Phillip Porter (1763 - 1841)

Born 7 Jan 1763 in Guilford County, North Carolina [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Smith) Porter — married 1786 in Pendleton, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 8 May 1841 at age 78 in Pickens District, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

The North American Family Histories states that Phillip Porter was born in Guildford County, North Carolina on the 7th of January 1763. He served in the Revolutionary War as a scout, spy and minute man in South Carolina.

Phillip Porter was a Private in the Revolutionary War. ^{[1] [2]} During the war he was exchanged as a prisoner for his father after his father was captured. He was held for 6 months at New Bern, NC.^[2]

He married Mary Smith, and they had 12 children.^[3]

He died May 6, 1841 and is buried in Porter's Chapel Cemetery^[4] where a modern stone replaces a field stone, probably not at his burial spot.

Research Notes

This basis of this profile and the profiles of the children are based on the bible of Philip Porter. Please read the relevant page from the bible which has been transcribed here Any conflicting information except for the month/date of birth must first pass the test of agreeing with the bible to be considered proved. Please consult the PORTER PROJECT to evaluate sources that may have conflicting information.

In Twelve Mile, Pickens, South Carolina, there is a church there called the Porter United Methodist Chapel which was founded by this Phillip. They have a family history of the Porter family there and are willing to share it with visitors.

Phillip Porter was born Jan 7, 1763. ^{[5] [3]}

There is conflicting information that he was born July 1 or in 1764. This is probably due to both the exchanging of the 1 and 7 for month and day and the information in his obituary which states he died at the age of 77 years.

A son Phillip was left a bequest in the will of Hugh Porter, Jr..^[6]

His obituary on in the June 4, 1841 issue reads^[5]:

Departed this life on May 8th at his residence on Twelve Mile, Pickens District, REV. PHILIP PORTER age 77 years. The deceased was a zealous defender of the great truths of christianity as promulgated by the Methodist Episcopal Church. When quite young he embraced the cause of religion thereby giving the best years of his life to the service of his Creator. In life and at death he was the ornament not only of the church of which he was a member, but also a shining light of the Universal Church of Christianity. At an early period of life, he engaged actively in the war which terminated in our freedom and independence as a Nation. He has left a large circle of relatives and friends.

Other sources and citations are needed for the following miscellaneous snippets:

He gave land on which to build a church, Porter's Chapel Methodist Church, which has been rebuilt by Charlie Grant.

Sources

1. ↑ Transcription of Pension Application
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch Philip Porter, 9 Jun 1785; citing Military Service, South Carolina, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140765.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Bible of Phillilp Porter. Pickens, South Carolina: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Bible_of_Phillip_Porter_Pickens.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18502903/phillip-porter: accessed 02 October 2023), memorial page for Phillip Porter (7 Jan 1763–8 May 1841), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18502903, citing Porters Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Jackie Naylor-Adelberg (contributor 46864143).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Obituary of Philip Porter from Some South Carolina marriages and Obituaries and Miscellaneous Information, 1826-1854 abstracted from Early Newspapers, The Greenville Republican, The Greenville Mountaineer, The Laurensville Hearld, Page 75
6. ↑ Familysearch.org, Abbeville > Wills, 1787-1815, Vol. 01 > image 212 of 257; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

• Ancestry.com page: The Philip Porter Bible Record "page of births" was published in the "Daughters Of The American Revolution Magazine" in the August - September 1967 issue. Phillip Porter Bible - Owned by Mrs. John Brock, Pickens Co., S. C. (South Carolina Records Comm. 1967) with comments by Leonardo Andrea. There are also citations from "Asbury’s South Carolina Visits Abstracted from his Journal" referencing Hugh Porter.
• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKF-BLS : accessed 2 October 2021), Phillip Porter, Pendleton, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 8, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 568,151
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGY-ZBN : 20 February 2021), Philip Porter, Pickens, South Carolina, United States; citing 286, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 173; FHL microfilm 22,507.
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRY-NZB : 8 December 2020), Philip Porter, Township 5 Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 371, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm

See also:

• Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Aug-Sep 1967, Whole No. 8559, Volume 101, No. 7

• Heads of Families at the first census of the United States in the year 1790; South Carolina Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1966

• The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research; Vol IV, No. 1, Winter 1876

• Brent Howard Holcomb, A Guide to South Carolina Genealogical Research and Records; Columbia, SC; 1998

• R. W. Simpson, History of Old Pendleton District; Easley, SC, Southern Historial Press, 1978

• William S. Powell; The Correspondence of William Tryon and Other Selected Papers, Volume 2

• Old Pendleton Research on Basil Smith Porter