James Harkness

M, ID# 5851
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Family: Mary Nancy Fortson b. 22 Mar 1859

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Robert Edward Fortson

M, ID# 5852, b. 17 November 1860, d. 14 October 1940
  • Note*: From a family history: "After his mother's death, moved to Florida with his father in early 1870's and settled near Altoona and Umatilla, Lake County Fla. . . . After his father's death, Robert was appointed guardian for his younger half-brothers and sisters, children of Haley and Louisa A. McEwen Fortson. Guardian bond dated 3-17-1898, approved 3-21-1898 . . . . In 1901 he moved with his family to St. Petersburg, Fla., where he and his half-brother, Eugene Benjamin Fortson, traded under the name of Robert E. Fortson & Brother, 'Dealers in Florida and Western Meats,' 516 Sixth Avenue. Robert later moved to Bradenton, Manatee Co., Fla., and still later to Bartow, Polk Co., Fla. where he died."5
  • Last Edited: 20 Aug 2017

Family: Fannie Lee Sprott b. 3 Feb 1869, d. 22 Oct 1943

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 88 (naming Haley Fortson as his father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 88 (naming Elizabeth Catherine Prather as his mother).
  3. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (giving the date but not the place). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  4. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 88.
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 88-89.
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 89.
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 88-89 (naming Robert Edward Fortson as his father).
  8. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 88-89 (naming Robert Edward Fortson as her father).
  9. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 88, 89 (naming Robert Edward Fortson as his father).

Lillie L. Fortson

F, ID# 5853, b. 3 March 1863
  • Birth*: She was born on 3 March 1863.1
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Mary M. Fortson

F, ID# 5854, b. 14 April 1876
  • Birth*: She was born on 14 April 1876.1
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Eugene B. Fortson

M, ID# 5855, b. 21 January 1878
  • Birth*: He was born on 21 January 1878.1
  • Last Edited: 6 Mar 1998

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Albert S. Fortson

M, ID# 5856, b. 29 November 1879
  • Birth*: He was born on 29 November 1879.1
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Lucien Fortson

M, ID# 5857, b. 1881, d. 1883
  • Birth*: He was born in 1881.1
  • Death*: He died in 1883.1
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Alice L. Fortson

F, ID# 5858, b. 3 October 1883
  • Birth*: She was born on 3 October 1883.1
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Thomas Jefferson Fortson

M, ID# 5859, b. 9 October 1825, d. 10 April 1881
  • Note*: One source gives 21 Apr 1851 as their marriage date.3
  • Last Edited: 20 Sep 2018

Family: Susan Rebecca Snellings b. 10 Jul 1830, d. 19 Jan 1908

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 81 (naming Easton Fortson as his father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 81 (naming Tabitha Haley as his mother).
  3. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  4. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 81.
  5. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14.
  6. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670.
  7. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (giving Snelling as her surname and not giving the date).
  8. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 108 (naming Thomas Jefferson Fortson as her father).
  9. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (naming T. J. and S. R. Fortson as his parents).
  10. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (giving her name as Miss Gertrude Fortson and naming Thomas Jefferson Fortson as her father).

Susan Rebecca Snellings

F, ID# 5860, b. 10 July 1830, d. 19 January 1908
  • Note*: One source gives 19 Jan 1909 as her death date.2
  • Last Edited: 20 Sep 2018

Family: Thomas Jefferson Fortson b. 9 Oct 1825, d. 10 Apr 1881

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  2. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14.
  3. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670.
  4. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (giving Snelling as her surname and not giving the date).
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 108 (naming Susan Rebecca Snellings as her mother).
  6. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (naming T. J. and S. R. Fortson as his parents).
  7. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (giving her name as Miss Gertrude Fortson and naming Susan Rebecca Snelling as her mother).

Mary Elizabeth Fortson

F, ID# 5861
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Family: James Edward Herndon d. 6 Mar 1906

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

James Edward Herndon

M, ID# 5862, d. 6 March 1906
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Family: Mary Elizabeth Fortson

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Georgia Ann Fortson

F, ID# 5863
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Family: Andrew J. Teasley d. 22 Jul 1923

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Andrew J. Teasley

M, ID# 5864, d. 22 July 1923
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Family: Georgia Ann Fortson

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 435 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Susie Rebecca Fortson

F, ID# 5865, b. February 1860, d. 13 May 1951
  • Scrapbook*: • "Wester-Herndon.
       "Elberton, Ga., May 25 [1899].—(Special.)—The marriage of Mr. J. M. Wester and Mrs. Susie Fortson Herndon will take place at the residence of the bride’s mother Thursday afternoon, June 1st, after which the bridal couple will leave on the northbound Seaboard for eastern cities and points of interest. These are prominent social people and the marriage will be an important event. Mr. Wester is the chief representative of the Seaboard at this place. The marriage will be a very quiet one, Rev. Mr. Belk performing the ceremony."
    • ELBERTON, GA.
       "Last Thursday afternoon [1 Jun 1899] at 3 o’clock occurred the marriage of Mr. John Moses Wester and Mrs. Susie Fortson Herndon, at the bride’s home on Heard street, in the presence of a very few friends and close relatives. Rev. Mr. Belk performed the ceremony. The home was beautifully decorated and arranged for the occasion, and the entire ceremony was one of the prettiest and happiest ever carried out in Elberton. After the happy twain were made one all repaired to the refreshment tables, and then the bridal couple were escorted to the Seaboard depot, where they took the northbound vestibule for Washington and other eastern points. They will return to Elberton in about two weeks and be at home to their friends on Heard street.
       "The marriage was an especially notable one because of the high social standing of the participants. Both are very prominent people and very popular."9,10

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 20 Sep 2018

Family 1: George Michael Herndon d. 17 Apr 1893

Family 2: John Moses Wester

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 108 (naming Thomas Jefferson Fortson as her father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 108 (naming Susan Rebecca Snellings as her mother).
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Susan Rebecca ('Susie') Fortson Wester, memorial no. 191105967, viewed on 20 Sep 2018.
  4. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Susan Rebecca ('Susie') Fortson Wester, memorial no. 191105967, viewed on 20 Sep 2018 (not giving the date).
  6. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., online at http://www.newspapers.com, 26 May 1899, p. 9, col. 2 (wedding announcement for Susie Fortson Herndon and J. M. Wester).
  7. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 5 Jun 1899, p. 6, col. 3 (wedding announcement of Susie Fortson Herndon and John Moses Wester) (stating that the wedding was at 3:00 p.m.).
  8. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Susan Rebecca ('Susie') Fortson Wester, memorial no. 191105967, viewed on 20 Sep 2018 (not giving the date or place).
  9. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 26 May 1899, p. 9, col. 2 (first bullet).
  10. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 5 Jun 1899, p. 6, col. 3 (second bullet).

George Michael Herndon

M, ID# 5866, d. 17 April 1893
  • Last Edited: 20 Sep 2018

Family: Susie Rebecca Fortson b. Feb 1860, d. 13 May 1951

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Susan Rebecca ('Susie') Fortson Wester, memorial no. 191105967, viewed on 20 Sep 2018 (not giving the date).

John Moses Wester

M, ID# 5867
  • Scrapbook*: • "Wester-Herndon.
       "Elberton, Ga., May 25 [1899].—(Special.)—The marriage of Mr. J. M. Wester and Mrs. Susie Fortson Herndon will take place at the residence of the bride’s mother Thursday afternoon, June 1st, after which the bridal couple will leave on the northbound Seaboard for eastern cities and points of interest. These are prominent social people and the marriage will be an important event. Mr. Wester is the chief representative of the Seaboard at this place. The marriage will be a very quiet one, Rev. Mr. Belk performing the ceremony."
    • ELBERTON, GA.
       "Last Thursday afternoon [1 Jun 1899] at 3 o’clock occurred the marriage of Mr. John Moses Wester and Mrs. Susie Fortson Herndon, at the bride’s home on Heard street, in the presence of a very few friends and close relatives. Rev. Mr. Belk performed the ceremony. The home was beautifully decorated and arranged for the occasion, and the entire ceremony was one of the prettiest and happiest ever carried out in Elberton. After the happy twain were made one all repaired to the refreshment tables, and then the bridal couple were escorted to the Seaboard depot, where they took the northbound vestibule for Washington and other eastern points. They will return to Elberton in about two weeks and be at home to their friends on Heard street.
       "The marriage was an especially notable one because of the high social standing of the participants. Both are very prominent people and very popular."4,5
  • Note*: • At the time of his marriage in 1899, he was the chief representative of the Seaboard railroad in Elberton, Georgia.
    • He was mayor of Elberton, Georgia.6,7,8
  • Last Edited: 20 Sep 2018

Family: Susie Rebecca Fortson b. Feb 1860, d. 13 May 1951

Citations

  1. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., online at http://www.newspapers.com, 26 May 1899, p. 9, col. 2 (wedding announcement for Susie Fortson Herndon and J. M. Wester).
  2. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 5 Jun 1899, p. 6, col. 3 (wedding announcement of Susie Fortson Herndon and John Moses Wester) (stating that the wedding was at 3:00 p.m.).
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Susan Rebecca ('Susie') Fortson Wester, memorial no. 191105967, viewed on 20 Sep 2018 (not giving the date or place).
  4. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 26 May 1899, p. 9, col. 2 (first bullet).
  5. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 5 Jun 1899, p. 6, col. 3 (second bullet).
  6. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 26 May 1899, p. 9, col. 2 (wedding announcement for Susie Fortson Herndon and J. M. Wester) (first bullet).
  7. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 5 Jun 1899, p. 6, col. 3 (wedding announcement of Susie Fortson Herndon and John Moses Wester) (first bullet).
  8. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (second bullet). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Vesta Fortson

F, ID# 5868, b. November 1871, d. 13 May 1974
  • Note*: She was a librarian, a native of Elberton, Georgia, and a member of the Methodist church. Survivors included a daughter, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.5
  • Scrapbook*: • "Elberton’s Sponsor.
       "Elberton, Ga., July 19 [1898].—(Special.)—Miss Vesta Fortson, a beautiful young lady of Elberton, has been selected by the William M. McIntosh camp as their sponsor, and she has selected Miss Susie Fortson Herndon as her maid of honor. The Sons of Confederate Veterans have selected Messrs. I. C. Van Duzer, C. P. Harris, S. L. Olive and Z. B. Rogers as an escort for the sponsor and her maids."
    • "ELBERTON, GA.
       "Last Tuesday evening [9 Jan 1900] occurred the marriage of Miss Vesta Fortson and Mr. J. H, Turnell, of Madison, at the home of Mrs. Susan Rebecca Fortson, on Heard street. The groom came over in the afternoon accompanied by his brother and sister, Mr. and Miss Turnell, and Miss Bearden, of Madison, and Dr. Betha. At 8:30 o’clock the ceremony was performed by Rev. S. R. Belk in a very delightful way in the presence of a goodly number of friends and relatives specially invited. After the ceremony a luncheon was served and the party took the 12 o’clock train for their home in Madison. Mr. Turnell is one of Madison’s strong and popular young business men and his bride is one of the prettiest and most cultured young ladies of the city."7,8

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 9 Apr 2022

Family: Joseph Henry Turnell b. 15 May 1859, d. 15 Aug 1915

Citations

  1. [S1518] Durham Morning Herald, Durham, N.C., online at http://www.newspapers.com, 15 May 1974, p. 15, cols. 6-7 (obituary for Mrs. Vesta Fortson Turnell) (not giving the date but stating that she was 102 years old when she died on 13 May 1974).
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Vesta Fortman Turnell, memorial no. 62142331, viewed on 20 Sep 2018.
  3. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (giving the date but not the place). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  4. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., online at http://www.newspapers.com, 15 Jan 1900, p. 6, col. 4 (wedding announcement of Vesta Fortson and J. H. Turnell).
  5. [S1518] Durham Morning Herald, Durham, N.C., online, above, 15 May 1974, p. 15, cols. 6-7 (obituary for Mrs. Vesta Fortson Turnell).
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Vesta Fortman Turnell, memorial no. 62142331, viewed on 20 Sep 2018 (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 20 Jul 1898, p. 50, col. 4 (first bullet).
  8. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 15 Jan 1900, p. 6, col. 4 (second bullet).

Joseph Henry Turnell

M, ID# 5869, b. 15 May 1859, d. 15 August 1915
  • Obituary*: • Atlanta Constitution: "Madison, Ga., August 15.—(Special.) Joe H. Turnell, a prominent citizen of this county, and dry goods merchant of Madison, died here today at 6 o’clock. He had been sick for only a few days. He leaves a brother, S. A. Turnell, and two sisters, Miss Clem Turnell and Mrs. A. H. Mallory. The deceased was about 50 years old. He will be buried here tomorrow morning from the Methodist church."
    •    Atlanta Georgian:"MADISON, Aug. 18.—Joseph Turnell, a merchant of Madison, and of one of the most prominent families in the community, is dead here of typhoid fever.
       "Mr. Turnell is survived by his widow, one daughter, about 18 years of age; a brother, Steve A. Turnell, also a merchant of Madison, and three sisters, Mrs. William Butts, Mrs. Mallory and Miss Clem Turnell, all of Madison."8,9
  • Scrapbook*: • "Elberton’s Sponsor.
       "Elberton, Ga., July 19 [1898].—(Special.)—Miss Vesta Fortson, a beautiful young lady of Elberton, has been selected by the William M. McIntosh camp as their sponsor, and she has selected Miss Susie Fortson Herndon as her maid of honor. The Sons of Confederate Veterans have selected Messrs. I. C. Van Duzer, C. P. Harris, S. L. Olive and Z. B. Rogers as an escort for the sponsor and her maids."
    • "ELBERTON, GA.
       "Last Tuesday evening [9 Jan 1900] occurred the marriage of Miss Vesta Fortson and Mr. J. H, Turnell, of Madison, at the home of Mrs. Susan Rebecca Fortson, on Heard street. The groom came over in the afternoon accompanied by his brother and sister, Mr. and Miss Turnell, and Miss Bearden, of Madison, and Dr. Betha. At 8:30 o’clock the ceremony was performed by Rev. S. R. Belk in a very delightful way in the presence of a goodly number of friends and relatives specially invited. After the ceremony a luncheon was served and the party took the 12 o’clock train for their home in Madison. Mr. Turnell is one of Madison’s strong and popular young business men and his bride is one of the prettiest and most cultured young ladies of the city."10,11
  • Note*: He was a merchant in Madison, Georgia and died of typhoid fever.12

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of his tombstone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 15 Oct 2022

Family: Vesta Fortson b. Nov 1871, d. 13 May 1974

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Joseph Henry Turnell, memorial no. 70942507, viewed on 19 Sep 2018.
  2. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (giving the date but not the place). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  3. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., online at http://www.newspapers.com, 15 Jan 1900, p. 6, col. 4 (wedding announcement of Vesta Fortson and J. H. Turnell).
  4. [S2072] Obituary for Joe H. Turnell, The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, 16 Aug 1915, p. 5, col. 4, image online at https://tinyurl.com/2p86zaxp, viewed on 9 Apr 2022 (giving the date and the place; giving the time of death as 6:00 without indicating whether in the morning or the evening).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Joseph Henry Turnell, memorial no. 70942507, viewed on 19 Sep 2018 (giving the date but not the place).
  6. [S2072] Obituary for Joe H. Turnell, The Atlanta Constitution, online, above (giving the date and stating that he would be buried in Madison, Georgia).
  7. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Joseph Henry Turnell, memorial no. 70942507, viewed on 19 Sep 2018 (giving the place but not the date).
  8. [S2072] Obituary for Joe H. Turnell, The Atlanta Constitution, online, above (first bullet).
  9. [S2073] Obituary for Joe H. Turnell, Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Georgia, 16 Aug 1915, p. 2, col. 3, image online at https://tinyurl.com/355c2vju, viewed on 9 Apr 2022 (second bullet).
  10. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 20 Jul 1898, p. 50, col. 4 (first bullet).
  11. [S1398] The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., above, 15 Jan 1900, p. 6, col. 4 (second bullet).
  12. [S2073] Obituary for Joe H. Turnell, Atlanta Constitution, online, above.

Dr. Thomas Samuel Fortson

M, ID# 5870, b. 20 July 1863, d. 7 November 1911
  • Obituary*: Physician Dies of Wound.
    Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7.—Dr. T. S. Fortson of Berlin, Ga., who was shot at Moultrie, Ga., yesterday morning by Town Marshall Owens, died this morning on the train which was bringing him to Atlanta for an operation. The wound was in the abdomen.
    The shooting occurred on the streets at Moultrie and is alleged to have been the outgrowth of a prosecution instituted years ago by Fortson against a son of Owens. The Marshal was arrested and placed in jail.11
  • Note*: He was unmarried. He was shot in the abdomen on a Moultrie, Georgia street by the town marshal of Moultrie, apparently over a suit brought years before by Dr. Fortson against one of the marshal's sons and died the next morning while being taken by train to Atlanta for an operation.12,8,9

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of his grave marker, is here.
  • Last Edited: 10 Oct 2013

Citations

  1. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (naming T. J. and S. R. Fortson as his parents).
  2. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14.
  3. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670.
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Dr. Thomas S. Fortson, memorial no. 44204715, viewed on 10 Oct 2013.
  5. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (giving only the year and not naming the place). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  6. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (giving the date but not the place).
  8. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 8 Nov 1911, p. 8 ("Physician Dies of Wound").
  9. [S1069] Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Tex., 7 Nov 1911, p. 14, viewed at genealogybank.com on 13 Jul 2008 ("Doctor Shot; Dies").
  10. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Dr. Thomas S. Fortson, memorial no. 44204715, viewed on 10 Oct 2013 (giving the date but not the place).
  11. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 8 Nov 1911, p. 8.
  12. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County, above, p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (indicating that he was not married).

Gertrude Fortson

F, ID# 5871, b. 14 August 1866, d. 27 June 1952
  • Note*: She was unmarried.4
  • Last Edited: 20 Sep 2018

Citations

  1. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (giving her name as Miss Gertrude Fortson and naming Thomas Jefferson Fortson as her father).
  2. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (giving her name as Miss Gertrude Fortson and naming Susan Rebecca Snelling as her mother).
  3. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (giving her name as Miss Gertrude Fortson).
  4. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

George Green Fortson

M, ID# 5872, b. 9 May 1828, d. 5 July 1912
  • Note*: One source gives 15 Jul 1912 as his death date.8
  • Last Edited: 13 Apr 2015

Family: Louisa Sophia Wall b. 26 Jan 1836, d. 17 Jul 1893

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 81 (naming Easton Fortson as his father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 81 (naming Tabitha Haley as his mother).
  3. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (giving the date but not the place). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  4. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 81 (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (giving the date but not the place).
  6. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S1186] Standard certificate of death (Georgia State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) no. 3231 for Wilton Green Fortson, filed with local registrar on 5 Feb 1927, Frank B. Fortson, informant, per copy viewed on Georgia's Virtual Vault, http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php, on 2 Jan 2009, (stating that he was born in Elbert County, Georgia without giving the date).
  8. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County, above, p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud).
  9. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), pp. 669 (stating that he was the husband of Louisa S. Wall without giving the date), 670 (stating that she was married to George Green Fortson without giving the date).
  10. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669.
  11. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14.
  12. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 671 (naming George Green Fortson as his father).
  13. [S1186] Death registration for Wilton Green Fortson, above, (naming George E. Fortson as his father).
  14. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (naming George Green Fortson as his father).
  15. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (naming George G. Fortson as her father).
  16. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (giving Louise as her first name and naming George Green Fortson as her father).
  17. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (naming George Green Fortson as her father).
  18. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 117 (naming George Green Fortson as her father).
  19. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Sarah Augusta ('Sallie') Fortson Bolton, memorial no. 90572044, viewed on 13 Apr 2015 (naming George Green Fortson as her father).
  20. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 119 (naming George Green Fortson as her father).

Louisa Sophia Wall

F, ID# 5873, b. 26 January 1836, d. 17 July 1893
  • Note*: One source gives 23 Jan 1836 as her birth date.5
  • Last Edited: 13 Apr 2015

Family: George Green Fortson b. 9 May 1828, d. 5 Jul 1912

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  2. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (giving her name as Louisa W. Fortson).
  3. [S1186] Standard certificate of death (Georgia State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) no. 3231 for Wilton Green Fortson, filed with local registrar on 5 Feb 1927, Frank B. Fortson, informant, per copy viewed on Georgia's Virtual Vault, http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php, on 2 Jan 2009, (stating that she was born in Elbert County, Georgia without giving the date).
  4. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), pp. 669 (stating that he was the husband of Louisa S. Wall without giving the date), 670 (stating that she was married to George Green Fortson without giving the date).
  5. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670.
  6. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14.
  7. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 671 (naming Louisa Wall Fortson as his mother).
  8. [S1186] Death registration for Wilton Green Fortson, above, (naming Louisa Wall as his mother).
  9. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (naming Louisa S. Wall as his mother).
  10. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (naming Louisa Fortson as her mother).
  11. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (giving Louise as her first name and naming Louisa S. Wall as her mother).
  12. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (naming Louisa S. Wall as her mother).
  13. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 117 (naming Louisa Wall as her mother).
  14. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Sarah Augusta ('Sallie') Fortson Bolton, memorial no. 90572044, viewed on 13 Apr 2015 (naming Louisa Sophia Wall as her mother).
  15. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 119 (naming Louisa S. Wall as her mother).

Wilton Green Fortson

M, ID# 5874, b. 3 October 1853, d. 1 February 1927
  • Note*: They had no children. His death certificate states that he was born in 1854. He was a farmer and died of pneumonia.16,17
  • Last Edited: 2 Jan 2009

Family: Mary Barksdale Clark b. 12 Oct 1852, d. 7 Apr 1934

Citations

  1. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 671 (naming George Green Fortson as his father).
  2. [S1186] Standard certificate of death (Georgia State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) no. 3231 for Wilton Green Fortson, filed with local registrar on 5 Feb 1927, Frank B. Fortson, informant, per copy viewed on Georgia's Virtual Vault, http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php, on 2 Jan 2009, (naming George E. Fortson as his father).
  3. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 671 (naming Louisa Wall Fortson as his mother).
  4. [S1186] Death registration for Wilton Green Fortson, above, (naming Louisa Wall as his mother).
  5. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (giving the date but not the place). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  6. [S931] Ann Clark Holloman, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Death Records 1875-1876 and 1919-1995 (Albany, Ga.: Ann Clark Holloman, 1997), p. 55, certificate no. 983 (not giving the date but stating that he was seventy-three years old when he died on 1 Feb 1927).
  7. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 671 (giving the date but not the place).
  8. [S1186] Death registration for Wilton Green Fortson, above, (stating that he was born in 1854 in Elbert County, Georgia).
  9. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County, above, p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud).
  10. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), pp. 670 (stating that she was the wife of Wilton Green Fortson), 671 (stating that he was the husband of Mary Barksdale Clark).
  11. [S1186] Death registration for Wilton Green Fortson, above, (naming Mary Clark Fortson as his wife).
  12. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County, above, p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (stating that he died in Feb 1927 without naming the place).
  13. [S931] Ann Clark Holloman, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Death Records 1875-1876 and 1919-1995 (Albany, Ga.: Ann Clark Holloman, 1997), p. 55, certificate no. 983.
  14. [S1186] Death registration for Wilton Green Fortson, above.
  15. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 671 (giving the place but not the date).
  16. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County, above, p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (stating that they had no children).
  17. [S1186] Death registration for Wilton Green Fortson, above, (stating that he was born in 1854, was a farmer, and died of pneumonia).

Mary Barksdale Clark

F, ID# 5875, b. 12 October 1852, d. 7 April 1934
  • Last Edited: 2 Jan 2009

Family: Wilton Green Fortson b. 3 Oct 1853, d. 1 Feb 1927

Citations

  1. [S931] Ann Clark Holloman, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Death Records 1875-1876 and 1919-1995 (Albany, Ga.: Ann Clark Holloman, 1997), p. 56, certificate no. 2465 (giving her name as Mrs. Mary Clark Fortson and stating that she was eighty-one years old when she died on 7 Apr 1934).
  2. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670.
  3. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  4. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), pp. 670 (stating that she was the wife of Wilton Green Fortson), 671 (stating that he was the husband of Mary Barksdale Clark).
  5. [S1186] Standard certificate of death (Georgia State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) no. 3231 for Wilton Green Fortson, filed with local registrar on 5 Feb 1927, Frank B. Fortson, informant, per copy viewed on Georgia's Virtual Vault, http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php, on 2 Jan 2009, (naming Mary Clark Fortson as his wife).
  6. [S931] Ann Clark Holloman, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Death Records 1875-1876 and 1919-1995 (Albany, Ga.: Ann Clark Holloman, 1997), p. 56, certificate no. 2465 (giving her name as Mrs. Mary Clark Fortson).
  7. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (giving the date but not the place).

Martha Wall Fortson

F, ID# 5876, b. 9 September 1856, d. August 1903
  • Birth*: She was born on 9 September 1856.1
  • Marriage*: She married James Murray in December 1876.1
  • Death*: She died in August 1903 at age 46.1
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Family: James Murray

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

James Murray

M, ID# 5877
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 1996

Family: Martha Wall Fortson b. 9 Sep 1856, d. Aug 1903

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Lawrence B. Fortson

M, ID# 5878, b. 29 September 1858, d. 8 August 1880
  • Note*: One source states that he was born in 1853, and another gives 23 Sep 1858 as his birth date.6,7
  • Last Edited: 13 Feb 2004

Citations

  1. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (naming George Green Fortson as his father).
  2. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (naming Louisa S. Wall as his mother).
  3. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14.
  4. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (giving only the year). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  5. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670.
  6. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (giving 23 Sep 1858 as his birth date).
  7. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County, above, p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud, giving 1853 as his birth date).

Capt. George Hailey Fortson

M, ID# 5879, b. 19 October 1860, d. 26 March 1899

George Haley Fortson, from an 1899 newspaper.
  • Note*: He was a lawyer and lived in Seattle, Washington from 1886 until his death. He was a captain in the Spanish-American War and died in action.3,5
  • Scrapbook*: "Capt. Fortson's Record.
       "Seattle, Wash., March 26 [1899].--Capt. George H. Forston [sic], company B, first Washington, who is mortally wounded at Manila, is a lawyer of this city, 32 years old [sic]. He is a native of Elberton, Ga., but has lived in this state since 1886."5

Additional Resources

• Newspaper articles about his death in a Spanish-American War battle are here.
• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes biographical information and pictures of himself and of his tombstone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 23 Sep 2018

Family: Mary Louise ('Minnie') Frye b. 6 Feb 1864, d. 18 Nov 1937

Citations

  1. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (giving the date but not the place). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for George Haley Fortson, memorial no. 5232366, viewed on 23 Sep 2018.
  3. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County, above, p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud).
  4. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 3 Apr 1899, p. 1.
  5. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Mar 1899, p. 1.

Mary Louise ('Minnie') Frye

F, ID# 5880, b. 6 February 1864, d. 18 November 1937
  • Note*: She had no children by either marriage.1

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes biographical information, her picture, and pictures of her tombstone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 23 Sep 2018

Family 1: Capt. George Hailey Fortson b. 19 Oct 1860, d. 26 Mar 1899

Family 2: Dr. Milton W. Kirk

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Mary Louise 'Minnie' Frye Fortson Kirk, memorial no. 5232367, viewed on 23 Sep 2018.
  2. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.

Louisa Elizabeth Fortson

F, ID# 5881, b. 14 October 1863, d. 22 July 1880
  • Last Edited: 14 Feb 2004

Citations

  1. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (naming George G. Fortson as her father).
  2. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (giving Louise as her first name and naming George Green Fortson as her father).
  3. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (naming Louisa Fortson as her mother).
  4. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (giving Louise as her first name and naming Louisa S. Wall as her mother).
  5. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (giving only the year). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  6. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14.
  7. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (giving Louise as her first name).

Francis Benjamin Fortson Sr.

M, ID# 5882, b. 8 May 1869, d. 7 December 1960
  • Note*: He lived in Fortsonia, Elbert County, Georgia, was a planter and merchant, was a member of the Elbert County board of education from 1912 to 1948, and was a deacon of Fortsonia Baptist Church.6,2
  • Last Edited: 7 Jun 2020

Family: Alice Carrie Brock b. 5 Feb 1875, d. 29 Feb 1956

Citations

  1. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (giving the date but not the place).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 115.
  3. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (not giving the date). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  4. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), pp. 668 (stating that she was the wife of Francis Benjamin Fortson, Sr. but not giving the date), 669 (stating that he was the husband of Alice Carrie Brock but not giving the date).
  5. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669.
  6. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County, above, p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (stating that he was a planter, merchant, and member of the Elbert County board of education without giving the dates).
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 115 (naming Francis Benjamin Fortson as her father).
  8. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668 (giving her name as Carrie Lou Fortson and naming F. B. Fortson as her father).
  9. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (giving her name as Carrie Lou Fortson and naming F. B. Fortson as her father).
  10. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 115 (naming Francis Benjamin Fortson as his father).
  11. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (naming Francis Benjamin Fortson, Sr. as his father).
  12. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 671 (naming Francis Benjamin Fortson, Sr. as his father).
  13. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (naming F. B. Fortson as his father).
  14. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668 (naming Francis Benjamin Fortson, Sr. as his father).
  15. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (giving his name as Charlie Brock Fortson and naming F. B. Fortson as his father).
  16. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668 (naming Francis Benjamin Fortson, Sr. as her father).
  17. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 13 (naming F. B. Fortson as her father).
  18. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Homer Brock Fortson, memorial no. 70145643, viewed on 6 Jun 2020 (naming Francis Benjamin Fortson as his father).
  19. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Wilton Green Fortson, memorial no. 78230086, viewed on 7 Jun 2020 (naming Francis Benjamin Fortson as his father).

Alice Carrie Brock

F, ID# 5883, b. 5 February 1875, d. 29 February 1956
  • Note*: She was from Hart County, Georgia.5
  • Last Edited: 7 Jun 2020

Family: Francis Benjamin Fortson Sr. b. 8 May 1869, d. 7 Dec 1960

Citations

  1. [S931] Ann Clark Holloman, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Death Records 1875-1876 and 1919-1995 (Albany, Ga.: Ann Clark Holloman, 1997), p. 55, cert. no. 8071 (stating that she was eighty-one years old when she died on 29 Feb 1956).
  2. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668.
  3. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (not giving the date). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  4. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), pp. 668 (stating that she was the wife of Francis Benjamin Fortson, Sr. but not giving the date), 669 (stating that he was the husband of Alice Carrie Brock but not giving the date).
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 115.
  6. [S931] Ann Clark Holloman, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Death Records 1875-1876 and 1919-1995 (Albany, Ga.: Ann Clark Holloman, 1997), p. 55, cert. no. 8071.
  7. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668 (giving the date but not the place).
  8. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 115 (giving the date but not the place).
  9. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 115 (naming Alice Carrie Brock as her mother).
  10. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 115 (naming Alice Carrie Brock as his mother).
  11. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (naming Alice Carrie Brock as his mother).
  12. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 671 (naming Alice Carrie Brock as his mother).
  13. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668 (naming Alice Carrie Brock as his mother).
  14. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668 (naming Alice Carrie Brock as her mother).
  15. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Homer Brock Fortson, memorial no. 70145643, viewed on 6 Jun 2020 (naming Alice Carrie Brock Fortson as his mother).
  16. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Wilton Green Fortson, memorial no. 78230086, viewed on 7 Jun 2020 (naming Alice Carrie Brock as his mother).

Frances Mamie ('Fannie') Fortson

F, ID# 5884, b. 13 May 1872, d. 7 August 1880
  • Note*: One source gives 18 May 1872 as her birth date. She died of typhoid fever. She and sister Sarah were twins.7
  • Last Edited: 22 Feb 2004

Citations

  1. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (naming George G. Fortson as her father).
  2. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (naming George Green Fortson as her father).
  3. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14 (naming Louisa Fortson as her mother).
  4. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (naming Louisa S. Wall as her mother).
  5. [S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14.
  6. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669.
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 119.

Sarah Augusta ('Sallie') Fortson

F, ID# 5885, b. 13 May 1872, d. 7 November 1962
  • Note*: She and sister Fannie were twins. She and her husband lived in Tignall, Georgia where he was a merchant.6

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 13 Apr 2015

Family: Claude Duncan Bolton b. 25 Oct 1876, d. 30 Nov 1943

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 117 (naming George Green Fortson as her father).
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Sarah Augusta ('Sallie') Fortson Bolton, memorial no. 90572044, viewed on 13 Apr 2015 (naming George Green Fortson as her father).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 117 (naming Louisa Wall as her mother).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Sarah Augusta ('Sallie') Fortson Bolton, memorial no. 90572044, viewed on 13 Apr 2015 (naming Louisa Sophia Wall as her mother).
  5. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (giving the date but not the place). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 117.
  7. [S1120] Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tignall, Ga., online http://www.giddeon.com/wilkes/cemeteries/indepumc.shtml, viewed on 31 Dec 2006 (giving the date but not the place).
  8. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Sarah Augusta ('Sallie') Fortson Bolton, memorial no. 90572044, viewed on 13 Apr 2015 (giving the date but not the place).
  9. [S1119] Wilkes County, Ga. marriages, 1792-1925, online http://www.giddeon.com/wilkes/vitals/marriages
  10. [S1120] Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tignall, Ga., online, above, viewed on 31 Dec 2006 (not giving the date or place).
  11. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Sarah Augusta ('Sallie') Fortson Bolton, memorial no. 90572044, viewed on 13 Apr 2015 (spelling his name as Claud) (not giving the date).
  12. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 118.
  13. [S1120] Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tignall, Ga., online, above, viewed on 31 Dec 2006.
  14. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Sarah Augusta ('Sallie') Fortson Bolton, memorial no. 90572044, viewed on 13 Apr 2015.
  15. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 117-18 (naming Sarah Augusta Fortson as his mother).

Claude Duncan Bolton

M, ID# 5886, b. 25 October 1876, d. 30 November 1943
  • Last Edited: 13 Apr 2015

Family: Sarah Augusta ('Sallie') Fortson b. 13 May 1872, d. 7 Nov 1962

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 117 (naming George Linus Bolton as his father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 117-18 (naming Sallie C. Bush as his mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 117.
  4. [S1120] Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tignall, Ga., online http://www.giddeon.com/wilkes/cemeteries/indepumc.shtml, viewed on 31 Dec 2006 (giving only the year).
  5. [S1119] Wilkes County, Ga. marriages, 1792-1925, online http://www.giddeon.com/wilkes/vitals/marriages
  6. [S1120] Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tignall, Ga., online, above, viewed on 31 Dec 2006 (not giving the date or place).
  7. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Sarah Augusta ('Sallie') Fortson Bolton, memorial no. 90572044, viewed on 13 Apr 2015 (spelling his name as Claud) (not giving the date).
  8. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 118.
  9. [S1120] Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tignall, Ga., online, above, viewed on 31 Dec 2006.
  10. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 117-18 (naming Claude Duncan Bolton as his father).

Minnie Nunnelee Fortson

F, ID# 5887, b. 19 June 1875, d. 19 December 1941
  • Note*: They lived in Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia and had no children. One source says she died in 1932.6,7
  • Last Edited: 22 Feb 2004

Family: Albert F. Anderson b. 25 Aug 1860, d. 30 Oct 1932

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 119 (naming George Green Fortson as her father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 119 (naming Louisa S. Wall as her mother).
  3. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  4. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 119.
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 119 (not giving the date).
  6. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County, above, p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud) (stating that she had no children and died in 1932).
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 119 (stating that they lived in Elberton, Georgia).

Albert F. Anderson

M, ID# 5888, b. 25 August 1860, d. 30 October 1932
  • Last Edited: 22 Feb 2004

Family: Minnie Nunnelee Fortson b. 19 Jun 1875, d. 19 Dec 1941

Citations

  1. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants—Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia (Danielsville, Ga.: Heritage Papers, 1973), p. 119.
  2. [S182] John H. McIntosh, The Official History of Elbert County [Ga.] 1790-1935 (Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Pub. Co., 1968), p. 436 (chart of descendants of James Hailey and Ann Elnora Cloud). The original edition was published at Elberton, Georgia in 1940, and the 1968 edition includes a 1935-1939 supplement by the Stephen Heard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elberton, Georgia.
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 119 (not giving the date).

Place Powell

M, ID# 5889, d. circa 1715
  • Marriage*: He married Mary _____.3
  • Death*: He died circa 1715.4
  • Note*: It is believed that he had no children and that at the time of his death he was not married. In a 1750 deed, Honorias Powell, "as brother and heir apparent to Place Powell who has removed himself to some remote place out of Virginia," conveyed land owned by Place.5
  • Last Edited: 16 Dec 1996

Family: Mary _____

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), pp. 410, 417 (naming Thomas Powell as his father).
  2. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 410 (indicating that Mary Place was his mother), 417 (naming Mary Place Powell as his mother).
  3. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 417.
  4. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 410, 417.
  5. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 410 (unmarried at death), 411-12 (removal from Virginia, citing to Deed Book p. 353, King George County, Va.).

Thomas Powell Jr.

M, ID# 5890, b. circa 1680, d. circa 1739
  • Last Edited: 16 Dec 1996

Family: Mary Gibson

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), p. 410 (naming Thomas Powell as his father).
  2. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 410 (indicating that Mary Place was his mother), 417 (naming Mary Place Powell as his mother).
  3. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 410 (giving her name as Mary Gibson), 417 (giving her name as Mary _____).
  4. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 410, 417.
  5. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 410 (date only), 417.
  6. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 417 (naming Thomas Powell, Jr. as his father).
  7. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 417 (naming Thomas Powell, Jr. as her father).
  8. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 417, 423 (naming Thomas Powell, Jr. as his father).

Mary Gibson

F, ID# 5891
  • Last Edited: 16 Dec 1996

Family: Thomas Powell Jr. b. c 1680, d. c 1739

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), pp. 410 (giving her name as Mary Gibson), 417 (giving her name as Mary _____).
  2. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 417 (naming Mary Powell as his mother).
  3. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 417 (naming Mary Powell as her mother).
  4. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 417, 423 (naming Mary Powell as his mother and, on p. 423, William Gibson as Mary's grandfather).

William Powell

M, ID# 5892, b. circa 1682, d. 1705
  • Birth*: He was born circa 1682.3
  • Death*: He died in 1705.3
  • Note*: He was not married at the time of his death.3
  • Last Edited: 16 Dec 1996

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), p. 410 (naming Thomas Powell as his father).
  2. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 410 (indicating that Mary Place was his mother).
  3. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 410.

Frances Powell

F, ID# 5893
  • Last Edited: 16 Dec 1996

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), p. 410 (naming Thomas Powell as her father).
  2. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 410 (indicating that Mary Place was her mother).

Elizabeth Powell

F, ID# 5894
  • Last Edited: 16 Dec 1996

Family: John Salmon

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), p. 410 (naming Thomas Powell as her father).
  2. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 410 (indicating that Mary Place was her mother).
  3. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 410.

John Salmon

M, ID# 5895
  • Last Edited: 30 Sep 1996

Family: Elizabeth Powell

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), p. 410.

Anne ('Annie') Powell

F, ID# 5896
  • Last Edited: 16 Dec 1996

Family: Edward Coffee

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), pp. 410 (giving her name as Annie and naming Thomas Powell as her father), 418 (naming Thomas Powell as her father).
  2. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 410 (giving her name as Annie and indicating that Mary Place was her mother), 418 (naming Mary Place Powell as her mother).
  3. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 410, 418.
  4. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 418 (naming Anne Powell as his mother).
  5. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 418 (naming Anne Powell as her mother).
  6. [S203] Robert D. Adams, "Owen Cemetery (Family)," in Navarro Leaves and Branches, vol. 6, issue 2 (May 1983), p. 23, p. 418 (naming Anne Powell as his mother).

Edward Coffee

M, ID# 5897
  • Last Edited: 16 Dec 1996

Family: Anne ('Annie') Powell

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), pp. 410, 418.
  2. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 418 (naming Edward Coffee as his father).
  3. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 418 (naming Edward Coffee as her father).

Margaret Place

F, ID# 5898
  • Last Edited: 30 Sep 1996

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), pp. 410-11 (referring to a 11 Aug 1655 deed by Francis Place, recorded in Record Book 2, p. 104, Lancaster County, Va., mentioning "daughter Margaret Place, my youngest daughter").

John Powell

M, ID# 5899, d. circa 1766
  • Last Edited: 16 Dec 1996

Family: Ann _____

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), pp. 411, 413 (naming Honorias Powell as his father).
  2. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 411 (indicating that Mrs. Joyce Lamberth was his mother), 413 (naming Joyce Lamberth Powell as his mother).
  3. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 411, 413 (stating that she survived him).
  4. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 411, 413.
  5. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 414 (naming John Powell as his father).
  6. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 414 (naming John Powell as her father).
  7. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 414, 420 (naming John Powell as his father).

Ann _____

F, ID# 5900
  • Note*: She was still living when he wrote his will in 1763.2
  • Last Edited: 16 Dec 1996

Family: John Powell d. c 1766

Citations

  1. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., ed., comp., & pub., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South; Being an Encyclopedia of the Eight (8) Major Powell Families of Virginia and the South in General (Vidalia, Ga.: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1969) ("printed under the Auspices of Georgia Genealogical Reprints"), pp. 411, 413 (stating that she survived him).
  2. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 411, 413.
  3. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 414 (indicating that Ann _____ was his mother).
  4. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, p. 414 (indicating that Ann _____ was her mother).
  5. [S183] The Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, above, pp. 414 (indicating that Ann _____ was his mother), 420 (naming Ann Powell as his mother).