Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

James Hooks Fulghum. Genealogical Research Files, 1943-1980. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23219

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Frances Fulghum Barton, Mr. James H. Fulghum, Mr. Robert S. Fulghum, and Rev. Peter C. Fulghum, 29 March 2006.

Biographical Information

James Hooks Fulghum, Sr. (1905-1982) was the son of Charles Mallary Fulghum (1860-1921) and Matilda Slade Fulghum (1863-1955) of Macon, Georgia. He was a graduate of Mercer University and did graduate work at George Washington University. He came to Roanoke in 1935 as manager of Sealtest Dairies and was later associated with Old Dominion Candies. He married Frances Witcraft Sulghum on 5 April 1928 in Washington, D.C. They had one daughter Mrs. Walter S. (Frances) Barton, Wytheville; and three sons, Dr. Robert S. Fulghum, Greenville, N. C.; James H. Fulghum, Jr., Roanoke; and Rev. Peter C. Fulghum, Smithsburg, Md.

Scope and Content

Research files, 1943-1980, regarding the Fulgham-Fulghum family in America, collected by James Hooks Fulghum, Sr., of Roanoke, Virginia. The papers focus on the descendants of Anthony Fulgham (1675-1727) of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Includes Bible records, clippings, correspondence, genealogical notes, manuscripts, notebooks, and research files. The files have been indexed by Robert S. Fulghum, son of James Hooks Fulghum. Many of the names in the files have identification numbers which correlate to a Fulghum family database collected for the Fulgham-Fulghum Family National Association.

Of note, are several notebooks containing family group sheets, genealogical charts, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and photographs. Includes photographs of family members, coat of arms, and family gravestones. The notebooks were compiled c. 1965 and contain full name indexes. Includes abstracts from court records, deed books, order books, marriage records, and wills. The correspondence, 1943-1980, includes letters written between James Hooks Fulghum and other Fulghum family researchers. An index is included for the letters consisting of authors name, date written, and subject, and the letters are arranged according to the index. Also includes several versions of "American Family Fulgham", written by James Hooks Fulghum.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.