Joseph Fulk (abt. 1798 - abt. 1863)

Born about 15 Mar 1798 in Stokes County, North Carolina

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Descendants

Died about 1863 at about age 64 in Tennessee

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Biography

1798 Joseph is born to Andrew and Rebecca (Laydon) Volck in Stokes County, North Carolina.^[1][2]

1822 Joseph (perhaps) marries Drusilla Ashburn on 9 Aug.^[1][3]

1840 The 1840 Census shows Joseph Fulk living in Surry County, North Carolina. His brother Jacob is listed a few houses away. Joseph's household has the following members:^[4]

	Males	Females
Under 5:	0	1
5 to < 10:	2	0
10 to < 15:	1	0
15 to < 20:	0	0
20 to < 30:	0	0
30 to < 40:	0	1
40 to < 50:	1	0

1850 Joseph and "Drucilla" are living in Pilot Township, Surry County, North Carolina. It appears that there are three sons in their household -- Andrew, Christian and John. There is also a 14-year-old Martha A. Murphy in their household. She was born in North Carolina.^[5]

1860 Joseph and Drucilla are living in Rockford District, Surry County, North Carolina at the time of this census. It looks like their son John is living with them. He is listed as "J W Fulk" age 25.^[6]

1863 Joseph passes away.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

This profile was originally linked to parents John Volck and Anna Maria Hartmann, but according to Lovell, John and Maria did not have a son named Joseph. However, Andrew and Rebecca (Laydon) Volck did, and she notes that this Joseph "perhaps" married a Drucilla Ashburn.^[1]

Additionally, this Joseph is shown to have only "perhaps" married Drucilla Ashburn and not Maria Catherine Moser.^[1] Since he is found married to Drusilla in the 1850 Census, and Maria Catherine Moser didn't die until 1886, I think it's highly unlikely that they were married in 1825. -- Fiscus-32 15:36, 17 December 2015 (EST)

• Found this in the Surry County Public Library:

Fulk, Joseph & Drucilla Ashbourne, 9 Aug 1822; James York, bm.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Lovell, entry for Andrew Fulk, III, p. 12
2. ↑ It would be good to find a less derivative source for this information. -- J. Ricketts, 17 Dec 2015
3. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF92-3Q9 : 8 July 2016), Joseph Fulk and Drucella Ashbourn, 09 Aug 1822; citing Surry, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 546,469.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYJ-ZY1 : 24 August 2015), Joseph Fulk, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 89, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 371; FHL microfilm 18,098.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BK-39V : accessed 17 December 2015), Joseph Fulk, Pilot, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing family 5, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6C-PHJ : 30 December 2015), Joseph Fulk, 1860.

See also:

• Lovell, Rosemary (Faulk). Owen County Cousins (J. G. Hauser, Inc., 1977)

• Marriages of Surry County, North Carolina 1779-1868 (Page 71)

Compiled by Brent H. Holcomb Indexed by Gary Parks Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. 1982