Thomas "Tom" Potter[1]

Male 1816 - 1895  (78 years)


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  • Name Thomas "Tom" Potter 
    Birth 20 Nov 1816  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farm/$1500 value 
    Death 8 Aug 1895  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I4171  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 18 Aug 1993 

    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  [3, 4
    Family ID F1564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fatima Webb,   b. 27 Aug 1822, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1894, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage (C. 1839)  (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Hannah Potter,   b. 1841, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elizabeth Potter,   b. 13 May 1844, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1892, Jessie Community, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     3. Mary Jane Potter,   b. 1846, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Leonard William Potter,   b. 19 Mar 1847, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1914, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     5. Daniel Wadkins "Wadkins" Potter,   b. 5 Mar 1849, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1927, (Davidson County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     6. Mourning Potter,   b. 0___ 1851, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1900, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years)
     7. Helen Josephine "Josie" Potter,   b. 7 Aug 1852, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jun 1927, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     8. Sarah A. "Sallie" Potter,   b. 27 Sep 1854, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1932, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     9. Irena "Reney" Potter,   b. February 1858, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1920 (Age ~ 63 years)
     10. Martha Jane Potter,   b. January 1859, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Tennessee "Tennie" Potter,   b. 3 Oct 1864, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1893, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    Family ID F1628  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Nov 1816 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Aug 1895 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - (C. 1839) - (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S893] Potter-Cantrell Graveyard Records (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S11] Tombstone (Reliability: 3).

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

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

    5. [S4288] "United State Census of 1850 (Seventh Census) for DeKalb County,Tennessee",, p. 140.