Jacob Ricks married Mary Exum, and their children were Isaac Ricks and Martha Ricks. This Isaac Ricks married Sarah //, and among their five children was a son named Abraham Ricks. Abraham married Anna ?. Perhaps Anna Goodwin. They had two children, Isaac Ricks and Mary Ricks. Isaac Ricks married Olive Fort, who was the daughter of John Fort and his first wife, Olive //, who died. John Fort then married a woman named Agnes. John and Agnes were the parents of Arthur Fort, a Revolutionary War veteran for whom the town of Fort Valley, Georgia, is named.
