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From: "Patricia Junkin" <>
Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] PORTER FAMILIES
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 15:59:14 -0400


Thanks.

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>From: "mary louise ayers" <>
>To:
>Subject: [VARUSSEL] PORTER FAMILIES
>Date: Sat, Jul 12, 2003, 1:56 PM
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> HI LIST'S,THERE IS A WONDERFUL OLD BOOK WRITEN BY DR. GEORGE MARTIN WHO WAS
> FROM THE PORTER FAMILY,LOT'S OF DOCUMENTS IN IT, I do not know if it is
> still in print,I borrowed it through our inter library loan from my local
> library,IT is a wealth of info,back to the first Ben Porter,my Porters start
> with my gr.gr.mother Susan Elizabeth Porter b1829 VA, d/o James & Rachel
> Daniel,Porter b.1802,she m.John Fontain Warrick 1852 in Grayson, CO,KY,they
> had 4 girls,John remarried in Lector co.KY,in 1862 to Lucy Anderson they had
> a lg,fam,I can not find "any" other info on Susan Elizabeth,if she died or
> divorced John ??? need any info.on her & her family & the Danial's,Mary
>
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> Subject: [VARUSSEL] Porters > This is a Message Board Post that is
> gatewayed to this mailing list. > Classification: Query
> Message Board URL:
>> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3428
> Message Board Post:
> The Russell Co. VA webpage is a wealth of information. I am researching
> a family of Porters in Alabama whose roots are in VA, some say Russell Co.
>> I have collected Porter deeds and other information and added to this from
> the articles posted on this site, however I am puzzled by the families of
> Samuel Porter. It appears that a Samuel Porter and Patrick Porter may have
> been brothers, but this does not seem proven. There is posted a Samuel b.
> 1737 in Ireland who m. an Elizabeth and the posting sys died in 1820. Who
> then is the Samuel Sr. who dies by 1803 with ---w/ Elizabeth, Jane, Samuel,
> Jr., Joseph and Alexander Porter, infant orphans of Samuel Porter, Sr. Isn't
> the Samuel b. in 1737 a it old to start a family in 1780's (certainly for
> his wife):John (1783/4-1853) m. Catherine Gose
>> James (1786-1851) m. Jane Thomas
>> Thomas Duncan (1788-1837)
>> Tabitha (-1847) m. John Smith
>> Hugh (bef. 1779~1837)m. Mary Laughlin>Rutherford Co. TN
>> Samuel (bef. 1780->1815)m. Rutherford Co. TN Jane Lauglin
>> Martha
>> Margaret????m. James Dickenson
>> Thomas D. Porter b. 1788 m. 1820 Wmson Co. TN Mary Hughlett
>> Can anyoone shed light on this puzzle?
>> Thank you,
>> Pat
>>
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