Lycurgus C. Mosley

M, ID# 16651, b. 1872, d. August 1929
  • Last Edited: 24 Jan 2004

Family: Minnie Belle Fortson b. 17 May 1885

Citations

  1. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 152.
  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. 716.
  3. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 152 (giving only the year).

Grover Cleveland Webb

M, ID# 16652, b. 5 September 1885
  • Last Edited: 14 Jun 2003

Family: Elizabeth White ('Lizzie') Fortson b. 17 Nov 1886, d. 26 Mar 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. 716.

Gertrude Bradshaw

F, ID# 16653
  • Last Edited: 14 Jun 2003

Family: Carey Starke Fortson b. 14 Aug 1888, d. 22 Feb 1966

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. 717.

Emma Corline Ruff

F, ID# 16654, b. 28 July 1900, d. 5 December 1994
  • Last Edited: 9 May 2004

Family: Carey Starke Fortson b. 14 Aug 1888, d. 22 Feb 1966

Citations

  1. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 166.
  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. 717.

C. Carl Wilhite Sr.

M, ID# 16661, d. 3 April 1963
  • Note*: He was born on May 5.3
  • Last Edited: 14 Jun 2003

Family: Amanda Dobbs Fortson b. 3 May 1891, d. Apr 1988

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. 717 (naming William Wilhite as his father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 717 (naming Laura Wilhite as his mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 717.
  4. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 717 (naming C. Carl Wilhite Sr. as her father).

William Wilhite

M, ID# 16662
  • Last Edited: 14 Jun 2003

Family: Laura _____

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. 717.
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 717 (naming William Wilhite as his father).

Laura _____

F, ID# 16663
  • Last Edited: 14 Jun 2003

Family: William Wilhite

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. 717.
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 717 (naming Laura Wilhite as his mother).

Frances Lorelle Wilhite

F, ID# 16664, b. 24 October 1916, d. 9 March 2013
  • Last Edited: 29 Jul 2025

Family: Wilton Thomas Fortson b. 4 Nov 1915, d. 23 Nov 2003

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. 717 (naming C. Carl Wilhite Sr. as her father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 717 (naming Amanda Dobbs Fortson as her mother).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, pp. 717, 745.
  4. [S2424] Memorial for ----, memorial ID no. 102983177, online at Find A Grave, https://tinyurl.com/ucc5fz8h, viewed on 28 Jun 2022.
  5. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 745 (giving the date and the place).
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 717 (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S2425] Memorial for ----, memorial ID no. 102982103, online at Find A Grave, https://tinyurl.com/ucc5fz8h, viewed on 28 Jun 2022 (not giving the date or the place).
  8. [S2424] Memorial on Find A Grave for ----, online, above (not giving the date or the place).

Wilton Thomas Fortson

M, ID# 16665, b. 4 November 1915, d. 23 November 2003
  • Note*: He and Weymon were twins.11
  • Last Edited: 29 Jul 2025

Family: Frances Lorelle Wilhite b. 24 Oct 1916, d. 9 Mar 2013

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. 745 (naming Henry Clay Fortson as his father).
  2. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 717 (naming H. Clay Fortson as his father).
  3. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 717 (naming Floyce M. Fortson as his mother).
  4. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 745 (naming Floyce Elizabeth Maxwell as his mother).
  5. [S2425] Memorial for ----, memorial ID no. 102982103, online at Find A Grave, https://tinyurl.com/ucc5fz8h, viewed on 28 Jun 2022 (giving the date and the place).
  6. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 745 (giving the date and the place).
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 717 (giving the date but not the place).
  8. [S2425] Memorial on Find A Grave for ----, online, above (not giving the date or the place).
  9. [S2424] Memorial for ----, memorial ID no. 102983177, online at Find A Grave, https://tinyurl.com/ucc5fz8h, viewed on 28 Jun 2022 (not giving the date or the place).
  10. [S2425] Memorial on Find A Grave for ----, online, above.
  11. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 745.

Mary Pope Moore

F, ID# 16666, b. 11 March 1895, d. December 1972
  • Last Edited: 17 Nov 2025

Family: Paul Estes Fortson b. 10 Mar 1889, d. 7 Sep 1962

Citations

  1. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 150 (giving only the year).
  2. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 9 May 2004.
  3. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 150.
  4. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 9 May 2004 (stating that she died in Dec 1972; not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Elberton, Ga. when she died).
  5. [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. 744 (naming Mary Pope Moore as his mother).
  6. [S2499] Obituary for Martha Fortson Anderson, Index-Journal, Greenwood, South Carolina, 16 Nov 2025, online at legacy.com, https://tinyurl.com/3dndnsnb, viewed on 17 Nov 2025 (naming Mary Pope Moore as her mother).
  7. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 744 (naming Mary Pope Moore as her mother).
  8. [S2226] Obituary for Otis Paul Fortson, Sosebee Mortuary and Crematory, Anderson, South Carolina, not dated, online at https://tinyurl.com/bdfem6v3, viewed on 20 Mar 2023 (naming Mary Pope Moore as his mother).

Floyce Elizabeth Maxwell

F, ID# 16667, b. 5 April 1895, d. 7 June 1972

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 3 Aug 2025

Family: Henry Clay Fortson b. 1 Oct 1892, d. 4 Nov 1960

Citations

  1. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 29 Jan 2004.
  2. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 149 (giving only the year).
  3. [S2422] Elbert County, Georgia, Records, 1790-2002, ancestry.com, record for Clay Fortson and Floyce Maxwell, viewed on 29 Jul 2025 (giving the date and the place).
  4. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 149 (not giving the date or the place).
  5. [S931] Ann Clark Holloman, comp, Elbert County, Georgia Death Records 1875-1876 and 1919-1995 (Albany, Ga.: Ann Clark Holloman, 1997), p. 55, certificate no. 10822.
  6. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 29 Jan 2004 (stating that she died in Jun 1972 without naming the place).
  7. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 149 (giving the date but not the place).
  8. [S930] Elbert County Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (n.p.: n.pub., 2002), p. 149.
  9. [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. 745 (naming Floyce Elizabeth Maxwell as his mother).
  10. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Marion Calloway Fortson, memorial ID no. 114184517, online at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114184517/…, viewed on 29 Jul 2025 (naming Floyce Maxwell as his mother).
  11. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Floyce Maxwell Fortson, memorial ID no. 114276794, online at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114276794/…, viewed on 29 Jul 2025 (naming Floyce Maxwell as his mother).
  12. [S27] John Wright Boyd, A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson, etc., above, p. 717 (naming Floyce M. Fortson as his mother).
  13. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Weyman Johnson Fortson, memorial no. 102981289, viewed on 8 Jan 2014 (naming Floyce Maxwell as his mother).

Lamon Latham

M, ID# 16670
  • Last Edited: 14 Jun 2003

Family: Ruby _____

Ruby _____

F, ID# 16671
  • Last Edited: 14 Jun 2003

Family: Lamon Latham

J. E. Page

M, ID# 16674
  • Last Edited: 14 Jun 2003

Family: Arleta _____

Arleta _____

F, ID# 16675
  • Last Edited: 14 Jun 2003

Family: J. E. Page

Larkin A. Clark

M, ID# 16679, b. 1854
  • Note*: He was warden of Elbert County, Georgia.1
  • Last Edited: 20 Jun 2003

Family: Georgia Elvira Cleveland b. 1860

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. 718.
  2. [S843] Descendants of John Cleveland, Jr., online http://members.tripod.com/~gracegenes/dcleveland.htm, viewed 20 Jun 2003.
  3. [S843] Descendants of John Cleveland, Jr., online, above, viewed 20 Jun 2003 (naming Larkin A. Clark as her father).

Emma Hulme

F, ID# 16680, b. 1866, d. 1955
  • Last Edited: 20 Jun 2003

Family: William Weston Cleveland b. 1863, d. 1912

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. 718.
  2. [S843] Descendants of John Cleveland, Jr., online http://members.tripod.com/~gracegenes/dcleveland.htm, viewed 20 Jun 2003.

Dr. S. W. Williams

M, ID# 16681, b. circa 1823, d. 8 June 1880
  • Note*: He was from Ashtabula County, Ohio.2
  • Last Edited: 15 Jun 2003

Family: Janet Frierson d. 31 Jan 1886

Citations

  1. [S840] Biography of Marshall J. Williams, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills/biography/1901bio/…, viewed on 15 Jun 2003 (reproducing History of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1901), (not giving the date or place but stating that he was a native of Ashtabula County, Ohio and was fifty-seven years old when he died on 8 Jun 1880).
  2. [S840] Biography of Marshall J. Williams, above.
  3. [S840] Biography of Marshall J. Williams, above, (naming Dr. S. W. Williams as her father).
  4. [S840] Biography of Marshall J. Williams, above, (naming Dr. S. W. Williams as his father).

Janet Frierson

F, ID# 16682, d. 31 January 1886
  • Last Edited: 15 Jun 2003

Family: Dr. S. W. Williams b. c 1823, d. 8 Jun 1880

Citations

  1. [S840] Biography of Marshall J. Williams, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills/biography/1901bio/…, viewed on 15 Jun 2003 (reproducing History of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1901).
  2. [S840] Biography of Marshall J. Williams, above, (naming Janet Frierson as her mother).
  3. [S840] Biography of Marshall J. Williams, above, (naming Janet Frierson as his mother).

Rowena Williams

F, ID# 16683
  • Last Edited: 15 Jun 2003

Citations

  1. [S840] Biography of Marshall J. Williams, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills/biography/1901bio/…, viewed on 15 Jun 2003 (reproducing History of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1901), (naming Dr. S. W. Williams as her father).
  2. [S840] Biography of Marshall J. Williams, above, (naming Janet Frierson as her mother).

Sarah E. Williams

F, ID# 16684
  • Last Edited: 15 Jun 2003

Citations

  1. [S840] Biography of Marshall J. Williams, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills/biography/1901bio/…, viewed on 15 Jun 2003 (reproducing History of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1901), (naming Dr. S. W. Williams as her father).
  2. [S840] Biography of Marshall J. Williams, above, (naming Janet Frierson as her mother).

Robert Joseph Tankersley

M, ID# 16687, b. 24 August 1905, d. 10 September 1966
  • Note*: One source gives 14 Aug 1905 as his birthdate.4
  • Last Edited: 21 Jun 2003

Family: Julia Irene Bobo b. 28 May 1907, d. 7 Jul 1993

Citations

  1. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed 21 Jun 2003.
  2. [S844] Belle Shepherd, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 20 Jun 2003 (stating that he was born on 14 Aug 1905, not 24 Aug 1905, in South Carolina).
  3. [S842] Belle Shepherd, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Jun 2003.
  4. [S844] Belle Shepherd, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 20 Jun 2003.
  5. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed 21 Jun 2003 (stating that he died in Sep 1966 and not naming the place).

Sarah Amanda Darracott

F, ID# 16688, b. 12 November 1915, d. 12 January 1998
  • Last Edited: 31 Dec 2006

Family: Ralph Graydon Bobo Sr. b. 3 Jun 1910, d. 7 Jun 1971

Citations

  1. [S844] Belle Shepherd, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 20 Jun 2003.
  2. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed 21 Jun 2003 (giving her name as Sara D. Bobo).
  3. [S1124] Tignall Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilkes Co., Ga., online http://www.giddeon.com/wilkes/cemeteries/tignall.shtml, viewed on 31 Dec 2006.
  4. [S842] Belle Shepherd, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Jun 2003.
  5. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed 21 Jun 2003 (giving her name as Sara D. Bobo; not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Washington, Ga. when she died).

Albert Leon Denard Sr.

M, ID# 16689, b. 29 April 1908, d. 23 December 1992
  • Last Edited: 31 Dec 2006

Family: Nannie Bobo b. 23 Apr 1913, d. 28 Jan 1998

Citations

  1. [S844] Belle Shepherd, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 20 Jun 2003.
  2. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed 21 Jun 2003.
  3. [S1124] Tignall Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilkes Co., Ga., online http://www.giddeon.com/wilkes/cemeteries/tignall.shtml, viewed on 31 Dec 2006.
  4. [S842] Belle Shepherd, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Jun 2003.
  5. [S1124] Tignall Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilkes Co., Ga., online, above, viewed on 31 Dec 2006 (not giving the date).
  6. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed 21 Jun 2003 (giving her name as Sara D. Bobo; not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Washington, Ga. when he died).

Katie Sue Lewis

F, ID# 16690, b. 28 November 1922, d. 1 September 2000
  • Last Edited: 21 Jun 2003

Family: James Willie Bobo Jr. b. 10 Nov 1923, d. 12 Dec 1972

Citations

  1. [S844] Belle Shepherd, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 20 Jun 2003.
  2. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed 21 Jun 2003.
  3. [S842] Belle Shepherd, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 18 Jun 2003.
  4. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed 21 Jun 2003 (not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Washington, Ga. when she died).

Frances Vesta Clark

F, ID# 16700, b. 1879
  • Birth*: She was born in 1879.3
  • Last Edited: 20 Jun 2003

Citations

  1. [S843] Descendants of John Cleveland, Jr., online http://members.tripod.com/~gracegenes/dcleveland.htm, viewed 20 Jun 2003 (naming Larkin A. Clark as her father).
  2. [S843] Descendants of John Cleveland, Jr., online, above, viewed 20 Jun 2003 (naming Georgia Elvira Cleveland as her mother).
  3. [S843] Descendants of John Cleveland, Jr., online, above, viewed 20 Jun 2003.