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Military Information
Revolutionary War
James Porter
Residence: Dallas county, Alabama
Service and date of enrollment not given because of the loss of papers by the
burning of the office of the War Department, 1801 and 1814; payment to date
from September 5, 1808; annual allowance, $24, under which the sum of $177.17
received; transferred from Iredell county, N. C., from September 4, 1824; on
April 30, 1816, to date from Jan. 22, 1816, rate increased to annual
allowance of $48, under which the total sum of $733.82 received; and "on
account of increased disability," rate increased, to date from May 4,
1831, to annual allowance of $96, under which the sum of $272.27 received to
date of publication of list.--Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen.
Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Dallas county, June
1, 1840, aged 80.--Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.
James Porter
Maj. N. C. Militia died Oct. 16, 1780 of wounds received at King's Mtn. Oct.
7, 1780.
Jas Porter
Pt. Bradley's Comp. Ennlistment and Commission 24 May 1779. Service: 18 mo.
Joshua Porter
Halifax Dist. Onslow Co., NC
Robert Porter
Capt. N. C. Militia, 1776-1779
William Porter
Pt. Brown's Enlistment and Commission 1777. Died 5 Mar. 1778
Civil
War
C M Porter
Residence: Anson County, North
Carolina
Enlisted as a Private on 09 May 1862
in Anson County, NC at the age of 17
Enlisted in Company I, 43rd Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 09 May 1862
Discharged on 30 May 1862
Calvin R Porter
Residence: Anson County, North
Carolina Occupation: Farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 25 February
1862 in Anson County, NC at the age of 20
Enlisted in Company K, 43rd Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 02 April 1862
Died of disease on 03 October 1863 in
Hosp, Richmond, VA
George T Porter
Residence: Anson County, North
Carolina Occupation: Farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 25 February
1862 in Anson County, NC at the age of 33
Enlisted in Company I, 43rd Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 02 April 1862
Wounded on 29 May 1864 at Totopotomoy
Creek, VA (Estimated day)
POW on 30 May 1864 at Totopotomoy
Creek, VA (Estimated day)
Died of wounds on 13 June 1864 in
Hosp, Washington, DC
Henry J Porter
Residence: Anson County, North
Carolina Occupation: Farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 25 February
1862 in Anson County, NC at the age of 39
Enlisted in Company I, 43rd Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 02 April 1862
Absent, without leave on 30 November
1862 at (Estimated day)
Returned on 30 January 1863 at
(Estimated day)
James Porter
Residence: Anson County, North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 13 March
1862 in Anson County, NC at the age of 16
Enlisted in Company I, 43rd Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 13 March 1862
Discharged on 30 May 1862
James A Porter
Residence: Wayne County, North
Carolina Occupation: Overseer
Enlisted as a Private on 16 April
1863 in Wayne County, NC at the age of 33
Enlisted in Company A, 51st Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 16 April 1863
Absent, without leave on 10 July 1863
at
Returned on 19 August 1863 at
Absent, without leave on 03 December
1863 at
Returned on 15 March 1864 at
(Estimated day)
Paroled on 06 May 1865 at Goldsboro,
NC
James H Porter
Residence: Wayne County, North
Carolina Occupation: Farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 30 April
1862 in Wilmington, NC at the age of 18
Enlisted in Company A, 51st Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 30 April 1862
Absent, without leave on 04 October
1863 at
Returned on 15 January 1864 at
(Estimated day)
Wounded on 14 May 1864 at Drewry's Bluff,
VA
Furloughed on 22 May 1864 at (60
days)
Returned on 01 September 1864
at
POW on 30 September 1864 at Fort
Harrison, VA
Confined on 05 October 1864 at Point
Lookout, MD
Paroled on 13 February 1865 at Point
Lookout, MD
Exchanged on 15 February 1865 at
Cox's Landing, James River, VA
Paroled on 06 May 1865 at Goldsboro,
NC
James N Porter
Residence: Cumberland County, North
Carolina Occupation: Farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 23 April
1862 in Cumberland County, NC at the age of 26
Enlisted in Company C, 54th Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 19 May 1862
Promoted to Full Musician on 30
January 1863
Deserted on 20 December 1863 at
Killed on 05 June 1864 in Cold
Harbor, VA
James T Porter
Residence: Anson County, North
Carolina
Enlisted as a Private on 03 October
1861 in Anson County, NC at the age of 19
Enlisted in Company B, 31st Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 03 October 1861
POW on 08 February 1862 at Roanoke
Island, NC
Paroled on 21 February 1862 at
Elizabeth City, NC
Returned on 15 September 1862
at
POW on 01 June 1864 at Cold Harbor,
VA
Confined on 11 June 1864 at Point
Lookout, MD
Transferred on 12 July 1864 at
Elmira, NY
Wounded on 15 July 1864 at (Railroad
accident en route to Elmira, NY)
Paroled on 11 October 1864 at Elmira,
NY
Exchanged on 15 November 1864 at
Venus Point, GA
Absent, without leave on 30 November
1864
John D Porter
Enlisted as a Private on 10 May 1862
in Anson County, NC
Enlisted in Company A, 4th Cavalry
Regiment North Carolina on 10 May 1862
On rolls on 15 September 1864 at
(Estimated date)
John R Porter
Enlisted as a Corporal
Enlisted in Company G, 16th Battln
Regiment North Carolina
Transferred on 27 February 1865
Transferred in Company D, 54th
Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 27 February 1865
Deserted on 04 March 1865 in Suffolk,
VA
Joseph M Porter
Residence: Cleveland County, North
Carolina
Enlisted as a Private on 05 May 1862
in Cleveland County, NC at the age of 20
Enlisted in Company G, 49th Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 05 May 1862
Died of disease on 08 September 1862
Otis Porter
Enlisted as a Private
Enlisted in Company K, 5th Infantry
Regiment North Carolina
Substitute in Company B, 56th
Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 08 July 1862
Died of disease on 30 June 1864 in
Petersburg, VA
Robert A Porter
Residence: Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina Occupation: Farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 14 March
1862 in Mecklenburg Co., NC at the age of 21
Enlisted in Company F, 49th Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 21 April 1862
Wounded on 17 September 1862 at
Sharpsburg, MD
Wounded on 14 May 1864 at Drewry's
Bluff, VA
Returned on 01 July 1864 at
Hospitalized on 02 January 1865 at
Charlotte, NC (Chronic diarrhea)
Returned on 28 February 1865 at
Hospitalized on 03 March 1865 at
Charlotte, NC (Fever)
Furloughed on 18 April 1865 at
Paroled on 15 May 1865 at Charlotte,
NC
Samuel L Porter
Residence: Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina Occupation: Farmer
Enlisted in Company F, 49th Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 21 April 1862
Enlisted as a Private on 18 April
1863 in Mecklenburg Co., NC at the age of 36
Wounded on 14 May 1864 at Drewry's
Bluff, VA
Died on 14 September 1864 in In Hosp,
Richmond, VA
William A Porter
Residence: Anson County, North
Carolina Occupation: Farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 25 February
1862 in Anson County, NC at the age of 24
Enlisted in Company K, 43rd Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 02 April 1862
Received a disability discharge on 10
January 1863
Zenas Porter
Residence: Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina Occupation: Farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 14 March
1862 in Mecklenburg Co., NC at the age of 33
Enlisted in Company F, 49th Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 21 April 1862
Wounded on 16 May 1864 at Drewry's
Bluff, VA
Returned on 01 July 1864 at
POW on 01 April 1865 at Five Forks,
VA
Confined on 05 April 1865 at Point
Lookout, MD
Took Oath of Allegiance on 16 June
1865 at Point Lookout, MD
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