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Four Family Marker Near Strawberry, Arkansas
1939
Four Family Marker Near Strawberry, Arkansas
John Cephus Fortenberry, son of Oliver Rice Fortenberry, went back to Arkansas in 1939 to erect a monument to his grandfather, Jacob, Jacob's two sisters and the Finleys who settled in the Strawberry area in the early 1800s.
Eula Fortenberry in front of new house circa 1920
Unknown Girls in front of Granny Kate house circa 1920
The Granny Kate House
The Granny Kate House
Sloan and Kate built The Granny Kate House in 1901. This picture shows Sloan and Kate with their four sons and their families in 1910. From left - Claude (Dump), Carrie with Bain, Monnie Dell, Aubrey (Arb), Fern, Everett with Ras, Eula with Guy, Lela Mae, Ambrose, Kate, and Sloan. Freddie Fortenberry standing in front…
Wolf Hunting on White’s Creek circa 1900
Dixon Creek Church
Title Bond: Ables bond 300 acres in Cape Girardeau Dist., MO to James Leath Fortenberry
Title Bond: Ables bond 300 acres in Cape Girardeau Dist., MO to James Leath Fortenberry
On 1 May 1809 Jeremiah (Jerimiah) and Ezekiel Able of the District of Cape Girardeau, Territory of Louisiana, bound themselves to James Leath Fortenberry for $1,800 to give him clear title to 300 acres, including William Smith's improvement, beginning at a sugar tree near the fish trap, on a line between Wm. Murfey and Wm. Smith and across the Little Bayou to Boyd's corner, as soon as the United States confirmed their own (Spanish-era) claim. They reserved one acre at the fish trap. Ezekiel Able acknowledged the bond before Justice George Henderson; David Farril and Js. Boyd also witnessed. It was recorded 20 July 1810 in Deed Book C, pages 203–205 (printed abstract no. 461). This post combines two earlier posts that shared the abstract image with the full deed-book pages and clearer photographs. James Leath Fortenberry's middle name possibly traces back to John Leeth of Anson County, NC (1750s), but this is not yet confirmed.
Jacob Fortenberry’s Grave
Sheriff’s Sale: Ezekiel Able’s 790 acres in Cape Girardeau Dist., MO, where James Leath Fortenberry resides, are sold
Sheriff’s Sale: Ezekiel Able’s 790 acres in Cape Girardeau Dist., MO, where James Leath Fortenberry resides, are sold
Ezekiel Able's 790 acres on the west side of White Water, next to Reason Baily and “whereon James L. Fortenberry now resides,” were seized by Sheriff John Hays to satisfy Edward F. Bond's December 1808 judgment of $93.12 and 5 mills in the Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas. The land was sold at auction on 24 March 1809 to Morgan Byrne for $32; the sheriff's deed is dated 25 March and was recorded 26 March 1809 (Deed Book C, pages 72–74; printed abstract no. 375). This post combines the original printed-abstract post with the full deed-book pages. It places James Leath Fortenberry on Able's land by March 1809, five weeks before the Ables bonded him a 300-acre tract of his own.