George Washington Porter was the first born to John Hilliard Porter and Sarah Lavinia McClain Porter. John was from Clarke County, Georgia, while Sarah was from the neighboring Greene County. John and Sarah married in Jasper County on the 18th 0f September 1827, and their first home was a family farm in Jasper County as reflected on the 1830 US Census where John's father, William Porter (1765-1840), is living with the John and Sarah Porter family. The household of John and Sarah migrated in a westerly direction with their next home being in Henry County as reflected on the 1840 US Census. John's brothers made this migration alongside the household of John and Sarah and can be found on the above referenced Census.
By the 1850 US Census, the Porter family had moved further west to Troup County. John and Sarah would have their first ten children in Georgia. Between the US Census of 1850 and that of 1860, John, Sarah, and their children still living at home moved 60 miles west to the historical community of Mount Olive in Coosa County, Alabama. The area they moved to was sometimes called Jordan; and it was at their new home on the 30th of September 1855 that they would have their last child, Emily Savannah Porter, my great grandmother.
George had married Emily Savannah Henderson on the 31st of January 1850 in Troup County, Georgia. They would have their first child in Georgia before moving 40 miles west, along with John and Sarah, settling in the historical community of Hackneyville in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. George and Emily would have seven more children in Alabama and were only a half-day wagon ride from George's parents' home in Coosa County.
George's younger sister, Mary Ann Elizabeth Porter, had married Elijah Anderson Green on the 15th of October 1846 also in Troup County, Georgia; and they migrated west along with the Porter family settling in the Mount Olive area of Coosa County near the new home of John and Sarah. Mary Ann and Elijah had their first three children in Georgia and would have their next ten children in Alabama.
Tallapoosa County was mostly rural and agrarian in the nineteenth century, and the home of George and Emily was a family farm. George served as a Sergeant in Company C of the 59th Alabama Infantry, Hilliard's Legion of the Alabama Volunteers CSA.
Bio By: Dale Martin Carroll - Member # 48071290.
Dale Martin Carroll
By the 1850 US Census, the Porter family had moved further west to Troup County. John and Sarah would have their first ten children in Georgia. Between the US Census of 1850 and that of 1860, John, Sarah, and their children still living at home moved 60 miles west to the historical community of Mount Olive in Coosa County, Alabama. The area they moved to was sometimes called Jordan; and it was at their new home on the 30th of September 1855 that they would have their last child, Emily Savannah Porter, my great grandmother.
George had married Emily Savannah Henderson on the 31st of January 1850 in Troup County, Georgia. They would have their first child in Georgia before moving 40 miles west, along with John and Sarah, settling in the historical community of Hackneyville in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. George and Emily would have seven more children in Alabama and were only a half-day wagon ride from George's parents' home in Coosa County.
George's younger sister, Mary Ann Elizabeth Porter, had married Elijah Anderson Green on the 15th of October 1846 also in Troup County, Georgia; and they migrated west along with the Porter family settling in the Mount Olive area of Coosa County near the new home of John and Sarah. Mary Ann and Elijah had their first three children in Georgia and would have their next ten children in Alabama.
Tallapoosa County was mostly rural and agrarian in the nineteenth century, and the home of George and Emily was a family farm. George served as a Sergeant in Company C of the 59th Alabama Infantry, Hilliard's Legion of the Alabama Volunteers CSA.
Bio By: Dale Martin Carroll - Member # 48071290.
Dale Martin Carroll
George Washington Porter was the first born to John Hilliard Porter and Sarah Lavinia McClain Porter. John was from Clarke County, Georgia, while Sarah was from the neighboring Greene County. John and Sarah married in Jasper County on the 18th 0f September 1827, and their first home was a family farm in Jasper County as reflected on the 1830 US Census where John's father, William Porter (1765-1840), is living with the John and Sarah Porter family. The household of John and Sarah migrated in a westerly direction with their next home being in Henry County as reflected on the 1840 US Census. John's brothers made this migration alongside the household of John and Sarah and can be found on the above referenced Census.
By the 1850 US Census, the Porter family had moved further west to Troup County. John and Sarah would have their first ten children in Georgia. Between the US Census of 1850 and that of 1860, John, Sarah, and their children still living at home moved 60 miles west to the historical community of Mount Olive in Coosa County, Alabama. The area they moved to was sometimes called Jordan; and it was at their new home on the 30th of September 1855 that they would have their last child, Emily Savannah Porter, my great grandmother.
George had married Emily Savannah Henderson on the 31st of January 1850 in Troup County, Georgia. They would have their first child in Georgia before moving 40 miles west, along with John and Sarah, settling in the historical community of Hackneyville in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. George and Emily would have seven more children in Alabama and were only a half-day wagon ride from George's parents' home in Coosa County.
George's younger sister, Mary Ann Elizabeth Porter, had married Elijah Anderson Green on the 15th of October 1846 also in Troup County, Georgia; and they migrated west along with the Porter family settling in the Mount Olive area of Coosa County near the new home of John and Sarah. Mary Ann and Elijah had their first three children in Georgia and would have their next ten children in Alabama.
Tallapoosa County was mostly rural and agrarian in the nineteenth century, and the home of George and Emily was a family farm. George served as a Sergeant in Company C of the 59th Alabama Infantry, Hilliard's Legion of the Alabama Volunteers CSA.
Bio By: Dale Martin Carroll - Member # 48071290.
Dale Martin Carroll
By the 1850 US Census, the Porter family had moved further west to Troup County. John and Sarah would have their first ten children in Georgia. Between the US Census of 1850 and that of 1860, John, Sarah, and their children still living at home moved 60 miles west to the historical community of Mount Olive in Coosa County, Alabama. The area they moved to was sometimes called Jordan; and it was at their new home on the 30th of September 1855 that they would have their last child, Emily Savannah Porter, my great grandmother.
George had married Emily Savannah Henderson on the 31st of January 1850 in Troup County, Georgia. They would have their first child in Georgia before moving 40 miles west, along with John and Sarah, settling in the historical community of Hackneyville in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. George and Emily would have seven more children in Alabama and were only a half-day wagon ride from George's parents' home in Coosa County.
George's younger sister, Mary Ann Elizabeth Porter, had married Elijah Anderson Green on the 15th of October 1846 also in Troup County, Georgia; and they migrated west along with the Porter family settling in the Mount Olive area of Coosa County near the new home of John and Sarah. Mary Ann and Elijah had their first three children in Georgia and would have their next ten children in Alabama.
Tallapoosa County was mostly rural and agrarian in the nineteenth century, and the home of George and Emily was a family farm. George served as a Sergeant in Company C of the 59th Alabama Infantry, Hilliard's Legion of the Alabama Volunteers CSA.
Bio By: Dale Martin Carroll - Member # 48071290.
Dale Martin Carroll
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