Reference: Note from RonaldFulton@webtv.net (Ronald Fulton) regarding Southwest Pennsylvania Fultons dated Tue, 6 Jul 1999 23:41:05 Ronald Fulton wrote: > Hi Have you any info on SW PA families ? All mine were Greene & > Washington County residents as far as 1720 or so. I am trying to find > out where they were before coming here to the "western frontier" Any > info would be appreciated. > Please check out my site at: > http://community.webtv.net/RonaldFulton > Thanks ! > Ron Dear Ron, Thank you for letting me know about your web site with the information on the Stephen FULTON b 10 Jan 1785, d 1847 Greene Co PA and his wife Jerusha Cary. Have you contacted Rex Parker and his cousin Audrey Hayden <rna@i-america.net> who are studying this line ? I will carbon copy the Fulton discussion list in case there are other researchers who are interested in exchanging information with you. One of your interesting links points to a biographical sketch of Samuel Greenlee FULTON b 1 April 1858 in Washington Township, Greene Co,PA (p 1460 from Beers, J.H. an Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington Co, Pennsylvania, (Chicago 1893). It states that Stephen Fulton, grandfather of Samuel Greenlee FULTON, was born in West Bethlehem township, Washington Co., Penn, near the Greene county line, where his father owned a farm, upon which he had settled upon his arrival in this country, at an early day, from his native Ireland. Have you checked the land records in West Bethlehem Township, Washington Co, PA to determine when the immigrant Fulton settled in this area ? Keep in mind that these land records may reside in a different county than Washington Co., whose evolution, along with Greene Co are as follows: Greene Co PA formed 1796 from Washington Co PA Washington Co PA formed 1781 from Westmoreland Co PA Westmoreland Co PA formed 1773 from Bedford Co PA Bedford Co PA formed 1771 from Cumberland Co PA Cumberland Co PA formed 1750 from Lancaster Co PA Lancaster Co PA formed 1729 from Chester Co PA Also who were his neighbors and when did they settle in the area ? Answers to these questions may help you to determine from what area of Ireland your ancestor came from. Also, do you know what churches they attended ? Roberta R. (Fulton) Hirth Harriman, New York 10926 FULTON web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm