Georgia:  Elbert County: Mrs. Jesse White Fortson - Widow's pension
3 April 1891
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Chandler Eavenson
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The records of the Georgia Department of Archives and
History reflect that on 3 Apr 1891 Sophia B. Fortson,
widow of Jesse W. Fortson, completed an affidavit before
the Ordinary of Elbert Co., GA indicating that Jesse W. 
Fortson was a soldier in the service of the Confederate
States and served as a member of Co. F, 38th Regiment of
GA Volunteers, that he enlisted in May, 1862, and was in
the Virginia Army up to July 1862 when he contracted
fever and died within eight days. Other affidavits she
signed indicated he died at Staunton, VA. The Archives
records reflect she received a Widow's Pension through
1905. 

[Submitter's notes: Jesse White Fortson (1835-1862), son
of Jesse Marion Fortson and Frances Mills, married on
2 Oct 1857 in Elbert Co. to Sophia Barbara Black (1838-
1925), daughter of John W. Black and Elizabeth Ham.]

Submitted by: Chandler Eavenson