have gone back to my original sources to verify the points challenged by other researchers. The sources are at the bottom of the page as they have always been without speculation on my part. Data all provided by Mrs. Katharine Bushman in 1992.
Generation One
Please note the numerals in blue after the name are footnotes with further information or sources quoted at the bottom of the page. This lineage includes the James Fulton who emigrated to Gallia County, Ohio. Also the Thomas that married Elizabeth and lived in or near Staunton.
1. John Fulton(2) , born: date and place unknown, died before 24 August 1778 (3) in Rockingham County, created March 1778 from Augusta County, Virginia. Spouse unknown. John Fulton served in Capt. John Christianson's regiment in 1742.(4) Will provisions were: "James Wilson, orphan of Andrew Wilson to be bound to Thomas Fulton to learn trade of cooper, two years old last Christmas."
4.. iii. Robert (?), schoolmaster in 1765.(6)
No further information.
Generation Two
2. John Fulton born possibly circa 1728-29 Pennsylvania? New England? or England, died before 20 March 1804, Rockingham County, Virginia intestate. Name of spouse unknown. (Rumored to have been Sarah.)
+ 5. i. James
+ 6. ii.John m. 23 June 1781 to Jennet Dunn, died before
26 November 1781, intestate. Child: John Fulton born after father died,
guardian, 1788, step-father James Doak. Jenet Fulton, widow, married
James Doak, 20 February 1786
+ 7. iii. Thomas m. Elizabeth ____; died testate, 1800, leaving
children: James (married Mary Hottel, 5 November 1812);
Martha, died 1802, leaving daughter Maria. Elizabeth Fulton,
m. 2nd to William Cockran, Sr. in 1801. (Marriage record for Elizabeth's
marriage to Thomas Fulton, not found.)
8. iv. Jane m. 1781 James Magill
9. v. Mary (or Margaret) m. 27 April 1781
Samuel Johnston(7)
10. vi. Hannah m. 12 May 1783 James Denison
11. vii. Elizabeth unmarried d. after 21 June 1805 and before
March 1806, testate. Names all brothers and sisters in will except for
John, already deceased. She mentions her brother James, and nephew, James,
son of Thomas
Note of Hottel Estate:
Rinker vs. Hottle--O. S. 366; N. S. 132--Will of Henry Hottle, of
Rockingham. Wife, Christena; sons, Frederick, George. Eight children, viz:
Dorothy, wife of George Rinker; Henry; Christian; Elizabeth, wife of
Christian Baer; Philip; Frederick; Polly, wife of James Fulton; Joseph.
To Henry Hottel half of section No. 17, in township No. 17, range No. 17,
in Fairfield County, Ohio, already conveyed to Henry. To Philip Hottel
the other half of above. Dated 16th December, 1815. Recorded in
Rockingham, January, 1817.
Observation of Mrs. Bushman: James Fulton (son of either John Fulton of Rockingham or William Fulton who died in Gallia County, Ohio. Only place he could possibly fit in.)
3. ii. William Fulton (5) born circa 1730, probably in Pennsylvania or New England. Died before 13 April 1821 Gallia Co., Ohio. Tombstone says he was 91 yrs old.
5. iii. James Fulton was born 15 April 1751 in Augusta County, Virginia and died 15 July 1839 in Gallia County, Ohio. He and his wife are buried in the Bing Cemetery.(8) Married Jane Matthews, daughter of William Matthews (9) and Mary Wright. Jane Matthews was born 29 January 1753 (10) , Augusta County, Virginia and died 1819 in Gallia County.
James Fulton went to Gallia County about 1806 from Augusta County, Virginia. Several deeds for James Fulton were found in Augusta County, Virginia all on the Great Calfpasture River, but farther south in the valley than that of James Fulton's (d. 1753) family(11) .
James Fulton served very briefly in the Revolutionary War. However, his application for pension was rejected. On James Fulton's application for pension on April 12, 1836 under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1831, he states he marched from Augusta County , Virginia, to Point Pleasant, (West) Virginia where he took part in the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774. For his part in this battle he was later awarded a farm in Ohio for each of his four sons for the payment of a small fee for the patent or deed in the Ohio Land Company office in Marietta, Ohio. This march totaled 700 miles (as crow flies) in wilderness and took nearly two months.
In June 1778 he was again drafted into service under Lieutenant John Wahab proceeded to Warm Springs..where joined Regiment commanded by Colonel Abram Smith, and then to Hale's Fort on Jackson River where he remained five weeks and then received his discharge and returned home to Augusta Co....Also 1779 served three months under command of Captain William Kincade and marched to Portsmouth, etc.
He further states that in the month of August, in the year 1781, he was drafted for three months and placed in a company commanded by Lieutenant Wahab, and attached to a regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Lewis. He was then by order of said Col. Lewis directed to press into the service a wagon and team and convey the baggage to South River which was about forty miles distant, and then, (being a blacksmith by trade) he was directed by said Lewis to do certain blacksmith work, and then to come and join his company near Little York. And after having pressed a wagon and team, and conveyed said baggage as ordered, which took him about two months, he hired a substitute by the name of John Grinter, who was accepted in his place for the balance of the time for which he had been drafted and he again returned home to Augusta Co., Virginia. Total 80 miles.
In summation, he was rejected for pension because he could not prove he had served the required six months; it was thought by some officer that it should not have taken him two months to do the blacksmith work on the wagon and go that far with the baggage. When he applied for the pension in 1836, the Battle of Point Pleasant was not considered a battle of the American Revolution. Also, when he testified in 1836, he was almost 85 years old and his memory was not accurate on dates and names.
+ 12. i. Mary Fulton born circa 1777, Augusta County, Virginia. Married: 3 August 1797, Augusta County, to Samuel Bing by Reverend John Montgomery, pastor of Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church, on the Great Calf Pasture River.
+ 13. ii. Margaret Fulton born circa 1779, Augusta County, Virginia Married 19 March 1799 (marriage bond only) to Ferdinand Kinkead; lived in the area of Bath and Highland counties.
+ 14. iii. William Fulton born circa 1777-1778. Married 27 September 1803 Augusta County to Jinney Lockridge. Died 1871 at age of 94.
+ 15. iv. Thomas Fulton born circa 1785 married Margaret Hix (1793-1894).
+ 16. v. John Fulton born circa 1791; married 1) Mary Martindale; 2) Nancy Shaver Adkins; died 6 April 1864; Buried Bing Cemetery.
+ 17. vi. James R. Fulton, Jr., born circa 1795; married Margaret
Gross (1802-1888)
7. Thomas Fulton married Elizabeth; died testate, 1800. James Magill (14) , executor; bond set at 2000
pounds. Widow married William Cockran, Sr. on 31 December 1801. In his
will, Thomas Fulton mentions his two children, James and Martha. Other
legatees in his will were Eloner Harris (sister?) and Elizabeth Fulton,
sister.
James Fulton's death record was located in Rockingham Co., Va. He died
April 4, 1855, of rheumatism at the age of 64 yrs 1 mo. His father's name
was Thomas and his mother's name was Elizabeth
Page 209.--14th November, 1768. Col. Abraham Smith and Sarrah to Thomas Fulton, £110, 200 acres patented to Gabriel Pickens, 12th May, 1759, on a branch of Bever Creek; corner Hennery Smith's land; corner Jacob Gallespy. Teste: John Grattan, Ralph Lofftus, Jese Harrison. Delivered: Ezekiel Loagan, per James Magill's order, executor of said estate, 10th July, 1806.
21. i. Jane Bing married 4 November 1819 to Robert Guy
22. ii. John Bing born in Augusta County, came to Gallia County with
his parents, ..........married Sarah Entsmeyer 11 January 1821. In Meigs
County 1863-64.
23. iii. Esther Bing married ______ Russell
24. iv. Margaret Bing married James Blake on 10 Oct. 1822
25. v. James Bing married 1 Feb. 1838 to Sarah Rife Deeds recorded
in Meigs ..........County.
26. vi. Samuel Bing married 7 November 1821 to Lydia Sawyer
27. vii. Mary Ann Bing married James C. Russell 18 Feb. 1838
14. William Fulton, who was born circa 1777-1778, was married 27
September 1803 in Augusta County to Jinney (Jane) Lockridge (21) . He died in 1871 at the age of
94.
15. Thomas Fulton was born circa 1783 and married Margaret Hix. They
had five sons and four daughters as follows:
41. i. John Allen Fulton16. John Fulton (WC15552) was born circa 1791; died 6 April 1864; married 1) Mary Martindale; 2) Nancy(22) Shaver (Adkins) Atkinson, a widow on 4 July 1837 in Gallia Co., Ohio. Nancy Shaver was born 12 August 1799, and died 6 April 1890. Buried in the Rife Cemetery, Addison Twp. Gallia Co., Ohio.
+ 42. ii. Harvey Fulton m. Mary Ann Viers
43. iii. George Fulton
44. iv. Thomas Fulton
45. v. Stephen Fulton
46. vi. Esther Fulton m. _____ Patton
47. vii. Jane Fulton m. _____ Thompson
48. viii.Sarah Fulton m. ______ Holmes
49. ix. Anne Fulton
John Fulton was a soldier in the War of 1812 and served in Calvin Shepard's Company, in the Ohio Militia. He died the 10 April 1864 and his wife died on the 6 April 1890 in Bulaville, Ohio. John Fulton buried in the Bing Cemetery.
50. i. Andrew James (or James Andrew) b. 1820
51. ii. John Alexander Fulton b. ca. 1822(23)
52. iii. Harrison Fulton b. 1824
53. iv. Eli Fulton b. 1828
54. v. Hamilton Fulton
55. vi. Mary (Louian ?) Fulton b. 1831
Children of his second wife Nancy Shaver Adkins:
56. i. David Fulton b. 1839
57. ii. Charles M. Fulton b. 1841
58. iii. Henry C. Fulton b. 1847
Generation Five
19, James Fulton, born circa 1791, married 5 November 1812 to Mary
Hottel, daughter of Henry Hottel (German). In 1850 census of Rockingham,
James, born in Va., was 59 years old, a farmer, with real estate valued
at $7320. Living with him was Thomas K. Fulton, born in Virginia, age 38.
28. James Kincaid married Jennie Guinn and had five children.
30. Sallie (Sarah) Fulton, who was born the 12 September 1806 in Augusta
County, Virginia, was married on the 27 March 1828 in Gallia County, Ohio
to Walter Watson, the son of Cornelius and Margaret Watson.
68. Wesley Watson, 1828-1873
69. Silvester Watson, 1831-1869
70. Margaret S. Watson 1832-1845
71. Eliza Watson, 1833-
72. Lucinda Watson, 1837-
73. William Watson, 1838-1860
74. Loella Watson, died 27 December 1864
75. May E. Watson, 1841-1913
76. Sarah Watson, 1843-1880
77. Richard Watson, 1845-1851
78. Charles Watson, 1842-
79. Alfred Watson, 1848-1882
80. Margaret Fulton born 1837
81. George Fulton, born 1839
82. Sarah J. Fulton, born 1844
83. Virginia Fulton, born 1846
84. Clarissa Fulton, born 1850
85. David W. Fulton, born 1853
86. Melinda Fulton, born 1856
87. Nancy Romaine Fulton, born 1859
88. Amanda Fulton, born 1861
JUNE 17, 1764.
(65) John McNeill qualified Colonel of Militia.
(65) Thomas Fulton, declared bankrupt.