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Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Lewis Potter and Elizabeth Potter. Student in Warren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Postmaster of Franklin in Simpson County from August 23, 1862, to June 19, 1865.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin, p. 145.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Powell-Woodford Counties, p. 179 (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, "Charles Frederick Potter (15 Jun 1832-23 May 1908)," Memorial #102791928, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102791928 (accessed September 1, 2020).

Citation

Potter, Charles F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279641 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Arden McClanohan et al. to Cicero Maxwell
1863-12-01

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