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Notes for Andrew Jackson Potter

1860 Census Hamilton Co, TN, Birchwood PO,District 10, written page 180, family 1343, Andrew, 27, was a farm laborer living next door to his father.

Divorced in 1865 ?

1870 Census Scott County, TN, District No. 1, Fillmore PO, p 299, family 65, list Andrew Potter, 35, blacksmith born in Kentucky, served in the Confederate Army living with Elizabeth Austin, 56, farmer born in Virginia, and her children. He later married Elizabeth's daughter Martha.

1880 Census 1st Civil District, Sequatchie Co, Tennessee, June 16, 1880, Family and Dwelling 148, p 280a, Andrew 38, Martha 34, Margaret 7, Winnie 5, James 2

Civil War Confederate Pension Applications Index lists Martha Ann Potter living in Warren Co, TN, widow of Andrew Jackson Potter
Application number associated with this individual: W4686. The widow's maiden name was not Austin so this was not the widow of our AJ Potter, but an interesting fact was in the application. The application was rejected because the widow had given a company, date of enlistment, service record that did not match the War Departments' records.
Could the AJ Potter referenced in the letter below be our relative?
1999357 War Department, The Adjutant General's Office, Washington, January 20, 1913, respectfully returned to the President, Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners, Nashville: "The records show that AJ Potter sergeant and private, Company C, 23rd Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, enlisted July 19, 1861. The last company roll on which his name is borne, for September and October, 1863, shows him "Deserted at Ultawa Station, Tenn. Sept. 7, 1863." No later record of him has been found."

Then another Andrew J Potter who was a farmer and 29 years of age when he enlisted for the Army of the USA on January 31, 1864. He was 5'6", blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion. Volunteered at Knoxille, TN, 8th regiement of the E Tenn Vol Cavalry


Etta says he lived to 104 years old.
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