Individual Details

Samuel married (1) Sarah Dearinger, at Harrodsburg, KY, 5 Feb 1849. Sarah died at Harrodsburg 10 Ap 1859. Samuel then married (2) Elisabeth S. Williams on 16 Aug 1860. He died in Casey Co KY according to The Comstock Family in America.

1850 Census. Mercer Co KY. Hh 528
S. H. Porter, age 36, painter, b. VA [this was "ditto'd from the previous household - he wasn't born in Virginia and Sarah probably was not either]
Sarah, age 25, b. VA

1860 Census. Mercer Co KY, Harrodsburg. Hh 40
Samuel H. Porter, age 47. Lived alone. A painter, b. KY.
Note: The census enumerator came in June - Samuel didn't marry again until August.
A descendant noted there were maybe two or three children with the first wife, but Samuel certainly seemed to be living alone in 1860. The family lost tract of them.

The same descendant noted that Samuel's sister Caroline, still living in Richmond KY, purchased a small farm for Samuel in Jan of 1869, Casey Co. And his brother John came to live with them after the Civil War.

Samuel and John in Casey Co in 1870
1870 Census. Casey Co KY, Tates Precinct, Hh 240
Saml. H. Porter, age 51, carpenter, b. KY
Elizabeth, age 33, b. KY
Nathaniel H., age 2
Ann, age 10 [daughter of Saml's first wife?]
John S. Porter, age 44, painter, b. KY

Samuel's widow - John S. also believed to have died:
1880 Census. Casey Co KY, Tates, Hh 269
Elizabeth Porter, age 43, she and her parents b. KY
Nathaniel, age 12, son, works on farm
John R., age 9, son.

The Porter book gives the sons of Samuel & Elizabeth as:
Nathaniel Huntington Porter, b. 10 Apr 1868
John Raymond Porter, b. 11 Jan 1871
This is obviously the two boys with Samuel & Elizabeth in Casey Co KY.

Samuel is buried Glenwood Cemetery, Liberty, Casey Co KY, as his his wife Elizabeth who died 1889.



Strange as it may seem, there is a another Samuel H. Porter living in Casey Co KY in 1870, 1880 and 1900. He also had a brother John Porter. This was Samuel is younger by several years AND he was living in Casey Co KY with his parents - Isaac and Margaret Porter in 1850, and with his widowed mother in 1860.

1850 Census. District 2, Casey Co KY, Hh 444
Isaac Porter, age 62, b. VA, Farmer
Margaret, age 62, b. VA
Samuel ?. 30, Farmhand, b. VA
John, 23, b. KY
Aragal, 22, female, Spin? b. KY [Abigale]
Adelia, 20, weaver, b. KY
Hh445,
Sarah Porter, 70, Farm widow, b. KY
Margret, 50, Skins & ? b. VA
Walker, age 16, farmhand, b. KY
Note: Isaac Porter married Elizabeth Grissom, 22 Jun 1833, Liberty, Casey Co, KY

1860 Census, Casey Co KY, Dist 5, Hh 402
Margaret Porter, 71, b. VA
Samuel, 39
John 32
Abagale, 28
Delila, 27
Hh 402: Margaret Porter, 70

In 1870, this Samuel & John Porter were written up as "Peyton" by the enumerator, confusing the issue considerably....I eventually found them by searching on John's child Matilda.
Rolling Fork, Casey Co, KY
Hh 228 John "Peyton", age 43, farmer, b. KY
Mary A., 24, b. KY [an Ancestry family tree says that John married Mary A. Sinkhorn, 26 Jul 1860, Casey Co - also found in Kentucky marriages]
Margaret 8. Isaac 5. Matilda 3. and George age 1
Hh 229 Samuel "Peyton, age 50, Farmer, b. VA
Isabell, age 32, b. KY
Delila, 36, b. KY

Samuel & John Porter, sons of Isaac continued to live in Casey Co
In 1880 - Samuel was living alone. - age 60, b. VA, Hh 105 and next to John Porter, age 52 & wife Mary.
1880 Casey Co, KY, District 7 [living in a whole nest of Sinkhorns], Hh 104
John Porter, age 52, b. KY, parents b. VA
Mary A., 35, wife
Margret 17, dau. Isaak, 15, son. Matilda 14, dau. George, 11, son.
Hh 105 - living alone Samuel Porter, age 60, b. VA, parents b. VA
[Abigail Porter, sister of John & Samuel, married Aaron Sherran, 17 Jan 1777, Casey Co.]

1900 Census. Little South Fork, Casey Co, KY
John Porter, age 70, b. Feb 1830, KY, parents b. VA, married for 40 years
Mary A. Porter, 59, b. Feb 1841, KY, had 5 children, 4 are living
Winie F. Porter, son, 19, b. Apr 1881, KY
Samuel Porter, brother, 81, b. Jun 1818, KY, parents b. VA
Susie Sinkhorn, 13, b. May 1887, KY, servant [her relations appear to be next door - she might be a niece]

Samuel & Elizabeth Porter are buried Glenwood Cemetery, Liberty, Casey, KY

Birth	13 Oct 1812
Marriage	5 Feb 1849	Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky - Sarah Dearinger
Marriage	16 Aug 1860	Elizabeth S. "Bettie" Williams
Death	19 Feb 1876	Casey County, Kentucky

Spouse	Elizabeth S. "Bettie" Williams (1837 - 1889)
Child	Nathaniel Huntington Porter (1868 - 1932)
Child	John Raymond Porter (1871 - )

Spouse

Sarah Dearinger ( - 1860)

Father	Nathaniel Sargent Porter (1789 - 1827)
Mother	Elizabeth Comstock (1792 - 1877)
Sibling	Oliver Fuller Porter (1814 - 1815)
Sibling	Emily Comstock Porter (1816 - )
Sibling	Caroline Porter (1818 - )
Sibling	Sarah Anne Porter (1821 - )
Sibling	Eliza Porter (1823 - 1888)
Sibling	John Sargent Porter (1826 - 1876)