Elias Fort, Jr. (b. July 14, 1730, d. Jan. 14, 1819). Husband of Sarah Suggs.
Fought in the Revolutionary War. DAR Ancestor # A041280.
Resided in Bertie County and previously served in Capt. Charles W. Jacocks's company of minutemen in Feb. 1776. Enlisted on Apr. 11, 1777, for three years. Enlisted as a private. Promoted to corporal in Sept. 1777. Transferred to the First N.C. Regiment, likely in early June 1778 (date of consolidation of N.C. regiments at Valley Forge, Pa.). His name appears on a roll of Capt. Howell Tatum's company of this regiment dated Sept. 8, 1778. Promoted to sergeant on Nov. 7, 1778. His name ("Elias Foort") appears on a muster roll of Tatum's company for the period Nov. 1779 to Feb. 1780.
Fought in the Revolutionary War. DAR Ancestor # A041280.
Resided in Bertie County and previously served in Capt. Charles W. Jacocks's company of minutemen in Feb. 1776. Enlisted on Apr. 11, 1777, for three years. Enlisted as a private. Promoted to corporal in Sept. 1777. Transferred to the First N.C. Regiment, likely in early June 1778 (date of consolidation of N.C. regiments at Valley Forge, Pa.). His name appears on a roll of Capt. Howell Tatum's company of this regiment dated Sept. 8, 1778. Promoted to sergeant on Nov. 7, 1778. His name ("Elias Foort") appears on a muster roll of Tatum's company for the period Nov. 1779 to Feb. 1780.
Elias Fort, Jr. (b. July 14, 1730, d. Jan. 14, 1819). Husband of Sarah Suggs.
Fought in the Revolutionary War. DAR Ancestor # A041280.
Resided in Bertie County and previously served in Capt. Charles W. Jacocks's company of minutemen in Feb. 1776. Enlisted on Apr. 11, 1777, for three years. Enlisted as a private. Promoted to corporal in Sept. 1777. Transferred to the First N.C. Regiment, likely in early June 1778 (date of consolidation of N.C. regiments at Valley Forge, Pa.). His name appears on a roll of Capt. Howell Tatum's company of this regiment dated Sept. 8, 1778. Promoted to sergeant on Nov. 7, 1778. His name ("Elias Foort") appears on a muster roll of Tatum's company for the period Nov. 1779 to Feb. 1780.
Fought in the Revolutionary War. DAR Ancestor # A041280.
Resided in Bertie County and previously served in Capt. Charles W. Jacocks's company of minutemen in Feb. 1776. Enlisted on Apr. 11, 1777, for three years. Enlisted as a private. Promoted to corporal in Sept. 1777. Transferred to the First N.C. Regiment, likely in early June 1778 (date of consolidation of N.C. regiments at Valley Forge, Pa.). His name appears on a roll of Capt. Howell Tatum's company of this regiment dated Sept. 8, 1778. Promoted to sergeant on Nov. 7, 1778. His name ("Elias Foort") appears on a muster roll of Tatum's company for the period Nov. 1779 to Feb. 1780.
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