Bartlett, Loop, Fortson, Walker, and Other Families

Charles VanAtta

M, ID# 16051

Father: William VanAtta¹
Mother: Emma Brown Carter²

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Citations

[S808] Shirley VanAtta, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 24 Jan 2003, (naming William VanAtta as his father).
[S808] Shirley VanAtta, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 24 Jan 2003, (naming Emma Brown Carter as his mother).

Willard VanAtta

M, ID# 16052

Father: William VanAtta¹
Mother: Emma Brown Carter²

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Citations

[S808] Shirley VanAtta, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 24 Jan 2003, (naming William VanAtta as his father).
[S808] Shirley VanAtta, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 24 Jan 2003, (naming Emma Brown Carter as his mother).

William E. ('Bill') Fortson

M, ID# 16057, b. 8 September 1833, d. 13 August 1919

Father: Richard F. Fortson^1,2,3 b. 2 Jan 1813, d. 29 May 1894
Mother: Nancy Ham^4,5,6 b. 31 Oct 1812, d. 12 Aug 1887

Birth*: He was born on 8 September 1833.^7,8,9
Marriage*: He married Mirtis _____.¹⁰
Death*: He died on 13 August 1919 in Elbert County, Georgia, at age 85.^11,12,13
Burial*: Interment was in Falling Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Elbert County, Georgia.¹⁴

Note*: He served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. One source says that he never married.¹⁵

Last Edited: 7 Feb 2004

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Mirtis _____ b. 1840, d. 14 Aug 1899

Jeptha ('Jet') Fortson¹⁶
Logie Fortson¹⁷
Lessapy Fortson¹⁷
Elizabeth Fortson¹⁷
Reedia Fortson¹⁷
Fannie Fortson¹⁷
William T. Fortson¹⁶ b. 1858, d. 1944
Dates Fortson+^18,16 b. 1862, d. 1927
Martha Fortson¹⁷ b. 1864, d. 1921
Oscar Fortson+¹⁶ b. 1866, d. 1918
Claudia Fortson¹⁷ b. 1867, d. 1956
Mary E. Fortson¹⁷ b. 1870, d. 1923
Texas Fortson¹⁷ b. 1873, d. 1933
Simmie Fortson¹⁷ b. 1876, d. 1946
Horace Greeley Fortson¹⁶ b. 1877, d. 1965
Jersey Fortson¹⁷ b. 1883, d. 1952

Citations

[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), pp. 225, 236 (naming Richard F. Fortson as his father).
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003, (naming Richard F. Fortson as his father).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 167 (naming Richard E. Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225, 236 (naming Nancy Ham as his mother).
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003, (naming Nancy Ham Fortson as his mother).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 167 (naming Nancy Ham as his mother).
[S811] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 3 Feb 2003.
[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. 62 (not giving the date but stating that he was eighty-six years old when he died on 13 Aug 1919).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 167 (giving the year but not the month and date).
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003.
[S811] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 3 Feb 2003, (giving the date but not the place).
[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. 62.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 167 (giving the year but not the month and date or the place).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 167.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236 (stating that he was a Confederate soldier; also stating that he did not marry, attributing information to Mrs. Marshall Adams of Elberton, Ga.).
[S811] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 3 Feb 2003, (naming Bill Fortson as his father).
[S811] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 3 Feb 2003, (naming Bill Fortson as her father).
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003, (naming William E. Fortson as his father).

Mirtis _____

F, ID# 16058, b. 1840, d. 14 August 1899

Birth*: She was born in 1840.¹
Marriage*: She married William E. ('Bill') Fortson, son of Richard F. Fortson and Nancy Ham.²
Death*: She died on 14 August 1899.^1,3

Last Edited: 26 Aug 2007

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: William E. ('Bill') Fortson b. 8 Sep 1833, d. 13 Aug 1919

Jeptha ('Jet') Fortson⁴
Logie Fortson⁵
Lessapy Fortson⁵
Elizabeth Fortson⁵
Reedia Fortson⁵
Fannie Fortson⁵
William T. Fortson⁴ b. 1858, d. 1944
Dates Fortson+⁶ b. 1862, d. 1927
Martha Fortson⁵ b. 1864, d. 1921
Oscar Fortson+⁴ b. 1866, d. 1918
Claudia Fortson⁵ b. 1867, d. 1956
Mary E. Fortson⁵ b. 1870, d. 1923
Texas Fortson⁵ b. 1873, d. 1933
Simmie Fortson⁵ b. 1876, d. 1946
Horace Greeley Fortson⁴ b. 1877, d. 1965
Jersey Fortson⁵ b. 1883, d. 1952

Citations

[S811] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 3 Feb 2003.
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003.
[S1146] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 1 Aug 2004.
[S811] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 3 Feb 2003, (naming Mirtis _____ as his mother).
[S811] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 3 Feb 2003, (naming Mirtis _____ as her mother).
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003, (naming Mirtis Fortson as his mother).

Dates Fortson

M, ID# 16059, b. 1862, d. 1927

Father: William E. ('Bill') Fortson^1,2 b. 8 Sep 1833, d. 13 Aug 1919
Mother: Mirtis _____³ b. 1840, d. 14 Aug 1899

Marriage*: He married Sallie Mattox.⁴
Birth*: He was born in 1862.⁵
Death*: He died in 1927.⁵

Last Edited: 4 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Sallie Mattox

Early Fortson+⁶

Citations

[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003, (naming William E. Fortson as his father).
[S811] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 3 Feb 2003, (naming Bill Fortson as his father).
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003, (naming Mirtis Fortson as his mother).
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003.
[S811] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 3 Feb 2003.
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003, (naming Dates Fortson as his father).

Sallie Mattox

F, ID# 16060

Marriage*: She married Dates Fortson, son of William E. ('Bill') Fortson and Mirtis _____.¹

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Dates Fortson b. 1862, d. 1927

Early Fortson+²

Citations

[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003.
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003, (naming Sallie Mattox Fortson as his mother).

Early Fortson

M, ID# 16061

Father: Dates Fortson¹ b. 1862, d. 1927
Mother: Sallie Mattox²

Marriage*: He married Mattie Downer.³

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Mattie Downer

Citations

[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003, (naming Dates Fortson as his father).
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003, (naming Sallie Mattox Fortson as his mother).
[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003.

Mattie Downer

F, ID# 16062

Marriage*: She married Early Fortson, son of Dates Fortson and Sallie Mattox.¹

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Early Fortson

Citations

[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003.

Yvonne ('Nunkie') Fortson

F, ID# 16065, b. 1946, d. 10 January 2002

Birth*: She was born in 1946 in Jericho, New Jersey.¹
Death*: She died on 10 January 2002.¹

Note*: She had been employed by Glassboro State College and for more than thirty years was organist, pianist, and choir director for First Baptist Church of Jericho, New Jersey. She died of a heart attack and was survived by her husband, four children, four grandchildren, two brothers, and a sister.¹

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Citations

[S809] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 11 Jan 2003.

Delancy A. ('Lat') Fortson

M, ID# 16067, b. 23 March 1836, d. 26 May 1914

Father: Richard F. Fortson¹ b. 2 Jan 1813, d. 29 May 1894
Mother: Nancy Ham² b. 31 Oct 1812, d. 12 Aug 1887

Birth*: He was born on 23 March 1836 in Elbert County, Georgia.^3,4,5
Marriage*: He married Mary Ann Almond, daughter of Micajah Almond and Eliza Cleveland.^6,7,8
Death*: He died on 26 May 1914 at age 78.^9,10,11
Burial*: Interment was in Dove's Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia.^6,10,11

Note*: He served in the 38th Georgia Infantry, Confederate Army, in the Civil War.⁶

Last Edited: 15 Feb 2004

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Mary Ann Almond b. 27 Apr 1837, d. 13 Apr 1905

Lena Thomas Fortson+¹² b. 1 Nov 1860, d. 14 Apr 1919
Anna D. Fortson+¹³ b. 10 Apr 1862, d. 12 Feb 1897
Beulah A. Fortson+¹³ b. 17 Feb 1866, d. 3 Jul 1953
Janie H. Fortson¹³ b. 4 Nov 1867, d. 8 Nov 1896
Ellen Sophia Fortson+¹³ b. 4 Apr 1869, d. 28 Jun 1955
Richard M. Fortson+¹⁴ b. 25 Mar 1871, d. Jul 1929
Henry Alfred Fortson+¹⁴ b. 17 Jun 1873, d. 17 Dec 1954
Robert W. Fortson¹⁴ b. 15 Mar 1875, d. 14 Feb 1910
Mary Albert ('Allie') Fortson+¹⁵ b. 15 Jul 1877, d. 5 Jun 1947

Citations

[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. 225 (naming Richard F. Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 225 (naming Nancy Ham as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225 (stating that he was born on 23 Mar 1836 in Elbert Co., Ga.), 711 (giving the date but not naming the place).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 148 (giving the date but not the place).
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62 (giving the date but not the place).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 225.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), pp. 148, 149 (giving his name as Delaney A. Fortson).
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62 (stating that she was the wife of D. A. Fortson).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225, 711.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 148.
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225-26 (naming Delancy A. Fortson as her father), 740 (naming D. A. Fortson as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225-26 (naming Delancy A. Fortson as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225-26 (naming Delancy A. Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225-26, 229, 711 (naming Delancy A. Fortson as her father).

Sophia H. Fortson

F, ID# 16068, b. 18 August 1837, d. 8 April 1924

Father: Richard F. Fortson^1,2,3 b. 2 Jan 1813, d. 29 May 1894
Mother: Nancy Ham^4,5,6 b. 31 Oct 1812, d. 12 Aug 1887

Birth*: She was born on 18 August 1837 in Elbert County, Georgia.^7,8,9,10
Death*: She died on 8 April 1924 in Elbert County, Georgia, at age 86.^11,12,9,10
Burial*: Interment was on 9 April 1924 in Falling Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Elbert County, Georgia.^13,9,10

Note*: The fact that she was unmarried when she died and the fact that her death certificate was in her original name and not a married name suggest that she never married.¹⁰

Last Edited: 2 Jan 2009

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Citations

[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), pp. 225, 229 (naming Richard F. Fortson as her father).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 166 (naming Richard Fortson as her father).
[S1185] Standard certificate of death (Georgia State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) no. 11375 for Sophia Ham Fortson, filed with local registrar on 10 Apr 1924, Mrs. Pope Deadwyler, informant, per copy viewed on Georgia's Virtual Vault, http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php, on 2 Jan 2009, (naming Richard Fortson as her father and stating that her father was born in Elbert County, Georgia).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225, 229 (naming Nancy Ham as her mother).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 166 (naming Nancy Ham as her mother).
[S1185] Death registration for Sophia Ham Fortson, above, (naming Nancy Ham as her mother and stating that her mother was born in Elbert County, Georgia).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225 (giving only the date and not naming the place), 229.
[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. 688 (not giving the date or place but stating that she was eighty-six years old when she died on 8 Apr 1924).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 166 (giving the date but not the place).
[S1185] Death registration for Sophia Ham Fortson, above.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 229 (giving the date but not the place).
[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. 688 (giving her name as Sophie Ham Fortson).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 229 (giving the place but not the date).

Elijah Richard Fortson

M, ID# 16069, b. 1 February 1842, d. 2 January 1913

Father: Richard F. Fortson¹ b. 2 Jan 1813, d. 29 May 1894
Mother: Nancy Ham² b. 31 Oct 1812, d. 12 Aug 1887

Birth*: He was born on 1 February 1842 in Elbert County, Georgia.^3,4,5
Marriage*: He married Mary Jane Snellings on 7 November 1877.^6,7
Death*: He died on 2 January 1913 at age 70.^6,8,9
Burial*: Interment was in Elmhurst Cemetery, 400 N. Oliver St., Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia.^6,8,9

Note*: He served in Company I, 15th Georgia Infantry, Confederate Army, in the Civil War.⁶

Last Edited: 8 Feb 2004

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Mary Jane Snellings b. 3 Mar 1858, d. 4 Nov 1932

Lon Nunnally Fortson+¹⁰ b. 8 Nov 1878, d. 19 Jul 1937

Citations

[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), pp. 225, 229 (naming Richard F. Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225, 229 (naming Nancy Ham as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225 (giving the date and not the place), 229 (giving the date and place).
[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).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669 (giving the date but not the place).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 229.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), pp. 669, 670 (not giving the date).
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 14.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 669.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 229 (naming Elijah Richard Fortson as his father).

John B. Fortson

M, ID# 16070, b. 10 January 1844, d. 20 July 1909

Father: Richard F. Fortson^1,2,3,4 b. 2 Jan 1813, d. 29 May 1894
Mother: Nancy Ham^5,6,7,8 b. 31 Oct 1812, d. 12 Aug 1887

Birth*: He was born on 10 January 1844 in Elbert County, Georgia.^9,10,11,12
Marriage*: He married Laura _____.¹³
Death*: He died on 20 July 1909 at age 65.^14,15,16,17
Burial*: Interment was in Falling Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Elbert County, Georgia.^14,15,16,17

Note*: • He served in Company I. 15th Georgia Infantry, Confederate Army, in the Civil War and surrendered at Appomattox.
• He was severely wounded in the neck at the Battle of Gettysburg.
• He lived in the Wyche District of Elbert County, Georgia.
• He and Laura had eight children.
• He was not able to write, at least at the time of his 1906 will, as he signed his will with his mark (x).^18,19,20,21

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of his grave marker, is here.

Last Edited: 2 Jul 2015

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Laura _____ b. 1862, d. 1938

Joe Henry Fortson
Bula Fortson
Hannie Fortson
Ila Fortson
Lizzie Fortson
Haley Fortson
Janie Lee Fortson
John B. ('J. B.') Fortson Jr.²² b. 1900, d. 1981

Citations

[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. 225 (naming Richard F. Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225, 230 (naming Richard F. Fortson as his father).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 166 (naming Richard Fortson as his father).
[S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for John B Fortson, memorial no. 46806702, viewed on 2 Jul 2015 (naming Richard Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 225 (naming Nancy Ham as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225, 230 (naming Nancy Ham as his mother).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 166 (naming Nancy Ham as his mother).
[S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for John B Fortson, memorial no. 46806702, viewed on 2 Jul 2015 (naming Nancy _____ as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225 (giving only the date and not naming the place), 230.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 166 (giving the date but not the place).
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62 (giving the date but not the place).
[S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for John B Fortson, memorial no. 46806702, viewed on 2 Jul 2015 (giving the date but not the place).
[S811] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 3 Feb 2003.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 230.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 166.
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62.
[S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for John B Fortson, memorial no. 46806702, viewed on 2 Jul 2015.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 230 (first and third bullets).
[S811] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 3 Feb 2003, (fourth bullet).
[S812] Will of John B. Fortson, dated 25 Dec 1906, Will Bk. C, pp. 224-25, Elbert Co., Ga.,(fifth bullet). Eric Blue provided a copy of this will to Roger Bartlett on 3 Feb 2003.
[S1318] Savannah Daily Republican, Savannah, Ga., online archive at http://savnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/savnewspapers-j2k/… 15 Aug 1863, p. 2, col. 2, "Georgia's Roll of Honor" (second bullet).
[S1146] Eric Blue, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 1 Aug 2004, (naming John B. Fortson as his father).

Henry A. Fortson

M, ID# 16071, b. 3 April 1846, d. 9 August 1906

Father: Richard F. Fortson¹ b. 2 Jan 1813, d. 29 May 1894
Mother: Nancy Ham² b. 31 Oct 1812, d. 12 Aug 1887

Birth*: He was born on 3 April 1846 in Elbert County, Georgia.^3,4,5
Marriage*: He married Lura A. Brown on 16 December 1875.^6,7,8
Burial*: Interment was in Falling Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Elbert County, Georgia.^6,7,9
Death*: He died on 9 August 1906 at age 60.^6,7,9

Note*: One source says he was born in 1844 and died in 1909. He served in the 37th Georgia Infantry, Confederate Army, in the Civil War.^10,11

Last Edited: 12 Apr 2015

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Lura A. Brown b. 2 Nov 1856, d. 30 Mar 1908

Ernest Linwood Fortson+¹² b. 3 Nov 1876, d. 16 Jun 1955
Charles Hardman Fortson+¹² b. 2 Sep 1878, d. 14 Jan 1917
Mary Elizabeth ('Mamie') Fortson¹³ b. 25 Sep 1880, d. 22 Feb 1929
Abner Delancy Fortson+¹² b. 26 Aug 1882
Cary Nam Fortson¹⁴ b. 22 Mar 1884, d. 20 Jul 1885
Ila Tulula Fortson+¹⁵ b. 7 Jan 1886, d. 22 Apr 1983
Fannie Gertrude Fortson¹⁶ b. 16 Dec 1888, d. 23 Nov 1953
Lee Anderson Fortson+^12,17,18,19 b. 16 May 1891, d. 12 Sep 1977
Henry A. Fortson Jr.+²⁰ b. 30 Nov 1896

Citations

[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. 225 (naming Richard F. Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 225 (naming Nancy Ham as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225 (giving the date but not the place), 230.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 166 (giving the date but not the place).
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62 (giving the date but not the place).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 230.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 166.
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62 (stating that she was the wife of Henry A. Fortson but not giving the date).
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 230 (giving Civil War information).
[S1159] Chandler Eavenson, notes accompanying 1977 obituary of Lee Anderson Fortson, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/elbert/obits/f/…, viewed on 15 Sep 2007, (stating that he was born in 1844 and died in 1909).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31 (naming Henry A. Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31, 233 (naming Henry A. Fortson as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31 (naming Henry A. Fortson as this child's father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31, 235 (naming Henry A. Fortson as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31 (naming Henry A. Fortson as her father).
[S1158] Obituary of Lee Anderson Fortson, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/elbert/obits/f/…, viewed on 15 Sep 2007 (citing The Elberton Star, Elberton, Ga., 13 Sep 1977) (naming Henry A. Fortson as his father).
[S1159] Chandler Eavenson, notes accompanying 1977 obituary of Lee Anderson Fortson, above, (naming Henry A. Fortson as his father).
[S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Lee Anderson Fortson, memorial no. 94822830, viewed on 12 Apr 2015 (naming Henry A. Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31, 235 (naming Henry A. Fortson as his father).

Lucy J. Fortson

F, ID# 16072, b. 6 September 1847, d. 4 November 1920

Father: Richard F. Fortson^1,2 b. 2 Jan 1813, d. 29 May 1894
Mother: Nancy Ham^3,4 b. 31 Oct 1812, d. 12 Aug 1887

Birth*: She was born on 6 September 1847 in Elbert County, Georgia.^5,6,7,8
Marriage*: She married Moses Edward Fortson, son of Jesse Marion Fortson and Frances Mills, on 19 February 1867 in Elbert County, Georgia.^9,10,11,12
Death*: She died on 4 November 1920 in Elbert County, Georgia, at age 73.^13,14,7,8
Burial*: Interment was in Dove's Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia.^15,16,17

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial is here.

Last Edited: 27 Feb 2012

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Moses Edward Fortson b. 18 Mar 1840, d. 12 Mar 1919

Addie Floreed ('Reedy') Fortson¹⁸ b. 18 Aug 1868, d. 10 Feb 1907
William Rucker Fortson+¹⁹ b. 4 Jan 1870, d. 8 Jan 1947
Walter Okeifer Fortson+²⁰ b. 18 Jun 1871, d. 2 Oct 1944
Charlie Richard Fortson²¹ b. 28 Oct 1872, d. 28 May 1898
Elijah Allen Fortson+^22,23,24 b. 30 Jul 1874, d. 20 May 1948
Jinner Mahaley ('Jenna') Fortson²⁵ b. 5 Jan 1876, d. 15 Apr 1929
Samuel Lumpkin Fortson+²⁶ b. 14 Dec 1877, d. 4 Oct 1958
Mary Sophia ('Macy') Fortson+²⁵ b. 31 Jul 1879, d. 26 Sep 1908
Edward ('Eddie') Luke Fortson+²⁷ b. 10 Sep 1881, d. 23 Jun 1953
Nancy Frances ('Nan') Fortson+²⁵ b. 18 May 1883, d. 31 Mar 1969
Minnie Belle Fortson²⁸ b. 17 May 1885
Elizabeth White ('Lizzie') Fortson²⁸ b. 17 Nov 1886, d. 26 Mar 1939
Carey Starke Fortson+²⁶ b. 14 Aug 1888, d. 22 Feb 1966
Amanda Dobbs Fortson+²⁹ b. 3 May 1891, d. Apr 1988

Citations

[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), pp. 225, 236, 692, 708 (naming Richard F. Fortson as her father).
[S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Lucy J. Fortson Fortson, memorial no. 58778317, viewed on 27 Feb 2012 (naming Richard Fortson as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225, 236, 692, 708 (naming Nancy Ham as her mother).
[S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Lucy J. Fortson Fortson, memorial no. 58778317, viewed on 27 Feb 2012 (naming Nancy Hane as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225 (giving only the date and not naming the place), 236, 692 (giving only the date and not naming the place), 708 (giving only the date and not naming the place).
[S931] Ann Clark Holloman, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Death Records 1875-1876 and 1919-1995 (Albany, Ga.: Ann Clark Holloman, 1997), p. 56, cert. no. 195 (not giving the date or place but stating that she was seventy-three years old when she died on 4 Nov 1920).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 149 (giving the date but not the place).
[S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Lucy J. Fortson Fortson, memorial no. 58778317, viewed on 27 Feb 2012 (giving the date and state but not the county).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 236 (not giving the date or place), 708.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), pp. 149 (not giving the date or place but stating that she was the wife of Moses E. Fortson), 150 (not giving the date or place but stating that he was the husband of Lucy J. Fortson).
[S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Moses Edward Fortson, memorial no. 58778343, viewed on 27 Feb 2012 (not giving the date or place).
[S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Lucy J. Fortson Fortson, memorial no. 58778317, viewed on 27 Feb 2012 (not giving the date or place).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 236, 692, 708 (giving the date but not the place).
[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. 195.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 708.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 149.
[S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Lucy J. Fortson Fortson, memorial no. 58778317, viewed on 27 Feb 2012.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 708 (naming Lucy J. Fortson as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 692, 708, 709 (naming Lucy J. Fortson as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 708, 711 (naming Lucy J. Fortson as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 708 (naming Lucy J. Fortson as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 708, 712 (naming Lucy J. Fortson as his mother).
[S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Elijah Allen Fortson, memorial no. 58751019, viewed on 27 Feb 2012 (naming Lucy J. Fortson Fortson as his mother).
[S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Lucy J. Fortson Fortson, memorial no. 58778317, viewed on 27 Feb 2012 (naming Lucy J. Fortson Fortson as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 708-9 (naming Lucy J. Fortson as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 708-9 (naming Lucy J. Fortson as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 708-9, 713 (naming Lucy J. Fortson as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 708-9, 716 (naming Lucy J. Fortson as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 708-9, 717 (naming Lucy J. Fortson as her mother).

Mary Ann Almond

F, ID# 16073, b. 27 April 1837, d. 13 April 1905

Father: Micajah Almond¹ b. 1810, d. 1883
Mother: Eliza Cleveland²

Birth*: She was born on 27 April 1837.^3,4,5
Marriage*: She married Delancy A. ('Lat') Fortson, son of Richard F. Fortson and Nancy Ham.^6,7,8
Death*: She died on 13 April 1905 at age 67.^3,4,5
Burial*: Interment was in Dove's Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia.^4,5

Last Edited: 15 Feb 2004

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Delancy A. ('Lat') Fortson b. 23 Mar 1836, d. 26 May 1914

Lena Thomas Fortson+⁹ b. 1 Nov 1860, d. 14 Apr 1919
Anna D. Fortson+¹⁰ b. 10 Apr 1862, d. 12 Feb 1897
Beulah A. Fortson+¹⁰ b. 17 Feb 1866, d. 3 Jul 1953
Janie H. Fortson¹⁰ b. 4 Nov 1867, d. 8 Nov 1896
Ellen Sophia Fortson+¹⁰ b. 4 Apr 1869, d. 28 Jun 1955
Richard M. Fortson+¹¹ b. 25 Mar 1871, d. Jul 1929
Henry Alfred Fortson+¹¹ b. 17 Jun 1873, d. 17 Dec 1954
Robert W. Fortson¹¹ b. 15 Mar 1875, d. 14 Feb 1910
Mary Albert ('Allie') Fortson+¹² b. 15 Jul 1877, d. 5 Jun 1947

Citations

[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. 226 (naming Micajah Almond as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 226 (naming Eliza Cleveland as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225, 711.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 149.
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 225.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), pp. 148, 149 (giving his name as Delaney A. Fortson).
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62 (stating that she was the wife of D. A. Fortson).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225-26, 740 (naming Mary Almond as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225-26 (naming Mary Ann Almond as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225-26 (naming Mary Ann Almond as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 225-26, 229, 711 (naming Mary Ann [or Mary Anne] Almond as her mother).

Micajah Almond

M, ID# 16074, b. 1810, d. 1883

Marriage*: He married Eliza Cleveland, daughter of Jacob Cleveland and Martha Lyons.
Birth*: He was born in 1810.¹
Death*: He died in 1883.¹

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Family: Eliza Cleveland

Mary Ann Almond+² b. 27 Apr 1837, d. 13 Apr 1905

Citations

[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. 226.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 226 (naming Micajah Almond as her father).

Eliza Cleveland

F, ID# 16075

Father: Jacob Cleveland¹
Mother: Martha Lyons²

Marriage*: She married Micajah Almond.

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Family: Micajah Almond b. 1810, d. 1883

Mary Ann Almond+³ b. 27 Apr 1837, d. 13 Apr 1905

Citations

[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. 226 (naming Jacob Cleveland as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 226 (naming Martha Lyons as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 226 (naming Eliza Cleveland as her mother).

Jacob Cleveland

M, ID# 16076

Marriage*: He married Martha Lyons.

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Family: Martha Lyons

Eliza Cleveland+¹
Peter Cleveland+²

Citations

[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. 226 (naming Jacob Cleveland as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 226 (naming Jacob Cleveland as his father).

Martha Lyons

F, ID# 16077

Marriage*: She married Jacob Cleveland.

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Family: Jacob Cleveland

Eliza Cleveland+¹
Peter Cleveland+²

Citations

[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. 226 (naming Martha Lyons as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 226 (naming Martha Lyons as his mother).

Peter Cleveland

M, ID# 16078

Father: Jacob Cleveland¹
Mother: Martha Lyons²

Marriage*: He married _____ _____.

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Family: _ _

Reuben Winston Cleveland³

Citations

[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. 226 (naming Jacob Cleveland as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 226 (naming Martha Lyons as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 226 (naming Peter Cleveland as his father).

_ _

F, ID# 16079

Marriage*: She married Peter Cleveland, son of Jacob Cleveland and Martha Lyons.

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Family: Peter Cleveland

Reuben Winston Cleveland

Reuben Winston Cleveland

M, ID# 16080

Father: Peter Cleveland¹
Mother: _____ _____

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Citations

[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. 226 (naming Peter Cleveland as his father).

Mary Jane Snellings

F, ID# 16081, b. 3 March 1858, d. 4 November 1932

Birth*: She was born on 3 March 1858.^1,2
Marriage*: She married Elijah Richard Fortson, son of Richard F. Fortson and Nancy Ham, on 7 November 1877.^1,3
Death*: She died on 4 November 1932 at age 74.^1,2
Burial*: Interment was in Elmhurst Cemetery, 400 N. Oliver St., Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia.²

Last Edited: 13 Feb 2004

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Elijah Richard Fortson b. 1 Feb 1842, d. 2 Jan 1913

Lon Nunnally Fortson+⁴ b. 8 Nov 1878, d. 19 Jul 1937

Citations

[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. 229.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), pp. 669, 670 (not giving the date).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 229 (naming Mary Jane Snellings as his mother).

Lura A. Brown

F, ID# 16082, b. 2 November 1856, d. 30 March 1908

Birth*: She was born on 2 November 1856.^1,2,3,4
Marriage*: She married Henry A. Fortson, son of Richard F. Fortson and Nancy Ham, on 16 December 1875.^1,2,5
Death*: She died on 30 March 1908 at age 51.^1,2,3,6
Burial*: Interment was in Falling Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Elbert County, Georgia.^2,3

Last Edited: 12 Apr 2015

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Henry A. Fortson b. 3 Apr 1846, d. 9 Aug 1906

Ernest Linwood Fortson+⁷ b. 3 Nov 1876, d. 16 Jun 1955
Charles Hardman Fortson+⁷ b. 2 Sep 1878, d. 14 Jan 1917
Mary Elizabeth ('Mamie') Fortson⁸ b. 25 Sep 1880, d. 22 Feb 1929
Abner Delancy Fortson+⁷ b. 26 Aug 1882
Cary Nam Fortson⁹ b. 22 Mar 1884, d. 20 Jul 1885
Ila Tulula Fortson+¹⁰ b. 7 Jan 1886, d. 22 Apr 1983
Fannie Gertrude Fortson¹¹ b. 16 Dec 1888, d. 23 Nov 1953
Lee Anderson Fortson+^7,12,13,14 b. 16 May 1891, d. 12 Sep 1977
Henry A. Fortson Jr.+¹⁵ b. 30 Nov 1896

Citations

[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. 230.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 166.
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62.
[S1159] Chandler Eavenson, notes accompanying 1977 obituary of Lee Anderson Fortson, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/elbert/obits/f/…, viewed on 15 Sep 2007, (stating that she was born in 1856).
[S929] Early Cemeteries and Gravestones Elbert County, Georgia (Elberton, Ga.: Elbert County Hist. Soc'y, 1874), p. 62 (stating that she was the wife of Henry A. Fortson but not giving the date).
[S1159] Chandler Eavenson, notes accompanying 1977 obituary of Lee Anderson Fortson, above, (stating that she died in 1908).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31 (naming Lura A. Brown as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31, 233 (naming Lura A. Brown as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31 (naming Lura A. Brown as this child's mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31, 235 (naming Lura A. Brown as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31 (naming Lura A. Brown as her mother).
[S1158] Obituary of Lee Anderson Fortson, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/elbert/obits/f/…, viewed on 15 Sep 2007 (citing The Elberton Star, Elberton, Ga., 13 Sep 1977) (naming Lura Brown as his mother).
[S1159] Chandler Eavenson, notes accompanying 1977 obituary of Lee Anderson Fortson, above, (naming Lura A. Brown as his mother).
[S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Lee Anderson Fortson, memorial no. 94822830, viewed on 12 Apr 2015 (naming Lura Brown as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 230-31, 235 (naming Lura A. Brown as his mother).

Josephine ('Josie') Thornton

F, ID# 16083, b. 13 January 1856, d. 12 August 1891

Birth*: She was born on 13 January 1856.¹
Marriage*: She married Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson, son of Richard F. Fortson and Nancy Ham.¹
Death*: She died on 12 August 1891 at age 35.¹
Burial*: Interment was in Thornton family cemetery, Elbert County, Georgia.¹

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson b. 17 Mar 1850, d. Mar 1906

Lester Eugene Fortson² b. 7 Jan 1879, d. 6 Nov 1979
Zada Mae Fortson³ b. 26 Feb 1880, d. Jan 1981
Lura Frances Fortson⁴ b. 9 Sep 1881, d. Jul 1981
Gussie Ham Fortson+⁵ b. 27 Jun 1886, d. 15 Feb 1975
Omer Fortson²
Joe Fortson²

Citations

[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. 236.
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236 (naming Josie Thornton as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 236, 237 (naming Josie Thornton as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 236, 243 (naming Josie Thornton as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 236 (naming Josie Thornton as her mother), 244 (naming Josephine Thornton as her mother).

Lester Eugene Fortson

M, ID# 16084, b. 7 January 1879, d. 6 November 1979

Father: Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson¹ b. 17 Mar 1850, d. Mar 1906
Mother: Josephine ('Josie') Thornton² b. 13 Jan 1856, d. 12 Aug 1891

Birth*: He was born on 7 January 1879 in Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia.^3,4,5
Marriage*: He married Clare Ellen Richardson, daughter of James Richardson and Elizabeth Lee.^3,6
Death*: He died on 6 November 1979 in Elbert County, Georgia, at age 100.^7,8,5
Burial*: Interment was in Elmhurst Cemetery, 400 N. Oliver St., Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia.⁹

Last Edited: 14 Feb 2004

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Clare Ellen Richardson b. 20 Jan 1879, d. 26 Jun 1964

Citations

[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. 236 (naming Eugene Weston ['Tug'] Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236 (naming Josie Thornton as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236.
[S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 2 Feb 2003 (giving only the date and not naming the place).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670 (giving the date but not the place).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668 (giving her name as Clara Eleanor Richardson).
[S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 2 Feb 2003 (stating that he died in Nov 1979; not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Elberton, Ga. when he died and that last benefits were sent to an address in Elberton, Ga.).
[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. 12437.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 670.

Zada Mae Fortson

F, ID# 16085, b. 26 February 1880, d. January 1981

Father: Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson¹ b. 17 Mar 1850, d. Mar 1906
Mother: Josephine ('Josie') Thornton² b. 13 Jan 1856, d. 12 Aug 1891

Birth*: She was born on 26 February 1880 in Elbert County, Georgia.^3,4
Marriage*: She married William Robert Ruff on 4 October 1896 in Elbert County, Georgia.^5,6
Death*: She died in January 1981 at age 100.⁷

Note*: She and Robert lived for several years in Elbert County, Georgia and then for a few years in Oglethorpe County, Georgia before returning to Elbert County. On Zada's 89th birthday (in 1969), thirteen of her sixteen children were living and she had forty-three grandchildren, seventy great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.⁵

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: William Robert Ruff b. 13 Oct 1874, d. 14 Mar 1954

Citations

[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), pp. 236, 237 (naming Eugene Weston ['Tug'] Fortson as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 236, 237 (naming Josie Thornton as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 236 (giving only the date and not naming the place), 237.
[S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 2 Feb 2003 (giving only the date and not naming the place).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 237.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 176 (not giving the date).
[S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 2 Feb 2003 (stating that she died in Jan 1981; not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Elberton, Ga. when she died).

Lura Frances Fortson

F, ID# 16086, b. 9 September 1881, d. July 1981

Father: Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson¹ b. 17 Mar 1850, d. Mar 1906
Mother: Josephine ('Josie') Thornton² b. 13 Jan 1856, d. 12 Aug 1891

Birth*: She was born on 9 September 1881 in Elbert County, Georgia.^3,4
Marriage*: She married Wiley Walter Holbert.⁵
Death*: She died in July 1981 at age 99.⁶

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Wiley Walter Holbert b. 19 Oct 1879, d. 18 Apr 1964

Citations

[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), pp. 236, 243 (naming Eugene Weston ['Tug'] Fortson as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 236, 243 (naming Josie Thornton as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 236 (giving the date but not naming the place), 243.
[S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 2 Feb 2003 (giving only the date and not naming the place).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 243 (spelling his name as Wylie).
[S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 2 Feb 2003 (not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Elberton, Ga. when she died).

Gussie Ham Fortson

F, ID# 16087, b. 27 June 1886, d. 15 February 1975

Father: Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson¹ b. 17 Mar 1850, d. Mar 1906
Mother: Josephine ('Josie') Thornton² b. 13 Jan 1856, d. 12 Aug 1891

Birth*: She was born on 27 June 1886 in Elbert County, Georgia.^3,4,5,6
Marriage*: She married Marshall Thomas Bridges, son of John Wylie Bridges and Lucinda May Tiller, on 19 November 1903.⁷
Death*: She died on 15 February 1975 at age 88.⁸

Last Edited: 2 Jan 2009

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Marshall Thomas Bridges b. 7 Nov 1873, d. 13 Feb 1951

Stewart Fortson Bridges⁹ b. 21 Oct 1909, d. 25 Jan 1923
Homer Dean Bridges¹⁰ b. 7 Sep 1921, d. 6 Feb 1923

Citations

[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), pp. 236, 244 (naming Eugene Weston ['Tug'] Fortson as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 236 (naming Josie Thornton as her mother), 244 (naming Josephine Thornton as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 236 (giving only the date and not naming the place), 244.
[S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 2 Feb 2003 (giving only the date and not naming the place).
[S1188] Standard certificate of death (Georgia State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) no. 2850 for Stewart Fortson Bridges, filed with local registrar on 2 Feb 1923, M. T. Bridges, informant, per copy viewed on Georgia's Virtual Vault, http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php, on 2 Jan 2009, (giving the place but not the date).
[S1189] Standard certificate of death (Georgia State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) no. 2849 for Homer Dean Bridges, filed with local registrar on 7 Feb 1923, M. T. Bridges, informant, per copy viewed on Georgia's Virtual Vault, http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php, on 2 Jan 2009, (giving the place but not the date).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 244.
[S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 2 Feb 2003 (not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Carlton, Ga. when she died).
[S1188] Death registration for Stewart Fortson Bridges, above, (naming Gussie Ham Fortson as his mother).
[S1189] Death registration for Homer Dean Bridges, above, (naming Gussie Ham Fortson as his mother).

Omer Fortson

M, ID# 16088

Father: Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson¹ b. 17 Mar 1850, d. Mar 1906
Mother: Josephine ('Josie') Thornton² b. 13 Jan 1856, d. 12 Aug 1891

Note*: He died young.³

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Citations

[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. 236 (naming Eugene Weston ['Tug'] Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236 (naming Josie Thornton as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236.

Joe Fortson

M, ID# 16089

Father: Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson¹ b. 17 Mar 1850, d. Mar 1906
Mother: Josephine ('Josie') Thornton² b. 13 Jan 1856, d. 12 Aug 1891

Note*: He died young.³

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Citations

[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. 236 (naming Eugene Weston ['Tug'] Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236 (naming Josie Thornton as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236.

Grace ('Tootsie') Fortson

F, ID# 16090

Father: Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson¹ b. 17 Mar 1850, d. Mar 1906
Mother: Rose Kohout² b. 1880, d. 1972

Note*: She died young.³

Last Edited: 4 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Citations

[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. 236 (naming Eugene Weston ['Tug'] Fortson as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236 (naming Rose Koffman as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236.

Joe Fortson

M, ID# 16091

Father: Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson¹ b. 17 Mar 1850, d. Mar 1906
Mother: Rose Kohout² b. 1880, d. 1972

Note*: He died young.³

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Citations

[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. 236 (naming Eugene Weston ['Tug'] Fortson as his father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236 (naming Rose Koffman as his mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236.

Clare Ellen Richardson

F, ID# 16092, b. 20 January 1879, d. 26 June 1964

Father: James Richardson¹
Mother: Elizabeth Lee²

Birth*: She was born on 20 January 1879 in Iowa.³
Marriage*: She married Lester Eugene Fortson, son of Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson and Josephine ('Josie') Thornton.^3,4
Death*: She died on 26 June 1964 in Elbert County, Georgia, at age 85.^5,6,7
Burial*: Interment was in Elmhurst Cemetery, 400 N. Oliver St., Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia.^3,8

Note*: One source gives her name as Clara Eleanor Richardson and her birth date as 20 Feb 1879.⁹

Last Edited: 17 Jul 2019

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Lester Eugene Fortson b. 7 Jan 1879, d. 6 Nov 1979

Citations

[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. 236 (naming James Richardson as her father).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236 (naming Elizabeth Lee Richardson as her mother).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668 (giving her name as Clara Eleanor Richardson).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 236 (giving the date but not the place).
[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. 9324 (giving her name as Clara).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668 (giving her name as Clara Eleanor Richardson and giving the date but not the place).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668 (giving her name as Clara Eleanor Richardson Fortson).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 668.

James Richardson

M, ID# 16093

Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Lee.

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Family: Elizabeth Lee

Clare Ellen Richardson¹ b. 20 Jan 1879, d. 26 Jun 1964

Citations

[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. 236 (naming James Richardson as her father).

Elizabeth Lee

F, ID# 16094

Marriage*: She married James Richardson.

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Family: James Richardson

Clare Ellen Richardson¹ b. 20 Jan 1879, d. 26 Jun 1964

Citations

[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. 236 (naming Elizabeth Lee Richardson as her mother).

William Robert Ruff

M, ID# 16095, b. 13 October 1874, d. 14 March 1954

Birth*: He was born on 13 October 1874.^1,2
Marriage*: He married Zada Mae Fortson, daughter of Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson and Josephine ('Josie') Thornton, on 4 October 1896 in Elbert County, Georgia.^1,3
Death*: He died on 14 March 1954 at age 79.^1,4
Burial*: Interment was in Falling Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Elbert County, Georgia.^1,4

Last Edited: 24 Jan 2004

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Zada Mae Fortson b. 26 Feb 1880, d. Jan 1981

Citations

[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. 237.
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 176 (giving only the year).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 176 (not giving the date).
[S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 176.

Wiley Walter Holbert

M, ID# 16096, b. 19 October 1879, d. 18 April 1964

Birth*: He was born on 19 October 1879.^1,2
Marriage*: He married Lura Frances Fortson, daughter of Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson and Josephine ('Josie') Thornton.¹
Death*: He died on 18 April 1964 at age 84.^1,3
Burial*: Interment was in Elmhurst Cemetery, 400 N. Oliver St., Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia.¹

Note*: One source spells his name as Wylie.⁴

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Lura Frances Fortson b. 9 Sep 1881, d. Jul 1981

Citations

[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. 243 (spelling his name as Wylie).
[S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 2 Feb 2003 (spelling his name as Wiley).
[S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 2 Feb 2003 (spelling his name as Wiley; stating that he died in Apr 1964; not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Georgia when he died).
[S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 243.

Marshall Thomas Bridges

M, ID# 16097, b. 7 November 1873, d. 13 February 1951

Father: John Wylie Bridges b. 26 Mar 1840, d. 25 Sep 1902
Mother: Lucinda May Tiller b. 15 May 1841, d. 1 Dec 1940

Birth*: He was born on 7 November 1873 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.^1,2,3
Marriage*: He married Gussie Ham Fortson, daughter of Eugene Weston ('Tug') Fortson and Josephine ('Josie') Thornton, on 19 November 1903.¹
Death*: He died on 13 February 1951 at age 77.¹
Burial*: Interment was in Bridges family cemetery, Enterprise, Oglethorpe County, Georgia.¹

Last Edited: 2 Jan 2009

Charts: Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Family: Gussie Ham Fortson b. 27 Jun 1886, d. 15 Feb 1975

Stewart Fortson Bridges⁴ b. 21 Oct 1909, d. 25 Jan 1923
Homer Dean Bridges⁵ b. 7 Sep 1921, d. 6 Feb 1923

Citations

[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. 244.
[S1188] Standard certificate of death (Georgia State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) no. 2850 for Stewart Fortson Bridges, filed with local registrar on 2 Feb 1923, M. T. Bridges, informant, per copy viewed on Georgia's Virtual Vault, http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php, on 2 Jan 2009, (giving the place but not the date).
[S1189] Standard certificate of death (Georgia State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) no. 2849 for Homer Dean Bridges, filed with local registrar on 7 Feb 1923, M. T. Bridges, informant, per copy viewed on Georgia's Virtual Vault, http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php, on 2 Jan 2009, (giving the place but not the date).
[S1188] Death registration for Stewart Fortson Bridges, above, (naming Marshall Thomas Bridges as his father).
[S1189] Death registration for Homer Dean Bridges, above, (naming M. T. Bridges as his father).

John Wylie Bridges

M, ID# 16098, b. 26 March 1840, d. 25 September 1902

Marriage*: He married Lucinda May Tiller.
Birth*: He was born on 26 March 1840.¹
Death*: He died on 25 September 1902 at age 62.¹

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Family: Lucinda May Tiller b. 15 May 1841, d. 1 Dec 1940

Marshall Thomas Bridges+ b. 7 Nov 1873, d. 13 Feb 1951

Citations

[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. 244.

Lucinda May Tiller

F, ID# 16099, b. 15 May 1841, d. 1 December 1940

Marriage*: She married John Wylie Bridges.
Birth*: She was born on 15 May 1841.¹
Death*: She died on 1 December 1940 at age 99.¹
Burial*: Interment was in Bridges family cemetery, Enterprise, Oglethorpe County, Georgia.¹

Last Edited: 2 Feb 2003

Family: John Wylie Bridges b. 26 Mar 1840, d. 25 Sep 1902

Marshall Thomas Bridges+ b. 7 Nov 1873, d. 13 Feb 1951

Citations

[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. 244.