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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:
Nancy Fulkerson 44 Tenn $400 land value Huldah 22 Ala Rachel 19 Tenn William T. 17 Tenn Jno F. 15 Tenn Dona M. 14 Tenn Susan F. 12 Tenn
James and Julia had 11 or 12 children, exact order uncertain:
"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.* Document number: 22798 Description number: 1
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?"