Mary Myrtie Burkhalter

Mary married Willie Earcel Vaughn on 14 Dec 1919 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. Willie (son of Jesse Henry Vaughn and Elizabeth Rachel Burris) was born on 6 Nov 1892 in Burke, Angelina County, Texas; died on 21 Sep 1988 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eugene William Vaughn was born on 2 Aug 1920; died in Apr 1981.
2. Jessie Eugene Vaughn was born on 4 Nov 1921 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; died on 11 Sep 1982 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Whitehouse Cemetery, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas.
3. Arnold Bernard Vaughn was born on 25 Aug 1925 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; died on 24 Jun 1988.
4. Peyton Earcel Vaughn was born on 26 Aug 1939 in Angelina County, Texas; died on 10 Mar 2013 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas.

Notes:

Name: Joe Burkhalter
Death Date: 22 Oct 1940
Death Place: Lufkin, Angelina, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 81 years 1 month 24 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 29 Aug 1859
Birthplace: Miss.
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James D. Burkhalter
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence: Lufkin, Angelina, Texas
Cemetery: White House Cem.
Burial Place: Lufkin, Texas
Burial Date: 23 Oct 1940
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2138007
Digital Film Number: 4030491
Image Number: 58
Reference Number: 44056
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct No. 3
Enumerated 8 and 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 70 Sheets 6B and 7A
107-107
Burkhalter, Joe Head W M Aug 1859 40 M 14 Ark Ark Ark Farmer
Burkhalter, Fannie Wf W F Jan/Jun? 1864 35 M 14 3/3 Ark Ga Ga
Burkhalter, Ivy Son W M Feb 1894 6 S Tx Ark Ark
Burkhalter, Henry Son W M July 1896 3 S Tx Ark Ark
Burkhalter, James Son W M Nov 1899 7/12 S Tx Ark Ark
Howard, Nancy W F May 1826 74 S Boarder Ga SC SC

1910 Census
Texas, Runnels County, JP 5
Enumerated 21 and 22 Apr 1910
SD 14 ED 220 Sheet 4B
Burkhalter, J. W. Head M W 50 m1 23 Ark Ms NC Farmer
Burkhalter, F. A. Wf F W 45 m1 23 4/4 Ark Ga Ga
Burkhalter, Ivy Son M W 16 S Tx AR\\rk Ark Farm Laborer
Burkhalter, Henry Son M W 12 S Tx Ark Ark Farm Laborer
Burkhalter, Jimmie Son M W 10 S Tx ARk Ark Farm Laborer
Burkhalter, Myrtle Dtr F W 7 S Tx Ark Ark

Joseph married Francis "Fannie" Ola Fuller on 27 Nov 1886 in Sabine County, Texas. Francis (daughter of John Brooks Fuller and Mary A. Watson) was born on 29 Jun 1864 in Arkansas; died on 7 Mar 1931 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in White House Cemetery, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nancy Howard was living with Joe and Fanny in 1900.

Name: Fannie Burkhalter
Death Date: 07 Mar 1931
Death Place: Lufkin, Angelina Co., Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 66 years 8 months 7 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1864
Birthplace: Ark.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mr. Joe Burkhalter
Father's Name: John B. Fuller
Father's Birthplace: Ga.
Mother's Name: Miss Mary Watson
Mother's Birthplace: Ga.
Occupation: House Wife
Place of Residence:
Cemetery: White House
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 08 Mar 1931
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2135506
Digital Film Number: 4163586
Image Number: 3571
Reference Number: cn 10833
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Police District 1
17B
Burckhalter, Jame D 22 Mississippi
Burckhalter, Frances 19 Mississippi
Burckhalter, John W 7/12 Mississippi

1860 Census
Arkansas, Columbia County, Georgia Twp, PO Mathews Store
Enumerated 11 July 1860
Pages 86 and 87 Stamped 293
520-584
James Burkthatter 32 M Farmer $--- $500 Miss
Francis Burkthatter 30 f Miss
John Burkthatter 12 M Miss
Henry Burkthatter 10 M Miss
James Burkthatter 7 M Miss
Matilda Burkthatter 5 F Ark
Titer/Viter Burkthatter 3 M Ark
Joseph Burkhalter 1 M Ark
Maz Burkhalter 1 F (sic) Ark

1870 Census
Texas, Tyler County, Woodville
Enumerated 1 July 1870
Page 35 Stamped 385
216-216
BuckHalter Ja. 42 M W Farmer $300 $440 Miss
BuckHalter Frances 40 F W Keeping House Miss
BuckHalter, Henry T 18 M W Farm Laborer Miss
BuckHalter, Jas A 16 M W Farm Laborer Miss
BuckHalter, Matilda 15 F W Miss
BuckHalter, Joseph 9 M W Ark
BuckHalter, Monroe 9 M W Ark
BuckHalter, Sarah ? F W Texas

James married Frances Elizabeth Deloach on 20 Feb 1848 in Mississippi. Frances was born on 13 Aug 1830 in Mississippi; died on 26 Jan 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Fuller and his wife, Mary, were both born in Georgia, as were their two oldest sons, James and John. They moved to Arkansas sometime before 1860, and can be found on the 1860 Columbia County census (P#435, Dwelling 321, Family 323). John is shown as a Farmer, owning $1,200 in real estate and $550 in personal property.

In the book "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" by Edna McDaniel White and Blanche Finley Toole, there is a picture of John and Mary Fuller. John is shown in uniform, with a long rifle. Private John B. Fuller is shown as a member of the 26th Arkansas Infantry, Capt. Hamiter's Company G. He enlisted on May 22, 1862 in Lewisville, Arkansas for a period of 3 years. The muster roll's show him present through April 30, 1863. In June, 1863, he was inexplicably dropped from the roll by order of Lt. Genl Holmes. However, he was shown as present on the muster rolls for December 31, 1863 through February 29, 1864. His name appears on a ROLL OF PRISONERS OF WAR of furloughed and detailed men, Confederate States Army, surrendered at New Orleans, LA, by General E.K. Smith, CSA to Maj. Gen. R.S. Canby, USA, May 26, 1865 and paroled at Shreveport, LA June 20, 1865. The roll was dated Shreveport, LA, June 20, 1865. His residence was shown as Columbia County, Arkansas.

Organized as Morgan's Battalion on June 14, 1862, it was increased to a full regiment and reorganized as the 26th Arkansas Infantry on July 23, 1862, at DeValls Bluff, Arkansas. Asa Stokely Morgan, formerly of the famed 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment, was appointed as lieutenant-colonel of the battalion, and was promoted to colonel when the 26th Arkansas was organized. The regiment was assigned to McRae's Brigade, Shoup's Division, First Corps, Army of the Trans-Mississippi, and fought at Prairie Grove and Devil's Backbone. Later, the regiment took part in the Red River Campaign, fighting at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, on April 9, 1864. The 26th Arkansas was then ordered back to Arkansas to counter Union General Steele's Camden Expedition, culminating in the battle of Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864. The regiment remained in south Arkansas for the next year, and was included in the general surrender of the Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department on May 26, 1865

http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/26hisidx.html

The family moved to Sabine County, Texas shortly after the birth of their youngest son in Malvern, Arkansas in 1869. Linda Fuller of Cleveland, Texs located a deed dated 18 January 1870, showing the purchase of 174 acres of land lying in Sabine County out of the 611 acre survey made for William J. Sneed off the William Isaac's League. The witnesses to the deed were W.H. Crouch and S.D. Berley. It was recorded in San Augustine County. The price was one dollar an acre, for a total of $174. John died less than six weeks after this purchase, on March 6, 1870.

Mary herself died in 1874, leaving her children orphaned. The eldest sons, James and John, ages 18 and 17, took charge of the family. On the 1880 census, John is shown as head of household. Also living with him and three of his younger siblings is 50 year old Nancy Howard, listed as a family member. His older brother, James, was shown as living on a nearby farm with his wife, mother in law and year old daughter. Brother Delony was also living nearby, working as a laborer on the farm of Christopher "Kit" and Mary Smith. Kit Smith was later killed by the Conner's in the infamous Smith-Conner-Low feud in the mid 1880s in Sabine County.

Blanche Finley Toole of Sabine County writes that Nancy Howard, the family member shown living in the John W Fuller household in 1880, was related her great great grandmother, Ruth Howard Finley. Her father was Samuel Howard. She came to Texas around 1875. Nancy Howard's fiancee was killed in the Civil War, and she never married. She was buried with her pictures of him and her bible. Ms. Toole says that Nancy Howard can be found on the 1850 Meriwether GA census in Household #799, Nancy Howard, age 23, female, born Georgia, in the household of Malichi Murphy age 48, born South Carolina and wife Nancy, age 52 b. South Carolina. (Letter to Melinda Strong, date 5 June 1997).

The parentage of John Brooks Fuller has not yet been proved conclusively. It is appears that he is the son of James Anderson Fuller, however there are some inconsistencies. The family of James Anderson Fuller resided in Meriwether County, Georgia, as did Nancy Howard. As indicated on the census records extracted above, John Brooks Fuller was born circa 1834 in Georgia. The census records of the James Anderson Fuller family indicate that their son, John B., was born in Georgia circa 1831. From the ages of their children, it appears that John and Mary Fuller were probably married sometime before 1855 in Georgia. This fits with the information from the Fuller Genealogical Bank, showing that James's son John B. Fuller married a Mary Watson on November 5, 1852. This also fits with the facts shown on the death certificates for two of the Fuller's children, Joseph Thomas Fuller and Francis Ola Fuller Burkhalter. Both certificates show their mother's maiden name as Watson. However, in the book SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, the mother of the Fuller Children is listed as Mary Brown. No support is provided for the Brown name, however. The most important contradiction, one that must be resolved, is that the Fuller Genealogical Data Banks show that John B. Fuller died on November 5, 1862 (probably during the Civil War). Our John Brooks Fuller did not die until early in 1870, in Sabine County.

Only a death date is shown on his headstone. He shares a double marker with Mary Fuller. This is also engraved with "Precious Memories."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census State: Arkansas
County: ColumbiaTownship: ClayPost Office: Dorecheat 321 323
Fuller, John B,age 26, male, Farmer, value of R/E $1,200, PP $550,born GA
Fuller, Mary, age 24, female, born Georgia
Fuller, James E, age 4, male, born Georgia
Fuller, John W, age 2, male, born Georgia

1870 Census State: Texas
County: SabineTownship: Bearns 3Post Office: Brookeland 576 576
Fuller, Mary, age 36, female, Farmer,value of R/E $1,000, PP $400, born GA
Fuller, James, age 14, male, born GA
Fuller, John, age 13, male, born GA
Fuller, Delony, age 10, male, born ARK (Impairment)
Fuller, Fanny, age 6, female, born ARK
Fuller, Charles, age 4, male, born ARK
Fuller, Joseph, age 1, male, born ARK

1880 Census State: Texas
County: Sabine
171 173
Fuller, John W, age22, male, Farmer, GA, GA, GA
Fuller, Frances,age 16, female, Sister, Ark, GA, GA
Fuller, Charlies H, age 13, male, Brother, GA, SC, SC
Fuller, Joseph, age 10, male, Brother, Ark
Howard, Nancy, age 50, female, Family Member,Ark, Ark, Ark
200 209
Smith, Christopher, age 22,TX,Miss,Miss
Smith, Mary, age 18,wife,TX,TX,Miss
Smith, Dosia, age 2, dau,TX,TX,TX
Fuller, Alkony Delony,age 19,laborer, TX,--,--
218 227
Fuller, JE, age 24, male, Farmer, GA, GA, GA
Fuller, Hannah, age 23, Wife,TX, NC, AL
Fuller, Maggie, age 1, Daughter, TX, GA, TX
Dewees, Sarah, age 50, Mother, AL, NC, GA
Delony, Rebecca,age 20, Niece, TX

John married Mary A. Watson on 9 Dec 1852 in Meriwether County, Georgia. Mary (daughter of Arthur Holman Watson and Frances Ophelia O'Hara) was born about 1834 in Georgia; died on 19 Feb 1874 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the online trascription of the 1850 Meriwether County, Georgia census, there were two Mary Watsons living in Meriwether County, Georgia in 1850. I believe that the Mary Watson whom married John Brooks Fuller was the daughter of Arthur Watson.

1) The daughter of Arthur Watson, below, was born circa 1834. This matches the closely to her age as of the 1870 Sabine County Census (she was shown as age 36). On the 1860 Arkansas census, she is listed as age 24, which would make her year of birth circa 1836. On neither the 1860 or 1870 census, however, is she shown as being born circa 1831, as was the daughter of Robert Watson.

2) Robert Watson was born in Ireland. There is no indication that Mary Watson's father was born in Ireland. Arthur Watson was born in South Carolina, and at the time of the 1880 census, Charles H. Fuller indicates that his mother was born in South Carolina.

3) Arthur Watson has a daughter named Ophelia. This name is used in later generations of the Fuller family in Texas.

More work needs to be done to verify this, but it seems that it is a resonable hypothesis that Arthur Watson of South Carolina is the father of Mary Watson Fuller.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ga/meriwether/1850/pg0353b.txt

WATSON Families in Meriwether with daughters named MARY

687 687
Watson Arthur 42 M F 2,400 SC
Watson John F. 19 M F SC
Watson Mary A. 16 F GA
Watson Allen H. 13 M GA
Watson Ophelia F. 12 F GA
Watson Elizabeth P.8 F GA

383 383
Watson Robert 55 M F 2,500 Ireland
Watson Elizabeth 49 F GA
Watson Mary Ann 19 F GA
Watson William 18 M F GA
Watson Susan Ann 15 F GA
Watson Margaret 12 F GA

Other WATSON's in Meriwether

67 67
Johnson Mordica 62 M F 1,370 VA
Johnson E. 49 F VA
Watson Cintha 6 F GA
Murphy Wm. D. 23 M F GA

265 265
Watson William 50 M F 2,100 NC
Watson Rebecca 44 F NC
Watson John F. 20 M F GA
Watson William T. 17 M F GA
Watson Martha A. 15 F GA
Watson Henry L. 13 M GA
Watson Rebecca M. 10 F GA
Watson Georgia A.8 F GA
Watson Laura J.5 F GA
Watson Robert A. 3 Mo GA

Only a death date is shown on her headstone. She shares a double marker with John Fuller. This is also engraved with "Precious Memories."

Other WATSON Brides during that time period. This doesn't appear to list either of her sisters listed on the 1850 census.

PARTRIDGE CHARLES 15-Jul1868 WATSON ANN
STRICKLAND E 28-Mar1868 WATSON BETTY
STROZIER GEORGE 13-Feb1869WATSON DILLA
BELLARC H 26-Dec1875WATSON EASLEY
PERKINSON JOHN D 20-Dec1860 WATSON GEORGIA A
ROSSER WILSON 1-Jan1873 WATSON HANNAH
HAYSBUCK S 23-Dec1870 WATSON LINA
DARDIN FRANKLIN A 5-Dec1858 WATSON MARGARET
GILLOLVIN H 22-Jun1856 WATSON MARYANN
GATES GEORGE 18-Sep1870 WATSON SUSAN

Notes:

Married:
Per the Fuller Genealogical Data Base maintained by John Beattie Fuller of Morgantown, GA, John B. Fuller married Mary A. Watson on 9 December 1852. The names match the information on the death certificates of Joseph Thomas Fuller and Fannie Ola Fuller Burkhalter.

The record below is from Meriwether County, Vital Records, Marriages-Bride 1851-1875 Source: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/meriwether/vitals/marriages/mwtrbrd.txt

FULLER JOHN B 9 Dec1852 WATSON MARY A

Notes:

Copied from the website, Burkhalter Family History
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oespiers/Burkhalters.html

Daniel Burkhalter is the earliest proven ancestor. He was born about 1783 in South Carolina and died about 1855 in Pike County, Mississippi. Daniel was an early pioneer to Mississippi and was in Marion County prior to May 8, 1818, when he served on a Jury (Marion Probate Records 1825-1831, page 68) also his brand "ear mark and underslope in the left and underslope and hole in the right" was registered and recorded on November 22, 1818, Book A, page 60. His name appears on the Personal Tax Rolls of Marion County for the years 1819 to 1822, where he is assessed with 1 poll and 1 slave.

The 1820 census for Marion County shows Daniel Burkhalter as head of household with two males under 10, 1 male 26 to 45; 2 females under 10 and 1 female 26 to 45. The males under 10 will prove to be sons Henry and William and the females under 10 will prove to be daughters Eliza and Cynthia Burkhalter. Daniel Burkhalter signed marriage bond in 1820 for James Clark and Mrs. Agnes Kinesly.

Connerly's History of Pike County, 1798-1876, published in 1909, shows that Daniel Burkhalter and his wife, Mary Palmore, came from Georgia to Mississippi, quoting in part as follows: "In this neighborhood Daniel Burkhalter and his wife, Mary Palmore, had settled on Varnal, which empties into Magees Creek just above Sandifer's. Their settlement was on the hill near the ford where the Holmesville and Columbia Road crosses. They owned a negro slave woman who had some children. One was a child just sitting alone, and was left in the yard with a larger child to mind it while the grown people were out at work. A large fat coon came up in the yard, caught the child by the cheek and held on to it. Screams of the children brought the mother to the house to learn the cause and the coon refused to let go. The master had to come and choke the coon to death to make it let go the childs cheek."

The foregoing would place Daniel's homestead somewhat southeast of the present Salem Church. County land records show that Daniel Burkhalter patented land #4169, in Section 21, Township 3, Range 11 East, in what is now Walthall County. The 1829 tax rolls show he owned 160 acres on Magees Creek. Pike County Tax Rolls show Daniel paid poll tax through the year 1831. Record for 1832, 1833, and 1834 are not available, but in 1835 he paid no poll tax but was taxed with 5 slaves; 7 slaves in 1837; and 8 slaves in 1839 and 1840.

Under territorial laws this would show that Daniel was above the age 50 in 1835. The Marion-Pike line placed Daniel's homestead within the boundary of Pike County, where he is shown in the 1850 census as age 67, place of birth as South Carolina, and wife's name as Sarah. This would place his date of birth about 1783, which can be approximated by the fact he ceased to pay poll tax before 1835.

The name of the wife as Sarah in the census could mean that Mary had died and Daniel had remarried or there could have been a discrepancy on the part of the enumerator or the informer.

The next available tax roll after the 1850 census is for the year 1856, and Daniel is not listed thereon, leading to the assumption that he died between 1850 and 1856. It is not established that Daniel Burkhalter served in the War of 1812, but there is an indication that bounty land warrant #291730 was issued to him. At any rate, he was married and living in Georgia prior to 1812, when his first son was born. According to the History of Pike County supra, Daniel Burkhalter and Mary Palmore were parents of nine children, order of birth not known.

The Burkhalters are of German extraction and the name has many spellings, including Burkholders, Buckholtz, Buckhalter, Birkholder, Buckaltz, etc. Published records indicate that the Burkhalters moved out of South Carolina into Georgia, thence to Mississippi and Louisiana, but additional research is necessary to identify the line in Georgia and South Carolina and the immigrant ancestor. Some sources identify the progenitors of this family as Rudolph BURKHALTER and Anna Moschberger of Luetzelflueh Bern Switzerland.

Daniel married Mary "Polly" Palmore before 1812. Mary was born before 1794; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

While living in DeKalb County, Georgia, James Anderson Fuller participated in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery and drew land in Meriwether County. He lived in the 59th division of Meriwether County.

1830 Meriwether Co GA census: 1m30/40,1m<5,1f20/30,1f10/15,2f<5.

1840 Meriwether Co GA census:
1m40/50,1m10/15,2m5/10,1m<5,1f30/40,2f10/15,1f<5.

1850 Meriwether County census

http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ga/meriwether/1850/pg0353b.txt

Fuller James A. 51 M F 1,600 GA
Fuller Fanny 49 F GA X
Fuller Martha E. 23 F GA
Fuller Mary F. 21 F GA
Fuller John B. 19 M F GA
Fuller James H. 17 M F GA
Fuller Seaborn F. 13 M GA X
Fuller William A. 24 M F GA
Fuller Martha C. 21 F GA
Fuller James A. 1 M GA

The book "Meriwether County, Georgia Cemeteries" compiled and photographed by Priscilla Turner, pg. 42 has the following Fuller graves listed: Fuller, James A. d 26 Oct 1853; Fuller, Seborn T. d 8 Oct 1853 Aged 17 yrs; Fuller, Margaret J. d 8 May 1845 Aged 6 yrs old; One unmarked child; One unmarked granite marker. Located in the Second District on LL 224 on Moreland-Gill Road in a pasture across the road from Lois Argroves home. The cemetery is grown up in briars, but the wrought-iron fence is still intact with gate. Read by Robbie Strickland, Audrey Strickland, and Priscilla Turner.

Linda Fuller of Cleveland, Texas shared the following email that she received from John Beattie Fuller with me:

"I understand your interest in connecting James Anderson FULLER directly to the Ezekiel FULLER, Isle of Wight Co VA, family line. I have not been able to yet establish his father's identity. From the data that we do have we can make some guesses about John Anderson. We do know that he married Fanny BAILEY on 28 Dec 1818 in Warren Co GA. In that Warren county lies in the eastern part of GA and very near Columbia, Richmond, and Wilkes Cos. we do know the FULLER families that first settled in these GA Cos. There is not only one New England FULLER family. One of whom was John Fuller, son of Ezekiel, as well as John FULLER, Jr. Grandson of Ezekiel, along with a couple of other sons of John Sr. One proven and one not proven. So we can say that probably James Anderson was either from the New England line of Elijah or VA line of Ezekiel with some degree of probability.

In that most of the FULLER's identified in Meriwether Co GA were from Ezekiel's line by 1850 while Elijah's line went to Greene Co GA and then on to Perry Co AL. one could assume that James Anderson must have been of Ezekiel's line for that apparently is where he died in 1853. I would guess the reason for the Warren Co GA marriage is based upon Fanny BAILEY's home of residence at the time and that James Anderson resided in one of the adjoining GA counties.

Something else that is quite interesting to note within James Anderson's family line. That is, a son named William Alexander FULLER. Not an altogether odd given name, but this is exactly the same given name that appears in John FULLER, son of Ezekiel, family line. Oh by he way, in the event that you do not already know, Ezekiel's son, John srved during the Amer Rev while he was over 60 years of age and his on, John Jr. also served in the Amer Rev. John Sr. lived to be 106 and his son Jr. over 98 years old.

Overlooking John Fuller Sr. for the moment, let's look at John Jr's Sheet. I see he has a son James born about 1795 in Columbia ? GA who married a Nancy BAILEY in GA about 1820. These dates, I must add, are based upon each's possible age and it is for that reason we have the "ca" noted. The seventh child of this family is a William Alexander FULLER b. 17 Feb 1810 Columbia Co GA, who would be a younger brother to James.

Now looking at James Anderson FULLER's FGS I have him born in 1790 (data from census no doubt) in Warren Co ? GA (because of marriage data no doubt). His marriage to Fanny BAILEY 28 Dec 1818 in Warren Co GA is a matter of record. His second child is a William Alexander Fuller born 1826 Meriwether Co GA. Could he have named his son after his own younger brother? I think so. Within his notes I see that he was living in Dekalb Co GA at the time of his 1827 GA Land Lottery entry. Interestingly, John FULLER Jr. was also within the same area where he remained. Why did James Anderson leave the area where his father's family resided? Because of James' Meriwether Co GA land lottery? It was not soley because he had so many FULLER relatives there later, for some of them had not yet arrived in that GA county from SC."

He goes on to state that although he has no proof, he strongly suspects that James Anderson FULLER's father was John Fuller Jr., grandson of Ezekiel FULLER of Isle of Wight Co. VA.

His sources:

1.1850 census- Meriwether Co.Ga.
2. Family Bible Rhodom Maxie Brooks
3. Records of Ida Brooks Kellam.
4. Marriage records- Warren Co.Ga..
5. JamesAndersons Fuller's will is recorded in Meriwether Co. Will Book A, P. 214. Proven 7 Nov 1853.

James married Fanny Bailey on 28 Dec 1818 in Warren County, Georgia. Fanny was born in 1801 in Meriwether County, Georgia; died about 1862 in Meriwether County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The DAR records of Mary Elizabeth Brooks Britt instead show her first name as Nancy.

Notes:

Extract from a transcription of the 1850 Meriwether County, Georgia Census: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ga/meriwether/1850/pg0353b.txt

687 687
Watson, Arthur 42 M F 2,400 SC
Watson, John F. 19 M F SC
Watson, Mary A 16 F GA
Watson, Allen H. 13 M GA 6
Watson, Ophelia F. 12 F GA X
Watson,Elizabeth P.8 F GA X

In searching the WorldConnect Project family trees, I found a match at DANA'S FAMILY COLLECTIONS http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dana_thomas

Arthur Holmes (sic) WATSON was born 1807, and died 1880. He was buried in Concord Methodist Church Cemetery outside of Woodbury, Meriwether County, Georgia. He married Frances Ophelia O'HARA, daughter of William O'HARA and Rebecca Louisa FOY. She was born 1805, and died ABT 1845. She was buried in Imac, Meriwether County, Georgia. Dana's tree included sons Allen Hezikiah WATSON and John Frederick WATSON, but did not list the daughters shown in the above census. As her sources were not listed, this information should be used as a starting point for further research. It is believed to be realible, but not proven.

Arthur married Frances Ophelia O'Hara after 1823. Frances (daughter of William O'Hara and Rebecca Louisa Foy) was born about 1805; died about 1845; was buried in Imac, Meriwether County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]