John Jacob Fulmer Jr (abt. 1760 - 1839)

Born about 1760 in Lexington, South Carolina

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Died 23 Jan 1839 at about age 79 in Lexington, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

John Jacob Fulmer Jr was born about 1760 in Dutch Fork, Lexington District, SC (1762 according to his own account in his Revolutionary War pension app of 1832 when he stated he was 70yo. 1760 according to his obit at 79yo. He said he had been informed that his age is recorded in the church book of St. John's Church. This document has not yet been found.)

1779-1783(?) Jacob Fulmer/Fulmore Jr served in the Revolutionary War, intermittently for abt 2.5yrs as a Pvt. (according to his pension app. of 1832). His first 2mo tour was in Beard's Regiment of Militia "shortly before the British took Charleston". 1786 Apr 26 - Jacob Fulmore Jr is shown being paid for serving militia duty in Water's Regiment as a Revolutionary War soldier. He made a later statement on March 4, 1834, concerning his service , saying he had some loss of memory due to age but these times were according to his recollection.

In 1787 Jacob Fulmer obtained a 100 acre grant on the Horsepen branch of Camping Creek. In 1794 the adjacent land was surveyed (336 acre survey of Ulrick Mayer) showing this tract as land of Jacob Fulmer, Jr. (this was notated on his pension app)

He appears in the 1800 and 1810 census records for Lexington County.

Oliver Bryan Fulmer, in his book on the Dutch Fork Fulmers, feels Jacob Jr may not have died until 10 May 1834. He based this on a funeral service preached on 11 May 1834 by a Reverend Godfrey Dreher for a John Fulmer.

1839 Jan 23 - Jacob Fulmore Jr died in Lexington District, SC. Obituary Note : Published in "The South Carolinian", April 12, 1839: "Another Revolutionary Soldier Gone! Died, at his residence, in Lexington District, on the 23rd January last, Mr. Jacob Fulmore [sic], in the 79th year of his age. He has left a disconsolate widow and several children, besides a large circle of friends and relatives, who will long remember his worth. He was a soldier in the Revolution, under General Pickens, and was engaged in most of the battles in South Carolina -- those at Eutaw Springs, Musgrove's Mill, King's Mountain, and Cowpens. For the several last years of his life, he was a strict and pious member of the Baptist Church. Brave Soldier, Farewell!"

Research Notes

Original Details:

Name

John Fulmer, is considered John Fulmer II, since his son is [Fulmer-353|John Fulmer III], though at this stage no evidence has been presented to suggest he used any suffix other than "Jr". He was born in South Carolina in 1753 shortly after his parents immigrated from Germany. ^[1]

Property

Land grant: On May 25, 1774, when John would have become 21 and eligible for a 100 acre land grant from King George, there was issued such a grant to John Fullmore for 100 acres in Craven County, SC. NOTE: In the profile for John's father this same land is stated to have been granted to the father. Clarification is needed to determine which John received the land grant. ^[2]

As his birthdate has now been adjusted from the originally believed 1753 to 1762 (due to his account in his pension app, assuming that is accurate), he would have only been 12yo when the 1774 land grant occurred and therefore ineligible. This would mean that 100ac of land was granted to his father, John Fulmer/Vollmer-2.

In 1787 Jacob Fulmer obtained a 100 acre grant on the Horsepen branch of Camping Creek. In 1794 the adjacent land was surveyed (336 acre survey of Ulrick Mayer) showing this tract as land of Jacob Fulmer, Jr. (this according to his pension app)

Death

Possibly as late as 10 May 1834

John died May 10, 1834. The name of his wife is unknown, just that she was born in the 1750's and died in the first decade of the 1800's. ^[1]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Fulmer Family pages
2. ↑ "South Carolina Archives & History online Search", Series: S213019, Volume: 0022, Page: 00162, Item: 000; stored online as Record ID #64582.

• Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society

• Harllee, William C., "Kinfolks: a genealogical and biographical record of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stuart) Harllee, Andrew and Agnes (Cade) Fulmore, ....", Searcy & Pfaf, New Orleans 1934.

• South Carolina online Archives.

• Revolutionary Accounts Audited, file 2611 / 2 2220431 Fulmer, Jacob Jr - stub entries to indents for Revolutionary claims X Part II / #2515 (original records held at Historical Commission of SC)

• 1832 Sep 26 - Pension Application of Jacob Fulmer«/b», Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1037, Application #W7343

• 1839 Apr 12 - Obit published in "The South Carolinian": "Another Revolutionary Soldier Gone! Died, at his residence, in Lexington District, on the 23rd January last, Mr. Jacob Fulmore [sic], in the 79th year of his age.

See also:

• SC census records for Lexington County
• Colonial Ancestors of the Fulmers of South Carolina and the Folmars of Alabama by L. W. Folmar, Second Edition, 1981
• 'Fulmers of the Dutch Fork by Oliver Bryan Fulmer, 1995
• "The Dutch Fork: A Catalog of Early Land Records" Dutch Fork Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society