History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 762.
[Nicholas County]  [Carlisle City and Precinct]

ROBERT W. POTTS, farmer and trader; P. O. Carlisle; is a son of William
Potts, who was born in Nicholas County, Sept. 5, 1800; he of William Sr.,
born June 27, 1763, and died Oct. 27, 1828; he came to Nicholas County
with his goods on jack horses about the year 1795, from Iredell County,
N. C.  He had the following children: Priscilla, born May 15, 1788,
married John Sweeney; remained in Nicholas, where she died of the "cold
plague" March 19, 1813; Henry, born Sept. 6, 1790; Sarah, Jan. 1, 1793;
married a Mr. Hall and went to Indiana; James, born July 15, 1795;
Margaret, Feb. 14, 1798, died without issue; William as above, and Jesse,
June 26, 1803, died when a boy of the "cold plague."  The mother of these
was Margaret Purviance, born Feb. 17, 1768, and died about two years
after her husband.  The mother of our subject was Palmyra Hall, daughter
of Robert, he of James Hall, who was one of the first settlers of Nicholas
County.  She had nine children: Robert W., Jesse, who died in infancy;
Mary, wife of George Talbott of Cynthiana, no children; Sarah, wife of
S. F. Stores, near Moorefield (see hist.); Margaret, wife of J. H. Blair
of Fleming County, no children; Walter S. and Harry T. (see histories);
Sue, wife of Charles Talbott of Bourbon County (see hist.), and Cynthia
A., wife of Garrett Allen of Elizaville.  Mr. Potts was born Feb. 15,
1830, in the same house of the father, and being the eldest of a large
family, was deprived of even moderate educational advantages; he remained
with his father until twenty-five years of age when he was married to
Miss Grizzell Burns, daughter of Wesley Burns; by her he had a son and a
daughter, both of whom died in infancy, the mother following them to her
final resting place in 1880.  Mr. Potts was sheriff of the county during
the years of 1867 and '68.  He has been for many years one of the leading
stock shippers of the county, a prominent Democrat and among the first
in the enterprises of the county, and in the hearts of his fellow men.

Potts Sweeney Hall Purviance Talbott Stores Burns Blair Allen
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Harrison-KY Fleming-KY Bourbon-KY Iredell-NC IN

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