Porterfield Funeral Home Obituaries: The Surprising Reason Everyone’s Talking - Artotel Creative Journal
Ft. Deposit - Daisy Porterfield, 76, Ft. Deposit, passed away on . Funeral services will be held Saturday, @ 12:00 noon at Bethlehem Christian Church in Ft. Deposit, ...
The original lands of Porterfield were first chartered in 1362 to Stephen de Porter by his friend Robert, Earl of Strathern, and King of Scotland.Stephen de Porter was a descendent of a Norman knight, Alanus de Porter, whose name first appears in a charter dated 1160.Alanus was retained by Henry II of England as a hostage so that the treaty of ...
Porterfield fought in the battles of Cooches Bridge, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and endured the hardships of Valley Forge. He returned to Virginia in 1779 and served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the state garrison regiment. In 1780, he led a relief detachment to South Carolina and initiated the Battle of Camden.
BACKGROUND John Duff Porterfield (II), son of Major John Duff Porterfield (I), Mississippi Militia, who was the son of Charles Porterfield - Tennessee, was born in 1836 in Hardin County Tennessee.Grew up in Marshall County Mississippi near Holly Springs. John Duff (J.D.)* Porterfield (II) and his brother William (Bill) Claude Porterfield were members of the Mississippi Militia unit which was ...
Frank Burke Porterfield's 1947 book, The Porterfields, documents the history of this Porterfield family. Chapter 10 of the book covers the Chester County, PA Porterfields. Here is how the chapter starts: "William Porterfield (1712-1789) m., 1734, Martha Alexander (1715-1789) of Chester County, Pennsylvania; apparently she came to Pennsylvania with her parents at the age of three years, and he ...
