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Subject: [EFSS] PORTER, Thomas 1734-1799 Fauquier Co., Va. m. Sarah "Sally" WEAVER
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 00:38:57 EDT
Thomas PORTER's wife Sarah "Sally" WEAVER was dropped from a UFO! Thomas'
brother Samuel PORTER m. an Evelyn "Eva" WEAVER, daughter of Tilman WEAVER of
Germanna. Nowhere can I find Sarah "Sally".
I also cannot find parents for Samuel and Thomas.
I'm descended through Thomas' youngest son--Edwin PORTER m. Polly MAUZY.
The following is what I have so far on Thomas PORTER.
Served as a sargent and a captain in the 2nd Virginia Regt. under Col.
TAYLOR. DAR Vol. 162 pg 215.
According to his grandson's obit.(wm. b. 1809) Thomas had 3 sons at Yorktown
at the time of the surrender of Cornwallis.
Name State County Location Page Year Age Sex Age Ranges Census Type
Porter, Saml VA FAUQUIER CO. 1770 RENT ROLL
Porter, Samuel VA FAUQUIER CO. 1770 RENT ROLL
Porter, Samuel VA FAUQUIER CO. 1777 RENT ROLL
Porter, Samuel VA FAUQUIER CO. 1779
Porter, Thomas VA FAUQUIER CO. 1770 RENT ROLL
Porter, Thos VA FAUQUIER CO. 1770 RENT ROLL
Porter, Thos VA FAUQUIER CO. 1777 RENT ROLL
Porter, Wm VA FAUQUIER CO. 1777 RENT ROLL
From: BUCKYBARB
To: TEbel2888
Edwin Porter, Thomas bondsman 9-25-1797 Polly Mauzy bondsman John Mauzy.
Thomas he and Sarah Porter 1761 sell Wm Hunton 120 acres. Sons Wm, Thomas and
Edwin. Samuel and Martin Porter. Married children Hannah Jackman, Sarah
Scott, John deceased, Wm, Thomas, Charles and Edwin. not married Betty.
William Porter (looks like Thomas son) married 1/27/1779 to Sarah Porter dau
of Samuel. Thought this might clear up any confusion. Barb
I read those children as the children of Thomas. This book with the
abbreviations is very hard to interput. I am going to type the whole thing,
you can interput.
Porter, Thomas. 59M, 78 BI, 81BC-99E.D 1-188, 1761. He and Sarah Porter sell
William Hunton 120 a. at mouth of N fork of Cedar Run. D 2-401 & 405, 1765.
Execs of Armistead Churchill sell 1.him 250a. and 2. Samuel Porter 262 a.
part of Pageland. RR1770 250 a. W 3-184, 1799, pr M 14,634, June 1799 by
Wiley Roy; sons William, Thomas, and Edwin execs with sec Samuel and Martin
Porter. Married children: Hannah Jackman, Sarah Scott, Jon dec'd, William,
Thomas, Charles, and Edwin; not married: Betty, Eli. M 14, 853, 1799. Eppa &
Elizabeeth Porter ag his execs; Thomas & Hannah Jackman; John & Sarah Scott;
Charles and Eli Porter; and heirs of John Porter by gdns Jane Porter and
William Pepper. D14-351,1799. Voted
(Jim Ball)
Just curious here. Looked over the GenForum messages more closely and
see that you state that Thomas died in Campbell Co. KY. Are you sure of
that? His will, dated 10 May 1799, was recorded in Fauquier Co. VA on 24
Jun 1799. Abstract doesn't mention he is in another place. With the little
time between the will date and its filing, it seems improbable, though
possible. If he was out of the state, it would have been filed in Fauquier
since
he had lands there. (Final division was 24 Feb 1800). Sons William, Thomas
and Edwin were executors. There seem to have been some complaints and
suits drawn against them, mostly from out of state siblings. In one of these,
Jane Porter of Mason Co. KY and widow of John, gave her power of attorney
to her B-I-L Charles Porter of Bourbon Co. KY to demand Thomas' estate
division. This was filed in Fauquier. There were others. Interesting, but not
uncommon where out-of-state interests are concerned. In Jane's case, she
probably needed funds for young children.
One of Thomas' brothers was Samuel. The two of them bought land together
in Fauquier in 1765. Prior to that Thomas had sold some land in 1761.
Thomas was present on the surviving 1759 tax list of Thomas Marshall which
indicates he was living around the Licking Run area in Fauquier. He was the
only Porter on that particular list (relatively small area) and no tithables
listed
with him. In all likelihood, he was married by that time.
William, Thomas, and Edwin made oath and with Samuel Porter and Martin
Porter, their security in bond for $10,000, granted cert. for obtaining
probate.
(source is John Gott's Fauquier Will Abstracts)
-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-
There you have it. In addition, Thomas Porter voted in Fauquier 1799,
probably one of his last acts. He definitly was not in Campbell Co. KY.
Samuel appears to be a brother. Possibly he is the son of Samuel and Eve
Porter. Martin is definitely the son of Samuel Sr. There may have been other
siblings in addition to Thomas and Samuel.
The will of Tilman Weaver (Fauquier Will Book 1, page 13) probated Mar
1760 mentions his daughter Eve Porter and his son-in-law Samuel Porter.
This is the same Samuel Porter that purchased land along with Thomas
Porter in 1765 in Fauquier.
This Tilman Weaver didn't have a daughter Sarah, but I would suggest an
association somewhere - unless this is another inaccuracy in the DAR app.
Another major interesting titbit you are going to want to follow up on: This
Samuel Porter (unquestionably of the same family as your Thomas Porter)
sold land to a William Porter which Samuel and Eve initially had purchased
of Denis (sic) Conyers. This is a surname which connects back to the Porter
family in Overwharton Parish!!!!
If I'm not mistaken, the Weaver family had its roots in old Germania. Allied
families seem to include many Germania surnames. Tilman's will mentions
his land in Culpeper. There were Porters in Culpeper. A possible link may be
there. Point is that the Isle of Wight may be a generation too early for
Thomas, if accurate at all.
Regards...
Jim Ball
Husband: Thomas PORTER
Born: 1734 [13] Isle of Wight [10] ENG* [9]
Married: 1759 [13] Campbell Co KY [13**]
Died: 1799 [10] Campbell Co KY [10] at home of son Eli [13]
w pr 24 June 1799 [1] Hamilton Parish Fauquier Co VA [1]
Other information: He “came from England and settled in Fauquier Co. VA, at
an early day, and his sons removed to Kentucky in the early settling of that
country... [He] had been in Virginia long enough that he had three sons at
Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered” [9]. He appears on 1759 Tax List of
Licking Run, Fauquier Co VA; he and his brother Samuel bought land in
Fauquier Co VA in 1765 [12]. He served in the Revolutionary War as a captain
in the 2nd Virgina Regiment under Col. Taylor [11]. He was enrolled as a
sergeant in the Continental service 10 July 1777 for a term of 3 years, rose
to be captain of a company of guards in Taylor’s Regiment, and in the end
served a total of 3 1/2 years, receiving a bounty land warrant [13]. Jane
Porter, widow of John Porter of Mason Co KY, guardian of his infant orphans,
demanded division of Thomas Porter’s estate [8].
Wife: Sarah Weaver [10]
Born: abt 1740 [13] prob from Germanna Colony, Culpeper Co VA [10]
Died: 1787 [13] Wilkes Co GA [13]
Children:
1. Eli: b aft 1759 [1]; m after June 1799 [1] to Martha Ball [13].
2. Betty: aft 1799 [10;] not m June 1799 [1].
3. Hannah: b aft 1759 [10]; m Thomas Jackman [7].
4. Sarah: b aft 1759 [10]; m John Scott [7].
5. John: b 1759 [3] m 19 Jan 1785 Fauquier Co VA Jane Smith [4] d 13 Nov 1789
[5] Mason Co KY [6].
6. William: b aft 1759 [10]; m bef June 1799 [1].
7. Thomas: b aft 1759 [10]; m bef June 1799 [1].
8. Charles: b aft 1759 [10]; m bef June 1799 [1] to Ann Benson [13].
9. Edwin: b 1778 KY [9] Fauquier Co VA [10] but commenced paying taxes in
Fauqier Co VA in 1788 [12]; rem to Lincoln Co KY 1808 [10]; m KY [9] Polly
Mauzy (Manzy?) [10]; d 1841 [9] Barren Co KY [10].
Documentation:
1. Thomas Porter will abs in Gott, John K. Abstracts of Fauquier County,
Virginia, 1980.
2. Deed abs in Alcock, John P. Fauquier Families 1759-1799, 1994.
3. Mary Ray Dobyns’ DAR Application #399661.
4. William Ray Dobyns, Additional Records of the Dobyns Family, transcribed
in the Dobyns section of this work.
5. Dobyns Family Bible transcribed in KY Ancestors, July, 1976.
6. Will administration activity report in Mason County Deed BookA-L 1789-1810
Abstracts, 1973, p Av-4.
7. E-mail from Jim Ball <>.
8. Deed abs in Alcock, John P. Fauquier Families 1759-1799, 1994.
9. Obituary of Thomas Porter’s grandson William from Pike Co. MO Genealogical
Society.
10. Family records of Charlene Reeds Ebeling <>, who
acquired them from a cousin born in the 1800’s, who knew Thomas Porter’s
grandson William and registered Thomas as a DAR patriot.
11. DAR Vol 162 page 215 qtd in [10].
12. E-mail from Jim Ball <>, author of “Ball Family of Carter’
s Run” website: <http://web.raex.com/~jdball/gendata/fam00450.htm>;.
13. DAR supplemental on Thomas Porter submitted by Annie Ingram. Mrs. Ingram,
four generations removed from Thomas Porter, was national number
101836. She includes transcriptions of documents submitted for the land
warrant, which she found at the Virginia State Archives. One of the
documents submitted for the land warrant is signed by two justices of
the peace from Wilkes Co GA, place of death of Sarah (Weaver) Porter.
Why, since Thomas Porter died first? Mrs Ingram also references a mss
entitled “Burton-Weaver & Scott Genealogy” and a book by William Manzy
entitled Manzy Family, but does not state their location
*[13] says Isle of Wight Co VA.
** [13] says Campbell Co VA but 10 has Thomas Porter’s death as Campbell Co
KY, which seems more likely, since Campbell Co KY was taken from Mason
County KY, where son John Porter lived. If 13 is mistaken about this in
relation to Thomas Porter’s death, it may be mistaken in the same way in
saying the marriage took place at Campbell Co VA, so I have placed iT in
Campbell Co KY until I have further information.
Descendant of King Henry, III and King Edward, III--accepted by DAR.
Will ABSTRACT
I have an abstract from Gott's "Abstracts of Fanquier Co VA", to wit:
Pages 184-185:
Thomas Porter (Will)
"of Parish of Hamilton"
Date: 10 May 1799
Son: Eli - 150 acres, part of the Tract whereon I now live - one feather bed &
furniture - livestock - 1/2 pewter and 1/2 pot iron.
Dau.: Betty Porter - 100 acres, the remainder of the Tract whereon I now life
- Negro - Livestock.
Married children:
Hannah Jackman, Sarah Scott, John Porter, William, Thomas, Charles and Edwin
- to have what has been given them already.
Children:
Hannah Jackman, Sarah Scott, William, Thomas, Charles, Betty, Eli and John
Porter deceased, his heirs - remainder of estate, up to L100, if there is
more "Edwin shall come in for a proportion of that balance."
Servants:
Jack, Will, and Sam - my wearing clothes.
Excrs: Sons, William Thomas and Edwin
Signed: Thomas Porter
Wit.: Wily Roy
Proved: 24 June 1799, by c. of Wiley Roy. William, Thomas, and Edwin Porter
made c. and with Samuel Porter and Martin Porter their security in bond for
$10,000, granted cert. for obtaining a probate.
Note 761
The seven hundred and sixty-first note in a series on the Germanna Colonies
Two grants which shows an involved history are these
Henry Ealer (probably Aylor), 26 Feb 1776 – resurveyed 10 Apr 1776; 422 a. on
Deep Run in the Great Fork being the same land granted to Joseph Bloodworth
by King's patent; adj. James Newman & said Ealer. CC Thomas Chissell & Tivolt
Fife. Surv. George Hume. NB – This land first taken up by Joseph Bloodworth
who conveyed to Roan who conveyed to Thomas Newman & Thomas Porter who
conveyed to Ealer. [I would appreciate learning more about the names Ealer,
Chissell, and Fife.]
Adam Fisher, assignee of Lewis Fisher; no warrant, date from survey, 4 June
1763, resurveyed 30 Nov 1764; 238 a. – the remainder of a former survey made
for Lewis Fisher excluding a patent granted to Thomas Dimack in 1727 for 500
a. in Spotsylvania (now Culpeper) and by Lewis Fisher's request is now
returned in his son Adam Fisher's name; on the N. side of Round Hill Ridge;
adj. Paul Planeanpetler [i.e., Balthasar Blankenbaker] now Lewis Fisher's,
Dimmack. CC Michael Planeanpetler and Adam Fisher. Surv. Richard Young.
[Michael Blankenbaker was Adam's mother first cousin.]
A "Thomas PORTER, Serg." is listed in Capt. Wm. Edmonds Virginia Troop from
Fauquier Co., Va. 1761--French and Indian Wars--source: Genealogical Records:
Virginia Colonial Records 1600's-1700's--Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776.
Misc. County Rosters, pg. 97
The estate sale of Thomas Porter found Book 3, 239, probate date 24 Feb 1800.
You most likely will find out more about this Thomas Porter by reading the
early land deed for Fauquier Co. VA.
BIRTH date and place as per Lancashire Church of England
Records--Warrington, available through LDS--film/fiche # 0823699
Charlene Reeds Ebeling
Dad's Side
PORTER, REEDS, DUNCAN, MAUZY, BALL, HACKLEY, CORBIN, MOTT, PIGG, RICHARDSON,
BOLLING, BAIRD, BELL, CRAIG, HALBERT, WEAVER, WITHERS, CONYERS, WOOD, ISRAEL,
CUNNINGHAM, MICHAUX, WADDILL, RANDOLPH, ISHAM, so far
Mom's Side
CORNWELL(NY), BUTZ, ANSCHICKS, STEDMAN, PATTERMAN, THULL, MEHAN, REITZ,
DIEHL, ROMIG/ROMICH, KNAUSS, PHLIEGER
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