U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Porterfield, George (1740-1824) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Aler's History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County, West Virginia by F. Vernon Aler, 1888 Printed for the Author by The Mail Publishing Company, Hagerstown, MD. CHAPTER VIII. Historical Pen Sketches of the Early Residents of Berkeley County by the late Hon. Chas. James Faulkner. Pages 125-126 GEORGE PORTERFIELD Was born in Berkeley County in the year 1740; in early life he was once or twice exposed to the imminent risk of losing his life from the Indians then inhabitating or making incursions into this county. His brother Charles, then a youth about twenty years of age, was killed not far from his fathers house by a body of Indians who had the previous day attacked Nealy's fort, near the Opequon, massacred the inmates and took off several prisoners on their retreat. Mr. Porterfield was among the most popular magistrates of the county, and when acting as senior justice of the county court, presided with unusual dignity. He was Sheriff of the county, and in 1808 and 1810 one of its representatives in the legislature. In 1814 he was elected chairman of the meeting for the organization of the Berkeley County Bible Society. He was remarkable for the equanimity of his temper and for his invariable courtesy, pleasant address and politeness. He died in 1824. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Berkeley County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/berkeley/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------