Today, I established a blog. For a 61-year-old former Luddite, I think that's pretty exciting. I'm attempting this step into the 21st century in order to chronicle an exciting upcoming event. I'm preparing for an trek across the South with two of my older brothers, Bob Porter and Richard Porter and my oldest niece, Bonnie Porter Kirby.
Richard has planned the trip, which will take us to the sites where our ancestors fought in battles, settled for some period or are buried. Our family is primarily Scot-Irish/English, having immigrated to America before the Revolution. They settled in Virginia and then across the South until they landed in Texas, where some proceeded to cross the Red River as Sooners to settle land in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Our trek will take us along their migration. This is what I hope to capture in this blog.
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Porter Cabin
This is the colonial log home built by Wm Porter I near Lexington, VA. circa 1740. It was purchased, disassembled, moved by rail and reassembled on a ranch outside of San Antonio, TX. It is now inside SA buffering the barrio and a country club area. The overhanging front porch was on the original structure.
About Me
- Ravings of a Retired Government Writer
- I am retired from IRS. I was at different times throughout my career a writer, editor, public affairs officer, communications analyst, speechwriter, course writer, teacher, resident grammarian and punctuation princess. In 2005, my husband, Gary, and I moved to Colorado to build a log cabin on his family land. (He's the great-great-grandson of German immigrants who homesteaded a beautiful valley in the foothills of the Rockies. We have two hounds: a male Schnoodle named Jake. No children. We're members of the Evergreen Lutheran church, a wonderful, loving community of Christians. www.EvergreenLutheran.org I knit prayer shawls and chemo caps at the church and am learning to make quilts with a group called Piecemakers.
Trekking across the field to the grove of trees where the Porter Cemetery was
Double-Thumb Jim Porter
Back row: James W. "Double-Thumb Jim" PORTER, Samuel PORTER (?) Front row (l-r): Jesse V. BROOKS, Nancy Jane (PORTER) BROOKS, Benjamin Franklin PORTER
Cousin Jack Daniels
Porter Cemetery
Porter Place/Cemetery
