This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CBB.2ACE/262.263.266.268.270.1520.4021.1 Message Board Post: Hello, From what I can see and have read from other researchers in this chain, John POTTER and a Catherine were the parents of Mack POTTER. It appears that Mack is probably some sort of a nickname that was used. 1870 Knox Co. Dwelling 62-4-4 POTTER, John, 50, farmer, b. KY . Catharine, 29, b. KY . James, 2, KY 1880 Knox Co. Dwelling 482-496 POTTER, John, 55, b. KY; parents b. KY . Catherine, 39, b. KY; parents b. KY . Nathaniel, 11, b. KY, son . Andrew Mc, 8, son, KY * * * . Sallie A., 2, dau, KY . George W., 3 mo's, son, KY I do not see him on the 1860 Knox Co. MARRIAGE RECORD: Knox Co. Marr. Bond Book T, Page 595 August 18, 1900, "GROOM - second marriage!!!; Bride, lst marriage at Bride's house POTTER, Mack, age 24 (no other information provided) to: HAMPTON, Eliza S., age 16, b. Knox Co. (no other information provided) I found the following birth records ALL in Knox Co.: POTTER, Mack H., b. 2-18-1917; maiden name of mother: Liza HAMPTON POTTER, China b. 10-13-1913; maiden name of mother: Eliza HAMPTON POTTER, Need b. 2-9-1919 ; maiden name of mother: Eliza HAMPTON POTTER, Charles, b. 1-13-1924; maiden name of mother: Liza HAMPTON POTTER, Margret A., b. 2-21-1922; maiden name of mother: Liza HAmPTON Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA