William
Fortson
Born about in Caroline, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Fortson Sr.
and Elizabeth (Winn) Johnson
Brother of
Thomas Fortson
Husband of
Mildred (Marshall) Fortson
— married
about 1769 in St. John Parish, King William Co, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
John Fortson, Anne (Fortson) Estes, Lucy (Fortson) Wright, Marshall Fortson, Frances (Fortson) Durrett, James Fortson and Richard Fortson
Died
at about age 72
in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jul 2011
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Biography
18 Apr 1771 - William Fortson & Milly his wife of Spotslvaniia to William Chiles of same. 40 pounds. 200 acres in Spotsylvania, being PART of a tract devised sd Fortson by Michael Guiney dec'd. Wit: Richd Vernon, John White.
Spotsylvania - 2 Feb 1790 - Elizabeth Johnston, relict of Aquilla Johnston, decd., late of Spts. Co., "to my two sons, Wm. Fortson & Thomas Fortson." Deed of Gift. Slaves, goods & chattels. Deed Delivered John Fortson, son of Wm. Fortson
1 Feb 1790 - Wm. Fortson of Spts. Co. to his daughter Ann and her husband, Littleton Estes. Deed of Gift. Slave, goods and chattels. Ed. Note.-This deed is also signed by Mildred x Fortson, presumably wife of sd. Wm. Fortson.
Spotsylvania Co., Va. = Augt. 15, 1797. Elizabeth x Johnson (widow) of Spots. Co. to Wm. Fortson and Mildred, his wife; Lucy Fortson, John Fortson, Wm. Fortson, Marshall Fortson, James Fortson, Richard Fortson, John Durrett and Frances, his wife, children of sd. Wm. Fortson and Mildred, his wife, and grandchildren of the sd. Elizabeth Johnson. Deed of Gift. Slaves, etc., as conveyed to the sd. Elizabeth Johnson by Wm. Fortson in preceding decd, etc., etc. Witnesses, O. Towles, Hugh Roy, George Durrett. Septr. 5, 1797.
Sources
William Armstrong Crozier, Spotsylvania County Records 1721-1800 (1905, Virginia County Records Series).
Resided in Spotsylvania, County, Virginia before moving to Lexington, Kentucky
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~0.78%
Stephen Freeman
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T499594 [compare], Ancestry member sfreem
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~0.78%
Clifton Brown :
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~0.39%
Melissa Wilson :
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Fortson-290 and Fortson-35 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicated profile
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