Porters and Fanna are very prominent in Sampson County, especially in the Hamburg Area near Salemburg. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Porters > 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 >