Gen. Andrew Porter
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N 40° 07.355 W 075° 21.638
18T E 469271 N 4441425
General Andrew Porter/ Surveyor
Waymark Code: WM10ZT
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/09/2006
Views: 32
Marker Text:
Revolutionary War officer; surveyor of western and northern State boundaries, 1784-87; Surveyor-General, 1809-13. Born near here, 1743; died at Harrisburg, 1813. His home, "Selma," is marked, a block distant.
General Porter, as a boy excelled in mathematics and studied under David Rittenhouse. In later years he was offered the Chair of Mathematics at the University of Pa., he declined, saying "as long as he commanded men he would not return to flogging boys."
Porter was appointed surveyor general in 1809 and held the post till his death. Because of his age he declined the post of Brigadier-General in the US Army and Secretary of War.
He served at the battles of:
Newton
Princeton
Brandywine
Germantown
Yorktown - worked on the plans for the siege
Expedition against the Indians under General Sullivan
Served on the frigate Effingham
Marker Name: Gen. Andrew Porter
County: Montgomery
Date Dedicated: 03/11/1949
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: W. Main & Selma Sts., Norristown (Missing)
Category: American Revolution, Military
Website: Not listed
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