Porter Trace Itinerary (tentative)

Mt. Pleasant cemetery Porter gravesites

Memphis, TN Graceland and Sun Studios

Town Creek, AL (25 miles W of Decatur, 100 S of Nashville) Homestead of Dr. Reese Porter, son of Reese Porter, bro of Benj. Porter

Fayetteville, TN (30 miles N of Huntsville, 70 S of Nashville) Porter/Sandifer Cemetery, Mary Bowen Porter and sons gravesites.

Lynchburg, TN Visit Jack Daniels' distillery

Gastonia, NC (20 west of Charlotte) Visit the site of the Battle of King's Mtn, the last pivotal battle of the Rev. War. Porters and Taliaferros were involved. Mary Bowen Porter received a pension for her support in knitting socks for the soldiers.

Greenville, SC See Warner Bouzek

Wilmington, NC (on the coast) Battleship USS North Carolina and museum (daddy was on this ship when it was commissioned during WWII; it participated in more battles than any other ship)
http://www.battleshipnc.com/index.html


Charlottesville, VA (approximately 70 miles northwest of Richmond and 100 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. ) Monticello Home of Thos Jefferson

Wash DC See Larry. Visit historic sites in DC

Lexington, VA (32 miles NW of Lynchburg, 145 miles N of Raleigh) Natural Bridge, Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church (Wm Porter Elder), birthplace of Reese Porter
Colonial Williamsburg, VA (20 miles NW of Newport News, 47 miles NW of Virginia Beach) Visit architectural sites Richard Taliaferro designed (he taught T. Jefferson architecture)

Louisville, KY Visit Eloise, pick up Liz

Gallatin, TN (24 miles NE of Nashville ) Visit Bowen-Campbell Natural Historic Register of Homes (Governor of Tennessee) Cousin Tom Darnall

Nashville, TN Country Music Hall of Fame

Branson, MO Condo and maybe a show or two

Wetumka, OK (61 miles SW of Broken Arrow, 64 S of Tulsa) Gravesites of Double Thumb Jim (Great-grandfather and a Sooner from Texas) and family
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