Caldwell County KyArchives Military Records.....Porter, William 
Revwar - Pension 
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LIEUTENANT WILLIAM PORTER 
Of Kentucky

   William Porter applied for revolutionary pension while living in Caldwell
County, Kentucky, in 1820, when he was 64 years of age. He was therefore born in
1756. He served as a lieutenant during the Revolution. He died January 8, 1821.
His widow, Sally Porter, applied for pension in 1838 aged 75 and she was
therefore born in 1763. She was Sally Johnson before her marriage which took
place June 20, 1782. She died August 25, 1843. Their children were: William C.;
Sally, married ____ McLin; Elizabeth D. married _____ Campbell: and Horatio D.
Porter. William C. Porter and Sally McLin were living in 1856. Elizabeth
Campbell and Horatio Porter died in 1854.


Additional Comments:
From:

SOME TENNESSEE HEROES
OF THE
REVOLUTION
Compiled From Pension Statements
PAMPHLET NO. III

by Zella Armstrong

This was in the section marked:

RECORDS OF SOME REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS WHO DID NOT LIVE IN TENNESSEE BUT WHO
HAVE TENNESSEE DESCENDENTS OR SOME OTHER TENNESSEE INTEREST 

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