Benjamin Potter was born 1796 in
North Carolina and died in 1870 in Kentucky. Benjamin was the son of
Abraham Potter 1745 NC and
Alice Goodell.
Benjamin married in 1816 in KY to Susannah Potter
b 1794 NC d 1859. Benjamin Potter married about 1860 to
Mary "Polly" Lunce. Benjamin and Susannah Potter had the
following children;
Nancy Potter
was born in 1816. Nancy was married on 9 July 1835 in Pike Co KY to Booker
Mullins b about 1819 d in 1865 in Jenkins, Letcher Co KY. Booker Mullins as the son of
Sherod Mullins and
2nd Mary Polly Roberts.
Levi Monroe Potter was born
5 June 1817 in NC and died 20 February 1896 in Jenkins, Letcher Co KY. Levi
married 7 January 1839 in Pike Co KY to Sarah "Sallie" Cantrell born April
1817 in VA died 20 June 1890, daughter of Ralph Kelly.
Rhoda
Potter was born in 1824 in KY and died in 1871 in KY. Rhoda Potter was
married on 15 January 1845 in Pike Co., KY to Granville "Greenville" Sanders,
the son of
Thomas Jefferson Sanders and Elizabeth C McBrayer. Granville Greenville
Sanders was born about 1823 and died in 1898 in Pike Co KY.
Sarah "Sally" Potter was born 1826 in Pike Co, Ky. She died about 1848. Sarah
"Sally" Potter was married to Squire Hollingsworth 22 August 1839 in Clay Co.,
KY. Sarah "Sally" Potter had two sons at the time of her death.
One of the boys was raised by her husband's parents and used the Hollingsworth
surname. The other child Squire was raised by her parents Benjamin and
Susannah Potter. This son used the Potter surname.
Martha "Patsy" Potter was born 7 May 1828 in Pike Co KY and died 19 March
1919. Martha "Patsy" Potter married John L "Young John" Mullins.
John L "Young John" Mullins was born 15 Sep 1828 in Pike Co KY and died about
1870 in Pike Co KY. He was the son of Sherod "Sherd" Mullins and
Mary "Polly" Roberts.
John married Martha "Patsy" Potter.
Reuben Potter was born
in 1829 in Pike Co KY, married 15 January 1853 in Pike Co KY to 1st Susannah E
Howard. Reuben married 2nd to Hulda M Wright.
Hulda M Wright was the daughter of
James Wright and Polly
Engle. Hulda was born May 1834 in Perry County Kentucky and died after 1900.
Anna "Annie" Potter
was born in May 1830 and died on 13 September 1901. Anna "Annie" Potter
married about 1851 to John Vent Bentley, the son of
Benjamin Bentley and Elizabeth Crace Crase. John Vent Bentley was born in
1828 in Perry Co KY and died 6 August 1895 at Jenkins, Letcher Co KY.
Mary Potter was born in 1834 in Clay Co., KY.
Susan "Susie" Potter was born in 1835 in Pike Co., KY. She died on 17 June 1914. Susan
married in 1860 to Alexander Lafayette Bentley. Family stories say that
Alexander Lafayette
Bentley was either shot or hanged in 1864.(Source).
His son James Burton Bentley was about 2 years old at the time of his father's
death. Susan Potter married 2nd in 1869 to James Hollingsworth. Susan married
3rd to Isaac Holland.
(James Burton Bentley and Susan Potter had Ell
Bentley who had Randall Bentley who had Roger Bentley) (Source)
Esther Potter was born in 1837 in Pike Co KY. Esther Potter married on 6 March
1855 in Pike Co KY to Thomas Mullins. Thomas was born in Russell Co VA.
Elizabeth Potter was born in 1842 in Pike Co KY.
Benjamin Potter and
2nd Mary Polly Lunce
Benjamin Potter married 2nd
about 1860 to Mary "Polly" Lunce. Child of Benjamin Potter and Mary Polly
Lunce;
Isaac Potter was born
6 April 1839 in Pike Co KY and died 8 December 1918 in Letcher Co KY. He was a
farmer and a logger. Isaac married 1st to Unknown. Isaac married 2nd to
Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of Hiram Anderson and Spicy Tackett.
Elizabeth Anderson was born about 1842 in North Carolina. Isaac Potter and
Elizabeth Anderson had children, William Potter born 1869 in Letcher Co KY and
Cynthia A Potter.
Isaac Potter married 3rd to Elizabeth Emaline Bentley, the daughter of James
Bentley and Sarah Lunsford Tucker. Elizabeth was born in September 1843. Isaac
Potter and Elizabeth Emaline Bentley had 12 children.
