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John M. Porter (Johnson County, farmer and pvt 65th KY Inf USA)

b. 1833 d. 1899

Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Porter and Anna Porter. Married to Amanda Brown Porter in Johnson County, Kentucky, on February 8, 1860. Farmer in Johnson County in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Served in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) as a private from May 21, 1864, to June 21, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 89A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 45.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, County Marriages, Film #001912950, p. 94.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 896.

Find A Grave, "John Marshall Porter (1833-1899)," Memorial #152862951, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152862951# (accessed November 11, 2018).

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Porter, John M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200329 (November 12, 2026).

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