Mary Batchelor (Creekmore) Porch (1789 - 1878)

Born 1789 in Nash, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Ezekial Abbott Porch — married 1816 in Nash, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1878 at about age 89 in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Mary Batchelor /Creekmore/

Mary Batchelor Creekmore (recognized as being of Cherokee Nation descent by the US Gov)^[1]

Mary Creekmore was born between 1788 and 1791 in Nash, North Carolina, the daughter of Robert Creekmore and Elizabeth Batchelor. Mary Creekmore and Ezekiel A. Porch were married in 1808 in Nash, North Carolina. They lived in Somerset, Kentucky in 1850 and 1860. They had a son, Edwin Denton Porch. Ezekiel died in September 1862 in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky. Mary died on 20 March 1878 in Somerset, Kentucky.^[2]

Mary Bachelor Creekmore^{[3][4][5][6][7]} Birth Date: 1789 in Nash, North Carolina, United States^[8][9][10]

Birth Date: 1788

Place: Nash, North Carolina, USA

Birth Date: 25 OCT 1789

Birth Date: 1792

Place: Nash, North Carolina, USA

Birth Date: ABT 1791

Place: North Carolina

Death

Death Date: 20 MAR 1878

Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA

Burial:

Place: Cemetery of old Baptist Church, now abandoned

Residence

Residence: Age in 1870: 79

Date: 1870

Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States^[11]

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky

Residence: Age: 69

Date: 1860

Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky^[12]

Residence: Age in 1860: 69

Date: 1860

Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States

Residence: Age: 62

Date: 1850

Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky

Residence: Age in 1860: 69

Date: 1860

Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States

Residence: Age: 62

Date: 1850

Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky^[13]

Residence:

Date: 1860

Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States

Marriage

Husband: Ezekial Abbott Porch

Wife: Mary Bachelor Creekmore

Marriage Date: 1816

Place: Nash, North Carolina, United States

Family

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Husband: Robert E Creekmore

Wife: @I6722@

Child: John Piner Creekmore

Child: Elisa Creekmore

Child: Elisha Creekmore

Child: Mary Bachelor Creekmore

Child: Nancy Ann Creekmore

Child: Robert Warren Creekmore

Child: @I529@

Child: David Creekmore

Child: William Ballentine Creekmore

Child: Celeter Creekmore

Child: Elizabeth Creekmore

Marriage:

Date: 1780

Place: Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, United States^[14]

• Possible residence in 1820: Barbourville Road, Knox, Kentucky.^[15]

• Probable residence in 1840: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky.^[16]

In 1860, the Porch family lived in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky. All members of the household were born in North Carolina. The household included Ezekiel A. Porch, 71, a farmer with $1500 in real estate and $250 in personal estate; (his wife) Mary B. Porch, 69; and (his mother) Rebecca Porch, 105. In the line where Rebecca appears, it is written, “over 100 years old.”^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ Record for David Lemon Creekmore/Creekmur
2. ↑ familysearch.org Pedigree Resource File (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3S2Y-2V2)
3. ↑ Source: Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M653_393; Page: 157; Image: 157; Family History Library Film: 803393 Object: @M5344@
4. ↑ Source: Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M432_217; Page: 1B; Image: 134 Object: @M5345@
5. ↑ Source: Page: Source number: 270.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RQS
6. ↑ Source: #S124 Page: Volume: 148; SAR Membership Number: 29492 Object: @M5343@
7. ↑ Source: Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M593_496; Page: 384A; Image: 455; Family History Library Film: 545995 Object: @M5346@
8. ↑ Source: Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M653_393; Page: 157; Image: 157; Family History Library Film: 803393 Object: @M5344@
9. ↑ Source: Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M432_217; Page: 1B; Image: 134 Object: @M5345@
10. ↑ Source: Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M593_496; Page: 384A; Image: 455; Family History Library Film: 545995 Object: @M5346@
11. ↑ Source: Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M593_496; Page: 384A; Image: 455; Family History Library Film: 545995 Object: @M5346@
12. ↑ Source: Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M653_393; Page: 157; Image: 157; Family History Library Film: 803393 Object: @M5344@
13. ↑ Source: Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M432_217; Page: 1B; Image: 134 Object: @M5345@
14. ↑ Source: Page: Source number: 93.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RDT
15. ↑ 1820 US Census, Barbourville Road, Knox, Kentucky https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-P9N)
16. ↑ 1840 US Census, Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTP-3Z2)
17. ↑ 1860 US Census, Somerset District 1, Pulaski, Kentucky (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1::MZBC-C4K)

• Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Donna Creekmore for creating WikiTree profile Creekmore-196 through the import of david herbert creekmore_2013-11-16_01.ged on Nov 16, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Donna and others.