Johann Jacob Fulmer, Sr

Referenced in Aiken Standard article "New Bridge History Documented 250 Years" - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119741824/here-ya-go/

Jacob Folmar served as a lieutenant and later as a captain in Colonel Philemon Water's regiment in the South Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War. According to family tradition, he fought at Camden and Cowpens.

After the war, between 1787 and 1789, Jacob purchased 652 acres of land in Dutch Fork. In 1792 he was named a road commissioner in Lexington County.

After the War he settled in the Macedonia Lutheran Church area of the Dutch Fork of Lexington County, SC. He obtained several early state land grants in this area and owned part of the 400 acre land grant of Wendel Shealy. This area is the site of the Fulmer Family Cemetery (Lake Murray Option No. 563, Lake Murray Records). This cemetery is located at the edge of Lake Murray at the end of R. B. Baker Road.

Johann Jakob Vollmer born 21 January 1744, died before 1797. (Emigrated to SC with parents) Jacob Fulmer was Captain of a Dutch Fork militia unit in 1781 and 1782 under Col. Philemon Waters during the Revolutionary War (Indent No. 1188X).

. After the Revolutionary War, Jacob Fulmer settled in the Macedonia Lutheran Church area of the Dutch Fork of Lexington County, SC. He obtained several land grants in this area and probably also owned the western part of the 400 acre land grant of Wendel Shealy. The Shealy land later belonged to Adam Fulmer and was the site of the Fulmer Family Graveyard on Lake Murray Option No. 563 (Lake Murray Records). This cemetery is located at the edge of Lake Murray at the end of R. B. Baker Road.

Landed Oct 1752 in SC. Emmigrated from Germany 14 Apr 1752.

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Jacob Fulmer was Captain of a Dutch Fork militia unit in 1781 and 1782 under Col. Philemon Waters during the Revolutionary War.

Per Sons of the American Revolution Records, Johann Jacob is Patriot Number 568108. Known as Jacob, although some records show him as John.

Jacob Folmar served as a lieutenant and later as a captain in Colonel Philemon Water's regiment in the South Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War. According to family tradition, he fought at Camden and Cowpens.

After the war, between 1787 and 1789, Jacob purchased 652 acres of land in Dutch Fork. In 1792 he was named a road commissioner in Lexington County.

After the War he settled in the Macedonia Lutheran Church area of the Dutch Fork of Lexington County, SC. He obtained several early state land grants in this area and owned part of the 400 acre land grant of Wendel Shealy. This area is the site of the Fulmer Family Cemetery (Lake Murray Option No. 563, Lake Murray Records). This cemetery is located at the edge of Lake Murray at the end of R. B. Baker Road.

https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=folmar-m... John Jacob Fulmer imigrated to the U.S. with his parents, Eberhard Ludwig Fulmer & Agnes Mock Fulmer. He served as Captain during the Revolutionary War. He was buried in area now covered by waters of Lake Murray, which was built between September 21, 1927 and June 30, 1930. Monument in memory of Mr. Fulmer and several other people is erected in St. Peter Lutheran Church cemetery, Dreher Island Road, Chapin, SC. Monument is located at the top (west) portion of the cemetery.

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