Thomas Benton Potter

Male 1837 - 1898  (61 years)


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  • Name Thomas Benton Potter 
    Birth 11 Jul 1837  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation merchant & banker  [2
    Death 25 Nov 1898  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 17 Feb 1903  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Smithville Town Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4188  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2014 

    Father Watson Cantrell Potter,   b. 15 Feb 1815, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1891, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother 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  [4
    Family ID F1553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samantha D. West,   b. 1 Nov 1846, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1929, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 6 Dec 1865  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fannie Potter,   b. 19 Jan 1867, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Harrison Potter,   b. 29 Sep 1868, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1932, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     3. Julia R. Potter,   b. 23 Apr 1871, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elissie J(ane) Potter,   b. 25 Dec 1872, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1873, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. Wiley W(est) Potter,   b. 20 Jan 1875, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1876, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     6. Elizabeth Lawrence Potter,   b. 22 Jul 1876, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Kelly Frederick Potter,   b. 23 May 1878, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1960, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     8. Thomas Burley Potter,   b. 24 Aug 1880, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1922, (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     9. William Sammy Potter,   b. 22 Nov 1883, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Jul 1837 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Dec 1865 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Nov 1898 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 17 Feb 1903 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Smithville Town Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • DAR Bible Records, Potter family Bible, Copied In 1959 By The Lt. James Sheppard Chapter, NSDAR, TNGenWeb Project, host



      Potter Family Bible
      Copied by members of McMinnville Chapter Daughters of the American
      Colonists and
      Lt. James Sheppard Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
      McMinnville, Tennessee Feb. 21, 1959
      Potter Family Bible [1815-1922] Philadelphia: Jones Brothers and Co., 1879]
      Original owner: Thomas B. Potter
      Present Owner: Kelly F. Potter, 323 W. Colville St., McMinnville, Tennessee

      Marriages
      William Lawrence Sr. and Mary Burley
      John F. West and Mary Lawrence married Mar. 4, 1819
      Watson Potter and Harriet Magness married Jan. 5, 1834
      Watson Potter born Feb. 15, 1815
      Harriet Magness, wife of Watson :Potter, born June 2, 1817, died July 10,
      1866 age 49 yrs., 1 mo. 8 days
      Thomas B. Potter born Jan. 11, 1836
      Samantha D. West, his wife, born Nov. 1, 1846

      Births
      Frankie Potter born Jan. 19, 1867
      John Harrison Potter born Sept. 29, 1868
      Julia R. Potter born April 23, 1871
      Infant daughter of T. B. and S. D. born Dec. 25, 1872
      Wiley W. Potter born Jan. 20, 1875
      Eliza Lawrence Potter born July 22, 1876
      Freddie Kelly Potter born May 23, 1878
      Thomas Burley Potter born Aug. 24, 1880
      William Sammy Potter born Nov. 22, 1883 in DeKalb Co., Tenn.

      Deaths
      Infant daugher died A;pril 14, 1873
      Wiley W. Potter died July 27, 1876
      Thomas B. Potter died Nov. 16, 1922










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  • Sources 
    1. [S888] 1870 DeKalb Co.,TN Census, Transcribed & Indexed from a Microfilm Copy of the, p. 145 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S905] 1880 DeKalb Co.,TN Census,transcribed & indexed by Jorene Washer Parsley., p. 146 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S804] "DeKalb County,Tennessee Genealogy from Administrator's Settlement Books, p. 64 (Reliability: 3).

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