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Descendants of Daniel Fultz Descendants of Daniel Fultz Generation No. 1 1. Daniel2 Fultz (George1 Fults) was born 1792 in Virginia, perhaps the Shenandoah Valley area (Source: 1850 Grundy Co., TN census.), and died Abt. 1858 in Warren Co. TN (Source: Grundy County Deed Book "C".). He married Philadelphia "Delphia" Thompson. She was born 1801 in North Carolina (Source: 1850 Grundy Co., TN census.), and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 (Source: 1870 Grundy Co. TN census.). Notes for Daniel Fultz: Daniel is listed on the Warren County 1820 census. His household consist of a male 26-45, a female under 10 and a female 16-26 years old. During the Warren County 1830 census his household consisted of a male 5-10, a male 30-40, a female 10-15, a female 15-20 and a female 20-30 years old. There is an older man, listed between the age of 70-80. It seems possible this is the George Fultz listed on the 1820 Warren County census as over 45. Possibly he is the father of the Fults clan that came to Grundy County. Daniel is listed on the Warren County Plat Book Entry #3197 dated 1830 for 200 acres. This is in Plat Book 3 page 203. The 1840 Warren County census listed his household as a male 20-30, a male 40-50, a female 15-20 and a female 50-60. This seems to signify the oldest daughter had married by this time. Mrs. Hattie (Fred) Johnson said Daniel, or Dannel as she always called him, had 2 daughters and 1 son, and that he had 2 brothers, John and Ephraim. During the 1850 Grundy County census, Daniel, age 58, and Philadelphia, age 49, were living in District 5. Living next door was their daughter, Lydia Purdom with her family. Daniel was dead by Nov. 1858 for the Grundy County Deed Book "C" states his son-in-law, Wilson Purdom "purchased a filly at the sale of Daniel fults decd." Notes for Philadelphia "Delphia" Thompson: During the 1860 Grundy County census, Philadelphia was living in District 6 with a post office of Altamont listed as 59 years old. Living with her was Pheribe E. Purdom age 10 (who was a granddaughter, dau. of Lydia) and born in Tennessee and Philadelphia Williams age 91 born in Virginia. Children of Daniel Fultz and Philadelphia Thompson are: 2 i. Ferbia3 Fults, born Bet. 1810 - 1815 in Tennessee (Source: 1830 Warren Co., TN census.). Notes for Ferbia Fults: Ferbia would be the daughter listed as under 10 on the 1820 Warren County census and 15-20 on the 1830 Warren County census. She was not listed with the family during the 1840 census. Mrs. Fred Johnson gave her name as Ferbia. Ferbia must have been dead or disinherited at the time of her father's death for Grundy County Deed Book "C" states Wilson Purdom and wife Lydia sold to Smith Fults for $182. their one-half interest as heirs in the lands of Danel Fultz decd, subject to the widow's dower. This was April 4, 1859. + 3 ii. Smith Fults, born 28 Aug 1822 in Northcutt's Cove, Warren County, TN; died 26 Sep 1908 in Gruetli, Grundy Co. Tn.. + 4 iii. Lydia "Liddy" Fults, born 27 Jan 1825 in Warren Co., TN; died 16 Apr 1877 in Grundy County, TN. Generation No. 2 1 3. Smith3 Fults (Daniel2 Fultz, George1 Fults) was born 28 Aug 1822 in Northcutt's Cove, Warren County, TN (Source: Fults Cemetery tombstone.), and died 26 Sep 1908 in Gruetli, Grundy Co. Tn. (Source: Fults Cemetery tombstone.). He married (1) Susan "Sookie" Winton Abt. 1849, daughter of James Winton and Patsy Johnson. She was born 1825 in Warren County, TN (Source: 1850 Marion Co., TN census.), and died Bet. 1854 - 1856 in Tennessee. He married (2) Timia Ellen Sanders 21 Feb 1856 in Grundy County, Tn.. She was born 01 May 1838 in Tennessee (Source: Fults Cemetery tombstone.), and died 06 Oct 1912 (Source: Fults Cemetery tombstone.). Notes for Smith Fults: Lucille Johnson wrote the following in her book "Family Memories": Smith Fults: "Settled about two and one-half miles south of Gruetli, TN. their place has since been strip mined for coal and all that is left is the Fults graveyard. A court order was obtained by Oscar Overturf to prevent the family graves from being disturbed. There is a gravestone there with some of the family names on it. Smith was a big, very very strong man. Arthur Layne said that he could take a 50 gallon barrel of whiskey and pick it up on his knees and drink from it and set it back down. Also legend is that he told his wife, Timia that he was bringing 12 men home with him for dinner and when he came in alone she asked him where the 12 men were and he said, "Right here", and sat down and ate all that she had cooked. He was very industrious, high strung and hard working. He built tar kilns and made tar from rich pine and hauled it to Nashville and other towns with yokes of steers. Before the Civil War, Smith kept slaves and after the war freed them. The men left but one woman made her home with them the rest of her life. Once they were having a log rolling (people gathered from far and near to work all day and have a big meal and usually dance that night) clearing land, for Smith Fults owned several hundred acres. A little Indian boy was picking corn out of horse manure to eat and a man picked the child up and threw him on a pile of burning brush. People said it took 8 strong men to hold Smith off the man or he would have surely met the same fate. Everyone was so upset the work was cancelled for that day. For some reason Mollie Layne would refer to Smith as "That old man". Then she'd say, "I reckon he was all right.", but she loved his wife Timia who was a good, kind-natured woman. Hattie Johnson said as she would stop there to go to school with Estell Overturf (Timia's granddaughter) that she would set her 4 lb. lard bucket down with her meager lunch in it, because they had a hard time when the children were small, and when she would pick it up to go to school it would be heavy with good things Timia had slipped in it for her. Timia was also a mid- wife. Timia died of cancer on her face and they both are buried in the family cemetery at Graveyard Hill, Gruetli, TN." At the time of the 1850 census, Smith, age 28, and his wife Susan, age 25, were living in Marion County. They had no children at this time. Smith's sister and brother-in-law sold him their half interest in the lands of father Daniel April 4, 1859. Evidently the other sister was dead or disinherited. During the 1860 Grundy County census, Smith, age 37, and Tymy Elen, age 22, were listed with 4 children, James D. age 9, Sarah A. age 8, John L. age 6 and Thomas Buck age 1. At the time of the 1880 Grundy County census, Smith, age 57, and Tina E. age 45, were farming in the 6th District. They had 7 children in their household, Thomas B. age 21, Smith J. age 16, Tennessee age 13, Delphia A. age 12, Christina age 8, Jefferson age 5 and Mary F. age 3. During the 1900 census, Smith, age 77, and Tina E. age 61, were living in Grundy County. This census states they had been married 51 years and had 8 children with 5 living. The 2 children still home were Christine age 27 and Jeff Davis age 26. The Ike Woodward Chronicles stated in Oct. 1908 "Smith Fults died." Smith's obit written by J.B. Ferguson reads: "IN MEMORIAM--SMITH FULTS--ONE OF GRUNDY COUNTY'S OLDEST CITIZENS PASSES AWAY--On last Sunday, Sept. 27, 1908, in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends, and in the most beautiful grave I ever saw carved in mother earth, being cut in white sandstone, and on the old home place where he had lived for fifty-nine years, loving hands 2 tenderly laid to rest the tired, worn body of Smith Fults, aged eighty-six years and thirty days. This is an event in the history of Grundy County that deserves more than passing notice; for he was in many respects a remarkable man. He was cast in no common mold. Physically almost a Hercules, his feats of strength will never be forgotten by those who saw them exhibited; mentally he was gifted by nature with an intellect in keeping with his powerful physique; and above and beyond all, he was possessed of a moral fibre that was as unyielding as his powerful muscles. If "an honest man is the noblest work of God", then Smith Fults must be remembered as an example of what God can do along this line when He chooses. Always original and forceful in expression, his words were not always elegant, but served him well to express his ideas, and he had ideas worthy of expression on all subjects. He would not swerve from the exact truth as he understood it, and on one occasion sixteen years ago I knew him to testify to a state of facts that deprived him of a large and valuable tract of land, though warned by his attorney, the late Gov.

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