Folks, I am enclosing a note and my response that may be of interest to others on this list. ************************************************************************** Subject:FULTON Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 15:53:31 +0000 From: Byron Fulton <esfulton@bellsouth.net> To: hirth@frontiernet.net Hi Roberta, Don't know if you remember me, I e-mailed you several months back. I have been able to stumble onto info regarding my FULTON LINE. The earliest I have so far is a William Fulton Sr. b 1753 d. 1830 Laurens Co. SC. Don't know for sure where in Ireland he was born but lived for some time in Derry Co. Married Martha?? and had 6 children, the 5th of which Thomas b. 1785, of whom I am descended. William Sr. came to the US around 1787 and became a naturalized citizen in 1808. Do you see any connection possibilities between your Irish Fultons? Thanks, Byron Fulton ************************************************************************* Dear Byron, Sorry, I do not see any connection to my Irish Fultons. I noticed that Laurens Co, SC is near Abbeville, SC. Do you know about the Rev. Thomas Clark who first settled with part of his congregation in Salem (also known as White Creek/New Perth and is not far from Albany), Washington Co, NY in 1764. But a portion of the congregation settled in Abbeville, SC rather than NY, and the Rev. Clark subsequently resettled in Long Cane/Cedar Spring/Little River, SC circa 1782. His congregation came from Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland. When you read about his experiences, you learn about the cohesiveness of Seceder groups and the wide extent of networking and communication among members of the churches scattered along the entire eastern seaboard of the U.S even in the mid to late 1700s. And of course they communicated with their friends/family back in Northern Ireland. I just marvel at the communication that was able to take place during this early time period. For further details about the Rev. Clark, I found this information in the following books: 1) Destiny of the Scotch Irish, an Account of a Presbyterian migration 1720-1853 by H, Leonard Porter III, The Porter Co, FL, 1990, p 1-8. In particular this book outlines the migration of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with a focus on Salem, NY; Abeville, SC; Pittsburgh, PA; Rockbridge, VA; Gurnsey Co, OH; Preble Co, OH; Monmouth, IL; Randolph Co, IL; and then brief references to offshoots to Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Texas 2) The Scotch-Irish in America by Henry Jones Ford, 1915, reprint 1995 Clearfield Co, p 252-256. If your William Fulton was a Seceder, this background information may be helpful. Roberta R. (Fulton) Hirth Harriman, New York 10926 FULTON web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm