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Benjamin Potter and
Susannah Hollingsworth
Benjamin Potter b 1796 NC d 1870 KY
s/o Abraham Potter 1745 NC and
Lydia Stewart. (1850 Pike Co KY Census). Benjamin Potter m. 1816 KY to Susannah
Hollingsworth b 1794 NC d 1859. Benjamin Potter m. about 1860 to Mary "Polly" Lunce. Children of Benjamin Potter and Susannah Hollingsworth;
Nancy
Potter b 1816 m. 9 Jul 1835 Pike Co KY to
Booker Mullins b about 1819 d 1865
in Jenkins, Letcher Co KY s/o
Sherod Mullins and
2nd Mary Polly Roberts.
(See 1850 Pike Co KY
Census).
Levi
Monroe Potter b 5 Jun 1817 NC d 20 Feb 1896 Jenkins, Letcher Co KY m. 7 Jan
1839 Pike Co KY to Sarah "Sallie" Cantrell b Apr 1817 VA d 20 Jun 1890, d/o
Ralph Kelly. (See 1850
Pike Co KY Census). (other source lists Sarah as d/o
Abraham Cantrell
and Ann Bennett).
Rhoda
Potter b 1824 KY d 1871 KY m. 15 Jan 1845 Pike Co., KY to
Granville
"Greenville" Sanders b about 1823 d 1898 Pike Co KY, s/o
Thomas
Jefferson Sanders and Elizabeth C McBrayer. (See
1850 Pike Co KY Census).
Sarah
"Sally" Potter b 1826 Pike Co, KY d about 1848 (died during or after
the birth of her son, Squire Hollingsworth?) m. 22 Aug 1839 Clay Co KY to
Squire Hollingsworth. (not sure of the following information and no source
between the *) *Sarah "Sally" Potter had two sons* (perhaps a daughter
and a son?) *at the time of her
death. One of the boys was raised by her husband's parents and used the
Hollingsworth surname. The other child, Squire was raised by her parents
Benjamin and Susannah Potter. Squire used the Potter surname.* (There is a girl
named Susan Hollingsworth 4 years of age and a boy named Squire Hollingsworth 2
years of age in Household of Benjamin Potter and Susannah Hollingsworth - See
1850 Pike Co KY Census).
Martha "Patsy" Potter b
7 May 1828 Pike Co KY d 19 Mar 1919. Martha "Patsy" Potter m.
John L "Young John" Mullins
b 15 Sep 1828 Pike Co KY d about 1870 Pike Co KY s/o
Sherod "Sherd" Mullins
and Mary "Polly" Roberts.
Reuben Potter b 1829 Pike
Co KY d 1862?, m. shortly after 1850 to
Hulda M Wright b May 1834 Perry Co KY d
after 1900, d/o James Wright
and Polly Engle. Thanks very much to
Linda Potter Whitt for
additions and corrections to this family.
Anna "Annie" Potter
b May 1830 d 13 Sept 1901 m. about 1851 to
John Vent Bentley b 1828 Perry Co KY
d 6 Aug 1895 Jenkins, Letcher Co KY, s/o
Benjamin
Bentley and Elizabeth Crace Crase. John Bentley m. Ruby Jones? John Vent
Bentley m.
Louisa Ellen Bentley b 1 Aug 1855 Letcher Co KY d/o
Solomon Davis Bentley and
Mary Jane Bentley. Louisa Ellen Bentley m.
William Rufus
Bentley b 1840 NC s/o
Benjamin H Bentley and Mary "Polly" Davis. William Rufus Bentley m. (1)
Rachel Oldham.
Mary
Potter b 1834 Clay Co KY.
Susan "Susie"
Potter b 1835 Pike Co., KY d 17 Jun 1914 m. 1860 to
Alexander Lafayette
Bentley b 1838 d about 1865;
James Martin Bentley
and Sarah Lunsford Tucker. Family stories say that Alexander Lafayette
Bentley was either shot or hanged in 1865 during the Civil War. Susan "Susie"
Potter m. about 1870 to
James
Hollingsworth.
Esther Potter b 1837 Pike Co KY m. 6 Mar 1855 Pike Co KY to Thomas Mullins b
Russell Co VA.
Isaac Potter b 6 Apr
1839 Pike Co KY d 8 Dec 1918 Letcher Co KY. He was a farmer and a logger. He is
buried in Neon, Letcher Co KY. Isaac Potter m. 1st to Unknown. 2nd to Elizabeth
Anderson b about 1842 NC, d/o
Hiram Anderson and Spicy Tackett.
Isaac Potter m. 16 Jan 1858 Pike Co KY to Elizabeth Emaline Bentley b Sept 1843
Caldwell Co NC, buried Neon, Letcher Co KY, d/o
James Martin Bentley
and Sarah E Lunsford Tucker. (Other
Source)
Elizabeth Potter b 1 Jan 1841 Pike Co KY d 20 Aug 1892 Camden KY.
Benjamin
Potter
and Mary Polly Lunce
Benjamin Potter b 1796 NC d 1870 KY
s/o Abraham Potter 1745 NC and
Lydia Stewart. Benjamin Potter m. 2nd about 1860 to Mary "Polly" Lunce.

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