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Submitted: 1/12/08 • Approved: 5/2/19 • Last Updated: 5/5/19 • R9671-G9671-S3
Jacob 1789 - 1862
Nancy 1791 - 1831
Marriage: 1810
1) Nancy (Taylor) Fortenberry 1810 New Madrid County, Missouri
2) Mrs. Elizabeth Porter Fortenberry 23 Jan 1853 Lawrence, Arkansas*
Jacob "Jake" Fortenberry son of James Leath Fortenberry and Margaret Peggy (Jones) Fortenberry.
Old Shady Grove community where Jacob settled was where Jesup is now located. The Shady G. school/church was located just out of Jesup (Hubert Blanchard)
Lawrence County History, p. 12
Early settlers of Lynn included: Raneys, Fortenberrys, Penns
Early settlers of Jesup, page 28 included: Fortenberrys, Raylors, Finleys, Raineys
Lynn Methodist Church, p. 46 was Raney's Chapel. Members included: Fortenberry, Brannon, Segraves, Raney. Trustees were A.J. Segraves, W. O. Brannon (article by Lillian Brannon)
Jacob and Nancy Taylor Fortenberry
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=b05dbe45-bba6-4e3c-8805-d7c3d63bfeb7&tid=7129204&pid=-943026985
Buried at Lancaster Cemetery on Reed's Creek about one mile Northwest of Strawberry. Pioneer Marker located near Jesup, Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA.
In The Fortenberry Faminly in Arkansas by John & Maxine Fortenberry states that 5 of their children - their sons; Joseph, Oliver Rice, William M & Ambrose H Sevier and their daughter, Malinda (Fortenberry) Childers went to Texas to live. page 16.
* Arkansas, County Marriages
Name Jacob Fortenberry
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 23 Jan 1853
Event Place: Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place: Lawrence, Arkansas
Gender Male
Age 64
Birth Year (Estimated): 1789
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Porter
Spouse's Residence Place:Lawrence, Arkansas
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age: 43
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1810
Page 42
Citing this Record
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N99P-Y3N : 18 March 2019), Jacob Fortenberry, 23 Jan 1853; citing Marriage, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,290,702.
Contributed on 1/12/08 by denise.bratcher63
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