This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Porter, Morrison, McGlothlin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4kB.2ACI/1929 Message Board Post: I am interested in locating descendants of James Alexander Porter, born 1825 in Perry County, AL, who moved from Winston County, MS, to Henderson County, TX, in 1865. He was the second son of Andrew Walker Porter (1802-1866) and Mary McKee Morrison Porter (1802-1874) who married in 1823 in Mecklenburg County, NC. The family moved to Perry County, AL, in the 1820s and to Winston County, MS, in the 1830s. James A. Porter’s uncle and aunt Henry Downs Morrison (1804-1874) and Jane M. Porter Morrison (1805-1872) who also married in 1823 in Mecklenburg County had moved to AL in the 1820s and to Henderson County, TX, in the 1850s. James Alexander Porter’s first wife Louisa K. Strother Porter died in 1856, shortly after giving birth to her only child, a daughter Mary “Mollie” Louisa Porter. Louisa Strother Porter was buried in the family cemetery on the farm of Andrew Walker Porter in northern Winston County, and Mollie was raised by her Porter grandparents. James A. Porter remarried and was the father of two sons Neal and Mack by the beginning of the Civil War. He first enlisted in 1861 as 2nd Lieutenant in the “Winston Brothers,” Captain Halfacre’s Company of Patton’s 1st Mississippi Regiment, Infantry. He later served as Captain of a company of State Troops that he formed, “Captain Porter’s Company,” Company F of Robinson’s 5th Mississippi Regiment, Infantry. Shortly after the Civil War ended in 1865, James Alexander Porter moved his family to Henderson County, TX. He and his second wife Mary were listed on the 1870 census with five children: Neal, Mack, John F., William D., and Emma F. The youngest child was aged four and was the only one born in Texas. Later children were Ella S. (born 1871) and Henry W. (born 1875). The four youngest children – William, Emma, Ella, and Henry – were listed on the 1880 census in the household of Smith and Catherine McGlothlin (household 117/122 of Precinct 4 on page 165A). The children’s relationship to the McGlothlins was stated as “cousin.” The second son Mack Porter was listed as a single person, aged 20, living alone in household 14/14 of Precinct 4 on page 159B. I find no listing in the 1880 Henderson County census of the oldest son Neal, who would be 22, the third son John F., who would be 18, or the father James A. and the mother Mary. James A. Porter apparently died in the mid to late 1870s. A Morrison cousin, Sheriff Neal Morrison of Kiowa County, OK, wrote in a 1903 letter to William Walker Porter in Winston County, MS, that James A. Porter, who “came to Texas when we did died at Athens Henderson Co Tex. long ago. 2 of his sons Mack and Neal Porter is in Texas some where married. I have lost trace of them entirely.” William Walker Porter in the early 1900s recorded the name of a Henry McGlothlin of Athens in some of his notes. If he corresponded with this Henry, the letters have not survived in the family papers. Does anyone have further information on this James A. Porter or any of his family in Henderson County? We have a Porter family reunion in Mississippi at two year intervals and are interested in locating his descendants. Thanks for any assistance. Billy Weeks

There will be a brown bag genealogy lunch meeting 30 Sep at noon anyone with family related to the Bartons or Parkers or anyone having Barton or Parker or family related to their descendants in their trees is welcome to attend. REUNION ANNOUNCEMENT This upcoming weekend will be the Barton, Parker and related families from the area around Brownsboro, Henderson County, Texas. The event is the weekend of the first Sunday in October each year. Sunday is 1 Oct this year. The area lived in by these families includes Murchison to Chandler and Edom to Larue but descendants spread all across the Texas with branches in many states. >From Hwy 31 take FM 607 South about 3 miles to the flagpole on the left turn on CR 3606 and go about 1 mile there will be signs. From Hwy 175 take 607 at Larue and go to Leagueville then take 607 north about 3 miles to the flag and CR 3606. Camping is allowed. The Barton family first settled in Nacogdoches and Anderson Counties then moved into Henderson County descendants also settled in Cherokee, Rusk, Smith, Van Zandt, Hopkins, Navarro, Dallas, Tarrant, Parker and many other Texas Counties. This list is also good for the other families included. The Parkers Entered through Shelby County and some are still there. The Laymance family settled east of Brownsboro. Information on the other families will be there. Friday 29 Sep there is Hotdog cookout in the evening 6 PM but people gather in the afternoon to visit around 4 PM. Bring dogs and buns. Saturday evening 30 Sep is a hamburger cookout fixings provided. Bring meat and buns. Sunday is the standard covered dish dinner at noon. Saturday at noon there will be a brown bag lunch genealogy get together. Bring a sack lunch and drinks and discuss the genealogy of most of the families that lived in the area. Extensive information will be available to look at. Some but not all are the Adair, Boles, Chapman, Chandler, Cook, Davis, Echols, Epperson, Featherston, Garner, Hatton, Henderson, Holiman (various spellings), Hughes, Jolley, Killingsworth, Laymance, McLean, Meeker, Pruitt, Ragan, Reagan, Smith, Snow, Stedham, Stidham, Tindel, Tullos, Worsham. There are over 4000 Barton descendants in my data as many Parkers and others because of the multiple marriages between these families the trees are very intertwined. Only a very small number of surnames are listed here I would be interested in meeting with anyone having family that lived within this area bring photos and documents and any genealogy related materials. Lets meet share and exchange email addresses. Bill Lewis Bill or Jo Ann Lewis Bookwizards 1857 Provine St. Fort Worth, Tx 76103 staff@bookwizards.com