R383
Husband: John Porter Jr.
Father: John Porter [R381]
Mother: Hannah (Dobbs) Porter [R381]
Born: 1775
Wife: Sarah Jane (Summer) Porter
Born: 1775
Children:
John Porter, b. about 1803 in Greenbriar County W.Va.; m. (in Bath
County Va.?) to
Jane Burns, b. 1810 in Greenbriar County W.Va.*
They migrated westward, eventually to Indiana, where
John died in
1843. Jane remarried Thomas Coon of that state and in
1852 migrated
with her children to Cass County Iowa. This is the line
of my source
Rita Holmes [S181].
(Others?)
John and Sarah Porter resided in Greenbriar County and Cabell County
W.Va.
*Jane Burns was the d. of Peter Burns and Jane Miller; Peter was the
s.
of John Burns and
Mary Shipe of Bath County Va. Burnsville in
Bath County was named for John Burns.
Source: [S181]