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Mary Mollie (Smith) Poteet (1772 - 1825)

Mary Mollie (Polly) Poteet formerly Smith
Born in Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial Americamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 52 in Clay County, Missouri, United Statesmap
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Biography


Update The following information was found at the FindAGrave website: [1]

Mary "Polly" Smith Poteet

  • Birth: 1766, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
  • Death: 1825, Clay County, Missouri, USA

Parents: Anderson Smith, Sr. and Priscilla Williams.

Anderson Smith Sr.

  • Birth: ca 1743 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ.
  • Marriage: Anderson married Priscilla 4 Sept. 1763 in Rowan Co., NC.

The various members of the Poteet family moved to Pulaski Co., KY, then on to Bedford Co., TN.

Note: Mary Smith Poteet was the sister of Anderson Smith, Jr. who is buried in the Wamsley Cem., Fordham, DeKalb Co., MO, Memorial 93465488.

She was also the mother of Mary Rebecca Poteet Gilmore, also buried in this cemetery.

Mary Smith's Husband

  • Name: Samuel Poteet
  • Birth: 1765, Baltimore Co., Maryland;
  • Death: May 28, 1808, Jonesville, Lee Co., Virginia.

Samuel's parents were Capt. James Poteet, Sr. and Elizabeth Crabtree.

James Poteet Sr.

  • Born : 2 July 1728 in the Baltimore, Colony of Maryland
  • Died: after 1783 in Bedford, VA.

Elizabeth Crabtree

  • Born: 5 Nov. 1728 in St. John's Parish, Kingsville, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland
  • Married: 20 Sept. 1748 at St. John's Church in Jappatown, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland.

Samuel married Mary "Polly" Smith 1785 in Virginia.

They had the following children:

  • James H. Poteet, b. 29 Nov 1784, d. 8 Mar. 1884 MO
  • Priscilla Poteet, b. 1786, Lee Co., VA d. 1819, MO
  • Amelia "Milly" Poteet
  • Jane Poteet
  • Elizabeth Poteet
  • Mary Rebecca "Becky" Poteet, b. 9 Jan 1792, d. 30 Nov 1845
  • Mary "Polly" Poteet b. 3 Nov 1793, d. 19 Nov 1881, OR
  • Mahala Poteet b. 28 Nov 1800, d. 11 May 1882, MO
  • Samuel Poteet Jr. b. 1805, d. May 1861, MO

All these children were b. in Powell's Valley, Lee Co., Virginia.

Daughter Priscilla married Wesley "Shank" Higgins in 1806 at Lee County, Virginia.

His daughter, Mary Poteet, married James Gilmore and they are buried in the Gilmore Cem., Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon. Mary and her husband came to Oregon with their children and their families in 1852.

There's no further data for the remaining children.


Family links: Parents: Anderson Smith (1745 - 1809) Priscilla Williams Smith (1745 - ____)

Spouse: Samuel Poteet (1765 - 1808)

Children: James H. Poteet (1784 - 1884)* Mahala Poteet McGee (1800 - 1882)* Samuel Poteet (1805 - 1861)*

Siblings: Elenor Smith Sullivan (1763 - 1836)* Mary Smith Poteet (1766 - 1825) Rebecca Smith Crawford (1769 - ____)* Mary Smith Poteet (1776 - ____)* Vincent/Vinson T. Smith (1778 - 1857)* Anderson Smith (1780 - 1858)* Jemima Smith Ping (1786 - 1855)* Anna Smith Meese (1803 - 1858)*


Created by: J.D. Larimore Record added: Mar 16, 2011

End of Update/JMM


This Mary Smith Poteet could not have been the mother of the first four or five children listed in this family. Most likely she was Samuel Poteet's second wife. We need to search records to confirm the name of her husband's first wife. /JMM It could be a typo acquired somewhere along the line. If she was born in 1766 that would put her closer in age to her husband. I'm going to say the birthdate that I found in case others are looking for this same birthdate. If you find any new info please copy and paste the source below. Thank you, Chr. Wiger.

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Sources

  1. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 11 February 2021), memorial page for Mary “Polly” Smith Poteet (25 Sep 1772–1825), Find A Grave: Memorial #67010425, citing Elder Cemetery, Garrettsburg, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Peggy Lamb Swafford (contributor 47051162) .




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