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Some Tennessee Fulkersons

Updated: 9 July 2005


This unattached branch may possibly descend from Captain James Fulkerson and his wife Mary Van Hook, or one of the related Tennessee branches.  Their oldest known ancestor is :

James F. FULKERSON, born about 1830-1833 in TN, and married Julia Ann PATE (b. ca. 1837). He settled in Arkansas by 1860. He served as a Private in Company A of the 8th Arkansas Cavalry - known as Morgan's Regiment - where he was listed as: FULKERSON, JAMES Pvt Enl 10 May 1863 at Clinton, AR. Paroled 5 Jun 1865 at Jacksonport, AR. Age 32. Born TN.   He died at Wichita Falls, TX in 1897.

  The 1870 Census records for Union Township in Conway County, Arkansas (house number 38) listed his household: James Fulkerson, age 37, with spouse Julia, age 33. Their children were Sarah, age 17; Louisa, age 9; Thomas, age 7; David, 7; Tennessee, age 5; and William, age 1. All gave Arkansas as their place of birth except James who was from Tennessee.

POSSIBLE LEADS:

James and Julia had 11 or 12 children, exact order uncertain:

Further information, possible clues??? The 1880 Census for Bradley, Van Buren County, Arkansas shows a Tennessean, William FULKERSON, age 36 and widowed, working on the farm of some younger Tennesseans, Hardy and Mollie JOHNSON. That same Census showed Isaac and Hulda STEELE living at Elm Springs, Washington Co., Arkansas, with four children and Hulda's widowed sister, Rachel EDWARDS.


A descendant who is actively researching this branch wrote in July 2005. Her information has been incorporated in the 'clues' above.

"I keep struggling along trying to find a direct link from James F. Fulkerson to Michael Dillingham Fulkerson with very little success but feel sure that it is a link. If only by deduction. There were just no other Michaels in records. I have found only three references to a Michael Fulkerson in all my research in that area. One being the Michael Dillingham son of.. and no other information, the History of Western Arkansas reference to Huldah's parents Michael and Nancy that I gave your for your website, and two land records in Alabama.

I did not see how the Alabama one fit until I looked again at the 1860 Arkansas census and found that Nancy Fulkerson's first daughter Hulda was born there and the other children in Tn.. No other census says that. They always show her to be born in Tn. If it were not for that land record* in Alabama backing up what the census says I would begin to question that Michael ever really existed. Who says genealogy is boring?"

 *  Document number: 22798 Description number: 1
Number of acres: 40.0200 Accession number: AL2660__.496
Patentee Surname: Fulkerson Patentee given name: Michael
*State name: Alabama *
Volume: 2660 Page number: 496
Land office: Tuscaloosa Aliquot part reference: SENE
Section number: 21
Township: 15 South Range: 16 West
Meridian or special survey area: Huntsville Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: Sep. 20, 1839
Just to say hello, or if you have any CLUES about these ancestors that may assist this Unattached Branch.

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