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Page 26 - Abraham Fulkerson...44 ac...on both sides of a small branch of the waters of the north fork of Holston River...Beginning in a gap of the river knobs...on the south side of the Poor Valley knobs...October 23, 1782

Page 27 - Abraham Fulkerson...540 ac...Preemption Warrant...in the Poor Valley and on the waters of the north fork of Holstein River...Beginning in a gap of the Poor Valley knobs on the west side of the Big Lick Branch...up the branch through the gap in the above valley...along the foot of the knobs...cross the valley at the foot of Clynch Mountain...on the side of the Mountain above Tally's Lick...leaving the mountain and across the valley on the north side of the Poor Valley Knobs...October 22, 1782

Greeting whereas John Tarply and Agga his wife of the County of Brunswick by their certain Indenture of Bargain and Sale bearing date the twenty ninth Day of December 1786 have sold and conveyed unto William Hammonds the fee simple estate of one hundred and eighty six acres of land . . . being in the said County of Brunswick and whereas the said Agga cannot conveniently travel to our Court . . . to make her acknowledgment of the said conveyance therefore we do give unto you or any two or more of you power to receive the acknowledgment which the said Agga shall be willing to make before you . . . and we do therefore command you that you do personally go to the said Agga [in Caswell Co., NC] and receive her acknowldgement of the same and examine privily and apart from the said John Tarply . . . the fourteenth Day of October 1786.

  A number of documents from the succeeding decades appear with Abraham's name, most of them indicating he had good standing and an active role in his community:

From the Calendar of Virginia State Papers, 14 April 1794

  The memorial and petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants in the Western part of Washington County, and the eastern settlement of Lee, near Mockison Gap--

  Humbly sheweth, That altho, we have been considered as an interior settlement, yet from various unfortunate occurances it must appear that we are equally exposed with the most distant Frontier settlements.

  [This is followed with a list of massacres performed by the Cherokee Indians]

  From the above facts, your Excellency and the Council will be a judge of the justice of our claim, that such protection be afforded us as the State may be able to afford and our necessities require.

All we submit with deference, and your petitioners will ever pray.

A. BLEDSOE
GEORGE WILCOX
ABRAHAM FULKERSON
JOHN V. COOK,   with JAMES FULKERSON

VIRGINIA LAND RECORDS

• 4 Apr 1782. 44 acres in the Little Valley and on both sides of a Small Branch of the waters of the north fork of Holstein River.
• 4 Apr 1782. 540 acres in the Poor Valley on the waters of the North fork of Holstein River.
• 10 Dec 1782. 100 acres on both sides of Abraham's Creek
• 15 Aug 1783. 50 acres on a branch of Clinch River, beginning &c on the south side of Newmans Ridge.
• 15 Aug 1783. 177 acres on the north side of Clinch River beginning below the mouth of a branch being the fourth below the Old Waggon Ford.
• 15 Aug 1783. 100 acres on both sides of the North fork of Clinch River adjoining Rowlers land.
• 1 Sep 1785. 295 acres on the north side of the North fork of Holstein River and on the Poor Valley Knobs.
• 2 Jan 1794. 70 acres on the south side of the North fork of Holstein River adjoining Anthony Bledsoe.
• 4 Jan 1794. 99 acres in the Poor Valley on the waters of the North fork of Holstein River.
• 11 Oct 1796. 86 acres on the head of Little Stock Creek including a large Cove.
• 14 Jan 1800. 150 acres on both sides of Big Lick Branch in the Poor Valley, adjoining his own land.
• 14 Jan 1800. 116 acres on the south side of the North fork of Holstein River adjoining Anthony Bledsoe.
• 6 Mar 1811. 25 acres on the north side of the North fork of Holstein River.

An indenture was filed in Scott County, VA on 27 April 1822, noting Abraham's decease and naming his children, several of whom had already moved westward to Missouri. A copy and transcript can be found here. There is a monument to Abraham in Scott County, erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Abraham and Sarah's nine children were (shown in RED):

JAMES FULKERSON.....7 Jun 1768-16 Dec 1847, b. in Scott Co., VA, m. Elizabeth McMILLAN (16 May 1773-22 Feb 1832) on 28 Feb 1791, in Scott Co., VA. Her parents were William McMILLAN of Ireland and Mary LEEPER of North Carolina. [There were numerous land records listing William McMILLAN in Augusta Co., VA between 1759 and 1765, in Washington Co. in 1782, in Botetourt Co. in 1787, in Russell Co. in 1792, in Lee Co. in 1795, and four land patents in Washington Co. These appear to involve at least a William Sr. and a William Jr.] James and Elizabeth moved to Tennessee in 1807. On 4 Dec 1811 James signed a pledge on a bond in Campbell Co., TN, for "John Clybourn Senr. And John Longmire who being this Day duly Elected Inspectors of Tobacco." His name appeared on an 1813 petition signed by 249 residents of Powell Valley in Campbell Co. On 8 Jun 1815 he was appointed in the same county to be an election judge [Minutes of Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1813 - 1817]. An 1813 power of attorney given to his cousin Peter of Lee Co., VA stated that James lived in White County, Tennessee. Perhaps he moved back and forth?

  James moved his family to Cole Co., Missouri (originally part of Cooper County) in 1815-1816: "The earliest settlement made within Cole Co. was that by the Tennessee colony in 1815-1816 at the mouth of the Moniteau Creek. Among the members of the Tennessee colony were: John English and his 4 sons (Judge English died in 1844 = built the first house located just west of the mouth of Moniteau) - Henry McKenny and 3 sons (McKenny built on the site of Moniteau) - James Miller and 3 sons - James Fulkerson and 3 sons - David Young and 3 sons - John Mulkey and 2 sons - Dave Chambers and 3 sons - William Gooch and 4 sons - Martin Gooch and 2 sons - John Harmon and one son - Joshua Chambers and 2 sons (Joshua Chambers died in 1878, the last of those male members to die)." [Kansas City Genealogist, Vol XII, NO 4, April 1972. pp. 8-9]

  His cousin Isaac had moved there three years earlier with Daniel Boone, and several other Fulkerson clans were moving there about the same time. While crossing the Wabash River, several of their party were drowned. They went as far west as Lexington, MO, but returned to Cole County where other family members were settling. Information provided about a "Certified Track Book made by the United States Land Office, at Boonville, Missouri" included the following original entry: " The west half of the southeast quarter of Section 27, Township 45, Range 13, containing 80 acres, was entered January 17, 1825 by James Fulkerson. Certificate No. 1533." Succeeding entries tell us that James Fulkerson sold 30 acres to his son Frederick M. Fulkerson for $50.00 on 28 Jan 1833, and that Frederick M. Fulkerson and Sarah, his wife sold the 30 acres to their son-in-law William T. HINES...who would die on the Oregon Trail in 1847. Elizabeth died on 22 Feb 1832. Her gravestone still stands, on a private farm in Cole Co., MO. James, his brother Richard and Richard's son James Henry are all buried in a row in Goshen Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Boone Co., MO. James' obituary appeared in the Jefferson City [MO] Inquirer on 22 Jan 1848, Page 2, Column 6:

Obituary - Another Pioneer Departed

DIED - At the residence of his son Frederick Fulkerson, Boone County, Mo, James Fulkerson in the 80th year of his age. The deceased was of Virginia but for the last thirty years or so resided in Missouri. Of active and industrious faith met the hardships incident to early western life with undaunted perseverence, and did all that opportunities permitted for the introduction of civilization and religion of the wilderness he has chosen for his home. During the latter part of his life he suffered much and for the last two years was almost entirely deprived of sight and hearing, which severe privation he bore with christian resignation, and was gathered to his fathers rest the 16th, [Dec] 1847, in full congregation with the Church, of which he had long been a member and by a large circle of relatives and friends who, with their loss has been his infinate gain.

• William M. FULKERSON................17 Apr 1792-18??, b. in Lee Co., VA, moved with his family to TN by age 15. William was living in Jacksborough, Campbell Co., TN when he enlisted to fight in the War of 1812. He served under Andrew Jackson in the battle against Creek Indians at Horseshoe Bend, Alabama. After March of 1816 he went to Arkansas with a Frederick FULKERSON, probably a cousin. Here he married Mary ____ (possibly WALLACE) and in 1829 was living in St. Francis Co., AR. The Arkansas Gazette reported "Wm. M. Falkerson" had a letter remaining at the Helena (Arkansas Territory) Post Office on 1 Jul 1831. He and Mary settled on Crawley's Ridge, a mile from the town of Madison, and had 13 children. County land records show he gained title to 40 acres on 1 Nov 1835, 80 acres on 23 Aug 1836 and another 40 acres on 28 Jul 1838. William was commissioned as a county magistrate three times - in 1831, 1833 and 1835 - and was twice elected County Judge, serving from 1844 to 1848. In 1849 he moved to Pine Tree, AR, whose cemetery is on land he once owned. Mary may have died in 1859. William was still alive for the 1860 Census in St. Francis Co., living at L'Anguille twp on land valued at $5,585. The Census also indicated he was a member of a minority group: he could read and write. Living in his household were four young women who may have been daughters, although all of them were reported born in Tennessee: Elizabeth FULKERSON (age 24), Mary I. FULKERSON (age 13 - is this daughter Mary J. FULKERSON who might have been 15 or 16 then?), Elza A. (age 4) and Fannie (age 1). Their eight previously reported children were:
  • John J. FULKERSON....1827?-??, m. (1st) unknown and was widowed with 2 children [per 1850 census, St. Francis Co., AR, and reports of his will], and then m. (2nd) Nancy _____ and had 3 more children. He was listed as "John B. FULKSON" (age 24) on the 1860 Census in the same county, living at L'Anguille Township with a wife Rebecca (age 24, born in SC), son Andrew J. (age 3) and daughter Rebecca (age 2). Sons William and John were not reported. The wife reappears on the 1880 Census, transcribed as "Kancie T. FULKERSON" - age 52 and again born in SC. Both of these, Rebecca and Kancie, may have been Nancy. The ages and spouse reported in 1860 appear to be in error.
    • William FULKERSON.....1848?-??
    • John FULKERSON.....1849?-??
    • Andrew Jackson FULKERSON.....1857-??, m. Rebecca CASTEEL. On the 1880 Census he was listed 2 households away from his father's residence, with wife Rebecka, daughter Frances and son John. He also had two farm laborers in his household, J.M. ALDREDGE and John F. JORDAN, at L'Anguille, St. Francis Co., Arkansas. (Their other neighbors were a bunch of SLUTTS.) He was listed in an 1884 Arkansas biography: "Andrew J. Fulkerson was born in 1855, St. Francis County, Ark., claiming the advent of his birth. He is the son of John J. and Frances E. Fulkerson, natives of Arkansas and Indiana, respectively. Mr. Fulkerson died in 1880 and his wife in 1858. Andrew J. received but limited advantages for an education, and when only nineteen years of age commenced farming on his personal responsibility. He was married in 1877 to Becky J., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Casteel, and to their marriage five children have been given: Frances E., John H., James Arthur, William A. and Charles. Mr. Fulkerson owns 563 acres of excellent land, with over ninety under cultivation, and everything on his plantation gives evidence of thrift and prosperity. He is a Democrat in his political views, and in his religious faith a Baptist. He is a member of the Wheel and the K. of L. Mrs. Fulkerson belongs to the Methodist Church."
      • Frances FULKERSON....b. ca. 1879, age 1 on 1880 Census
      • Oscar FULKERSON....m. Helen ____. This is possibly the Oscar Fulkerson reported as a teacher at White School in Union Grove, Arkansas.
      • John H. FULKERSON....b. ca. 1880, age 3 months on 1880 Census
      • William Andrew FULKERSON....-1962, m. Lola GAILEY, had 3 children. He was a brakeman on the Missouri Pacific line for most of his life. For reasons unexplained, he and Lola were pursued by a posse five days after their marriage.
      • Lizzie FULKERSON....1878-??, m. Charles CHILDRESS
      • Minnie FULKERSON....
    • Rebecca FULKERSON....born about 1858, listed as age 2 on 1860 Census
    • Nancy E. FULKERSON.....1864-??, reported on 1880 Census as age 16
  • Almira FULKERSON....1828-1850
  • Frederick J FULKERSON....1831-??, m. Martha _____, had 2 known children [1860 census]:
    • Susannah A. FULKERSON
    • William B. FULKERSON
  • William Wallace FULKERSON....9 Feb 1833-??, known as "Wallace", m. Mary J. FULLWOOD, no children. Both are buried at Gibson Bayou Cemetery, about three miles north of Earle, Arkansas.
  • James S FULKERSON....24 Sep 1838-10 Feb 1901, m. Anna Eliza TANNER (b. 16 Jan 1842) of Bolivar Co., MS on 25 Jan 1859. James moved his family to Texas by 1869, where they lived in Graham (Young County), and then to Oklahoma by 1881. Anna died on 8 Jun 1893. A family Bible states she was buried in Texas, and another family source says it was Graham, Young County, Texas. James remained in Oklahoma after his wife's death, at least through 1896. He died in Crittenden Co., AR in 1901 and was buried next to brother Wallace. James and Anna had 11 children:
    • Mary Lucretia FULKERSON....7 Aug 1860-1862 in AR
    • Clauda Belle FULKERSON....9 Apr 1864-1864 in AR
    • Alice Gertrude FULKERSON....25 Aug 1866-??, m. J. Robert BRYANT
    • Anna Miranda FULKERSON....26 Apr 1869-1952, b. in Ft. Worth, TX, m. J.E. FITZGERALD with whom she operated a cotton gin in Parkin, Arkansas
    • James Thomas (Julius) FULKERSON....7 Jul 1872-4 Feb 1947, b. in Graham, TX, m. Manora BROWN on 28 Sep 1893 and settled in Dawson Co., TX where they had 6 children. His granddaughter Addie, speaking about her own 7 children, uttered the now-famous quote: "We found out what caused them but we haven't found a substitute."
    • Effie Jane FULKERSON....8 Apr 1875-13 Apr 1950, b. in Graham, TX, m. Samuel SIMPSON on 12 Dec 1895 in Davis, OK, died in Parkin, AR, had 5 children
    • Samuel Augusta FULKERSON....24 Oct 1878-26 Mar 1946, b. in Graham, TX, m. Florence _____, lived near Portland, OR and had 4 children
    • William Price FULKERSON....10 Sep 1881-1951, b. in OK, m. 4x, had a daughter by the last
    • Everett Mabry FULKERSON....4 Mar 1884-1950, b. in OK, m. Bessie ____, lived at ranching in TX, had 1 daughter, m. twice more, probably d. in Hobbs, NM
    • Robert Henry FULKERSON (twin)....4 Mar 1884-1896 in OK
    • David Ajax FULKERSON....17 Apr 1887-16 Mar 1930, b. in OK, m. Mabel ____, had 3 children, lived in Brownwood, TX and d. at Vicksburg, MS
  • Ajax FULKERSON....2 Aug 1840-??
  • Virginia FULKERSON....1842-??
  • Mary J FULKERSON....Apr 1844-ca. 1888, b. in St. Frances Co., AR. She m. George W. McDUFFIE about 1869 and had 7 children:
    • Mary Eliza (Mollie) McDUFFIE....Jan 1870-??
    • Ella Melvina McDUFFIE....6 Jun 1873-??, b. at Whitt, Parker Co., TX
    • Nancy Elizabeth McDUFFIE (twin)....6 Jun 1873-??, b. at Whitt, Parker Co., TX
    • Martha J. (Mattie) McDUFFIE....Apr 1876-??, b. at Whitt, Parker Co., TX
    • William McDUFFIE....1878-??, b. at Whitt, Parker Co., TX
    • Unknown McDUFFIE....died as infant?
    • Benjamin F. McDUFFIE....Jul 1881-after 1936
• John FULKERSON......ca. 1794-1815, b. in Scott Co., VA, d. in Campbell Co., TN, He married a Jane (JONES?) who was born ca. 1795 in VA. They had only two known children by the time of John's death. She married (2nd) David MURRAY (b. 1791 in TN), who became the guardian of the children, Sarah and John [mentioned in the will of Abraham FULKERSON, no will found for John FULKERSON].
  • Sarah Jane FULKERSON.....b. ca. 1815
  • John FULKERSON.....b. ca. 1814 in TN., nothing further known.

    This site previously carried a report from a descendant of John Fulkerson MYERS that John FULKERSON had a daughter Sarah Jane (b. 1834) who m. 1st a BRATCHER and 2nd to William H. MYERS, with whom she christened one child as John Fulkerson MYERS. However, further examination of the 1850 Census for Campbell Co., TN, shows that Sarah Jane BRATCHER actually had a father named F.N. BRATCHER. She never was a FULKERSON. There was obviously SOME connection between Sarah or William and the Fulkerson clan of Tennessee, but it hasn't yet been deduced.

• Sarah Lowe FULKERSON.............23 Oct 1794 in Lee Co., VA
• Mary FULKERSON.......................17 Dec 1796
• Abraham G FULKERSON..............6 Sep 1798 in Lee Co., VA, d. Aug 1833
  
  
• Nancy Leeper FULKERSON..........4 Feb 1801 in Lee Co., VA, d. in 1863 in OR; m. Richard N. MILLER on 3 May 1821 in Cole Co., MO. Richard, b. 3 Apr 1798 in Greenbrier Co., VA, was a farmer and influential citizen, and served several terms as the Cole Co. sheriff.   They went west on the Oregon Trail in 1847, with Richard as captain of the rolling, 300-member "Plains Baptist Church" wagon train that included Nancy's brother James and sister Elizabeth and their families. Their personal entourage included three wagons, 15 yoke of oxen, 75 head of cattle and six children. Arriving in the Willamette Valley on 1 Oct 1847, he filed on a section of land 4 miles west of McMinnville in Yamhill Co., OR. From that point, Nancy and her family turned into a band of gypsys. In 1848 two of her sons went overland to California after hearing about the discovery of gold there. In 1849 Nancy's health declined, so Richard took her and the remainder of the family south to California on a ship. Richard farmed there, near Martinez, but in 1850 his family had sailed north again and were listed on the Yamhill Co. census. Her sons, in the meantime, abandoned the gold camps when illness broke out there and went to Contra Costa Co. to saw lumber and help build a hotel in Martinez before returning to Oregon. Because Richard had left Oregon after filing his initial claim, and voted in California, his entitlement was reduced from 640 acres to 320. He continued to farm in Yamhill until 1865, engaged in stock business in eastern Oregon, and became ordained as a Baptist minister. Nancy died in 1863. Two years later, Richard gave up the farm and went to live with their children at Turner in Marion Co., OR, where he died at the age of 82. The six of their seven children who came west with them on the Oregon Trail were:
  
  • Alexis MILLER....b. 1824/6 in Cole Co., MO, d. Nov 1902, m. Sarah Jane HUTCHINSON, a pioneer of 1850, had 11 children
  • Andrew Monroe MILLER....known as Monroe MILLER, b. 9 Nov 1827 in Cole Co., MO, m. (1st) Margaret Angeline CROWLEY (b. ca. 1832 in Holt Co., MO, d. 1852 in Polk Co., OR) on 15 Jun 1851. Margaret was the daughter of widow Catherine CROWLEY who m. James Monroe FULKERSON below; she lost her father, sister and two brothers during the Oregon Trail crossing in 1846, and another brother in 1847. Monroe then m. (2nd) Lucinda V. (FULKERSON) LOGAN (b. ca. 1826 in VA, d. 5 Jan 1887 at Dallas, Polk Co., OR) of VA and Cooper Co., MO. Her FULKERSON ancestry is unknown at this point. She was a pioneer of 1853 whose husband died after their arrival, leaving two children. She and Monroe lived on his claim (#2715) near Dixie in Polk Co., raising grain and stock, and had 3 more children. Monroe made pack trips to the silver mines at Florence, Idaho in 1861-62, and was living at Dallas, OR, in 1884.
  • William T. MILLER.....b. 1829 in Cole Co., MO, settled in Marion Co., OR on 15 Mar 1851 (claim #770), m. on 7 Sep that year to Elizabeth ____. In 1903 was still farming at Turner, Marion Co., OR
  • Elizabeth Jane MILLER....b. 1 Jan 1831 in MO, d. ca. 1903 in OR, m. Thomas H. HUNSAKER (b. 1824 in Alexander Co., IL, d. 1897, Marion Co., OR). He was also an 1847 emigrant to Oregon. They had 800 acres in Marion Co. and lived there all their lives, raising 8 children.
  • John W. MILLER....b. ca. 1835 in MO, d. 1900 in CA
  • R. Jackson MILLER....b. ca. 1836 in MO, d. in eastern Oregon
  • Unknown MILLER....died before 1847 in MO
  
  
  

  James Monroe FULKERSON CLICK HERE for larger image

• James Monroe FULKERSON.........28 Aug 1803 in Lee Co., VA, m. Mary Ramsey MILLER (dau. of James MILLER and Elizabeth KINCAID, and sister of Reverend Richard N. MILLER).  James was a judge and a member of the state Constitutional Convention in Missouri before he undertook to move west on the Oregon Trail on 12 Apr 1847. The family was struck hard during this journey, with the deaths of his wife Mary, his son Frederick, his son-in-law Hiram DORRIS and his brother-in-law William T. HINES. Mary probably died from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

  HISTORICAL NOTE:
  One of our cousins sent along the following information:
    "I have been reading a book Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association, April 2, 1849- July 20, 1851, California Centennial Edition 1949, edited by Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines.

    In this book Mr Bruff made drawings of graves and travelers information found on his trek to the California Gold Rush. On page 536 is a drawing that was found carved in stone of the grave of Frederic Richard Fulkerson, son of James M. and Mary Fulkerson, died July 1, 1847, age 18 years. Also a drawing indicating the location. On page 73, is a drawing on a sandstone cliff and the mention of the grave of Mary, consort of J. M. Fulkerson, died July 14, 1847.

    I tried to scan the pictures but this is an old book and the pencil drawings did not show up. Maybe someone of the James Monroe Fulkerson Family would like to try and locate this book in their library and maybe have better luck than I did making a copy."

  
  
  They finally arrived at their destination, Oregon's Willamette Valley, on 1 Oct 1847.
  

    In Polk Co., OR on 9 May 1848, James married Catherine "Kate" Linville CROWLEY(11 May 1802-6 Oct 1884), widow of Thomas CROWLEY who died on the Oregon Trail in 1846. (Thomas' grandfather Samuel CROWLEY, a frontier scout from Smith River, VA, was the first man killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, which the US Congress recognizes as the first battle of the American Revolution. He was thus the first American to die for his country.) Catherine also lost several children on the Trail, and another son died in Oregon in 1847. The site where her daughter was buried became known as Grave Creek. Per a Southern Oregon history site, "In the fall of 1846, the first emigrant train from Fort Hall, Idaho, to travel the southern route to the Willamette Valley camped on the north side of this creek, then Woodpile Creek. Martha Leland Crowley, 16 years old died of typhoid fever during this encampment and was buried 150 feet north of the creek on the east side of a white oak tree that was later removed for the present roadway, thus the name Grave Creek."
  
  Apparently another young Crowley girl died on the trip. A Mormon emigrant crossing Wyoming wrote on 23 Jun 1847: "After breakfast I went to the top of a high bluff expecting to get a view of the country west but was disappointed in consequence of the many ridges or bluffs but a little distance beyond us. At seven o'clock the camp moved forward and immediately after was a graveyard on the left of the road with a board stuck up with these words written upon it: 'Matilda Crowley. Born July 16th, 1830, and Died July 7, 1846.'"
  

    James was a constituent member of Oregon's Willamette Association of 1848 and a member of the Oregon territorial legislature, served as a judge, became a licensed minister (1856), was one of the founders of McMinnville College, and was a member of the college's Board of Trustees for many years. He died at the age of 80 on 31 May 1884 at Fulkerson Gap, Polk Co., OR. (Fulkerson Gap, north of the town of Dixie, was named in his honor.) Both he and Catherine were buried at Etna Cemetery near Rickreall.  His children with Mary MILLER were:

  • Elizabeth Kincaid FULKERSON....2 Jan 1824-1 Sep 1888; b. at Kincaid, Cole Co., MO, m. (1st) Hiram Casey DORRIS on 25 Nov 1841 in Platte Co., MO. Hiram died on the Oregon Trail in 1847.  She m. (2nd) Alvis KIMSEY (an 1846 emigrant) on 28 Sep 1848 in Polk Co., OR. Alvis was b. 26 May 1816 in Bedford Co., TN, d. 14 Sep 1855/6 at The Dalles, OR. They settled on a Donation Land Claim which is still (in November 2000) owned by one of their descendants. The house built in 1850 by Elizabeth and Alvis is still on the property.
      Elizabeth m. (3rd) Willis GAINES (1810-1888, 1852 emigrant) on 27 Sep 1857 in Yamhill Co., OR. Willis was previously married to Matilda CROWLEY's sister, Louise and widowed in 1855. (see next paragraph).   From her 3 husbands she had 7 children:
    • James DORRIS....1 Apr 1843-21 Dec 1889; m. Mary Ellen SHIELDS on 21 Oct 1860 in Linn Co., OR, had 12 children. Mary Ellen was the dau. of James SHIELDS and Matilda CROWLEY, and the niece of Catherine Linville Crowley FULKERSON's 1st husband Thomas Crowley.
    • Thomas Howard DORRIS....?-?
    • Mary Jane KIMSEY......1849- ; m. (1st) R.W. POWELL, (2nd) H.W. PEERY
    • Rachel E. KIMSEY
    • Wiley A. KIMSEY....1854-1938; m. Mildred Victoria TURNER
    • Holt GAINES
    • Anna GAINES....m. John A. SOUTH
  • Sarah Amanda FULKERSON.....2 Jul 1825-23 Apr 1907, b. in Cole Co., MO, m. Ambrose CAIN (14 May 1820-31 Dec 1892) on 30 Oct 1845 at Jefferson City, MO. They moved to the frontiers of Texas where they were in constant danger of Indian attacks, then to Arkansas to operate a wool-spinning factory, then back to Texas and finally to Oregon by train in 1881. They are buried in the Etna Cemetery at Monmouth, Polk Co., OR.
    • Mary Ellen CAIN.....2 Jul 1849-12 Jan 1931, b. at Maryville, MO, m. Wm. T. CULWELL on 7 Aug 1866 at Springtown, Parker Co., TX, d. in Dallas, TX
    • Martha Ann CAIN.....16 Nov 1850-23 Aug 1911, b. at Maryville, MO, m. Solomon BURROW 23 Oct 1877 at Fayetteville, Washington Co., AR, d. in Oklahoma City, OK
    • James Monroe CAIN.....20 Aug 1853-20 Jan 1907, b. at Maryville, MO, m. Mary Ellen BOATRIGHT on 8 Aug 1872 in Fayetteville, AR, d. in Portland, OR and buried at Eugene, OR
    • Emma Lucretia CAIN.....25 May 1857- , b. at Maryville, MO, m. Dr. James Monroe CROWLEY in 1881. He was the son of Hannah Rebecca FULKERSON and Solomon Kimsey CROWLEY.
    • Elizabeth Jane CAIN.....29 Oct 1861-31 Mar 1939, b. at Springtown, TX, m. D. TUCKER on 18 Oct 1877 in Washington Co., AR, d. at The Dalles, OR
    • Nancy Madora CAIN.....19 Oct 1864- , b. at Springtown, TX, m. D.R. HUBBARD about 1880 in Crowley, Malheur Co., OR.
  • James M FULKERSON...11 Jan 1827-2 Oct 1834, b. in Cole Co., MO
  • Virginia Ann FULKERSON..22 Mar 1828- 1904; m. Joshua McDANIEL in 1848 (he, his mother and 6 siblings traveled the Oregon Trail with an oxcart in 1844!)
    • Mary Catherine McDANIEL....5 Oct 1849-Sep 1853
    • Dr. William Joshua McDANIEL....2 Sep 1853-Jun 1902
    • James Frederick McDANIEL....22 Apr 1855-1856
    • John McDANIEL....23 Sep 1856-Nov 1876
    • Andrew Jackson McDANIEL....7 Jan 1858-Dec 1946
    • Frances Ann McDANIEL....26 Mar 1859-
    • Willis Holt McDANIEL ....18 Oct 1860-Mar 1949
    • Hannah Elizabeth McDANIEL....5 Jul 1862-
    • Newton Marion McDANIEL....24 Apr 1864-Jan 1944
    • Margaret Ellen McDANIEL....26 Aug 1866-1892
    • Lee Hill McDANIEL....8 Mar 1868-1945
    • Sarah Jane McDANIEL....17 Feb 1870-Mar 1871
  • Frederick Richard FULKERSON...11 Oct 1829-1 Jul 1847, b. in Cole Co., MO, became ill after swimming cattle across the snowmelt-swollen ford at Casper, WY, d. near Rattlesnake Pass, Wyoming. Two years later another traveler sketched the scene at his grave:

    Image provided by Carrie McPeak

  • Margaret Emmeline FULKERSON.......4 Jun 1831, b. in Cole Co., MO, m. Caleb W. CURL (b. 1830 in MO) on 21 Mar 1850 in Polk Co., OR. Later that year they appeared on the Linn Co., OR census, and again in 1860. Caleb, a farmer, probably died by 1870 when only Margaret appeared on the census. Children ascribed to them include:
    • James William CURL....1851-1914, m. Almira RICHARDSON, was a "Livery man...Saloon keeper...Farmer"
    • Margaret CURL.....
    • David H. CURL.....1859-1910, m. Fannie Price HANNAH
    • Ambrose Monroe CURL....m. Emma MILLER
    • Riley CURL....m. Nancy HOLMAN
    • Loffey CURL
    • Eddie CURL....1866-1866
    • Callie CURL....1868-1878
    • Effie CURL.....1870-1870. Eddie, Callie and Effie were buried in Providence Cemetery, Linn Co, OR
  • Mary F. FULKERSON............1833-1835 in Cole Co., MO
  • John F FULKERSON..........1835-1837 in Cole Co., MO
  • Hannah Rebecca FULKERSON.........30 Oct 1838- 1931, b. in Platte Co., MO, m. Solomon Kimsey CROWLEY, a pioneer of 1852, on 22 Jul 1855 in Polk Co., OR. Solomon (b. 1 Nov 1833 in Ray Co., MO, d. 1915) was the son of John CROWLEY and Nancy Jane CURTIS. Hanna is buried at Etna Cemetery near Rickreall, Polk Co., OR
    • Mary CROWLEY....m. FAWK
    • Dr. James Monroe CROWLEY....m. Emma Lucretia CAIN ca. 1881
    • S.H. CROWLEY
    • Ada CROWLEY....m. PERTHERER
    • Effie CROWLEY....m. CRAVEN
  • William Holt FULKERSON......23 Oct 1840- 5 May 1923, b. in Platte Co., MO, he traversed the Continent on the Oregon Trail at the age of six, losing both his mother and his big brother while crossing Wyoming. William m. Sarah Jane CRAVEN (1845-1900) on 21 Nov 1867 in Polk Co., OR. She was the daughter of Solomon CRAVEN and Sarah KINCAID. They lived in Portland, later at Eola Hills, Polk Co., OR. William died at Seaside, OR, per descendants.
    • Frederick FULKERSON....22 Oct 1868-2 Aug 1872
    • Albert N FULKERSON.....23 Jan 1870-20 Dec 1938
    • Pearl Price FULKERSON..... (male) 25 Dec 1872-19 Apr 1953, b. in Portland, OR, m. Daisy Evangeline WEST (b. 1876) and had four children. Pearl served as a private in the Spanish-American War, in Company K, Second Regiment, Oregon U.S. Volunteer Infantry commanded by Col. Owen Summers. He enlisted at Portland, Oregon on 14 May 1898 and was discharged from military service at San Francisco, California on 7 Aug 1899.
      • Gilbert Holt FULKERSON....born 5 Aug 1901 in Portland, OR. By 1937 Gilbert is found on the Census of the Quinaielt Reservation, Kitsap Co., WA.
      • Marian Maud FULKERSON....b. 1904
      • Thomas M. FULKERSON....b. 1907
      • Carmen FULKERSON....b. 1915
    • James M FULKERSON.....7 Feb 1875-14 Dec 1876
    • Lois Fay FULKERSON....12 Aug 1879-6 Apr 1963, b. at Eola Hills, Polk Co., OR, m. Earl SAUNDERS in 1908. They lived on a homestead in central Oregon and had four girls. They afterward lived at Seaside and then Ashland, to be closer to daughter Beulah who was living at Klamath Falls. Their daughter Mary "did a lot of family research." Lois Fay Fulkerson SAUNDERS, husband Earl and daughter Patricia are all buried in the Mt. View Cemetery in Ashland, Oregon. Beulah and her husband Stuart ____ are buried at Eternal Hills Cemetery, Klamath Falls, Oregon.
    • Forest Lake FULKERSON....21 Sep 1885-24 Jul 1889
  
  

• Elizabeth Garretson FULKERSON..............6 Mar 1806-24 Oct. 1854, b. in Lee Co., VA, m. William Tolbert HINES on 25 Apr 1824, Cole Co., MO. He died of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (see photo at right) at Emigrant Crossing, Idaho on the Oregon Trail on 7 Aug 1847. There is a possibly implausible story that his family knocked together a rude coffin, and took the body with them [reported in "Sense of Place: American Regional Cultures" by Thomas J. Schlereth, University Press of Kentucky, 1992] to Oregon. She remarried to Elijah DODSON (ca. 1787- March 1860) who owned land at Pike, Yamhill County, OR (named after Pike, Missouri). They had one daughter, Leona Ruth DODSON (27 Jun 1849-20 Feb 1856). On Elizabeth's death in 1854 she was listed with her first husband William under a single marker in Pike Cemetery ("IOOF"). Most of her children and their husbands were also buried in that cemetery. Whether William was actually buried there may be eternally debated among researchers.
  
  • Eliza HINES.............b. 19 Feb 1825; m. Joseph Eugene MARK on 16 Apr 1844, lived in Buchanan Co., MO
  • Margaret Jane HINES.......b. 10 Feb 1827 in Cole Co., MO. Margaret drove the family's wagon from Idaho to Oregon after the death of her father. Probably in 1848 she m. William Dempsey KUYKENDALL (b. ca. 1815 in VA, died 1851). William came to Oregon with a train of pack mules, arriving the last day of Oct. 1847 [He may have traveled the Oregon Trail two years earlier. Bancroft includes his name on the 1845 list, and his son says he arrived in 1846. Possibly he went to California first, and then up to Oregon in 1847]. Margaret and William settled on a donation claim (#5217) in Polk Co. on 1 Jun 1850. In 1875, the claim was within the bounds of the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation. After William's death in 1851, Margaret m. (2) Avery D. BABCOCK. Margaret and William had two children:
    • William H. KUYKENDALL.....11 Aug 1849 near Dallas, Polk Co., OR, m. Lucia ELLIS on 13 June 1875
    • Unknown.....ca. 1851-1853
  • Sarah Catherine HINES............4 Mar 1829-2 Sep 1886; m. (1st) Hiram BUCKINGHAM (b. 13 July 1822 in Green Co., PA, d. 6 Nov 1854 in Yamhill Co., OR) as his 2nd wife on 16 Jan 1849 in Yamhill Co. and had one child. Hiram had an Oregon land claim, #1396, in that county. He and Sarah appeared on the Washington Co., OR census of 1850. Sarah m. (2nd) Isaac DAVIS (b. 12 Feb 1825 in Boone Co., MO, d. 28 Feb 1882) prior to 23 Oct 1862. Sarah and Isaac were listed on the 1860 Census for Yamhill County, where Isaac had land claim #2242, with Isaac's daughter Martha and her son Thomas:
    • Thomas C. BUCKINGHAM...he built a fine home, Maple Crest Farm, on the donation land claim of his uncle, Thomas Crawford DAVIS. Thomas helped organize the town of North Yamhill (name later changed to Yamhill). He had a store in town and was selected as the first mayor by the organizing group of businessmen, but had to resign when it was noticed that his house was not within the city limits. He later sold the home to a KUYKENDALL cousin and the house is still in the family.
  • Nancy Ann HINES........21 Sep 1830-2 Sep 1891, b. in Cole Co., MO, d. on the Davis Donation Land Claim, adjoining North Yamhill (now Yamhill), Yamhill Co, OR.  Nancy m. on 29 Aug 1850 to Thomas Crawford DAVIS (9 Oct 1821-6 Dec 1887). He was the son of Henry Clark DAVIS (1792-1852) and Lavina MCBRIDE (1804-1860) of Howard Co. (later Boone Co.), MO. Thomas had also emigrated on the Oregon Trail, arriving at Panther Creek in the Willamette Valley on 13 Sep 1847. With money earned on a side trip to the California gold fields, he purchased his Donation Land Claim by 1851 and became a farmer. Both are buried at Pike Cemetery, Yamhill, OR.
    • Sarah Elizabeth DAVIS........1 Sep 1851-16 Mar 1891, m. (1st) John PRENTICE and (2nd) Robert HANNING before 1888.
    • Mary Margaret DAVIS........27 Apr 1853-29 Oct 1918, m. 1886 to John HARRIS. A MCBRIDE site reports she later m. (2nd) to Michael MESSENGER.
    • Eliza Jane DAVIS........17 Nov 1855-23 May 1931, m. 24 Apr 1875 to Charles Vause KUYKENDALL, had 12 children. A MCBRIDE site listed his dates as 1851-1926. A KUYKENDALL site tells that the original Davis land claim is still owned by the family.
    • Isabell Hines DAVIS........15 Sep 1858-1930, m. Richard BAIRD (1852-1940)
  • John Wesley HINES.............b. 22 Oct 1832 in Cole Co., MO
  • Martha Ann HINES.........9 Sep 1834-1907, b. at Jefferson City, Cole Co., MO, m. George BROWN, a wagon train guide, in May 1850 and had 8 children. George, b. in 1823 in KY or OH, had moved with his parents to Indiana in 1825 and Missouri in 1831 before coming west on the Oregon Trail in 1847. Martha and George settled on a farm at Dallas, in Polk County, about 20 miles west of Oregon's capital at Salem. They were mentioned in Lang's "History of the Willamette Valley" (1885) as still living on this farm.
  • Mary Elizabeth HINES............b. 23 Jun 1836 in Cole Co., MO, m. A.H. POWELL, lived on John Day River in Oregon
  • William James HINES...........b. 3 Jun 1840 in Cole Co., MO
  • Elizabeth Fulkerson HINES......b. 6 Jul 1845 in Buchanan Co., MO; m. Sumner CARR, 5 children
  
  

  1850 Census from Boone Co., MO. The listing for Frederick Moore FULKERSON's family spanned two pages. Their BLEDSOE neighbor may have been a distant cousin.

  
  
  
• Frederick Moore FULKERSON.......27 Dec 1808-1887, b. in VA (per 1850 Census), m. Sarah RIDGEWAY (b. 4 Feb 1810...or 1809?), daughter of Elijah RIDGEWAY, who had brought his family to Rocheport, Boone Co., MO, from Tennessee in 1816. Fredrick and Sarah were married at Fayette, Howard Co., MO, a short distance north of Boonville, on 30 Jun 1831. On the 1850 Census they were living in Boone Co., MO with farm property worth $4,000. Sarah was listed as 41, born in KY. (Census taken on 9 Oct 1850.)
    Frederick had slaves before the Civil War. The 1850 Census showed he owned two: one male aged 20, and one female aged 15. The oral family history is that he decided slavery was wrong and freed them.

    Another family story tells that Frederick had his lands flooded by the Missouri River. Fredrick recalled some advice Daniel BOONE had given to his father, and moved on to Saline County, Missouri in 1853, settling near Salt Springs. [NOTE: A motion picture actor surnamed McQUEEN grew up in this county in the 1930s and '40s, on an uncle's farm north of Marshall.] Sarah died on 15 Sep 1865. After her death he served as a judge for several years. Their ten children were:
  

  • James Ridgeway FULKERSON...........7 Apr

    Elizabeth Zinn FULKERSON
    James Ridgeway FULKERSON CLICK HERE to see a later photo
    Ellen Worthington FULKERSON
    John Thomas FULKERSON, Nancy PLUMLEE & children, 1899
    Joel Ridgeway FULKERSON with infant brother Earl Thomas FULKERSON
    Elijah H. FULKERSON (R) with sons Payton, Grant and Woodson
    Elijah H. FULKERSON
    William J. FULKERSON
    Rebecca Elizabeth FULKERSON
    John Van Buren FULKERSON
    Nancy Ann FULKERSON
    Thomas Benton FULKERSON
    Sarah Jane FULKERSON
    Richard Calhoun FULKERSON
    Jesse Polk FULKERSON
    Grave of Frederick L. HILTON
    John H. HILTON and wife Martha

    1832-6 Sep 1887, born in Missouri. He m. (1st) a Miss MILLER about 1857 when he was 25. It's believed she died a few weeks later. A 1967 Saline County History reported that: "Mrs J. R. Fulkerson died 1857, buried in Antioch Cemetery, Saline County, MO." James was a Captain in the Union Army during the Civil War (45th and 50th Missouri Infantry). His 2nd wife was Elizabeth ZINN, who died in Quantrill's Raid, 21 Aug 1863. He later married (3rd) Ellen WORTHINGTON (1847-1894, b. in MO), who may have been living in the Fulkerson home with a group of families gathered for protection in anticipation of Confederate raids. After the war he ran a hotel in San Francisco for a number of years, and later moved to 475 acres near Berryville, AR. He was listed in the 1880 census at Yocum, Carroll Co., Arkansas, a farmer living with a wife ("Eliza E." ???), four children and a father-in-law, Brooks WORTHINGTON (age 73, from NC). James eventually died from a bullet carried in his chest since the War. James had two children by Elizabeth ZINN, and five with Ellen WORTHINGTON:
    • John Thomas FULKERSON....1862-1 Jan 1950; b. at Lawrence, KS, (reported as MO in 1880 census) m. Nancy PLUMLEE. He was a cowboy and rancher in New Mexico and Colorado (where he also was a partner in an early Colorado Springs tourist outfit).
      • Joel Ridgeway FULKERSON....Aug 1888-1 Jan 1915, b. in AR, d. at Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., CO.
      • Argentina FULKERSON....ca. 1890-1900
      • Jessie Poet FULKERSON....8 Oct 1893-Dec 1988, b. at Berryville, Carroll Co., AR, d. in Spokane, WA. She m. Jim SANDERS about 1915 in Colorado. Years later she wrote to a niece about her Fulkerson and Plumlee families:

        "Your Grandfather (ggrandfather) on your mother's side was Joel Plumlee (Mama's father). His father, Mama's grandfather died on the island in the Missouri River, about 18 miles above Jefferson City – the same island where Mama was born –they had left Arkansas during the war and ran to this island.
        
          Your Grandmother's maiden name was Mary Jane Potter (Mama's mother). I can remember Great Grandmother Potter – we used to stop at her house when on our way to Grandma Plumlee's, and she'd always fix us hot biscuits and real maple syrup. She died when I was about 7 years old – after we'd moved to Colo. Great Grandfather Potter died of Cholera when Mama was small. They had only two children, Grandma and Uncle Billie; he died before we left Arkansas. I remember him –he used to come to our house. And he'd always keep close watch over the oven – if Mama was making biscuits – and help himself when the biscuit was just almost done. He liked them before they were done through. Grandma died in 1918 –after I came to Washington. Our Grandfather Plumlee had six or eight brothers. I remember going to Great Uncle Francis' home. (I guess he was our great Uncle – anyway he was our grandfather's brother. He had a nice home – nicely furnished and I always liked to go there.
        
          Grandfather Joel Plumlee served in the Civil War, was shot and carried the ball in his lung – under the shoulder blade, until he died –years later –he died by inches –his lungs were slowly destroyed. In this modern age –he could probably have been saved all those years of suffering and lived much longer- seems I remember Mama telling me that he was 57 when he died. He died about a year or so before I was born – He raised a big family – Mama (Nancy), Julia, Columbia, Will, Gertrude, Cora, Lester.
        
          Grandfather Fulkerson served in the Civil War also. He commenced his service as a recruiting officer and was then made Captain of the 45 and 50 Volunteers – he lived for years after the war. He taken his family to Calif when Dad was about 12 years old – lived there awhile but didn't like it – came back and settled in No. Ark. His specialty was fruits and berries."

      • Gladys Bliss FULKERSON....25 Oct 1898-26 Nov 1983, b. in Oak Grove, Carroll Co., AR, d. at Wilbur, Lincoln Co., WA. Gladys taught school in Wilbur, Pasco and Spokane in Washington State. She m. Stanley BREED who died in 1943. After her husband's death she returned to teaching in Wilbur. After eight years in the elementary schools and at age 53, she completed her fifth year at the University of Washington and then went on to teach at the high school level. She taught English and Latin and was the school librarian for fourteen years, finally retiring in 1965. Her obituary appeared in the Wilbur, WA Register on 1 Dec 1983.
      • Earl Thomas FULKERSON....7 Oct 1911-8 Dec 1999, b. at Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., CO, d. in Spokane, WA.
    • Infant FULKERSON..............1863-21 Aug 1863
    • Charles Trall FULKERSON....29 Sep 1870-17 May 1952, b. in MO (1880 census), was m. to Rosa Caroline WOOD on 16 Aug 1891 by James C. COLE, Justice of the Peace. Both were then 20 years old (per their marriage license) and living Oak Grove, Carroll Co., Arkansas. In his lifetime Charles lived in Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. In 1915 he moved to Idaho to farm. He died at Jerome, Idaho. The farm he bought there in 1938 is still in the family, operated by grandson Bob Fulkerson. He and Rosa had 7 children, and raised the two young girls left by his daughter Mary Edith. CLICK HERE for a family portrait from Jerome, Idaho.
      • Martha Ellen FULKERSON....1 Nov 1892-1 Aug 1980, b. at Berryville, AR
      • Mary Edith FULKERSON....10 Feb 1895-24 Dec 1918
      • James Joseph FULKERSON....22 Jul 1897-1 Nov 1964
      • Charles Abram FULKERSON....12 Dec 1899-24 Oct 1924
      • Walter David FULKERSON....2 Nov 1902-30 Apr 1975
      • Jess Meredith FULKERSON....20 May 1906-9 Dec 1961
      • Newton Eliga FULKERSON....14 Jun 1910-30 Sep 1996
    • Sally "Sarah" H. FULKERSON....ca. 1876 - ca. 1902, b. in Arkansas, m. Arthur RUTTER. They moved to Davenport, WA in 1898 and lived a pioneer life for about 4 years, marked by isolation, illness and child deaths. Had 3 children.
    • Mary Ellen FULKERSON............... 23 Oct 1877-29 Dec 1951, b. in Carroll County, Arkansas; m. John Burney TRANTHAM (1874-1963), lived in Carroll County, Arkansas and Porum, Oklahoma. Mary Ellen died at Braggs, OK and John at Muskogee, OK.
      • Charley Ben TRANTHAM....2 Sep 1898-1956
      • Nola TRANTHAM....2 Aug 1900-1977
      • Goldie TRANTHAM....24 Nov 1907-1992
      • Lena Ellen TRANTHAM....13 Apr 1913-2005
    • James W. FULKERSON..........1880-1941, b. in Arkansas. He moved to Jerome, Idaho where he was a farmer and carpenter and had 3 daughters. His wife, Artie McELYEA (1879-1915) is buried in a pioneer cemetery near Rock Creek Township, Idaho.
    • David FULKERSON...............30 Apr 1882-30 Oct 1976; m. Lena COCHRAN (d. 18 Feb 1944) on 25 Jul 1906, had a son Aubrey and a daughter Alice; remarried to Aldrian TILLMAN (1881-1962), a Ridgeway cousin, in 1951
  • Elijah Hamilton FULKERSON..............2 Sep 1833-2 May 1923. Married 18 Oct 1857 to Adeline JAMISON of Ashland, MO [records of marriages from Boone County, 1821-1870, Evans & Thompson]. Elijah served in the Union Army and farmed in Saline Co., MO. His home was still in the family more than 100 years later. Their 8 children were:
    
    • Mary E. FULKERSON.............22 Oct 1858-19 Jun 1892, unmarried
    • Woodson W. FULKERSON......19 Sep 1860-13 Nov 1941, unmarried, traveling salesman
    • Eliza Ann FULKERSON............7 Oct 1862-2 Apr 1865, died while her father was in the Army
    • Sarah Elsea FULKERSON.........26 Jul 1866-20 Nov 1924, unmarried
    • (Frederick) Grant FULKERSON...31 Aug 1868-11 Dec 1952, m. Amelia Maria GROSS, 2 children
    • Amia J. FULKERSON...............24 Feb 1871-4 Apr 1956, unmarried
    • Payton Arthur FULKERSON.....15 Nov 1874-21 Oct 1954, m. Nora Z. PAYNE. They were reportedly lifelong residents of Saline County, MO.
      • Miriam B. FULKERSON....1908-1999, m. a YOUNG. In the 21st Century her name resurfaced in connection with an old photograph offered at auction, described as "three unidentified Missouri cavalry officers with sabers wearing reinforced riding trousers. The depth of field makes it impossible to identify individual rank and no insignia is visible. The consignor relates that in 1999 this tintype was purchased from the estate of 91-year old Miriam B. Young (nee Fulkerson), 603 E. Yerby St., Marshall, Missouri in Saline County...The local funeral home recorded that Miriam’s parents were named Payton Arthur Fulkerson and Nora Payne Fulkerson, both lifelong residents of Saline County. The Missouri rosters show two Fulkersons,, one Payne, and four Youngs as company-grade officers in different Missouri cavalry regiments. It is impossible to say which of the three officers might be related without further research in Saline County records. Missouri mounted infantry regiments raised in Saline County are another possibility. Unquestionably a great Missouri image, but one that requires further study." NOTE: My guess is that the middle figure is John Van Buren Fulkerson (below) and the one on the right is his older brother, Elijah Hamilton Fulkerson, Miriam's grandfather. Your guess is as good as mine.
    • Lurane Jamison FULKERSON...23 Mar 1877-22 Feb 1878
  • William J FULKERSON......................23 Dec 1834-13 Jun 1908. (see photo at right) Married 1st to Fanny WADE (2 children), then to Frances CANTRELL in 1884, finally to Arnice GORRELL. Died in Marshall, MO.
    
    • Walter Wade FULKERSON.....1870-1908
    • Willie FULKERSON................1882-24 Dec 1915, m. Henry Clay SPENCER, 3 children
  • Rebecca Elizabeth FULKERSON........2 Aug 1836-Apr 1925, (see photo at right) b. in Boone Co., MO. Married Peter Rea FULKERSON of Cooper Co., MO. He died in 1859, leaving her 2 children. She later married Daniel M. BOTTS.
    
    • James Madison FULKERSON...18 Feb 1857-3 Jun 1925. Farmed in Salt Pond Twp., MO, married Mary B. TALBOTT at Paducah, KY in 1892, had 4 children, died in Prairie Grove, AR
    • Florence FULKERSON.............17 Jun 1858-24 Jun 1935. Married Julius DEAL, 5 children
  • John Van Buren FULKERSON.........................27 Apr 1839-23 Aug 1883. (see photo at right) Married Clara KING, served in the Union Army, lived at at Sweet Spring, Missouri after the war. It has been related that he once homesteaded a sod house on the Kansas prairie. However, the 1880 Census, apparently taken about 3 years before his reported date of death, still found him in Missouri at Salt Pond, Saline County, living with wife "C. J. FULKERSON" (b. about 1846) and one son "Robert Ky. FULKERSON" who was reported as 11 years old. 2 children:
    
    • Robert King FULKERSON.......8 Sep 1867-17 Jan 1933, b. at Sweet Spring, Missouri The 1880 Census reported him with his family at Salt Pond, Saline Co., MO. He is probably the "Robert K. FULKERSON" who m. Lizzie M. QUINTIN in Saline Co. on 30 Aug 1895. They had one daughter, and by 1900 Robert was reported as a widower, living with his mother, daughter and brother Jesse at Salt Pond twp, Saline Co., MO. The 1910 Cenus reported Robert had remarried in 1901 to a Bertha (b. ca. 1880), was living on 10th Street in Florence, Marion Co., KS, working as an insurance agent. They had a new son, born in 1903, and his mother and brother Jessie were living with them. In 1920 they were in Perkins Co., Nebraska, with Robert employed as a stockman, and brother Jesse still living with them. By 1930 they were at Tolleson, Maricopa Co., Arizona -- just Robert, Bertha and Jesse. Robert had no occupation. An Arizona death certificate tells us he died in Phoenix, AZ on 17 Jan 1933 (arteriosclerosis and coronary embolism) at age 65. The space for 'marital status' was blank. The informant was a J.F. Fulkerson, relationship not listed...possibly his brother Jesse?
      • Margaret FULKERSON.....born June 1897 in MO, last seen in Nebraska in 1920
      • Ralph Basil FULKERSON.....b. 1903 in MO, last seen in Nebraska in 1920
    • Jesse FULKERSON.....b. ca. 1882, in 1900 was living with his mother. In 1910 he was living with his brother, working as a "Clerk at Round House" in Kansas. In 1920 he was living with his brother, doing "general farming" in Nebraska. In 1930 he was living with his brother, farming on a truck farm in Arizona.
  • Nancy Ann FULKERSON...................2 Jan 1841-24 May 1924. (see photo at right) Married Isaac Newton ELSEA on 28 Dec 1858. He was a captain in the Union Army. 14 children, of whom only 7 survived to adulthood.
    
    • Frederick R. ELSEA......24 Nov 1857-24 Jan 1945. m. Minnie CHAMBERLAIN, 1 child
    • Frances S. ELSEA.........7 Feb 1859-12 Jun 1951. m. Enoch F. COLVERT, 4 children
    • Alice Elija ELSEA.........20 Feb 1860-6 Feb 1950. m. Henry S. COLVERT, 2 children
    • George N. ELSEA..........7 Apr 1861-8 Oct 1941, m. 1st Lou SMITH (1 child), 2nd Amanda HARRISON (10 children)
    • Emma J. ELSEA............5 Aug 1870-24 Sep 1898, m. Mason PEMBERTON, 1 child
    • Lillian ELSEA...............29 Sep 1871-21 Mar 1945, m. Edward O'BANNON, 2 children
    • Earnest Elmer ELSEA...5 Jul 1875-3 Jan 1952, m. Kathryn CHRISMAN, 2 children
  • Thomas Benton FULKERSON............17 Jul 1843-15 Mar 1889, (see photo at right) served in the Union Army, m. Phoebe BURNSIDE on 12 Aug 1866, 2 children
    
    • Edgar Clarence FULKERSON...14 Oct 1867-12 Nov 1952, m. Bertha DAVIS in 1908, died at French Lick, Indiana. He and Bertha are buried at Garland Brook Cemetery, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana. They had four children. One of their descendants provides information that "a daughter Sarah...was born in Louisiana and died at two days old. I believe the year was 1913 but the records office for that parish down there burned a long time ago and many records were lost. I don't know where she is buried, but my great-aunt Beulah had a picture of Sarah dressed for burial."
      • Ruth Eliza FULKERSON....b. 1909, m. Paul ____ and had six children, all still living in 2003. She and her spouse are buried at Garland Brook Cemetery
      • Thomas Benton FULKERSON Jr.....1910-1989, had one daughter in 1945, still living. He and his spouse are entombed at Garland Brook Cemetery
      • Glen Davis FULKERSON....1912-Dec 1996, had twin sons in 1945, still living. He and his spouse are buried at Garland Brook Cemetery.
      • Sarah FULKERSON....ca. 1913, died when 2 days old
    • Horace FULKERSON..............died at age 3
  • Sarah Jane FULKERSON..................17 Sep 1845-17 Jun 1920, (see photo at right) m. John HYLAND on 19 Jun 1872, worked in a millinery shop in Sedalia, MO, 2 children
    
    • Hubert Homer HYLAND...13 Apr 1873-22 Nov 1962, m. Minnie DAVENPORT, 3 children
    • Sarah Isabella HYLAND....28 Aug 1874- m. Walter WRIGHT in 1902, 3 children
  • Richard Calhoun FULKERSON...........4 May 1848-17 Oct 1888, (see photo at right) m. Mary McCOWAN, 3 children
    
    • Elizabeth FULKERSON...died as a young woman
    • Ethel FULKERSON.........1880-1943, m. Henry EDGAR and Edgar Ashton
    • Frederic FULKERSON....1883-1935, m. Elsie ROWE, 5th generation descendant of Benjamin Franklin's sister Elsie
  • Jessie Polk FULKERSON..................3 Jun 1850-22 Jun 1917, (see photo at right) m. Mary Jane McCLELLAND on 16 Mar 1876. She graduated from Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio in 1867. 3 children
    
    • Sarah Lois FULKERSON......9 Jan 1877- m. Arch GILKESON, moved to Idaho, 1 child
    • Jesse Lester FULKERSON....died in infancy
    • Mary Enid FULKERSON......24 Oct 1884-19 Nov 1936, m. William RICHARDSON, a grocer in Gilliam, MO, 5 children
• Jane FULKERSON........................22 Oct 1811, b. in Campbell Co., TN, m. William CHRISTIAN on 16 Jan 1831 in Cole Co., MO
• John L FULKERSON.....................14 Jun 1814-?, b. in Campbell Co., TN. The 1850 Census found him working as a stone mason in Miller Co., MO, with a 31-year-old Virginia-born wife recorded as "Bathshilia." At that point they had two sons and two daughters. At the 1870 Census he was still a stone mason, living in Tuscumbia, Miller Co., Missouri. His wife was listed as Bersheba (52, b. in TN). They had three daughters.
  • Lewis FULKERSON....b. ca. 1841 in MO
  • Elizabeth FULKERSON....b. ca. 1843 in MO
  • James FULKERSON....b. ca. 1845 in MO
  • Matilda FULKERSON....b. ca. 1849 in MO
  • Josephine FULKERSON....b. ca. 1854 in MO
  • Sarah J. FULKERSON....b. ca. 1856 in MO
  • Bersheba FULKERSON....b. ca. 1860 in MO