Sandy and List, I don't have all, or possibly any, of the answers to Sandy's questions; but I can toss out a few more POTTERs hoping that someone can help all of us sort out the VA bunch. First let me add to Sandy's list of POTTER marriages found in the Douglas Register and/or Goochland Co. VA: >.... 2 Jurya Potter b: 1740-1745 in Virginia d: 25 June 1809 >in Knox Co., KY >........ +John Alsop b: 1723 in Virginia m: 23 March 1762 in Goochland >Co., VA d: 1807 in Knox Co., KY Father: William ALSOP Mother: >.... 2 Thomas Potter b: 26 May 1746 >........ +Diana Alsop b: Abt. 1745 in Goochland Co., VA m: 31 >July 1763 in Goochland Co., VA d: Bef. 1801 Rachel POTTER and Henry Atkinson m. 19 DEC 1756 Mildred POTTER and Samuel Emmerson m. 9 SEP 1756 Annie POTTER and Joseph Morris m. 24 MAY 1771 Judith POTTER and Philip Going m. 4 MAR 1770 Priscilla POTTER and Benjamin Salmon m. 6 AUG 1756 I can add two more POTTERs to the Goochland Co. group: 7 FEB 1746 Josias Payne sold land to Thomas Potter, infant son of John Potter dec'd. [Note, this is NOT the Thomas who m. Diana Alsop -- that Thomas wasn't born when this deed is dated.] Moving on to Henry Co. VA 1777 we have depositions from four POTTER males who gave their ages. Benjamin was 44 -- thus b. 1733; Lewis was 19 -- thus b. 1758; Thomas was 31 -- thus b. 1746 and Joseph was 30 -- thus b. 1747. I THINK the Thomas of the deposition IS the Thomas b. 26 MAY 1746. I also ASSUME that Lewis b. 1758 is the son of Benjamin b. 1733. But I may be wrong on both counts. [My question -- WHICH Thomas Potter did Diana Alsop marry? the one b. 1746 OR the son of John dec'd? I realize most people put Thomas b.1746 as her husband, but that was before this other, older Thomas was identified as a possible candidate. Just asking Dale. <g> ] Backtracking to 1755, we find *a* Lewis POTTER living on Pigg River in what was then Lunenburg Co. VA. In 1759 this same Lewis is living in what was then Halifax Co., at the juncture of Pigg River and Frying Pan Creek. I really don't think he moved, but ... This area fell into Pitts- ylvania Co. Lewis POTTER Jr. is named son-in-law of Elisha WALKER in Walker's 1764 Pittsylvania Co. will. Benjamin and Thomas Potter are on the 1767 tax list for Pittsylvania Co. In 1768 Thomas Potter Sr. sold his land on both sides Pigg River "Exceptin one Acre for a burying yard that were (sic) my Wife is now Buryed." Thomas Potter Jr. witnessed the deed. The POTTERs followed the Pigg River in a westward move into the area that became Henry Co. and then Franklin Co. when it was created from Henry. The 1786 tax list for Henry Co. includes the following POTTERs: Benjamin Sr., Benjamin Jr., Lewis and Thomas. I suspect this Thomas is Thomas Jr. of the above -- but how to prove that? By coincidence, the 1806 tax list for Lincoln Co. KY contains the following POTTER names: Benjamin Sr., Benjamin Jr. and Thomas. Lincoln Co. deeds show the wife of Benjamin Sr. is Mary and wife of Benjamin Jr. is Elizabeth. I BELIEVE the Benjamin Jr. is the one who m. Elizabeth Bolton in Pittsyl. Co. VA 15 JUN 1785. I also believe Benjamin Sr. is the Benj of the 1777 Henry Co. deposition. Now go back to the female POTTERs who m. in Goochland Co. -- both these couples are found in Lincoln Co. KY: Rachel POTTER and Henry Atkinson m. 19 DEC 1756 Mildred POTTER and Samuel Emmerson m. 9 SEP 1756 Benjamin Sr. (and Mary unless she was a 2nd or 3rd wife) had the following son proven by his marriage bond in Franklin Co. VA: Elias who m. Sarah Roach 26 NOV 1794 I think Benjamin is the father of 'my' Moses who m. Frances Kirby in 1789 in Franklin Co. KY. Moses joins Benj Sr., Benj Jr., and Thomas in Lincoln Co. KY 1808. I think the Thomas who m. Susannah Shockley 5 JAN 1801 is the son of Benj Sr. and is the one who appears in Lincoln Co. KY with his Dad and brothers. Other Franklin Co. VA marriages include: Elisha m. Judah Dalton 24 JUN 1791 -- they went to Warren Co. KY Lewis m. Nancy Hickerson 8 AUG 1786 -- they went to Warren Co. KY There is a Lewis Potter who passes through Lincoln Co. KY late 1790s on his way to Warren Co.; he is the son of Thomas b. 1746. Any comments, additions, and/or corrections will be greatly appreciated! Linda Sparks Starr starr81@ix.netcom.com