THE FULLBRIGHT CONNECTION TO THE STREET FAMILY
Up -Date: March 5, 2005 - To Fullbright Researchers.
Thanks to the ability of on-line census searches I have found some new information on Jackson Miles Fullbright's parents. I knew his father Miles W. Fullbright was born in Lincoln Co., NC and was living with his family in Cherokee Co., NC in the 1850 Census at the age of 20. My question was where he was living in the 1860 Census and during the Civil War. Most of my search was focused on NC where I had assumed he lived all his life. I have found this not to be true. His family moved to Gilmer Co. , GA. (Northern Georgia) between the 1850 Census and the 1860 Census.
I have not seen a marriage record for Miles and Adaline but I understand other researches have found documentation of their marriage on Sept. 10, 1854. I have located the 1860 census record for Gilmer Co., GA. listing him and his wife and 3 of their children. This would mean they were living in GA by 1856 since their oldest child was born in GA. Their first four children were born in GA including Jackson Miles Fullbright who I had assumed was born in NC. Their fifth child was born in NC in 1869 and his wife shows up living with her father-in-law in the 1870 Haywood Co., NC Census without Miles. There is a good possibility that Miles had died prior to 1869 and Adaline moved back to be with his family in NC to have their last child.
1860 Gilmer County Georgia Census
So what happened to Miles W. Fullbright? Once I found he was living in Gilmer Co., Georgia, I found him listed as M.W. Fullbright in the Confederate Army's 60th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Co. F of the "Gilmer Volunteers." This Regiment saw a lot of action and was one of the most successful Confederate Regiments in the early part of the war. They were sent to Virginia in May 1861 and were active in the campaigns to the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Day's Battles to Cold Harbor,. They served under the famous General John B. Gordon of Northern Georgia and Generals Lawton and C. A. Evans. They were involved in General Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox Campaign. This regiment reported 42 casualties at Second Manassas, 59 at Sharpsburg, 78 at Fredericksburg, and 35 at Chancellorsville. It had 6 killed and 16 wounded at Second Winchester and about fifteen percent of the 299 at Gettysburg. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 5 officers and 85 men.
Did Miles survive the war? They had no children between 1860 and 1865. It appears Miles had returned home in April or May of 1864 to have fathered Jackson Miles. He could have been on leave or returned home wounded. He later fathered their 5th child who was born in 1869. So it does appear he survived the war, but did the war account for his early death?
Miles's wife Adaline and her parents was a mystery for a long time. Once I found Miles living in Gilmer Co., I started searching for Adaline. She was also born in NC, but it appears she lived in Gilmer Co., Ga too prior to marrying Miles. It has been assumed they were married in NC. It is a possibility they were married in Georgia. Miles' father was also living in Gilmer Co. in 1860, so it appears the whole family had moved to Gilmer Co., GA and then moved back to NC after the war. Miles may have died in GA and that also may have been the reason the family returned to NC. Other researchers on this line shared with me information about Adaline. They said her name was Adeline Woods and she was also called "Peachy." Further research indicated her real name may have been Peacha Adaline Wood or Woods. Like many in the Fullbright family spells their name with one or two "L"s., The Wood and Woods families did the same with the "S" on the end of Wood. Some of the Wood / Woods families may have been the same or kin.
1850 Gilmer Co., Georgia Census - - Peacha A. is the 4th name down.
This record would indicate Peacha Adaline Wood's parents
were Benjamin A. Wood and Mary Wood. I am still working on this line.
If anyone has any additional information, please e-mail me. Thanks
- -Tom Street. This is the end of the up-date. Below is what
has been on this web page for some time.
Jackson Miles "Jack" Fullbright - 1865-1895
John Miles Jack Fullbirght was the name on his tombstone which was placed on his grave by daughter Carrie Mae Fullbright Street many years following his death in 1895. She was only 2 years old when he died. Tombstones have been known for errors in these types of situations.. His name was listed as Jackson Fullbright in the 1880 Haywood County, NC, census with his mother Adaline and sisters Margaret & Iva A. Fullbright. The Haywood Co., NC Marriage Index listed him as only "J.M. Fullbright." He was remembered as being called "Jack." This appears to be short for Jackson. I am not sure if "John" was part of his birth name or another nickname. It appears his real name was Jackson Miles Fullbright. My grandmother Carrie Mae Fullbright claimed he was part Cherokee. Unless there was an adoption which is unlikely, it was not from his father's side of the family. His father Miles W.Fullbright was listed in the household with his father Barnett Fullbright (1791-1887) in the 1850 Cherokee County, NC census as age 20. His mother Peacha Adeline Woods was born Feb. 27, 1834 and married Sept. 10, 1854 per a hand written ancestral chart. If Cherokee is in this line, it appears it would have to come via Adeline's family. I have not found any information on her line.
Miles Fullbright (father of Jackson Miles Fullbright) is the bottom name on this hard to read 1850 Cherokee Co., NC census record . His father is the first name listed above.
Jackson Miles Fullbright's grave at Long's United Methodist Church Cemetery at Hanson's Cove near Canton, NC.
Long's United Methodist Church. Note the cemetery in back where Jackson Miles Fullbright is buried.
Carrie Mae Fullbirght Street's mother Eliza Clark
John Miles Jackson Fullbright was married to Eliza Clark in Haywood Co., NC in 1885. The marriage index indicated they lived at East Fork. Jackson died at the early age of 30 of an acute stomach illness which appeared to have benn an appendicitis. Eliza remarried Henry Heatherly and lived her life in Haywood Co. Carrie Mae Fullbirght Street is buried at her feet at Gwyn Cemetery at Cruso, up the river from Canton, NC.
This is a rare old photo of Carrie Mae Fullbright, her brother Coleman, mother Elzia, and sister June.
Eliza Clark's parents, Ben Clark & Barbara Ann Ivester. Thanks to Betty Williams for this old photo.
Carrie Mae Fullbright Street and husband James Welborn Street are buried in plot above. Her mother Elisa Clark Fullbright Heatherly is buried at the marker to the right. If you look close, you can see Heatherly on the stone. Recent information from Dan Fulbright who is the grandson of Carrie's brother Coleman Fulbright states that John Miles Jackson Fullbright's parent (Adeline and Miles) are also buried here. The grave has not been located. These old graves may have been disrupted by a new road. This is at Gwyn Cemetery at Cruso, Haywood Co., NC on Highway 276 south of Canton.
Locus Field Cemetery in Canton, NC. It is said that Jackson Miles Fullbright's grandfather Jacob Fullbright (1747-1837) is buried here. On my visit, I was unable to locate any Fullbright or Fulbright tombstones. Many were unreadable. There may be other Fullbrights buried here too.
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