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Andrew Jackson Porter

Biography
Born 1840
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 11/24/1906
Death Location Scott Co., VA
Father Francis Porter
Mother Elisabeth
Married 05/08/1865
5/9/1898 (SC)
Spouses Elizabeth Dorton
Sarah M. Kilgore
Military Units
22nd Cavalry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
22nd Cavalry
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Census Information:

1850: 1051, Age 11
1860: 1261, Age 20
1870: Copper Creek 161, Age 30
1880: Copper Creek 236, Age 40
1900: Not found
1910: DEAD
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Blog Post: Five Civil War Veterans Who Survived the War Only to Get Murdered


Newspaper mentions:
Washington Post, 11/27/1906
Bristol Daily Herald, 11/27/1906
Tazewell Republican, 11/29/1906

Notes: For some reason his name is listed as Virginia on the 1860 CEN. 1880 Census has his wife as Priscilla. Murdered in 1906.

Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, Company E, 22nd Virginia Cavalry

Appears on a muster roll for to Oct. 31, 1863 (Dated Oct. 31)

Enlisted:
When: Dec. 1, 1862
Where: Russell Co., Va
By whom: W. M. Baldwin
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Absent without leave

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