TROUP COUNTY, GA - BIOS A.J. Fuller Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Typed by Carla Miles Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/troup.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., pages 918-919 Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895 TROUP COUNTY A.J. Fuller, farmer, Mountville, Troup Co., Ga., son of Bryant and Elizabeth (Galloway) Fuller, was born in Troup county in 1840. His grandfather, Crawford Fuller, was born in North Carolina, where he lived and died. His father was also born in the “old north state”, where he married, came to Georgia in ox- carts and on horseback in 1830, and settled in the woods in Troup county, where he cleared a farm. There was such a scarcity of food in the county that he had to go to Macon and work a month to get a supply of provisions for his little family. Mr. Fuller’s mother was a daughter of Henry and Livia (Buck) Galloway, both of whom were natives of North Carolina. They came to Georgia about 1835, remained a brief period, and then went to Alabama, where they lived until they died. Mr. Fuller was reared on the farm and got his limited education at the primitive dirt-floor, puncheon-seated log school house, with stick-and-mud chimney. He was enlisted in Company B, Sixtieth Georgia regiment, Col. Jones, which was assigned first to the command of Gen. John B. Gordon, and afterward to that of Clement A. Evans. Mr. Fuller certainly has a remarkable record, as the following recital shows. He was in the following battles, some of which were the most stubbornly contested and bloodiest and most important fought during the war: Port Royal, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Cedar Run, Bristow Station, Second Manassas, Chantilly Farm, Harper’s Ferry, Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Winchester, Wrightsville, Gettysburg, Kelley’s Ford, Brandy Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Mechanicsville, Turkey Ridge, Martinsburg, Monocacy, Snicker’s Gap, Kernston, Bunker Hill, Fisher’s Hill, Cedar Creek, Hatcher’s Run, Fort Steadman, Petersburg Trenches, Sailor’s Creek, and Appomattox - and was in the Lawton-Gordon-Evans Brigade. Although he was in all these hard fought battles, and bravely and faithfully performed his duty as a soldier, he was never sick, never wounded nor captured. He began life after the war without a dollar; but now, as a result of his hard work and superior management, he owns 550 acres of fine land in Meriwether county, an elegant home in Mountville, and an ample income; and he made it all farming. Few persons are better conditioned to happily pass through life - none more highly esteemed than Mr. Fuller and his family. Mr. Fuller was married in 1875 to Miss Mary Daniel - born in Troup county - daughter of James and Virginia (Jennings) Daniel, by whom he had three children: Bryant, Jennie L., and Daniel. Himself and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist church.