Individual Details

Hugh Porter

(1715 - 1795)

Hugh Porter obtained a grant in NC in 1757; the same year that title to William Brown's land was issued to his heirs. The families may have been related in Pennsylvania, if not Ireland.
Hugh and Violet were both born in Ireland; they were married abt 1735 and died in Guilford/Alamance Co NC .

In 1757 Hugh Porter was a Justice of the Peace for Orange Co NC. He had 393 acres on East side of the North fork of the Haw River & High Rock Creek.

12 Aug 1766 In the Register of Deeds of Orange Co is the following: Hugh Porter to Jane Wilson. 393 acres. Wm Gibbons, subscribing witness proved.
[REGISTER OF DEEDS, ORANGE CO NC 1752-1768 & 1793; Eve B. Weeks, 1984]

Online WorldConnect data states that the family left NC during the Revolution and moved to South Carolina. Hugh said to have served in Thomas Sumter's cavalry during the Revolution [I would think this was much more likely Hugh Jr] Captured at New Bern NC and imprisoned.

Events

Birth1715
MarriageAbt 1735Violet Mackey
Death1795

Families

SpouseViolet Mackey (1717 - 1791)
ChildReese Porter (1745 - 1821)
ChildMary Porter (1737 - )

Endnotes

1. Helen Hoskins Rugeley, Brown, William and Margaret (Peggy Fleming), Descendants of: (Especially No. 50, Col. Joseph Borwn, 1772-1868, the Principal Source of Our Early Genealogy) Microfiche #6010694, 7 fiche, 3rd Edition; 1983, and Microfiche #6010695, Vol II, 5 fiche, Notes and Sources; Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah..

2. Helen Hoskins Rugeley, Brown, William and Margaret (Peggy Fleming), Descendants of: (Especially No. 50, Col. Joseph Borwn, 1772-1868, the Principal Source of Our Early Genealogy) Microfiche #6010694, 7 fiche, 3rd Edition; 1983, and Microfiche #6010695, Vol II, 5 fiche, Notes and Sources; Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah..

3. Helen Hoskins Rugeley, Brown, William and Margaret (Peggy Fleming), Descendants of: (Especially No. 50, Col. Joseph Borwn, 1772-1868, the Principal Source of Our Early Genealogy) Microfiche #6010694, 7 fiche, 3rd Edition; 1983, and Microfiche #6010695, Vol II, 5 fiche, Notes and Sources; Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah..