September 2003 Volume 12, No. 3

From our President

Ruth Blank

Dear Fellow Fulbrights,

It is with great pleasure that I take this opportunity to thank the Fulbright Family Association members who elected me Association President at Lake Junaluska. I was not only thrilled to be attending my first meeting but also excited to be with others who had the love and dedication for researching and honoring the memory of our forbearers. Consequently, when nominated, I felt bound to accept the honor bestowed upon me by my Fulbright cousins as well as to pay tribute to my own Fulbrights who provided the lively stories and discussion that sponsored my interest in family history.

My Fulbrights

Who were my intimate Fulbrights? My mother, Sara Frances, her sister, Eleanor Geraldine, her brother, Thomas Oscar, Jr. and my great aunt, Zorah Selma, who generally spelled her last name Fulbrecht. Aunt Zorah’s mother, Sarah Emily McEntire, also a great story teller, was divorced from John Barnet Fulbright; however, she kept her children aware of their father’s family. Each of these family members knew their Fulbright surname originated from Volbrecht, and each apprised me of this fact.

After Aunt Zorah’s death, December 18, 1958, I received a Lineage Chart, prepared in 1955 by Amos Medford, listing hundreds of names and detailing my Fulbright background from Johan Wilhelm Volbrecht to Sara, Eleanor and Thomas Oscar, Jr. This Chart ultimately provided me with the curiosity and motivation to research the Fulbright family at the Church of Latter Day Saints in Silver Spring, Maryland, court and genealogy records in North Carolina and through the Internet. Having worked on my father’s family for a number of years, I found, a surprise to me, that my mother was elated when I began bringing my Fulbright “finds” to her. Many “finds” led to stories she remembered hearing from her grandmother and aunt. Thus, in Mama’s declining years, she found a new interest and was extremely helpful in my quest for information. Last September, Mama died, at age 96, still interested and happy when discussing her Fulbrights.

Increasing Membership

Hopefully, the foregoing will give you a feel for the deep interest I have in my family. In addition, I have a strong concern for the Fulbright Family Association. To bring myself up to date, I downloaded and read the Newsletters from 1991 to the present. It was obvious the work, time and interest put forth by those who started and built the Association. We are all indebted to their service that has given so much to us and that will allow future researchers to begin so far advanced in their study. However, at the Junaluska meeting, the attendees discussed as a high priority the need for increasing membership. I wish, with your help, to make this my goal as your new President.

I, now, present you with an idea that may encourage our family members to join us. We completed a form including our antecedents when we joined the association. I suggest that we take a blank form, add the antecedents, copy the partially completed form and distribute it to family members, especially younger relatives. Or, if you wish, give it as a gift by adding the $10.00 check. I have three children and five grown grand children, I make a pledge to have each of them on our rolls by October. Let’s rock and roll and increase our membership!

Let’s Meet in Pennsylvania

The 2004 Association Annual Meeting will convene in Easton, Pennsylvania area, where the Volbrechts first sat down their American roots. How exciting it will be for us to honor them by arriving in the place where their forbearance and endurance allowed them to start a new life and adventure in a strange and, often, threatening new land. So much of our Nation’s early history took place in Philadelphia and how proud we should be that in some way our family was a thriving part of those times.

While gathering information about the meeting site, I have become even more positive about the rightness of this venue choice by the members. This is where it began for us as Fulbrights and as Americans. It will be a wonderful place for you to bring your children and grand children to bathe in the history of our country. For those who have not walked up the path to the Liberty Bell, I can assure you it is a thrilling stroll. And, to stand in the small hall, where the Declaration of Independence was created and signed, is a stirring moment.

An East Coast Vacation

Philadelphia’s motto is “The City That Loves You Back” and the Lehigh Valley is glorious in the spring. Only 40 miles from Easton, it is also a short distance from Atlantic City (1 hour), New York City (1 ¾ hours), Baltimore (1 ¾ hours), Gettysburg (2 ½ hours), Hershey (2 hours) and Washington, DC/Annapolis (3 hours). So, make your plans for an East Coast Vacation starting June 25, 2004.

E-mail, Write or Phone Me

I welcome response from you with your thoughts and ideas on any aspect of my message, especially, if you have opinions or views on increasing membership and on having the largest Association turnout ever in Philadelphia. ([email protected], 301-262-5958, 12659 Heming Lane, Bowie, Maryland, 20716).

I look forward to meeting each of you.

Ruth Blank

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Let’s Meet Our New President!

Sarah Ruth Blank is a former Conference and Special Events Director for the National Council on Aging in Washington, DC and Conference Center Director for YMCA Camp Letts in Edgewater, Maryland. She obtained a BS in Anthropology/Sociology from Bowie State University and an MA in Administrative Gerontology from Antioch University. Ruth lives with her husband Paul, five dogs and two cats in Bowie, Maryland and spends time writing, researching, gardening, traveling, learning and spending time with her children and grandchildren. Ruth’s Fulbright line is: Sara Frances, Thomas Oscar, Sr., John Barnett, Jacob, Barnett, Jacob, Johann Wilhelm.

FULBRIGHT FAMILY ASSOCIATION

This non-profit Association was founded by descendants of the Johann Wilhelm and the Andreas Vollbrecht/Volprecht families. Membership is open to individuals with the name of, or descendants of, or spouses of all those of the family name Fulbright or any of its variant spellings.

Purposes of the Association

Our purposes are to:

1) Keep in touch with family members.

2) Plan future reunions, events, and activities.

3) Share information about the Fulbright family.

4) Preserve the history of the Fulbright family for those

who follow by:

a) Researching our origins.

b) Documenting our ancestors’ lives.

c) Publishing a family newsletter and other

publications.

d) Maintain family memorabilia, photos and documents

MINUTES OF THE FFA BOARD MEETING

JUNE 27, 2003 - LAKE JUNALUSKA CONFERENCE CENTER, NORTH CAROLINA

The Fulbright Family Association Board meeting was called to order on June 27 at 8:35 p.m. at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. Because David Herd was unable to attend, a Treasurer’s and Membership report that he had sent was read and approved. We have $2738.89 in the treasury before the cost of this reunion was taken out. We have 187 member families, with 5 new member families.

Paul Fullbright gave a Historian report. He stated that new North Carolina Fulbrights have been found, and added to the computer file and the web site. Paul’s e-mail address is in the newsletter, and you can contact him if you have trouble getting the Fulbright web page on the internet. He also said that he had bought more storage for his web site, and Fulbright information from the 1930 census (except Missouri) was not on the web site. All the Fulbrights on censuses from 1880 on up are listed on the web site. Ed Stout’s web site contains all the past newsletters. Paul plans to make a CD that gives information from different families and sell if off the web site.

The Archive report was given. Bill Eddleman will write a letter to the Springfield Museum with regard to access to the Fulbright Archives Room. He will inform them that Jean Fulbright is no longer a member of the FFA, and that we should have access to the Archives Room without Jean being present.

Bill suggested that we send photos and interesting things that are going on in our families at the present time for the newsletter. Otherwise, he only has historical records to include.

Judy Fulbright told us about Lake Junaluska and the program for Saturday. Bill stated that the Haywood County Deed Abstract book is done and it would sell for $20 at the meeting, $25 thereafter. The Laclede County Land Patents book is also still available.

We couldn’t get nominations for a full slate of officers, so we decided to receive nominations at the General Meeting. Paul Fullbright agreed to be Historian, and Bill Eddleman is willing to do the Newsletter and serve as Vice-President. David Herd has also agreed to be the Treasurer and Membership Chairman, and Patricia Herd is willing to continue to publish the Newsletter.

We discussed the possibilities of where to hold the next reunion. Suggestions included eastern Pennsylvania, Batesville, Arkansas, or California. It will be discussed at the General Meeting.

We discussed how to attract new members. It was suggested that we get together a brochure about the FFA, and pass it out to the different Fulbright families who are having their own reunions. Bill Eddleman agreed to produce a brochure and get it to the families when they let him know about the reunions.

A suggestion was made that we assemble a cookbook with Fulbright family recipes and sell if to raise funds. The idea was approved, and we will print softcover copies using a copy shop instead of using a publisher. This would be much cheaper and not require advance expenditures.

There was no further business. The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Janice Fulbright, Recording Secretary

GENERAL MEETING OF THE FULBRIGHT FAMILY ASSOCIATION

JUNE 28, 2003 - LAKE JUNALUSKA CONFERENCE CENTER, NORTH CAROLINA

[No minutes were received by the editor from the acting Recording Secretary by press time, but the following addendum was submitted by Recording Secretary Janice Fulbright.]

A short business meeting was held at the banquet for the purpose of electing the remainder of the officers and discussing where to hold the next reunions. The following officers were elected and approved:

President - Ruth Blank

Vice-President - Bill Eddleman

Historian and Archivist - Paul Fullbright

Recording Secretary - Jim Gurley

Treasurer and Membership Chairman - David Herd

Publisher - Patricia Herd

Newsletter Editor - Bill Eddleman

It was voted to have the next reunion in Pennsylvania and the 2005 reunion in Oklahoma. We approved getting Fulbright recipes together for a cookbook. Bill and Hope Eddleman will assemble it and run copies in time for the next reunion.

Respectfully submitted,

Janice Fulbright, Recording Secretary

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FFA COOKBOOK PLANNED!!

One thing I have noticed at FFA reunions over the last 8 years is the Fulbrights do love to eat! Recently, an article that appeared in a local Cape Girardeau County newspaper (reprinted from the 1940s) included a recipe from Mrs. Ed Fulbright, and at least one other Fulbright descendant. This got Hope and I to thinking that there must be a lot of heirloom recipes among the many Fulbright families in the FFA. Food and family recipes are one more heritage that Fulbrights have to share, so I presented the idea to assemble a cookbook at this year’s reunion.

Do you have recipes that your Fulbright family has handed down to you? Do you have any favorite recipes of your own family (which will, of course, become heirloom recipes in the future)? Do you have a favorite aunt (or uncle) who have any delicious dishes for which they are well-known? If you or other family members will part with these recipes, we want them for “Heirloom Recipes from the Fulbright Family”. This cookbook will be assembled by my wife Hope and I, and we hope that we have enough recipes to get it ready for next year’s reunion.

Of course, this cookbook should also be something you will treasure for the history that comes along with it. Include a brief (or, what the heck, not so brief) description of where you got the recipe, or what relative gave it to you, and your memories about each recipe. Be sure to tell us what part of the county you or your relative came from, how you/they fit among the many branches of the Fulbrights, and any other cherished memories you want to include. Artwork of your memories, or good, high-contrast photos or digital images, will also be welcomed.

Send the recipes, narratives, or other materials to Hope and I at: Bill & Hope Eddleman; 1831 Ricardo Drive; Cape Girardeau, MO 63701; or e-mail them to us at [email protected] if you are computer saavy. We will categorize them, organize the cookbook, and have it printed locally.

I’d like to see EVERY FAMILY in the FFA represented in this cookbook. Take an hour or so to write these down and send them along as soon as you can!

Martin Fulbright, Power of Attorney to Thomas Jones

Buncombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 15, Page 128

Transcribed by Bill Eddleman

[I found this power of attorney in the Buncombe Co. Courthouse while on my trip to North Carolina during the 2003 FFA Reunion. Martin Fulbright, according to Haywood County Marriage Bonds, married Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Uriah Davis, on

Descendants of this couple might find more on the family by getting the estate file of Daniel, or David, Davis from the NC State Archives in Raleigh. Also of interest in this document is the address of Martin Fulbright. This power of attorney was transacted when several of the sons of John Fulbright resided in Madison Co., Tennessee, and this adds to our slim collection of information about the family during the 1825-30 time period.]

Know all men by these presents that I Martin Fulbright of the State of Tennessee Madison county for diverse good causes, and considerations, me hereunto moving have made ordained authorized nominated & appointed & by these presents do make ordained authorized nominated and appointed Thomas Jones of the State of North carolina Buncombe county my true and lawful attorney for me & in my name & for my own proper use & benefit to ask demand sue for recover and receive of and from Daniel [could be David] Davis my Brother & law which has Deceased all such sum or sums of money debts & demands what ever which are now due & owing unto me the Martin Fulbright by me from the said Estate & to have use & take all lawful ways & means in my name or otherwise for the money thereof by attachment writ distress or otherwise and to compound and agree for the same and acquittance or other sufficient discharge for the same for me and in my name to make seal & deliver & to do all other lawful dts.[?] and things whatsoever concerning the premises as fully and in every respect as myself might or could do were I personally present at the doing thereof and otherwise one or more under him for the purpose aforesaid to make & again at his pleasure to revoke ratifying & confirming and by these presents allowing whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name lawfully do or cause to be done in and about the premises by virtue of these presents. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 5th day of March 1828.

Test Russel Jones Martin Fulbright {seal}

William W. Hutchinson

North Carolina } County Court April Term 1828

Buncombe County } The within power of attorney was duly proved in open court by the oath of Wm. W. Hutchinson a subscribing witness thereto recorded and order to be registered.

Test John Miller C. C. C.

28th August 1828 By E. H. McClurne. D. C.

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NEW PUBLICATION AVAILABLE FROM THE FFA

At the Lake Junaluska reunion, Bill Eddleman unveiled the latest book he has done for the FFA: Abstracts of Haywood County, North Carolina Deeds, Books A-C. This book contains many references to Fulbrights and allied families, including the branchs of the Jacob and John Fulbright familes (sons of Johann Wilhelm) who lived in the area. Fulbright family historians, and others with ancestry in the area, should find it a useful resource. You can order copies for $25, postpaid, from Bill Eddleman, 1831 Ricardo Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Also available is “Original Land Patentees of Laclede County, Missouri”, which sells from $17 postpaid from the same address.

Barnett and Aaron Fulbright Families - From Bible Records

Transcribed by Bill Eddleman

[Editor’s Note: The following information was contained in Bible pages believed to have belonged to Aaron Fulbright, son of Barnett Fulbright of Haywood Co., North Carolina. There are some indications this could also be parts of three Bibles, one possibly belonging to Barnett Fulbright Sr., one to his son Aaron, and one to Aaron’s wife Isabel’s family (Haynes) I found copies of these in the files of the late Dorothy Fulbright Schaper, when these files were donated to the Cape Girardeau County Genealogical Society by her husband Bern Schaper. I believe them to be authentic, because various entries are in different handwriting. I do not know where Dorothy obtained these copies, but all were stapled together, suggesting the same source. If anyone knows the present location of this Bible or Bibles, please notify me.]

[Page 1--trifold prepaid envelope with postage imprint, postmark unreadable]

Aron Fulbright

Clyde

N. C.

[Page 2 -- appears to be the reverse side of Page 1]

Alford Calayway Fullbright was born July the 5 [1838--years are marked through, and a list given at the bottom of the page]

Marey Tlitha Fullbright was born September the 8 [1841]

Marcus Lafyet Fullbright was born July the 21 [1843]

Martha Jain Fullbright was born July the 26 [1845]

Roday Ann Fullbright was born desembar the 6 1846

[Page 3--folded sheet of paper]

Mary Ann Fullbright is born the 31 day of January 1787

J. B. Reid

Barnett Fullbright is Born the 22 day of January 1791 - then departed this life April the 25 1884

Aaron Fulbright is born the 6 day of August 1812

Jesse Fullbright is Born the 18 day of December 1813

Eve Fullbright is born the 3 day of [in paper fold]

[Page 4--reverse side of Page 3]

Andrew Wikle[?] was born the 31 of July 1816

Maria Fullbright is Born the 6 day of March 1817

Barnett Fullbright is Born the 5 day of February 1819

Jacob Fullbright is Born the 30 day of March 1821

Sarah Fullbright is born the 10 day of July 1823

Rody Fullbright is born the 20 day of May 1828

Miles Fullbright is born the 14 day of October 1830

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[FAMILY RECORD]

[BIRTHS] [Column 1]

John Haynes was born May the 7 1786

kiziah was Born January the 9 1788

Sarah was Born October the 29 1789

Wm. was Born May the 6 1791

Ephraim was Born September the 18 1793

Jonathan was Born November the 17 1795

Henry was Born October the the 19 1797

Alesey was Born January the 1 1800

Johnson was Born November the 23 1801

Edward was Born december the 16 1803

James Madison was Born August the 11 1811

[Column 2]

John Haynes was Born may the 7 1786

Mary Hynes was Born January the 18 1796

and was maried September the 8 1814

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Isabel Haynes was Born September 11 1815

Melinda was Born february the 4 1817

Judson Posey was Born April the 17 1819

Jacob Shook was Born January the 21 1821

D 4 May 1835

Polley was Born december the 20 1822

D 11 May 1833

David was Born June the 25 1825

Susanna was Born June the 26 1827

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August the 18 1833

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[FAMILY RECORD]

[BIRTHS] [Column 1]

Stephen Morgan Sr was born Mary 4th 1776

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Oct. 9th 1836

Edward Haynes was born December 16th 1803

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Jacob Shook Haynes was Born in the State of Missouri January the 21st in the year of our Lord 1821 and departed this Life May the 4th 1835 Aged 14 years 3 Months and fourteen days

Judson Posey Haynes was born April the 11 1817 in the State of Missouri departed this life Jan the 7 1877 age 59 years 8 months 27 days

[Column 2]

Polly

Polley Haynes was Born in the State of Missoury decembar the 20th in the year of our Lord 1822 and departed this Life May the 11th Aged Eighteen years four Monthes and 27 days [22 days written in below]

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David & Daniel Fulbright Deeds - Haywood County, North Carolina

Abstracted by Bill Eddleman

[These two deeds were abstracted from microfilm viewed in the Waynesville Public Library during the 2003 FFA Reunion. They are of interest because they document land sold to Adam Snider, a neighbor of the John & Jacob Fulbright families, in 1817 and 1821. The extreme delay in recording these deeds was because they were not recorded until the Snider estate was settled at his death in the late 1860s. The David Fulbright in the one deed is probably David “Judge” Fulbright, son of John & Elizabeth (Coulter?) Fulbright. I have yet to find how David actually received this land – no deed having been located, nor a land grant. Did the deed/grant not get recorded in the deed book nor registry book, or did David possibly get the land by gift from his father or his father-in-law Henry Smathers? The date matches when others in his family sold their lands prior to moving to Missouri. The Daniel Fulbright in the other deed is likely Daniel, son of Jacob (not Daniel N., son of John), because he purchased this land shortly before the parcel was sold, and the John Fulbright family can be found in various records in Missouri by 1821.]

Haywood County Deed Book I

Page 386. 4 September 1817. David Fullbright to Adam Snider, both of Haywood Co. For the sum of $150, 75 acres, more or less, on the waters of Homany Creek; beginning on a white oak. Signed David Fulbright. Witnesses Wm. Chambers, Elihu Chambers. J. L. Smith and G. F. Smathers proved the handwriting of Elihu Chambers before G. S. Ferguson, Judge of Probate, on 9 September 1869. Registered 17 September 1869.

Page 394. 1 November 1821. Daniel Fulbright to Adam Snider, both of Haywood Co. For the sum of $200, 129 acres, more or less, in Fulbright’s Cove on Homany Creek; sold by Daniel McDowell, Sheriff, to Daniel Fulbright; and beginning on a Spanish oak. Signed Daniel (x) Fulbright. Witnesses Elihu Chambers, Leonard Cagle, William Lafon [Lafor?]. G. F. Smathers and J. L. Smith proved the handwriting of Elihu Chambers before G. S. Ferguson, Judge of Probate, on 9 September 1869. Registered 17 September 1869.

THE FULBRIGHT FAMILY

ASSOCIATION

EXECUTIVE BOARD

President

Ruth Blank

12659 Heming Lane

Bowie, MD 20716

301-262-5958

[email protected]

Vice President

Bill Eddleman

1831 Ricardo Drive

Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

573-335-1507

[email protected]

Membership Secretary-

Treasurer

David Herd

8708 E. 79th Terr.

Raytown, MO 64138-1337

[email protected]

Recording Secretary

Jim Gurley

126 Escalona Drive

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

[email protected]

Historian

Paul Fullbright

704 County Glen

Leander, TX 78641

[email protected]

Archivist

Paul Fullbright

704 County Glen

Leander, TX 78641

[email protected]

FFA News Editor

Bill Eddleman

1831 Ricardo Drive

Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

[email protected]

OBITUARIES

Lovell C. Fulbright

Beloved FFA Member and Family Historian

Long-time FFA Members were saddened to learn of the death of Lovell C. Fulbright at age 95 on August 9, 2003, in Goodlettsville, TN. Lovell was a regular at the reunions until age forced him to stop attending after the last Springfield reunion in 1998. Lovell was a regular contributor to the Fulbright Family News, and co-authored a book on his branch of the family (the John Fulbright line) with his son Jim, The Fulbrights, an Exclusively American Family. The book is still available at the Greene County, MO History Museum. Lovell was preceded in death by his wife, Mayme Fulbright. He is survived, by son and daughter-in law, Jim (Melna) Fulbright; three granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren. Interment was in the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. [Editor’s note: Please send any other remembrances of Lovell to me for the next newsletter.]

Nellie Jane Mangold

Nellie Jane Mangold, 84, of Aberdeen, WA, died of cancer on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002, at her daughter’s Bellevue, WA, home. She was born May 24, 1918, at Coffee Creek, Mont., to Elbert Levi and Amelia May (Fulbright) Stout. After living in Coffee Creek, Arlee, and Missoula, Mont., and Seattle, WA, she moved to Aberdeen in 1943. On May 16, 1938, she married Wendelin Joseph Mangold in Missoula. He died in 1989. Mrs. Mangold was a homemaker. She was also a 59-year member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Aberdeen, and belonged to the church guild and alter society. In 1988, the Knights of Columbus named the Mangold's, “Family of the Year”.

Nellie also was a charter member of and volunteer with the St. Joseph Hospital Service League in Aberdeen. She volunteered with St. Mary’s Feed the Hungry program for 16 years and was a Harbor Health Care volunteer. She also volunteered with the Coastal Community Action Program in Aberdeen, were an assistant Girl Scout leader and a member of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the Retired Eagles Activity Club. In addition, she was a Grays Harbor Opportunity 80’s Economic Development volunteer and an executive board member of the United Commercial Travelers Council 710. She belonged to the Eagles Auxiliary, Golden Seniors Club, and was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, all of Aberdeen.

Nellie was interested in Native American history, arts and beadwork. In her 70’s she took several hot air balloon rides. Those close to her said that her next planned adventure was skydiving. She also enjoyed handwork, arts and crafts, crocheting, reading and traveling. She and her husband donated several items to the Westport South Beach Historical Society and to the Aberdeen Museum of History.

She is survived by two sons, Edward J. of Mill Creek, WA, and James L. of Alvin, TX; Three daughters, Dolores M. Buckingham, and Patricia M. Lee both of Vancouver, WA, and Joanne L. Wilson of Bellevue, WA; a brother, Edward E. Stout of Fallbrook, CA; a sister, Bessie Webb of Colville, WA; 16 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. A visitation was held at Whiteside Family Mortuary, a funeral Mass was held at St. Mary’s Catholic church, and interment is at Fern Hill Cemetery, all in Aberdeen.

[Editor’s note: Thanks to Edward Mangold, Nellie’s son, for forwarding this. Our deepest condolences to her family, and to Ed Stout on the loss of his sister.]

Burke County, North Carolina Road Order

[The following was found an article, “Burke County, NC, Road Orders 1777, 1778, 1782” in the Journal of the Burke County Genealogical Society, Volume 15, Number 3, Pages 4-7 (1997). This was one of a number of road orders on scraps of paper that were found by Julia M. Case in the North Carolina Archives in Raleigh, and transcribed by Jo White Linn. This particular order is not dated, but the mention of Andrew/Andreas Fulbright would place it in 1778 or before. Several of the names were those of known neighbors of the Fulbrights on Lyles Creek, and this area was part of Burke County during this time period. More details would be nice, but Burke County had many records burned during the Civil War.]

Commissioners to lay out a Road from the Island Ford to the Quaker Meadow Road near Widdow Adams’s: or any 12 of them [not dated]

Simon Jonas W.^m Fulbright Sen.^r

Uta Sherrell Barnet Sigman

pateat Trett Jacob Moyers

Acquilla Sherrill Conrode Hawn

Devolt Honsinger And.^w Fulbright

Henry Pope George Sigman

Adam Earwood Melcher Havener

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Welcome to New Members!!!

Treasurer/Membership Chairman David Herd reports the following new or re-activated members have recently joined the FFA:

William Boyce Keys died November 11, 2000, at his home in Cerritos, California. He was born Nov. 9, 1929, in Sallisaw, OK to David Henley and Agnes (Fullbright) Keys. He died Nov. 7, 2000, at his home. Survivors include his wife, Joan; five children, Linda, David, Glenn, Erin and Paula; three sisters, Marge, Ellen, Jeanne; and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Kate Book and Freda Walczyk. (Sequoyah County Times, November 2000). Eddie H. Hooks, Sr., age 74, of Austin, died, January 27, 2001. Eddie was born in Tuscaloosa, AL to Ross Merritt Hooks and Mary Emmalette "Gussie" (Fulbright) Hooks on May 10, 1926. Eddie spent the early part of his childhood in El Salto, Durango, Mexico and later attended schools in El Paso, TX. He was an accountant and former owner/CEO of On and Offshore Quality Control Specialists, Inc., Austin, TX. He was a World War II veteran with the Army Air Corps. Eddie was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, sister, his wife, Billie Bentle Hooks, and grandson, Trey Hooks. Mr. Hooks is survived by his wife Marilyn Hooks, of Austin, children, Ross M. Hooks, III, and wife, Annette of Pflugerville, Vivian Patricia Dodd and husband Mike of Leander, Eddie H. Hooks, Jr. and wife, Marilyn of Austin, step-children, John Michael Montgomery of Jacksonville, FL and Ellen Elizabeth Hanrahan and husband, Byron of Plugerville, ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother, Manuel Quinones Orozco and wife, Soccoro, of El Salto, Durango, Mexico. (Houston Chronicle). Donia Jane Hill, 76, of Hooks, TX, died Feb. 19, 2001. Mrs. Hill was born June 8, 1924, in Ralls, TX. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, John H. Hill, in 1986 and one daughter, Martha Bell Sanderson, in 1991. Survivors include four sons, David Hill, Charles Hill and James Hill of Hooks and Harvey Ed Hill of Texarkana; one daughter, Nancy Sanderson of Hooks; one brother, Tom Ed Fullbright of Big Sandy, TX; two sisters, Ruth Johnson of Marshall, TX, and Nancy Morris of Newberry, S.C.; 19 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Cleo H. Fulbright, 85, Newton, NC died, January 1, 2002. She was born December 13, 1916 in Catawba County, daughter of the late Clay and Florence (Young) Hendricks.She was a member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church and had worked in the furniture industry. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Pinkney Fulbright, Sr.; a daughter and son-in-law, Betty H. Setzer and Leonard Setzer; one step-daughter, Helen Richard; one step-son, John Eugene Fulbright; a sister, Thelmar Hoyle, and two brothers, Colon Hendricks and Robert Hendricks. Survivors include two daughters & son-in-law, Bobbie H. Setzer of Conover; Meri Ruth and Joel Alexander of Conover, NC; three sons & daughters-in-law, Dean and Elaine Hendricks of Conover, NC; J. P. and Debora Fulbright, Jr. of Hickory, NC; Donnie and Kathy Fulbright of Maiden, NC; one step-daughter, Jane Johnson of Vale, NC; two step-sons & daughter-in-law, Robert and Margaret Fulbright of FL and Thomas Richard of Newton, NC; 10 grandchildren, 7 great grand- children, 1 great great grandchild, 9 step grandchildren, 18 step great grandchildren, 2 step great great grandchildren. Sidney R. Fulbright, 69, of Hickory, NC died October 23, 2002. Born October 20, 1933 in Catawba County, NC, he was the son of Macon S. and Bertie Rader Fulbright. He was a retired owner/operator of a Pope-Davis Tire Company in Columbia, S.C., and a U.S. Army Veteran. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 sisters and 6 brothers. Survivors include his wife, Mary Pope Fulbright; a son & daughter-in-law, William Sidney and Wendy Jackson Fulbright of Erdenheim, PA; a sister, Kate Fulbright Lay of Lincolnton, NC; 2 sisters-in-law, Ilene Fulbright of Newton, NC and Helen Fulbright of Ft. Myers, FL; 3 grandchildren, Jackson Fulbright of PA, Paul Fulbright of PA, and Sydney Fulbright of PA. Elizabet Helen Fulbright, 71, passed away on December 20, 2002 after a lengthy illness. She was born November 13, 1931 to Cleveland and Mary LaBorde. Elizabeth was very musical, she could sing, play the piano, the accordian and the violin. As a child she entertained with her sisters, and they helped raise money for the USO selling war bonds. On June 23, 1956 she married James Fulbright. Elizabeth taught at St. Theresa's Catholic School and was active in the Woman's Altar Rosary Society. Elizabeth was preceded in death by her son John Franklin Fulbright . She is survived by her husband, James Fulbright, son James Peter Fulbright, and daughter Anna Marie Fulbright. (Houston Chronicle, 12/22/02). Bertie M. Boeckman, 93, of the Loyal-Omega community, died February 17, 2003. Bertie was born July 30, 1909, in Shawnee, OK, to Andrew and Rovella Fullbright. Her family moved to the Loyal community where she met and married Gus Boeckman in 1927. She was preceded in death by her husband, three brothers, Roy, Homer and Floyd Fullbright, and one sister, Bonnie Pope. She is survived by a daughter, Arline Cassel and husband John of Kingfisher, one granddaughter, Carol Jones and husband Fred of Omega, and one great-granddaughter, Kristin Stephens of Omega. Catherine Louise Fulbright of Burton, age 78, died March 5, 2003 in Goodrich. She was born in Amagon, AR on November 26, 1924. Surviving are six children, Hansel and wife Doris of Burton, Ronnie and wife Jeri of Flushing, Rick and wife Julie of Lexington, MI, Larry and wife Linda of Mt. Morris, Linda and husband Dan Glasstetter of Flint, Teresa and husband Jim Maguire of Burton; 15 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 2 sisters; and a brother. She was preceded in death by her husband, William, in 1967 and granddaughter, Laura Fulbright, in 1973. (Flint Journal 3/6/2003 & 3/7/2003). Henry Blake Fulbright Sr., 85, of Bowersville, GA, died March 30, 2003. He was born in Franklin County, GA, the son of Henry David Fulbright and Lizzie Burnett Fulbright. He was retired from textiles as a loom fixer. He was a World War II U.S. Air Force veteran. He is survived by his wife, Helen Faggart Fulbright; two sons, Henry Blake Fulbright Jr. of Bowersville and Paul David Fulbright of Paris, TX; two daughters, Judy Ford of Bowersville and Linda Kernen of Flowery Branch, GA; two brothers, Paul “Hoke” Fulbright of Anderson, SC and D.C. Fulbright of Carnesville, GA; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers; and three sisters. (Hartwell Sun 4-3-2003). Alvin Arbie Barber, 65, of Lebanon, MO, died April 2, 2003, in Lebanon. He was born Oct. 2, 1937, in Lebanon to Harry Delbert Barber and Sadie Mae (Fulbright) Barber Bloomfield, who preceded him in death. He also was preceded in death by his stepfather, Barney Bloomfield and one sister, Nadine Lemon. He was a truck driver. Survivors include his wife, Loretta Barber; one son, Alvin Lee Barber and his wife, Gig, of Lebanon; two daughters, Leila Tussing and her husband, Gary and Anna Marie Licea and her husband, Sergio, both of Lebanon; two brothers, Delbert Barber of Louisburg and Curtis Barber of Lebanon; three sisters, Loretta Hilton of Plato; Patricia Brownsword of Lebanon and Nora Thompson of Kansas City; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. (Lebanon Daily News 4-3-2003). Sarah L. Fulbright, 81, a resident of Albuquerque since 1949, died April 2, 2003. She is survived by her daughter, Jannie Fulbright-Hall of Albuquerque; sister, Marzilla Yates of Paris, TX; four grandchildren, Tamika L. Hall, TeNesha R. Hall, Johnny R. Hall II, all of Albuquerque, and Stacy Mitchell of New Boston, TX; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rufus Fulbright; father, Willie Thornton; mother, Lula Thornton-Russell; brother, Willie B. Thornton, Jr.; and stepfather, Lon Russell. (Albuquerque Journal, 4-5-2003). Inez Elizabeth Poovey Boyles, 85, of Lincolnton, NC, formerly of Cherryville, NC, passed away, April 15, 2003, at Lincoln Medical Center. She was born March 4, 1918, in Catawba County, daughter of the late Robert Eli Poovey and Jenelah Etta Shook Poovey. She retired from the textile industry. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hershel Lee Boyles; a son, Jerry W. Fulbright; a brother, Grover Poovey; and two sisters, Ethel Laney and Mattie Ruth Poovey. Survivors include a grandson, Michael W. Fulbright of Claremont; two great-grandsons, Nathan and Thomas Fulbright of Claremont; and a great-granddaughter, Taylor Fulbright, all of Claremont, NC. Norman Lionel Fulbright Sr., 69, of Fort Smith died, April 24, 2003. He was a veteran of the Army. He is survived by five sons, including Michael Fulbright of Oklahoma City, OK and Norman Jr. of CA; a stepdaughter, Lillian Smith of Tulsa, OK; and three grandchildren. Wilma A. Dailey, 69, of Marble Hill, MO died, April 24, 2003, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 15, 1934, in Bollinger County, daughter of Johnny and Myrtle Fulbright Cook. She and James L. "Vern" Dailey were married Dec. 25, 1954. Dailey retired as postmaster of Oak Ridge Post Office. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Roger Dailey of Sedgewickville, MO, Randy Dailey of Marquand, MO; a brother, Cloyd Cook of Sedgewickville; two sisters, Eula Hoehn of Doe Run, MO, Louise Kowniak of Farmington, MO; four grandchildren; and a great-grandson. She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. Mr. Roy M. Fullbright, 87, died May 10, 2003. (Charlotte Observer, 5/12/2003). Mavis Weaver Fulbright, 91, died June 7, 2003. A native of Polk County, N.C., she was the daughter of the late John D. and Charlotte Flynn Weaver and the widow of Ben V. Fulbright. Surviving are a son, Bennie Fulbright of Spartanburg, SC; one daughter, Peggy Edwards of Tryon, N.C.; two sisters, Vivian White and Esther Waldrop, both of Spartanburg; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by two sons, Mack and Wayne Fulbright. Claudine McGowen, 80, of Westboro, WI, formerly of Caldwell, entered into rest on, June 21, 2003, at 8,27 a.m. in Marshville, WI. She was born Claudine Laverne Fullbright to Viola and George Fullbright on March 12, 1923, in Tecumseh, OK. She was raised and schooled along with her siblings in Shawnee, OK. She and William Edgar McGowen were united in marriage on Nov. 4, 1940, in Tecumseh. They moved from OK and eventually settled in Idaho and raised their family of six children. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, twin half sisters and a very dear grandson, Brett Wilhite. She is survived by her husband of 63 years; daughters, Shirley May Wilson of TN, Dolores Elizabeth Cruthirds of NV, Verna Verdeniah Cluchey of Boise, Margie Eveline Hales of WI and Bonnie Lashale Weatherford of Caldwell; son, Leo Elton McGowen of Marsing; sons-in-law, Joelon, Jim, Michael, Mike and Jay; daughter-in-law, Sandy; 16 grandchildren, Monique, Joey, Angie, Kim, Kristin, Sarah, Ken, Melissa, Steven, Rachel, Ryan, Lashale, Jonathon, Kevin, Linsey and Jason; five great-grandchildren, Lauren, Madeline, Kim, Elizabeth and Dylan; and a sister-in-law, Goldie Edwards. Dorr E. Fulbright, 72, of Batesville, AR died, Aug. 30, 2003. He was born Sept. 27, 1930, in Limedale, son of Roy Jacob and Annie Marcella (Swaims) Fulbright. He was a heavy equipment operator and construction worker. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Ann Gamel Fulbright; two sons, David E. Fulbright of Batesville and William Jacob Scott Fulbright of Bethesda; a daughter, Dorla Ann Fulbright Davis of Bethesda; a brother, Monroe Fulbright of Barberton, Ohio; two sisters, Polly Robertson and Hester Robertson, both of Batesville; five grandchildren, David Fulbright Jr. of Sulphur Rock, Lana McCarty, Jenifer Walls and Carrie Davis, all of Batesville, and Wesley Gene Davis of Bethesda; and four great-grandchildren, Savannah McCarty, Kendra Walls, Payton Walls and Allison Estrada, all of Batesville. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Hail Fulbright and a sister, Laverne Fulbright. (Batesville Guard Online, Batesville, AR). Glenn Fulbright, 78, of West Palm Beach, FL, and formerly of Hickory, NC, died Sept. 4, 2003, at Hospice of Palm Beaches after a brief illness. Born July 30, 1925, in Vale, NC, he was a son of Gordon and Martha Wise Fulbright. A retired carpenter and cabinet maker, he was a U.S. Navy combat veteran during World War II. He served on the USS New Mexico. He was preceded in death by four brothers, J.Z., Edgar, Wayne, and Victor Fulbright, and one sister, Mary Richey. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Wilma Isenhour Fulbright of the home; a daughter, Sandra Fulbright-Myres, of West Palm Beach, FL; and three sisters-in-law. (Hickory Daily Record, 9/5/2003). Millard “Old Man” Fulbright, 83, of Leesburg, FL, died, Sept. 15, 2003. Born Nov. 12, 1919, in Catawba County, NC, he was a son of the late George W. and Laura Huffman Fulbright. He retired as a self-employed roofer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Propst Fulbright, five brothers, Alvin, Dick, Marshall, G.W. and Harold Fulbright, and a sister, Evelyn Fulbright. Survivors include two daughters, Vergie Elam of Pendelton, IN, and Rosemary Chadd of Indianapolis, IN; three sons, Jimmie Fulbright of Brownsburg, IN, Keith Fulbright of Kokomo, IN, and Kenneth Fulbright of Indianapolis, IN; three sisters, Mary McKennon, Joann Whitener and Ferne Baker of Hickory; a brother, Eugene Fulbright of Hickory; 10 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. (Hickory Daily Record 9-21-03).