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William Savin Fulton

Governor of Arkansas Territory

June 2, 1795 - August 15, 1844 

 

Arkansas Gazette

05/27/1829

Vol. X - No. 22 - Whole No. 490

WILLIAM SAVIN FULTON, Esq. whose appointment to the office of Secretary of this Territory we announced in our last paper, arrived here on Thursday evening last, with his Lady and Children, from Florence, Alabama. The usual oath of office was administered to him, by the Hon. Benj. Johnson, one of the Judges of the Superior Court, on Saturday evening last, when he entered on the discharge of duties appertaining to he office of SECRETARY and (the Governor not having arrived) ACTING GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY OF ARKANSAS.

 William Savin Fulton

Buried in Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas 

 William Savin Fulton

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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