08/21/1844
No. 37- Whole No. 1286
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF THE HON.
WM. S. FULTON.
At a public meeting of the citizens of Little
Rock, and vicinity, and visitors from other portions of the
State, assembled in the circuit court room, on Saturday, the
17th August 1844. On motion of Hon. Sam C. Roane, Chief Justice
Ringo was called to the Chair. On Motion of Rev. W.W. Stevenson,
Dr. Solon Borland was appointed Secretary. The chairman
announced the object of the meeting to be to pay a tribute of
respect to the Hon. Wm. S. Fulton, late a Senator of Arkansas,
in the Congress of the United States, who departed this life on
Thursday morning, August 15, 1844. On motion, the chairman
appointed a committee of ten, to report resolutions expressive
of the sense of the meeting, upon the occasion which called it
together. The committee consisted of the following gentlemen:
Hon. Ambrose H. Sevier, Col. Chester Ashley, Gov. James S.
Conway, Hon. Sam C. Roane, Rev. W.W. Stevenson, Hon. P.T.
Crutchfield, Hon. John Hutt, S.C. Faulkner, Esq., John H.
Crease, Esq., and Hon. James Thompson. The committee retired for
a short time. Upon returning, Col. Sevier addressed the meeting
in a brief and feeling sketch of the life, character and public
services of his deceased distinguished friend and colleague; and
then, as chairman of the committee, presented the following
preamble and resolutions: Whereas, we citizens of Little Rock
and vicinity, and visitors from other portions of the State,
having heard of the death of the Hon. Wm. S. Fulton, one of the
Senators of our State, in the Congress of the United States,
have now assembled, in public meeting, without distinction of
political party, to give expression to our own feelings, and
what we believe to be the feelings of the people of the this
State, under this dispensation of providence:
1. Resolved, That we have heard, with feelings
of the deepest and most painful regret, that our distinguished
friend, fellow citizen and Senator, has departed this life.
2. Resolved, That in all the relations of
life, public and private, he eminently deserved, and amply
enjoyed, while living, the entire respect, confidence, and
affectionate esteem of the people of Arkansas.
3. Resolved, That, by his death, our State has
been deprived of a pure and noble-hearted man, a useful citizen,
and a patriotic and faithful public servant.
4. Resolved, That we deplore his loss as a
public calamity.
5. Resolved, That we sincerely and deeply
sympathize with his afflicted widow, and other relations, under
this most painful of all earthly bereavements; assuring them
that the current of a whole peoples sorrow is freely mingled
with their own.
6. Resolved, That, in token of our respect for
his memory, and our sorrow for his loss, we will wear crape, on
the left arm, for thirty days.
7. Resolved, That the chairman appoint a
committee of five, to wait upon Mrs. Fulton, and present her
with a copy of the proceedings of this meeting.
8. Resolved, That the several newspapers in
the State are hereby requested to publish these proceedings.
The committee appointed, under the 7th
resolution, to wait upon Mrs. Fulton, consists of the following
gentlemen: Hon. Ambrose H. Sevier, Rev. W.W. Stevenson, Col.
Richard C. Hawkins, S.C. Faulkner Esq., Maj. David Butler. All
of which was adopted.
On
motion, the meeting adjourned.
Daniel
Ringo, Chairman
Solon
Borland, Secretary
Arkansas Gazette
07/20/1831
Vol. XII No. 30 -
Whole No. 602
DIED - In this town, on Monday evening last, after an illness
of about five days, David Peregrine, an interesting and
promising child, only son of William S. Fulton, Esq. Secretary
and Acting Governor of the Territory of Arkansas, aged 5 years,
6 months, and 18 days.
William S. Fulton, fourth
territorial governor of Arkansas and one of the first United
States senators after the state's admission, came to Little Rock
in 1829 as secretary of the Territory through appointment by
President Jackson. He was born near Elkton, Md., June 8, 1795.
He was graduated from Baltimore College in 1813 and the same
year began reading law with William Pinkney. In September and
October of 1814 he served on the staff of Colonel Armisted in
the defense of Fort McHenry near Baltimore, later serving in the
same capacity with Commander Rodgers. He moved with his family
to Tennessee in 1815 and took up the practice of law at
Nashville. In 1818 he was appointed secretary to General Andrew
Jackson and served with him during the Seminole war. In 1820, he
removed to Florence, Ala., practiced law, became editor of the
Florence Gazette and was elected judge of his county, presiding
over his first term of court in 1822. Afterward, appointed by
Jackson, then President, as territorial secretary of Arkansas,
he held that post until March 9, 1835, when he was appointed
territorial governor, succeeding John Pope. After Arkansas's
admission to the Union he was elected to the Senate, a colleague
of Ambrose H. Sevier. He died at his home in Little Rock, August
15, 1844. - Arkansas Gazette
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