Mary Taylor was born in 1812, South Carolina, she married John Fortenberry. In 1850, they were in Simpson County, Simpson, Mississippi. Their son Asa Fortenberry was born in Georgia in 1832.[1]
The family lived in Simpson, Mississippi in 1840 also, John Fortenberry is also shown on the slave schedule in 1850, with a female slave age 45.[2][3]
Mary Taylor died after 1850, probably in Mississippi.
Sources
↑ United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LN-3ZB : 12 April 2016), Asa Fortenberry in household of John Fortenberry, Simpson county, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing family 117, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRL-2YP : 7 September 2017), John Fortenberry, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 221, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 217; FHL microfilm 14,841.
↑ United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVCX-BD4 : 30 July 2017), John Fortenberry, Simpson county, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing line number 27, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 443,600.
1850, Census, mother of Asa Fortenberry, wife of John Fortenberry
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
Taylor-50987 and Taylor-27422 appear to represent the same person because: Please merge, same person, husband John Fortenberry father or Asa Fortenberry