The Fortson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,273 people carried this name — #7,765 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,079 in 2000.

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In print

Fortson in American newspapers,
1915–1926.

Newspaper page from New Britain Herald carrying the name Fortson
New Britain Herald 1926-03-01
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Fortson
Evening Star 1926-03-01
Newspaper page from The Sunday Telegram carrying the name Fortson
The Sunday Telegram 1915-08-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,544 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fortson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benjamin W. Fortson Jr.
    Benjamin W. Fortson Jr. 1904–1979 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fortson,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States208 records

208 records of the Fortson name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William O. Fortson

    Born 1909 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida; store manager. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Fitzgerald Cemetery, Lakeland, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Robert Dale Fortson

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1948, died 1993; buried at Fort Smith National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Mae Fortson

    Born 1887 in Canada. Registered as a foreign national in Cleveland, Ohio, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 208 records for Fortson in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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