Jesse
Fort
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Elias Fort Sr.
and Olive (Pitman) Fort
Brother of
Micajah Fort, Elias Fort Jr., Elias Fort [half], Martha Fort [half], John Fort, Mary Nancy (Fort) Pope, Ann (Fort) Pope and Lucy Fort
Husband of
Unknown (UNKNOWN) Unknown
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Delilah (Fort) Strother
Died
at about age 73
in Wilkinson Co., MS
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2010
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This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.
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Birth
Probably the youngest child born 1742 or earlier.
Marriage
Wife's name not known; she died sometime before Jesse died.
Residence
ABT 1764 Moved to Craven (Fairfield Co.) Co., SC.
He left Halifax (or Edgecombe Co.) in the 1764-1770 period and settled in Craven Co., SC (later Camden District, then Fairfield District).
AFT 1790 Moved to Wilkinson Co., MS
Military
Served in the Revolutionary War
His later war claim in SC shows he served as a "foot & horse soldier" in the Revolution.
Death
He died in 1815 in Wilkinson Co., MS. His wife, whos name is not known, had died previously.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse:
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~0.78%
Sib Northrip
:
23andMe, GEDmatch A377876 [compare], Ancestry member sib_northrip_jr
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A758945 [compare], Ancestry member sib_northrip_jr
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~0.78%
Meg (Pope) St Peter :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Melanie (Cameron) Kennedy :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Sam Jones :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T239749 [compare], FTDNA kit #A75919
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Roger Robison :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #161255
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