Originally published under My Two Ancestors That Fought in the Civil War by S.J. Porter1 Contributed by Jo Branch Jesse Porter was born on the 4 of July 1840 in Gates County, North Carolina [see Porter Bible]. Now Jesse Porter had a wife named Margaret Evira Mathias . They had fourteen children.  Jesse died in 1909.  Their oldest son’s name was John Benjamin Porter. He was born 28 Feb 1869 in Corapeake, Gates County, NC. John died on 29 Apr 1923 and was buried in Jackson,  Clarke County, Alabama. They were my great-grandparents.  Jesse’s parents were James [born ca 1817 – VA] and Martha Benet Knight Porter. They had 3 sons and…