Born about in South Carolina, United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
James William Porcher
— married
about 1830 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
James Boswood Porcher, Susan Caroline (Porcher) Ford, Francis Malachi Porcher, Joseph Ford Porcher Sr. and Mary Martha (Porcher) Pinckney
Died about
at about age 48
in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States [uncertain]
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The Marriage Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
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Biography
Caroline Susan Ford was born about 1803.[1]
She married James William Porcher about 1830.[2] They had 5 known children.[1][3]
Caroline may have died on September 10, 1851 and is buried in Pecan Hill Cemetery (Jasper County), South Carolina.[4]
Notes
After disposing of his Savannah business and property, James William Porcher with his wife Caroline Ford Porcher and their five children, ... , moved to their newly purchased property in Beaufort District and set about developing their dream plantation.[3] It was James William Porcher who provided lands for the Pinckney Colony beginnings.[3]
Census Notes
- 1850 Census: St. Luke's Parish, Beaufort County, South Carolina [1]
- James W Porcher 42 Male South Carolina Planter
- Caroline W Porcher 47 Female
- James B Porcher 17 Male Student Attended school
- Susan C Porcher 15 Female Attended school
- M Francis Porcher 9 Male Attended school
- Joseph Ford Porcher 7 Male Attended school
- Mary Martha Porcher 5 Female
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch 1850 Census, Caroline W Porcher in the household of James W Porcher, St Luke's Parish, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Marriage date is estimated from first known child's birth date.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mary Pinckney Powell, Over Home: The Heritage of Pinckneys of Pinckney Colony Bluffton, South Carolina, p.117.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed 08 April 2023, memorial page for Caroline Susan Ford Porcher (31 Jan 1803–10 Sep 1851), Find A Grave: Memorial #131637550, citing Pecan Hill Cemetery, Jasper County, South Carolina, USA. No sources, one photo taken from the Powell book.
- Powell, Mary Pinckney. Over Home: The Heritage of Pinckneys of Pinckney Colony Bluffton, South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina: R L Bryan Company, 1982.
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