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who married Harriet Porcher, and after her death 

 Henrietta Ravenel (nee Gourdin), widow of Dr. 

 James Ravenel of Wantoot ; fifth, Thomas, now of 

 Alabama, who married Marianne Palmer ; sixth, 

 Catharine, wife of Thomas Porcher of Whitehall ; 

 seventh, David, who married Elizabeth Palmer, and 

 after her death Louisa Dubose ; eighth, Samuel, 

 who married Henrietta Palmer. 



24. Ancrum's, the next place, was the residence 

 of Isaac Porcher. After his death his daughter 

 married George Ancrum, and they lived there till 

 death. Their son, William Ancrum, removed to 

 Camden, and sold the place to Theodore Gaillard, 

 who bequeathed it to his daughter Mrs. Theodore 

 Gourdin. It now belongs to her son, Capt. T. Louis 

 Gourdin. 



25. Between Ancrum's and Peru reserve, a place 

 was inhabited by a Mr. Ray. I know no more of 

 him than his name. 



26. Peru, the next place, was the residence of 

 Peter Porcher. He married Elizabeth Cordes, and 

 left four children: first, Elizabeth, wife of -Peter 

 Gaillard of the Rocks ; second, Peter, who married 

 Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Marion ; third, 

 Thomas of Ophir, who married Charlotte Mazyck, 

 and after her death Elizabeth Dubose; fourth, 

 Samuel Porcher of Mexico, who married Harriet 

 Porcher. 



27. The Oldfield plantation was the residence of 



