Reference: Noted dated Mon, 14 Feb 2000 regarding Subject: Fulton-Doyle From: ssiri@michiana.org (rosalie siri) rosalie siri wrote: > I don't believe any of you said where your > families are from....My FULTON name comes through > my STOTTLEMYER-WILKINSON line. > I also have a DOYLE-RUMMEL line in the > MCConnellsburg, FULTON Co. area from about 1830- > 1960. Other names in that area are:LEASURE, > KENDALL, WOLVERTON, COVE, DOWNEY, KENNEDY, WEST, > BLACK, GOES, ALEXANDER. > Rosie Dear Rosie, Evelyn K. Fulton King <ekfulton@webtv.net> had stated she got the information on David A. Fulton 1827-1897 from a tombstone in a cemetery in Apollo, Armstrong Co, PA, which is by the border of Westmoreland Co, PA. Bethany Fulton Rainey <Grrchick@aol.com> mentioned that most of her ancestors were from western Pennsylvania. Her father Doyle Leroy Fulton who was born 1927 at home in Blacks Hollow PA which is near Apollo, PA. Notice they also listed John Alexander Fulton 1896-1976. We do not know if the Alexander represents a surname, which is one you listed for your line. Betty Jane (Fulton) Garcia <rrbjgarcia@webtv.net> in an archived note dated 06 Jul 1999 had mentioned that there was a Wayne Jackson Fulton 1895-1960 and the name JACKSON appears in the widow Agnes Fulton family. She also mentions that in the census of 1880 it says that David A. Fultons's father was born in Ireland. This might rule out a direct connection to the widow Agnes or the Abraham Fulton/Margaret Guthrie lines because I believe their Irish-born members most likely would have been too early to be a father to a David A. Fulton b 1827. Since we do not have all the facts, the best approach is to keep an open mind and to continue to evaluate and analyze the data as it is discovered. Perhaps some of the researchers who are studying these lines can share their thoughts on this topic. A note in the archives on Subject: Richard FULTON resided near Newville, now Cumberland Co,PA ca 1738 Dated 12 Mar 1999 discusses a migration of neighbors near the birthplace of Robert Fulton of steamboat fame to Chambersburg, Franklin Co, Pa, which appears to be about 15-20 miles east from McConnellsburg, Fulton Co, PA. You may be interested in that information for general background data. As you can see, having some detailed maps is important, since geographic boundaries often "blind" us to the fact that towns in different counties can be very close in distance to each other when located near the borders of those county boundaries. Please tell us a little more about your Fulton connections. Roberta R. (Fulton) Hirth Harriman, New York Fulton web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm