This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BVB.2ACI/354.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Mike, It would be nice if we are cousins. My Great grandfather was David W. Porter,Rev. His oldest brother was a Nathan Porter. He was born in 1833,Bouuge Sound,Carteret County. His father was William Porter. His father had a brother named Nathaniel Porter born about 1800. He never left Carteret county . He had a son Nathan born in 1860. on Nathan born in 1832 , he was on the 1850 N.C. census and gone on the 1860 census, It would be so nice to find him. He was old enouh to be in the Civil war and I often wondered if he was or what happened to him. Ihave data on his family and Grand parents Looking forward to hearing from you. Mary