James Glen Porter

Abt 1815 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	James Glen Porter  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1815	South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	William Lindsey McDonald, A Walk Through the Past - People and Places of Florence and Lauderdale County, Alabama; Florence Alabama, Country Lane Printing, 1997 Chapter 35 Early East Lauderdale County Pg. 147-8 Lexington, Dugout, Porter Town, Belew and Cotton Gin Porter Town was also north of Lexington and near Dugout. It was named for several Porter families who settled here from Abbeville, South Carolina, during the 1820s. Hugh and Sarah Bowie Porter were born in the early 1790s. Their son, James Gleen Porter, established a grist mill and blacksmith shop in this community. Hugh's nephew, Washington Porter, was also here as well as a widow, Rebecca Porter, who was born in 1790 in North Carolina. Her son, Andrew was a native of South Carolina. From the 1850 Census: #335/335 James G. Porter35 M BlacksmithS.C. Elizabeth "25 FTN John" 7 MAla Samuel " 5 MAla Dorcis Brown20 FAla From the 1866 Tax List*: Porter, James G.65.35 From the 1870 Lauderdale County Census: #232-224 Porter,James,55,M,W, Farmer,400,275,North Carolina Porter, Bettie,43,F,Alabama Porter, Sam,20,M,Farm Hand, Alabama Melinda, I can account for one of the families listed on the 1850 Census you mentioned: James Glen Porter married Elizabeth Johnston 2 Sept 1941 (sic--s/b 1841) in Lauderdale Co. They are the James G. and Elizabeth (Children John and Samuel) you found on the census. He was a Blacksmith. He contracted some disease of the eyes and was blind or nearly blind, as I understand, at his death. He was a son of Hugh and Sarah Porter of Union Co., SC. There is a picture of your husband's ancestor in a book called "I'm from Lexington; Alabama Reunion 1989" by Fred Johnson. The photo is a family group of the children of Hugh and Sarah taken in 1901. It was locally published and sold so I don't know who widely available it might be. If you cannot find it I can scan the already poor photo published therein and send a .jpg file of it to you. I have not traced this family. She is an Aunt in my Johnston lineage. I do not know who Hugh's parent's were. Dave Johnston [davensjohnston@sprintmail.com] *1866 TAX LIST ? Copyright 1993, 1999, Pat M. Mahan This book is actually entitled "Assessment of Taxes on Real Estate and Personal Property In the County of Lauderdale for the Year 1866," and measures 17 inches by 23 inches CLOSED. It is in very bad shape. The front cover is missing, and so are some of the pages. It is also possible that some of the precincts are missing. The pages are not numbered, so it was not possible to determine if this were the case. The first two pages are torn, but there are no names on them. There are 83 columns, stretching across two sheets. Personal property is divided into several categories, which included libraries over $300; vehicles not exclusively used for agricultural purposes; jewelry plate and silverware; pianos and other musical instruments. Each Beat or Precinct is in alpha order. The A through G names in the Florence Beat are missing. And any "H" names, prior to Mrs. H. G. Hardy are missing. The remaining Beats or precincts that are listed appear to be complete. The initials "F. M." following a name appear to stand for Free Man. The four columns presented here are: (1) - Lands, Number of acres (2) - Town Properties, Number of lots (3) - Total tax on Real Estate (4) - Number of Male Inhabitants between 18 and 50 years of age at $2.00 tax per number. Porter, Chas. W.33.181 Porter, Andrew80.14 Porter, John F.68.351 Porter, James G.65.35 Porter, W. R.58.35 Porter, A. S.55012.80 Porter, Wm. D.1
  Person ID	I18023	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Hugh Porter,   b. 12 Jun 1791, Abbeville County, South Carolina d. 12 Feb 1855, Rogersville, Lauderdale County, Alabama (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Sarah C. Bowie,   b. 22 Aug 1793, South Carolina d. 9 May 1869, Rogersville, Lauderdale County, Alabama (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1814  [1]
  Family ID	F180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Johnston,   b. Abt 1825, Tennessee d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	2 Sep 1841	Lauderdale County, Alabama
  Children	1. John F. M. Porter,   b. Abt 1843, Alabama d. 30 Aug 1862, Manassas, Tattnall County, Georgia (Age ~ 19 years)   2. Samuel Porter,   b. Abt 1845, Alabama d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

  Family 2	E.A "Bettie" Davis,   b. Aft 1815   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Aft 1843
  Family ID	F6665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1815 - South Carolina Marriage - 2 Sep 1841 - Lauderdale County, Alabama  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S309] Norwood, Bill (joanbill@suddenlink.net) Family Tree of Bill Norwood Bill Norwood Ver. 2008-09-08 18:25:07 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=joanbill.