Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker. Native of England. Married to Margret Porter. Father of Samuel W. Porter. Shoemaker in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Shoemaker in Louisville in 1861. Shoemaker in partnership with Charles P. Baden in S. R. Porter & Company in Louisville in 1863.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 6, p. 226.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 197.

"Notice of Dissolution," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), December 15, 1863, p. 2.

Citation

Porter, Samuel R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208894 (November 12, 2026).

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Henry Dent et al. to James F. Robinson

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