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Robert G. Potter (Clay County, Kentucky, captain)

b. 1840?

Clay County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Barton Potter and Elizabeth A. Potter. Married to Nancy C. Gilbert Potter in Clay County on October 17, 1865. Resident of Clay County in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Clay County in 1850. Merchant in Clay County in 1860. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in Clay County in 1860. Served in the 24th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant and captain from July 31, 1862, to July 21, 1864. Resigned on account of disability on July 21, 1864.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

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. 249A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Precinct 1, p. 171A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0370.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clay County Marriages, Film 001904623.

Citation

Potter, Robert G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199075 (November 12, 2026).

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