FORTNEY, John Hamilton

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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.

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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.

John married RICHARDS, Kizza 15 Aug 1816, Knox County, Kentucky. Kizza (daughter of RICHARDS, Warreat and HADDOCK, Nancy) was born 16 Aug 1795, Pitt County, North Carolina; died 7 Jan 1883, Boone County, Missouri; was buried , Cedar Township, Boone County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

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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.

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

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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

Jonas — Christina. Christina was born Bef 1775; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1 NAME Werritt /Richards/
2 SOUR S005716
3 PAGE 3
2 SOUR S005956
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: 27 Mar 2006


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Kizza Richards, wife of John Fortney, was first remembered by Edward Everett Easley, when I asked him in the 1950s, has having been named Kizza Haddock. Now he knew her--lived on a farm just up the road until she died, when he was nearly grown. When I documented that her name was in fact Richards rather than Haddock, I had trouble finding an explanation. Finally, I realized that it was because all of her relatives, apparently, were Haddocks. Her mother was Nancy Haddock, and some Haddocks had made the move from Pitt Co., N.C., through Knox Co., Ky., to Boone Co., Mo. She had a Haddock "connection" that remained clear in his mind.
Finding exactly how she is related to the Richards family has been more difficult. She and her mother, Nancy Haddock, appear in the records associated with a Wharyot (however spelled) Richards. The following data is what I have gathered.
The deed records of Pitt Co., N.C., indicate that there were families in the county named Richards/Whichard and Wheary/Wherry, but do not indicate any specific connection of the following man to either of them. By 1800, William Wherry of Po., N.C., had moved to Sumner Co., Tenn.

Judith DuPree Ellison, compiler. Index and Abstracts of Deeds of Record of Pitt County, North Carolina. Miami Beach, FL., Old South Historical Research and Atlantic Printers and
Lithographers, Inc., 1968.
Volume I (1761-1785): Mentions: Ralph Richards; Solomon Richards; Thomas Richards; Anthony Whichard; Jamima Whichard; Jemima Whichard; John Whichard; Philip Whichard; Solomon Whichard; Solomon Whitchard; Anthony Whitchard.
Volume II (1782-1801): Mentions: Ralph Richards; Thomas Richards; William Wheary; Anthony Wherry; William Wherry; Wm. Wherry; Anthony Whichard; John Whichard; Philip Whichard; Solomon Whichard.
Volume III (1801-1817): Mentions: Anna Richards; Wm. Wherry; Philip Whichard; Solomon Whichard.
Volume IV (1817-1832): Mentions: Anna Richards; Martha Richards; Mathew Richards; Roling Richards; William Richards; Rroling Ritchard; Anthony Whichard; John Whichard; Solomon Whichard; John Whitchard; Rubin Whitchard; Solomon Whitchard;ughby Whitchard.

U.S. Census, 1790, Pitt Co., N.C.
Richards, Solomon. 1 male over 16, 3 females.
Whichard, Anthony. 1 male over 16, 3 females.
Whicherel [sic], John. 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 3 females.
(NOTE BY VED: This may seem odd, but the Pitt Co., N.C. deed books indicate that these families spelled the name "Whichard" and "Richards" quite as a matter of indifference. I suspect that the name printed as "Whicherel" may be "Whiche manuscript copy.
Wherry, William. 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 4 females, 12 slaves.

There were also other Richards in the Boone Co./Callaway Co., Mo. area, including a Joseph Richards and a Reason Richards. The estate of Joseph Richards in Callaway Co., Mo., named two brothers, including Reason. There is no indication they were connections of Warreat Richards.

RELATIONSHIP TO 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.

I have read the entire probate file from Cole Co., Mo., and am sure there is no mention of Kizza (Richards) Fortney or her children. However, I am not sure that this is completely dispositive of the case. It is possible that she had received her share earlier--or even that she was forgotten and omitted from the list by her stepmother.

NAME VARIATIONS:
There is a cliche which goes, "That's a fair enough statement." In general, this means that the statement gets at the gist of the matter, although it may not be entirely comprehensive.
It is safe to say that Kizza (Richards) Fortney passed the name of the man under discussion here down to her descendents, among whom the form became pretty much stabilized as "Wary." It is also safe to say that this stabilization came afte fact. Over the years, I have found this man's name spelled the same way in only two records. I have located:
Warrait (Fraktur certificate)
Wharyot Richards
Warreat Richards
Warriet Richards
Wariot Richards
Warriott Richards
Wherry Richards (three times)
Werry/Werrey Richards (same record, different transcriptions)
Worry Richards
Werritt Richards (mis-read in an index as Merritt)
Weary Richards
Wariat/Warial Richards (same record, different transcriptions)
Wayreat Richards
Werriot Richardes (tombstone)
BUT NOT
Wary Richards.
Well, it WAS a rather unusual name!

Documentary record:

1796, April 23, Pitt Co., N.C., Book N, p. 418. John Mills (pat. 1767) to John Haddock. Mention: John Haddock Sr., father of John Haddock, grantee. Wit.: Wharyot Richards, Nancy Richards. 300 acres.

1799, August 12, Pitt Co., N.C., Book (, p. 397. John Haddock (pat 1772) to Kizzah Richards. 100 acres, 20 lbs. Men.: Nancy Richards, mother of Kizzah Richards. Wit.: Henry Smith, Charles Hadduck. "Part of a tract of land granted to said John Haddock bearing date July 1, 1772, reserving the use of the land to the father and mother of said Kizzah Richards if they will live but not be sold nor rented . . . and after our death to her Ears and asines forever and if she never has Ears to my Ears . . . .
NOTE: per an 1826 deed in Pitt Co. "adj. Kizy Richard," this land had apparently not yet been sold.

1800 U.S. Census, Pitt Co., N.C.: Wherry Richards, 1 male 16-26, 1 female under 10, 1 female 26-45.

1810 U.S. Census, Pitt Co., N.C.: Wherry Richards. 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1 male 15-26, 1 female 15-26, 1 female over 45.

1815, not yet on Knox Co., Ky., Tax List.

1816 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky., (Microfilm Series V20, American Genealogical Lending Library, Bountiful, Utah, Reel 230): Warriet Richards 909 acres in Knox Co. on Stinking Creek, entered by J. Bledsoe, 1 white male, 3 horses.

1817 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky., Wariot Richards, 900 acres in Knox Co. on Stinking Creek, entered by J. Bledsoe, 1 white male, 2 horses, value 10 cents per acre, total value $125.

1818 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky., Wherry Richards, 909 acres in Knox Co. on Stinking Creek, entered by Bledsoe, value $175.

1819, no longer on Knox Co., Ky., Tax List.

1819 September 10. Knox Co., Ky., Deed Book C, p. 191: Wherry Richards to Micajah Jackson, both of Knox Co., Ky. $200. 909 acres on the waters of Stinking Creek entered in the name of J. Bledsoe. Patent in the name of Thomas P. Chilton, bounded as follows, beginning at a sycamore on the north bank of Stinking Creek, opposite the mouth of the middle fork, thence N45 East crossing the creek at the start 785 poles to the upper line of the Survey to a Stake, thence North 45 West binding on the said line to the corner to a Spanish Oak, thence South 45 West 155 poles to a maple and dogwood, thence North 45 West 640 Poles to two beaches and hickory, thence South 45 East 200 poles to the Beginning. Wherry his X mark Richards
Teste
Wm Baker, John Lynch, John Wyatt
Recorded 6 Aug 1820 R. Ballinger Clk

NOTE BY VED: Same tract of land, Knox Co. Ky., Deed Book C, p. 240, 27 May 1821, sold by James Stewart to Micajah Jackson for $125. Stewart not liable for title claims. Wit. Wm. Baker. Acknowledged 4 June 1821.
Same tract of land, Knox Co. Ky., Deed Book C, p. 240-241, sold 2 June 1821 by Micajah Jackson to Nasby Mills. $222. Micajah his X mark Jackson. Wit Wm Baker. Recorded 10 September 1821.
Same tract of land, Knox Co. Ky., Deed Book C, p. 332-333, 18 August 1823, Nasby Mills to Micajah Jackson. Valuable consideration to him in hand paid. Nasby his X mark Mills. Test Lyne Kemingham, John Crawford, Bryce Baker. Recorded 29mber 1823.

1820, he does not appear on the AIS SEARCH index of the census anywhere. Possibly, he may have been in transit from Kentucky to Missouri and the census taker missed him--or he could have been living in someone else's household, but he was not living with John and Kizza Fortney. I searched under both Richard and Richards.

1821, Nadine Hodges and Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff, Missouri Pioneers. County and Genealogical Records, Volume XI, 1971. "Boone County - 1821 Tax List," pp. 51-54. Lists: Werrey Richards (and Charles Haddick).
NOTE: In this list, unmarried men between the ages of 21 and 50 were supposed to have asterisks. He did not have an asterisk.

1821 and 1825 combined Land and Property Tax Lists, Boone Co., Mo. by Lois Stanley, George F. Wilson, and Maryhelen Wilson, Missouri Taxpayers 1819-1826, Decorah, Iowa, Privately Printed 1979.
Werry Richards, Warial Richards [should probably have crossed the t]

1826, deed in Pitt Co., N.C. Land sold "adj. Kizy Richards."
[Check final disposition of this land.]

1826, October 19. Marriage Record, Boone Co., Mo. Werritt Richard to Dicy Paine. By R. H. McBride. Misread as Merritt Richard in one published index.

1827, May 22. Deed from John and Keziah Fortney to Warreat Richards, Boone Co., Mo., Book B, p. 250. Filed 3 July 1827. $97.00. East 1/2 of Section 6, Twp. 47, Range 12. 80 acres.

#426. 28 October 1828. William G. Mc Pheeters.. request for dam on Little Bonne Femme Creek.. July 1828.. the following viewed lands Jesse Blackburn, Werret Richards, Gaven Head, Jeremiah String, John Douglass, William Easley, N. Glasgow, Addison Mc Pheeters, Wm. Slavin, Mason Moss, John C. Mc Pheeters, Thos. S. Tuttle.. granted (Bartels, Boone County Circuit Court 182-1831).

1830 United States Census, Boone Co., Mo. Weary Richards: 2 males 0-5, 1 male 5-10; 1 male 50-60; 2 females under 5, 1 female 15-20; 1 female 30-40.

1837, March 18. Warreat Richards to deed Edward Easley, Boone Co., Mo. Book H, p. 126.

1840 United States Census, Cole Co., Mo. (NARS Microfilm Series M704, Reel 222). p. 97, Clark Twp., Division allotted to William N. Miller. Wayreat Richards: 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 60-70; 1 female under 5, 2 females 10-15; 1 female 40-50. Total 8 persons, of whom 5 are engaged in agriculture.

1850 United States Census, Cole Co., Mo. (NARS Microfilm Series M432, Reel 397), p. 048.
Family #703: Dicy Richards, 50, F, $200 property, b. Va.; Sarah, 19, F, Mo.; Pleasant M., 16, F, Mo.; Benjamin F., 12, M, Mo.
Family #704: Geo. M. Curnutt, 23, M, farmer, b. Tenn.; Mary E., 20, F, Mo.; Mmrie [??], 4/12, M, Mo.

Sone, Guy McClure and Ruth Wells Sone. Marriage Records of Cole County, Missouri 1821-1900. Compiled from Original Certificates and Licenses with Notes on Genealogy. Jefferson City, Mo., 1964.
Richards, Benjamin F., and Ann Ambrose, 20 September 1857. Book B, p. 142.
Richards, J. M. F., and Elizabeth Buckner, 20 October 1873. Book D, p. 54.
Richards, James W., and Armilda Reavis, 18 August 1850, Book A, p. 297.
Richards, Pleasant M., and Eliza J. Karr, 8 September 1858, Book B, p. 159.
Richards, Rufus and Cordelia E. Foster, 18 November 1857, Book B, p. 151.
Richards, Ann m. Henry S. Hollis, 9 November 1863, Book B, p. 276.
Richards, Catharine, m. William Baylor, 13 July 1857.
Richards, Mary m. John Brennan, 16 April 1868, Book C, p. 243.
Richards, Mary Elizabeth, m. George Curnutt, 1 April 1849, Book A, 0. 275.

Tombstone:
27 April 1993, Yvonne Fortney Jones informed me that in a book on Cemeteries in Cole Co., Mo., as Recorded in the 1930's, published by Capital City Family Research, 1986, Bethel Cemetery (NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Section 10, Twp., 42, Range 13),entioned on p. 76, 76, and 172 as containing the tombstone of:

Werriot Richardes
d. Jan. 1847, age 80
In Memory of Werriot Richards who departed this
life 1847 age 80 yrs.

As I have seen neither the book nor the tombstone, and took this information over the phone, the above may not be precise.
NOTE BY VED: The Deputy Clerk, Cole County Courthouse, Jefferson City, Missouri, sent me the probate file on Warriot Richards on 21 April 1988:

State of Missouri, County of Cole) I Dicey Richards administratris of the Estate of Wariat Richards deceased do swear to the best of my Knowledge and belief that I am the Widow of said deceased and that James Wariat Richards, Elizabeth Mary Richards, Sarah Wellinger/Dellinger? Richards, Pleasant Manin/Manor? Richards and Benjamin Franklin Richards are the children of the Said deceased, all residents of Cole County Mo. that the deciased died intestate and that I will make a perfect Inventory of and account for and pay all debts as far as the assets will Extend and the Law directs, and do all things that is required of me according to Law or the order of any Court having Jurisdiction thereof So help me God.
her
Dicey X Richards
mark
Sword and Subscribed to
before me the undersigned
Clerk of the County Court of Cole County Mo this 26th
day of Feby 1848.
G A Parsons Ck
By Rsaky? A D,C

Inventory -- in three parts includes: one promissory note on Van S. Grayum dated 19th March 1840 for $5.00--accumulated interest of $2.25; two cows and calves, three cows without calves, one three year old heifer, two heifers two years old, one steer two years old past, one steer one year old past, three yearling cowbearts, one sorrel mare 6 years old, one sorrel horse 5 years old, one sorrel mare 3 years old, one sorrel mare 12 years old, 26 head of sheep, 21 head of hogs, one waggon and two pair of gears, one drawen knife, one saw, 4 chizels, one awgur, one handsaw, one frow, one grendstone, 2 blevises, 2 plows, 3 hoes, one grubbing hoe, one shot gun, 20 head of geese, one side saddle, on lot of Books (12 in number), one wheet sieve, six Chairs, and one cow hide; real estate to wit sixty seven and --/100 acres of land being the West half of the North West qr of Section two Township forty-two Range thirteen (by deed from Hiram Revis). Sworn by Dicy Richard 18 March 1848.

Appraisement -- the personal property was appraised at $236.37. Done by John Hunley, George T. Boy, Wm B. Ragsdale.

A list of names following the sentence fragment "of Dicy Richards administratrix of the estate"
Controny? Contrary?
Matilda Russell .50
A. J. Basey 7.00
John A. Mahan .75
Samuel Burton 5.30
Shadrick Collier 10.00
Nathan L. Bachman 3.52
Lewis Bolton 6.00
W. F. Fowler 1.55
$34.62

Warreat married HADDOCK, Nancy Bef 1795, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of HADDOCK, John) was born Between 1756 and 1765, Pitt County, North Carolina; died Aft 1799. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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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."