John FORTNER
Internet IGI 2006, (Jun)
Pedigree Resource File
Ancestry.com
Hinds County,Mississippi Marriage Records, 1823-1871
The Fortner Family, by Pleasant Retreat, 1974 (FHL#929.273 F778a)
The Forkner Clan Volume I, 1981 (FHL#929.273 F764p V.1)
Edgefield County Deed Book 30, pgs 268, 301, & 302
1850 Census Copiah County,Mississippi, pgs 227 & 274
1790 Census Dobbs County,North Carolina
1860 Census Catahoula Parish,Pine Woods District,Louisiana
Deed Books of Edgefield County,South Carolina, Vol 3,10,16,18,19,24,28
Probate Records of Edgefield Co.,South Carolina
New.familysearch.org, Apr 2013
Rootsweb.com
1880 Census 7th Ward, Catahoula, Louisiana
See Family Group Sheet of John Fortner and wife Nancy Kelly
1810 Census Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina
NOTE: living with brother, Thomas, at time of 1850 census, wife not listed
NOTE: Not found in 1850 census records
He married Bersheba Arrington 1800 at of South Carolina . Bersheba Arrington was born at of North Carolina Abt 1780 .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Arthur Fortner
born Abt 1802.
Martin Fortner
born 1804.
Benjamin F. Fortner
born 14 Mar 1806.
John Arrington Fortner
born Abt 1808.
Ann Fortner
born 29 Mar 1811.
Burrel H. Fortner
born Abt 1815.
Eliza Jane Fortner
born Abt 1815.
Epsey Eleanor Fortner
born Abt 1821.
Sarah Fortner
born Abt 1822.
Thomas Squire Fortner
born 17 Jun 1825.
John Fortner died 1860 at Catahoula, Louisiana .
Bersheba Arrington died Abt 1825 at Hinds, Mississippi .