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SUBMITTED BY: Lola L. ALLEN
e-mail: llallen@onramp113.org
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HUSBAND: Joseph PORTER
Birthdate: 09 January 1793 , Newport, Jefferson County, Territory South of the Ohio River (also referred to as The Southwest Territory)
date and place of marriage: 20 December 1822, Ray County, Missouri
other marriages: No
military service: War of 1812: Private in Captain HAYES Company of First Tennessee Militia.
Death date: 12 February 1869 , Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri
burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, Southwest of Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri
father: Unknown
mother: Unknown
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WIFE: Mary Monroe GRAGG
Birthdate: 05 July 1806 , Tennessee
other marriages: No
Death date: 18 November 1870 , Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri
burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, Southwest of Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri
father: Not Proved
mother: Not Proved
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CHILD 1: Anderson J. PORTER
Birthdate: 25 February 1824, Missouri
Death date: 07 October 1824, Missouri
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CHILD 2: Martha Jane PORTER
Birthdate: 10 November 1825, Missouri
married: Samuel McCALL
date and place of marriage: 18 January 1842, Clay County, Missouri
other marriages: No
Death date: May 1863, Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas
burial: Southeast of Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas (Grave site lost)
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CHILD 3: Elizabeth PORTER
Birthdate: 07 October 1827, Missouri
married: William M. McCALL
date and place of marriage: 11 May 1845, Buchanan County, Missouri
other marriages: No
Death date: 10 February 1899, Oklahoma
burial: Fairview Cemetery, South of Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma
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CHILD 4: Pirlina Ann PORTER
Birthdate: 31 December 1830, Clay County, Missouri
married: Charles COX
date and place of marriage: 29 November 1860, Platte County, Missouri
other marriages: No
Death date: 20 June 1872, Platte County, Missouri
burial: Davis Chapel Cemetery, near Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri
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CHILD 5: James Harvey PORTER
Birthdate: 11 October 1832, Clay County, Missouri
married:
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
Death date: 12 August 1859, Platte County, Missouri
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CHILD 6: Francis Marion PORTER
Birthdate: 11 August 1834, Clay County, Missouri
Death date: 15 November 1840, Clay County, Missouri
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CHILD 7: Nicholas Clay PORTER
Birthdate: 31 July 1836, Clay County, Missouri
married: Melissa Ann LIGGETT
date and place of marriage: 13 May 1858, Platte County, Missouri
other marriages: No
Death date: 11 March 1920, Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri
burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, Southwest of Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri
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CHILD 8: Rachel PORTER
Birthdate: 31 March 1838, Clay County, Missouri
married: Mr. HATCHETT
date and place of marriage: Unknown
other marriages: Unknown
Death date: Unknown
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CHILD 9: Didama Frances PORTER
Birthdate: 26 January 1845, Missouri
married: Joseph JENNINGS
date and place of marriage: 21 February 1860, Platte County, Missouri
other marriages: No
Death date: 30 November 1912, Platte County, Missouri
Mount Zion Cemetery, Southwest of Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri
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SOURCES: Census Records; Marriage Records, Cemetery Records; Military Record; Probate Records; Land Record; Civil War Records of Samuel McCALL.

PORTER Family Bible, owned by Clifton PORTER (1994). Photocopy in possession of Lola L. ALLEN:

The HOLY BIBLE, Containing The OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS: Translated out of the Original Tongues; And With The FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. CANNE'S MARGINAL REFERENCES, Together With THE APOCRYPHA. To Which Are Added AN INDEX AND REFERENCES, And A KEY SHEET OF QUESTIONS, Geographical, Historical, Practical, And Experimental; Accomplished With Valuable __ronological Harmonies Of Both Testaments, And Highly Useful Tables Of Scripture Names, Scripture Geography, Scripture Chronology, Scripture References, &c.

The Text Corrected According To The Standard Of The AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.

PHI_ADELPHIA: Published By T____S, COWPERTHWAIT, & CO.

______ [Date Missing]

FAMILY RECORD

BIRTHS [Copied as Written.]

Page 01:
[1] Joseph PORTER Born January 9th. 1793.
[2] Mary Monroe GRAGG Born July 5th. 1806.
[3] Anderson J. PORTER Born February 25th. 1824.
[4] Martha Jane PORTER November 10th. 1825.
[5] Elizabeth PORTER October 7th. 1827.
[6] Pirlina Ann PORTER December 31st. 1830.
[7] James Harvey PORTER October 11th. 1832.
[8] Francis Marion PORTER Born August 11th. 1834.
[9] Nicholas Clay PORTER Born July 31st. 1836.
[10] Rachel PORTER Born March 31st. 1838.
[11] Didama Frances PORTER January 26th. 1845.

MARRIAGES [Copied as Written.]

Page 02:
[12] Joseph PORTER Married December 20th. 1821 To Miss Mary Monroe GRAGG. (Lola L. ALLEN's Note: Marriage Records of Ray County, Missouri, Book 01, Page 05, records date as 20 Dec 1822.)
[13] Joseph JENNINGS Maired Febuary 22 To Miss Didama F. PORTER 1860.
[14] Joseph JENNINGS Maried Febuary 22 To Miss Didama F. PORTER 1860.

DEATHS [Copied as Written.]

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[15] Anderson PORTER Died October 7th. 1824.
[16] Francis Marion PORTER Died November 15th. 1840.
[17] James Harvey PORTER Died August 12th. 1859.
[Lola L. ALLEN's Note: Handwriting changes after James Harvey PORTER entry.]
[18] Elizabeth McCALL Died Febuary 10, 1899.
[19] Joseph JENNINGS Died aug 9 1910.
[20] Didama F. JENNINGS Died Nov 30 1912.
[21] Mary Elizabeth JENNINGS Died October the 12 18 702 [sic].
[22] Nicholas C JENNINGS Died November the 201 18704 [sic].

BIRTHS [Copied as written.]

Page 04:
[23] Lueler JENNINGS Born July the 27th 18 602. [Lola L. ALLEN's Note: "18 602" is marked through and "1862" added in different handwriting.]
[24] Francis Marion JENNINGS Born September the 5th. 18 605. [Lola L. ALLEN's Note: "18 605" is marked through and "1865" added in different handwriting.]
[25] Mary Elizabeth JENNINGS Born September the 5th. 18 608. [Lola L. ALLEN's Note: "18 608" is marked through and "1868" added in different handwriting.]
[26] Emily Clemontine JENNINGS Born January 14th 1870.
[27] Albert JENNINGS Albert C JENNINGS Born September the 27th 18 [sic].
[28] Lueler JENNINGS Born July the 27 18 60 "2 [sic].
[29] Francis Marion JENNINGS Born September the 5th 18704 [sic].
[30] Mary Elizabeth JENNINGS Born September the 5 1875 [sic].
[31] Emily Clemontine JENNINGS Born Febuary 14 1870 [sic].
[32] Nicholas Clay JENNINGS Born September the 27 1875.
[33] Albert R. JENNINGS Born September the 9 1877.

Lola L. ALLEN issued Ray County Pioneer Certificate (No. 44) for Joseph PORTER, 23 August 1990.

Lola L. ALLEN (Certificate Number 3805) joined First Families of Tennessee as a direct line descendant of Joseph PORTER, 08 March 1996.

NOTE: Materials and proof for Joseph PORTER, cataloged and placed in the McClung Historical Collection, East Tennessee Historical Center, 314 West Clinch Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902-2203.

PORTER Family group sheets donated to Platte County Historical Society by Lola L. ALLEN, 27 September 1996.
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NOTES: Submitted: 06 August 2003; Updated: 18 August 2006
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