Elias FORT & Ann RAWLS

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Elias FORT
Ann RAWLS

Husband: Elias FORT
Will signed: 1773
Will proved: 1774, Halifax Co., NC
Father: Elias FORT
Mother: Olive PITMAN

Marriage:

Wife: Ann RAWLS
Father: William RAWLS
Mother: Dinah __?__

Children — said to be born in Edgecombe [now Halifax] Co., NC:

1. Mary FORT, b. 1750-54; m. William CHAMPION (d. 1825, Laurens Co., GA)
2. Sherwood FORT, b. 19 Sep 1759; d. aft. 1835, Cumberland Co., NC; m. Sarah "Sally" __?__
3. Micajah FORT, b. 1768/9, NC
4. Jesse FORT, b. ca. 1760s/70s
5. Willis FORT, b. bef. 1775; m. Penelope "Penny" WHITEHEAD
6. Elias FORT, b. bef. 1775
7. Abscilla FORT, b. bef. 1775
8. Olive Pitman FORT, b. bef. 1775; m. 26 Aug 1802, Christian Co., KY, Silas COOK

In a family/culture that tended to marry young, 1802 is very late for a first marriage for Olive. Might the Olive who married Silas COOK be our subjects' granddaughter?

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Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Cook, Silas Fort, Olive Pitman 26 Aug 1802 Christian Co., KY

This was the only marriage found for any of the above.

2. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310):

1742 Fort, Elias NC Edgecombe Co.

3. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund CD-311):

1790 Fort, Sherod NC Cumberland Co. p. 38 01-02-02-00-00

1790 Champion, William NC Cumberland Co. p. 38 02-03-04-00-00

1790 Champion, William NC Halifax Co. p. 62 02-00-04-00-00

1790 Fort, Willis NC Halifax Co. p. 62 01-01-02-00-00

1790 Fort, Elias NC Halifax Co. p. 63 02-03-02-00-00

1790 Fort, Willie NC Halifax Co. p. 64 01-02-03-00-00

1790 Fort, Elias NC Edgecombe Co. p. 55 01-01-02-00-00

4. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

5. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

6. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs online at FamilySearch.org).

7. WorldConnect (online at RootsWeb.com).

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