Pat, Regarding the location of Watervliet, New York, I checked the USGS GNIS (Geographic Names Information System) and only found one area in New York called Watervliet located 6 miles North of Albany, New York - on the Hudson River opposite Troy, NY. http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html Watervliet Shaker Historic District Mother Ann Lee (1736-1784), religious founder "Mother" Ann Lee, founder of the American colonial variant of the Shaking Quaker religion, the Shakers, established the movement's first permanent settlement in Watervliet in 1774. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/ny16.htm The Shaker - Who Are They - is briefly explained at: http://www.catscats.com/s_info.html At the bottom of this site notice the list of geographic locations they settled that spans NY, KY, OH, IN, IL, MI some of which coincides with locations of Fultons you have mentioned. South Union, Logan Co, KY Pleasant Hill, Mercer Co, KY Cane Ridge, Bourbon Co, KY Watervliet, Bierran Co, Michigan; Watervliet, Dayton Ohio; West Unio, Indiana; White Oak, Georgia;... and more... Decided to use a search engine and on the advanced search specified the document must contain the word Watervliet and the word Shaker. I used the following search engine: http://www.alltheweb.com/advsearch Based on the search engine results, there are several sites that would help one to better understand the migration path of these folks folks and possible contacts: http://www.shakerwssg.org/Karen's%20Home%20Page.html Shaker Village Watervliet, Dayton Ohio: http://www.shakerwssg.org/Watervliet-Martha%20Boice-Chpt%209.html Follow the link: article, Origin of the Watervliet, Ohio Shaker Community by J.P. MacLean). "... Shaker documents at Union Village testify that the Watervliet society was founded in 1806. At this time it went both by the name Beulah and Beaver Creek. The community was not called Watervliet until 1813. It was so named from the community at Watervliet in New York." Shaker Manuscripts: http://www.dayton.lib.oh.us/~ads_elli/shakers.htm Shaker Artifacts: http://www.shakermuseumoldchat.org/collection.htm There is so much to explore.... Roberta R. (Fulton) Hirth Harriman, New York Fulton web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm\ Search Fulton-L archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl