Amos Porter

Amos Porter, Jr. was one of the 48 pioneers who landed in Marietta, Ohio, on April 7, 1788, opening the Northwest Territory for settlement. Amos. died at age 92 years, 9 months, and 8 days. He was the last of the 48 pioneers who landed at Marietta to die.

Amos and his brother-in-law, Allen Putnam, returned to Massachusetts, were Amos married his first wife, Sabra Tolman. Amos returned to Ohio in 1795, after the Ohio Indian Wars, and purchased a farm in Salem Township in Washington County, Ohio. The farm was on the same side of Duck Creek as present day Lower Salem, and directly across the creek from his father and brothers, Jonathan and Simon farms. It is on Amos, Jr.'s farm that the Porter Cemetery lies.

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