POTTER CEMETERY (224) submitted by Earl France on 06/22/2009 The Cemetery is located on the property of Chloe Adcock Magness near the Seven Springs Community close to the DeKalb/Warren County line. Copied by Doris Gilbert and L. B. Garrison, December, 1986. Mille Mourning J. d/o P. G. & M. J. Magness June 8, 1863-May 1, 1864 [dau of Perry Green Magness Jr. and Martha Jane Webb] Daniel & Julius s's/o P.G. & M.J. Magness b. & d. December 8, 1866 [sons of Perry Green Magness Jr. and Martha Jane Webb] Corah E. d/o P. G. & M. J. Magness November 23, 1869-August 18, 1870 [dau of Perry Green Magness Jr. and Martha Jane Webb] Mary E. Bing February 26, 1850-December 18, 1870 [dau of Perry Green Magness Jr. and Martha Jane Webb, wife of George Bing, married 23 Aug 1866, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee] Wrightie s/o P. G. & M. J. Magness May 10, 1865-November 10, 1872 [son of Perry Green Magness Jr. and Martha Jane Webb] Leeroy J. s/o P. G. & M. J. Magness October 25, 1872-December 5, 1873 [son of Perry Green Magness Jr. and Martha Jane Webb] Elder Perry G. Magness January 26, 1826-September 25, 1876 {Jr., son of Perry Green Magness Sr. and Mary Polly Cantrell, husband of Martha Jane Webb, married abt 1847] Martha J. Magness January 15, 1830-blank [died June 1913, dau of Julius Webb and Hannah Watkins, Wife of Perry Green Magness Jr.] Emma Magness Green February 27, 1860-October 17, 1901 [dau of Perry Green Magness Jr. and Martha Jane Webb, wife of Alfred Jackson Jack, Green, married 8 Dec 1881] Fatama S. Magness w/o Martin M. Phillips June 17, 1858-February 14, 1906 [dau of Perry Green Magness Jr. and Martha Jane Webb, wife of Martin Monroe Phillips, married 21 Nov 1876, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee] John J. Potter died November 18, 1875 age 25 years
O. D. Potter December 2, 1838-July 16, 1861 [Ozias Denton, son of Abraham C. Abe Potter and Irena Webb, husband of Susan Cantrell, married 9 Jan 1860, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee] Thomas T. Potter 1843-July 4, 1861 Tilmon Potter 1840-October 1860 [son of Abraham C. Abe Potter and Irena Webb] Irenie w/o A. C. Potter 1819-March 14, 1860 [dau of Julius Webb and Hannah Watkins] D. W. Webb May 14, 1815-September 23, 1866 [Daniel Watkins, son of Julius Webb and Hannah Watkins, husband of Sarah Sallie Magness, married 1836] Sarah Webb September 12, 1819-January 10, 1890 [dau of Perry Green Magness and Mary Polly Cantrell, wife of Daniel Watkins Webb] Hannah Potter July 15, 1796-August 10, 1867 [dau of Daniel Watkins and Eliza Byares, wife of Julius Webb, 2 nd Tillman Potter Fatamay Potter August 27, 1822-March 22, 1894 [dau of Juluis Webb and Hannah Watkins, wife of thomas Potter] Thomas Potter November 20, 1816-August 8, 1895 [son of Tilman Potter and Elizabeth Cantrell, husband of Fatama Webb, married abt 1838] Daniel W. Webb 1854-1898 [son of Daniel Watkins Webb and Sarah Sallie Magness] Mattie E. Givan November 7, 1866-August 31, 1923 [Martha E. Mattie, dau of William B. Bill, son of Lemuel B. Givan and Kizzie Potter, married Asa Faulkner, 8 Nov 1883, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee] W. B. Givan April 20, 1865-May 22, 1911 [William B. Bill, son of Lemuel B. Givan and Kizzie Potter, never married] Lola w/o T. P. Givan 1867-1898 [Lula, dau of Ward and, wife of Thomas P. Tom Givan, married 9 Sep 12888, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee] L. B. Givan September 14, 1828-May 4, 1901 [Lemuel Bethel, son of George L. Givan and Nancy Jordan, 1 st husband of Kizzie Potter, married 4 March 1857, DeKalb County, Tennessee] Kizzie Potter w/o L.B. Givan April 22, 1839-14 January 1918 [dau of Tilman
Potter and Hannah Watkins Webb, wife of 1 st Lemuel Bethel Givan, 2 nd John Givan, brother to Lemuel] A. J. Givan July 4, 1874-January 27, 1879 [son or dau of Kizzie Potter and Lemuel Bethel Givan] Cora C. Givan June 5, 1872-June 17, 1872 [dau of Kizzie Potter and Lemuel Bethel Givan] Mary Tennessee Givan September 27, 1861-June 9, 1863 [dau of Kizzie Potter and Lemuel Bethel Givan] Gorge B. Givan July 22, 1859-November 22, 1860 [son of Kizzie Potter and Lemuel Bethel Givan] Antony Potter October 14, '76-January 25, '77 (sic) Fatama d/o B. C. & Elizabeth Wilkinson died January 8, 1881 age 1 day. [dau of Elizabeth Bettie Potter and Benjamin Cleveland Cleve Wilkerson] Wm. Doke Wilkinson died June 12, 1887 age 21 yrs. 3 mos. 6 ds. [son of Elizabeth Bettie Potter and Benjamin Cleveland Cleve Wilkerson] Mary d/o B. C. & Elizabeth Wilkinson died September 19, 1863 age 1 month 7 days [dau of Elizabeth Bettie Potter and Benjamin Cleveland Cleve Wilkerson] Elizabeth Potter w/o B. C. Wilkinson May 14, 1843-April 8, 1892 [dau of Thomas Tom Potter and Fatama Webb, wife of Benjamin Cleveland Cleve Wilkerson] B. C. Wilkinson December 11, 1836-blank [Benjamin Cleveland Cleve, son of George W. Wilkerson and Mary Cantrell, husband of Elizabeth Bettie Potter, married 24 Mar 1859, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee] L. H. Givan September 11, 1865-March 23, 1866 W. T. Givan July 20, 1870-August 10, 1870 William H. Magness October 11, 1870-February 21, 1871 [son of Perry Green Magness Jr. and Martha Jane Webb] Nannie L. d/o B.W. & M.E. Magness died April 2, 1888 5 mos 2 das Martha Ann Potter February 21, 1846-February 21, 1925 [dau of Ransom A. Youngblood and Marry Magness, wife of Andrew Jackson Potter]]
A. J. Potter December 10, 1837-February 8, 1875 [Andrew Jackson, son of Tilman Potter and Hanna Watkins, husband of Martha Ann Puss Youngblood, married 17 Jan 1860, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee] R. A. Youngblood February 17, 1816-November 12, 1893 [Ransom A., son of Youngblood and, husband of Mary Magness, married ] M. J. Magness w/o R. A. Youngblood February 20, 1828-February 12, 1908 [Mary J., dau of Magness and, wife of Ransom A. Youngblood] Harriet w/o Watson Potter June 2, 1817-July 10, 1866 [dau of Perry Green Magness and Mary Polly Cantrell, wife of Watson Potter] Watson Potter February 15, 1815-July 20, 1891 [Watson C., son of Tilman Potter and Elizabeth Cantrell, husband of Harriet Magness, married in 1833] Cora Cantrell December 19, 1876-January 1, 1877 Infant s/o J. A. & Delia Cantrell December 7, 1877-December 13. 1877 Delia w/o J. A. Cantrell April 22, 1859-March 30, 1888 Lillian Byars July 9, 1894-August 23, 1895 [dau of William Herrell Byars and Sarah Ann Stevens] Infant died 1900 (only information) Parelee w/o S. R. Webb July 4, 1846-December 24, 1894 [dau of Watson Potter and Harriet Magness, wife of Silas Richard Dick Webb, married 10 Oct 1866, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee] Parelee Davis Cantrell 1850-1884 [Nancy Parelee, dau of Harris Davis and Bettie Potter, wife of John M. Cantrell,married abt 1875] S. S. Young April 8, 1849-August 19, 1903 [Samuel S., son of Young and, husband of Rebecca Forrest, married (issued) 21 Sep 1864, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee] Rebecca Young July 5, 1847-March 29, 1926 [dau of Forrest and, wife of Samuel S. Young] Watson Cantrell June 1, 1835-December 8, 1920
Infant d/o P. G. & Helon Magness b. & d. March 28, 1908 [dau of son of Perry Green Magness and Helen Allen] Thomas H. s/o P. G. & Helon Magness March 9, 1894-October 20, 1918 CO BO 6th ENG Killed in France [Thomas Hershel Tom, son of Perry Green Magness and Helen Allen] Martha J. Young September 12, 1869-May 11, 1883 Malisa Adline Young July 27, 1874-May 24, 1883 Morvin Young March 16, 1881-June 3, 1883 Martha infant d/o H. H. & Mollie Allen December 16, 1883 [dau of Hugh Henderson Allen and Mary E. Green] H. H. Allen March 1, 1847-January 3, 1916 [Hugh Henderson, son of Allen and, husband of Mary E. Green, married (issued) 29 Oct 1867, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee] M. E. Allen November 3, 1841-March 4, 1919 [Mary E., dau of Green and, wife of Hugh Henderson Allen] James Hastings December 2, 1861-July 20, 1914 Lillie Cantrell Scott December 23, 1869-September 19, 1940 [dau of Cantrell and, wife of John Thomas Scott] John Thomas Scott October 11, 1868-September 4, 1902 [son of Scott and, husband of Lillie Cantrell, married 7 May 1890, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee] Cartie E. d/o M. H. & M. J. Cantrell November 11, 1890-February 14, 1892 [dau of M. H. Cantrell and Martha Potter] infant daughters of J. B. & Anna Hudson May 31, 1909 Also known buried here are: George E. Givan, born about 1864, died late January 1924 at home of his sister Julia Wilson in Warren County. Son of John Dale Givan and wife Elizabeth Redmon. No wife or children mentioned in obituary. No tombstone. John Dale Givan, born 2 May 1841, died March?20, 1924 in Warren County, Tennessee. Son of George Givan and Nancy Jordan, husband of Elizabeth Redmon (who died 2 September 1903 and is buried at Salem Cemetery, Liberty,
Tennessee). John s obituary says his funeral service was at Seven Springs, and we assume he is buried at Potter Cemetery, where his brother Lemuel is buried. John is not found at Salem. No tombstone. There are 12 fieldstone markers in this cemetery and 1 stone so badly broken & worn that it is illegible.