Porter, Ephraim

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Title: Porter, Ephraim
Gender: Male
Biography: In the 1820 Boone County, Kentucky census Ephraim Porter was known to have one enslaved. The 1850, 1860 and 1870 census shows Ephraim Porter living in Burlington, Boone, Kentucky.
Member: Porter family
Birth date: 29 Nov 1790
Place of birth: Maryland
Life event(s): Marriage: 26 Dec 1816; Scott County (Ky.); Scott County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Roberts, Margaret
Death date: 25 May 1872
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Old Burlington Cemetery (Burlington, Ky.)
Military service: unit unknown (War of 1812)
Allegiance: United States of America
Service began: 29 Mar 1813
Service ended: 28 Sep 1813
Participant in: 1852--Disaster on the River; 1852--Fourteen Freedom Seekers
Resided in: Burlington (Ky.)
Member of: Friends of Emancipation (Boone County, Ky.)
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Merritt; unknown, Merritt [2]
Description: Enslaved held in 1830; Males, under 10, two; Females, under 10, two; Females, 24 thru 35, one; Enslaved held in 1840; Males, under 10, three; Males, 10 thru 23, two; Females, under 10, two; Females, 10 thru 23, one; Females, 24 thru 35, one; Enslaved held in 1850: Female, 48 years old, black; Male, 26 years old, black; Male, 24 years old, black; Female, 24 years old, black; Male, 18 years old, black; Male, 16 years old, black; Female, 14 years old, black; Male, 10 years old, black; Male, 10 years old, black; Female, 8 years old, black; Male, 6 years old, black; Male, 4 years old, black; Female, 3 months old, black
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #84233004; Fold3.com: War of 1812
Source(s): Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules; Find A Grave.com; Fold3 History & Genealogy Archives; Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Fifth Census of the United States, 1830; Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--O-P-Q; War of 1812--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County

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1852--Disaster on the River	Event
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unknown, Merritt [2]	Person