George W. Porter

Birth Date

c1828

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and physician. Kentucky native. Son of Henry Porter and Permelia F. Porter. Married to Mary Prince Porter in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on December 7, 1853. Father of A. Porter and L. Porter. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eleven persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Physician in Christian County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Christian County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 159B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 733.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 551.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 257A.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Hopkins County Marriages.

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