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Susannah (Walker) Porter (abt. 1739 - aft. 1804)

Susannah "Ann" [uncertain] Porter formerly Walker
Born about in Orange, Virginiamap [uncertain]
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , and
Wife of — married about 1755 in Orange County, North Carolinamap
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Mother of , , , , , and
Died after after about age 64 in Scott County, Virginiamap [uncertain]
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Biography

Susannah Walker[1] was born on March 31,1739,[1] in Orange County, Virginia,[1] to Ann Houston[1] and John Rutherford Walker, III.[1]

Daughter of John Walker and Ann Huston[2]

Susannah gave a deposition in Washington County, Virginia for Chancery Court (below) on 3 March 1804, so it was sometime after that she died.

Research Notes

Chancery Court deposition by Susannah Porter

The Chancery Court case was brought in 1804 by an heir of Amos Allard and it involved a dispute over land that Amos Allard may have owned. The Amos Allard case was famous because Allard had been shot in 1786 for being a horse thief. Although a witness claimed that Susannah's son John Porter shot and killed Allard, it was her son Samuel Porter who was tried and acquitted of the murder.

The following deposition was given by Susannah Porter Washington County over a land dispute brought by the heirs of Amos Allard in Chancery Court:[3]

Susannah Porter of lawful age being duly sworn deposeth and saith. That she happened at the house of Amos Allord shortly after Allord had sold his land on Fall Creek to John W. Crunk and Mr. Allord and John W. Crunk desired this deponant to go in company with Mrs. Allord to Amos Allord and she did accordingly go and the writings was read and said Allord said he had sold his land to John W. Crunk and desired her to be a witness and she did make her mark, a cross, to testify the bond for the title and she thinks Benjamin Pendletons name was mentioned somehow respecting the making the title but in what respect she will not say as time has worn it out of her mind, but Benjamin Cooper was present and a witness to the title bond and the other writings then acknowledged by Allord. And then Allord gave the writings to Cooper for Crunk. Further this deponant saith that she heard or understood that Allord received two horses from Crunk in part of pay for the land. Sworn and subscribed before me this 3rd day of March 1804.

Susannah X Porter
Samuel Ritchie
John Montgomery

The Library of Virginia has a digital copy of the Chancery Court records for this case freely avialable for download.[4]

Notable Kin

Susannah was the maternal fifth great-grandmother of Patty Loveless and Johnny Depp. She was the seventh great-grandmother of Billy Ray Cyrus and eighth great-grandmother of Miley Cyrus.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Find A Grave: Memorial #80856292
  2. ↑ Genealogy of the descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, with records of a few allied families : also war records and some fragmentary notes pertaining to the history of Virginia, 1600-1902, by White, Emma Siggins
  3. ↑ Pickin' Up The Porters, by Henry B Martin, 1983, p. 386-387
  4. ↑ Library of Virginia Chancery Court record, 1805. link




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Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Walker-16841 and Walker-161 appear to represent the same person because: same mother, birth and married name
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Walker-5557 and Walker-161 appear to represent the same person because: Wives must also be merged to clean the initial merge up.
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