Phebe's husband was Thomas Porter, b. 06 Feb 1764 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut and d. abt 1808. He was a pioneer Baptist preacher and exhorter traveling in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. By tradition from Thomas' oldest granddaughter, Almira Porter (71451396), he died in 1808 on a preaching trip and was buried in an unmarked grave near Ft. Wayne, IN. In the History of Rock County, Wisconsin published in 1879 on page 807 it says in an account concerning his son, Philo Thomas Porter (95550957), that "his father was killed and scalped by Indians in Maumee" (Ohio) and in an old newspaper clipping, with no date and no paper's name found at the Bartlett Museum in Beloit, Wisconsin it says: "Philo Thomas Porter as a child in Ohio saw the Indians come to a field where his parents were working and saw them scalp his father." Another branch of the family by tradition puts Thomas' death about 1810-1811. Maumee refers to the town of Maumee in Ohio near Toledo.
Thomas was killed just before the Treaty of Fort Wayne, sometimes called the Ten O'clock Line Treaty, was signed. The Treaty obtained 3,000,000 acres of American Indian land for the white settlers of Illinois and Indiana.
Thomas was killed just before the Treaty of Fort Wayne, sometimes called the Ten O'clock Line Treaty, was signed. The Treaty obtained 3,000,000 acres of American Indian land for the white settlers of Illinois and Indiana.
Phebe's husband was Thomas Porter, b. 06 Feb 1764 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut and d. abt 1808. He was a pioneer Baptist preacher and exhorter traveling in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. By tradition from Thomas' oldest granddaughter, Almira Porter (71451396), he died in 1808 on a preaching trip and was buried in an unmarked grave near Ft. Wayne, IN. In the History of Rock County, Wisconsin published in 1879 on page 807 it says in an account concerning his son, Philo Thomas Porter (95550957), that "his father was killed and scalped by Indians in Maumee" (Ohio) and in an old newspaper clipping, with no date and no paper's name found at the Bartlett Museum in Beloit, Wisconsin it says: "Philo Thomas Porter as a child in Ohio saw the Indians come to a field where his parents were working and saw them scalp his father." Another branch of the family by tradition puts Thomas' death about 1810-1811. Maumee refers to the town of Maumee in Ohio near Toledo.
Thomas was killed just before the Treaty of Fort Wayne, sometimes called the Ten O'clock Line Treaty, was signed. The Treaty obtained 3,000,000 acres of American Indian land for the white settlers of Illinois and Indiana.
Thomas was killed just before the Treaty of Fort Wayne, sometimes called the Ten O'clock Line Treaty, was signed. The Treaty obtained 3,000,000 acres of American Indian land for the white settlers of Illinois and Indiana.
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