Rachel
Winn
Fortson
Born in Elbert County, Ga
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin H Fortson
and Elizabeth (Gaines) Fortson
Sister of
James T Fortson Sr [half], John Fortson [half], Easton Fortson, Sarah (Fortson) Higginbotham, Thomas Fortson, Maud Fortson, Mahaleth (Fortson) Tate, Adaline Finley (Forson) Sylar [half], Elizabeth Ann (Fortson) Adams, Richard F Fortson, Benjamin G Fortson and Amanda Fortson
Wife of
Jonathan Harris
— married
17 Aug 1823 in Elbert, Georgia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
William Francis Harris and John Achilles Harris
Died
at about age 17
in Greene County, Alabama, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jul 2011
This page has been accessed 276 times.
Biography
She is believed to be buried on the farm in Greene County. It is also believed that Rachel died in childbirth with Alexander.
Sources
- WikiTree profile Fortson-69 created through the import of clements.GED on Jul 9, 2011 by John Clements. See the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.
- Ancestry Tree [1]
- Memorial on Find A Grave [2]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
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~1.56%
Willette (Evans) Frazier
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #368598
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Tom Lisle :
23andMe
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~0.78%
K (Ray) Braswell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kapow2007
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~0.78%
Clifton Brown :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jimmy Lewis :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kay (Daniel) Roof :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Amie Oliver :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H674801 [compare]
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~0.39%
Christie (Nolan) Daniels :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member danielsmomma_5
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