The Greene & Pickens Black Families Association
| The Fulgham Genealogy The Fulgham families migrated from Wake County, North Carolina. The patriarch of this family was Matthew Fulgham, who was born in 1771 in Northampton, North Carolina. He married a woman named Levina Smith, who was the daughter of William Smith. They married in 1811. In the early 1840's the family migrated to Greene County. They owned several slaves as well. One of their slaves, who was named Simeon Fulgham. He was born in North Carolina in 1824. Simeon Fulgham (1824) m. Mary Dunn, the daugher of Chairty of Dunn 1. Scott Fulgham (1842) m. Catherine Gordon (1845) Children: Alexander Fulgham, Maggie Fulgham, Fanny Fulgham, Ida Fulgham, Simeon Fulgham, Charity Fulgham, Scott Fulgham, Lula Fulgham, & Woodie Fulgham Grandchildren: Laura Fulgham & Will Fulgham 2. Charles Fulgham (1843) m. Pytie Bushalon (1850) Children: Georgiana Fulgham, William Fulgham, John Fulgham, Simon Fulgham, Virginia Fulgham-Robertson-Brown, Ed Fulgham, Ida Fulgham-Childress, Walter Fulgham, & Joshua Fulgham Grandchildren: Charles Fulgham, Gertrude Fulgham, Della Fulgham, (twins) Pearlie & Curlie Fulgham, Georgianna Fulgham, Mattie Ann Fulgham, Bobe Fulgham, Percy Fulgham, Charlie Fulgham, Henry Raymond Fulgham, Addie M. Fulgham, Johnny Glenn Fulgham, Lee Mack Fulgham, Joe Rufus Fulgham, Henry Clay Fulgham, Luberta Fulgham, Lugenia Fulgham, Henry Robinson, Johnnie Fulgham, James Fulgham, Ella Fulgham-Norwood, Stella Fulgham-Hall, Ruby Fulgham, Idella Fulgham-Ingram, Carrie Childress, Thomas Childress, Onie Childress, Mary Hilda Fulgham-Wilder, Lima Fulgham-Brown, & Letha Ann Fulgham-Spencer 3. Bennett Fulgham (1844) m. Elvira Spencer (1850-1899) Children: Mittie Ann Fulgham-Underwood, John Fulgham, & Virginia Fulgham-Wilder Grandchildren: Hattie Belle Underwood-Pullem, Sarah L. Underwood-Morrow, Carrie Underwood-Cameron, Etta Underwood, Bertha Underwood-Pace, Clara Underwood-Hardy, & Florence Underwood-Hardy, Gertrude Wilder-Linton, Ward Wilder, James "Gene" Wilder, & Bennie Wilder 4. Guilford Fulgham (1850) m. Martha Underwod (1852) Children: Willie Fulgham, George Fulgham, Laura Fulgham-Thompson, Fannie Fulgham, Mittie Fulgham, & John Fulgham Grandchildren: Glee Ethel Thompson, Willie Thompson, Beatrice Thompson-Gosa, Nathaniel Thompson, Ola M. Thompson, Belle Thompson, Mary Thompson, Roy Thompson, Wilson Thompson, Lugene Thompson, Cleveland Thompson, & Ida Thompson 5. Margaret Jane Fulgham (1856) m. Ross Hill (1853) Children: Lula Hill-Merritt, Mary Hill, Sarah Hill-Harkness, John Hill, Hixey Hill, & Ross Hill Grandchildren: William Merritt, Jim Merritt, Simeon Merritt, John Merritt, Mary Merritt, Margaret Harkness, Eliza Harkness, Fannie Harkness-Cotton, Mary Belle Harkness, Mary Lee Harkness, Ella Julia Harkness, Johnnie Harkness, & Willie Harkness 6. Hixey Fulgham (1858) m. James Rice (1856) Children: Virginia Rice, Simeon Rice, Hopkins Rice, Millie Rice, William Rice, & Baby Rice 7. Quincy Fulgham (1860) m. Amanda Underwood (1866) Children: Lucinda Fulgham-Hicks, John Fulgham, Lydia Fulgham-Hinton, Nellie Fulgham-Pulliam, Eliza Fulgham, Bessie Fulgham, Henry Fulgham, Nancy Fulgham, Ella Fulgham, & (twins) Simeon & James Fulgham Grandchildren: Quintella Hicks-Hudson, Herbert Hicks, Jimmie Hinton, Annie Hinton, Charlie Hinton, Julius Hinton, Simeon Hinton, Rosa Belle Hinton, Edna Hinton Shambley-Rice, Lillie Hinton, Winnie Belle Hinton-Barnes, Lucy Hinton, Minnie Mae Hinton, Johnnie Pulliam, 8. Wiley Fulgham (1862) m. Seabelle Lewis (1866) Children: Walter Fulgham & Wiley Fulgham Grandchildren: Annie Fulgham 9. Mary Eliza Fulgham (1863) 10. Ella Fulgham (1864) m. Alfred Easley 11. Charity Fulgham (1866) Interesting Facts: There is a twin gene that runs throughout this family. The matriarch of this family, (Mary Dunn) is a fraternal twin. Her brother's name was John Dunn. It is believed that Mary Dunn-Fulgham had a set of twins. Her son, Quincy Fulgham, had twin sons, Simeon and James. Her other son, Charlie, married a woman named Pytie Bushalon, who had a twin sister named Betsy Bushalon-Archibald. Charles & Pytie's son, William had twin daughters, Pearlie and Curlie. Their other son, Simon, married a woman who had a twin sister named Charity Jane Shambley-Noldon. |
| Ella Jane Shambley-Fulgham (1883-1969) The daughter of Rev. Anderson Shambley & Susan Maxwell. Grandau of Dave Shambley and Col. Simeon (Alexander) Maxwell & Jane Maxwell. The wife of Simon Fulgham. Son of Charles Fulgham & Pytie Bushalon |
| Henry Clay Fulgham (1910) The son of Simon Fulgham & Ella Jane Shambley. Grandson of Charles Fulgham & Pytie Bushalon and Rev. Anderson Shambley & Susan Maxwell. |
| The John Columbus & Mittie Ann Fulgham Underwood Family. |
| Bertha Underwood Pace (1904) The daughter of John Columbus Underwood & Mittie Ann Fulgham. Grandau of Rev. Reuben Charner Underwood & Sarah Thompson and Bennett Fulgham & Elvira Spencer |
