Porter also became a member of the Huntingdon Lodge of the Freemasons, rising to the levels of Grand Master of his lodge and Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic district in which his lodge was located.Egle, "The Buckshot War," in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 23, No. 2 (1899), pp. 137-156."Remarkable Coincidence," in "Young Men's Convention." Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Examiner & Herald, May 3, 1838, p. 3 (subscription required).
