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1774 - 1846 (71 years)
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Generation: 2
2. | Jr. Thomas Fortson was born on 1 May 1742 in Caroline County, VA (son of Thomas Fortson and Elizabeth Richards Winn); died on 15 Feb 1824 in Elbert County, GA. Notes:
In 1782 he and Rachel were living in Orange County, Virginia with a family of eight whites and six servants. In 1774 he had leased from William Stanard for twenty-one years a farm plantation on the west side of the south branch of the Rapidan River in Orange County. In 1785 they were living in Orange County with a family of nine whites. He had furnished supplies for the Revolutionary Army and in 1780 was appointed a lieutenant in Captain Edmund Shackleford's company. He and Rachel must have moved to Georgia by 1792, when Thomas Carter deeded to Thomas 330 acres on Beaverdam Creek in that part of Wilkes County that became Elbert County in 1790. They lived in the Ruckersville area of Elbert County and were members of Vann's Creek Baptist Church. One record gives the name of the Fortsons' Elbert County home as Gatewood. They were slave owners, and he has been described as a man of education, culture, and unusual refinement. He was justice of the peace during the period 1790-1805. His will, dated 24 Jan 1824, was probated in Elbert County 13 Mar 1824 and is reprinted at pages 61-62 of Boyd's family history. His estate, including nineteen slaves, was valued at $6,942.68. Thomas and Rachel were second cousins.
Thomas married Rachel Winn in 1764 in Caroline County, VA. Rachel (daughter of Benjamin Winn and Ann Taverner) was born about 1743 in Caroline County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | MaryChildren:
- 4. Thomas Fortson was born in 1715 in Caroline County, VA; died on 13 Aug 1742 in Caroline County, VA.
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