Porter, Thomas

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Title: Porter, Thomas
Gender: Male
Member: Porter family
Birth date: 31 Jul 1789
Place of birth: Lancaster County (Pa.)
Father: Porter, John
Mother: Long, Rebecca
Life event(s): Marriage 1: 17 Feb 1814; Boone County (Ky.); Marriage 2: 22 Jan 1818; Boone County (Ky.); Marriage 3: 15 Nov 1821; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): McIntosh, Rachel; Tousey, Mercy; Tousey, Miranda
Child(ren): Porter, Andrew Oliphant; Porter, Albert G.; Porter, Ann Tousey; Porter, Caroline; Porter, Omer T.
Death date: 6 Feb 1854
Place of death: Lawrenceburg (Ind.)
Death and burial information: Piatt Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.)
Military service: unit unknown (War of 1812)
Allegiance: United States of America
Held rank: Private; Captain
Participant in: 1856--Jane Wayne and Children Escape; 1841--Five Enslaved Granted Freedom by Thomas Porter
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Charlotte [5]; unknown, child [13]; unknown, child [14]; unknown, Fanny [9]; unknown, Nimrod; unknown, Charlotte [5]; unknown, child [13]; unknown, child [14]; unknown, Fanny [9]; unknown, Nimrod
Description: Enslaved held in 1840: 1 Male, 24-35 years old; 1 Male, 10-23 years old; 1 Male under 10 years old; 2 Females, 10-23 years old; 1 Female, under 10 years old
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #87672015
Source(s): Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850; U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914; Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; Find A Grave.com

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

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Items with "Participant: Porter, Thomas"
Title	Class
1841--Five Enslaved Granted Freedom by Thomas Porter	Event
1856--Jane Wayne and Children Escape	Event

Items with "Relationship: Porter, Thomas"
Title	Class
unknown, Charlotte [5]	Person
unknown, child [13]	Person
unknown, child [14]	Person
unknown, Fanny [9]	Person
unknown, Nimrod	Person

Items with "Spouse(s): Porter, Thomas"
Title	Class
Porter, Rachel	Person