April 15, 2007

Benjamin Potter 1800

( Ted's G-G-G-Grandfather )


Benjamin POTTER
Born: about 1800 in NC
Died: 1870/1880 in KY
Father: Abraham Potter
Mother:   ( Unknown )

Benjamin's Notes:
1820 CENSUS, Floyd Co, KY: Benjamin POTTER, 1 male under 10; 1 male 16-26; 2 females under 10; 1 female 26-44. (LDS Film #0186182)
1830 CENSUS, Clay Co, KY, #23: 1 male under 5; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 30-40; 1 female under 5; 1 female 5-10; 2 females 10-15; 1 female 30-40.
1840 CENSUS, Pike Co, KY: Benjamine POTTER, 1 male under 5; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 40-50; 2 females under 5; 2 females 5-10; 1 female 10-15; 1 female 15-20; 1 female 40-50.
1850 CENSUS, Pike Co, KY, #226: 50 years, born NC, farmer, $300. Living with wife, Susannah, 7 children, plus Susan HOLLINGSWORTH (24 years, born KY) and her son, Samie (2 years, born KY). Living next door is Levi POTTER and his family. Also in the area are Abraham POTTER and Richard POTTER.
1860 CENSUS, District 1, Pike Co, KY: 60 years, born NC,farmer, $250, $200. Living with wife, "Mary" and 2 children (Elizabeth and Squire POTTER).
1870 CENSUS, District 9, Pike Co, KY: 73 years, born NC, farm laborer. Living with his daughter Patsey MULLINS and her family.
TAX LIST, Clay Co, KY: 1819, 1825, 1826, 1828, 1830, 1831.
KY Land Grants: Benjamin POTTER acquired 50 Acres on Cumberland Mountain in Pike Co. on 11 Feb 1850 (Book 32, page 87); 50 Acres, on Ben's Branch of Elkhorn Creek, Pike Co. on 5 Apr 1851(Book 36, page 285);150 Acres on Russells Fork, Pike Co. on 26 Dec 1850 (Book 36, page 286); 50 Acres on Elkhorn Creek, Pike Co. on 1 Dec 1857 (Book 57, page 409).
Benjamin POTTER, Jr. acquired 125 Acres on Elkhorn Creek, Pike Co, on 6 Oct 1882.


Benjamin married
Susannah LUNCE before 1820 probably Floyd Co, KY
Born: 1800 in NC
Died: 1850/1859 in KY

Susannah 's Notes:
1850 CENSUS, Pike Co, KY, #226: 50 years, born NC. Living with spouse, Benjamin, 7 children plus Susan HOLLINGSWORTH and her son.


Benjamin and Susannah had the following children:

  • Nancy POTTER
  • Levi Monroe POTTER
  • Rhoda POTTER
  • Sarah "Sally" POTTER
  • Martha "Patsy" POTTER married John L. Mullins, ABT 1850, in PikeCo, KY.
  • Reuben POTTER

Reuben's Notes:
1850 CENSUS Letcher County, KY
Potter Rubin
31 M Farm Laborer 220 KY (s/o Benjamin Potter & Susannah Unknown)
Hulda (Wright) 26 F KY (d/o James Wright & 1st Polly Engle) 
Tandy               8 M KY 
James               6 M KY 
Benjamin          4 M KY 
Hala (Mahala?) 1 F KY

  • Anna POTTER
  • Mary POTTER
    Born: 1833 in KY
    Died: after 1850

Mary's Notes:
1850 CENSUS, Pike Co, KY, #226: 17 years, born KY. Living with parents, 6 siblings, Susan Hollingsworth and son.

  • Susan POTTER
  • Esther POTTER
  • Isaac POTTER
  • Elizabeth POTTER
    Born: 1842 in KY
    Died: after 1860

Elizabeth's Notes:
1850 CENSUS, Pike Co, KY, #226: 8 years, born KY. Living with parents, 6 siblings, plus Susan HOLLINGSWORTH and her son.
1860 CENSUS, Pike Co, KY, #145: 18 years, born KY. Living with father, step-mother and Squire POTTER.


Benjamin married (2)
Mary "Polly" LUNCE before 1860 in KY
Born: 1810 in VA
Died: 1860/1870 in Pike Co, KY

Mary 's Notes:
1860 CENSUS, Pike Co, KY, #145: 50 years, born VA. Living with spouse, Benjamin and 2 children.

 


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello, I've enjoyed your research on here. We, lineage of Reuben Potter (son of Benjamin) and Hulda, have reason to believe that Reuben's death date has been recorded inaccurately on the original paperwork way back when. There are Civil War records stating that he did reconnaissance via horseback for the Confederacy for quite a while (a year or two)after they show the year he supposedly died. The relevance of this is that he had another child with Hulda, John Potter. I am in that line. We have DNA linking us through John to Reuben and further back. Belinda Gentry Cross

Sarah said...

I hope someone still reads stuff over here. :). I have a question. I see that you have two wives for Benjamin. SUSANNAH AND MARY POLLY. I believe this is correct. Do you have proof?