Benjamin Potter and
Melvinia Jane Gardner

Benjamin Potter Photo From Mack Wright

Benjamin Potter b 15 Jun 1845 Pike Co KY d 15 Jun 1922 Shelby Gap, Pike Co KY buried behind the school in Burdine, KY; s/o Levi Potter 1817 and Sarah Sallie Cantrell Kelly. Benjamin Potter m. 16 Jan 1868 Wise Co VA to Melvinia Jane Gardner b 13 Mar 1849 Esserville, Wise Co VA d 15 Jun 1876 Letcher Co KY; buried behind the school in Burdine, KY; d/o William Gardner and Senia Kilgore. Children of Benjamin Potter and Melvinia Jane Gardner;

 Nancy Potter born 20 August 1872 in Pike Co KY.

 Levi Potter born 1871 in Letcher Co KY. He married in 1895 in Letcher Co KY to Sylvania Little, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Little and Pauline Kinney. Sylvania was born 23 June 1877 and died 26 Feb 1964 in Floyd Co KY.

Levi and Sylvania are buried in the Levi Potter Cemetery, in Burdine, KY, located on a hillside by Rocky Hollow on a Circular Acre that Levi bought for his Cemetery.

Thanks To Willard "Mack" Wright For Submitting Photos, Information, and Corrections. See Mack's Family Cemetery Photos (press your browser back arrow to get back here).