Emmett Gray Bryan

M, ID# 23461, b. 8 November 1868, d. 5 May 1959

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 22 Oct 2022

Family: Georgia Woods Clopton b. 28 Apr 1877, d. 23 Jan 1922

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Emmett Gray Bryan, memorial no. 47057563, viewed on 22 Oct 2022.
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Georgia Woods Clopton Bryan, memorial no. 66691971, viewed on 22 Oct 2022.
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Albert Daniel Bryan, memorial no. 49914064, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Emmett Gray Bryan as his father).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Emmett Gray Bryan, memorial no. 47057563, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Emmett Gray Bryan as his father).

Albert Daniel Bryan

M, ID# 23462, b. 5 November 1905, d. 17 February 1982

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes pictures of his gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 22 Oct 2022

Family: Christine _____ b. 14 Jul 1907, d. 12 Jun 1973

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Albert Daniel Bryan, memorial no. 49914064, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Georgia Woods Clopton as his mother).
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Georgia Woods Clopton Bryan, memorial no. 66691971, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Georgia Woods Clopton as his mother).
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Albert Daniel Bryan, memorial no. 49914064, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Emmett Gray Bryan as his father).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Emmett Gray Bryan, memorial no. 47057563, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Emmett Gray Bryan as his father).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Albert Daniel Bryan, memorial no. 49914064, viewed on 22 Oct 2022.
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mrs Christine M. Bryan, memorial no. 49914321, viewed on 22 Oct 2022.
  7. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Angela Bryan Tennison, memorial no. 22459277, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Albert Daniel Bryan as her father).
  8. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Albert Daniel Bryan, memorial no. 49914064, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Albert Daniel Bryan as her father).

Christine _____

F, ID# 23463, b. 14 July 1907, d. 12 June 1973

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes pictures of her gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 22 Oct 2022

Family: Albert Daniel Bryan b. 5 Nov 1905, d. 17 Feb 1982

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Mrs Christine M. Bryan, memorial no. 49914321, viewed on 22 Oct 2022.
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Albert Daniel Bryan, memorial no. 49914064, viewed on 22 Oct 2022.
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Angela Bryan Tennison, memorial no. 22459277, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Christine M. Bryan as her mother).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mrs Christine M. Bryan, memorial no. 49914321, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Christine M. Bryan as her mother).

Angela Bryan

F, ID# 23464, b. 8 December 1930, d. 23 October 2007

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes her picture and pictures of her gravestones, is here.
  • Last Edited: 22 Oct 2022

Family: Perry Edward ('Bill') Tennison b. 18 Feb 1929, d. 8 Aug 2015

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Angela Bryan Tennison, memorial no. 22459277, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Christine M. Bryan as her mother).
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mrs Christine M. Bryan, memorial no. 49914321, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Christine M. Bryan as her mother).
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Angela Bryan Tennison, memorial no. 22459277, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Albert Daniel Bryan as her father).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Albert Daniel Bryan, memorial no. 49914064, viewed on 22 Oct 2022 (naming Albert Daniel Bryan as her father).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Angela Bryan Tennison, memorial no. 22459277, viewed on 22 Oct 2022.
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Perry Edward 'Bill' Tennison, memorial no. 191963995, viewed on 22 Oct 2022.

Perry Edward ('Bill') Tennison

M, ID# 23466, b. 18 February 1929, d. 8 August 2015

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes pictures of his gravestones, is here.
  • Last Edited: 22 Oct 2022

Family: Angela Bryan b. 8 Dec 1930, d. 23 Oct 2007

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Perry Edward 'Bill' Tennison, memorial no. 191963995, viewed on 22 Oct 2022.
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Angela Bryan Tennison, memorial no. 22459277, viewed on 22 Oct 2022.

Nancy Jane Farlow

F, ID# 23467, b. 9 January 1837, d. 9 July 1914

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes a biographical sketch, an image of a newspaper obituary, and a picture of her gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 23 Jan 2023

Family: William H. Bowman b. 25 May 1835, d. 30 Jan 1903

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Nancy Jane Farlow Bowman, memorial no. 19887317, viewed on 23 Jan 2023.
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for William H. Bowman, memorial no. 19887309, viewed on 23 Jan 2023.

Mary Ann Fortson

F, ID# 23468, b. 5 January 1939, d. 1 March 2023

Mary Ann Fortson Hall.
  • Last Edited: 9 Mar 2023

Citations

  1. [S2213] Obituary for Mary Ann Fortson Hall, Aiken Standard, Aiken, South Carolina, 4 Mar 2023, online at legacy.com, https://tinyurl.com/--, viewed on ---- 2022 (naming Julien Fortson as her father).
  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. 710 (naming Julien Fulton Fortson as her father).
  3. [S2213] Obituary for ----, online, above (naming Josephine Fortson as mor father).
  4. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 710 (naming Josephine Thornton as her mother).
  5. [S2213] Obituary for ----, online, above (giving the date and the place).
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 710 (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S2213] Obituary for ----, online, above.

Melba Jane Fortson

F, ID# 23470, b. 29 July 1937, d. 6 May 2016
  • Note*: She was a beautician and a member of First Baptist Church of Elberton, Georgia.8
  • Last Edited: 7 Mar 2023

Family:

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. 710 (naming Julien Fulton Fortson as her father).
  2. [S2214] Obituary for Melba Jane Fortson Childs, Berry Funeral Home & Crematory, Elberton, Georgia, not dated, online at https://tinyurl.com/3mcnf2nr, viewed on 7 Mar 2023 (naming Julien Fulton Fortson as her father).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 710 (naming Josephine Thornton as her mother).
  4. [S2214] Obituary for Melba Jane Fortson Childs, online, above (naming Josephine Thornton as her mother).
  5. [S2214] Obituary for Melba Jane Fortson Childs, online, above (giving the date and the place).
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 710 (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for memorial for Melba Jane F. Childs, memorial no. 187314923, viewed on 7 Mar 2023 (giving the date but not the place).
  8. [S2214] Obituary for Melba Jane Fortson Childs, online, above.
  9. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for memorial for Melba Jane F. Childs, memorial no. 187314923, viewed on 7 Mar 2023.
  10. [S2214] Obituary for Melba Jane Fortson Childs, online, above (giving the place and the date).
  11. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for memorial for Melba Jane F. Childs, memorial no. 187314923, viewed on 7 Mar 2023 (including a picture of her gravestone; giving the place but not the date).
  12. [S2215] Obituary for Jill Childs Raulerson, Berry Funeral Home & Crematory, Elberton, Georgia, not dated, online at https://tinyurl.com/2p8pmtyc, viewed on 7 Mar 2023 (naming Jane Fortson as her mother).
  13. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 710 (naming Melba Jane Fortson as her mother).

Lori Jill Childs

F, ID# 23476, b. 14 September 1965, d. 22 October 2012

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes her picture and her obituary, is here.
  • Last Edited: 7 Mar 2023

Citations

  1. [S2215] Obituary for Jill Childs Raulerson, Berry Funeral Home & Crematory, Elberton, Georgia, not dated, online at https://tinyurl.com/2p8pmtyc, viewed on 7 Mar 2023 (naming Jane Fortson as her mother).
  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. 710 (naming Melba Jane Fortson as her mother).
  3. [S2215] Obituary for Jill Childs Raulerson, online, above (giving the date and the place).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Mrs. Jill Childs Raulerson, memorial no. 100895331, viewed on 7 Mar 2023 (giving the date and the place).
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 710 (giving the date but not the place).
  6. [S2215] Obituary for Jill Childs Raulerson, online, above.
  7. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mrs. Jill Childs Raulerson, memorial no. 100895331, viewed on 7 Mar 2023.

Louise Vaughn

F, ID# 23481, b. 5 December 1910
  • Last Edited: 8 Mar 2023

Family: Everett R. Fortson b. 21 Feb 1907

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. 727.
  2. [S2217] Obituary for Jane Fortson Strickland, Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Savannah, Georgia, not dated, online at https://tinyurl.com/ybxspcpw, viewed on 8 Mar 2023 (naming Louise Vaughn as her mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 727 (naming Louise Vaughn as her mother).

Jane Fortson

F, ID# 23482, b. 12 December 1930, d. 11 November 2022
  • Note*: She worked as a secretary at the Adult High School-GED Testing Center and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro, Georgia.8
  • Last Edited: 8 Mar 2023

Family: George Vernon Strickland b. 3 Feb 1925

Citations

  1. [S2217] Obituary for Jane Fortson Strickland, Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Savannah, Georgia, not dated, online at https://tinyurl.com/ybxspcpw, viewed on 8 Mar 2023 (naming Everett R. Fortson as her father).
  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. 727 (naming Everett Fortson as her father).
  3. [S2217] Obituary for Jane Fortson Strickland, online, above (naming Louise Vaughn as her mother).
  4. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 727 (naming Louise Vaughn as her mother).
  5. [S2217] Obituary for Jane Fortson Strickland, online, above (giving the date and the place).
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 727 (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 727.
  8. [S2217] Obituary for Jane Fortson Strickland, online, above.

George Vernon Strickland

M, ID# 23483, b. 3 February 1925
  • Last Edited: 8 Mar 2023

Family: Jane Fortson b. 12 Dec 1930, d. 11 Nov 2022

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. 727.

(Unnamed Son) Blanchard

M, ID# 23490, b. 15 October 1937, d. 16 October 1937

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of his gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 9 Mar 2023

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Infant Son Blanchard, memorial no. 179364833, viewed on 9 Mar 2023.

Walter Graham ('Walt') Blanchard

M, ID# 23491, b. 18 October 1936, d. 18 May 2001

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes pictures of his gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 9 Mar 2023

Family: Elizabeth Nell ('Betty') Cannon b. 3 Nov 1940, d. 24 Nov 1994

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. 710 (naming Frances Mabel Fortson as his mother).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 710 (naming Horace Graham Blanchard as his father).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 710.
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Walter Graham 'Walt' Blanchard, memorial no. 68492928, viewed on 9 Mar 2023.
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 710 (giving the date and the place).
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Walter Graham 'Walt' Blanchard, memorial no. 68492928, viewed on 9 Mar 2023 (not giving the date or the place).
  7. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Elizabeth Nell 'Betty' Cannon Blanchard, memorial no. 137801980, viewed on 9 Mar 2023 (not giving the date or the place).

Elizabeth Nell ('Betty') Cannon

F, ID# 23492, b. 3 November 1940, d. 24 November 1994

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of her gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 9 Mar 2023

Family: Walter Graham ('Walt') Blanchard b. 18 Oct 1936, d. 18 May 2001

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Elizabeth Nell 'Betty' Cannon Blanchard, memorial no. 137801980, viewed on 9 Mar 2023.
  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. 710 (giving the date and the place).
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Walter Graham 'Walt' Blanchard, memorial no. 68492928, viewed on 9 Mar 2023 (not giving the date or the place).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Elizabeth Nell 'Betty' Cannon Blanchard, memorial no. 137801980, viewed on 9 Mar 2023 (not giving the date or the place).

Dora M. Almond

F, ID# 23498, b. 1 October 1860, d. 13 March 1885
  • Last Edited: 9 Mar 2023

Family: Millard Fillmore Fortson b. 28 Mar 1858, d. 25 Jan 1939

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. 124.
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 124 (naming Dora M. Almond as his mother).

Josephine Lucinda Jones

F, ID# 23499, b. 10 February 1861, d. 27 July 1929
  • Last Edited: 9 Mar 2023

Family: Millard Fillmore Fortson b. 28 Mar 1858, d. 25 Jan 1939

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. 124.
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 124 (naming Josephine Lucinda Jones as her mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 124 (naming Josephine Lucinda Jones as his mother).
  4. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 124 (naming Josephine Lucinda Jones as this child's mother).

Ben Edward Newton Fortson

M, ID# 23500, b. 9 November 1879, d. 17 June 1964

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of his gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 9 Mar 2023

Family: Mary E. Hoskins b. 5 Aug 1881, d. 11 Jan 1968

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. 124 (naming Millard Fillmore Fortson as his father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 124 (naming Dora M. Almond as his mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 124 (giving the date and the place).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Ben E. Fortson, memorial no. 23150040, viewed on 9 Mar 2023 (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 124.
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Ben E. Fortson, memorial no. 23150040, viewed on 9 Mar 2023.
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 124-25 (naming Ben Edward Newton Fortson as her father).
  8. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 124-25 (naming Ben Edward Newton Fortson as his father).