----- Original Message ----- From: "pmwhitmore" <pmwhitmore@netzero.net> To: <Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2094 8:36 PM Subject: Dallas Co. Look-ups > Dear Rick: My name is Paula Whitmore and I live in Salinas, CA. I am doing > research on the Potter side of my family tree and my search has lead me to > you. My great-great grandfather William Potter was born in Dallas Co. around > 1842, and I believe that I have found him on the 1850 Census Records for > Dallas Co. He is 9 years old and listed with him are his parents - Thomas > (age 37) and Nancy Potter (age 31) - as well as two older siblings - Mary > (17)and Martha (15) and a younger brother George W (1). > > Given this find, I am asking you to look up three things for me. > > First, in the 1954 Hemphill book - "Early Days in Dallas Cty. - will you > look on pages 35 and 89 for the references to Thomas Potter. > > Secondly, will you look for Nancy or Thomas in the Death Notices - 1869 to > 1885. > > Thirdly, will you look for Nancy or Thomas in the Death Register -1883-1893. > > I have carefully looked through the Dallas Genweb materials and I gather > that a William and Thomas Potter came to the county in 1839. I am not clear > whether William and Thomas were brothers or father and son. I also noted > that there are references to Thomas Sr. on some of the Census Records for > Greene Cty beginning 1833. I suspect that what I am dealing with is a large > extended family unit that straddled the counties of Polk, Greene and Dallas. > However, maybe I will be lucky and able to sort out who is who and even find > the father of Thomas (who is the father of William). Three generations in > one fell swoop would be pretty wonderful! > > So, any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. You and your > colleagues have put together a super Webpage and I am most grateful for what > I have already learned. Looking forward to hearing from you at your > convenience. > > Paula Whitmore in CA > > ================================================ Hello Paula - There are no POTTERs listed in the "Death Notices" or "Death Register". Hemphill p. 35 - "Many of the early settlers that immigrated to Dallas County were deeply religious and all through the hardships and privations of frontier life, there in their cabin homes, would gather together and preach the scriptures and point out the way of salvation. The most active of these pioneer ministers were . . . Thomas Potter of the Christian Church . . ." Hemphill p. 89 - "First Land Entries": "Township 32, Range 20 - Entries were made in 1839 by . . . Thomas Potter . . ." 1850 census: POTTER Thomas 37 Ky Farmer Nancy 31 Tn Mary A. 17 Ky Martha J. 15 Ky William 9 Mo George W. 1 Mo (next door) POTTER Mary A. 31 Ky Mathew 14 Ky John 7 Mo (not far away) POTTER Benjamin 26 Ky Elizabeth 21 Ky Levi 3 Mo Newton 1 Mo 1860 census: POTTER Thomas 47 Ky Farmer Nancy 40 Ky Martha 22 Ky William 19 Mo Thomas H. 8 Mo Carlelia 7 Mo McDaniel 1 Mo I did not find this family in the 1870 census. Off the top of my head, I think, Greene Co. was created in 1833; Polk Co. was created out of Greene Co. in 1835; Niangua Co. was created in 1841 and renamed Dallas Co. in 1844. So, if your POTTER family was in the right location, they could have been in Greene Co. in 1833, then in Polk Co. for the 1840 census, then in Dallas Co. for the 1850 census even though they lived in the same house and never moved an inch! Rick Gregg