| Aberdeen Cemetery John Fortson Sarah Moore Fortson - Wife John Thomas Fortson - Son Eliza DuPuy Fortson - Daughter-in-Law Thomas J. Fortson - Grandson (Son of John Thomas Fortson) Sarah Frances Fortson McAllister - Daughter |
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John Fortson was born in Elbert County, Georgia. He received land in Green County, Alabama in 1820. The deed to this land was signed by President James Monroe and still exists today. He sold his estate there on July 27, 1837, and moved to Monroe County, Mississippi.
SACRED
to the memory of OUR PARENTS JOHN & SARAH FORTSON Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors and their works do follow them. |