Fulton County was formed in 1845 and was the 99th in order in the state. It was formed out of the southwestern part of Hickman County and was named in honor of Robert Fulton. This reprint is a combination of two older books on Kentucky history. First “History of Kentucky” by Lewis Collins written in 1882. The second is “Kentucky: A History of the State” by W. H. Perin, J. H. Battle and G. C. Kniffin in 1885. The biographical sketches were drawn from data supplied by the families and therefore, can be considered of more accuracy than other sources.

Example from this volume:

WILLIAM W. MEADOWS, Fulton County, was born May 4, 1846, in Dickson County, Tenn., and is a son of Ephraim G. and Jane(Thompson) Meadows, natives of North Carolina and Virginia respectively. ...

 

Surnames Included in This Publication

ADAMS, ALEXANDER, ANDERSON, ASHBURN

BACON, BAILEY, BAKER, BALLENTINE, BALTZER, BARLOW, BARNES, BARTER, BAUMAN, BEARD, BEASLEY, BEATY, BEAZLEY, BECKER, BENEFIELD, BINFORD, BLACKMAN, BLYTHE, BOAZ, BOLINGER, BONDURANT, BOWERS, BOYLE, BRADBURY, BRADLEY, BRADSHAW, BRAGG, BRAKEFIELD, BRECKINRIDGE, BREVARD, BROWDER, BROWN, BROWNING, BRUCE, BUCHANAN, BUCK, BUCKNER, BUFORD, BULLOCK, BURNES, BURNETT, BURNS, BUTLER, BYRD

CALHOUN, CAMPBELL, CARPENTER, CARR, CARTER, CASE, CASTEMAN, CATLETT, CAYCE, CHAMPION, CHANDLER, CHEATHAM, CHIPMAN, CLARK, COLLINS, COMBS, COMPTON, COOK, CORMAN, COWGILL, CROCKETT, CROSS, CULTON, CURD

DAVIS, DeBOW, DENT, DICKENS, DILLINGHAM, DONALDSON, DONOHO, DORRIS, DOUGLASS, DOWNEY, DOWNS, DRAUGHTON, DUFFEY, DUFFIELD

EASLEY, EDMISTON

FAIRLEIGH, FARIS, FARMER, FAULKNER, FELAND, FIELDS, FITZHUGH, FLEMING, FORREST, FORTUNE, FREEMAN, FRENCH, FREY, FUQUA

GARRISON, GILTNER, GOALDER, GOLDER, GREEN, GREIF, GRIFFITH, GUTHRIE

HAGAN, HALL, HALLECK, HAMMOND, HANBERY, HANNAH, HARDEN, HARRIS, HARRISON, HART, HAWKINGS, HAWKINS, HAYS, HENDERSON, HERRING, HERWECK, HESTER, HICKS, HODGE, HODGES, HOLMAN, HOLT, HOUSE, HOWARD, HUBBARD, HUDDLESTON, HUGHS, HUMPHREY, HUTCHISON

INGERSOLL

JACKSON, JARRATT, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONES, JOSLIN

KEISER, KENNEDAY, KENNER, KIMBERLIN, KING, KINGMAN, KNIGHT, KYLE

LA FAYETTE, LANDRUM, LANGSTAFF, LAUDERDALE, LAWSON, LEE, LIGGETT, LIGON, LINN, LITTLE, LIVINGSTON, LONGSTREET, LOVE, LUTEN, LYLE

McCLELLAN, McCONNELL, McCUTCHEN, McDANIEL, McFADDEN, McFALL, McGEHEE, MADDOX, MARR, MATHENY, MEADOWS, MICKLE, MIDDLETON, MILAM, MILES, MILLARD, MILLET, MILNER, MITCHELL, MOFFAT, MOODY, MOORE, MORGAN, MORRIS, MORTON, MOSELEY, MOTT, MURRELL, MUSTE

NALL, NEWLAND, NOBLE, NOLEN, NOONON, NORMAN

OLIVER, ORR, OUTLAW

PACE, PARHAM, PARK, PARKER, PASCHALL, PATTERSON, PENICK, PERRIN, PHELPS, PILLOW, PIRTLE, PITCHER, PLUMMER, POLK, POLSGROVE, PORTER, POWELL, PRATHER, PRYOR, PURTLE

RAMA, RANDLE, REED, RENOLDS, RICE, RICHARDSON, ROACH, ROBINSON, ROGERS, ROOKS, ROPER, ROSS, ROWE, ROYSTER, RUSH

SANFORD, SAUNDERS, SCEARCE, SCHAEFER, SHARP, SHAW, SHELTON, SHEPHERD, SHERMAN, SHOUSE, SHUCK, SIMMONS, SMITH, SMYDTH, STALL, STANHOPE, STARKS, STEELE, STEPHENS, STOCKTON, STONE, STOUFFER, STUBBS, SWASEY

TAMS, TAYLOR, THOMASON, THOMPSON, THRELKELD, TOTTON, TYLER

UNDERWOOD, USHER, UTTERBACK

VAN DORN, VANCEL, VAUGHAN, VINCENT

WADE, WADLINGTON, WALKER, WALLER, WARD, WARREN, WATKINS, WEAR, WEARNE, WELCH, WEST, WHEELER, WHITE, WHITESELL, WHITLOCK, WICKLIFFE, WIGHTMON, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WITHERS, WOLF, WOOLDRIDGE, WOOLRIDGE, WOOTTEN, WRIGHT, WYATT

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