Mary E.

Mary married Hugh Porter. Hugh (son of Hugh Porter and Violet Mackey) was born on 01 Jan 1737/38; died in Jul 1808. [Group Sheet]

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Notes from his pension file:

James Cosper, clergyman residing in District of Abbeville, and G eorge
Pettigrew residing in Dist.....acquainted well with Samuel Porte r and blieve
him to be 69...respected and believed tin the neighborhood wher e he resides to
have been a soldier of the revolution. dated 16 Oct.1832. Swor n to James A.
Black....Samuel Porter was unable to appear in open court by rea son of bodily
disabilities he having been confined to his room for 12 years b y reason of
Rumatic Pains with which he is aflicted.....James A. Black state d that he had
personally been acquainted with S.P. for the past 20 years and h ad always
understood that he was in the Rev.War.....17 Jun 1833
"I was born in Guilford County, state of N.C. 25 Jan 1763....no rec ord of my age
all I know of the matter I was told by my parents.

Who can testify to your character? Answer was:
James A. Black
Dr. Alexander B. Arnold
Dr. James Hunt
Rev. James Cosper
Rev.Thomas Bigbie
Archibald Mauldin
Thomas Patterson
George Pettigrew
Hugh Robertson and others not listed.....Please direct your answ er to this
Samuel Porter, Temple of Health, Abbeville Dist., SC to the car e of James A.
Black."

Note: The Temple of Health might be a nursing home?
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Samuel Porter. Estate of Samuel Porter. Box 74, Pack 1795. Pro bate Judge Office. Pickens. S C.

I, Samuel Porter, being of sound and disposing mind and memory , but weak in body. I desire enough of my property be sold to pa y my debts and funeral expenses. After my debts are paid I giv e to my wife Susanah Porter all the remainer of my personal prop erty, as long as she lives, at her death I desire the property s he left be sold and the money devided into six shares. One shar e to Jane L. Brownlee, and one share to Susanah M. Dobins, the r emaining shares to Sinthy M. Dobins, P. Dobins, and Eliza A. Dob ins. I give all that tract of land where widow Nancy Porter no w lives containing 170 acres to the heirs of Andrew R. Porter . I give my son Sanuel Porter all that tract where I now live , containing 250 acres. My sons, Hugh Porter, John Porter, Rich ard Porter have received their share of my estate. I appoint Su gar Bonds and Samuel W. Beaty executors.

Dated 4 May 1833.
Wit: James Cosper, F. Y. Baskin, Thos. X. Crofford.
Signed: Samuel Porter.

Will proven on oath of F. Y. Baskin before Moses Taggart, Ord. o n the 11 Dec. 1836.

A letter to D. Lesly, Ord. of Abbeville Dist. Dated 19 Jan 184 2 to Mr. Sugar Bonds of Jefferson Court House. Jackson County, Ga . States that the widow was to have the personal property durin g her life time. She died in 1841 leaving nothing worth admr. o n. Your petitioner is desirous to have an order for the sale o f the est. of her son Samuel Porter decd. ordered by him to be s old at her death. Signed: Sugar Bonds. One negro in sale name d Tempy. Some expenses of the est. Jain Brownlee paid for keepi ng Susanah Porter the widow. Paid for moving the widow form S . C. to Jackson County, GA. On 15 Oct. 1841 the funeral expenses f or Susanah Porter $8.00.

Samuel married Susannah Middleton. Susannah (daughter of John Middleton and Elizabeth Scott) died in Oct 1841 in Jackson County, Georgia U.S.A.; was buried on 15 Oct 1841 in Jackson County, Georgia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Andrew R. Porter. Estate of Andrew R. Prter. Box 72 Pack 1765 . Probate Judge Office. Abbeville SC.

On 11 Dec 1830 James Cosper received a letter of admr. on the es t. of A. R. Porter decd. With him was Thomas Bigbie, R. E. Port er, Hugh M. Prince, as bondsman. The est. was appraised the 1 6 Dec. 1830 by Stephen, R. E. Porter, Hugh M. Prince. Sale hel d 17 Dec 1830. Buyers: James Cosper, Stephen Jones, Wm. Arnot , Robert Peddigrew, Hugh Porter, widow Porter, Wm. Callwell, Jam es Harris, Richard Porter, Stephen Shackleford, John Harris, Mic hael Kenneda, Edward Beville, Mathew Young. Negroes named in sa le Jane, Frank, Easter.
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A. R. Porter. Minors. Box 76 Pack 1857. Probate Judge Office . Abbeville SC.

We James S. Harris, James H. Baskin and James Wiley all of Abbev ille Dist. each or all of us are bound unto Moses Taggart, guard ianship to the personal ests. of John Harris Porter, Samuel S. P orter, Hugh L. Porter, R. M. Porter, Jane E. Porter minors of A. . R. Porter decd.

Elizabeth married James Dobbins. James (son of James Dobbins and Elizabeth Stephenson) was born about 1790 in Abbeville District, South Carolina; died in 1836 in Anderson County, South Carolina U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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From Diane Hopman (DSHopmann@aol.com) on 27 Jan 2000


I think that there is a good chance that Susannah's mother, Eliz abeth A.
Porter Dobbins, died giving birth to Susannah. So she probabl y never knew
her mother. Elizabeth seems to already be gone by 1820 (see m y census
theories below).

My deathdate for Susannah's father, James Dobbins Jr., came fro m the files of
Bobby Dobbins Title. She had that he died "about 1836". I thin k he was dead
by 1830. (see below). There is a James Dobbins enumerated in 1 830, but I
think I looked at it and I didn't think it was him. There are s ome other
Dobbins that I believe are cousins in Pendleton, at the same tim e. Jesse
Dobbins, etc. I have been meaning to look at those Pendleton ce nsuses a
little closer.

In any event, I think Susannah was living with her Porter grandp arents,
probably from near birth if not birth. Maybe her father didn' t want much to
do with the new baby if his wife died giving birth to her, and h er maternal
grandparents took her in. They probably were glad to do so in r emembrance of
their daughter. Then Grandma Dobbins moved in with James to hel p with the
other kids. Susannah's father probably died by the time she wa s eleven, but
she hadn't been living with him anyway. I think they refered t o people back
then as orphans if their parents were dead even if there was som eone to take
care of them. My Paternal grandfather always refered to his fat her as an
orphan. I was wondering how in the world he could have been a n orphan since
he had a brother. That has been a real chore to research, but i t turns out
that he had quite a few siblings. His father died when he was a bout one, and
his mother died before he was ten.

There are several more things that supports the theory that sh e lived her
whole life with her Porter grandparents. Samuel Porter left he r a double
share of his estate, even bigger than some of his daughters, an d he left her
siblings one share to divide among them. Also, Samuel Porter, f rom at least
1820, lived very close to William L. Crawford. She probably gre w up as a
neighbor to her future husband, William A.

Aah...we could make a movie of it!!! I just finished reading "An gela's Ashes".

I am going to pull out all of that stuff you sent me, and try t o refresh my
memory about all of it. I think you Aunt has left us some goo d clues!


1820 PENDLETON DIST. SC P.207 ALPHABETIZED ONLY DOBBINS LISTED

(names and date have been added by me. DH)

JAMES DOBBINS
MALE 26-45 (1775-1794)

Susannah married William Andrew Crawford about 1836 in Abbeville District, South Carolina U.S.A.. William (son of William L. Crawford and Elizabeth) was born in 1817 in Abbeville District, South Carolina U.S.A.; died before Jun 1900 in Campbell, Dunklin, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried in Elder Cemetery, Dunklin County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Last found in Fayette County, Alabama