Benjamin Franklin Porter (1809 - 1881)

Born 20 Sep 1809 in Georgia, United States

Husband of Delana Scott (Bell) Porter — married 21 Sep 1830 in Jackson, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1881 at age 72 in Georgia, United States

Biography

Marriage:

License: 21 Sep 1830, Jackson, Georgia, USA

Marriage: 23 Sep 1830 by William Bell, JP^[1]

Husband: Benjamin J. Porter

Wife: Delana Scott Bell

T L Porter, male, abt 1834, Georgia^[2]

H W Porter, male, abt 1838, Georgia^[2]

W A Porter, male abt 1841, Georgia^[2]

Lavinia (Porter) Talley, female, abt 1844, Georgia^[2][3]

A A Porter, female, abt 1846, Georgia^[2]

Rachael S Porter, daughter, abt 1850, Georgia^[2][4][5]

Avarilla O Porter, daughter, abt 1852, Georgia^[2][4][5]

B Harris Porter, male, abt 1853, Georgia^[2][4]

Walter B Porter, male, abt 1855, Georgia^[2][4]

Truman H Porter, son, abt 1857, Georgia^[2][4][5]

Burial: Flowery Branch Cemetery, Flowery Branch, Hall County, Georgia, USA^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ1-8R4 : 22 December 2016), Benjamin F. Porter and Delana S. Bell, 23 Sep 1830; citing Marriage, Jackson, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 325,652.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM6-724 : 12 April 2016), B F Porter, 565th District, Hall, Georgia, United States; citing p. 176, household 1135, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,126.
3. ↑ "A Noble Southern Woman - Mrs. Lavinia Porter Talley," Confederate Veteran (Nashville, Tennessee, USA), February 1915, Vol XXIII, pg 74; Cornell University Library, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA; "Confederate Veteran, Volume 23," digital images, GoogleBooks (https://books.google.com/books?id=Frc_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA42 : viewed 4 August 2017). [The article includes information regarding her marriage to Dr Ratliff Palmer Talley in 1867 and their relocation to Texas, as well as a picture of Mrs. Talley and her granddaughter Curtis Mitchell.]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3W-VNJ : 12 April 2016), Benj F Porter, Georgia, United States; citing p. 210, family 1579, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,654.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GQ-M2X : 12 August 2016), Benjamin F Porter, Flowery Branch, Hall, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 136, sheet 104B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0150; FHL microfilm 1,254,150.
6. ↑ Findagrave.com - https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116970624

See also:

• Bell, Getha Gina, The Bells in U.S.A. and allied families, 1650-1977 (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA: Edwards Bros.), 1977; http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/3767132.html.

• Bell, Geta Gina Bells in U. S. A. and Allied Families 1650-1977 (privately published, 1977) As of Jun 2021, this book is not available online due to copyright Bell Family on Wayback machine Note: The web version is excerpted from a longer document provided by June Smith. A lot of the material in it also appears in Fred Hawthorne's database.

Acknowledgments

• Porter-622 was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged by Joe Sneed on 09 February 2011.