Born in Grayson, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of [father unknown] and Mary (Jones) Hamm
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Alexander Porter
— married
30 Dec 1853 in Surry, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
James Calloway Porter, Samuel Coaller Porter, Thomas Monroe Porter, Alexander Steven Porter, Mary Alberta (Porter) Copeland, Martha Jane (Porter) Vaughan, Robert Allen Porter and John Felix Porter
Died
at age 86
in Grayson, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Aug 2020
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Biography
Matilda was born in 1830.
She married Alexander Porter in North Carolina in 1853.[1]
She passed away in 1916.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMM-VDK9 : 21 July 2021), Alexander Porter and Matilda J Jones, 30 Dec 1853; citing Surry, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRQ-BSPS : 16 August 2019), Matilda Porter, 17 Nov 1916; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Spring Valley, Grayson, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
See also:
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45303443/matilda-e-porter: accessed 23 April 2023), memorial page for Matilda E Jones Porter (10 May 1830–9 Nov 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 45303443, citing Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery, Grayson County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Larry Robertson (contributor 47209584).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M41V-537 : Tue Mar 14 00:49:07 UTC 2023), Entry for Alexander Porter and Matilda Porter, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFG9-7FZ : 29 May 2021), Matilda J Porter in entry for Alex Porter, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC57-1BC : 15 January 2022), M. J. Porter in household of Alexander Porter, Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 35, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMNQ-KG4 : 11 March 2022), Matilda J Porter in entry for Alexander Porter, 1900.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPGV-D1V : accessed 24 April 2023), Tildy Porter in household of Alexander Porter, Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 9B, family 172, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1630; FHL microfilm 1,375,643.
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