Thomas Belton FULLILOVE
New.familysearch.org, December 2012
NOTES: 1. Info. from leaves of old family Bible in possession of Mrs. Mamie Electra Fullilove Futral of Griffin, Georgia. Burial info. from work of mouth of Mrs. A. C. Downs, Sr. and Mr. A. C. Downs, Jr. He and wife Elizabeth Viola Armstrong are buried in the Watkinsville where their graves are readily seen and clearly marked. 2. Thomas Belton was born iin Cassville, about 40 miles north of Atlanta. He came to High Shoals (near Watkinsville) when about 7 or 8 years old. He became an orphan at age 7. He lived with his uncle Seaborn Fullilove of High Shoals. He became an apprentice blacksmith in Bishop where he became known for shoeing racehorses. By age 17 he was no longer an apprentice, he was the blacksmith. 3. He began courting Lizzie Armstrong, a achoolteacher.Schoolteachers were not allowed to be married. They exchanged letters through a mutual friend named Clarence. They were married in 1894 when he was 25 years old. She was 23. He moved from Bishop to Watkinsville during the Great Depression. 4. He became Ordinary of Oconee County (Probate Judge) and member of the Watkinsville City Commission in 1915. The Probate Judge reviews and approves wills. In actuality, he ran the county. He retained those positions until 1935. His photographs hang on the wall upstairs in the Oconee County Courthouse and in the City Council chambers. 5. He is reported to have been a kind and good man. It is said that it wasn't unusual for him to be interrupted on a Sunday afternoon by a couple wanting to be married. He was happy to help.
NOTES: 1. Lived the last years of her life with her daughter, Gladys Mae Fullilove Downs in Monroe, Georgia. 2. Joined the United Daughters of the Confederacy on 27 Jan 1920.
NOTES: 1. Never married. 2. Said that a boyfriend was killed in WW1. 3. Taught school all her life.
DEATH: Death date received from Mamie Fullilove Futral in phone conversation Oct 20, 2003.
He married Elizabeth Viola Armstrong 10 Oct 1894 at of Bishop, Oconee, Georgia . Elizabeth Viola Armstrong was born at Greshamville, Greene, Georgia 23 Jan 1871 daughter of William Armstrong and Lucy Ann Crawford .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Gladys May Fullilove
born 24 Feb 1897.
Agnes Elizabeth Fullilove
born 27 Oct 1899.
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Thomas Belton Fullilove died 14 Dec 1938 at Winder, Bartow, Georgia .
Elizabeth Viola Armstrong died 1 Dec 1961 at Monroe, Walton, Georgia .