Person

Pleasant J. Potter (Warren County, Kentucky, sheriff.)

b. 1820 d. 1915

Warren County, Kentucky, sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Julia F. Hill Potter in Warren County on January 22, 1844. Father of Elizabeth B. Potter, Mary R Potter, James E. Potter, Lavenia Potter, Ella Potter, Effie C. Potter, Sallie A. Potter, Pleasant Potter, Emma Potter, Willie Potter, and Pearl Potter. Farmer in Warren County in 1850. Farmer in Warren County in 1860. Sheriff of Warren County in 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren, District 2, p. 122B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren, District 1, p. 862.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren, Bowling Green, p. 79B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000164005.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, 1861 (Frankfort: John B Major, State Printer, 1862). p.3.


Find A Grave, "Pleasant J Potter (1820-1915)," Memorial #119263063, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119263063 (accessed December 17, 2019).

KYR-0004-033-0011.

Citation

Potter, Pleasant J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203942 (November 12, 2026).

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