Individual Details
Benjamin Porter
(18 Jan 1795 - 9 Jul 1849)
A middle name of Clark is not supported in the records.
Moved to Texas in 1847 with all his extended family except Clark T. Porter who remained in Butler Co. Benjamin went to collect debt in land from John W. Porter who died before he arrived and a disagreement ensued.
Benjamin is listed in the 1850 Mortality census for Burleson Co. He was 55, died in July of 1849 of Bilious Fever, a Farmer.
Buried at Elizabeth Chapel, Caldwell, Burleson County TX. Inscription on his tombstone: "His spirit is in our Father's house where the children of his love are gathered."
Events
| Birth | 18 Jan 1795 | Virginia |  | ||
| Marriage | 23 Sep 1819 | Logan County, Kentucky - Mary "Polly" Proctor | | ||
| Marriage | 29 Jun 1824 | Butler County, Kentucky - Matilda Jane Wilson | | ||
| Death | 9 Jul 1849 | Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Matilda Jane Wilson (1803 - 1890) |
| Child | Agnes Elizabeth Porter (1825 - 1902) |
| Child | Mary Porter (1827 - 1870) |
| Child | Sarah A. "Sally" Porter (1829 - 1878) |
| Child | Nancy Ann Porter (1831 - 1905) |
| Child | Matilda Angeline Porter (1833 - 1924) |
| Child | John Wilson "Jack" Porter (1836 - 1880) |
| Child | William B. Porter (1839 - 1850) |
| Child | Martha "Mattie" Porter (1842 - 1880) |
| Spouse | Mary "Polly" Proctor (1802 - 1823) |
| Child | Clark Thomas Porter (1822 - 1887) |
| Father | John Porter Jr. (1759 - 1833) |
| Mother | Sarah "Sally" Clark (1764 - 1832) |
| Sibling | Col. John Wilson Porter (1790 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Oliver Cromwell Porter (1793 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Ann "Nancy" Porter (1794 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Elijah R. Porter (1795 - ) |
| Sibling | William Porter (1798 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Mary Alice "Polly Ann" Porter (1802 - 1828) |
| Sibling | Beverly Porter (1805 - 1833) |
Endnotes
1. Joe Taylor, GEDCOM files. Porter and Ewing Families (VCJTAYLOR@aol.com).
2. Ancestral File, version 4.19 (2002), Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah. Available online at http://www.familysearch.org. .
3. Email.
4. Joe Taylor, GEDCOM files. Porter and Ewing Families (VCJTAYLOR@aol.com).
5. Logan County Genealogical Society,Inc., Logan County Kentucky Marriages 1790-1865 (c.1981; Additions and Corrections 1985), p.74: Book 1, p.14.
6. Joe Taylor, GEDCOM files. Porter and Ewing Families (VCJTAYLOR@aol.com).
7. Joe Taylor, GEDCOM files. Porter and Ewing Families (VCJTAYLOR@aol.com).
8. Ancestral File, version 4.19 (2002), Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah. Available online at http://www.familysearch.org. , Had year of death as 1849.
9. Email.