Background
Fort was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, the son of United States. Representative Tomlinson Fort.
Fort was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, the son of United States. Representative Tomlinson Fort.
He served as a colonel in the Confederate Army during the United States. Civil War. He was elected mayor in 1875 and served during 1876. He died in Chattanooga in 1910, and was buried in Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia.