John Porter Cemetery
Ousley's Gap Road, 6 miles south of Barboursville.
(Read by Barry Huffstutler, Ed Prichard, & George Swann on Dec. 14, 2006)
(Additions to burial list by George Swann)


PORTER
JOHN L.
CO. G. 3RD VA. REGT.
1844 - 1924

CATHARINE S.
1848 - 1915

F.S. "J.L.P." AND "C.S.P."

JOHN LEWIS PORTER
JUL. 2, 1844� - �NOV. 4, 1924
CATHARINE SARAH (SCITES) PORTER
MAY 5, 1848� -� 1915

BILLY EUGENE SWANN
SEP. 19. 1932
DEC. 14, 1944
F.S. "B.E.S."

HENLEY CLINE SWANN
1903 - 1931
JAN. 1, 1903 �-� JAN. 28, 1931

SWANN
H. SUMNER
1874 - 1905

ESTHER P.
1877 - 1945

HENLEY SUMNER SWANN
JUNE 11, 1874 �- �MAY 17, 1905
ESTHER (PORTER) SWANN
JUL. 15, 1877 �- �OCT. 24, 1945
(D/O JOHN L. & CATHARINE [SCITES] PORTER)

OTHER BURIALS

MARY PORTER
B. 1868 (FROM 1870 CENSUS)
D. BEF. 1880 (FROM 1880 CENSUS)
(D/O JOHN & CATHARINE [SCITES] PORTER)

3 PORTER CHILDREN
ALL DIED BEFORE 1900
(1900 CENSUS LISTS CATHARINE PORTER AS MOTHER OF 10 CHILDREN WITH 6 LIVING. MARY COUNTS AS ONE. NO NAMES HAVE BEEN FOUND FOR THE OTHER THREE YET. THE GRAVES OF THESE FOUR CHILDREN ARE PROBABLY MARKED BY THE BLOCKS.)

GEORGE WASHINGTON SWANN
FEB. 8, 1916 �- �DEC. 22, 1966
(S/O SUMNER & ESTHER [PORTER] SWANN)
(OBIT. IN HERALD DISPATCH STATES HE WAS BURIED IN "THE FAMILY CEMETERY".)

INFANT CHILD SWANN
B. & D. BETWEEN 1900 AND 1910
CHILD OF SUMNER & ESTHER (PORTER) SWANN



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