William Fulton

Generation 4

Historical Notes

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There are no known photographs of William Fulton.
DAR letter
concerning William Fulton's service record

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Newspaper clipping: (Source unknown...spelling and punctuation are as in the original)

Fulton,-In Fairfield, Iowa, July 23d, 1874, of general debility, Mr. William Fulton, aged 86 years, 10 months and 17 days.
Mr. Fulton was born in Huntingdon county, Penn., where he remained until he arrived at man's estate. From thence he removed to Ross county, Ohio, where he was married in 1803. He reared a family of 10 children. In the war of 1812 he was a private soldier, furnished his horse and provisions for over six months, never receiving any pay. He was one of Maneely's Rangers. At the battle of the Thames he was placed in command of a reconnoitering party of 20 men, for the purpose of ascertaining the position of the enemy. From this expedition he returned with a loss of seven men. At this battle the famous Indian chief, Tecumseh, was killed. In after years Mr. Fulton received a land warrant, which was all the pay given him for his six months service. In 1852 he removed to Iowa and located in Fairfield, where he resided until the time of his death. He joined the Methodist church 35 years ago, and has been a consistent christian since that time. He was a total abstinence man, it being said of him that he never drank a spoonful of spirituous liquor. During all his life he was a hard working man, but for several years past has been growing feeble, partially losing his voice. With all his general feebleness he did all he could, being engaged in employment on the evening preceding his death.
He was an exemplary christian, an honest man, and was much esteemed by all who knew him. His remains were followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of citizens and deposited in the grave with the honors of war, a squad of soldiers under command of Lt. McCoid performing the military service.

William Fulton was referred to by people in the community as "Uncle Billy", just as his brother Alexander was called "Uncle Alex", a term of both respect and endearment.

From "The Old Grave Yard Book" at City Hall, Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa:

E. 1/2 Lot #73 (20 ft. square) Jas. Fulton, Feb.11, 1858.
W. 1/2 Lot #73 W. Fulton, Feb. 11, 1858

Tombstones on West Half:

WM FULTON, Died July 22, 1874, Aged 86 y. 10 m. & 3 d.
"Soldier of 1812".
JOHN FULTON, Died Apr. 20, 1857, Aged -- 9 ms. 4 d.

(Broken stone; the piece showing years could not be found. The 1850 shows his age as 33 yrs., which would agree with birth date given by B.F. Fulton.

A partial statement from the National Archives:

"11 Apr. 1855, William Fulton aged 65 years, a resident of Jefferson County, State of Iowa, declares that he is the identical William Fulton who was a private....Ohio Volunteers.....Declaration made before A. H. Brown, Esq.; Caleb Baldwin and J. Duane Stark believe William Fulton is the identical person he represents himself to be....

A partial statement from the National Archives: (notice the discrepancy in age)

"15 Mar. 1871, William Fulton aged 84 years, resident of Fairfield, County of Jefferson and State of Iowa, declares that he is married; that his wife's name was Mary Coleman, to whom he was married at Chillicothe, Ohio on the 11th day of May 1813; that he was again married on 22 May 1851; he was enrolled in Capt. Henry Brush's Co....that he was honorably discharged at Urbanna in the Wilderness in Oct. 1812; that he was enlisted & Enrolled to fight against the indians, to destroy the towns & drive them off; we burned several indian towns and destroyed the growing crops; we were scouting most of the time....

The following information for the William Fulton household appears in the 1850 Wapello County, Iowa Census:

Household	Sex	Age	Occ.	Acres	Born
Fulton:
William	M	61	farmer	1300	Ohio
Alexander	M	24	farmer		Ohio
David	M	19	farmer		Ohio
Thomas	M	16	farmer		Ohio
Nancy	F	28			Ohio
Hannah	F	28			Ohio
Marilla	F	4			Ohio
William	M	1			Ohio

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This entry also occurs in the 1850 Wapello County, Iowa Census:

Fulton:
Moses	M	29	farmer	Ohio
Sarah A.	F	19		Ohio

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Another entry from the 1850 Census of Fairfield Township, Dwelling #254:

Fulton:
Jno.	M	33	farmer	Ohio
Amanda	F	24		Ohio
Benj.F.	M	5		Ohio
Rachel E.	F	3		Ohio

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In the 1860 Fairfield, Iowa Census (which was actually taken in 1856) we find these entries:

Fulton, William	age 67	born: PA	mason	6y in Iowa
Fulton, Thomas	age 23	born: OH		living with Alex. Fulton
Fulton, A.R.	age 31	born: OH	sawyer	5y in Iowa

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And in the Census done in Agency City, Iowa on June 18, 1860, this entry:

Fulton:
Moses	M	39	laborer	Ohio
Hetty	F	30		Ohio
William	M	10		Ohio

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In Jefferson County, Iowa marriage records are these entries relating to persons listed with William in the census reports:

8 March 1855 - Thomas Green m. Hannah Fulton, widow; J.C. Fetter J.P.
Marilla A. Fulton was married to Auren T. Heaton 1 January 1863, E.L.Briggs, minister.

From the Fairfield Ledger, January 31, 1906, Page 6, col. 4:
DEMOLISHING A LANDMARK

Workmen are tearing down an old frame building on North Court Street just south of the court house, which has been a landmark. It was erected by the late Wm. Fulton about 1856 or 1857, and was occupied for several years as a millinery store by Mrs. Fulton. It was purchased by Robt. F. Ratcliff about 1861, after he retired from the office of clerk of the district court, and was used by him as a law office until it was partially destroyed by fire about two years ago.

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