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Note: Information from Ed Waymire: From 1787 to 13 Feb 1807, the marriage between Brittain and Sarah was probably a common law marriage. In 1800 Brittain Jr owned 10 slaves, in 1807 Brittain married his common law (unproven but almost certain) wife of 20 years. By 1808 or 1809 all three of his daughters had married . In 1810 there were 6 Fuller families in Randolph Co, NC, ; Elizabeth, Archibald, Benjamin, Thomas, Brittain Jr, and Darling. In 1810 Brittain only had 1 slave left. In 1820 there were no Fullers in Randolph Co, all had disappeared. Where do you suppose they had gone? If you guessed Indiana you were right. In 1820 we find Archibald in Perry Co, Benjamin in Dearborn Co, Thomas in Warrick (and in Dearborn in 1830) Darling in Monroe, and Brittain Jr in??? You guessed it, in Wayne Co. Now who do you suppose his next door neighbors in Washington Twp were? His neighbors were David and Fanny Weighmire, and Rudolph and Gilla Wemior. (No wonder I could never find David and Rudolph, no one could spell their names. I found them accidentally by looking to see who Brittain's neighbors were, Jacobs name was spelled Wemier) All three were farming. Now there can be no doubt as to who Elizabeth, Fanny, and Sarah Abigail Fullers parents were. Brittain and Sarah were in the 1820 and 1830 census but in the 1840 census Brittain and Sarah were both gone. Probably deceased, and that ends the story. Kinda sad because it ends the project. In 1820 the name was spelled Brittain (the index said Britton) and in 1830 it was Brittain. You could tell the census takers in Indiana were educated, the handwriting was excellent. David and Rudolph were both in the 1810 census in Randolph Co. David and Fanny had 3 daughters born by 1810 in NC, and the next was born in early 1813 in IN. Rudolph's first 2 were born in NC, Nealy being born in 1812 in NC, but the next one I couldn't find. I'm beginning to wonder if the 6 Fuller families and David and Rudolph came up tp Indiana together. Rudolph was in the War of 1812 in a NC Unit but I don't know when it ended. I do know that David and Fanny were in IN by early 1813.
In 1820 there were 16 Fuller families in Indiana, but by 1830 they had overrun the state. The Fullers I mentioned above were of the same name as the ones in Randolph Co in 1810. Since they disappeared from there in 1820 I assume that they are the same ones, especially since Brittain was in IN and I don't think there can be any question about Darling Fuller.
E4a1- BRITTAIN FULLER, JR - b ca 1770 in Granville Co NC; d between 1830 and 1840 in Wayne Co IN; m 13 Feb 1807 in Randolph Co NC to SARAH HOLLIDAY, who d in Wayne Co IN. [If Brittain was born in 1770 he would have only been 17 yrs old while committing adultery and cohabiting with Sarah Holliday, I suspect he might have been born in 68 or 69] From 1787 to 13 Feb 1807, the marriage between Brittain and Sarah was probably a common law marriage. Britain was named in his father's will dated 1805. Details of Brittain's life were recorded on censuses and tax lists. He must have had 4 daughters. In the 1790 Randolph Co NC census, he was listed with 4 females. On the 1800 census of the same county, he is a male between 26 and 45; with a wife in the same age bracket; 1 female under 10 and 2 females between 10 and 16; 1 other free person. One daughter undoubtedly had married and moved from his household. [If this was a daughter I doubt that she could have been old enough to marry before the other 3 girls. She would have been younger than the other girls, or between Fanny and Sarah Abigail. I would rather think she died between the 2 censuses, or was a daughter of Sarah only, or was a visiting female] In the 1803 List of Taxable Property of Randolph Co NC, Brittain is listed without land and with 1 white poll. In the 1815 tax list, he has acquired 160 acres of land valued at $600 and 1 white poll. In the 1820 tax list, his 160 acres on the Uharie River had the value of $1000 and he had 1 white poll. [Rudolph Waymire (John Rudolph) died in 1801 and left 800 acres to 5 of his sons (including the 3 that were to marry the Fuller girls) and there was evidently more to be sold. All of this land was on the Uharie River, on both the east and the west side. I wonder if Brittain could have aquired part of this land or if he could have inherited it from his father's 1805 Will. If it belonged to his father he might have been farming it before he owned it as he owned 10 slaves in the 1800 census. I've always wondered what the connection was between the Waymire and Brittain Fuller families that 3 sisters married 3 brothers. Now I know how close they lived to each other. Most of Rudolph's sons moved to Indiana beginning shortly thereafter so there must be a record in Randolph Co as to what happened to the 800 acres.] On 5 Aug 1809, Brittain Jr who took an orphan, Dice Eady, aged 9, as an apprentice - trade unlisted. Brittain was listed in court records for several criminal actions. He was indited in the June Term of 1787 on the charge of cohabiting and committing adultery with Sarah Holliday on 21 May 1787 "and at divers other times before and since." Later that year, a search warrant was issued by John Arnold on the complaint of Haman Miller who claimed he lost about 30 to 40 pounds of tobacco and that he had suspicion of Brittian Fuller Jr "having taken the same and carried to one Scribners where he keeps a woman". The order to search the premises of Scribner for the said tobacco was issued on 22 Oct 1787.[If he "kept" a woman at another place he must have had the means which leads me to believe he was a little older than 16 or 17] In the "Undated Criminals Actions", an appearance bond was issued for Brittain Fuller and Jeremiah Arnold to attend the August Court Session to answer to the charge of an assault upon Nancy Moss. Although found in the 1820 Randolph Co NC tax list because he owned property there, he and his family were enumerated in the 1820 and 1830 Wayne Co IN censuses.
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