James Fullerton and Margaret Sharp
Husband James Fullerton 1 2 3
Born: 14 Jul 1773 - Cumberland Co, PA 2 3 Christened: Died: 26 Dec 1847 - Lawrence Co, PA 2 4 Buried: - Westfield Church, Mt. Jackson, Beaver Co, PA
Father: Alexander Fullerton ( -Abt 1776/1782) 1 5 Mother: Mary Sharp ( - ) 1 5 6 7
Marriage: 25 Dec 1801 - Cumberland Co, PA 2 8
Wife Margaret Sharp 1 2 8
Born: 7 Nov 1782 2 8 Christened: Died: 6 Aug 1854 - Lawrence Co, PA 2 4 Buried: - Westfield Church, Mt. Jackson, Beaver Co, PA
Father: James Sharp (1753-1812) 1 6 7 8 Mother: Mary Jane Sterrett (1751/1757-1833) 1 9
Children
1 F Mary Fullerton 2 4
Born: 14 Nov 1802 4 Christened: Died: 10 May 1856 10 Buried: - Westfield Church, Mt. Jackson, Lawrence Co, PA
2 F Margaret Fullerton 2 4 11 12
Born: 23 Jan 1804 4 12 Christened: Died: 22 Jul 1886 10 12 Buried: - New Galilee, Beaver Co, PASpouse: James Stewart (1797-1870) 13 14 Marr: 18 Aug 1860 10
3 M James Fullerton 4 15
Born: 23 Nov 1805 4 Christened: Died: 27 Jul 1884 - North Beaver Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 10 Buried: - Westfield Church, Mt. Jackson, Lawrence Co, PASpouse: Ann Dale Clarke (1804-1862) 10 Marr: 2 Apr 1829 10
4 F Bathsheba Fullerton 10 16
Born: 29 Dec 1807 10 Christened: Died: 25 Aug 1858 17 Buried:Spouse: William Miller (1801-1872) 10 17 Marr: 23 Apr 1829 10
5 M Robert Fullerton 2 10 19
AKA: Robert Fillerton 18 Born: 4 Feb 1810 10 Christened: Died: 9 Jan 1884 19 Buried:Spouse: Eliza Wilson (1812/1812- ) 18 19 20 Marr: Jan 1838 18 19
6 M Alexander Sharp Fullerton 2 10
Born: 25 Mar 1811 - North Beaver Twp, Beaver (later Lawrence) Co, PA 10 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Jane Allsworth (1807- ) 2 20 Marr: 28 Jun 1836 2 20
7 M John Fullerton 2 10
Born: 17 Jun 1817 10 Christened: Died: 13 Dec 1836 - near Mt. Jackson, Beaver [later Lawrence] Co, PA 10 Buried: - Westfield Church, Mt. Jackson, Beaver Co, PA
8 F Nancy Fullerton 2 10
Born: 27 Nov 1822 10 Christened: Died: Aft 1901 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - James Fullerton
James Fullerton came from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with his wife and a colored girl, in the spring of 1801, and settled the farm where his son, Robert Fullerton, later lived. Mr. Fullerton had been there in 1800, and built a cabin. The first child born in the family was a daughter, Mary, whose birth occurred in the latter part of the year 1801. In 1802 Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton went horseback across the mountains on a visit, and the jaunt was so hard on the babe, which they carried with them, that it did not grow any for a year or more, and was always weakly afterward.
Mr. Fullerton had several cows, and one day a huge panther undertook to capture a calf which was with them, but the cattle formed a circle around the calf, and by gradually moving ahead, at last reached home in safety, having kept the panther off by a formidable display of horns, which thwarted his bloodthirsty purpose. [HLC 1877, 69]
He established the Fullerton family in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, coming to North Beaver Township in 1801, from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he was born. In 1793 he visited Beaver Point and was so favorably impressed with the country that in 1797 he came and made a permanent settlement. The land that he then entered was later known as the Fullerton homestead and was situated at the cross-roads, about one and one-half miles west of where his grandson, William A. Fullerton, later resided. He secured a large tract of land, probably 640 acres, all of which was then a dense forest. He cleared a spot large enough to erect on it a log cabin 12 by 14 feet in dimensions. It was of the regulation pioneer pattern, with a generous fireplace in one end, puncheon floor and with roof of boards hewn out by hand with the most primitive tools. In 1801 he obtained a deed for his land and in the latter part of the same year he returned to Cumberland County, where a maiden, then nineteen years of age, awaited his promised coming. When she left the old home to cross the mountains with her sturdy young husband, she carried with her a willow branch broken from one of the old homestead trees, and when she reached the rude cabin home she carefully planted it near the spring. The vitality of the willow is well known and doubtless she carefully nurtured the little branch and rejoiced when she saw that it took kindly to its new surroundings. It grew and flourished, becoming a tree of immense girth, and under its shade her children and grandchildren played through happy childhood. [TCHNCLC, 469]
When his brothers left their home, James, the third son, remained with his mother, he being apprenticed to a distiller, completed his trade, which took him three years. That done, he took a trip west, landing at Beaver Point in 1793. Here he remained but a short time, returning home to work at his trade. In 1797 he again went west, settling this time on what became known as the Old Fullerton Homestead, at the cross-roads. It is supposed that he here took up the usual tract of land (640 acres) at that time a dense forest. Here he cleared a small space and erected a cabin some 12x14. One end of said cabin was a fire place. The floor was of puncheon and the roof clapboards, all prepared with but few tools. He obtained a deed for this land in 1801, given him by the government. The latter part of this same year he returned to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he was united in marriage and brought her over the mountains to his rude home on horseback. [F & S, 16]
On their farm was erected the first cider and brandy mill where they made cider and peach brandy.
General Notes: Wife - Margaret Sharp
She was a very delicate and slender young lady. On her wedding day her husband could span her with his hands, her waist measuring just the same as his silk hat. Before her death, her weight was over three hundred pounds. Later family members could remember seeing her sitting in a large rocker with both arms removed to give her room.
She visited the home of her childhood but once, in 1803, making the trip over the mountains on horseback, carrying Mary, her baby, on her lap, and bringing home with her a little colored girl, who her grand children always called black Lucy, who lived in the family all her life, dying at a ripe old age, and was buried at Westfield.
1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 64.
2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 469.
3 Nan Q. Harrah, Geneology of the Fullerton's and Sharp's (New Castle, PA: The Miller Printing Co., 1901), Pg 6.
4 Nan Q. Harrah, Geneology of the Fullerton's and Sharp's (New Castle, PA: The Miller Printing Co., 1901), Pg 18.
5 Nan Q. Harrah, Geneology of the Fullerton's and Sharp's (New Castle, PA: The Miller Printing Co., 1901), Pg 5.
6 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 17.
7 Margaret White Loomis, The Presbyterian Families of White, Crawford, Hanna and Sharp (Winnetka, IL: Self-published, 1940), Pg 13.
8 Nan Q. Harrah, Geneology of the Fullerton's and Sharp's (New Castle, PA: The Miller Printing Co., 1901), Pg 17.
9 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 801.
10 Nan Q. Harrah, Geneology of the Fullerton's and Sharp's (New Castle, PA: The Miller Printing Co., 1901), Pg 19.
11 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 357.
12 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925), Pg 8.
13 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 356.
14 Thomas M. Stewart, History of the Taylor Family (Filley, NE: George Thomas Edson, 1925), Pg 7.
15 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 469, 967.
16 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 469, 812.
17 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 812.
18 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 115.
19 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 751.
20
Nan Q. Harrah, Geneology of the Fullerton's and Sharp's (New Castle, PA: The Miller Printing Co., 1901), Pg 20.
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