Family lore has it that several of the sons of John Fulbright went from the Washington Co., Missouri area to western Tennessee (Madison and Henry Counties) in the 1820s after the death of their father. William Fulbright then returned to Missouri by 1830 to be one of the founders of Springfield, Missouri. I had an opportunity to do some research in the Tennessee State Archives last fall, and included these areas in my search. Most of the records I could find of Fulbrights (other than John, son of Jacob Fulbright Sr.) was in tax lists. Peter Goodwin, brother-in-law of the Fulbrights, also made the move. (I did not check for other brothers-in-law, an oversight on my part. It would be worth a check to see if other Fulbright relatives made the move.) William Fulbright apparently owned land, although I could find no deed record in which he bought it, nor a land grant or purchase. Perhaps he owned the right to the land, and sold this to another individual who obtained the title from the State of Tennessee. This information narrows the time during which William Fulbright left Missouri to between 6 November 1824 (when William sold his land on Huzzah Creek in present-day Crawford Co.; Washington Co. Mo. Deed Book B:199) and early 1825 (in order to be on the tax list below). His brothers and Peter Goodwin followed within a year. These records also suggest that their brother David "Judge" Fulbright did not accompany them to Tennessee, which is not contradicted by Missouri records. Except for John, son of John, who later appears in Henry Co., they left Tennessee between 1827 and 1829. John married his second wife, Mary Atkins in Henry Co. I checked Henry Co. tax records, but could not find any mention of Fulbrights.
From: Anders, Robbie Rae. 1937. Tennessee: Records of Madison Co., Tax Book, 1822-1832. Works Progress Administration, Nashville, Tenn.
No Fulbrights prior to 1825.
1825 Tax List, page 76
William Fulbright | - 1 white poll,3 black polls, tax $2.93 3/4 |
John Fulbright | - 1 white poll, tax $0.50 |
1826 Tax List, page 13
William Fulbright | - 228 acres, entry No. 1096, 9th Dist., |
Range 1, Sec 7, 1 white poll, 3 black polls, | |
tax $5.40 1/2 | |
John Fulbright | - 1 white poll, tax $0.50 |
1826 Tax List, page 14
Daniel Fulbright | - 1 white poll, tax $0.50 |
Martin Fulbright | - 1 white poll, tax $0.50 |
Ephriam Fulbright | - 1 white poll, tax $0.50 |
John Fulbright | - 1 white poll, tax $0.50 |
1826 Tax List, page 15
Peter Goodwin | - 1 white poll, tax $0.50 |
1827 Tax List (part is missing), page 9
John Fulbright | - 1 white poll, 2 black polls, tax $2.00 |
Daniel Fulbright | - 1 white poll, 2 black polls, tax $1.50 |
William Fulbright | - 228 acres, Dist. 9, Range 1 Sec 7. |
1 white poll, 3 black polls, tax $5.78 | |
Martin Fulbright | - 1 white poll, tax $0.50 |
Peter Goodwin | - 1 white poll. |
1828 Tax List apparently did not survive
1829 Tax List, page 47
Jacob Fullbright | - 1 white poll, tax $0.37 1/2 |
John Fullbright | - 1 white poll, tax $0.37 1/2 |
1830 Tax List [John on page 14 is John, son of Jacob
Fulbright Sr., and Jacob is this John’s son]
page
105
Jacob Fullbright | - 1 white poll, tax $0.37 1/2 |
John Fullbright | - 1 white poll, tax $0.37 1/2 |
page 14 | |
John Fulbright | - 12 acres, Dist. 9, Range 1 Sec 7. |
1 white poll, tax $o.36 1/4 |
1832 Tax List, page 73
John Fulbright | - 12 acres. Dist. 9. Range 1. Sec. 7. |
1 white poll, tax $0.40 1/4 | |
Jacob Fulbright | - 1 white poll, tax $o.37 1/2 |
Lucas, Silas Emmett, Jr. 1978. Marriages from early Tennessee newspapers, 1794-1851. Southern Historical Press, Easley, S. Car. 538pp.
From: National Banner and Nashville Whig (Friday, February 13, 1835)--Mr. John Fulbright married in Henry Co., Tennessee since the first of January to Miss Mary Atkins
[Next time: Records of the family of John, probable son of Jacob Fulbright Sr.]