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The Maple and Fuller Families of Guernsey County Ohio and Peoria County, Illinois



CHAPTER EIGHT

MAPLE and FULLER FAMILIES

Anna Maple was the daughter of William Maple and Polly Fuller. Most Maples in America are believed to have descended from one of six grandsons of a weaver named Benjamin Maple of Ipswich, Suffolk County England.

Benjamin Maple was born circa 1663 and signed by mark an agreement of indenture to a London merchant on May 8, 1684 when he was 21 years old. He was transported to the colony of Barbados and after working on a plantation there for four years, Benjamin Maple settled in Middlesex County near a Quaker community in the colony of New Jersey in 1688. There he married and had only one son who left him progeny with the surname of Maple.

Benjamin Maple Senior's only son, William “Benjamin Maple”, born circa 1696, married a Dutch widow Sara Clare Vorhees and fathered three sons, all of whom were born in Middlesex County New Jersey Colony. A deed record found in the Middlesex County Clerk's Office dated 22 February 1772 showed Benjamin Maple and his wife Sarah of New Brunswick, Mid­dlesex County transferring property to his son Jacob Maple of New Windsor Township, Middlesex County. The Tract of 113 and 33/100 acres in New Windsor adjoined the lands of Thomas Maple, William Maple, and James Parker. The deed was recorded 8 Apr. 1776.

A similar deed 21 February 1772 by Benjamin Maple and wife Sarah to their son William Maple of an adjoining tract of 113 and 33/100 acres, also adjoining land of Thomas Maple, implied that Benjamin Maple divided a 340 acre tract equally between three of his sons. In addition, the different wording "his son" and "their son" suggests that Jacob may have been a son by an earlier marriage. Vol. 3 of Mortgages, p. 12. 5 Nov. 1778.

Jacob Maple, son of William “Benjamin” Maple was born circa 1735 in Middlesex County, New Jersey. He married Elizabeth Stanford on 27 January 1769, in Middlesex, New Jersey, when he was 34 years old. The bondmen on the Marriage Bond, for Jacob Maple of “Middlsex County, New Jersey and Elizabeth Stanford of “Somerset County New Jersey, were “Elias Smith, and “William Mapel”. Elizabeth Stanford was born in 1730 in Somerset County, New Jersey, the daughter of James and Mary Ann Stanford. They had seven children in 30 years.

Jacob was a soldier in the American Revolution and served as private in Capt. Jonathan Coomb's Co., 3rd Regiment, Middlesex County, New Jersey Militia.

Tax Rolls for Windsor Township in Middlesex County for June 1778, and March 1779, showed Jacob Maple owned 170 acres. He most have sold 40 acres during that year as that in in September 1779 he paid taxes on 130 acres. He paid taxes on the 130 acres until January 1781 when he may have moved.

Jacob Maple to Mary Hooper. Consideration of 100 pounds. Plantation in which said Jacob Maple lives on Bear Brook and bought by him of Mahlon Wright and contains 170 acres. Mary Hooper assigned to George Bergen and Nicholas Hight Jr. 14 Sept. 1800. Wit: Mary Shokelean, Mary Updike. Levi Updike for Mary Hooper. Vol. 2 of Mortgages, page 165. 11 Feb. 1779.

Jacob Maple of twp of Windsor of Middlesex Co., N.J. To John Evelman of Upper Freehold. Deeds, Vol. 1, p. 137. 21 April 1779.

Jacob Maple and Elizabeth his wife, of Windsor in County of Middlesex, to Nicholas Hight Jr. Where Jacob and Elizabeth now dwell being part of a plantation puchased of Mahlon Wright by the said Maple. Contains 170 acres. Wit: John _____, David Olden.

The 1790 census for New Jersey was destroyed but a tax list for Somerset County New Jersey show that Jacob Maple was a resident there in 1797. However the 1790 Census of Pennsylvania showed that the sons of Jacob Maple, David Maple and John Maple, lived in Fayette County Pennsy but not in the same township. His son William Maple was found in neighboring Washington County, Maryland.

David Maple of Tyrone, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2

Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 5

Free White Persons - Females: 5

Number of Household Members: 12

John Maple of German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 3

Free White Persons - Females: 1

Benjamin Maple of Washington, Maryland

Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1

Free White Persons - Females: 3

Number of Household Members: 5

William Maple of Washington, Maryland

Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2

Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1

Free White Persons - Females: 1

Number of Household Members: 4

Jacob Maple moved to Washington County, Maryland by 1800

1800 Census, Linton Hundred Washington Co., Maryland

Jacob Maple, Sr. 3 males, 2 females.

Jacob Maple, Jr. 1 male 16-26, 1 female 16-26, 2 females under 10.

William Maple, 1 male, 1 female.

Jacob Maple is believed to have removed to Jefferson County, Ohio circa 1802 and then to Coshocton County, Ohio about 1807. His brother William Maple had previously removed to Jefferson County in 1797. Jacob Maple, can be found on Tax Lists from Jefferson County in 1806 and 1807 where he is located in Knox Township.

The account book of James Miskimen, of Cohocton County, Ohio for the period 1807-1823, showed numerous purchases by Jacob Maple between April 22, 1809 and May 11, 1813, many for whiskey. Some were picked up by his daughter Ruth

            The 1810 Census for Coshocton County does not exist but Jacob Maple Sr appeared in the 1820 Census. He is the head of a household of 1 male 45 and up, 1 female 45 and up, 1 female 28-45 and 1 male 18-26 in Linton Township. Other Maple men who were heads of house holds in Coshocton County were David Maple, George Maple, and Jacob Maple.

David Maple Linton married 18 October 1818 Joanna Addy daughter of William Addy Sr. He may have been a grandson and not the son of  Jacob Sr.

George Maple of Linton, was married with 7 children under the age of 15.  George Maple was the nephew of son of Jacob Sr and son of his brothet William Maple and his wife Kesiah Larrson. This George is no longer in Coshocton County and may have been the George Maple located in Columbiana County by 1826.

Jacob Maple Junior was born circa 1774 in Middlesex County, New Jersey and and died 1822 in Coshocton County, Ohio. He was married to Margaret Segatty whom he married 11 October 1796 in Berkeley County Virginia [West Virginia]. She was born circa 1774 and died 23 August 1843. This census showed they had 10 children in this household, the eldest under 25 years.



Children of Jacob Maple and Elizabeth Stafford

1) David Maple born circa 1770 Middlesex County, New Jersey. He died between 28 June 1837 and Feb 1846 in Coshocton County, Ohio. Married Mary Elizabeth Moody



2) Ruth Maple born 13 September 1772  Middlesex, Middlesex, New Jersey. She died 6 December 1825 St Clair, St Clair, Illinois. Married Jonathan Hill.



3) Jacob Maple Junior born circa 1774 Middlesex County, New Jersey and and died 20 December 1822 in Coshocton County, Ohio. He married Margarette Segatty 11 October 1796 in Berkeley County Virginia [West Virginia] She was born circa 1775 and died 23 Aug 1843.



4) Eliza Alley Maple born circa 1776 Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She married Thomas Fuller Junior in 1796 in Washington County, Maryland. She died in March 1852 age 76 years and buried in the Fortney Cemetery in Wheeling Township. Her eldest son Thomas T Fuller moved to Peoria County, Illinois with his cousins.



5) William Maple born 16 July 1778 Windsor, Middlesex, New Jersey. He died 6 March 1848 in Hollis Township, Peoria, Illinois and buried in the La Marsh Baptist Church Cemetery at Maple Ridge. He married Mary Polly Fuller 4 January 1800 in Washington County, Maryland. She was born April 1782 in Washington County, Maryland and died 9 April 1850 in in Hollis Township, Peoria, Illinois and buried in the La Marsh Baptist Church Cemetery at Maple Ridge.



6) Ruhama Maple born circa 1780

William Maple and Polly Fuller

William Maple was born 16 July 1778 in Windsor, Middlesex, New Jersey. William Maple and his wife, Mary “Polly” Fuller were married 4 Jan 1800, in Washington County, Maryland. They were the parents of at least six children. Both William Maple and Polly Fuller families were living in Washington County, Maryland according to the 1800 census and Washington County, Maryland was the home of Maple and Fuller families before moving to Ohio before 1810.

Washington County is located on eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains, stretching from the Ridge-and-Valley Country in the west to South Mountain in the east, which is an extension of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was formed 1 October 1776 from Frederick County, Maryland and named in honor of General George Washington.

Washington County, Maryland has the distinction of containing the smallest distance between a state and its neighboring states. Linton Township where the Maples and Fullers lived is less than two miles wide between Pennsylvania to the north and West Virginia to the south. This is a historic area and many families in what is known as Maryland's narrow waist trace their ancestors to early nearby Pennsylvania and West Virginia settlers when the tri-state area was first settled.

The Hagerstown Valley is part of the Great Appalachian Valley that continues southward into West Virginia as the Shenandoah Valley and northward into Pennsylvania as the Cumberland Valley. The county is bordered to the north by the Mason–Dixon line with Pennsylvania, to the south by the Potomac River and the states of Virginia and West Virginia.

Polly Fuller was the daughter of Thomas Fuller Senior and Lydia Hayes. She was born April 1782 in Washington County, Maryland. Her father Thomas was born circa 1750 perhaps in New Jersey and died circa 17 Mar 1824 in Wheeling Township, Guernsey, Ohio. Lydia Hayes was born before 1756, and died before 1820 also in Wheeling Township, Guernsey, Ohio.

The Maple and Fullers lived in the same vicinity in Washington County, Maryland by 1796 as Polly Fuller’s brother Thomas Fuller Jr married and Eliza Alley Maple circa 1796 there. Eliza Alley Maple’s brother Jacob Maple Jr was married 11 October 1796 in Berkeley County, Virginia which was directly on the south side Washington across the Potomac River.

The Maple, Fullers and the family of James Miskimen either attended or were members of the Tonoloway Primitive Baptist Church while living in Maryland. The church was organized and built in 1752 and was located just fifty yards inside the Pennsylvania state line. Before the Mason-Dixon survey, which was done between 1763 and 1767, the congregants thought the church was in Maryland. The Tonoloway was the tenth Privative Baptist church built in the colonies, and drew parishioners from Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The land holdings of Thomas Fuller were just about 5 miles south west of the church across the Maryland line.

Church records show that in May 1798, Lydia Fuller, wife of Thomas Fuller was baptized into membership of the Tonoloway Church while a Jemima Fuller was received by the Church with a letter of transfer from Morristown, New Jersey at the same time. A Margaret Fuller was also baptized in 1798.

The 1800 census for Linton Hundred, Washington County, Maryland included the following Fuller and Maple families, Thomas Sr., Thomas Jr. and James Fuller and three Maple households, Jacob, Jacob Jr., and William.

Jacob Maple Sr.

Free White male age 45 & up [before 1756] Jacob Maple Sr.

Free White female age 45 & up [before 1756] Elizabeth Stafford

Free White male age 16-26 [1774-1784] George Maple

Free White female age 16-26 [1774-1784] Ruhama Maple

Free White male age 10-16 [1784-1790] unknown

This entry was 9 entries past Thomas Fuller Jr..

Jacob Maple, Jr.

Free White male age 16-26 [1774-1784] Jacob Maple Jr.

Free White female age 16-26 [1774-1784]

Free White female age under 10, [1790-1800]

William Maple,

Free White male age 16-26 [1774-1784] William Maple

Free White female age 16-26 [1774-1784] Polly Fuller born 1785

Not listed in the 1800 census in Washigton Coynty, Maryland was son David Maple born circa 1770 and who was married to Mary Elizabeth. He was most likely in Pennsylvania. Shortly after this census was taken, William and Polly Fuller moved into Somerset County, Pennsylvania at where their oldest daughter Anna [Anne] Maple was born 7 January 1801

Jacob Maple Sr. and his family moved to Jefferson County, Ohio in 1802, to join other members of the Maple family in that region probably son David. It is quite likely that the Fuller's also went to Jefferson County as all of these families left Washington County, Maryland about the same time.

Statehood for Ohio was delayed until 1803 because of a political struggle between the Democratic-Republicans, and the Federalists who believed they could retain more political power if Ohio remained a territory. When Thomas Jefferson was elected president in 1800, Ohio’s Democratic-Republicans had their ally in power in Washington, D.C. Jefferson advocated statehood for Ohio, even though the territory had not reached the population level required by the Northwest Ordinance. Jefferson County, Ohio, on the eastern border of Virginia and Pennsylvania, was named in the president’s honor. Tax records show that Jacob Maple lived in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1806.

Land grants in the Military District show that by December 1803, William Maple, Thomas Fuller, James Miskinem, and George Mitchell all had parcels of land in Section 4, Township 4, and Range 4 in what was then Muskingum County. One parcel was labeled “Fuller & Maple” which is assumed to be Thomas Fuller and his son in law William Maple. Directly below this parcel was a parcel belonging to Thomas Fuller label No. 36 and he owned the parcel directly east labled No. 37. George Mitchell owned two parcels one above the Fuller & Maple lot and one below No. 37. George Mitchell officiated in marriages in Guernsey County and therefore may have been a Baptist preacher.

While land was acquired in the Military District it wasn’t until late 1807 that seven families from Yellow Creek in Jefferson County, namely William Maple, Thomas Dennis, Thomas Fuller and his four sons, James, Thomas Jr., John, and Joseph and their families came to the Military District.

A History of Guernsey County, Ohio indicated that the Maples and Fullers arrived in what was to become Wheeling Township in Guernsey County in 1807. As that Guernsey and Coshocton Counties were not formed until 1810, this area of Ohio was in Muskingum County in 1807. They formed a settlement called Fullerton that existed for many years along Wills Creek. Joseph Fuller married Eleanor Boyles in Jefferson County, Ohio in 1807 before the families moved.

The settlements in Guernsey County were few, and were confined to the valleys along Wills Creek and Bird's Run. It was in this area the Maples and Fullers lived. There is no surviving 1810 census for most of Ohio but other early settlers, along Will Creek, were Joseph Cowgill from Belmont County and William Gibson who settled three miles above the Fullers. At this time the Military District was a deep wilderness. A number of Indians hunted and fished along the streams and lived in huts but had left the area about the time of the breaking out of the War of 1812.

             The War of 1812 was declared in July 1812 by President James Madison and Ohio was one of the key states due to its proximity to Lake Eire and Canada. Hundreds of men from the county joined the state’s militia although Guernsey County was sparsely settled and far from the front.

Guernsey County was represented in the war of 1812 by three companies of militia, commanded respectively by Capt. Simon Beymer, Capt. Absalom Martin and Capt. C. P. Beatty. William Maple served as a private in the Ohio Militia from Guernsey County. He served from August 26 until November 12, 1812 in Captain Absalom Martin’s Company commanded by Colonel Robert Bay of the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Militia. William Maple’s brothers in law, Joseph Fuller and James Fuller also served in the war. James Fuller served in Captain Cyrus P. Beatty’s company as a private. Joseph Fuller served in Colonel John DeLong’s 1st Regiment Ohio, Militia.

Despite the humiliation of having the nation’s capitol captured and burned, Americans celebrated the end of war in 1814 “with a brilliant burst of national pride. They felt that they had fought a second war for independence, and had won.”

            After the war, William Maple’s nephew David Maple Jr. son of David and Mary Elizabeth Maple, married 18 October 1818 Joanna Addy in Coshocton County, Ohio. Joanna Addy was the youngest daughter of William Addy and Nancy Clark.

The 1820 Census of Ohio showed that William Maple was living in Wheeling Township, Guernsey, Ohio and was enumerated 7 August 1820. Wheeler Township abutted Knox Township on the north.

Free White male age 45 and over [before 1776] William Maple

Free White female age 26 thru 44 [1776-1794] Polly Fuller

Free White male age 10 thru 15: [1805-1810] William Maple

Free White male age 10 thru 15: [1805-1810] Isaac Maple

Free White female age 10 thru 15: [1805-1810] Anna Maple

Free White female age 10 thru 15: [1805-1810] Rebecca Maple

Free White male age Under 10: [1811-1820] Abraham Maple

Free White female age Under 10: [1811-1820] Mary Maple

1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:



The 1830 Census of Ohio show that William Maple, Jehu Jones’ father in law was still living in Wheeling Township, Guernsey, Ohio

Free White male age 50 thru 59: [1771-1780] William Maple

Free White female age 40 thru 49: [1781-1789] Polly Fuller

Free White male age 15 thru 19: [1811-1815] Abraham Maple

Free White female age 15 thru 19 [1811-1815] Mary Maple

Free White female age 5 thru 9: [1821-1825] unknown

On 26 April 1838 William Maple’s widowed sister Ally Maple Fuller “of the County of Guernsey” sold to Joseph Heslip “of the County of Coshocton” her 40 acres for $300. The deed was recorded 25 May 1838, and witnessed by Joseph Cowgill and Nancy Cowgill. This sale was most likely prompted by her family’s impending move to Illinois.

William Maple daughter Polly Maple married John Jones the son of Enoch Jones and Nancy Addy in in Peoria County.  John Jones was enumerated next to his father in law William in the 1840 Census of Fayette Township, in Peoria County. This marriage made up the four Maple siblings who married four Jones siblings. Jehu Jones married Anna Maple, John Jones married Polly Maple, Polly Jones married Isaac Mable and Charlotte Jones married Abraham Jones. The children produced from these unions were double cousins all sharing the same set of Jones and Maple grandparents.

On 3 November 1840 William Maple Sr. paid cash for 80 acres in Peoria County, Illinois. The location was the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 7 in Township 7 North, Range 7 East. The purchase was recorded at the Land Office in Quincy, Illinois. Section 7 abutted, to the north, section 18 where William Maple also had lands that adjoined his son Isaac Maple’s 160 acres. To the west of Isaac Maple in Section 20, William Maple Senior had also another 160 acres. Directly below the property of Isaac Maples was the 160 acre farm of Abraham Maple. Isaac Maples had an addition 160 acre farm in Section 20 which was to the southeast of Section 18.

Abraham Maple set aside some of his land for a burial ground perhaps because his first wife Charlotte Jones was probably buried there. The first recorded burial however was that of William Becannon who died 25 August 1838 age 8 year 5 months. He was a nephew of Abraham Maple, the son of his sister Rebecca Maple Becannon. Others eventually buried on the property were Enoch Jones in 1844 and William Maple Senior in 1848. In May 1849, Abraham and Ruhama Addy Maple deeded the two and ½ acres surrounding these graves for the site of the La Marsh Baptist Church and the cemetery is now known as the Maple Ridge Cemetery.

Shortly after Jehu Jones family departed Peoria County, Illinois, his father in law William Maple drew up his Last Will and Testament on 2 June 1843.

I, William Maple Sen. do will and assign my property and effects, as follows, to-wit: to take effect after my decease.

To William Maple, Jun. the east forty acres of land joining lands owned by John Magee the long way of it being North and South,

To Isaac Maple the next forty acres being as aforesaid,

To Abraham Maple the remainder being forty acres.

To Olima Maple wife of Palin Jones, Fifty Dollars worth of property personal or Fifty Dollars in money.

To Becca Maple wife of Robert Bucannon the same.

To Margaret Maple wife of George Worts (sic) Forty Dollars in money.

To Polly Maple wife of Pohn (sic) Jones the same as Anna and Becca.

To Polly Maple wife of William Maple Sen. to hold her third of the real as long as she remains the widdow (sic) of said Wm. Maple, Sen.

Signed in the presence of witnesses by Seth Guener ck. this 2 dy of June A.D. 1843

The will was amended 8 July 1843 stating “Ann Jones has received one Cow worth ten dollars on her part of the dory July the 8th, 1843.”

The will would not be probated for another five years but some of the people named within should be explained. Olima Maple wife of Palin Jones is most certainly his daughter Anna and his son in law Jehu Paten Jones. Olima mave have been Anna’s middle name if it’s not a misreading of Anna.

A month later when the will is amended to show that Anna had received part of her inheritance in the form of a cow and at that time she is called “Ann”. Palin is easier to explain that the scribe simply forgot to cross the t in his middle name. Anna Maple Jones’ sisters were Rebecca Maple Becannon, Margaret Maple Werts, and Polly [Mary] Maple Jones.

William Maple was born 16 July 1778 in Middlesex County, New Jersey and died 6 MAR 1848 in Maple Ridge, Hollis Twp., Peoria Co., Illinois. He was buried in La Marsh Baptist Church cemetery, Maple Ridge, Peoria County, Illinois. He was the son of Jacob Maple and Elizabeth Stafford

Mary "Polly" Fuller was born April 1782 Halifax, Washington County, Maryland, and died 9 April 1850 in Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois. She was buried La Marsh Baptist Church cemetery, Maple Ridge, Peoria County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Thomas Fuller and Lydia Hayes.

Children of William B. MAPLE and Mary "Polly" FULLER and are:

1) Anna Olima Maple was born 7 January 1801 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and died 12 July 1865 in Marion County, Iowa. She married Jehu Paten Jones 8 July son of Enoch Jones and Nancy Addy. He was born 1 January 1797 in Jefferson County, Virginia, and died 1 March 1845 in Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa.



2) William Henry Maple was born 7 November 1802 in Jefferson County, Ohio, and died 21 March 1874 in Chariton Twp, Lucas County, Iowa. He married Sarah Cowgill 25 December 1826 in Guernsey County, Ohio, daughter of Joseph Cowgill and Jemima Reed. She was born 2 November 1808 in Guernsey County, Ohio, and died March 1871 in Chariton Twp, Lucas County, Iowa.



3) Isaac Maple was born 12 December 1804 in Jefferson County, Ohio, and died 20 March 1884 in Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois. He married Mary "Polly" Jones 20 April 1825 in Guernsey County, Ohio, daughter of Enoch Jones and Nancy Addy. She was born 27 July 1803 in Jefferson County, Virginia, and died 25 November 1872 in Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois.



4) Rebecca Maple was born 27 December 1806 in Jefferson County, Ohio, and died 23 August 1874 in Peoria County, Illinois. She married Robert Becannon 16 April 1829 in Guernsey County, Ohio, son of James Becannon He was born 26 July 1804 in Pennsylvania, and died 15 January 1859 in Peoria County, Illinois. Robert Becanon brought his family to Illinois and settled in Hollis Township in 1837, where he purchased a farm.



5) Margaret Catherine Maple was born 23 December 1808 in Coshocton County, Ohio, and died 13 May 1851 in Muskingum County, Ohio. She married George Peter Werts 27 September 1827 in Muskingum County, Ohio, son of George Werts and Susannah Huff. He was born 11 November 1801 in Loudon County, Virginia, and died 29 July 1866 in Ohio.



6) Abraham Maple was born 1 February 1811 in Yellow River, Jefferson County, Ohio, and died 6 Ooctober 1889 in Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois. He married Mary Charlotte Jones 20 October 1831 in Guernsey County, Ohio, daughter of Enoch Jones and Nancy Addy. She was born 1 February 1811 in Guernsey County Ohio, and died 1834 in Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois. He married Ruhama Addy 3 January 1836 in Guernsey County, Ohio, daughter of William Adddy and Wealtha Ann Jones. She was born 23 November 1811 in Guernsey, Ohio, and died 12 March 1854 in Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois. He married Mary Goodwin 21 May 1855 in Peoria County, Illinois, daughter of Joseph Goodwin and Sarah Essex. She was born 2 July 1832 in Ohio, and died 27 March 1915 in Mapleton, Peoria County, Illinois.



7) Mary "Polly" Maple was born 4 December 1812 in Guernsey, Ohio, and died in Washington County, Kansas. She married John Jones 10 March 1840 in Peoria County, Illinois, son of Enoch Jones and Nancy Addy. He was born about 1814 in Coshocton, Ohio, and died 14 August 1884 Haddam Washington County, Kansas.  She probably died in Kansas as well.



The Fuller Family

Fort Frederick in western Maryland was established in 1754 to protect settlers during the French and Indian War. It was a unique stone fort that served as Maryland’s frontier defense and was used during the American Revolutionary War as a prisoner of war camp. As many as 1,000 captured British and German soldiers were incarcerated there after the Battles of Saratoga and Yorktown. When Washington County was formed in 1776 the fort was within the new county’s boundary. The county was the first in the nation to be named for General George Washington.

On 17 May 1785, the Potomac Company was created for the express purpose of planning, building and operating the 184.5-mile-long historic Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. George Washington was its first president and served in that capacity until he became President of the United States. The digging of the canal would have brought hundreds of laborers both free and slave to the area. This important commercial waterway had canal boats drawn by mules.

The earliest mention of the Fullers in Washington County Maryland was a 1783 tax list. It is not certain where the family originated before then but most likely they came from New Jersey near Morristown.

There are only two Fullers listed in the tax list of Washington County and they were located on the Fort Frederick and Linton Hundred Tax List of 1783. These men were Daniel Fuller Sr. and Thomas Fuller. Daniel Fuller Senior was taxed on 1 horse and 7 black cows. Thomas Fuller was taxed on 2 horses and 4 black cows. Neither of the men appeared to have been land owners.

Linton Hundred was located just west of nearby Fort Frederick. Here deed records in the Washington County Recorder's office show that Thomas Fuller began obtaining land as early as March 1787. There are several transactions recorded there, including at least one for Daniel Fuller. The relationship between Daniel Fuller and Thomas Fuller is unknown but as Daniel is known as Senior he could have been a father or older brother.

From the above information, it can be assumed that a Daniel and Thomas Fuller arrived in Washington County, Maryland as early as 1783. It is not known how or if they were related, however the land transactions and their close proximity in the 1790 census, indicates a good chance they were related in some way.

The 1790 census for Linton Hundred in Washington County, lists three Fuller families. Two of them Ephamia Fuller and Daniel Fuller were living almost next to each other while Thomas Fuller is near 25 households away from them.

Ephaima Fuller, 2 females no age given most likely a widow and her daughter.

Daniel Fuller, 1 male ages 16 & up, 1 male under 16, 2 females no age given.

This was probably a young family of a husband and wife with two children and not Daniel Fuller Senior of 1783 but certainly could have been a son.

Thomas Fuller 2 males 16 & up, 3 males under 16, 4 females no age given. This family would have been that of Polly Fuller who married William Maple. The three males under the age of 16 or before 1774 were probably the sons James Fuller born 1772-73 Thomas Fuller Junior born circa 1774-75, John Fuller born circa 1778-79 and Joseph Fuller born circa 1780-01. The women would have been wife Lydia Hayes, and daughters Polly Fuller born April 1782, Nancy Fuller born circa 1785, Katie Fuller born circa 1789-90

The "Ephaima" in this census was also probably related to Thomas and Daniel. The Daniel in the Tax List was shown as Daniel Sr. and the Daniel in the 1790 census was not. There is some chance that Ephaima was the wife of Daniel Sr. and she was a widow with a daughter in the 1790 census and the Daniel in the 1790 census was their son. This is only speculation. Since the land that Daniel acquired in 1791 was transferred to Thomas in 1795, it is possible that Daniel either left this area or died. The same is true for Ephaima.

There was only one entry between Ephaima and Daniel and Thomas followed by 25 entries.

Thomas Fuller continued obtaining land in this area until 1795, including a transaction that involved Daniel Fuller in 1791.

The 1800 Census for Maryland lists three  Fuller Households, Thomas, James, and Thomas Jr,

Thomas Fuller of Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland

Free White male age 45 and over: [before 1756] Thomas Fuller born 1750

Free White female age 45 and over: [before 1756] Lydia Hayes

Free White male age 16 thru 25: [1775-1784]

Free White female age 16 thru 25 [1775-1784]

Free White female age 16 thru 25 [1775-1784] John born 1779

Free White male age 10 thru 15: [1785-1790] Joseph born 1781

Free White male age Under 10: [1791-1800] unknown

Free White female age Under 10: [1791-1800] Margaret born 1793

Free White female age Under 10: [1791-1800] Lydia born 1795

James Fuller,

Free White male age 26-45 [1755-1774] James Fuller

Free White female age16-26. [1774-1784]

Free White male age under 10, [1790-1800] James born 1798

Thomas Fuller Jr.

Free White male age16-26. [1774-1784] Thomas Fuller born 1776

Free White female age 16-26 [1774-1784] Alley Maple

Free White male age under 10 [1790-1800]

Free White female age under 10, [1790-1800]



Washington County, Maryland land records show that Thomas Fuller Sr. was in Jefferson County Ohio in September of 1807 He was selling off his Maryland property probably in anticipation of another move. On 16 August 1811, Thomas Fuller, “of Muskingum County, Ohio” sold the last of his land holdings in Maryland.

The only information located for the Fuller families in Jefferson County Ohio is a marriage record for a Thomas Fuller Sen.’s son Joseph Fuller. This record shows Joseph Fuller married Eleanor Boyles 21 May 1807. Later land records will support this Joseph as being the son of Thomas Fuller Sr.

A tract of 160 acres, described as the Northeast quarter of Section 18 R4 T4 of Wheeling Township was purchased by Thomas Fuller Sr. from the U.S. Government and the transaction was recorded in Guernsey County, 18 Nov 1812. There is some indication that Thomas actually purchased this land prior to 1810 but did not record it until 1812. If so, it is probably recorded in Muskingum County, Ohio.

The west side of this quarter section of land is located on the Guernsey--Coshocton County lines. Although two of these members of the Fuller families were shown in the Coshocton County, Linton Township census of 1820, they probably lived very near Thomas and the other Fuller families that are listed in Wheeling Township of Guernsey County. Wills Creek winds its way through this area and flows through Thomas Fuller's land. This tract of 160 acres was disposed of by Thomas Fuller in four parts to his children and neighbors.

Sometime circa 1815 William Maple’s brother in law Thomas Fuller Jr died leaving his sister Alley Maple Fuller a widow.  Anna Fuller Maple’s youngest sister Lydia Fuller married Peter Hamersley 9 May 1816 in Guernsey County, Ohio. The remaining unmarried child of Thomas Fuller Sr, Margaret “Peggy” Fuller, married Samuel Warden 5 November 1818, in Guernsey County Ohio. Thomas Fuller’s wife Lydia Hayes Fuller died sometime before 1820 when he is listed in the household of his daughter in law Alley Maple Fuller.

            Thomas Fuller and his wife Lydia Fuller sold 35 ½ acres to George Miller for $168 dated 15 January 1816. The deed was recorded 10 June 1816 witnessed by Joseph Fuller and Joseph Hedge. The land was the southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 18 part of 160 acres bought in 1812.

            On 28 Feb 1816 Thomas and his wife Lydia Fuller deeded to their son Joseph Fuller, “for love and affection” 35 acres. The deed was recorded 10 June 1816 and witnessed by Joseph Hedge and George Mitchell. This property was part of the 160 acres bought in 1812 and located north of George Mitchell within the northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 18.

In the 1820 census there are two Fuller households in Linton Township of Coshocton County and four in neighboring Wheeling Township of Guernsey County. There were also four households that included married Fuller daughters.  These ten households included a total of 61 persons. While these people were in two counties, they lived very close together within 10 miles of each other.

Within Guernsey County were James Fuller Sr, Thomas Fuller, the Widow Fuller, William Maple, Joseph Fuller, Peter Hammersley, and Samuel Warden in the following order.

James Fuller Wheeling, Guernsey, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Free White Male age 45 and over [before 1776] James Fuller

Free White Female age 26 thru 44: [1776-1804] Catherine

Free White Female age 10 thru 15: [1805-1810]

Free White Male age 10 thru 15: [1805-1810]

Free White Male age Under 10 [1811-1820]

Free White Male age Under 10 [1811-1820]

Free White Male age Under 10 [1811-1820]

Free White Male age Under 10 [1811-1820]

James Fuller and his wife, Catherine were probably married in Washington Maryland before 1800. This is James Fuller Sr., who was born about 1770, location unknown.

The son of Thomas Fuller Sr. and Lydia Hayes, Joseph Fuller married Eleanor Boyles, and was enumerated in Wheeling Township, Guernsey, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Free White Male age 26 thru 44: [1776-1794]

Free White Female age 26 thru 44: [1776-1794]

Free White Female age 10 thru 15: [1805-1810]

Free White Female age Under 10: [1811-1820]

Free White Female age Under 10: [1811-1820]

Free White Female age Under 10: [1811-1820]

Free White Female age Under 10: [1811-1820]

Free White Female age Under 10: [1811-1820]

Free White Female age Under 10: [1811-1820]



Thomas Fuller Wheeling, Guernsey, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Free White Male age 16 thru 25: [1795-1804]

Free White Female age 16 thru 25: [1795-1804]

Free White Female age Under 10: [1811-1820]

Thomas Fuller and wife, Mary Johnston, were married 21 Aug 1817, in Guernsey County. Quite likely he is the son of James Fuller Sr. and Catherine unknown.





Widow Fuller Wheeling, Guernsey, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Free White Female age 45 and over [before 1775] Alley Maple Fuller

Free White Male age 45 and over: [before 1775] Thomas Fuller Sr.

Free White Male age 16 thru 25: [1795-1804] Thomas Fuller Jr.

Free White Male age 16 thru 25: [1795-1804]

Free White Male age 16 thru 18: [1802-1804]

Free White Male age 10 thru 15: [1805-1810]

Free White Female age 10 thru 15: [1805-1810]

Free White Male age under 10: [1811-1820]

Free White Male age Under 10 [1811-1820]

The "Widow" Fuller, is most certainly, Eliza "Alley" Maple Fuller, widow of Thomas Fuller Jr. who died circa 1815. Eliza Alley Maple, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Stanford Maple was born in 1776 Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. and married Thomas Fuller in 1796 in Washington County, Maryland. They had seven children in 13 years. She died in March 1852 age 76 years and buried in the Fortney Cemetery in Wheeling Township. Her eldest son Thomas T Fuller moved to Peoria County, Illinois with his cousins. She was an aunt to Anna Maple.



The daughter of Thomas Fuller Senior and Lydia Hayes, Margaret Fuller married Samuel Warden 5 Nov 1818, in Guernsey County.

Samuel Warden Wheeling, Guernsey, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Free White Male age 16 thru 25: [1795-1804] Samuel Warden

Free White Female age 16 thru 25: [1795-1804] Margaret Fuller

Free White Male age Under 10: [1811-1820]



Lydia Fuller, daughter of Thomas Fuller Sr. and Lydia Hayes married Peter Hammersley 9 May 1816, in Guernsey County.

Peter Hammersley Wheeling, Guernsey, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Free White Male age 16 thru 25: [1795-1804] Peter Hammersley

Free White Female age 16 thru 25: [1795-1804] Lydia Fuller

Free White Male age Under 10: [1811-1820]

Free White Female age Under 10: [1811-1820]

Free White Female age Under 10: [1811-1820]



In Coshocton County Susanna Fuller Corbit was enumerated with her husband Robert Corbit of

Oxford Township, Coshocton, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Free White Male age 26 thru 44: [1776-1794] Robert Corbit

Free White Female age 16 thru 25: [1795-1804] Susannah Fuller

Free White Female age Under 10: [1811-1820]

Robert Corbit and wife, Susannah Fuller, had one child, and while they were married 22 July 1818, in Guernsey County in the 1820 census they are located in Coshocton. Susannah Fuller is the daughter of James Fuller Sr. and his wife Catherine

             

After the 1820 census was taken in early August, Thomas Fuller Senior transferred an additional 35 acres to his son Joseph Fuller for “love and affection” on 29 August 1820. As that Lydia was not mentioned in the deed transfer it suggests that she died between 1816 and 1820. The deed was recorded the same day and witnessed by George Metcalf and William Golbut. The land was the Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 18 in Wheeling Township adjoining the property of George Mitchell.



On 12 Feb 1823 Thomas Fuller Sr’s son Joseph Fuller and his wife “Elenor” sold the tract his father had given for love and affection to James Fuller “of the County of Coshocton” for $100. James was either a brother or nephew to Joseph. The deed was recorded 30 August 1823 and witnessed by George Mitchell and Martha Mitchell.

            Thomas Fuller Sr, sometime before the death of his son Thomas Fuller Junior in 1815, deeded to him 40 acres of the 160 acres he had purchased from the government that was recorded in 1812. The tract adjoined the property of Joseph Fuller on the north in the Northwest quarter of the Northeast section 18 in Wheeling Township. This property was left to William Maple’s sister Alley Maple Fuller in Will of Thomas Fuller and was recorded, 23 August 1823. Probably Thomas Fuller was dying or dead in 1823 and all these deeds needed to be recorded.

On 12 March 1827, William Maple’s brother in law James Fuller Senior purchased 80 acres from George and Martha Mitchell for $100. The property was the south half of the Southwest quarter of Section 19 in Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio. The deed was witnessed by Edward Wilson and Joseph Fuller.



Children of Thomas Fuller and Lydia Hayes:

1) James Fuller born circa 1772 married Catherine

2) Thomas Fuller Jun. born circa 1774; died circa 1815 about 41 years old in Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio. Married Eliza Alley [Allie] Maple 1796

3) John Fuller born circa 1779, Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland died between 1850 - 1860. He married 1st a wife who died before 1823.He married Mary Ann Piper 20 Feb 1823 in , Coshocton, Ohio. She was born Abt. 1780 in Maryland and died after 1870.

4) Joseph Fuller born circa 1781 Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland married Eleanor Boyles in 21 May 1807 in Jefferson County, Ohio

5) Mary “Polly Fuller born circa April 1782 Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland married 4 Jan 1800 William Maple.

6) Ann “Nancy” Fuller born circa 1789 in Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland

7) Catherine “Katie” Fuller born circa 1791 in Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland

8) Margaret “Peggy” Fuller, born circa 1793 in Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland. She married Samuel Warden 5 Nov 1818, in Guernsey County Ohio

9) Lydia Fuller born 18 February 1795 in Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland who died 6 March 1835, Linton Township, Coshocton, Ohio. She married Peter Hamersley 9 May 1816 in Guernsey County, Ohio.
























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