Barton Potter

Birth Date

c1800

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Clay County, Kentucky, merchant, postmaster, and farmer. Rhode Island native. Married to Elizabeth Potter. Father of Lorenda Potter, Robert G. Potter, and James Potter. Resident of Clay County in 1840. Owned four enslaved persons in Clay County in 1840. Postmaster for Manchester in Clay County from September 24, 1846, to December 10, 1851. Merchant in Clay County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Clay County in 1850. Owned Julia [Unknown] and Martha [Unknown] in Clay County in 1855. Owned Sally [Unknown] and Harriet [Unknown] in Clay County in 1856. Farmer in Clay County in 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Clay County in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 299.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky District, p. 151B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky District.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 349A.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994032, Clay County Births.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Clay County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 592.

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