Person

Lewis W. Potter (Warren county, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1816-04-27 d. 1897-05-28

Warren county, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Rebecca Hays Potter in Warren County, Kentucky, on March 16, 1837. Father of John T. Potter, Elizabeth F. Potter, Martha A. Potter, Rebecca S. Potter, Joseph Potter, and Samuel Potter. Farmer in Warren County in 1850. Farmer in Warren County in 1860. Nominated sheriff of Warren County by the provisional government of Kentucky in November 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren, District 2, p. 66B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren, District 1, p. 740.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000339890.

"Lewis W. Potter (1816-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial 112798548, accessed December 21, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112798548.

KYR-0004-033-0017.

Citation

Potter, Lewis W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206108 (November 12, 2026).

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