Henry Fulgham was born on the 20th of November, 1772 in Craven County, South Carolina and died August 26, 1840 in White Oak community, Copiah County, Mississippi. His wife was Patience Sherrard, and together they were parents of six children. One of their sons, Taliaferro Fulgham, was my ancestor. Taliaferro's daughter, Margaret M. Fulgham, married Stephen J. Allen, Jr., a son of Robert Allen.Henry Fulgham served as Sheriff of Montgomery County, Georgia around 1800. He settled in Mississippi, first in Lawrence County, where he acquired land. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Quorum, for Lawrence County on October 2, 1821.
Henry moved to Copiah County, and in 1826 donated four acres of land for the site of White Oak Baptist Church and Cemetery, where he is buried. His home was on the hill opposite and southerly of the White Oak Church.
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