David T. Porter

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c1795

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"David T. Porter" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00002594, (accessed May 15, 2025).

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Keysburg, Kentucky, saddler and postmaster. North Carolina native. Married to Martha Porter. Father of Rebecca Porter and James K. Porter. Saddler in Logan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Postmaster in Keysburg from February 1854 to March 1854 and May 1859 to November 1865. Saddler in Keysburg in 1860.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Kentucky, Logan County, Keysburg, p. 124, 670-671 (accessed via Ancestry.com). Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District No. 2, p. 94B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Keysburg, District No. 2, p. 82-83.

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