HELEN, I am Jerome TEW. I use to think Samuel Porter in Sampson married Nancy Butler...sorry but I have proven that Samuel Porter married Nancy Wooten. It is in a Sampson Deed. I do have some stuff on the Sampson Porters. JEROME TEW On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 8:14 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Wayne > > The Porter's I am researching were in Sampson Co. I have Samuel Porter b. > > 1810 md Nancy Butler , there son Haywood Porter b.1832, is listed as father on my > > husband's great-grandfather's (Adolphus Fann b. 1853 Sampson d. 1916 > > Cumberland) death cert. Have not find out who is father of Samuel, looking at a > > Matthew Porter that was in 1840 Sampson census living next to Samuel. > > The only thing I have on Bladen Co. Porter's is a will for Samuel Porter Oct. > > 1757 Bladen Co. He lists sons, James, John, Hugh, and Samuel (there has to be > > a connection with all these Samuel's). > > A will for John Porter 1773 Bladen Co. lists his brothers Hugh and Samuel > > (don't know what happen to James-died?). This John did not list any children or a > > wife, so maybe that narrows down your search to Hugh or Samuel as father of > > your James N. Porter. > > Hope this info helped some, hope to hear from you. > > Helen Ennis Williams > > >