Welcome to the John Porter/Sarah Fuller family web page which is dedicated to continuing the 
legacy of our ancestors, John and Sarah.  The 107th reunion held at Vergennes, Illinois on 
Saturday, August 6, 2011 was the last.  As a result, the site is intended to provide a forum where 
the members can communicate, share photos, announce births, deaths, marriages and otherwise stay 
in touch. If you have an announcement you want listed on the home page of the site please send me 
the details.
We all know the Porter's came to Illinois from southeast Ohio in the 1840's and settled in Jackson 
County.  What I'm interested in knowing more about is how they travelled.  Did they come down the 
Ohio River by flatboat then across Illinois to Jackson County?  Did they travel by covered wagons 
like their ancestors did when they relocated from Massachusetts to Ohio in 1787/8?  If you have 
any details from a journal or an oral history please let me know and I'll post it to the web site 
for all to read.  If you have any other interesting family history stories you'd like to share 
please send them to me.  
For those interested in more information about John Porter's family in Ipswich, Massachusetts and 
the role they played in settling the Northwest Territory (Ohio) following the Revolutionary War, 
you should read two books by Marietta Ohio author, Herbert L. Roush, Sr.  "The Unknown Settlement" 
published in 1983 and "The Adventurer" published in 1994.  I believe they are out of print and if 
you can't find them at a library you should contact the Belpre Historical Society (740) 423-7382, 
Belpre, Ohio.  I purchased copies there while staying at the 1800 Porter home, now a bed and 
breakfast in nearby Little Hocking.
The John Porter/Sarah Fuller site is a work in progress. Your participation is what makes it 
work.  Upload your family data, add photos or send me stories to share with others.