Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameJohn Fort 
2354, 6G Grandfather
2354, 6G GrandfatherBirthca 1741, Surry Co VA
Deathbef Nov 1825, Wake Co NC Age: 84
FatherHolliday Fort (<1708-1773)
MotherMary Ann Flake (ca1710-<1761)
Spouses
2Frances “Frankie” Broadwell 2106, Step 6G Grandmother
2106, Step 6G GrandmotherBirth1782
Death8 May 1834, Wake Co NC Age: 52
Marriage8 Nov 1814
Notes for John Fort
Authors' Notes from “A Family Called Fort.”2106
John Fort's Will. Made August 27, 1824 and recorded November, 1825, this will is in Will Book 19, Page 452, Wake County. This John Fort was the father of the man who married Patsy Powell; the latter had died by 1824. By comparing the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren named in this will against the will of the other son, James, it is possible to identify the descendants of John Fort and Patsy.
Further Research. While they had access to the will mentioned above and to the excellent research of Mrs. O. A. Lester of Raleigh, the authors did not search the Wake County records personally. It is believed that such a search would reveal much more of the descent from John Fort than is .given in this volume. Mrs. Lester supplied the name of John Fort's wife.
Embry Descent. Norris W. Embry of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Mrs. Milton Priebe of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, kindly supplied the data on both Marion and Patsy Embry, using family records. The name is sometimes given as "Embrough".
John Caswell Fort. The will of Franky Broadwell Fort is in Wake Cotlnty, Book 24, Page 259, dated. May 8, 1834, probated February, 1839. It mentions the "late John C. Fort" and gives the married names of Nancy and Zelphia Smith and of Martha E. Fort. Will Book 24, Page 5 gives the will of "John Fort, Jr." The authors' extract is hard to read but apparently lists: William David Fort, Martha Grizzy Ann, Sally Fort, W. F. Fort, Jackey Fort. John, Jr. is probably John Caswell Fort. The John, Jr. extracts gives December 31, 1836 as the day of his death, but this is probably the date of record.
John Fort's Will. Made August 27, 1824 and recorded November, 1825, this will is in Will Book 19, Page 452, Wake County. This John Fort was the father of the man who married Patsy Powell; the latter had died by 1824. By comparing the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren named in this will against the will of the other son, James, it is possible to identify the descendants of John Fort and Patsy.
Further Research. While they had access to the will mentioned above and to the excellent research of Mrs. O. A. Lester of Raleigh, the authors did not search the Wake County records personally. It is believed that such a search would reveal much more of the descent from John Fort than is .given in this volume. Mrs. Lester supplied the name of John Fort's wife.
Embry Descent. Norris W. Embry of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Mrs. Milton Priebe of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, kindly supplied the data on both Marion and Patsy Embry, using family records. The name is sometimes given as "Embrough".
John Caswell Fort. The will of Franky Broadwell Fort is in Wake Cotlnty, Book 24, Page 259, dated. May 8, 1834, probated February, 1839. It mentions the "late John C. Fort" and gives the married names of Nancy and Zelphia Smith and of Martha E. Fort. Will Book 24, Page 5 gives the will of "John Fort, Jr." The authors' extract is hard to read but apparently lists: William David Fort, Martha Grizzy Ann, Sally Fort, W. F. Fort, Jackey Fort. John, Jr. is probably John Caswell Fort. The John, Jr. extracts gives December 31, 1836 as the day of his death, but this is probably the date of record.