This Mr. Fort is Elias Fort. This is also my line. You can see what I have on the family by visiting my web page. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Villiage/9828 Scroll to surname and click on HODGE. Most of my SC information in listed in this file. The Forts are included. I would love to add anything new you know on the line. Faye At 06:16 PM 9/17/02 -0700, you wrote: >I have a Lucy Atkinson born about 1760, died 1828 in Sumter, SC who was >married 1st to a Mr. Fort and had one son, Wiley Fort. Then she married >Gilbert Crosswell about 1785. According to her will, she had one sister >Sylvia Spight living in GA about time of her death. Does anyone have any >information on Wiley Fort, and the Mr. Fort, husband of Lucy Atkinson? > > > >--- Lee and Billie Jones <tjones@camden.net> wrote: > > Audrey Pool posted the following: > > > Will and Deed Book I, Isle of Wight County, VA by John Bennett > > BODDIE."Report of a jury how Wm PARSONS came to his death. (signed) > > Thos. > > CARTER, foreman, Thos. BARLOW, Thos MOORE, John NEWMAN, Edward BRANTLY, > > John > > LITFORD, Joseph POOL, Elias FORT, John BRILL, Charles WILLIAMS, Robert > > ROE, > > George MOORE." > > _____________________________________ > > > > I have information on the Elias Fort family. I had thought it was my > > Rivers > > connection for a while, but I had the wrong John Rivers. Here is an > > outline > > of what I have: All Fort information came from Homer T. Fort and > > Drucilla > > Stovall Jones, "A Family Called Fort: The Descendants of Elias Fort of > > VA." > > (West Texas Printing Co, 1970). I got it thru interlibrary loan. > > > > One of my notes on Elias states: Pitifully few records of Elias > > survive. > > The first is dated Oct 9, 1667 when he scrawled his mark on the findings > > of > > a coroners jury investigating the death of William Persons Of Isle of > > Wight > > Co., Va. Is he the original immigrant from England?? > > > > So that is the date of the Coroners Jury posted by Audrey. > > > > Brackets in the outline below are because I am not positive I am working > > with the right Garrett and Rivers family. Would love info. to help > > figure > > it out. > > > > > > Descendants of Elias Fort I > > > > 1 Elias FORT I b: Abt. 1631 d: Bef. 1686 > > . +Phillis CHAMPION m: Abt. 1660 in England > > ..... 2 Elias FORT II d: Abt. 1739 > > ......... +SARAH > > ............ 3 7 other children FORT > > ............ 3 Holiday FORT b: Abt. 1708 in Surry Co., Va. d: Abt. > > 1773 > > in Sussex Co., Va > > ................ +Mary FLAKE > > ................... 4 Mary [FORT?] d: Aft. November 29, 1802 in > > Edgefield Co, SC > > ....................... +[John RIVERS] b: Abt. 1735 d: Abt. July 1790 > > in > > Edgefield Co., SC Father: UNKNOWN > > .......................... 5 [James RIVERS] > > .......................... 5 [Lucy RIVERS] > > .............................. +Thomas GARRETT > > .......................... 5 John RIVERS > > ................... 4 Asenath FORT > > ................... 4 Elizabeth FORT > > ................... 4 John FORT > > ................... 4 Phebe FORT > > ................... 4 Sarah FORT > > ................... 4 Frederick FORT b: 1744 > > ............ *2nd Wife of Holiday FORT: > > ................ +Lucretia MASON > > ................... 4 Robert FORT d: Bef. December 1774 > > ................... 4 Flake FORT > > ................... 4 Elias FORT > > ................... 4 Florina FORT > > ................... 4 Lena (or Cana) FORT > > ................... 4 Faith FORT > > ................... 4 Mason FORT > > ................... 4 Francis "Franky" FORT b: June 01, 1762 > > ................... 4 Phillis FORT b: July 28, 1764 d: 1791 > > ....................... +UNNAMED > > ..... 2 John FORT d: Abt. 1724 > > ......... +Elizabeth JORDAN d: Abt. 1743 > > ..... 2 George FORT d: 1719 > > ......... +Eliza Accabe DUCKWOOD > > > > I have a few notes on certain individuals if someone wishes to receive a > > little more data than shows up in the outline. > > > > Billie Jones > > Camden, SC > > tjones@camden.net > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Audrey E. Pool" <ddpool@madnet.net> > > To: <SCEDGEFI-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 4:58 PM > > Subject: Re: names from VA to SC: POOL-MOORE-NEWMAN-CARTER-PARSONS-FORT, > > Elias-ROE-WILLIAMS > > > > > > > We know that PARSONS married HOLLOWAYS, and of course, POOLS. One > > William > > POOLE of SC married a Hannah NEWMAN. We are familiar with almost all of > > these surnames/families as they are in SC. Audrey > > > > > > > > > > > > Will and Deed Book I, Isle of Wight County, VA by John Bennett > > BODDIE."Report of a jury how Wm PARSONS came to his death. (signed) > > Thos. > > CARTER, foreman, Thos. BARLOW, Thos MOORE, John NEWMAN, Edward BRANTLY, > > John > > LITFORD, Joseph POOL, Elias FORT, John BRILL, Charles WILLIAMS, Robert > > ROE, > > George MOORE." > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCEDGEFI Mailing List ==== > > > List owner Charmaine Riley Holley > > > cholley722@aol.com > > > proud sponsor of rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > > Best Website around for South Carolina SCGenWeb - South Carolina > > Genealogy research > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3837/ > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! News - Today's headlines >http://news.yahoo.com > > >==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE >Write SC-Genealogy-L-Request@RootsWeb.com >Plain Text with just the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of letter >Change the "L" to "D" if you have Digest Mode