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Name Rev. Thomas PORTER
Birth 12 May 1788, Virginia137
Land Purch 5 Oct 1824, Little Muddy Creek, Butler, KY
Will 10 Jun 1839, Todd Co, KY
Will Memo Recorded date
Death 20 May 1839, Todd Co, KY136
Burial Glenwood Cem, Elkton, Todd, KY
AFN 18VL-4ZF
Father Capt. William PORTER (1746-1828)
Mother Susan (Sukey) CARSON (1755-1830)
Other spouses Nancy Lawrence
Marriage 6 Feb 1833, Butler Co, KY130
Spouse Jane H. LAWRENCE
Birth 22 Oct 1794, Virginia136
Death 12 Jun 1871, Todd Co, KY136
Burial Glenwood Cem, Elkton, Todd, KY
Father Thomas D. Lawrence (~1762-1835)
Mother Savary (Lawrence) (~1766-~1801)
Children
1 M Virgil Anthony Porter
Birth 1834, Kentucky
Death 1898
2 F Caroline Susan Porter [Twin]
Birth 1836
3 F Martha Jane Porter
Birth 1836
4 M Baxter Chapman PORTER
Birth 3 Dec 1838, Hopkins Co, KY136,137
Death 30 Sep 1900, Elkton, Todd, KY136
AFN 21D9-6ZM
Burial Glenwood Cem, Elkton, Todd, KY
Spouse Henrietta T. ATKINS
Marriage 25 Jan 1866, Todd Co, KY137
Notes for Rev. Thomas PORTER
Moved with parents from Prince Edward Co, VA early in life. Early member of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church (Logan/Butler Co) from before 1808 to sometime after 1812. (Church minutes) Licensed by Logan Presbytery - November 20, 1818. Ordained by Logan Presbytery - April 6, 1820.[349] Founding minister of Cumberland Presbyterian Church.[207]

Granted 100 acres at Little Muddy Creek, Butler Co, 5 Oct 1824. (KY Land Grants, Book P, p. 400. Ancestry) Later moved to Logan Co, where he taught school (son Hershel was one of the pupils).
After his father-in-law Thomas Lawrence passed away in 1835, he served as executor of the Lawrence estate.[354]
Notes for Jane H. LAWRENCE
Ran the farm following her husband's death. In 1850, she was worth $1400 (low average among her neighbors) and had 6 slaves, 3 adults, 3 children.
Last Modified 6 Mar 2003 Created 19 Sep 2003 by Reunion for Macintosh

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