Husband: Francis Asbury FORTSON
Birthdate: January 23, 1846
Birthplace: Elbert County, GA
Death date: July 5, 1920
Place of death: Conf Sold Home, Atlanta, Ga
Father: Richard Easton Fortson
Mother: Lucy Jane Campbell

Marriage date: August 31, 1863
Marriage place: Madison County, GA

Wife: Lucy J. JOHNSON
Birthdate: 1846
Birthplace: prob Elbert or Madison Cos., GA
Death date: after 1910
Place of death: probably Madison Co., GA
Father: Josiah W. Johnson
Mother: Martha A. Moore

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Eason Asbury Fortson
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1865
Birthplace: Madison County, GA
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: November 26, 1882
Marriage place: Madison County, Ga
Spouse's name: Mary E. Barnett

Child No. 2: James Fortson
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1867
Birthplace: Madison County, Ga
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 3: Mary E. "Molly" Fortson
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1869
Birthplace: Madison County, GA
Death date: Between 1891 and 1897
Place of death: Madison County, GA
Marriage date: January 11, 1885
Marriage place: Madison County, GA
Spouse's name: William L. Tyner

Child No. 4: John D. Fortson
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1870
Birthplace: Madison County, GA
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 5: Henry T. Fortson
Sex:
Birthdate: May 7, 1873
Birthplace: Madison County, GA
Death date: April, 1942
Place of death: Madison County, GA
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: Madison County, GA
Spouse's name: Mary E. Osley

Child No. 6: John William Fortson
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1875
Birthplace: Madison County, GA
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: probably Madison County, GA
Spouse's name: Missouri Hill

Child No. 7: Madison Fortson
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1878
Birthplace: Madison County, GA
Death date: 1955
Place of death: Franklin County, GA
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Dony Smith
 
 
Documentation:
* United States Federal Censuses: Madison County, GA, 1880 and 1910.
* Madison County, GA Marriage Books.
* Joyce V. Compton (jvcompton@juno.com),Greenville, SC Info on Lucy J. Johnson, wife of Francis Asbury Fortson.
* "A Family History, Lt Thomas Fortson, And Some of His Descendants", by John Wright Boyd, published 1969, Tignall, Wilkes County, GA.