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William H. Potts                 Fa: James Potts     Mo: Celia Givens

    Born:  abt 1801            in: NC
    Died:                      in: , Williamson, TN.                           
    Buried:                    in:                                           
    Wife: Rhoda Jane _______
    Married:                   in:                                           
    Born:    abt 1807          in: NC                               
    Died:                      in: , Williamson, TN.                           
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 F  Child 1 Piney POTTS  
      Born: 28 APR 1842        in: , Williamson, TN                            
      Died: 28 NOV 1927        in: , Williamson, TN                            
      Buried:                  in: Liepers Fork Cem, Williamson, TN          
      Spouse: Milton Skiles MEACHAM  
      Married: 19 FEB 1861     in: , Williamson, TN                            
 F  Child 2 Lucinda POTTS    
      Born:  2 DEC 1825        in: ,  Williamson, TN.                           
      Died:  2 JAN 1913        in: Nashville, Davidson, TN                   
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 M  Child 3 Henry POTTS  
      Born:    abt 1827        in: , Williamson, TN.                           
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 M  Child 4 Pleasant M. POTTS  
      Born:    abt 1829        in: , Williamson, TN.                           
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 M  Child 5 William C. POTTS 
      Born: 21 JUL 1831        in: , Williamson, TN.                           
      Died: 25 AUG 1915        in:                                           
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 M  Child 6 Stephen R. POTTS 
      Born:    abt 1833        in: , Williamson, TN.                           
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 F  Child 7 Sarah L. POTTS 
      Born:    abt 1834        in: , Williamson, TN.                           
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 M  Child 8 James M. POTTS    
      Born: 27 FEB 1838        in: , Williamson, TN.                           
      Died: 13 OCT 1910        in:                                           
      Buried:                  in: Confederate Cemetery                      
      Spouse: Nelly Ann MEACHAM  
      Married:  7 DEC 1860     in: , Williamson, TN                            
    Child 9 Moses POTTS    
      Born:    abt 1839        in: , Williamson, TN.                           
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 F Child 10 Rhoda J. POTTS    
      Born:    abt 1845        in: , Williamson, TN                            
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 F Child 11 Cynthia Veling POTTS  
      Born: 19 MAR 1845        in: , Williamson, TN.                           
      Died: 5 FEB 1923         in:                                           
      Buried:                  in:                                           
 M Child 12 Zac POTTS  #82  
      Born:    MAY 1849        in: , Williamson, TN                            
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1801
Born North Carolina.

6Jul1838
Potts, Alabama; infant daughter of William Potts of Lick Creek; died on Friday. W.W.R. (Early Obituaries of Williamson County, TN, Louise Gillespie Lynch, pg 25.)

1840
Census Williamson county, TN William, males 1<5, 3 5- 10, 1 10-15, 1 30-40, females 1 <5, 1 5-10, 1 30-40.

1850
Census Williamson County, TN William 49, Farmer, born NC; Rhoda 40, born NC, Lucinda 25; Henry 23 schoolteacher ; Pleasant M. 21 farmer; William C. 19 farmer; Stephen R. 17; Sarah L. 16; James 13; Moses A. 11; Pina J. 9 (born 28Apr1842); Cyntha P. 7; Rhoda J. 5; Zac 11/12.

1860
Census Williamson County, TN; William 59; Rhode 53, Lucinda 35; William C. 27; James 21; Thomas Alex 19; Piney J. 18; Sintha 15; Martha Lucy 11; Matilda Roach 12.

Notes:

Henry Potts Married Mary Ann Potts 16Jun1852. In 1860 census living Williamson County, age 28; Mary 25; William 6; Ann 4; Lucinda 3; Lucy 50; Henry A. 21. Lucy age 50 is Lucinda Potts wife of Stephen Potts brother of William deceased Feb1852, and Henry A. is Stephen's son. It is probable that the Mary Ann Potts is Mary A. Potts in 1850 census as daughter of Stephen Potts, i.e. he married his cousin.
26Jan1883 Henry gave deposition in estate of Elijah Fox and states that Elijah was his uncle. Pleasant M. married Mary E. Bateman 16Jun1857. listed in 1860 census in Maury county age 29, M. E. 23, no children.


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