The late Governor Porter mentioned here was George Bryant Porter.
On page 370 of volume 8 of The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of
Notable Americans the following item appears:
PORTER, George Bryan, third territorial governor of Michigan, was born at
Norristown, Pa., Feb. 9, 1791; son of General Andrew Porter (q.v.). He practised
law at Lancaster, Pa., was attorney-general of the state; a representative in
the state legislature, and on Aug. 6, 1831, he was appointed by President
Andrew Jackson governor of the territory of Michigan, serving until his death.
He took the field in the Black Hawk war, 1832-33, and during his administration
Wisconsin was separated from Michigan and made a territory, many new townships
were organized and new roads constructed. The territory also appealed to congress
for admission into the Union, but this was postponed until Nov. 3, 1835. He
died in Detroit, Mich., July 6, 1834.
The Twentienth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: volume
VIII: Brief biographies of Authors Administrators, Clergymen Commanders, Editors,
Engineers Jurists, Merchants, Officials Philanthropists, Scientists, Statesmen,
and others who are making American history. Rossiter Johnson, Ph.D., LL.D.,
editor. Volume VIII MOUL�PYNE (Boston: The Biographical Society, 1904). Accessed
from Ancestry Genealogical Library CD-ROM �1998 Wholly Genes, Inc., of Columbia,
Maryland, obtained with The Master Genealogist� v. 4 Gold.
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