John Fulkerson (abt. 1758 - abt. 1844)

Born about 1758 in Somerset County, New Jersey

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Died about 1844 at about age 86 in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

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John FULKERSON.....1758-1842, b. in Somerset Co., NJ. He was a teenager when he joined the Somerset County militia, which formed early in 1775, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence. He fought at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778. They moved to Frederick Co., VA about 1785, where John farmed and was a stage coach driver. In 1799 he and wife Mary Alkey SMITH were administrators of his father's estate. John and Alkey later moved their family to Beaver Twp., Mercer Co., PA, buying land there on on Apr 5, 1808. On 5 Jun 1833 John filed for a Revolutionary War pension in Beaver Co., PA, which was awarded (certificate #S-8534) on 17 Jan 1834. In his application he stated he served in the militia in his father's place, because his father was too deaf to serve. John died in 1844 at New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA, according to his pension records.

A deed recorded at the Mercer County courthouse showed that John bought land on 4 Nov 1811 from Cornelius and Anne HENDRICKSON. It was bounded on the east by the Shenango River, on the south by the Beaver County line, on the north by the farm of Ebenezer Byers and on the west by "donation land." Part of his estate eventually became the Greenwood Cemetery, in which some of the family were later buried. ^[1] under father Jacob

Sources

1. ↑ American FULKERSON Homepage [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158540038/john-fulkerson: accessed 07 September 2022), memorial page for John Fulkerson (1758–1844), Find A Grave: Memorial #158540038, citing Greenwood Cemetery, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Kathy S. (contributor 46944127)