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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-017-0185 MG4-91

Lewis W. Potter (Warren county, Kentucky, farmer) N00011623 1816-04-27 1897-05-28 Categories: People

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.

Relationships Political: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: George W. Johnston (Louisville, KY, attorney, politician, and judge) Political: Provisional Council

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. Warren County, Kentucky P001020 Categories: Places

County in southwestern Kentucky. Seat at Bowling Green. Located on the Barren River.

36.9903, -86.4436 “Warren County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 932-33. "Bowling Green, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 30, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 1861-08-15 Note English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Warren Co Notary L. W. Potter Com IssdAug 15. 1861