Jesse Porter enlisted in Company A, 5th Ala Cavalry Regiment on 1st Sept., 1862. In November 1863, the remnants of that regiment were combined with 4th Ala Cavalry to form the 10th Ala Cavalry Regiment.
Jesse Porter used to tell his Granddaughter, Vivian Porter Mills, a story of how he was in a look out tower when Union Soldiers approached his position very rapidly. He scurried down the ladder and mounted his horse to ride away and alert his unit, however, the Yankees surrounded him before he could make his escape. The Union Troops were on foot and they were reaching up and grabbing at his uniform in an effort to pull him from his mount. He slashed at them with his saber until he was able to cut a swath through the group and ride out from amongst them.
Grandpa Porter, as Vivian Porter Mills referred to him, used to tell her how he was with Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's command in May of 1863 when Emma Sansom led Forrest and his troopers to a ford on Black Creek outside of Gadsden AL as they came under fire from Union forces under the command of Col. Abel Streight. Grandpa Porter told Vivian that when they had crossed the creek to safety, Sansom pulled the folds of her dress apart to reveal bullet holes where rounds had cut through it.
Vivian Mills said Grandpa Porter used to love eating taffy, however, he would almost choke on it because he was missing some teeth.
Once Vivian Mills and her sister, Wilma Porter Mays, were in the front yard swatting at bumblebees as they hovered with brooms made from brush. Grandpa Porter was sitting on the porch and said to them, "Y'all ought to be ashamed for killing those little bumblebees".
In his last years Grandpa Porter lived with his son Samuel Sylvester Porter, Vivian's father. One night he ate a large supper and many of her mother Louella Porter's biscuits. He went to get up from the table and he started to stumble backwards. A family member caught him in their arms and sat him back down in the chair where he passed away.
Jesse A Porter was the son of Jesse Porter who was born in Virginia around 1794. Jesse Porter first appeared on the U.S. Census in Fayette Co. in 1840 and makes his last appearance in the census of 1860. His place of burial is unknown. Jesse A Porter's mother was named Elizabeth. There is some indication that her maiden name was Calahan, however, I have found no documentation for this assertion. According to the 1850 to 1870 census records, she was born in TN around 1805. Her place of burial is unknown.
Jesse Porter used to tell his Granddaughter, Vivian Porter Mills, a story of how he was in a look out tower when Union Soldiers approached his position very rapidly. He scurried down the ladder and mounted his horse to ride away and alert his unit, however, the Yankees surrounded him before he could make his escape. The Union Troops were on foot and they were reaching up and grabbing at his uniform in an effort to pull him from his mount. He slashed at them with his saber until he was able to cut a swath through the group and ride out from amongst them.
Grandpa Porter, as Vivian Porter Mills referred to him, used to tell her how he was with Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's command in May of 1863 when Emma Sansom led Forrest and his troopers to a ford on Black Creek outside of Gadsden AL as they came under fire from Union forces under the command of Col. Abel Streight. Grandpa Porter told Vivian that when they had crossed the creek to safety, Sansom pulled the folds of her dress apart to reveal bullet holes where rounds had cut through it.
Vivian Mills said Grandpa Porter used to love eating taffy, however, he would almost choke on it because he was missing some teeth.
Once Vivian Mills and her sister, Wilma Porter Mays, were in the front yard swatting at bumblebees as they hovered with brooms made from brush. Grandpa Porter was sitting on the porch and said to them, "Y'all ought to be ashamed for killing those little bumblebees".
In his last years Grandpa Porter lived with his son Samuel Sylvester Porter, Vivian's father. One night he ate a large supper and many of her mother Louella Porter's biscuits. He went to get up from the table and he started to stumble backwards. A family member caught him in their arms and sat him back down in the chair where he passed away.
Jesse A Porter was the son of Jesse Porter who was born in Virginia around 1794. Jesse Porter first appeared on the U.S. Census in Fayette Co. in 1840 and makes his last appearance in the census of 1860. His place of burial is unknown. Jesse A Porter's mother was named Elizabeth. There is some indication that her maiden name was Calahan, however, I have found no documentation for this assertion. According to the 1850 to 1870 census records, she was born in TN around 1805. Her place of burial is unknown.
Jesse Porter enlisted in Company A, 5th Ala Cavalry Regiment on 1st Sept., 1862. In November 1863, the remnants of that regiment were combined with 4th Ala Cavalry to form the 10th Ala Cavalry Regiment.
Jesse Porter used to tell his Granddaughter, Vivian Porter Mills, a story of how he was in a look out tower when Union Soldiers approached his position very rapidly. He scurried down the ladder and mounted his horse to ride away and alert his unit, however, the Yankees surrounded him before he could make his escape. The Union Troops were on foot and they were reaching up and grabbing at his uniform in an effort to pull him from his mount. He slashed at them with his saber until he was able to cut a swath through the group and ride out from amongst them.
Grandpa Porter, as Vivian Porter Mills referred to him, used to tell her how he was with Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's command in May of 1863 when Emma Sansom led Forrest and his troopers to a ford on Black Creek outside of Gadsden AL as they came under fire from Union forces under the command of Col. Abel Streight. Grandpa Porter told Vivian that when they had crossed the creek to safety, Sansom pulled the folds of her dress apart to reveal bullet holes where rounds had cut through it.
Vivian Mills said Grandpa Porter used to love eating taffy, however, he would almost choke on it because he was missing some teeth.
Once Vivian Mills and her sister, Wilma Porter Mays, were in the front yard swatting at bumblebees as they hovered with brooms made from brush. Grandpa Porter was sitting on the porch and said to them, "Y'all ought to be ashamed for killing those little bumblebees".
In his last years Grandpa Porter lived with his son Samuel Sylvester Porter, Vivian's father. One night he ate a large supper and many of her mother Louella Porter's biscuits. He went to get up from the table and he started to stumble backwards. A family member caught him in their arms and sat him back down in the chair where he passed away.
Jesse A Porter was the son of Jesse Porter who was born in Virginia around 1794. Jesse Porter first appeared on the U.S. Census in Fayette Co. in 1840 and makes his last appearance in the census of 1860. His place of burial is unknown. Jesse A Porter's mother was named Elizabeth. There is some indication that her maiden name was Calahan, however, I have found no documentation for this assertion. According to the 1850 to 1870 census records, she was born in TN around 1805. Her place of burial is unknown.
Jesse Porter used to tell his Granddaughter, Vivian Porter Mills, a story of how he was in a look out tower when Union Soldiers approached his position very rapidly. He scurried down the ladder and mounted his horse to ride away and alert his unit, however, the Yankees surrounded him before he could make his escape. The Union Troops were on foot and they were reaching up and grabbing at his uniform in an effort to pull him from his mount. He slashed at them with his saber until he was able to cut a swath through the group and ride out from amongst them.
Grandpa Porter, as Vivian Porter Mills referred to him, used to tell her how he was with Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's command in May of 1863 when Emma Sansom led Forrest and his troopers to a ford on Black Creek outside of Gadsden AL as they came under fire from Union forces under the command of Col. Abel Streight. Grandpa Porter told Vivian that when they had crossed the creek to safety, Sansom pulled the folds of her dress apart to reveal bullet holes where rounds had cut through it.
Vivian Mills said Grandpa Porter used to love eating taffy, however, he would almost choke on it because he was missing some teeth.
Once Vivian Mills and her sister, Wilma Porter Mays, were in the front yard swatting at bumblebees as they hovered with brooms made from brush. Grandpa Porter was sitting on the porch and said to them, "Y'all ought to be ashamed for killing those little bumblebees".
In his last years Grandpa Porter lived with his son Samuel Sylvester Porter, Vivian's father. One night he ate a large supper and many of her mother Louella Porter's biscuits. He went to get up from the table and he started to stumble backwards. A family member caught him in their arms and sat him back down in the chair where he passed away.
Jesse A Porter was the son of Jesse Porter who was born in Virginia around 1794. Jesse Porter first appeared on the U.S. Census in Fayette Co. in 1840 and makes his last appearance in the census of 1860. His place of burial is unknown. Jesse A Porter's mother was named Elizabeth. There is some indication that her maiden name was Calahan, however, I have found no documentation for this assertion. According to the 1850 to 1870 census records, she was born in TN around 1805. Her place of burial is unknown.
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