Elizabeth Malissa (Hicks) Potter (abt. 1841 - abt. 1916)

Born about 1841 in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about 1916 at about age 75 in Butler, Johnson county, tennessee

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Biography

Note: One merged profile said she was born about 1 January 1841, the other about 1844. Neither provided a source for the date. 19 yrs old in 1860 census

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDR-7MK : 18 February 2021), Melisa Hicks in entry for Hiram Hicks, 1860.
• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-XPS8 : 10 March 2021), John Henson and Melessa Potter, 28 Feb 1878; citing Washington, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,117,931.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWV-3NP : 20 February 2021), Malissa Henson in household of John Henson, District 17, Washington, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 35, sheet 563B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,284.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Nancy Tychonievich for starting this profile.
• family members