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 1742 - 1824 (81 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Fortson |
| Title |
Jr. |
| Birth |
1 May 1742 |
Caroline County, VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
15 Feb 1824 |
Elbert County, GA |
| Person ID |
I55614 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Thomas Fortson, b. 1715, Caroline County, VA d. 13 Aug 1742, Caroline County, VA (Age 27 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Richards Winn, b. 1717 d. 13 Aug 1742, Caroline County, VA (Age 25 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
1733 |
Caroline County, VA |
| Family ID |
F21119 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Rachel Winn, b. Abt 1743, Caroline County, VA |
| Marriage |
1764 |
Caroline County, VA |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth Fortson, b. 1767, Caroline County, VA [natural] |
| | 2. Benjamin Fortson, b. 1765 d. 1823 (Age 58 years) [natural] |
| | 3. William Fortson, b. 28 Feb 1774, Virginia, USA d. 9 Jan 1846, Green County, AL (Age 71 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Richard Fortson, b. 6 Feb 1778 d. 2 Nov 1836 (Age 58 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Mildred Fortson, b. Abt 1780 d. Aft 1840 (Age > 61 years) [natural] |
| | 6. Jesse Fortson, b. 17 Dec 1783, Orange County, VA d. 2 Apr 1827, Elbert County, GA (Age 43 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F19321 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| 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.
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