NancyS, I'm replying to your post to SW-VA-L on 21 Jan 1999. My Porter line hits a wall with Samuel and Anna (Damron) Porter. Based on her children's birth dates, I estimate that Anna (and probably this Samuel) was born abt 1800. I know this family lived in the Big Sandy Valley and I strongly believe in Floyd Co. KY. Samuel's children were James, Walker, John, Logan, (a daughter), and Ruth Ann. I feel my Porter might be related to your Porters because; 1. Your Susanna Ann (Walker) Porter died in Floyd Co. KY. 2. The common name Samuel. 3. My Samuel named one of his sons Walker (an odd first name). 4. The common name Ann, your Susanna Ann and my Ruth Ann. 5. If my Samuel Porter was born abt 1800, that would be about the time your John Walker Porter, Patrick Porter jr., and Samuel Porter would be fathering children. Do you have any information to help me make this connection? OR, can you help me disprove any connection? Jeff Dixon