Thomas
Isom
Potter
Born in Boon, Letcher County, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Boone Potter
and Susannah Ellen (Sanders) Potter
Brother of
Artemina Beatrice (Potter) Howell, Betheney (Potter) Smallwood, James Potter, George Washington Potter, Hannah M (Potter) Bentley, Enoch Potter, Martha Jane (Potter) Vanover, Susan Ellen (Potter) Reece, Didemia (Potter) Greer and John Morgan Potter
Husband of
Sarah Jane (Bentley) Potter
— married
28 Feb 1880 in Pike County, Kentucky, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 75
in Pike County, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jun 2016
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Biography
Sources
- "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJH-GMB : 4 December 2014), Thomas Potter, 30 Dec 1856; citing Boon, Letcher, Kentucky, reference 2:V3RNX2; FHL microfilm 216,831.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBG-TBT : 18 February 2021), Ison Potter in entry for John Potter, 1860.
- "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4QP-2PX : 10 December 2020), Isam Potter, 1880.
- "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4MN-3QV : 10 December 2020), Isom Potter, 1880.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZH-7BR : 19 February 2021), Isom Potter, Cawman, Letcher, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 63, sheet 577A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,428.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #201651960
Research Notes
From Find A Grave:
Said to have married first in 1880 to Sarah Jane Bentley b 1865; d/o Solomon Bentley and Susan Unknown and had a child: Emma Zetta Potter b 16 Apr 1884 KY
DC states he is buried in Family Cemetery
Married in 1886 to Nancy Jane Newsome
Children by Nancy:
- Manasseh John
- Elijah Willis
- Susanna Delila
- Lavenia
- Letta Belle
- Augusta
- Holiday
- Lora Mae
- Oliver
- Daniel Dennis
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Shirley (Harper) Anderson 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A761106 [compare], Ancestry member Shirleyaharper1961
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~3.91%
Dolores (Sanders) Carnes :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #205349
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~3.12%
Eric Weddington :
23andMe, GEDmatch AX8517885 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PP1935990 [compare], Ancestry member eric_weddington
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B955151
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~1.56%
Kitty (Carnes) Allen :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #55246
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
MM Moore :
23andMe
+
Living DNA
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~1.56%
Candice Wallace :
23andMe, GEDmatch KG3180542 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
James Jacobs :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Coralea (Vance) Dalrymple :
23andMe, GEDmatch KK8854605 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KK8854605 [compare], Ancestry member Coralea65
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~0.78%
Gregg Meeks :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Tony Montgomery :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A133315 [compare], Ancestry member Montgomerytony007
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~0.78%
Charley (Smith) Riopel :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Kyeda
-
~0.78%
Sherrie (Crisp) Shofroth :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H509627 [compare]
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Rejected matches › Thomas Potter (abt.1858-1937) › Thomas Steele Potter (1857-1936) › William Thomas Potter (abt.1856-1908) › Thomas Potter (1856-1916) › Thomas G Porter (1855-1928) › Thomas Petter (bef.1857-bef.1893) › Thomas Porter (1857-1882) › Thomas Porter (abt.1856-1862) › Henry Thomas Porter (1856-)
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