Newton Coleman FORRESTER[1, 2]
Male 1858 - 1944


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  • Birth  4 Jun 1858  , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    • 4 Jun 1858 -> Forrester Bible records
      1858, GA -> age 22 on 1880 census
      1861, GA -> age 9 on 1870 census
    Gender  Male 
    Census  1870  Militia District 844, Fannin County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Newton (9) appeared in the household of Colman Forister (52).  He was at home.  He was born in Georgia.  The household included Ann (45), Edward (19), Martha (16), George (8), and Mary (6).

      Fannin County Forresters – 1870
    Census  1880  Noontootla, Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Newton (22) appeared in the household of Coleman Forester (62) as his son. He was a single farmer. He was literate. He was born in Georgia, his father was born in South Carolina, and his mother was born in Georgia. The household included "Anney" (59), Mary L. (16).

      Fannin County Forresters – 1880
    Occupation  Newport, Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Postmaster 
    • "Newton was the first postmaster at Newport, Georgia."
    Died  13 Sep 1944  Morganton, Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Buried  Aft 13 Sep 1944  Morganton, Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Address:
    Chastain Cemetery 
    Notes 
    • Name:
      Newton Coleman Forrester -> Forrester Bible records
      Newton -> 1880 census


      Connection to parents:
      *He is recorded in the Forrester Bible records with the other children of Coleman Forrester and Anna Carnes.
      *Named as Coleman Forester's son on the 1880 census
    Person ID  I1880  Kendrick-Hemphill
    Last Modified  3 Jun 2011 

    Father  Coleman FORRESTER,   b. 9 Sep 1817, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1888 OR 1889, , probably Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Anna CARNES,   b. Feb 1823, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1914, , Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  13 Jan 1842  , Lumpkin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F75  Group Sheet

    Family  Luticia Victoria CHASTAIN,   b. 8 Mar 1860, , , North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1944 
    Married  23 Jul 1882  , Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID  F673  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S200] Forrester Bible Records, 1842-1888, family pages; digital images made by Tonia Kendrick, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Chatsworth, Georgia, 2009; from photocopies supplied by M. H. Kendrick, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Georgia. Entries suggest that the earliest owners were Coleman Forrester (1817-1889) and wife Anna Carnes (1822-1914), who married in 1842, Births, entry for Newton Coleman Forrester (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S400] 1880 U. S. Census, Fannin County, Georgia, population schedule, , ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 0145., Noontootley D.; 61; p. 700 (stamped); dwelling 79, family 79; Coleman Forester household; accessed ; 6 February 2008 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S461] 1870 U. S. Census, Fannin County, Georgia, population schedule, , ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 148., Militia District 844; p. 45 (penned); dwelling 336, family 335; Colman Forister household; accessed; 16 February 2008 (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S400] 1880 U. S. Census, Fannin County, Georgia, population schedule, , ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 0145., Noontootley D.; 61; p. 700 (stamped); dwelling 79, family 79; Coleman Forester household; accessed ; 6 February 2008 (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S461] 1870 U. S. Census, Fannin County, Georgia, population schedule, , ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 148., Militia District 844; p. 45 (penned); dwelling 336, family 335; Colman Forister household; accessed; 16 February 2008 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S493] Lemma Forrester, "Forrester Family: Forrester - Keeper of the Forest," Facets of Fannin: A History of Fannin County, Georgia, Ethelene Dyer Jones, editor (Dallas, TX: Curtis Media Corporation, 1989), ., p. 309 (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S198] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database (http://www.findagrave.com), entry for Newton Coleman Forrester (1858-1944), Memorial No. 51194506, Records of Chastain Cemetery, Fannin County, Georgia; record copyright J. Reece (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S198] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database (http://www.findagrave.com), entry for Newton Coleman Forrester (1858-1944), Memorial No. 51194506, Records of Chastain Cemetery, Fannin County, Georgia; record copyright J. Reece (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S457] Fannin County, Georgia, Marriage Books, Fannin County Ordinary Court, , , ; digital images, Georgia Archives, Georgia's Virtual Vault (http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us/index.php : accessed )., accessed; 15 February 2011; 1864-1894 , p. 327; Forrester-Chastain; 1882 (Reliability: 3).



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