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2601 [Endress.FTW]

Hannah's name is either spelt Hannah or Hanna. Her maiden name was either
Host er, Hostman or Hoffman. John Peter Endress is her second husband. Her first
hu sband was Conrad Goltman.
Hannah had 6 children by Goltman, 3 of them survived her.
Hannah had 4 children by John, 3 of them also survived after her death. 
HOFFMAN, Hannah (I15671)
 
2602 [Endress.FTW]

The information for John's family was taken from the following sources.
1. 974 , 819/L1 V26m Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon, Lebanon,
Pennsylvani a, Burial Records
2. 974, 819/L1 V26m Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Leban on, Lebanon,
Pennsylvania, Marriage Records

John was the second husband of Hannah, his wife.
They had four children, only two are currently shown.

The information for John's family was taken from the following sources.
1. 974, 8 19/L1 V26m Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon, Lebanon,
Pennsylvania, Burial Records
2. 974, 819/L1 V26m Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon, Lebanon,
Pennsylvania, Marriage Records

John was the second husband of Han nah, his wife.
They had four children, only two are currently shown. 
ENDRESS, John Peter (I15670)
 
2603 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 10Q1-JG3 
GODFREY, John (I16894)
 
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Ancestral File Number: 148F-7Z4 
GODFREY, Jane (I16889)
 
2605 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 18PV-MW6 
TURNER, Mary (I16903)
 
2606 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 1TRC-L60 
GODFREY, James (I16898)
 
2607 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 1TRC-L76 
GODFREY, Jane (I16899)
 
2608 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 1TRC-L8D 
GODFREY, Elizabeth (I16900)
 
2609 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 84TN-12 
GODFREY, Alice (I16883)
 
2610 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 84TN-3D 
GODFREY, Richard (I16884)
 
2611 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 84TN-9F 
GODFREY, Richard (I16896)
 
2612 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 84TN-BL 
TURNER, John (I16901)
 
2613 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 84TN-XP 
GODFREY, Jane (I16887)
 
2614 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 84TN-ZV 
GODFREY, John (I16888)
 
2615 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 84TP-01 
GODFREY, Robert (I16890)
 
2616 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 944C-DK 
TURNER, Jane (I16885)
 
2617 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: 944C-LL 
Jane (I16902)
 
2618 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: GLL6-DG 
WILLIAMS, Deborah (I16895)
 
2619 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: HRZJ-Z9 
Mrs-Richard (I16897)
 
2620 [Godfrey.FTW]

Ancestral File Number: NKJD-S9 
GODFREY, Richard Jr. (I16892)
 
2621 [Godfrey.FTW]

Title: JR. Ancestral File Number: 84TN-WJ 
RICHARD, Jr. Godfrey (I16886)
 
2622 [Jackson.FTW]

[david_jackson.FTW] 
JACKSON, Rebecca (I17102)
 
2623 [Jackson.FTW] JACKSON, David (I17087)
 
2624 [Kinsman.FTW]


See Joseph H. Kinsman notes from John Steele.


According to the 1880 Census in La Salle, Elizabeth was 45 at the timeof the enumeration. 
Elizabeth (I16397)
 
2625 [Kinsman.FTW]

1870 Federal Census states Alfred is idiotic. 
KINSMAN, Alfred (I16439)
 
2626 [Kinsman.FTW]

According to the 1880 Census in La Salle, Joseph was 18 at the time ofthe enumeration. At the time of the census, Joseph Y. worked at thezinc factory.
the 1900 census placed Hazel with her Aunt Alice and Uncle NelsonWeller. According to Hazel, she was raised by the Weller's.

From Gail Clayton, a Kinsman cousin.
I did a quick search at ancestry.com and genealogy.com and found him(Joseph Y.) in the Terre Haute, Vigo Co. Indiana Census for 1910 and1920. It looks like his 1st wife died and he remarried ca 1896 toMargaret a widow. He is living with Margaret and a step daughterMerlie Alberta. I am not sure on her first name spelling. Alberta isthe last name. In 1910 Joseph works in a glass factory.

I then found that Joseph died in October 1926 and there was an obitprinted in the Terre Haute Tribune on Oct. 16, 1926. Go to this sitehttp://www.rootsweb.com/~invigo/vigo.htm once there look for theWabash Valley Obits. His second wife, Margaret died in 1950.
Gail Clayton

The Terre Haute Tribune obituary, Saturday, October 16, 1926, page 2,states:
Joseph Y. Kinsman, aged 65 years, died at 12:20 o'clock this morningat his home, 3000 North Sixth street. He is survived by his widow,Margaret; one daughter, Mrs. George Nichols, of LaSalle, Ill.; onestep-daughter, Mrs. Merile D. Albert; two grandchildren and onestep-grandchild; his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Kinsman; two sisters, Mrs.Emma Wales and Mrs. Harry Bosworth of South Dakota. He was a memberof Euclid lodge, F. and A. M. the K. of P. of Cicero, Ind., and 5564,M. W. A., of Twelve Points. The body was taken to the Thomas funeralhome on North Thirteenth street awaiting word from relatives. Funeralarrangements will be announced later.

The Terre Haute Tribune obituary, Monday, October 18, 1926, page 2,states:
Joseph Kinsman. The funeral of Joseph Kinsman who died Saturday, willbe held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Farmer's chapel, with burialat Woodlawn cemetery. The services will be in charge of Euclid lodge,F. and A.M.

The above information provided by Mary-Margaret Iacoli of the VigoCounty Public Library. 
KINSMAN, Joseph Y. (I16490)
 
2627 [Kinsman.FTW]

Came to America at age 4 with his parents.
Nicholas was a miner and farmer in Linden, Iowa County, Wisconsin. 
KINSMAN, Nicholas (I16427)
 
2628 [Kinsman.FTW]

This information was received from Bob Kinsman. 
KINSMAN, Simon (I16431)
 
2629 [Kinsman.FTW]

Thomas enlisted in the Civil War and was in Sherman's march to thesea. 
KINSMAN, Thomas (I16467)
 
2630 [Kinsman.FTW]

Thomas was a grain merchant in the 1860's and a Supertendent of minesin Mineral Point in the 1870's. 
KINSMAN, Thomas (I16473)
 
2631 [Kinsman.FTW]

_STATMARRIED
According to notes from Bob Kinsman, Jane and Thomas were married onApril 23, 1747 in St. Justine, Cornwall, England. 
Family F4818
 
2632 [Kinsman.FTW]

_STATMARRIED 
Family F4808
 
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_STATMARRIED 
Family F4813
 
2634 [Kinsman.FTW]

_STATMARRIED 
Family F4815
 
2635 [Kinsman.FTW]

_STATMARRIED 
Family F4821
 
2636 [lockwood1.FTW]

An inventory was taken, 30 Jan 1706/7, after her death b y J onathan Selleck, Benjamin Green and John Ambler and pre sent ed by Edmund Lockwood, son. Distributors of the estat e wer e Joseph Bishop, Green, and Ambler. 
SCOTT, Hannah (I15796)
 
2637 [lowe.FTW]

Buried at Rock Hill cemetary, Puxico, Mo 
LOWE, George W. (I12397)
 
2638 [lowe.FTW]

twin of Ida 
LOWE, Ada (I12393)
 
2639 [merrifield.FTW]

1868 October 9 Columbia Statesman, p. 2, col. 4-5: Mrs. John Fortner given awards at Boone Co. Fair [possibly Kizza's daughter-in-law, Samira Ann (Jones) Fortney?].

NARA M-593, Roll 760, 1870 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 15, enumerated 4 August 1870, #229/239: Kizzia Fortney, 74, F, b. N. Carolina.
[NOTE BY VED: She was living by herself, apparently, though possibly sharing a household with her son John at #229/238. The two prior families enumerated were her sons Wary and Jack (Andrew Jackson), her daughter Lucinda with husband Elias Barnes was listed immediately after her, and Edward and Ann Easley were #245; William and Nancy Reyburn were #246. Joseph and Margaret Reyburn were a little farther away, but still in Cedar Township. She was well embedded among her descendants.]

1874 September 18 Columbia Statesman, p. 3. col. 6: Mrs. John Fortner given award at Boone Co. Fair.

NARA T-9, Reel 676, 1880 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 74r, [no household numbers in this section]: Raiborn, Will, W, m, 62, Farmer, MO/KY/KY; Nancy, W, f, 56, Wife, Keeping house, KY/VA/NC; Fortney, Kizzie, W, f, 85, Mother, NC/NC/NC.

1883, Boone Co., Mo., Probate Court. Estate of Kizza Fortney. Wary Fortney, Admr. #3684.

Application for letters of Administration, 6 February 1883, by Wary Fortney. List of heirs: Nancy Reyburn, Boone Co., Mo.; Wary Fortney, Boone Co., Mo.; Heirs of Martin Fortney, Boone Co., Mo.; heirs of Ann Easley, Boone Co., Mo.; Jno. H. Fortney, Boone Co., Mo.; Lucinda Barnes, Boone Co., Mo.; Jackson Fortney, Boone Co., Mo.; Jane Reyburn, State of Mo.

Inventory dated 28 February 1883, made by Wary Fortney, Administrator, Robt. Johnston and R. G. Lowrey.
One Boone County bond no. 328 at 6% from date worth in balance $100.00
One Cash note for (10%) on John H. Fortney due Feb 15 1876 110.00
Interest on same 77.40
One note on Martin Fortney for (10%) 66.56
due Feb 11th 1876 Interest on same 46.85
One note on Wary Fortney for $50.00
less By Cash Balence (10 %) 5.00 45.00
Interest paid in full to Feb 15 1878 Balance 18.20
One note on same for 6 per cent 12.60
Due June 25th 1882 Interest 0.50
One note Wm T Reyburn for $20.00
less by Cash July 4th 1882 (6 %) 13.13 Bal 6.87
Said note due Feb 14th 1880 Balance int 2.05
Cash on hand 3.15
One pr of Steelyards
10 yds Calico

Memoranda
At Wary Fortney 1 ??? & stand table
1 bed sted & bedding
At Barnes one trunnel bedsted & bedding
4 chairs 1 safe and Cubbard
wan tray & holing??
At Wm Reyburn one bed sted & bedding
dining table
1 looking glass
1 rocking chair
cubbard ?????

Eli and Lucinda Barnes claimed $100.00 against this estate, before settlement, for having cared for Kizza Fortney during the last years of her life.
There was a trial with witnesses called.

Final Settlement dated 16 May 1885.

Receipts for share of estate signed by:
Austin Easley
George A. Easley
Green Easley
Sallie Boswell by J.M. Boswell her husband
Sarah F. Merrifield & A. Merrifield
Francis M. "X" Fortney
E. Penter, guardian of Danl H. Rybolt
E. Penter, guardian of Nancy L. Fortney et al.
Margaret Jane Reyburn
A. "X" Fortney
Lucinda Barnes
John H. Fortney
Nancy Reyburn, W. T. Reyburn
Clementine and James Sapp
Other receipts from, among others:
Edward Farley for setting tombstone
David Henderson, M.D., for medical attention
Jno. H. Hinton, Probate Judge
John Ellis
J. P. Baumgartner, publication of final settlement notice
C. A. Payne
Robt. T. Johnston
R.G. Lowry
Collector's Office, Boone Co., Mo., for 1877/1878 back taxes on 80 acres, E 1/2 NE Section 6 Twp 47 Range 12 valuation $341. J.C. Orr, Collector.
Strawn, Ferguson & Bouchelle for slippers, gloves, hose, and 2 yd Thule
G. M. Dearing for casket, etc.

Columbia Missouri Herald
11 January 1883, p. 3, col. 7.
DIED.
At the residence of her son Wary Fortney in Boone county, January 7, 1883, Mrs. Kissah Fortney, aged 88 years. Deceased was born in Pitt county, North Carolina. She afterwards removed to Kentucky whence she came to Boone county 64 years auring all of which time she has been a resident of this county. She was a faithful member of the old school Baptist church being at the time of her death the oldest living member of Union church. She died as she lived a consistent christian and beloved by all who knew her. 
RICHARDS, Kizza (I17129)
 
2640 [merrifield.FTW]

1900. Ashland Bugle, 9 October 1930, p. 8, col. 1:
30 Years Ago. Announcement made of the marriage at Yukon, Okla., of Nannie Fortney and Gillum Jones.

Ashland Bugle, 26 August 1926, p. 5, col. 1:
Mr. and Mrs G W Jones (formerly Nannie Fortney) and daughters Dorothy and Bulah, of Tulsa, Okla., toured in last Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Griffin and other relatives.

Ashland Bugle, 9 November 1933, p. 1, col. 1:
8 WEEKS SEPARATE DEATH
OF BROTHER AND SISTER
-----
Mrs. Geo. W. Jones, who was
Nannie Leathy Fortney, Died
October 25, Her Brother Henry
Fortney, Sept. 3, at their Homes
in Tulsa, Okla.
-----
News of the death on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at her home in Tulsa, Okla., of Mrs. Nannie L. Jones, 55, who was Nannie Leathy Fortney, formerly of this vicinity, was learned here Tuesday. Funeral services, conducted gy the Reverend Hathoway, weld at 2:30 p.m. at the Methodist church in West Tulsa. Burial was made in Memorial Park. Surviving are her husband, George W. Jones, four daughters, Mrs. Edith Allen, Seminole, Okla., Mrs. Edna Durbin, Collinsville, and Dorothy and Beulah at home, and one son, Kenneth Jones, of Tulsa.
Mrs. Jones has been in failing health for some time. When her brother, Henry Fortney, also a native and former resident of this section, died Sept. 3 last, she was transported to his funeral in an ambulance, being unable to sit up. Eights afterward, she followed him in death. 
FORTNEY, Nancy Leathy (I17151)
 
2641 [merrifield.FTW]

Alias: /Effie/ 
MERRIFIELD, Euphemia (I17199)
 
2642 [merrifield.FTW]

Alias: /Ellen/ 
BATTEN, Eleanor (I17213)
 
2643 [merrifield.FTW]

Ashland Bugle, 25 June 1914, p. 1, col. 2:
Mrs. Wm. Reyburn, west of Deer Park, has lived 91 years on the same farm.

Ashland Bugle, 4 February 1915, p. 1, col. 2:
Mrs. Nancy Reyburn, 92 years old, died recently at her home west of Deer Park. Deceased came to Boone county with her parents, Mr. and John [sic] Fortney in 1814 [sic] and the parents entered the land where the Reyburn farm is located, sae Columbia Daily Times. W. W. Reyburn is the only surviving member of the family. 
FORTNEY, Nancy (I17138)
 
2644 [merrifield.FTW]

Columbia Missouri Herald, 27 April 1900, p. 9, col. 2:
DIED. Fortney:--Near Ashland, Boone county, Misosuri [sic], April 14, 1900, Mrs. Mary Fortney, aged 63 years. 
MCGAUKEY, Mary Ann (I17136)
 
2645 [merrifield.FTW]

Data on her descendants, from Opal (Burnham) Nichols, provided 06/06/2001 by Ruth Payne, 7405 W. 74th St., Overland Park, KS 66204. 
FORTNEY, Minerva P. (I17146)
 
2646 [merrifield.FTW]

Death notice, Columbia Statesman, 28 October 1859, p. 2, col. 6.
Lucinda E. Fortney, d. 1860, age 2 y. Recorded 1860 census mortality schedule, Boone Co., Mo. 
FORTNEY, Lucinda Emeline (I17155)
 
2647 [merrifield.FTW]

Death notice, Columbia Statesman, 7 October 1859, p. 2, col. 4.
Alice A. Fortney, age 3 years, recorded 1860 census mortality schedule, Boone Co., MO. 
FORTNEY, Alice Angeline (I17154)
 
2648 [merrifield.FTW]

EARLY U.S. FORTNEY SETTLEMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA

Most of the early Fortney families of the United States lived in either Pennsylvania--Lancaster Co. (the part that later became Lebanon and Dauphin Counties)--, in Maryland (Frederick Co.), or in West Virginia (Monongalia and Preston Cos.). They were descended from a French Huguenot Fortineux/Fortinee family of Palatine immigrants from Otterberg, Germany, to Pennsylvania in the early 1700's. They were members of the French Reformed church in Otterberg. I have collected a great deal of data on this Fortinee family in all of its spellings. There is also a book available on this Pennsylvania Fortney line, which I have purchased: THE FORTINEUX - FORTINET FAMILY (FORTNEY, FORTNA, FORDNEY, FURTNEY) IN AMERICA. It can be ordered from Howard A. Fortney, Treasurer, Fortney-Fortna Genealogy Family, Inc., 860 Sunset Lane, Port Charlotte, FL 33952. Copies were shipped to subscribers in December 1989: cost is $45.00. In 1984 the major compiler was Mr. John E. Fortna of 759 N. Jefferson Avenue, Sarasota, FL 33577 (he died in 1987). The early material concerning this family is now (1999) also on a website.

For several years, I corresponded with Evajean Fortney McKnight, who is president of the association that has sponsored the research for this genealogy: address Route 2, Box 94, 2 Ponds Drive, Coolville, Ohio 45723. They have provided me with pages and pages and pages of information on Fortineux - Fortinee, and they believe that they may have connected John and Jonas Fortney of Knox Co., Ky., onto the main family tree. In fact, they accept the connection they have made, and will present the Fortney information that I have sent to them in the spot they have chosen. I, on the other hand, remain to be convinced that this connection is correct. I have seen no documentary evidence presented--only a coincidence of names and approximate dates. When I wrote Mr. John Fortna asking for references, provided none, but stated that he was convinced of his placement.

POSSIBLE JONAS FORTNEY ANCESTRY:

Because of the known connection to Wythe Co., VA, I believe that the following family complex in the Fortney book should be examined more closely, particularly in light of the two unidentified sons:

A.C.C Jean Jacob Fortineux/Fortiner/Fortine, b. 2 November 1720, Otterberg, confirmed there 1739; arrived at Philadelphia aboard the ship Snow Thane of Fife, 7 November 1741. Possibly the Jacob Fortinet, estate filed 1761, Lancaster Co., Pa., leaving three sons. m. by 1749, Julianna __________.

A.C.C.A Jacob Fordney, b. 29 September 1748, Lancaster, PA. m. Margaret Fordney. Two daughters.

A.C.C.B Margaret Fordney, bap. 11 March 1750, Washington Co., MD. m. Jost Weyand.

A.C.C.C Elizabeth Fordney, b. 7 March 1753. m. (1) Simon Householder; m. (2) John Lydey/Leedy. To Wythe Co., Va.

A.C.C.D Mary Fordney, b. 1755--d. young.

A.C.C.E Julianna Fordney, b. 15 September 1758--d. young.

A.C.C.F Unidentified Son Fordney.

A.C.C.G Unidentified Son Fordney.


EARLY FORTNEYS OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA

In April 1988, I made a study of Netti Schreiner-Yantis' then-new compilation of the 1787 Tax Lists for the State of Virginia--with supplementary lists in pamphlet form for some counties. This is three large volumes, the third being a comprehensive index.

I took a look in the index, and found: Jonas Fortney, Montgomery County. Schreiner-Yantis has also done three different pamphlets on Montgomery County, along with a two-color map of "Virginia in 1787" printed in black superimposed on the contemporary counties of Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia, printed in red.

Citation 1:
Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love, The Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1787 for Montgomery County, Virginia. Springfield, Virginia, Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. p. 438, Jonas Fortney on List "B" in the District of David McGavock, Esq., Commissioner. He is taxed for himself and one horse--no other white males over 16 in his household, and no slaves. Believe it or not, Christopher Horn is on List "C", same county! He's on p. 447, taxed for 4 horses and 3 cattle, but no other white males over 21 and no slaves. (List "B" didn't bother to count the cattle at all, for some reason.)

Citation 2:
Netti Schreiner-Yantis, Montgomery County, Virginia - Tax Lists - A, B. and C for the year 1788, Springfield, Va., Genealogical Books in Print, 1972. Note that this booklet has been out for some time. Please note also that neither Jonas Fortney nor Christopher Horn is listed.

Citation 3:
Netti Schreiner-Yantis, Montgomery County, Virginia - Circa 1790. A Comprehensive Study - Including the 1789 Tax Lists, Abstracts of over 800 Land Surveys and Data Concerning Migratio_, Springfield, Virginia, Genealogical Books in Print, 1972. Apparently this has also been out for quite a while, but I had never seen it before. In this book, both Jonas Fortney and Christopher Horn are listed again in Montgomery County. MOREOVER, she includes a magnificent additional map just of Montgomery Co., showing the limits of each tax district. MOREOVER, as the huge county of 1787 was being dismembered into smaller counties as the population increased, she compared the Montgomery Co. tax lists for l789 with the Wythe Co. tax lists for 1793. Guess what--Jonas was in the part of Montgomery Co. that turned into Wythe, which narrowed down where he might be.
Then, I read carefully through the section entitled "Locating the Residences of Taxpayers - List B." It seems that the man who took the tax list for Montgomery Co. described where he was, day by day. So:
p. 92. On March 31, 1790 (Both sides Reed Creek, Cedar Run): George Armbrester, Henry Armbrister, Michael Cook, John Corbin, John Cypers, Abram Davis, John Davis Sr., John Davis, Jacob Davis, John Etter, James Findley, Sr., Capt. James Fi, John Helms, Henry Helvey, Jr., Henry Helvey, Sr., John Houndshell, John Hutsell, Jacob Kettering, Michael Kettering, Daniel Kiesler, Abram Lidia, John Lidia, John Lindermood, George Louman, John McNutt, Daniel Miller, Simon Neuman, Wm. Phipps, Philip Phry, Henry Shredler, John Shreder, Charles Simmerman, Frederick Sluss, George Spangler, Samuel Thompson, Anthony Tonkry, Daniel Wiseley.
On April 1, 1790, our busy little tax commissioner headed down "both sides Reed Creek, middle to western end" and called upon: Nicholas Cloyn, Jacob Cregar, Daniel Etter, JONAS FORTNEY, Charles Fullen, John Fullen, Samuel Fullen, Duncan Gu, Peter Kitts, Peter Moirs, Philip Nipp, Jacob Plesley, Jacob Pruner, John Pruner, Jacob Reyboss, Sr., Christian Soomer, Henry Umbarger, Big Henry Umbarger, George Wyrick, Henry Wyrick, Wm. Wyrick, Godfrey Young.
On April 2, 1790, with no location specified, the tax commissioner called upon Laurance Hutcheson, Jonthan Rowland, Thomas Vanderlip.
p. 28. The militia captain Ingles reported to the tax collector that Christopher Horn had moved away in late 1787 and was not attending muster.
Now I took all of this and all the maps. From 1787-1793, Jonas Fortney [Sr.] was living on the banks of Reed Creek somewhere in about a fifteen-mile stretch between what is now the western border of Wythe County and somewhere around Fort Cll. So for further clues to Jonas Fortney, Montgomery and Wythe will be the counties we have to search now.
Where they were was just a little off the "Great Wagon Road" that came down from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, through the Shenandoah Valley, and curved through these counties before heading down into North Carolina. The road that would eventuaake people west into Knox Co., Ky., branched off it not too far away, going down into Tennessee and then north through the Cumberland Gap. Until I started studying these colonial maps, I had not realized that Barbourville in Knox Co., Ky., where the Fortneys lived, was near the location of the famous "Walker's Cabin."
Additional searching has also narrowed down the time period in which Jonas Fortney appeared in Montgomery/Wythe Cos., Va. In the 1770s and 1780s, there was a man in Montgomery Co., Va., named Lewis Fortner/Portner/Faulkner/Fourtner/Fotner. on various records. Jonas Fortney, however, is neither on the l773 list of tithables nor on the 1782 tax list, so for the time being one should probably assume that he came into Montgomery Co. some time between 1782 and 1787. There was a great deal of population mobility in the area at that date.

According to James L. Douthat, Malita Murphy, and Roberta D. Hatcher, Wythe County, Virginia Will Books 1-2 1790-1822, Signal Mountain, TN, James L. Douthat, 2504 Kell Rd. 37377, 1984, on p. 6:
Wythe Co., Va., Will Book 1, p. 72. Will of Susanna Helvey. January 27, 1794. Sons Henry, Jacob, John Carver (?). Daughters: Peggy Bragginick, Molly Davis, Susanna Hops, Christiana Helvey and Catharine Helvey. Mentioned: Elizabeth Dand land located near John McNutts. Witnesses Jonas Fortney, Kettenvent, Martin Woolford. Proven March 11, 1794.

Malita Warden Murphy and James L. Douthat, Wythe County, VA Tax List 1793-1800, Signal Mountain, TN., Mountain Press, 2504 Kell Road 37377, 1985, lists the following:
p. 12. Cortney, Micheal; 1793, 1796, 1797, 1798.
p. 19. Folkner, Daniel; 1800.
p. 20. Fortney, Aaron; 1798, 1799, 1800.
Fortner, William; 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796.
Fortney, Jonas; 1793, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799.
Unfortunately, these lists have been alphabetized and not all information was extracted, so it will be necessary to order the microfilms to extract all possible information about Jonas as he was living in this area.

Netti Schreiner-Yantis, 1800 Tax Lists and Abstracts of Deeds [1796 - 1800] of Wythe County, Virginia, Springfield, Virginia, 1971, also shows that Jonas Fortney was apparently out of Wythe County by 1800. Aron Fortner (p. 2) was on the "List A" part of the county. A Daniel Folkner was in the "List B" section (p. 7).

Schreiner-Yantis "1800 Wythe Co." shows nothing on Jonas Fortney, but it does show that some Wythe Co. people moved into Wilkes and Guilford Cos. in North Carolina. The AIS Search for Fortney to 1819 shows some Fortner/Fortney families in Wilkes Co., North Carolina, in this period and therefore might be worth pursuing. A Henry Fortner was in Stokes/Surry Co. in 1790.

LDS Microfilm Reel 034,243 (Genealogical Society of Utah) contains the Wythe Co., Va., Order Books 1790, 1795-1805. The 1790 book contains no mention of Fortney: they are missing from September 1790 until June 1795.
p. 11. The last June court, 1795. Fortney vs. Gullian contd.
p. 13. Fortney vs. Gullian. Adam Kearhart [polly phipps, crossed out] and Henry Wyrick proved 2 days each and polly phipps one day for Deft.
p. 30. Nov. court 1795. Fortney vs. Gullion. Debt. Contd.
p. 80. 15 April 1796. Fortney vs. Gullion. Debt. Contd at Defts costs.
p. 100. Fortney vs Gullion a Commission is granted the Deft. to take the deposition of John Gordon Dabe nc esse
p. 104. 16 June 1796. Fortney vs. Gullion. Office Judgment set aside payment pleaded and issue and a Jury to wit, George Wampler, Lewis Wolford, Franklin Bridgeman, John Fisher, John Davies, Abraham Lady, Daniel Pierce, John Allison, Johffith, Peter Bishop, John Tutewiler and Isaac Shepperd, being sworn to try the issue Joined returned their verdict in these words "We the Jury find by the Court that the Plt. take nothing by his Bill but for his false Clamour be in mercy and that the Deft. go hence without day and recover vs. the Plt. his Costs by him about his defense in this behalf expended.
p. 105. Fortney vs. Gullion for reasons appearing to the Court, It is Ordered that the plt pay the Costs of this trial and that a new one be had at the next quarterly term.
p. 108. Gullion ads Fortney Henry Wyrick proved two days attendance.
p. 143. 15 Sept. 1796. Fortney vs Gullion etc. Dismd each party to pay an equal share of the Costs.
p. 15. Oct. Court 1796. Gullion ads Fortney. Henry Wyrick proved 2 days at the last Sept. court as a witness.
[Have read through the end of 1797 without further mention.]

Later census indexes of Wythe Co., Va., for the period 1800-1850 indicate other Fortner/Fortney men living in the county and vicinity. So far, I have no clue if or how they might have been related to Jonas Fortney, Sr. They include: Nathaniel Fortner 1810 (p. 831 Wth); Henry Fortner 1810 (p. 708 Wtn); Aaron Fortner 1820 (p. 247A Taz); Nathaniel Fortner 1820 (p. 207A Wtn); Thomas Fortner 1820 (p. 212 Wyt); Joseph Fortne 1830 (p. 327 Wyth); Thomas Fortner 1830 (p. 327 Wyth).

The neighbors of Jonas Fortney in Wythe Co., Va., are interesting in two perspectives. One is from the tradition of the Knox Co., Ky., family to the effect that Jonas Fortney, Sr., was a "royalist." In Mary B. Kegley and F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers On the Western Waters. Volume I. The New River of Virginia in Pioneer Days 1745-1800, Orange, VA., Green Publishers, Inc., [n.d.], Chapter XI is entitled "Disaffection and Devotion" of which the first section, beginning on p. 137, is entitled, "Disaffection on the New River."
This chapter indicates that Jacob Kettering, John Etter, Duncan Gullion, Nicholas Wyrick, Philip Meyer, Peter Kettering, Michael Kettering, Henry Wyrick, Daniel Etter, John Cook, Bernard Gullion, and other men bearing the same names as thoo would be, a few years later, the neighbors of Jonas Fortney were arrested and prosecuted as Tories during the course of the American Revolution.
The second interesting perspective on these neighbors is that some of them, the Kettering (Kettenring) and Wyrick (Weyerich) families, are documented as having been Pennsylvania Germans from the Lancaster [1785 Dauphin, 1813 Lebanon] settt who moved to Wythe Co., Va. See Annette K. Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants. Volume II. The Western Palatinate, cited below for the Fortney family itself. Other suspiciously familiar names appear in her book, given Pennsylvania/Lancaster locations.

Adams, Lela C., "Patrick County Land Tax, 1791-1799," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 24, no. 2, May 1986, pp. 19-33.
p. 27 Forkner, John 1791 50 Wm. Forkner
Forkner, Jonas 1791 050 Wm. Forkner
Falkner, Henry 1795-99 078 W. Falkner
Falkner, John 1792-1799 050 Wm. Falkner
Falkner, William 1791-1793 078
1794 078 To Henry Falkner

NOTE BY VED:
See possibly: Jo White Linn, "Lists of Taxables in Rowan County, 1768," The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Vol. IX, No. 4, November 1983, pp. 194-216.
p. 197: Hallows [Surry County]
Wm. Forckner 1 taxable

Mary B. Kegley, Early Adventurers on the Western Waters. Volume III, Part 1: The New River of Virginia in Pioneer Days 1745-1805. Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Co., for Kegley Books, P.O. Box 134, Wytheville, VA 24382 , [1995].
pp. 68-69. Wythe County Entry Book 1. p. 2, July 28, 1790. Jesse Evans, assignee of Robert Adams, assignee of Samuel McCraw on treasury warrant, 1790, enters [no acres stated] on Cedar Run, branch of Reed Creek, beginning at Stophel [Chrher] Simmerman's, John Davis', and John McNut's corner and going towards George Kegley's, Daniel Etter's and Edward Murphey's to Peter Binkley's and to Charles Simmerman's and George Armbrister's and to McNutt's for quantity. Marginal note states May 30,1793, 265 acres of this entry surveyed for Susanna Helvey, Henry Helvey, and Jacob Helvey; May 30, 1793, 88 acres surveyed for John McNutt; March 10, 1796, 50 acres surveyed for Daniel Etter; balance withdrawn at different times.
p. 69. Wythe County Entry Book 1. September 1, 1790, JONAS FORTNEY, 25 acres on treasury warrant, 1790, assigned to him by Robert Adams, assigneee of Sam'l McCraw, adjoining Daniel Wysley [Wiseley], James Finley, and William Phipps.
p. 69. Wythe County Entry Book 1. p. 5, September 6, 1790, JAMES FINLEY, enters 7 acres on treasury warrant, 1790, assigned by Robert Adams, assigneee of Sam'l McCraw, adjoining William Phipps and Finley's old patent line on the south andnclude head of "Cole Pitt" Hollow.
p. 99. July 20, 1793, JAMES FORTNEY, assignee of Robert Adams, assignee of Zacheriah Stanley, treasury warrant, 100 acres on Middle Fork of Holston, adjoining Joseph Adkins, John Snabley [Snaveley] "to sun set" [west] and Thomas Crow to "sse" [east].
p. 134. [p. 344] October 4, 1793. JONAS FORTNEY, 40 acres, 1793, on part of a treasury warrant, 1781, on Middle Fork of Holston, adjoining Joseph Adkins.

Information received 20 May 1995 from Bryan T. Winter, 145 Meriam Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903:
Wythe Co., VA Survey Book 1, p. 344, #34241. Survey map (irregular isoceles triangle in shape, wider at the top, with an uneven line at the top): "Surveyed for Jonas Fortney 40 acres of land, by virtue of an entry made the 11th July 1793rt of a Treasury Warrant No. 10690 issued 29th Dec. 1781 Lying in Wyth County on the Middle fork of Hotstick River & bounded as followeth, viz, Beginning at 3 white Oaks Corner to the land of John Sneably & Joseph Adkins & with a line of the latter S 70 W 222 poles to a Corner of the land of Thomas Crow & with his line N. 53 1/2 E 205 poles to a hiccory Crows Corner S. 24 # 16 to a double hicctory S. 22 E 30 to a red oak & White Oak on a ridge & s. 80 E 28 poles to the Beginning. Robert Adams, S. Wt. Oct. 4th 1793."
"The 40ac lot in Wythe Co. VA owned by Jonas Fortney was sold in 1821 by Jonas Fortney Sr of Wythe Co, VA. If he was living there in 1821 where is he. I have not consulted the tax lists for Wythe Co, VA as the LDS has not microfilmed them
 
FORTNEY, Jonas (I17130)
 
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Edward Everett Easley said that he thought her maiden name was String; the Ethelda Henry Papers in the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection at MU gave her maiden name as Catherine Kemper (no date for the marriage). 
Catherine (I17143)
 
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For more extensive data, see Vol. I, Now Living in Boone County, Missouri.

1839 original subscriber to the University of Missouri. GSCM Reporter Quarterly, Vol, 8, No. 1, Spring 1989, p. 5.

NARA M-432, Roll 392, 1850 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Dist. No. 8, p. 439, #1535/1535: Martin Fortney, 31, m, Farmer, Kentucky; Catharine, 26, f, Missouri; Sarah F, 7, f, MO; Margaret A, 5, f, MO; Minerva J, 3, f, MO; James H, 1, m, MO.

NARA M-653, Roll 608, 1860 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 711, #547/529: Martin Fortner, 47, m, farmer, --/$100, KY; Sarah F, 17, f, MO; Margaret A, 15, f, MO; Manerva J, 13, f, MO; Kizziah C, 11, f, MO; Francis M, 9, m, MO.

NARA M-593, Roll 760, 1870 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Missouri Township, p. 145, #310/382; Fortney, Martin, 54, m, W, Carpenter, [property valuation omitted], Kentucky; Lizzie, 29, f, W, Keeps house, Missouri; Margaret, 26, f, w, MO; Francis, 17, f, W, MO; Ridelle, Wm, 11, m, W, MO.

NARA T-9, Reel 676, 1880 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 41, #209/217: fortney, Martin, W, m, 62, Farmer, KY/VA/NC; Mary E., W, f, 46, wife, Keeping house, MO/NJ/KY; Henry L., W, m, 4, son, MO/KY/MO; Nancy, W, f, 1, daughter, MO/KY/MO; Peak, William, W, m, 10, step son, MO/KY/MO; G. Amon, w, m, 9, step son, MO/KY/MO; Harvey, W, m, 7, step son, MO/KY/MO; Henshaw, Lonze, w, m, 30, Farmer, IN/IN/IN/ Mattie D., W, f, 22, wife, Keeping house, MO/KY/KY; Allen E., W, m, 2, son, MO/IN/MO; clark, Fernando E., W, m, 19, servant, PA/PA/PA; Young, Edwin, B, m, 19, servant, MO/MO/MO.

Columbia Missouri Herald, 24 March 1881, p. 3, col. 5:
ASHLAND ITEMS.
A two year old child of Martin Fortner's living near Ashland, fell in the well last Tuesday morning and was only discovered in time to be rescued alive. It had been in the water some twenty minutes when found. After considerable rubbing aministering of stimulants it was brought to life, and at this time is quite well. 
FORTNEY, Martin (I17135)
 

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