Anthony Toomer ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Book: Autobiography of grandson Anthony Toomer Porter, 1898. ²
My father, John Porter, was born in 1795. He graduated with distinction from the South Carolina College and Studied law. On the 16th of December, 1819, he married Esther Ann Toomer, daughter of Anthony Toomer.

My maternal grandfather married Charlotte Cheesborough, whose ancestor was a clergyman of the Church of England. They had several children, but my mother and Mrs. Mary Ford alone married and left children.
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2. Occupation: merchant in Charleston, Charleston, SC.

3. Newspaper: Georgetown Gazette: Marriage Notice, 19 Apr 1800, Charleston, Charleston, SC.

4. Newspaper: Charleston Times: Death Notice, 24 May 1813, Charleston, Charleston, SC.

Anthony married Charlotte Cheeseborough on 15 Apr 1800 in Georgetown, Georgetown, SC. (Charlotte Cheeseborough was born about 1782 in , Georgetown, SC, died on 19 Jun 1810 in Georgetown, Georgetown, SC ³ and was buried in Georgetown: Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church, Georgetown, SC ³.)

Anthony next married Mary Ford Boone about 1811 in Charleston, Charleston, SC. (Mary Ford Boone was born about 1791.)