Person

William R. Potts (Nicholas County)

b. 1828-04-25 d. 1883-05-18

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Potts. Father of Thomas Potts and Emma Potts. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 447. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Moorfield, District 1, p. 47. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 4. Find A Grave, “William Ritchey Potts (April 25, 1828-May 18, 1883),” Memorial #20906041, http://findagrave.com/memorial/20906041 (accessed February 16, 2018).

Citation

Potts, William R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208823 (November 12, 2026).

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