Elisha
Porter
Born about in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Porter II
and Sarah (Johnson) Porter
Brother of
James Porter, Nancy (Porter) Soots, Joseph Porter III, Adeline (Porter) Shatley, Sarah (Porter) Ballou and Delphia Porter
Husband of
Malinda (Brewer) Porter
— married
18 Jan 1844 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Porter, George Leland Porter, Sarah Porter, Elisha Doss Porter, Mary Elizabeth (Porter) Shatley, John Porter, David Robert Lawson Porter, Nancy Clementine (Porter) Shew, Delphia Louisiana (Porter) Call, Margaret Almeda (Porter) Shew and Minnie Malinda (Porter) Harris
Died after
after about age 56
in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Sep 2011
This page has been accessed 750 times.
Biography
Sources
- "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8BV-JHH : 14 February 2020), Elisha Porter, 1844.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BL-VH1 : 9 November 2014), Elisha Porter, Wilkes county, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing family 698, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD63-DV7 : 30 December 2015), Elisha Porter, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWD4-ZH9 : 17 October 2014), Elisha Peter, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 3, family 16, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,664.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCF9-GCC : 11 August 2016), Elisha Porter, Fishing Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 215, sheet 142C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0987; FHL microfilm 1,254,987.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elisha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elisha:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Helen (Call) Speaks 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch LC5091916 [compare]
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Jeannie (Lowe) Eggert :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jeannieeggert
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~3.12%
~12.50%
S Smith :
AncestryDNA
+
Living DNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Stormy Faw :
23andMe, GEDmatch CQ5652332 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RZ3003870 [compare], Ancestry member sdfaw963385
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch TV8359750 [compare], FTDNA kit #901164
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~1.56%
Marianna Soots :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mSoots12
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
Anonymous Hall :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch A713649 [compare]
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~0.78%
Chris Montgomery :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FZ6344035 [compare], Ancestry member CMontgomery036
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