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From: "A Potter" <>
Subject: John Fuller of Baltimore
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 20:28:17 -0500


Hello Susan,
I've had a time finding my Fuller line beyond Elijah Green Fuller
b. 1790 NC
found in the 1850 Perry/Knott County Kentucky census at age 60 with
children
in the household; Jeptha; Archibald; Leviticus; Robert; Martha;
Mary; and
Elijah (my great grandfather). My Mother who is 90 years old tells
me that
my Great Grandfather Elijah Bunt Fuller was in the Civil War and
was well
respected for his service therein. My Mother spent time with him
when she
was young and she loved him very much. Great Grandpa Bunt (we call
him) was
captured and escaped by overtaking several guards, but lost his
brother,
Leviticus at Rock Island, Illinois prisoner of war camp where Leviticus
either died or was killed there.

Archibald Fuller his other brother is buried in Emmalina, Ky and my
Great
Grandfather is buried in Littcarr after they removed his grave to
build the
Carr Lake.

My question is, do you think you may have some connection with our
line of
Fullers. To my knowledge my Great Grandfather Bunt Fuller was
married to
Susan Combs b. 1844. The marriage took place in 1863 and ended in
divorce. I
do not know if there were any children in this marriage, but
Grandpa Bunt
married again to a Martha Combs with whom he had at least 2 girls
and my
Grandfather Green Fuller. Tragically one of the girl children was
killed by
a falling tree when my Grandfather was in the woods cutting timber. The
little was playing in the area where the men were working and the
tree was
cut down and either landed on her or rolled down the hill upon her. Her
brave Mother, Martha threw herself on top of her child, but it
didn't save
her.

My Grandfather was devastated and was never the same after this
horrible
accident. My Mother says she would often find him alone on his
knees crying
his heart out over this awful tragedy. My Grandfather died young after
having had an accident of his own while working at his trade as a
carpenter.
My Mother says he was in the woods and she doesn't know all the
details, but
he was somehow injured and instead of going to the doctor, he went
home and
that night he died in his sleep. I feel very sorry for everyone of
these
poor loved ones, but those days were hard.

My Grandmother Leona Fuller was a wonderful woman and a very hard
worker.
She lived off her land and was very good at it. She was the best
woman I've
ever known and I sure do miss her. She was a Smith and the daughter of
Hilliard and Armelda (Combs) Smith. Grandma (Mammaw Fuller is what
we called
her) and our Grandpa Green Fuller had several children. Their
children were
Green "G" Fuller, Elijah "Lige" Fuller, Delzie "B" Fuller, Robert
"Bobby"
Fuller, Minnie Fuller, Bessie Fuller and Ida Fuller.

Leona Smith Fuller married 1st James "Jim" Hale when she was 16
years old.
Their children were Arzella Hale, Tommy Hale and one child who died
young.

Green Fuller married 1st Margaret Amburgey and their children were
William
Riley Fuller, Iva Fuller, and Ada Fuller.

Between all of them there were 13 children. The only surviving
child is my
Mother (to my knowledge) and she is 90 years old. They lived in
Vicco and
Troublesome Creek in Kentucky. Some of them lived in Hindman and
some lived
in Isom, Kentucky. Most of the family has left the area of Kentucky
because
they didn't want to end up working in the coal mines. We lost many
of our
family because of their work in the coal mines. Mother's lost 3
brothers and
our Father from black lung due to breathing coal dust from mining
coal. The
very sad thing is that our Ancestors once owned much of the land
that held
the coal and I couldn't tell you to this day what happened or how
that land
was lost.

If you are familiar with the Elijah Fuller b. 1790 in NC, I would
love to
know more about it. The same family was also in the 1840
Perry/Knott County
census of Kentucky. I don't know how to read the 1840 census
because it is
not as detailed as the later census takers records.

Thanks for your posting and sorry this is such a long one.

Yours Truly
Annette

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