The census record to the right shows the family of Nelson Fortenberry, wife, Philona and their first three children. They are living in the "Water Hole" district of Marion County, Mississippi in 1880.
Sources
The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi by Adrianne Fortenberry Criminger
1850 census record for Pike and Walthall counties Mississippi
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nelson by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Nelson: