W.S. Fulton was born in Cecil County, Maryland, June 2, 1795; received a classical education, and in 1815 moved to Sumner County, where his father, David Fulton, engaged in banking. He read law in the office of Felix Grundy in Nashville and commenced practicing in 1817. In June, 1820, he moved to Florence, Ala., and the next year was elected Judge of the County Court. He served in the War of 1812. In January, 1818, he became the private secretary of Andrew Jackson and served in that capacity during the Seminole campaign. In 1825 he married Matilda F. Noland of Florence, Ala. From May, 1829, to March, 1835, he acted as Secretary of the Territory of Arkansas, and on the 9th of March, 1835, we appointed Governor of the Territory, in which office he continued until the admission of Arkansas as a State, in 1836, when he was elected to the United States Senate, serving until 1844. He died August 15, 1844.