Watson Cantrell Potter

Male 1815 - 1891  (76 years)


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  • Name Watson Cantrell Potter 
    Birth 15 Feb 1815  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer farm $1000 value 
    Death 20 Jul 1891  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Probate 19 Dec 1895  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Potter Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I3910  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2016 

    Father Tilman Potter,   b. 0___ 1792, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1841, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Cantrell,   b. 1791, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1836, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 1809  (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F1564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Harriet Magness,   b. 2 Jun 1817, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1866, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 5 Jan 1834  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Mary Elizabeth Potter,   b. 2 Oct 1834, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1894, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     2. Thomas Benton Potter,   b. 11 Jul 1837, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1898, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     3. Laura A. Potter,   b. 19 Jul 1837, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1898, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     4. William Carroll Potter,   b. 30 Nov 1839, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1901, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     5. Sarah A. "Sallie" Potter,   b. 10 Oct 1840, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1847, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 6 years)
     6. Perry Green Potter,   b. 2 Sep 1842, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1924, Dibrell, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     7. Ascenith Potter,   b. 14 Oct 1844, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1913, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     8. Paralee Potter,   b. 4 Jul 1846, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1894, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     9. Martha J(ane) "Mattie" Potter,   b. 25 Feb 1848, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Hannah J. Potter,   b. 1 Jul 1850, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1851, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     11. Samantha Potter,   b. 28 Dec 1851, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1895, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
     12. Elder Leander Poper "LP" Potter,   b. 14 Mar 1854, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1911, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     13. Helen Josephine "Josie" Potter,   b. 24 Feb 1856, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1911, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     14. Cordelia "Dobie or Delia" Potter,   b. 22 Apr 1859, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1888, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    Family ID F1553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 2 Eliza J(ane) Bass,   b. 0___ 1825, Wilson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Marriage 6 Dec 1866  Wilson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Count of Children 0   [9
    Family ID F3204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Feb 1815 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Jan 1834 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Dec 1866 - Wilson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Jul 1891 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 19 Dec 1895 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Potter Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Birth: Feb. 15, 1815
      Warren County
      Tennessee, USA
      Death: Jul. 20, 1891
      DeKalb County
      Tennessee, USA


      Family links:
      Parents:
      Tilman Potter (1792 - 1841)
      Elizabeth Cantrell Potter (1791 - 1836)

      Spouse:
      Harriet Magness Potter (1817 - 1866)*

      Siblings:
      Jane Potter Martin (1813 - ____)*
      Watson Cantrell Potter (1815 - 1891)
      Thomas Potter (1816 - 1895)*
      Abraham Cantrell Potter (1818 - 1890)*
      Sarah Potter Cantrell (1822 - ____)*
      Andrew Jackson Potter (1837 - 1875)**
      Kizzie Potter Givan (1839 - 1918)**

      *Calculated relationship
      **Half-sibling

      Burial:
      Potter Cemetery
      Keltonburg
      DeKalb County
      Tennessee, USA

      Created by: Sandy Ainley
      Record added: Jun 06, 2012
      Find A Grave Memorial# 91483668

      * [2]
    • Watson was one of the commissioners to lay off the town of Smithville in 1838.

      1840 DeKalb Census: 20001-11001

      *

  • Sources 
    1. [S839] 1860 DeKalb Co.,TN Census, Transcribed & Indexed from a Microfilm Copy of the, p. 60 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S10086] "Watson Cantrell Potter" profile, accessed & downloaded Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, http://www.f.

    3. [S4266] Watson Potter, obituary, "Southern Standard", July 25, 1891, (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S804] "DeKalb County,Tennessee Genealogy from Administrator's Settlement Books, p. 55 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S4268] "Cantrell-Potter-Magness Ancestry", by Edythe Rucker Whitley, Historian &, p. 42 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S10297] "Lucia Perkins' Pedigree Chart" submitted January 23rd, 2017 by Lucia Perkins, lucia.mcdaniel@comcast.net, abstracted, d.

    7. [S10085] "Harriet Magness Potter" profile, accessed & downloaded Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, http://www.f.

    8. [S888] 1870 DeKalb Co.,TN Census, Transcribed & Indexed from a Microfilm Copy of the, p. 70 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S6038] http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bass-2039.