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From: Annie Mildred (Rader) Kemper, Fortney Families and Ancestors, Columbia, Mo., privately printed, 1988.

p. 18. In another letter in Jan 15 1888 to John & Ann Fortney, Jane [Margaret Jane (Fortney) Reyburn] says: I was very sorrowfull to hear of Eli Barnes goin derange I always thought Both of them loved money too well that one day they would go derange over that one thing.

Barnes, Mrs. Lou, res. Columbia. Old Settlers' Association of Boone County, August 10, 1897, Missouri Statesman Supplement, August 10, 1897, Vol. LIV No. 31. 
FORTNEY, Lucinda (I17141)
 
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He was called "John Ham" Fortney.

John Hamilton Fortney, (son of John Fortney) born 27 July 1837, died 1 Jan. 1921, married 25 Dec. 1863 to Samira Ann Jones (dau. of Harrison Berding & (Ellen) McGuire (Berry) Jones. Ellen was dau. of Wm. Templeton & Rhoda (Crews) Berry. Ann (as she was called) born 19 July 1846, died 23 June 1921. John H. had been an invalid for two years after a stroke rendered him helpless, Ann died shortly after, worn out after the long illness of her husband. Both are buried in the Fortney Cemetery, not far from where they spent most of their married life. They lived on a farm at the end of Bearfield road, on the west side. They moved into Columbia shortly after John's stroke and lived in a brick house on the south side of Broadway just East of the old Central Dairy Bldg., about a half block E. of Hitt Street. After their death their son, John Harrison Fortney was administrator, they had a sale and sold the farm & household items.

NARA M-593, Roll 760, 1870 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 15, #229/238: Fortney, John, 32, m, W, Farmer, $500/--, Missouri; Anna, 24, f, W, Keeps house, MO; Ella, 5, f, W, MO; Molly, 3, f, W, MO; Alice, 2, f, W, MO; #229/239: Fortney, Kizzia, 76, f, W, N Carolina.

NARA T-9, Reel 676, 1880 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 74r, [no household numbers in this section]: Fortney, John, W, m, 42, Farmer, MO/VA/NC; Ann, W, f, 33, Wife, Keeping house, MO/KY/KY/ Ella, W, f, 15, Daughter, At Home, MO/MO/MO; Mollie, W, f, 13, Daughter, At Home, MO/MO/MO; alice, W, f, 11, Daughter, At Home, MO/MO/MO; John, W, m, 8, son, MO/MO/MO; Fannie, W, f, 6, Daughter, MO/MO/MO; Sallie, W, f, 4, Daughter, MO/MO/MO; Henderson, W, m, 1, Son, MO/MO/MO.

Res. Columbia. Old Settlers' Association of Boone County, August 10, 1897, Missouri Statesman Supplement, August 10, 1897, Vol. LIV No. 31. 
FORTNEY, John Hamilton (I17142)
 
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I have found some additional data on the early Haddocks since publication of Volume I of Now Living in Boone County, MO, in 1990. This material follows. It is still not adequate to straighten out the early lines conclusively and determine the maiden names of all the wives.

The North Carolinian, ed. William Perry Johnson, September 1956,
p. 108. 1755 Tax List, Beaufort Co., N.C.
Jno Haddock 1 white, 0 black, 1 total

Hofmann, Margaret M. Colony of North Carolina. Abstracts of Land Patents. Weldon, NC, 1984.
Vol. 1, p. 536, #7575. Crown (Arthur Dobbs, Royal Governor), Patent Book 17, p. 141. JOHN HADDOCK. 16 November 1764. 100 acres in Pitt on the E. side of the E. prong of Swifts Creek, joning waines Line.
Vol. 2, p. 246. Crown (Josiah Martin, Royal Governor) to JOHN SIMPSON. 19 November 1771. 100 acres in Pitt on the E. side of Swifts Creek, joining NASHBY MILLS, JOHN HADDOCK, JOHN HADDOCK JR., the sd. SIMPSON.
Vol. 2, p. 324, #4284. Crown (Josiah Martin, Royal Governor), Patent Book 22, p. 201. 25 January 1773. JOHN HADDOCK 200 acres in Pitt, joining the Clayroot, the head of the long Branch, and the courses of the swamp.
Vol. 2, p. 324, #4285. Crown (Josiah Martin, Royal Governor), Patent Book 22, p. 201. JOHN HADDOCK 25 January 1773 300 acres in Pitt in the Cypress Glade neck and Cedar Swamp neck, joining the Cypress Glades Swamp at the mouth of the firall drain above Mayo's House.

Ratcliff, Clarence E. North Carolina Taxpayers 1701 - 1786. Baltimore, MD., Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1984.
p. 84 HADDOCK, John Beau 1755
John Pitt 1762
John Jr. Pitt 1762
John Pitt 1764
John Jr. Pitt 1764
John Pitt 1775
Wm Pitt 1764
Wm Jr Pitt 1764

Ratcliff, Clarence E. North Carolina Taxpayers 1679 - 1790. Volume 2. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987.
p. 81 HADDOCK, Andrew Casw 1784
Drury Blad 1784

The State Records of North Carolina. Vol. XXII. Miscellaneous. Goldsboro, NC, Nash Brothers, 1907..
p. 415. [Probably 1771. Probably Pitt Co., N.C.
Militia called out against Orange Co. Regulators.
May be a version of the 1775 list published below by Jean Anderson.]
A LIST OF CAPT. WILLIAM BURNEY'S COMPANY.
Includes: Charles Taylor, William Taylor, John Hardee, Norlen Mills, Jun'r., Norlen Mills, Sen'r., Andrew Hardey, Rich'd. Albritton, David Mills, Freid Mills, John Haddick, Robert Hardey, Isa'h Hardey, John Mills, Sen'r., John Mills, Jun'rmas Albritton, Isaac Hardey.

Anderson, Jean, "The Census of 1775 as seen in Pitt County, NC," The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Volume VII, no. 4, November 1981, pp. 186-196.
IV. Capt. William BURNEY's Company (includes map showing the part of the county for which each list is applicable).
John Haddick: 3 white males of age
1 white male under age
1 white female of age
TOTAL: 5
Also listed with age distribution of family members:
Charles Taylor, William Taylor, John Hardee, Nezbey Mills Junr, Nezby Mils Senr, Andrew Hardey, Richd Albritton, Isaac Mills, David Mills, Frek. Mills, Thomas Hardey, Robert Hardey, Isah Hardey, John Mills Senr, John Mills Junr, Thomas Albr, Isaac Hardey.

Journal of North Carolina Genealogy, ed. by William Perry Johnson, vol. XII, no. 4, Winter 1966, p. 1789. "N.C. Legislative papers", Box 25, May 1779.
"A list of the Beawford men from the Draft who Faled to apeare: Kingston Wesday 16th feberey 1779"
(On back) Pitt: Josias Hardee, Adml. Haddock, Wm. Mills. "A List of Deserters from Beaufort and Pitt Counties." 
HADDOCK, John (I17173)
 
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John H. Fortney, d. 1860, age 2 mo. Recorded 1860 census mortality schedule, Boone Co., Mo. He is not definitely recorded as a child of Martin and Catharine Fortney, but this is a logical placement for an otherwise unidentified child. 
FORTNEY, John H. (I17156)
 
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NARA T-9, Reel 676, 1880 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 53r, #16/16: fortney, F. Marion, W, m, 26, Farmer, MO/MO/MO; Marg. E., W, f, 22, Wife, Keeping house, MO/MO/MO.

Columbia Missouri Herald, 16 February 1900, p. 7, col. 4:
LOCAL IN BRIEF. From the Ashland Bugle: F.M. Fortney sold to Riley Nichols his big spotted mule for $90. Also to James Guitar his mules known as "the rabbits" for $80.

1903. Ashland Bugle, 2 August 1928, p. 8, col. 1:
25 Years Ago. F. M. Fortney & Co. gave a barbecue in the Whitley Madden pasture, near the Christian school house.

Ashland Bugle, 8 May 1913, p. 1, col. 4:
F. M. Fortney, Friday, May 16, will sell at public sale a pair of mules, 17 hogs, 4 sheep, farm wagon, mower, plows and a lot of household goods. Sale begins at 10 a.m. 
FORTNEY, Francis Marion (I17149)
 
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NOTE: Margaret Jane Fortney was called "Jane".

Columbia Missouri Herald, 30 March 1893:
DIED. RAYBURN.--In Schell City, Missouri, March 19, 1893, suddenly, Mrs. J. W. Rayburn, aged 66 years. She was a sister of Wary Fortney, of Columbia, whose death which occurred two days previously was noted in the last issue of the HERALD.

Letter printed in: Annie Mildred (Rader) Kemper, Fortney Families and Ancestors, Columbia, Mo., privately printed, 1988.

Letter from Jane in Shell City to my Grandparents, John Hamilton & Samira Ann (Jones) Fortney. I will copy this letter exactly as she wrote it.
Shell City March 30/ 1889
Dear Brother and Sister
I this quite morning I will endever to rite you a few lines to let you hear from me I am well at preasant hoping this few lines may find you all well the family is all well well Brother I have not waited quite as long as you did beng well we have had a protrocted meeting have just closed But will start again the Second Sunday in April our preacher got sick it is Brother Isabell that had the care of the church at Bonefam thare was seven additions to the church all of them heds of famleys But too well Brother our garden is planted out that is apart of it our lettuce is up they will plant corn next week Barry will get thrue braking in one more day after to day we have had lots of rain this sprind grass is looking well Ann we have 11 young chickens and some more hens set well brother I will tell you my Son Joe and his family is in Calafania at the red bluffe in one of the county of the pacific ocean I never new he was goin until I got a card from his wife that they was thare had landed that eavening Annie father was the cause of them goin he had bin out thar last fall and liked that contrey and wanted to make that contrey his home and he lived with Joe and Annie and he told Joe he would pay all thair way thare if he would go it was like thunder to me when I got the card and I got a letter from Ed and his wife and they was down on the Kansas line waiting for the presadent proclamation so he could go in the okleynahomy to take him up a home they said it was a site to look at the grate numbers of people waiting for the to be spoke I do not know whare Wary is he started to go to hall on the rail road and I have not hird from him since that was about two months ago oh they have chattered fare from me when parants is raising children they give so much truble when they are trampping your toes we think they are truble a ful nuff but when they get to be men and comence scattering all over this Broad world and some that you never expect to see in this world agane that is truble
But the all seeing eye of god is thare if they was all good christane I would have hopes of seeing them again But god chan change them whare they are and that is my prayer to god is for them to be christian Joe is a church member and so is his wife write brother to me tell me all about the kind I hird green Easley had joined the camolite church well thare has been quite a change with our relation since I last ween you god help the good work hope it will role on untill god will call us home I hope to be permited to see you all once more give my love to your children and to sister Nancey and hir family tell hir to rite she told Clay that I was due her a letter I no that I rote hir a letter since I got one from hir Well I will close rite soon and often from your sister
J J. Reyburn
PS give my love to Brother Wary and family how is his health at this time M J R 
FORTNEY, Margaret Jane (I17140)
 
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Stubbs, June. Parkers Funeral Home Records, 1892-1960. (State Historical Society of Missouri, F508.3 B644s) Fortney, Henry -- Infant of 25 July 1901.

Ashland Bugle, 3 March 1910, p. 4, col. 3: Henry Fortney traded his 375 acre farm north of Rock Bridge for Clay Again for the latter's 160 acre prairie farm northeast of Columbia paying a difference in cash.

Ashland Bugle, 14 September 1933, p. 1, col. 4:
HENRY FORTNEY, 55, DIES
AT HOME IN TULSA, OKLA
-----
Native of this Section Passed
Away Sept. 3 - Survied by Wid-
ow, 2 Daughters and 4 Sons - a
Sister and Brother Life Here.
-----
Henry Fortney, 55, native of this section, passed away at his home in Tulsa, Okla., Sept. 3, 1933. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. Roy, were held Sept. 6 from the Full Gospel Tabernacle, burial folloiwng in Rose Hill cemetery. Survivie the widow, three daughters, Mary Dudley, Phoenix City, Ala.; Alma Nolan, Yazoo City, Miss.; and Helen, of Tulsa. Four sons, George, Clay, Ed and Frank, all of Tulsa; two sisters, Mrs. G. W. Jones, Tulsa, and Mrs. Margaret Martin, Ashland, Mo.; three brothers, W. A. Peak and I. B. Peak, Oklahoma City, and D.A. Peak of Ashland. Mrs. Jones, sister of the deceased, ill and in bed since last December, went to the funeral in an ambulance. Mr. Fortney's daughters from Alabama and Mississippi, all four sons, and his brother, Will Peak, of Oklahoma City, were there.

Subj: fortney research
Date: 98-06-16 11:58:11 EDT
From: dfortney@webzone.net (Denise and Dawn Fortney)
Reply-to: dfortney@webzone.net
To: veasleyd@aol.com

Hello! My name is Denise Fortney Allen and I am researching The Fortney
family from Boone Co. also. My great grandfather was Henry Lawrence
Fortney born on 11-8-1884 who resided in Columbia, died in 1-1974. I do
not know for sure if he was born there and I know his father went by the
name of Mort Fortney. Henry married Sally Ethel Martin.

I know there were a few Fortneys in Boone County and I was hoping you could
shed some light on Henry and his father for me. My e-mail is
dfortney@webzone.net Thank you in advance for your help.

Denise 
FORTNEY, Henry Lawrence (I17134)
 
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Supplementary information on the Fortney Family of Boone Co., Mo. Obtained since May 1990 when Vol. I of ". . . Now Living on Boone County, Missouri" was sent to the printer. Virginia Easley DeMarce
with the assistance of:
Sallie Merrifield
Mildred Kemper
Jane Cooper

JOHN AND KIZZA (RICHARDS) FORTNEY

Letter from Mildred Kemper, 1399 S. Victoria Ave., Columbia, MO 65201, dated 10 April 1990:
I also was fortunate enough to get the very OLD CERTIFICATE from Anna before she died, it is copied word for word, just as it was written. In the middle of page one.

Certificate

John Fordney was born in the State of Virginia, Wythe County. In the Year of the Lord May the 17th 1794. His Father was Jonas Fordney, his mutter name was Christina. Kizza Fordney, was born in North Carolina, Pitt County, In the year of our Lord August 16th 1795, her Fathers name was Warrait, her mothers name was Nancy.

NOTE BY VIRGINIA DeMARCE: This certificate is in a very primitive Fraktur style. I wrote back to Mildred asking if she knew who had written this certificate, where it came from, and if I could get a xerox copy. There is one as the frontispiece of her book.

WARNING:
The ancestry of John Fortney of Boone Co., Mo., born 17 May 1794 in Virginia, has NOT been definitely determined. See the extensive discussion under his father, Jonas Fortney or Jonas Fordney. Every reader should note that this does not ify the more remote ancestry of John Fortney. It is presented in hopes of indicating research that has already been completed, so that future efforts by other family members do not have to retrace the same steps. The path of the research effort is not made smoother by the fact that the name was spoken and frequently spelled "Fortner", and often confused with the name "Faulkner" (also Falkner, Folkner, Forkner, Fotner, Fertner, etc.) in the records.
We first definitely find John Fortney of Boone Co., Mo., in Knox Co., Ky., in 1816, where he married. The record reads: Jno. Faulkner to Kizzy Richard, 15 August 1816, by Blaggrove Hopper. He appears on the 1820 census, living on the Staad in the Stinking Creek part of the county. A lot more work will need to be done in the Knox Co. deed records, etc.
Over the past ten years or so, and immense amount of work on the early families of Knox Co., Ky., has been done by the Knox County Genealogical Society, Inc., 2603 Aintree Way, Louisville, Kentucky, 40220. They publish a periodical callex County, Kentucky Kinfolk as a quarterly, and have transcribed in addition censuses, marriage records, military records, and published much early documentation for the county.

The first known ancestor of the Fortney family in Boone Co., Mo., was John Fortney, born 17 May 1794, in Virginia, and died 25 September 1862, in Boone Co., Mo. (tombstone record, Fortney Family Cemetery). Clues to the Fortney family background will be found in Appendix II-A.
The maiden name of John Fortney's wife was Kizza Richards. Fortney family tradition held that they were supposed to have met when two wagon trains met on a trail going west to Kentucky and each of them was in one of the trains. If so, tht about five years before they married, for both families seem to have come to the Stinking Creek area of Knox Co., Ky., about 1811. However, given their origins, it is very probable that the trails from Pitt Co., N.C. and southwestern Virginia did merge on the way.
Her tombstone record, in the Fortney Family Cemetery, Boone Co., Mo., states that Kizza Fortney was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 16 August 1795, and died in Boone Co., Mo., on 7 January 1883. Examination of the surviving recorditt Co., N.C., Knox Co., Ky., and Boone and Cole Cos., Mo., indicates that she was the daughter of __________ [possibly Warreat--see Appendix II-B] and Nancy (Haddock) Richards. Kizza's great-grandson Edward Everett Easley (who lived on the next farm up the road from Kizza until she died when he was 19) said that Kizza was part American Indian and smoked a pipe. This has not been verified.

The first definite appearance of John Fortney in the historical records comes with his marriage:

1816, August 15, Knox Co., Ky. John Fortney married to Kizza Richards by Blaggrove Hopper.

1816 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky., Microfilm Series V20, Reel 230, American Genealogical Lending Library, Bountiful, Utah: John Fortney, 1 white male, 1 horse.

1817 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky. John Fortney, 1 white male, 1 horse.

1819 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky. John Faulkner, 1 white male.

1820 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky. John Faulkner, 1 white male, 1 horse.

1820 U.S. Census, Knox Co., Ky. John Fortner, 1 male under 10, 1 male 18-26, 1 female under 10, 1 female 16-26.

1822 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky. John Fortney.

1823 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky. John Fortney, 50 acres, Knox Co., on Stinking Creek, first entered by M. Mills; Same, 50 acres on Stinking Creek, first entered by Woodson.
1824 and subsequently he does not appear on the Knox Co., Ky. Tax Lists.

1825 Lois Stanley, George F. Wilson, and Maryhelen Wilson, Missouri Taxpayers 1819-1826, Decorah, Iowa, Privately printed, 1979, "Boone County: Combined Land and Property 1821 and 1825." John Falkner.

1826, May 10. Patent Certificate No. 1647, Vol. 4, p. 168. To John Fortner of Boon County, Missouri, of lands offered for sale at the U.S. Land Office at Franklin, Missouri, E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Section Six Twp 47 Range 12, containing Eighty Acres. (U.S. D.O.I., Bureau of Land Management, Alexandria, Va.).
[NOTE BY VED: The original document of Certificate No. 1647 is, as of 25 December 1988, located in the tin box, wash stand, front hall, Easley farm, Boone Co., Mo. It is signed by John Quincy Adams. On the rear, there is the following enment: "I assign the within patent to Warreot Richardz - May 22nd 1827. John Fortner (Seal) Test: John B. Gordon.]

1827, May 22, Boone Co., Mo. Deed from John Fortner and Keziah his wife to Werret/Warreat Richards, Book B, p. 250. Filed 3 July 1827. $97.00. East 1/2 of S.E. 1/4 of Section 6, Twp. 47, Range 12, District of land offered for sale at Franklin, Mo. 80 acres. Signed: John X Fortner his mark; Kizrah X Fortner her mark. Keziah released dower before Jesse L. Woods, J.P. Recorded 3 July 1827. Indexed as John Faulkner.

[1827-1830] Index of Purchasers United States Land Sales in Missouri 1818-1837. Ozarks Genealogical Society, Box 3494, Springfield, Mo. 65808, 1985. This is an index to the first three volumes of Abstracts of Missouri Land Sales, Missouri State Archives, done by the WPA. Volume 2 includes land sales at Franklin, Mo., 1827-30 and indicates that it includes: Fortner, John p. 12.

1829, April 2. Patent Certificate No. 2926, Vol. 6, p. 456. To John Fortner of Boon county, of lands offered for sale at Franklin, E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Section Six Twp 47 Range 12, containing eighty acres, and thirty-seven hundredths of an acre. (U.S. D.O.I., Bureau of Land Management, Alexandria, Va.).

1830 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Mo. Columbia Twp, NARS Microfilm Series M19, Reel 73, p. 93: John Fertner: 1 m under 5, 1 m 5-10; 1 m 10-15; 1 m 30-40; 1 f under 5; 1 f 5-10; 1 f 10-15; a f 15-20; 1 f 30-40.

1830 Tax List, Boone Co., Mo.

1839. Thos. Jefferson Lowry, A Sketch of the University of the State of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., Herald Publishing House, p. 101, "Roll of Honor" of those who subscribed toward bringing the University of Columbia:Fortney, John, $25
Fortney, Kizzy, $ 5

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

1840, January 10, Boone Co., Mo. Land Patent no. 12474, NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 6, Twp. 47, Range 12. 40 acres. (U.S. D.O.I., Bureau of Land Management, Alexandria, Va., states 40 acres and 18/100 of an acre, to John Fortner of Boon County Missouri, district of lands offered for sale at Fayette.)

1840 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Mo., NARS Microfilm Series M704, Reel 0220, p. 102: John Fortney, one male under 5; one male 10-15; one male 15-20; one male 20- 30; one male 40-50; one female 5-10; one female 10-15; one female 15-20; one female 40-50.

1840, July 2, Boone Co., Mo., Deed Book K, p. 207-208. John Weir and Mary Weir his wife to John Faulkner, all of county of Boone and state of Missouri. $320. S.W. quarter of N.E. quarter of Section 6 Township 47 Range 12 containing 40 acres more or less. Wit. Shadrack Alvis. John "X" Weir (Seal). Acknowledged 2 July 1840. Recorded 17 September 1840.

1849, June 9, June 21, Boone Co., Mo. John J. Cotton's adm. and widow to deed John Fortney, Book S, p. 157, 165.

LDS Microfilm Reel 0909108, Deeds, Boone Co., Mo. Book S, pp. 157-158. Mary Cotton, widow of John J. Cotton, deceased, of Boone Co., Mo., in consideration of $5 . . . unto John Fortney of the same place, all my right title interest and claim in and to the West half of the North West fractional quarter of section 5 Twp. 47 Range 12 . . . dower . . . Mary "X" Cotton (Seal). 29 May 1849. Acknowledged same day. Recorded 2 June 1849.
pp. 165-166. On 9 June 1846, John J. Cotton made executed and delivered unto John Fortney his title bond whereby he agreed and bound himself his heirs and assigns to make a warranty deed of conveyance for the West half of the North West frnal quarter of Section 5 Twp. 47 Range 12 in Boone Co., Mo. Consideration $336. Cotton died intestate without having executed the deed. William C. Robnett as Admr. makes the deed, 14 May 1849. Acknowledged 12 May 1849 [sic]. Recorded 9 June 1849.

1850 March 15 Columbia Statesman, p. 2, col. 3: John and Wary Fortner among those Columbians leaving for California to take part in the Gold Rush.

John Fortner. To California during the Gold Rush (Switzler 1882, 362).

1850 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Mo.: Microfilm Series M432, Reel 392, District No. 8, p. 439 enumerated 11 October 1850 by Wm T. Hickman, Family #1546: John Fortney, age 55, male, farmer, $500 property, born in Virginia; Kizzy, 54, female, b. North Carolina; Andrew J., 20, male, born Mo.; Lucinda, 17, F, b. Mo.; John H., 12, M, b. Mo.
NARA M-432, Roll 392, 1850 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Dist. No. 8, p. 439, #1546/1546.

1853, June 14/June 15, Boone Co., Mo. John Fortney to deed Marion L. Salmon. Book V, p. 320. LDS Microfilm 908111, Deeds, Boone Co., Mo., Book V, pp. 320-321. 14 June 1853. From John Fortney and Kiza Fortney his wife to Marian S. Salmon. $50. The South West of the North West quarter of Section No. 1 Twp No 46 Range No 13 containing Forty and sixty four hundredths acres (40 64 1/4 / 100) more or less John his X mark Fortney Kiza her X mark Fortney Acknowledged and dower released 15 June 1853 Recorded 15 June 1853

1860, April 24/May 14, Boone Co., Mo. John Fortney to deed John H. Fortney. Book 30, p. 247.
1860 U.S. Census, Boone Co., Mo.

The slave schedules of the 1860 census, Boone Co., Mo., Series M653, Reel 661, indicate for Cedar Township that John Fortney owned two slaves, one male aged 34 and one male aged 15.

NARA M-653, Roll 608, 1860 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Cedar Township, p. 711, enumerated 6 July 1860, family #546/528: John Fortner, 66, male, farmer, b. Va., $2000 real estate, no personal property mentioned, born Va.; Kizziah, 65, F, b. N. Carolina; Lucinda, 28, F, b. Mo.; John, 22, M, b. Mo.

His obituary in the Missouri Statesman, 17 October 1862, reads:
Departed this life on the 25th ult. Mr. John Fortney, Sr. in the 70th year of his age.--He was one of the pioneers of Mo., and had lived in Boone County for about 40 years. He had long been a member of the old Baptist Church, and leaves a, children, and many friends to grieve for him. He calmly met death, and left the world full of hope.

Evans and Thompson, Wills and Administrations of Boone Co., MO, p. 78:
FOURTNEY, JOHN - No. 1877 - Will. Kizza Fourtney, Admr. Gr. Oct. 20, 1862. F.S. May 7, 1866. Kizza Fourtney wid.; s. Martin Fourtney, Weary Fourtney, John H. Fourtney. Wit. Sept. 23, 1862, Joseph Waters and Ephrim Beazley and Richard Lowrey.

The probate record of John Fortney's estate is No. 1877 in the Boone Co., Mo., Probate Court. There was a will. Kizza Fortney, the widow, was named administratrix, granted 20 October 1862. The final settlement was 7 May 1866.

The will of John Fortney read as follows:

Boone County, Mo. this 23 day of September 1862.
I, John Fortney of the County of Boone and State of Mo. of . . . and sound Mind do in words and figures following to Wit
Item first. I will and bequeath unto my wife Kizza Fortney the following property.
To Wit the west half of the north west fractional quarter of section five in township forty seven and range twelve. Situated in the County of Boone and State of Mo. Also the East half of the North East quarter of section six in townshipy seven of range twelve West in the district of lands offered for sale at Franklin Mo. Containing Eighty acres and thirty seven hundredths of an acre.
Also the negro man James also the household and kitchen furniture also the stock of every description also all my farming Implements of every description also the present crop now on hand.
I also will to my son Martin Fortney the north half of the southwest quarter of section twenty six in township forty six of range 12 in the district of lands formerly subject to sale at Fayette now Boonville Mo. containing eighty acres. Ale southwest quarter of the north West quarter and the west half of the south east quarter of section twenty six in township forty six of range twelve in the district of lands formerly subject to sale at Fayatt now Boonville, Mo. containing one hundred and twenty acres. all the above tract of land except sixty acres whitch has been sold. It is my will that those tracts of land be taken care of by Exitors of this will for the benefit of my son Martin Fortney children. I also own one fourth of the steem saw mill nere . . . steem mill it is also my will for my wife Kizzy Fortney to dispose of all the property in this my last will as she thinks best except lands to my son Martin Fortney Children.
Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my wife Kizza Fortney my sons Weary Fortner and John H. Fortney the Executors of this my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this day and year first above written.
Joseph Waters his
Ephraim Beazley John X Fortney
Richard Lawrey mark

An inventory of the estate of John Fortney was made 11 November 1862. The contents are listed here to indicate the possessions of a pioneer farm:
Notes due from various persons for a total sum of $648.67.
One slave, Jim.
1/4 steam saw mill. 1 broad axe.
1/2 threshing machine. 1 looking glass.
14 head cattle. 12 chairs.
1 brown mule. 1 square table.
1 grey mare. 1 . . . .
1 bay colt. 1 . . . .
1 brown mare. 1 pr steelyards.
2 old steers. 1 seive.
2 calves. 2 augurs.
1/4 of yoke of oxen.
1 cross cut saw.
1 hand saw.
1 wheat fan.
10 acres of corn in field.
1 harrow.
1 two-horse waggon.
10 fat hogs.
1 scythe and cradle.
1 carriage and harness.
1 lot of guning and diamond plows.
2 shovels.
1/4 of cart wheels.
1 grind stone.
1 seive.
2 hoes.
1 bryes scythe.

1869 September 3 Columbia Statesman, p. 2, col. 8: John Fortney, deceased, stockholder in Boone County Agricultural and Mechanical Association. 
FORTNEY, John (I17128)
 
2659 [merrifield.FTW]

The marriage record in Knox Co., Ky., Book A, reads: "John Faulkney to Kizzy Richards was Marryed August 15th 1816 by Blaggrove Hopper." 
Family F4932
 
2660 [merrifield.FTW]

The material on Sarah Frances Fortney, Manerva Jane Fortney, and Kizziah Clementine Fortney was submitted by: Mrs. Sallie Merrifield, Rt. 4, Box 6C, Richmond, MO 64085. One set of data came July 1990 and the other in December 1990.

Vol. I, Chapter II, p. 202, footnote 1. According to Mildred Kemper, Delila String was buried in the Fortney family cemetery.

Letter from Mrs. Sallie Merrifield, dated 10 July 1990:

I can give you some information on Sarah Frances, Manerva Jane and Kizziah Clementine Fortney as the relatives kept in touch as they moved on to Carroll, Ray and Jackson Counties of Missouri. I have working on the Merrill, Fortney and Merrifield family lines since 1970. . . . I'm enclosing 4 pictures also. I hope some of the information will be a help to you. I would like to keep in touch and if you want more on the extended family I will send it to you. . . . Thank you for caring about the past.


Columbia Missouri Herald, 13 February 1891, p. 5, col. 3:
ASHLAND. Anderson Meryfield and wife, formerly citizens of this county, now residing at Hardin, in Ray county, for the past week were her looking after some lands that they own south of Ashland and to visit relatives of his wife. She is ae of Whery Fortney, John Fortney and Mrs. James Boswell. They speak very favorably of their country praising it as the best to be found in Missouri with business brisk and a regular demand for all kinds of mechanics and laborers.

Family Group Sheet (photograph attached) data from:
1850 Carroll County Ky. census
1870 Ray County, Mo. Census
Boone County, Mo. Historical Society
Ella Dean Merrifield Kimbrough, Hardin, Mo.

Sallie Merrifield writes:
Anson Merrifield was born in Gallatin County, Kentucky near Louisville, Kentucky, February 3 1840. He moved with the family to Woodville, Missouri a town of 100 population located in Macon County near Macon, Missouri in 1854. The familyd to Ashland, Boone County, Missouri near Columbia in 1859. He married Sarah Frances Fortney of Ashland on May 22 or 27, 1862. Boone County marriage records give the date May 27, 1862 and Anson's name as Hanson. Her parents were Martin Fortney and Catherine String Fortney. The 1860 Census of Boone County, Missouri Cedar Township page 711 lists Martin Fortney as 47 years old and a farmer, born in Kentucky 1794 [sic!]. His wife Catherine had died March 29, 1860. The following children were listed: Sarah Frances 17 (1843) born in Missouri, Margaret A. 15 (1845) Manerva Jane 13 (1847) Kizziah Clementine 11 (1849) and Francis M. 8 (1852) all born in Missouri. Other Fortney facts are given under the Fortney Family section.


You may notice that in some instances ages will vary a year according to when the census was taken from the 1st. of May to the 30th. of June.
Anson Merrifield and family came to Hardin, Ray County Missouri October 11, 1869. Anson was a blacksmith, wagon-maker, saw mill operator and farmer. He was the Hardin city marshall at one time and the president of the Hardin school boarm 1889 to 1892. He was a member of the Hardin Methodist Church and the Hardin Masonic Lodge. The family lived in town 7 years then moved to a farm 3/4 of a mile west of Hardin. They lived there 32 years. This farm was later owned by Earl Gibson, L.Z. Williams and now by Cecil King (1975). This farm is located on Highway 10 west of Hardin on the south side of the road. The old house was a one story log house and in later years was enlarged and rebuilt and now stands a large two-story frame house. Eleven children were born to Anson and Sarah Frances. Two died in infancy, and the others were Maggie John Harvey, Nannie McBaine, William Anson, Mollie Mae, Linnie Neal, Ella Dean, Ammie Lena and Katie Frances.
Anson Merrifield b. February 3, 1840 - d December 25, 1920
Sarah Frances Fortney Merrifield b January 10, 1843-d January 25, 1907
Both are buried in the Hardin Cemetery, Hardin, Missouri. 
FORTNEY, Sarah Frances (I17144)
 
2661 [merrifield.FTW]

This may be Elizabeth (Eleanor) Johnson Ridgell, widow of Lorenzo D. Ridgell, but the connection has not been documented. 
RIDDLE, Elizabeth Mrs. (I17150)
 
2662 [merrifield.FTW]

Was a Doctor in St. Joseph, Missouri. 
MERRILL, Henry Dr. (I17181)
 
2663 [Pilgrims.FTW]

A FARMER. RESIDED ROCHESTER, BARNSTABLE, AND SANDWICH, MA. 
SIMEON, Jr. Morse (I13603)
 
2664 [Pilgrims.FTW]

A MAYFLOWER PASSENGER. 
DOTY, Edward (I13611)
 
2665 [Pilgrims.FTW]

A MAYFLOWER PASSENGER. 
COOKE, Jacob (I13613)
 
2666 [Pilgrims.FTW]

A MAYFLOWER PASSENGER. 
COOKE, Francis (I13615)
 
2667 [Pilgrims.FTW]

A SADDLER. SETTLED IN PLYMOUTH, MA. 
MORSE, Joshua (I13576)
 
2668 [Pilgrims.FTW]

A WEAVER IN NEWBURY, MA. 
JOSEPH, Jr. Morse (I13575)
 
2669 [Pilgrims.FTW]

ARRIVED NEWBURY, MA. 1635 ON THE SHIP JAMES OUT OF LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON,
ENGLAND. SAILED 5 APRIL 1635. LANDED BOSTON (WATERTOWN), MA., REMOVED TO
NEWBURY, MA. HE WAS A SHOEMAKER. DISCREPENCIES EXIST AS TO WHICH WIFE
BORE WHICH CHILDREN. CAME FROM MARLBORO, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND. 
MORSE, Anthony (I13568)
 
2670 [Pilgrims.FTW]

CALLED A POSTHUMOUS BIRTH. WHY? (DATES ARGUE DIFFERENTLY.) 
MORSE, Mary (I13578)
 
2671 [Pilgrims.FTW]

DEACON OF 1ST CHURCH OF NEWBURY, MA (ALSO RENDERED AS 2ND CHURCH OF
NEWBURY - NOW W. NEWBURY) 
MORSE, Benjamin Deacon (I13567)
 
2672 [Pilgrims.FTW]

DIED YOUNG. 
MORSE, Sarah (I13577)
 
2673 [Pilgrims.FTW]

HE AND BRO. ANTHONY WERE SHOEMAKERS. ARRIVED NEWBURY, MA. 5 APR 1635.
BOTH BROS. HAD RESIDED ROMSEY, ENGLAND. 
MORSE, William (I13610)
 
2674 [Pilgrims.FTW]

HE WAS A BLACKSMITH WITH SHOPS AT NEWBURY , MA. AND PISCATAQUA (NH). DIED
AGE 43 YRS. 
MORSE, Joseph (I13571)
 
2675 [Pilgrims.FTW]

LIVED AT WASREHAM FOR A TIME, THEN REMOVED TO WATERVILLE, ME. CLAIMED
RES. OF ROCHESTER, MA. AT MAR. 
MORSE, Zebulon (I13591)
 
2676 [Pilgrims.FTW]

LIVED IN WAREHAM, MA. UNTIL CH. BORN, CIRCA 1764, THEN REMOVED TO NORWICH,
VT. 
MORSE, Gershom (I13589)
 
2677 [Pilgrims.FTW]

MAR'D AS A 2ND WIFE. 
MORSE, Patience (I13604)
 
2678 [Pilgrims.FTW]

MBR. OF 1ST CH. CONCERNED IN WITCH TRIALS. CALLED TERTIUS. 
MORSE, Benjamin (I13574)
 
2679 [Pilgrims.FTW]

OR DOTEN 
DOTY, Elizabeth (I13579)
 
2680 [Pilgrims.FTW]

RESIDED CHATHAM, MA. 
MORSE, Seth (I13594)
 
2681 [Pilgrims.FTW]

RESIDED IN ROCHESTER AND WAREHAM, MA. 
MORSE, Newbury (I13586)
 
2682 [Pilgrims.FTW]

RESIDED NEWBURY, MA. A MILITIA RANK. 
ANTHONY, Morse Lt. (I13572)
 
2683 [Pilgrims.FTW]

RESIDED SANDWICH, MA., LATER (ABOUT 1795) SIDNEY, ME. APPARENTLY RETURNED
TO SANDWICH IN OLD AGE, HIS WIDOW THEN RETURNING TO SIDNEY, ME. 
MORSE, Samuel (I13595)
 
2684 [Pilgrims.FTW]

SETTLED 1SI IN BOSTON, THEN IN NEWBURY (LATE AS 1667), THEN POSSIBLY IN
ROWLEY, MA. REMOVED TO ELIZABETH TOWN, NJ. HE WAS A TAILOR. 
MORSE, Robert (I13569)
 
2685 [Pilgrims.FTW]

SETTLED IN ELIZABETH TOWN, ESSEX CTY., NJ. OWNED PROPERTY IN RAHWAY, NJ.
HE WAS A WEAVER. 
MORSE, Peter (I13570)
 
2686 [Pilgrims.FTW]

SETTLED IN ROCHESTER, MA. 
MORSE, Joseph (I13596)
 
2687 [Pilgrims.FTW]

SETTLED LAST IN ROCHESTER, MA. HE WAS A TAILOR. 
MORSE, Edward (I13584)
 
2688 [Pilgrims.FTW]

SHE MAR'D FOR THE FIRST TIME AT AGE 64 AS A 3RD WIFE TO A HUSB. THEN 71
YRS OF AGE AND RESIDING IN WAREHAM. 
MORSE, Bethia (I13607)
 
2689 [Pilgrims.FTW]

THE WIFE'S NAME IS UNK. AS IS WHERE HE SETTLED AFTER LEAVING PLYMOUTH, MA. 
JOSHUA, Jr. Morse (I13582)
 
2690 [Pilgrims.FTW]

THEODORE? A MASTER MARINER. SETTLED IN FALMOUTH (LATER PORTLAND), ME.
HELD A KING'S COMMISSION OF CAPT., STRONG ROYALIST SENTIMENTS GIVING HIM
SOME TROUBLE FROM WHIG OPPONENTS. 
MORSE, Theodorus Capt. (I13588)
 
2691 [stearns.FTW]

Birth also reported as 19 Jul 1889. He is the grandfather of Jeanne Hayes, a
mainstay of the Rootsweb Stearns list. 
STEARNS, Albert Dutton Rev. (I16648)
 
2692 [stearns.FTW]

Birth also reported as 8 Jul 1853 & 6 Jan 1853. 
STEARNS, George Daniel Rev. (I16644)
 
2693 [stearns.FTW]

Birth also reported as Littleton, MA. 
STEARNS, William Sr. (I16667)
 
2694 [stearns.FTW]

Death also reported as Sep 1962 & Jan 1963. 
STEARNS, Norval Harlan (I16687)
 
2695 [stearns.FTW]

Death dates are PROBABLE. 
CARPENTER, Clarissa (I16678)
 
2696 [stearns.FTW]

Is death date correct? Same as daughter's death date when she died at age 78. 
KINNEY, Joseph (I16705)
 
2697 [stearns.FTW]

Name & death also reported as Kinny & 30 Jan 1929 or 17 Jan 1929. 
KINNEY, Agnes (I16649)
 

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