What is the source of the information that the original Elias' father was a George?

Tom Fort: do you have the Fort family book? I will look in it tonight and see what I can find out about info re: the original Elias' father's name.

I have the Fort book. There is speculation about both a George and a John, but nothing definite. However, I'm seeing ancestral lines on the Fort forums and Mailing List that go back to Elias, and then to George. And the FamilySearch.org site says Elias' father was a George.
So I'm just asking, Where's the documentation? Or is this another case of folks assuming as fact what someone meant as speculation?
Regards,
Tom

Edgecombe Co. NC Court Minutes Book 1765-1773: (no index, few pages marked):
2nd Tuesday in July 1766: ELIAS FORT the son of GEORGE FORT, SR., dec'd, was this day named as legal guardian of his two minor brothers, JOSEPH FORT and JACOB FORT. Later in same record William FORT takes over as guardian from ELIAS FORT.

Thanks for the reply, but I guess I was not specific about which Elias and which George. The one I was inquiring about was born about 1663-1665 and is speculated to be the son of a George Fort (althought the spelling of "Fort" may have been different, possibly "Forth") who may have came over from England on the ship "Globe" in 1635. This Elias is the Fort from which most of the branch in the Southern US descends. In fact your Elias is one of his descendants.
Thanks again for replying to an almost 4 year old message!