Mary Emmett PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 3 May 1790 in Bedford Co, TN. She died on 20 Jul 1834 in Lincoln Co, TN.

She was married to Stephen PORTER on 21 Jul 1814. ⁽¹⁸⁾ Children were: William W. PORTER, Nathanial PORTER, Nancy Emmett PORTER, Samuel PORTER, John M. PORTER, David PORTER, Sarah Elizabeth PORTER, Stephen A. PORTER.

Medford PORTER⁽⁴⁶³⁾ Parents: James David PORTER and Anne (Anna) BILYOU.

Myrtle Irene PORTER was born on 7 Sep 1902. She died on 29 Apr 1996 in Central City, IA. Parents: Arthur William PORTER and Julia Ann BILYEU.

She was married to Fred SCHENK on 1 Sep 1920 in Marion, IA.⁽⁴⁶⁴⁾ Children were: Gerald F. SCHENK, Buddy P. SCHENK.

Nancy PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 14 Feb 1822. Parents: David PORTER and Nancy CULTON.

She was married to Horatio HOLMES on 27 Sep 1838 in Pike Co, IL.⁽⁴⁶⁵⁾

Nancy PORTER⁽⁴⁶⁶⁾ Parents: John PORTER and Hannah UNKNOWN.

She was married to John PAUL.⁽⁴⁶⁷⁾ Nancy died before her father, leaving several children; Mary, John, Andrew, James, and Hannah Paul.

Nancy A. PORTER⁽⁴⁶⁸⁾ was born abt1843 in IL. Parents: Joseph Woods PORTER and Elizabeth Ann HOWEY.

Nancy Emmett PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 10 Jan 1818 in Lincoln Co, TN. She died on 18 Apr 1910. Parents: Stephen PORTER and Mary Emmett PORTER.

She was married to Griffith J. LEONARD.

Nathanial PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 7 Sep 1816 in Lincoln Co, TN. He died on 10 Oct 1896. Parents: Stephen PORTER and Mary Emmett PORTER.

Nicholas PORTER⁽¹⁷⁷⁾ was born in 1659. Parents: Nicholas PORTER.

Children were: Benjamin PORTER.

Nicholas PORTER⁽¹⁷⁷⁾ was born in 1733 in Orange Co, VA.⁽¹¹⁵⁾ Parents: Benjamin PORTER and Ann CAMPBELL.

Nicholas PORTER⁽¹¹⁷⁾ was born in 1636 in Spotsylvania Co, VA.

Children were: Nicholas PORTER.

Olive (Olley) Oakley PORTER⁽⁴⁶⁹⁾ was born on 13 Jan 1869 in Near Iberia, Miller Co, MO. She died on 30 Nov 1961 in Detroit, MI. Parents: James David PORTER and Nancy Emma WILSON.

She was married to William Allen MITCHELL about 1891 in Pulaski Co, MO. Children were: Herschell Snowdy MITCHELL, Mabel MITCHELL, Nanna MITCHELL.

Oscar H. PORTER⁽⁴⁷⁰⁾ was born about 1867 in Pike Co, IL.⁽⁴⁷¹⁾ Parents: James David PORTER and Nancy Emma WILSON.

He was married to Mary Catherine DECKER. Children were: Jamie PORTER, Clyde PORTER , Mamie PORTER, Harry PORTER .

He was married to Sallie FORBES. Children were: Blanche PORTER, Sherman PORTER , Letha Eunah PORTER.

Patrick PORTER⁽¹⁷⁷⁾ was born in 1722 in Orange Co, VA.⁽¹¹⁵⁾ Parents: Benjamin PORTER and Ann CAMPBELL.

Rebecca PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 13 Mar 1809 in TN.⁽⁴⁷²⁾ She died on 1 Sep 1894. Parents: David PORTER and Nancy CULTON.

She was married to Samuel G. SITTON on 23 Feb 1826 in Lincoln Co, MO. Children were: Eleanor SITTON, David SITTON, William SITTON, Amanda SITTON.

Rees PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born in 1793. He died after 1850. Parents: William PORTER and Mary BOWEN.

Reese PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 6 Nov 1827 in Lincoln Co, TN. He died on 24 Sep 1847 in Pike Co, IL. He was buried in Blue River Cemetery, Pike Co, IL.⁽⁴⁷³⁾ Parents: David PORTER and Nancy CULTON.

Robert Reese PORTER (Private). Parents: Calvin Reese PORTER and Mary ENTRIKIN.

Samuel PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ Parents: William PORTER and Mary BOWEN.

Samuel PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 15 Jan 1819 in Lincoln Co, TN. Parents: Stephen PORTER and Mary Emmett PORTER.

Samuel PORTER⁽¹⁷⁷⁾ was born in 1718 in Orange Co, VA?.⁽¹¹⁵⁾ Parents: Benjamin PORTER and Ann CAMPBELL.

Samuel PORTER⁽⁴⁷⁴⁾ Parents: James David PORTER and Anne (Anna) BILYOU.

Sanford J. PORTER (Private). Parents: James David PORTER and Anne (Anna) BILYOU.

Sarah PORTER was born about 1856 in IL. Parents: John PORTER and Eliza E. COFFEY.

Sarah Elizabeth PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 7 Sep 1823 in Lincoln Co, TN. Parents: Stephen PORTER and Mary Emmett PORTER.

She was married to George W. CUMMINGS.

Sherman PORTER died about 1910. Parents: Oscar H. PORTER and Sallie FORBES.

Stephen PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 24 Jun 1819. He died on 24 Aug 1890. Traveled Oregon Trail in 1848. Parents: David PORTER and Nancy CULTON.

He was married to Catharine Jane COFFEY on 1 Sep 1844 in Pike Co, IL.⁽⁴⁷⁵⁾

Stephen PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 22 Jan 1789. He died on 28 Dec 1854 in Marshall Co, TN. Parents: William PORTER and Mary BOWEN.

He was married to Mary Emmett PORTER on 21 Jul 1814. ⁽¹⁸⁾ Children were: William W. PORTER , Nathanial PORTER, Nancy Emmett PORTER, Samuel PORTER, John M. PORTER, David PORTER, Sarah Elizabeth PORTER, Stephen A. PORTER.

Stephen A. PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 1 Sep 1830 in Lincoln Co, TN. He died on 30 Apr 1906. Parents: Stephen PORTER and Mary Emmett PORTER.

Stephen E. PORTER Parents: Errol Herbert PORTER and Patricia L. TIBBS.

Steven W. PORTER⁽⁴⁷⁶⁾ was born in Apr 1846 in IL. Parents: Joseph Woods PORTER and Elizabeth Ann HOWEY.

He was married to Mercenia E. (Susanna) UNKNOWN in 1871. Children were: Charley PORTER, Bell PORTER, Harriet PORTER, Effie PORTER, Ella L. PORTER, Chester PORTER, Dollie E. PORTER, Bessie A. PORTER, William A. PORTER, Frederick R. PORTER, Mary E. PORTER.

Thomas PORTER⁽¹⁷⁷⁾ was born in 1731 in Orange Co, VA.⁽¹¹⁵⁾ Parents: Benjamin PORTER and Ann CAMPBELL.

Wade V. PORTER Parents: Errol Herbert PORTER and Patricia L. TIBBS.

William PORTER was born in 1853 in IL. Parents: Joseph Woods PORTER and Elizabeth Ann HOWEY.

William PORTER was born between 1735 and 1740 in Goshen, Rockbridge, VA. ^(18)(115) He died in 1804 in Rockbridge, Co, VA.⁽¹¹⁰⁾ William Porter's will was proven September 4,1804 in Rockbridge County, VA. It was drawn September 9, 1803. John Rodgers, Sr., William Buchannan, and John Leiden were the witnesses. A bond of the executor was set at $3,000 which was a sizeable estate for 1800. After William Porter's death, eventually, all of his land in Virginia was sold to comply with the terms of his will. All of his sons except Samuel, whose whereabouts is unknown, went to Tennessee. William and his wife Fannie had settled about 1801 or 1802 in McMinn County, Tennessee. David, then unmarried, was in Tennessee as early as 1803. John, Charles, Joseph, Stephen, and Reese, with their aged mother, left Virginia in the years immediately following their father's death. They settled in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Parents: William PORTER Sr. and Gean UNKNOWN.

He was married to Mary BOWEN in 1763 in Augusta Co, VA. ⁽¹⁸⁾ William and Mary (Bowen) Porter are known to have had thirteen children. However, her tombstone says "mother of nine sons and five daughters". It is probable that a son, whose name we do not have, died before his father and is therefore not named in the will. There are several different lists of these children. John Porter, of Pike County, Illinois, named his "aunts and uncles" in a list kept in the family Bible. He said the order was not correct. He listed all males first. Jamie Grady's book, Bowens of Virginia and Tennessee, gives the names of these children in the supplement to Volume I. A corrected list appears in Volume II. There were known errors in the latter list, also. Lists of names of these children are different on two applications for membership in the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution.

For several of these children, approximately correct birth dates have been obtained from family records in possession of descendants. Marriage dates on records make it possible to group the older ones. Census records are available on some who are in the 1850 Census. Children were: Agnes PORTER , Lilly PORTER, William PORTER , Jean PORTER, Mary PORTER , John PORTER, David PORTER , Charles PORTER, Joseph PORTER, Elizabeth PORTER, Stephen PORTER, Samuel PORTER, Rees PORTER.

William PORTER Sr.⁽¹⁸⁾ was born about 1710. He died in 1782 in Rockbridge, Co, VA. The following is taken from " A Family History William Porter, Jr. of Rockbridge County, Virginia (1740-1804)" by Mary E. Porter.

William Porter purchased land in 1742, a tract that lay beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains in what was then Orange County, Virginia. The 395 1/2 acre parcel was purchased from Benjamin Borden and was part of the well known Borden Tract.

On October 3, 1734, Governor Gooch of the Virginia Colony, eager to entice settlers into his western lands, offered Benjamin Borden of New Jersey 100,000 acres of land beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains if he could persuade 100 settlers to build cabins and settle on it The settlers were to be "immigrants" meaning not then residents of Virginia. Borden advertised in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, offering settlers who would build a cabin and move into the area, 100 acres of free land, and the opportunity to buy more. Borden was not able to meet the first deadline, but by building several cabins himself, by 1739 he was able to claim 92,000 acres of land. By 1741, settlers were recording their deeds.

William Porter had evidently built a cabin on his land and improved it and settled there prior to 1742. The deed identifies him as "William Porter, yoeman, of Orange County". There are two documents relative to this land. The first in the deed book is dated 26 August 1742. It apparently covered rent for the previous year, as it was for one year only and the rent was 12 shillings plus one ear of Indian corn, if demanded. This record mentions houses, orchards, etc. and said that William Porter was in possession. In other words, he was an established settler by that time. The second indenture reads much the same as the first except that the first date on it is 17th August. It was witnessed the same day as the first one. It "conveys to William Porter, his heirs and assigns forever.. in consideration of the sum of twelve pounds current money of Virginia" the land described above. Quit rents were to be paid annually to the Sovereign King and his successors forever! This land was sold in 1747 for 28 pounds, more than double the purchase price of five years before.

William Porter bought at least three other tracts of land in the Borden Tract, as follows:

1) 112 acres for four pounds, November 28, 1750 "on the west side of the James at said Porter's patent", This suggests a previous purchase in the area but no record of it was
found. This was a few miles from his first land.

2) 200 acres for sixteen pounds, May 15, 1754 "on west side
of North River".

3) 110 acres for three pounds, August 21, 1754 "to corner of
Porter's old survey"

The first two of these tracts are located on a map of the Borden Tract. The deeds were conveyed to Benjamin Borden, Jr. as the elder Borden had died in 1743, leaving his son in charge of his vast holdings. This Porter land was along the western border of the Borden Tract and some of it reached beyond its borders. Porter also bought land outside the Borden Tract as follows: 107 acres in 1755 "on the south side of the North Branch where it runs through the Calf Pasture" (hundreds of acres of undesignated land so named on the old maps).

All of this land was in mountainous country where the fertile valleys would have been suitable for growing corn and tobacco, and the hillsides would have been good pasture for livestock. It was heavily timbered and well watered.1

It was probably on the last one of these tracts of land that in 1755 William Porter built a large house of logs that stood until 1956. It was a two story house with large stone fireplaces at each end and a central stairway. A wing extended to the rear with probably another fireplace for cooking. The house was said to have had five fireplaces. (For a picture of this house see James W. McClung, Historical Significance of Rockbridge County, Virginia, published by McClure Co., 1939, p. 147).

This house, long unoccupied, was bought in 1956 by Hays Claburne and moved to his ranch near San Antonio, Texas. According to a story in a San Antonio newspaper, the Clayburnes wanted an authentic log house of the colonial period that they could restore for their own home. An agent found this house for them and arranged to purchase it, have it taken down, and moved. Stone from the original site was used to rebuild the fireplaces. The exterior was preserved as nearly as possible like the original house would have been when it was built.

William Porter was probably living in this house at the time of his death. Apparently the property went to his son, William, since it was sold following the death of William Porter, Jr. by his widow, Mary, on December 2, 1811 (Deed Book G, Page 473, Rockbridge County Probate Records.) This house was located two miles west of Rockbridge Baths.

One of the land purchases of William Porter was said to have had on it the first sulphur spring discovered in Virginia. This may have been the tract which later became the summer resort known as Wilson's Spring.

The will of William Porter was filed in Rockbridge County, Virginia March 5, 1782. Strangely, the will did not dispose of all of his land. There is mention of a sale of 107 acres "adjoining the homestead" to William, his son, on May 19, 1777, but this same tract appears to be mentioned in his will as "the place where I now live". It was bequeathed to his wife, Gean, for her lifetime and then to his son, William. Probably William, Jr. had not paid his father for the land previously deeded to him. He does not mention the 200 acre tract purchased in 1754. Perhaps he had given it to his son, William, before his death but no record of transfer was found. William, Jr. mentioned this tract in his will.

He was married to Gean UNKNOWN . Children were: John PORTER, Margaret PORTER, William PORTER, Mary PORTER, Jean PORTER.

William PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 14 Dec 1812. He died on 30 Mar 1899. Traveled Oregon Trail in 1848. Parents: David PORTER and Nancy CULTON.

William PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 21 Jul 1771 in Augusta Co, VA. He died on 21 Aug 1852 in McMinn Co, TN. Parents: William PORTER and Mary BOWEN.

He was married to Fannie THORP (SHARP?) on 5 Oct 1796 in Augusta Co, VA.⁽⁴⁷⁷⁾

William PORTER⁽⁴⁷⁸⁾ Parents: John PORTER and Hannah UNKNOWN.

He was married to Esther MCCORKLE.

William A. PORTER (Private). Parents: Steven W. PORTER and Mercenia E. (Susanna) UNKNOWN.

William W. PORTER⁽¹⁸⁾ was born on 10 Sep 1815 in Lincoln Co, TN. He died on 21 Feb 1893. Parents: Stephen PORTER and Mary Emmett PORTER.

He was married to Jemima S. UNKNOWN.

John PORTWOOD⁽²⁾

He was married to Iva Pearl WORKMAN on 11 Aug 1915.

Annetje Pieterse PRAA was baptized in 1652 in Leyden, Holland. ⁽²⁾ She was born about 1652 in Leyden, Holland. Parents: Pieter PRAA and Maxine UNKNOWN.

She was married to Andries JUREADUSEN. Children were: Anna Maria ANDRIES.

Pieter PRAA⁽²⁾

He was married to Maxine UNKNOWN. Children were: Annetje Pieterse PRAA .

Arendt Jansen PRALL⁽²⁾ was born in 1647 in Naerden, Holland. He died in 1725 in Staten Island, Richmond, NY.

He was married to Maria BILLIOU on 3 Jun 1670 in Wiltwyck, Kingston, NY.

Samuel Angus PRICE⁽²⁵⁹⁾

He was married to Angline DEATON on 3 Apr 1875 in Shelby Co, IL. ^(479)(229)

Audrey Marie PSORA (Private).

Children were: Jacqueline (Jackie) June JOHNSON, Judy Jo JOHNSON.

Jehugh PYLE⁽¹⁾.

He was married to Elizabeth CANNON on 8 Nov 1812 in Christian Co, KY.

Dorothy Helen RADISIC (Private). Parents: George Joseph RADISIC and Mable Nealy COX.

George Joseph RADISIC (Private).

Children were: George Joseph Jr. RADISIC, Dorothy Helen RADISIC.

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