Moses Porter

Ohio, Jefferson County Court Records, 1797-1947 County Court records Civil docket vol 2 1872-1887:

Moses Porter, Page 335 Image 366

Porters Mentioned In Will

 Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999  Allegany Wills 1851-1863 vol B:

Image 95

Ellen Mattingly's Will

January 1857

Harriet M. Porter, daughter of Thomas M. and Nancy Porter

Catherine Porter, "             "

Brothers Moses and John Porter

William C. Porter mentioned

William R. Porter

James Porter

Mary Porter, witness

John Porter Mentioned

 Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999  Allegany Wills 1851-1863 vol B:

Image 74
Porter mentioned

Death Of Dr. J. M. Porter

Frostburg mining journal., December 20, 1890, Image 3 (excerpt):

Porters In 1815 Chancery Court Papers (Abstract)

State Agency Series Listing at the Maryland State Archives

CHANCERY COURT (Chancery Papers)

1713-1853   MSA SSF 512

1815/11/20

852: Lucy Chaney, Charles Chaney, William Dunham, Mary Dunham, Joseph Smith, Virlinda Smith, Elijah Chaney, Thomas Watts, and Rachel Watts vs. Anne Chaney, Elizabeth Chaney, Mahala Chaney, Anne Porter, Levin Porter, Wells Porter, Elijah Porter, John Porter, Mary Anne Porter, and Charles W. Porter. FR. Petition to sell Just as You Like. Recorded (Chancery Record) 98, p. 1.

Accession No.: 17,898-852 MSA S512-2- 886 Location: 1/36/1/

David Percy's Grandson, David Porter

Maryland Register of Wills Records,,,Allegany Wills 1851-1863 vol B:

Images 109 110

David Percy

Grandson, David Porter, son of John B. Porter, deceased

30 March 1858 probated

Death Of M. M. T. Porter

Frostburg mining journal., March 16, 1912...:

In the death of M. M. T. Porter at his home on the 'Porter Farm' near Eckhart, Saturday, March 9 1912...56 years old..."Old Porter Place"...survived one brother, Josiah Porter...two sisters, Mrs. William Parker and Mrs. Justus Rephonn of Eckhart...and children.... .

Squire Porter - Frostburg Mining Journal

Frostburg mining journal., August 31, 1912, Image 4
About Frostburg mining journal. (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913

Porters Of Allegany County, Maryland

Nuts From the Family Tree blog has a "Plenty of Porters" post.  The first sentence, "I get a headache whenever I think about the Porters of Allegany County, Maryland," expresses my sentiments exactly!

Jim's known Porters (all three of them!) are illustrated above via Wikitree.  Eliza (Porter) McFadyen was an Allegany County Porter. 


The 1794 Moses Porter will  *(transcription here) recorded in Allegany County, Maryland, names his wife, Margaret, as well as his children.

*"Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved children viz: to Aaron Porter, John Porter, William Porter, Joshua Porter, Bethel Porter, Eleanor Porter, Thomas Porter, Moses Porter & Sarah Porter all that farm or plantation I may live on at my decease...". 

Is Jim related to this Porter family?  I don't know.  He does have DNA matches to various Porter descendants from the Allegany County area.

 

A Porter Family Book

A Genealogy of the Porter Family of Maryland.... (viewable PDF file here) reported the following about John Porter, who was the first of this Porter line in America:

"JOHN PORTER, the emigrant was born in 1694 in England. He came from Glouchester near Bristol in 1715. He died in 1776. It is believed that he was a Jacobite and fled from England because of his opposition to the government. The History of Allegany County, Maryland...(says) that he fled from England about 1715 because he “made himself obnoxious to the party in power by singing of his own composition at a gathering of his neighbors, which was very uncomplimentary to the ruling monarch, King George I, on which account he was obliged to flee the country. He settled in Baltimore, Md. about 1715.”

Jim is linked through DNA to the Porter family in Maryland through Eliza (Porter) McFadyen.

John Porter's Appointment

Maryland, Register of Wills Books, Allegany Wills 1790-1850 vol A:

Page 647 [Image 344]

John Porter

Appt. Associate Justice of Orphan Court

Will Of William D. Jones

Will of William D. Jones

In the name of God Amen” I William D. Jones,” of Charleston near Lonaconing Allegany County,” in the State of Maryland,” Being sick and weak in body,” And of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof” And being desirous to settle my worldly affairs; and thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence,” do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say…………………
First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor hereinafter named, “ after my debts and funeral charges are paid; I devise and bequeath as follows I give and devise and bequeath unto my dear wife Margaret all my real estate and personal property of every kind and description which I own or possessed at the time of my death wheresoever located; during her natural life And from and after her death I give devise and bequeath unto my children as follows “to wit” Joseph Porter, John T. Porter, Henry Porter, Eliza McFadyen wife of James - Ruth Hyde, Sarah Frye - Cinderella Moran; Margaret E. Rowan, William D. Jones Junior, James L. Jones, Edward W. Jones and Hattie Dawson to be divided, share and share alike between all the above named children and step children without preference to none; of them and lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Porter to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all former Wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last Will and Testament;
                 In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and seal this Tenth day of December 1895 AD;    
                  William D. Jones (Signature)
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named William D. Jones as and for his last will and testament; in our presence, who, at his request, in his presence and in presence of each other, have hereto set our hands as witnesses hereto;

1. C.S. Murphy
2. Thomas Connor, Sr.
3. Joseph Dick
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To Margaret Jones                 widow                                                       $49.85

       Statement of Executor
Showing Real Property belonging to estate, subject to collateral Tax.
 In order to put upon record the condition of the estate and to collect the collateral tax thereon from Joseph Porter, John T. Porter, Henry Porter and Eliza McFadyen, stepchildren of deceased, This executor makes return of the appraised value ($1200.00) of the real estate returned to the Orphans’ Court in Inventory filed April 9th, 1897, of record in Inventories Liber No. 3 Folio 31, one third of the same being subject to collateral tax.. $400.00
Less State collateral tax of 2 ½%                                                                        10.00
                                                                                                                         $390.00

Guardian Of The Porter Children

An Allegany County, Maryland, family.....

Source: Allegany Couonty, Maryland

The Porter children were the son(s) and daughters of Joseph (1845-1903) and Amanda (1851-   ) Porter.  They were also the nieces and nephews of Eliza Ann (Porter) McFadyen, who was Jim's great-grandmother.

Porter, Joseph A.

Guardian: John Moran

Porter, Leila

Guardian: John Moran

Porter, Margaret E.

Guardian: John Moran

Census 1900

 Lonaconing, Allegany, Maryland

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Joseph Porter Head M 55 Maryland

Manda Porter Wife  F 49 West Virginia

Lelia F Porter Daughter F 12 Maryland

William E Porter Son M 11 Maryland

Margaret E Porter Daughter F 7 Maryland

Joseph A Porter Son M 4 Maryland

Catherine Pendlebury Servant F 19 Maryland

John Porter's Estate Circa 1839

Ohio, Probate Records, Jefferson Inventories 1828-1847...:

Source [Image 439]

The estate of John Porter, late of Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.  "In the hands of Mary Bartholomew, former administrator....".  Nicholas Porter mentioned.

Probably not related to Jim's Allegany County, Maryland, Porters.

Will Of John Barcus Porter

Porter, John Barcus

Will [Image 2] (Transcription)

F-I-L  David Percy

Wife Ellen

Not sure if he's related to Jim's Allegany, Maryland, family.

The James Gooch Family And Their Connections

A family tree entitled Descendants Of John Johnston provided the following information regarding James Gooch and Sarah Porter, (a couple who has ties to Jim's Coleman/Kohlmann family) :

James Johnston and Jane Greer had the following child living with them [links added]:

PARTHENIA3 THORNE [Jane Greer Johnston's niece] was born on 25 Dec 1804 in Stewart County, Tennessee. She died on 02 Sep 1876 in Robertson County, Tennessee.

She married David Alexander Gooch, son of James Gooch and Sarah Porter about 1825 in Robertson County, Tennessee. He was born on 28 Jan 1803 in North Carolina. He died before 1860.

There was a link between the Johnstons and the Bell Witch legend (there's a Bell Witch Facebook page, too).

From the Chattie Coleman Westenius book:

James Gooch and Sarah Porter had ten children.

David Alexander, born January 28, 1803.

Nicy, born November 7, 1805.

Lucinda, born August 16, 1807.

William Jefferson,born in February 1809.

Rebecca Caswell, born December 29, 1813.

Ardra Hart, born December 22, 1815.

Franklin R., born October 9, 1817.

Claiborne Shelby, born November 16, 1819.

Mary Elizabeth, born December 27, 1821.

Francis Williamson, born August 11, 1823.

Porter, Maryland, And Military Prison

Statement of George Porter (Substitute):

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He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland, as a substitute, on or about July 31, 1864, to serve 3 years.

• $300 bounty
• Sent to Camp Taylor, Virginia
• Left Without Authority
• Went To The Potomac And Swam To Washington, D.C.
• Changed Into Civilian Clothing
• Went To Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Depot
• Arrested At Depot On Or About 6 August 1864 By A Detective
• Taken To The Provost Marshal
• Sent To Forest Hall, Georgetown
• Then Sent To Prince St. Military Prison, Alexandria, Virginia

Witnesses:

?.?. Roberts, 1st Lieutenant, 12th Reg., VRC?
Isaac Pierson, Lt., Co. H, 2nd D.C. Volunteers

Moses Porter's Will

From Maryland, Register of Wills Books, 1629-1983, AlleganyWills 1790-1850 (at FamilySearch):

Will of Moses Porter

10 July 1794

[Witnesses - Page 14 in Will Book]

The will was transcribed and posted here.

Here is a blog post on the Nuts From The Family Tree blog concerning the Porters of Allegany County, Maryland.

Porter Probate File

1904 Allegany County, Maryland, Probate file for Margaret E. Porter, with John Moran Guardian.

John X. Moran, Guardian of Margaret E. Porter and executor of Joseph Porter, deceased.

John X. Moran was the brother-in-law of Joseph Porter; Mrs. Amelia Cinderella Moran and Joseph Porter were half-siblings (their mother was Jim's ancestor).  Margaret Edna Porter was Joseph Porter's daughter.

United States Census, 1900

Lonaconing village (part), Allegany, Maryland, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Head  Joseph Porter M 55 Maryland

Wife Manda Porter F 49 West Virginia

Daughter Lelia F Porter F 12 Maryland

Son William E Porter M 11 Maryland

Daughter Margaret E Porter F 7 Maryland

Son Joseph A Porter M 4 Maryland

Servant Catherine Pendlebury F 19 Maryland

Margaret Porter was enumerated both in Allegany County, Maryland, and Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the 1910 census:

United States Census, 1910

Lonanconing, Allegany, Maryland, United States

  Household Gender Age Birthplace

Head John Moran M 53 Kentucky

Wife Cinderella Moran F 52 Maryland

Daughter Margrate Moran F 26 Maryland

Niece Margrate Porter F 17 Maryland

United States Census, 1910

Wilkinsburg Ward 1, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

  Household Gender Age Birthplace

Head Andrew P Connelly M 27 Maryland

Wife Kely T Connelly F 27 Maryland

Daughter Margaret M Connelly F 4 Maryland

Daughter Helen R Connelly F 1 Pennsylvania

Father-in-law John H Moran M 52 Kentucky

Brother-in-law John A Moran M 32 Maryland

Brother-in-law William Moran M 16 Maryland

Cousin William R Rowan M 21 Maryland

Cousin Margaret E Porter F 17 Maryland

Obituary Of Eliza Ann (Porter) McFadyen

From the Reveille Echo [Ohio], published August 11, 1921:


Three days following the celebration of her seventy-first birthday anniversary, Mrs. Eliza Ann McFadyen answered the death summons Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. J. White of New Waterford.  She had been ill of stomach trouble the past nine weeks.  The deceased, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Porter, was born Aug. 4, 1850, in Maryland, and prior to her one year's residence in New Waterford she lived in Pittsburgh.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the F. J. White home.  Rev. W. C. Ferver, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, of which the deceased was a member, will have charge.  Surviving with the husband, James McFadyen, are three daughters--Mrs. C. L. Addleman, Mrs. Mary Durline of Pittsburgh and Mrs. White of New Waterford--and one son--David McFadyen of Pittsburgh.

Eliza Ann (Porter) McFadyen was Jim's great-grandmother.