Continuing with the Fulton & Wynkoop family connections... There was more than one Fulton family in Shelby County, Kentucky. In the last installment (Pt10) we learned that a James Fulton died there in 1808. Now I want to share some information about a David Fulton who died there in 1836 [research of Carol Hodge March, 1988] and also Mary (Fulton) Middleton who died there in 1829 [research of Celia G. Snyder, 1997]. According to the Yerkes genealogy published in 1904, Mary (Fulton) Middleton was the daughter of David and Elizabeth (Yerkes) Fulton. -------------------------- The Will of David Fulton of Shelby Co, KY This Will, signed 20 Mar 1835, recorded Oct 1836, identifies David's widow as Nancy (-?-) and provides for these eight children (all living in 1835): 2-Robert R. Fulton [Will probated 1845 at Shelby Co KY] 2-John Fulton 2-James Fulton 2-William Fulton 2-Eliza Fulton 2-Maria Fulton 2-Hester Fulton 2-Anthony Fulton 2-Sarah Jane Fulton, b 1816, m 1837 Andrew Duncan. [On 2 Oct 1832, Hester Fulton m James M. Fry at Shelby Co, KY -- this information from a Family Group Sheet submitted in 1981 to the LDS Church collection, reference document 8119705-85.] Notice the unusual name of the youngest son, "Anthony" Fulton. According to the "Chronicles of the Yerkes Family with Notes on the Leech and Rutter Families" by Josiah Granville Leach (1904), the Will of Anthony Yerkes II, signed in 1790, provided for a daughter "Elizabeth, wife of David Fulton of Virginia." Further, this Yerkes genealogy identified three children born to this couple: Mary Fulton (m Adam Middleton), Robert Fulton, and Hester Fulton. (This last information didn't come from the Yerkes Will, rather it was research gathered by author Leach.) It is possible that Robert, "Maria", and Hester, identified in the Will of David Fulton of Shelby County, KY, (signed 1835) are the same children identified as Robert, "Mary", and Hester, by Josiah Leach in 1904. Mrs. March, a descendant of Andrew and Sarah Jane (Fulton) Duncan, sent me a few more clues. In 1850, Nancy (-?-) Fulton, the widow of David Fulton of Shelby Co, KY, was living with Anthony Fulton at Moniteau County, Missouri, and Andrew and Sarah Jane (Fulton) Duncan were living nearby. Just before his death, David Fulton of Shelby County KY signed a Power of Attorney to his son William Fulton. This document authorized William to collect "what is due from the estate of Robert Rankin" at Wythe County, Virginia. [About ten of us have tried to locate more information on this lead. We are all descendants of a David and Nancy (-?-) Fulton of Grayson County, VA, which is adjacent to Wythe County, so you can imagine our interest. Sadly, we've never found anything about Robert Rankin or "what was due" David Fulton of KY. Nor have we found any connection between these two "David & Nancy Fultons".] ----------------------- Adam and Mary (Fulton) Middleton (shared by Celia Snyder): On 27 February 1794, Mary Fulton married Adam Middleton at Berkeley Co, VA. (Ref: Keesecker, Guy L., editor. "Marriage Records, Berkeley Co., VA, 1781-1854", (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983.) William Hill, minister. Children of Adam and Mary (Fulton) Middleton: 2-David Fulton Middleton, b 1796, m Elizabeth Yerkes Beattie, "his 1st cousin." (We're back to that Yerkes family!) 2-Hester Middleton, b 1798 m Price Willis. 2-Elizabeth Middleton, b 1800 m William Scearce. 2-James Fulton Middleton, b 1803 m Sarah P. Willis. 2-John Middleton, b 1805 m Elizabeth Caldwell. 2-Anthony Middleton, b 1808 m Madeline Mason. 2-Julia Ann Middleton, b 1810 m1 Stephen Johnston, m2 Alfred Harrington. 2-Adam Middleton Jr., b 1813 m Mary Frances Willis. 2-Robert W. Middleton, b 1816 m Latitia Willis. 2-Jonathan Middleton, b 1819 m Sarah Davenport. On 15 September 1829, Mary (Fulton) Middleton died at Shelby Co, KY. Oh yes, here's some more: There are more Fultons buried in Shelby Co., KY. The Perkins-Fulton Cemetery, located in Hatton, Shelby Co, KY "take KY 1779 (Beech Ridge Road) down Hatton Hill, turn left along the L&N Railroad and continue for 500 feet. Cemetery is on right (north) near top of hill overlooking the RR. William F. and Margaret E. Perkins are in graves 1 and 1a. Mary L. Fulton, wife of Jacob Fulton, b 12 April 1785, d 12 Dec 1849 in grave 2. Grave 3 and 3a are James S. (1820-1898) and Elizabeth J. (-?-) (1819-1904) Fulton. Jacob Fulton? Born 1785? Where does he fit in? The "Accelerated Index" of the 1830 US Census for Shelby County includes only two Fultons: Robert Fulton and Jacob Fulton. (Where's David who died in 1836? If Robert is the oldest son of David, who's Jacob Fulton? Arghhh -- so many questions.) ------------------------- Aside: Urbana Twp, Champaign County, OHIO? Yes, according to my Rand-McNally Road Map, there really is such a place. But I also see that there is an Urbana Twp, Champaign County, ILLINOIS, home to the prestigious University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana campus, which (coincidentally?) is the email address of correspondent Celia Snyder. Curious, don't you think? ------------------------- Patrice (Fulton) Stark Lone Tree, Colorado