Born in South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Porter
and Nancy (Porter) Clayton
Sister of
Elizabeth Langley (Porter) Gillespie, William Clayton Porter, Carter Clayton Porter and Phillip Henley Porter
Wife of
Jackson Gillespie
— married
1834 in Transylvania, North Carolina, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Carter Gillespie, Harlleston Clayton Gillespie, Mary Elizabeth (Gillespie) Cooper, Julia Ann (Gillespie) Whitmire, James Robert Gillespie, William Jackson Gillespie, John Thomas Gillespie, Stephen Henry Gillespie, Toiiver Simpson Gillespie, Joseph Asbury Gillespie, Bascom Alexander Gillespie and Timma Alice Gillespie
Died
at age 81
in East Fork, Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Sep 2013
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Biography
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BZ-ZTH : 12 April 2016), Polly Gilespie in household of Jackson Gilespie, Henderson county, Henderson, North Carolina, United States; citing family 652, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to George Smith for creating WikiTree profile Porter-4502 through the import of Smith Family.GED on Sep 7, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Susan (Propst) Igel 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A573993 [compare], Ancestry member igelsp
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~1.56%
~9.38%
Sara (Hopkins) Howard :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Samuel Barnes :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T587116 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Suzy (Summers) Valentine :
23andMe, GEDmatch SD9033619 [compare], yourDNAportal SUZ06e9114a
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member suzyvmc
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~0.78%
Angela (Spann) Gingras :
23andMe, GEDmatch M628085 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Dolores (Miller) Pringle :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member PringleFamilyofSC1
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Melanie (Travis) Schlaginhaufen :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Wayne Coskrey :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Coskrey1000
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch QV1946383 [compare], yourDNAportal WAY5a853c8f, FTDNA kit #10965
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~0.78%
Sherman Badgett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A173976 [compare], Ancestry member Cleburneslim
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~0.78%
Ann (Lewis) Hampton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member AnnHampton1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #480429
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