Samuel Fulton first visited this locality [Clearfield County, PA] in or about the year 1797, with a party of surveyors. From that time to the date of his settlement he was a frequent visitor, and became fully acquainted, not only with the country, but the inhabitants as well.

Fulton was an Irishman, and immigrated to this country with his mother in 1794. On one of his visits here in 1805, he purchased lands about three miles down the river; the next year he married, and in 1807 he became a resident of the county.

Fulton was one of the characters of the settlement. He was short, stout, full of life and activity, and always ready to crack a joke; yet, withal, he was one of the leading men of the county. He was made the first prothonotary of the county; was afterward deputy sheriff, county treasurer, commissioner, and clerk of the commissioners.

Fulton had four sons, James, Moses, Washington P., and Thomas, and five daughters, who married respectively, Archibald Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Richard Shaw, William Fullerton, and Thompson Reed. During the early civil history of Clearfield county, no person occupied a more prominent position than Samuel Fulton.1830 [Is Samuel the father of this Moses?]2216
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When Moses Fulton was born in Lawrence, Pennsylvania, his father, Samuel, was 30 and his mother, Margaret, was 25. He married Anna Hartshorn Caldwell on May 21, 1839, in Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. They had 9 children in 20 years. He died at the age of 53.

1860 U.S. census ~ family living in Lawrence, Clearfield Co, Pennsylvania:
Moses Fulton 48
Anna H Fulton 41
Samuel A Fulton 20
Thos N Fulton 18
Joseph B Fulton 16
Martin T Fulton 14
Margaret C Fulton 11
Mary B Fulton 8
Edgar R Fulton 45975