Benjamin Godwin Porter

  General Notes:

The 1870 Federal Census for Holy Neck, Nansemond Co., Va. records Benjamin G. (26) and Sarah M. (26) Porter with children Thomas E. (3) and Leonora (2). Also in the household is Benjamin's widowed mother, Marina Porter (60).

The 1880 Federal Census for Holy Neck, Nansemond Co., Va., District 54 records B. G. (38) and Eugenia (30) Porter with children Thomas E. (12), Leonora (10), Linda (9), and Anna (7) from Benjamon's first wife, Sarah. Also in the household are children from the marriage with Eugenia: Robert (3) and B. G. (1) as well as Benjamin's widowed mother, Marina Porter (70).

Benjamin married Sarah M. Everett. (Sarah M. Everett was born circa 1843 in Virginia and died circa 1873 in Nansemond Co, VA..)