James Polk FORRESTER[1, 2, 3]
Male 1844 - 1919


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  • Birth  16 Aug 1844  , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • 16 Aug 1844 -> Forrester Bible Records.
      Aug 1844, Georgia -> 1900 census.
      1845, GA -> age 25 on 1870 census
      1845, GA -> age 35 on 1880 census
    Gender  Male 
    Census  1850  District 85, Union, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Coleman "Forister" (32) was enumerated as head of household. The household includes "Anny" (28), Jesse (7), James (5), Eliza (4), Nancy (2), and Martha Carnes (17).
    Military  Abt 1861–1865  [8] 
    Union Soldier 
    Census  1870  Militia District 844, Fannin County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Note: I now feel sure that this is the same person as the James P. Forester who appeared on the 1880 census. His age matches and the age of the child William also matches. Furthermore, I think he is the same James Forester who married Mary L. Vanzant, since his wife's name is reported as Mary here and they live next door to Vanzants, who are likely her parents. I'm reasonably sure that this is the son of Coleman Forrester and Anna Carnes; there are no other James or Polk Forresters in the right age range (of any spelling variation) enumerated in Fannin County in 1870 or 1880.


      Polk Forister (25) appeared as head of household. He was a farmer with real estate valued at 500 and a personal estate valued at 200. He was born in Georgia. The household included Mary (25) and William (2).
    Census  1880  Noontootla, Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • James P. Forester (35) appeared as head of household. He was a married farmer. He was literate. He and both parents were born in Georgia. The household included his wife Elizabeth (36), son William (12), and daughter Ida J. (7).

      Fannin County Forresters – 1880
    Census  1900  Stock Hill, Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • "James P. Foster" (55) appeared as head of household. He was born Aug 1844. He and both parents were born in Georgia. He was a farmer. He and Martha A. (33) had been married 11 years. The household included Magnola (6), Claud C. (4), Cattie V. (2), and George W. (1/12).

      James' mother, Anie, appeared three households up, and his sister, Mary, appeared four households up.
    1900 Census, Georgia, Fannin County, Stock Hill, p2B    		 1900 Census, Georgia, Fannin County, Stock Hill, p2B
    Died  24 Aug 1919  , probably Bartow, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Buried  Aft 24 Aug 1919  Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Address:
    Oak Hill Cemetery 
    Notes 
    • Name:
      James Polk Forrester -> Forrester Bible Records
      James P. Forester -> 1880 census
      Polk Forister -> 1870 census

      Connection to parents:
      Named as second child on "Births" page from Forrester Bible pages belonging to Coleman Forrester and Anna Carnes.
    Person ID  I1882  Kendrick-Hemphill
    Last Modified  9 Apr 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 1  Mary Elizabeth VANZANT,   b. 1844, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  6 Dec 1866  , Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10] 
    Children 
     1. William FORRESTER,   b. Abt 1868, , probably Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Ida J. FORRESTER,   b. Abt 1873, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID  F982  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Alice Martha MATHIS,   b. Mar 1867, , , Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  1 Dec 1889  , Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Children 
     1. Magnolia FORRESTER,   b. Sep 1893, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Claud C. FORRESTER,   b. 19 Jun 1895, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1967
     3. Cattie V. FORRESTER,   b. Sep 1897, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. George W. FORRESTER,   b. Mar 1900, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage Records
    Forrister-Mathis Marriage License    		Forrister-Mathis Marriage License
    James P. Forrester and Alice Mathis
    Family ID  F864  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 James Polk Forrester (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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. 39 (penned); dwelling 303, family 302; Polk Forister household; accessed; 17 February 2011 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [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. 695 (stamped); dwelling 4, family 4; James P. Forester household; accessed ; 6 February 2011 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S92] 1900 U.S. census, Fannin County, Georgia population schedule; digital images, Ancestry.com; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623 (http://www.ancestry.com), roll 195; Stock Hill District, enumeration district (ED) 29, p. 2 B (penned), dwelling 42, family 42, James P. Foster; (Reliability: 3).
      http://tinyurl.com/ylexx3r

    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. 39 (penned); dwelling 303, family 302; Polk Forister household; accessed; 17 February 2011 (Reliability: 2).

    6. [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. 695 (stamped); dwelling 4, family 4; James P. Forester household; accessed ; 6 February 2011 (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S33] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432,), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 85, Union, Georgia; Roll: M432_84; Page: 257; Image: 396. (Reliability: 3).
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=18981996

    8. [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).

    9. [S198] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database (http://www.findagrave.com), entry for James P. Forrester (1844-1919), Memorial No. 36205938, Records of Oak Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia; record copyright David Woody (Reliability: 2).

    10. [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; 17 February 2011; 1864-1894, p. 99; Forister-Vanzant; 1866 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [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; 20 February 2011; 1864-1894, p. 431; Forrister-Mathis; 1889 (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S92] 1900 U.S. census, Fannin County, Georgia population schedule; digital images, Ancestry.com; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623 (http://www.ancestry.com), roll 195; Stock Hill District, enumeration district (ED) 29, p. 2 B (penned), dwelling 42, family 42, James P. and Martha A. Foster; (Reliability: 3).
      http://tinyurl.com/yjszhrk



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