Dewitt
C.
Porter
Born in Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Alexander Bennett Porter
and Esther (Bell) Porter
Brother of
William Benton Porter, Jesse Bell Porter, Eppy Nedious Guion Porter, Martha Ann Porter, John Alexander Porter, Lucy Elizabeth (Porter) Farmer, Richard Bennett Porter, Mary Jane Porter, Henry Atkinson Porter, Joel Theophilus Porter and Sarah A. (Porter) Magee
Husband of
Sarah Jane (Maples) Avent
— married
1 Nov 1855 in Lafayette county, Mississippi, United States
Father of
Lucy Elizabeth (Porter) Waldrop
Died
at age 28
in Lauderdale county, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Mar 2011
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Biography
DeWitt C. Porter was born the 11th of November, 1834 in Robertson county, Tennessee. DeWitt was the son of Alexander Bennett Porter and Esther Bell.
DeWitt appears in the 1850 Federal census in Yalobusha county, Mississippi in the household of his mother.[1] Esther's household appeared as follows:
- Esther Porter Female 50 North Carolina
- Richard Porter Male 20 Tennessee
- Dewitt Porter Male 15 Tennessee
- Joel Porter Male 9 Mississippi
- Sarah Porter Female 6 Mississippi
DeWitt married Sarah Jane Maples on the 1st of November 1855, in Lafayette county, Mississippi.[2]
DeWitt appears in the 1860 Federal census in Pontotoc county, Mississippi.[3] DeWitt's household appeared as follows:
- Dewitt C Porter Male 25 Tennessee
- Sarah J Porter Female 22 Alabama
- Lucy E Porter Female 3 Mississippi
Dewitt enlisted as a Private in Company H, 22nd Mississippi Infantry on the 10th August, 1861, in Oxford, Mississippi.
Dewitt Porter died the 5th of August, 1863 in the Lauderdale Springs hospital and was buried in the Lauderdale Springs CSA cemetery, Lauderdale county, Mississippi.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LV-JQ6 : 22 December 2020), Dewitt Porter in household of Esther Porter, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZR-7T2 : 14 February 2020), Sarah J. Maples in entry for D. C. Porter, 1855.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GN-378 : 18 February 2021), Sarah J Porter in entry for Dewitt C Porter, 1860.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58243865/dewitt-c-porter : accessed 07 March 2022), memorial page for Dewitt C. Porter (1835–5 Aug 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58243865, citing Lauderdale Springs CSA Cemetery, Lauderdale, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Cousins by the Dozens (contributor 46904925).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dewitt 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 Dewitt:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dewitt 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 Dewitt:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
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