1820 CENSUS, Floyd Co, KY, #37: Levi POTTER, 1 male 10-16; 1 male 26-44; 2 females under 10; 1 female 16-26. (Betty JACKSON says 1 female 16-18)
1830 CENSUS, Clay Co, KY, page 1: Livi POTTER, 2 males under 5; 1 male 5-10; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 30-40; 2 females 5-10; 1 female 10-15; 1 female 30-40. (This could be Benjamin born 1826 and 1 other; William, born 1822; John, born 1815; Levi, born 1798; Lydia, born 1825; Sarah, born 1820; Jane, born 1794. There is a gap between 1822 and 1825 where there could have been another female child. Susan may not show up because she wasn't born until about 1831 and young Levi was born 1835.)
1840 CENSUS, Monroe Co, IN, page 69: Levi POTTER, 1 male under 5 (Abraham born 1836); 1 male 5-10 (Levi born 1834); 2 males 10-15 (Benjamin born 1826 and Unknown); 1 male 15-20 (William born 1822); 1 male 50-60 (Levi born 1790); 1 female 5-10 (Susan born 1831); 1 female 15-20 (Lydia born 1825); 1 female 40-50 (Jane born 1794).

If the 1830 CENSUS is correct, there may be other children in this family that I haven't listed.

Levi purchased estate sale items, 16 May 1835, Clay Co, KY.
KY Land Grants: Levi POTTER purchased 50 Acres, Clay Co, 17 Jul 1836; Book 16, page 148, Clay Co, Burning Springs Fork. Levi is mentioned in 1837 as a commissioner in connection with land record #403, Clay Co, KY, Deed Book B. This is the last record of him in KY.

The POTTERS and HOLLINGSWORTHS went from Ashe Co, NC to Clay Co, KY. Benjamin stayed in Clay Co through 1840, but there is no trace of Levi. Some of the HOLLINGSWORTHS went to Morgan Co, IN. John POTTER was there in 1837, where he married Mary LONG. John' sister, Sarah POTTER and Eli ASHER were married in Morgan Co. in 1838 (Eli's father had property there.) Levi is shown on the 1840 CENSUS in Monroe Co, IN with his wife and all unmarried children. The following year, Levi and Jane were present and gave consent at daughter, Lydia's marriage to James HALLSA, 8 Oct 1841, Chariton Co, MO. They were listed as residents of Chariton Co This is last known about them.

A William POTTER married Theulah (Hulah) MORGAN, 26 Sep 1841, Chariton Co, MO, in presence of Martin MORGAN and Bethlehem Ellis by William Elston, M.G. Is he ours? Did our William actually have 3 marriages? (Martin MORGAN: 1830 CENSUS, 2-0-0-0-0-1;0-0-0-0-1)

There was also a John POTTER in Chariton Co in 1830, who is he? (1830 CENSUS, 0-0-0-0-1; 0-0-0-1). And a Joshua POTTER in 1830, (2-1-1-1-0-0-1; 1-1-1-1-0-1). Joshua is still in Chariton Co (on page 49) in 1840, but John is not on census.

Several POTTERS are shown as Taxpayers in NC: Robt. the earliest, 1741, NewH Co; also in same county are Robert, 1762 and Miles, 1763. (Hollingsworths are also in NewH. Co at the same time.)

Levi and Jane's marriage information from Gary Allmyer, LDS Ancestral File, 1999.

(1850 CENSUS, Bloomington, Monroe, IN: Elisha Potter, 39, KY, laborer. With wife, Julia, 38, KY; son, William, 16, IN, laborer; daughter, Rebecca, 14, IN; son, Cornelius, 12, IN; daughter, Barbara, 9, IN; son, James, 4 months, IN. Is this family a connection?)

For information on Levi POTTER'S siblings, see Potter Flats Website.

According to the Chariton Co, MO marriage record of Lydia POTTER and James HALLSA, Jane was present at the marriage on July 2, 1841. No further record found of either Jane or Levi.

Betty JACKSON's Holly Tree: says Jane was born 1774, Wilkes Co, NC; died 1801-1868, Clay Co, KY; md 1795, NC. She gives the children of Jane and Levi POTTER as follows: unknown, born 1811; unknown, born 1811-1819; unknown, born 1815-1820; unknown, born 1820; unknown, born 1820-25; unknown, born 1820-25; unknown, born 1820-25; unknown, born 1826-30.