Hugh P. Fortenberry was born 1811 in NC to Isaac Fortenberry (c1775-c1848) and Cordelia "Bethany" Magee (c1780-aft1846) and died after 1850 Marion County of unspecified causes. He married Obedience "Bedy" Lee 29 October 1835 .
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Nancy Fortenberry (1837) | 22 January 1837 | 22 October 1922 Columbia, Marion County | William James Ball (1831-1897) |
| Jesse L. Fortenberry (c1840) | |||
| William J. Fortenberry (c1843) | |||
| Benjamin Lewis Fortenberry (1844) | January 1844 | 1903 | Gabriella M. Boone (1844-1913) |
| Sarah E. Fortenberry (1845) | February 1845 | 1935 | Adolphus J. Forbes |
| Missouri Julia Fortenberry | 28 April 1848 Marion County | 1923 | Jacob H. Pope |
| Harriet Fortenberry (c1850) | |||
| Bethany Cordelia "Betty" Fortenberry | 24 December 1839 | 18 October 1896 | Nelson Columbus Forbes (1832-1909) |