Andrew Porter (Revolutionary War officer)
Andrew Porter (September 24, 1743 – November 16, 1813) was an American officer during the Revolutionary War.[1]
Andrew Porter
September 24, 1743
Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
November 16, 1812 (aged 69)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Elizabeth McDowell
Eliza Parker
Horace Porter (grandson)
Andrew Porter (grandson)
Mary Todd Lincoln (great-granddaughter)
Pennsylvania surveyor-general
Roadside
American Revolution, Military
March 11, 1949
W. Main & Selma Sts., Norristown
Revolutionary War officer; surveyor of western and northern State boundaries, 1784-87; Surveyor-General, 1809-13. Born near here, 1743; died at Harrisburg, 1813. His home, "Selma," is marked, a block distant.
Early life[edit]
Porter was born on September 24, 1743, at Norriton, his father's farm near Norristown, Pennsylvania.[2] He was one of the fourteen children of Robert Porter (1698–1770) and Lileous (née Christy) Porter (1708–1771). His father had immigrated from Derry, Ireland, to New Hampshire in 1720, and later moved to Pennsylvania.[3]