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'''William Wilson Fulbright''' (January 8, 1785 - 22 September 22, 1843<ref name="Fulbright by Stout">{{cite web|url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~full/history/98-win--william.htm|title=William Wilson Fulbright|access-date=2023-12-08}}</ref>) was one of the early |
'''William Wilson Fulbright''' (January 8, 1785 - 22 September 22, 1843<ref name="Fulbright by Stout">{{cite web|url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~full/history/98-win--william.htm|title=William Wilson Fulbright|access-date=2023-12-08}}</ref>) was one of the early pioneers and settlers of [[Springfield, Missouri]].<ref name="Henry">{{cite web|url=https://files.shsmo.org/manuscripts/rolla/R0320.pdf|title=Fulbright, Henry, 1814-1907|access-date=2023-12-08}}</ref> |
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Born in [[Lincoln County, North Carolina]], William Fulbright and his family moved to [[Haywood County, North Carolina]] in 1797. He served in the [[War of 1812]] as a private in a regiment of North Carolina State Troops from February 1814 until July 1814, stationed at [[Fort Benjamin Hawkins]] in Georgia. After the War of 1812, he moved his family to the Territory of Missouri and to [[Henry County, Tennessee|Henry County]] and [[Madison County, Tennessee|Madison County]] in Tennessee before finally settling in southwestern Missouri.<ref name="Fulbright by Stout"/> In 1830, he and his brother John acquired 160 acres of land near Jones Springs, and William Fulbright erected the first cabin in what would become Springfield near the 1200 block of West College Street.<ref name="City of Springfield">{{cite web|url=https://www.springfieldmo.gov/709/History|title=City of Springfield: History of the Area|access-date=2023-12-08}}</ref> This first church service and the first church, a Methodist church, was organized in the cabin of William Fulbright.<ref name="First Cabin">{{cite web|url= |
Born in [[Lincoln County, North Carolina]], William Fulbright and his family moved to [[Haywood County, North Carolina]] in 1797. He served in the [[War of 1812]] as a private in a regiment of North Carolina State Troops from February 1814 until July 1814, stationed at [[Fort Benjamin Hawkins]] in Georgia. After the War of 1812, he moved his family to the Territory of Missouri and to [[Henry County, Tennessee|Henry County]] and [[Madison County, Tennessee|Madison County]] in Tennessee before finally settling in southwestern Missouri.<ref name="Fulbright by Stout"/> In 1830, he and his brother John acquired 160 acres of land near Jones Springs, and William Fulbright erected the first cabin in what would become Springfield near the 1200 block of West College Street.<ref name="City of Springfield">{{cite web|url=https://www.springfieldmo.gov/709/History|title=City of Springfield: History of the Area|access-date=2023-12-08}}</ref> This first church service and the first church, a Methodist church, was organized in the cabin of William Fulbright.<ref name="First Cabin">{{cite web|url= |
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William Wilson Fulbright (January 8, 1785 - 22 September 22, 1843[1]) was one of the early pioneers and settlers of Springfield, Missouri.[2]
Born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, William Fulbright and his family moved to Haywood County, North Carolina in 1797. He served in the War of 1812 as a private in a regiment of North Carolina State Troops from February 1814 until July 1814, stationed at Fort Benjamin Hawkins in Georgia. After the War of 1812, he moved his family to the Territory of Missouri and to Henry County and Madison County in Tennessee before finally settling in southwestern Missouri.[1] In 1830, he and his brother John acquired 160 acres of land near Jones Springs, and William Fulbright erected the first cabin in what would become Springfield near the 1200 block of West College Street.[3] This first church service and the first church, a Methodist church, was organized in the cabin of William Fulbright.[4] Only nine families lived in Springfield at the time. In 1833, William Fulbright built the first church structure in Springfield as a one-room log cabin. This church was named the Kickapoo Meeting House as the land had been deeded to the Kickapoo Indians with Methodist and Presbyterians using this building until the Methodist congregation moved closer to town.[5] In 1929, a marker was set in the retaining wall on the College Street commemorating these events.[3] William Fulbright also built the first gristmill in Greene County, Missouri in 1832. The Fulbright Spring was named after him.[6] The Fulbright Spring is one of the original sources of municipal water for the city of Springfield, Missouri.[7] The first waterworks at Fulbright Spring were constructed in 1883.[6]
By 1835, the settlement of Fulbright and Campbell Springs had been given the name of Springfield.[8] In or around 1835, his son Henry Fulbright opened one of the first general stores in Springfield, trading in goods from St. Louis.[2] In 1840, he entered into a partnership with his sons Henry and Ephraim.[2] William Wilson Fulbright died in 1843.[9] When he died, he owned 19 slaves, down from the 30 slaves he had when he left Tennessee in 1829.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "William Wilson Fulbright". Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ a b c "Fulbright, Henry, 1814-1907" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ a b "City of Springfield: History of the Area". Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "First Cabin in Springfield". Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "The History of Grace Church". Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ a b Anita L. Roberts (2011). Springfield 1830-1930. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 15.
- ^ "Answer Man". Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Greene County Historical Society: Historic Timeline". Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Marker Number Fifteen: First Cabin in Springfield". Retrieved 2023-12-08.