Fullerton, Richard (d. 1792)

Philadelphia merchant and soldier.

Distinguished himself as a volunteer at the battles of Long Island, Trenton, and Princeton. Adjutant of the Third Pennsylvania Regiment (1778-80); ensign (1778), lieutenant (1779), brevet captain of the First Pennsylvania Regiment (1783). Secretary of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. Member of the Hibernian Society (1790). Common councilman (1792).