Like so many of our other ancestors, the Fulcher family migrated from Virginia to Georgia. They arrived in Jackson County around 1817.

Our oldest documented Fulcher relative is William Fulcher who was born in Virginia in 1723.

Our connection to the Fulcher family is through Sarah W. Elizabeth Fulcher, the wife of Reuben Tally Comer. She was born in Jackson County, Georgia and married Reuben Tally Comer in 1842 in Forsyth County, Georgia.

Sarah W. E. Fulcher was the oldest daughter of Austin Fulcher and Nancy Cassady. Austin Fulcher migrated to Jackson County from Virginia where his family had lived for at least sixty years. Nancy Cassidy was born in South Carolina, and unfortunatyely we know nothing about her family.

Austin Fulcher married for a second time to Martha A. Slaton and together they had nine children.

The descendants of Reuben Tally Comer and Sarah W. Elizabeth Fulcher all stayed in or around their birthplace. They had five boys, all born in either Jackson, Banks, or Clarke County. Maysville, the family home, actually straddles the county line between Banks and Jackson Counties, and the exact birthplace may be lost in time.

All five sons were listed as either farmers or merchants, often on a large scale. The three oldest sons were eligible for military service during the civil War, and all three served in local units in the Confederate Army.

None of the sons married until after the Civil War and then all settled down in Banks, Clarke, or Madison County. The town of Comer, Georgia was formed and named during their residence in Madison County. When the railroad wanted to build a route through the county, they purchased land from James Thomas and Henry Towns Comer. The town was supposedly named Comer by the railroad in recognition of their cooperation.