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Welcome! This page is dedicated to the descendants of John and Sarah (Dougherty) Portlock. Do you descend from John and Sarah? Please contact me. If you have additions or corrections, please let me know. This is an ongoing project, so please come back often.
11 November 2005
I can't believe it has been almost three years since I last updated this page. I do not have any major updates to report but The Great Murder Mystery has been solved. Check below to find out who killed James Andrews.
I am in the process of entering all Portlocks from the 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 census. By the next update, all of these census entries will have been entered.
If this page has helped you, please let me know. If you would like to know what sources I have used, please just ask. I am always happy to help.
(From previous update)
15 December 2002 Update
On 10 August 2002, we (my husband, son, and I) drove to Clarinda, Iowa and met cousins Bill and Dorothy Horton. Dorothy has the research of George H. Taylor. With us, we took a computer, scanner, copy machine and several reams of paper. After 4 hours of almost constant work (we did stop for a wonderful barbeque lunch prepared by Bill) we had completed the job. Needless to say it was well worth the time and effort and I am greatly indebted to Dorothy for sharing George’s research with me. Within this webpage you will find all kinds of references to the research accumulated by George. I have tried to add and update dates, places, events, and have transcribed some of the data verbatim. As time goes on, I will continue my effort at transcribing. George cited his sources and organized his papers in such a way that things are easy to find and corroborate. George and I would have gotten along famously! This update is dedicated to all the hard work done by George H. Taylor in keeping a record of our Portlock heritage.
Due to the huge amounts of research collected by George and copied by me, I would greatly appreciate it if you do not ask for copies. The most important documents (like the Bible pages) will eventually be scanned and placed on the webpage for all to see. Thank you.
I also took the time this fall and transcribed many documents from my own files.
John [our common ancestor]. In George’s research are copies (actual copies!) of Thomas Portlock’s Bible. Along with John’s pension, this is a contemporary source for John’s death, and as far as I am aware the only contemporary source for Sarah’s death. Please be careful if you are using the transcribed copy published by the Old Fort Log, December 1975. This was NOT an exact transcription. As an example, in this record John’s middle name is listed as Benjamin. John is not listed with a middle name in the Bible and I cannot find any evidence that he even had a middle initial. If you have such a document, I would appreciate having a copy.
New Data on the Following Branches:
Barnet
- Willis Portlock (1831-1907)
- Elzora Portlock (circa 1842-after 26 April 1910)
Thomas
- John Portlock (1833-1902)
Dr. John
David
Moses
Ancestry.com--Illinois Marriages 1851-1900
- Sherman Portlock and Mary Gillison 18 April 1891 White County, Illinois
Military
- Spanish-American War Veterans from Jasper County, Illinois
- Private Jeff Portlock, Company B 4th Illinois Infantry - Residence: Newton
Census Unknowns
1870 District 3, Concordia, Meade County, Kentucky, page 318
- E. B. Portlock, age 50, born Indiana, school teacher
1880 Savanna Township, Carroll, County, Illinois, page 580D
- J. B. Portlock age 36 born Indiana
- Addie Portlock, wife, age 20, born Pennsylvania
- Maggie Portlock, daughter, age 2, born Illinois
1880 Marion, Linn County, Iowa, page 297C
- Luella Portlock, age 21, born Iowa
1880 Washington, Buchanan County, Iowa page 508B
- Luella Portlock, age 24 born Iowa
1880 Pierce Township, Page County, Iowa ED 150 page 356B
- R. Portlock age 25 female Teacher born Iowa (boards in the household of J. Dunlop) [The only female Portlock of the right age that could be this person is Clarinda "Nina" Portlock, daughter of Willis. Does anyone have any other ideas?]
1900 Hurricane Township, Greene County, Arkansas ED 33 page 17B [Thank you Jo Ann Barbieri for sending me the information to find this census entry!]
- Thomas Portlock born Aug 1835 Illinois [Is this Thomas Jefferson Portlock who died in 1902?]
- Isabel Portlock born June 1843 Illinois
- James Jones step son born Aug 1870 Indiana
- Jessie Jones stepson born Sep 1873 Illinois
1920 Folsom State Prison, Sacramento County, California ED 81 page 5B
- Oscar Bridges age 45 born Iowa
1920 Spring Lake Township, Tazewell County, Illinois ED 183 page 7B
- Glen H. Rutledge 22 IL [son of Jasper?]
- Stella 20 IL
- Preston[?] 9m IL
1920 Evansville, Vandenburgh County, Indiana ED 118 page 7B
- Charles A. Portlock, age 22 born Illinois Soldier
1920 Evansville, Vandenburgh County, Indiana ED 108 page 1
- Charles A. Portlock, age 22 born Indiana Recruiting service
- Opal Portlock, age 24 born Texas
1920 Center Township, Grant County, Indiana ED 60 page 9A
- Stella Portlock, age 57 born Indiana
Bethany Village, Lancaster County, Nebraska ED 48 page 17B
- Janie I. Portlock age 49 widow born Nebraska
- [] D. Portlock age 16 born Nebraska
- Arther [sic] Portlock age 14 born Nebraska
- Ruby Portlock age 10 born Nebraska
The Great Murder Mystery Has Been Solved!
I found the following entry on RootsWeb.
"W. A. Portlock, who deliberately shot John Andreas in the back of the head and killed him some two weeks ago, has been indicted for murder in the first degree at Burlington, IA. Portlock attempted suicide at the time and has since been under the care of physicians. He has been taken to jail to await trial." [Bismark Daily Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, Saturday 14 November 1891, page 1 column 5, Ancestry.com Newspaper Collection, Image 1, accessed 26 September 2003]
"W. A. Portlock, convicted of the murder of James Andreas, tells a strange story. He says some time before the murder he became financially embarrassed and his wife borrowed for him some money from Andreas. The day before the murder she confessed that the price she paid was her virtue. Portlock says he soothed her. Then everything faded from his sight and he only regained consciousness when he was taken to the hospital after the murder and attempted suicide. He claims to know nothing of the tragedy and that he must have been insane at the time. Portlock was taken to prison to serve an eight-year sentence."[Bismark Daily Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, 21 February 1892, page 1 column 4, Ancestry.com Newspaper Collection, Image 1, accessed 26 September 2003]
W. A. Portlock is William Portlock born in 1853 to Warren and Mary (Zion) Portlock. Does anyone know what happened to William? When and where did he die?
If you have any clues on the above Unknowns, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you!
Did you find an error or have an addition? Please email me. Do you have a picture, letter, Bible record, deed...etc., that you would be willing to share. I am always looking for "new" data.
For privacy reasons, no one born after 1905 is included (unless they died before 1920).
Instructions on how to properly cite information from this webpage:
The Descendants of John and Sarah Portlock, online <http://www,juliedresser.com>, Julie Dresser, web master <jrdresser@owc.net>, downloaded [date].
Be nice, cite your Sources!
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