Name: Swain Fortner
RESIDENCE: Johnson County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 28 Jul 1864
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 July 1864.
Enlisted in Company F, 14th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 28 Jul 1864.
Name: James Fortner
RESIDENCE: Johnson County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 11 Jul 1861
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 July 1861.
Enlisted in Company F, 14th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 11 Jul 1861.
Absent without leave Company F, 14th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 28 Feb 1865.
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Swain Fortner
Age in 1860: 39
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: Johnson, Georgia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Wrightsville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Swain Fortner 39 w/m Farmer
Sofiah Fortner 39 w/f domestic
Ebenser Fortner 17 w/m farming
Mandy Fortner 15 w/f domestic
Obediah Fortner 12 w/m
Sarah Fortner 10 w/f
Milly Fortner 7 w/f
Marie Fortner 5 w/f
Jernsha Fortner 3 w/f
Delia Fortner 2w/f
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Swain Fortner
Age in 1860: 14
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: Johnson, Georgia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Wrightsville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
J F Fortner 35 w/m Farmer
Mary Fortner 37 w/f domestic
Benjamin Fortner 15 w/m farming
Swain Fortner 14 w/m
Rocksey Fortner 13 w/f
Freeman Fortner 10 w/m
Clarsey Fortner 7 w/f
Silas Fortner 7 w/m
Malinda Fortner 2 w/f
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Swain Fortner
Home in 1900: Kite, Johnson, Georgia
Age: 54
Birth Date: May 1846
Birthplace: Georgia
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Spouse's Name: Missouri
Marriage Year: 1872
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 28
Residence : Kite & Adrian (Part) Towns, Johnson, Georgia
Occupation:
Household Members: Name Age
Swain Fortner 54 b. May 1846 GA Farmer
Missouri Fortner 52 b. July 1847 GA Wife
John S Fortner 23 b. June 1876 GA son
Roxie Fortner 18 b. July 1881 GA dau
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Ebenezer S Fortner
Residence: Johnson County, Georgia
Age at enlistment: 19
Enlistment Date: 3 Apr 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Georgia
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company F, Georgia 48th Infantry Regiment on 04 Mar 1862.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 15 Jun 1864.
Mustered out on 09 Apr 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.
Birth Date: abt 1843
Sources: Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
Name: Obediah Fortner
RESIDENCE: Johnson County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 15 Feb 1864
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 15 February 1864.
Enlisted in Company F, 48th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 15 Feb 1864.
Surrendered Company F, 48th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 9 Apr 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.
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Unproven on-line genealogy
Swain Montgomery Fortner
Born: 29 Dec 1821 Johnson, Georgia
Died: 13 Mar 1881 Scotts Ferry, Calhoun, Florida
[son of James Tol Fortner and Sarah Jane Swain]
Marriage: 29 Dec 1821 in Johnson, Georgia
Sophia Sapphira Powell
Born: 10 Jan 1820 in Johnson, Georgia
Died: 4 Aug 1897 in Johnson, Georgia
Children Sex Birth
Ebeneser Fortner M 22 Feb 1842 in Johnson, Georgia
Amanda Sophira Fortner F 1845 in Georgia
Obediah S Fortner M 1846 in Emanuel, Georgia
Sarah Fortner F 21 Dec 1849
Millie Fortner F 25 Jan 1853 in Johnson, Georgia
Marie Malinda Fortner F 29 Aug 1855 in Johnson, Georgia
Jerusha Emma Fortner F 23 Feb 1856
Delia Martha Fortner F 17 Mar 1858 in Johnson, Georgia
Patsy Fortner F Sep 1861
Benjamin Fortner M Mar 1864
Ebeneser Fortner
Born: 22 Feb 1842 Johnson, Georgia
Died: 23 Feb 1908 Scotts Ferry, Calhoun, Florida
Marriage: 18 Jan 1874 in Georgia
Fannie Harris
Born: 25 Dec 1857 in Johnson, Georgia
Died: 29 Dec 1924 in Scotts Ferry, Calhoun, Florida
Children Sex Birth
Tout Fortner F Johnson, Georgia
Augustus Surine Fortner M 29 Sep 1874 in Johnson, Georgia
Wayne Fortner M 1875
James Tolliver Fortner M abt 1877 in Johnson, Georgia
Stephen Mitchell Fortner M 2 Jan 1878 in Kite, Johnson, Georgia
Susan Fortner F Nov 1879 in Johnson, Georgia
Della Fortner F 31 Aug 1880 in Johnson, Georgia
Millie Fortner F 12 Jan 1889 in Johnson, Georgia
John Elton Fortner M 5 Feb 1890 in Knight, Johnson, Georgia
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