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 1755 - 1839 (84 years)
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| Name |
James Fulcher |
| Birth |
1755 |
Virginia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
23 Mar 1839 |
Richmond County, Georgia |
| Person ID |
I61 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
24 Sep 2006 |
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| Notes |
- James Fulcher was born in Virginia in 1755 and was the son of William Fulcher and Nancy Armistead. During the Revolutionary War he served as a soldier in the Continental Line from Georgia and saw service in Georgia and South Carolina. For his services to his country he received land grants in several Georgia counties
including Richmond, Screven, and Muscogee.
He married Elizabeth Huff in 1777 in Virginia and they are believed to have had the following five children.
1) Armistead Fulcher (born 1778) married Nancy Daniel.
2) Margaret Fulcher (born 1780) married Augustine Hewlett.
3) John LaFayette Fulcher (born 1781) married Mary Colson.
4) James Fulcher (born 1783, died 1823).
5) Nancy Fulcher (born 1789) married William Colson.
In addition to being a land owner, James served as a Justice of the Peace and was the owner of an Inn on McBean Creek not far from Waynesboro. George Washington breakfasted there on his tour of the South in 1791. President Washington entered into is diary "Wednesday 18th - Breakfast at Fulcher's, 15 miles from
Waynesboro." The desk said to be the one at which George Washington made this entry in his diary has been passed down to a present day descendent of James Fulcher.
Patriot James Fulcher died on March 23, 1839 in Richmond County and is buried in the Fulcher Cemetery located near the intersection of Piney Grove Road and the present day Highway 56. His example of duty and service to his nation and community serves as a model for us all.
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