James "Big Jim" Potter b 10 Jun 1866 Pike Co KY d 18 Jun 1953 Potter Flats, Pike Co KY, buried Elkhorn City Cemetery, s/o Andrew "Andy" Potter and Elizabeth "Betty" Bolling.  James 'Big Jim" Potter m. 3 Aug 1889 to Rebecca Evelyn Short b 1874 VA d 24 Dec 1954 Potter Flats, KY, buried Elkhorn City Cemetery, Pike Co KY, d/o Daniel Washington "Gopher Dan" Short and Charlotte Hollyfield.  Children of James "Big Jim" Potter and Rebecca Evelyn Short;

1. Adam Corbett Potter b 9 Apr 1891 Potter Flats, KY d 4 Jan 1974 Elkhorn City, KY buried Elkhorn City Cemetery. He was a timberman; m. 17 Nov 1910 Pike Co KY to Clementine "Tina" Mullins b 1895 d 23 Oct 1935. (brothers of Tina - Clint and Albert) Children of Adam Corbett Potter and Clementine "Tina" Mullins;

i. Dorothe Potter b 3 Dec 1911 d 27 Dec 1932 m. Hobart Lee

ii. Woodrow Potter b 14 Apr 1913 d 25 Jan 1948 of tuberculosis at age 33, never married

iii. Unknown Potter

iv. Flossie Erma Potter b 31 Jan 1919 d 30 Jul 1944 of tuberculosis, m. Grant Ramey

v. Brian Potter b 21 Jul 1921

vi. Fitchue Potter m. Bertha Muncy. Child; Nancy Potter

vii. Unknown Potter

viii. Unknown Potter

2. Letha Mae Potter b 8 Jan 1893 Potter Flats, KY d 5 Nov 1962 Elkhorn City KY buried Elkhorn City Cemetery m. 10 Sept 1908 Potter Flats, KY to Thomas Hendrix Belcher (divorced 1917) b 1884 Pike Co KY d 1958 Dickenson Co VA s/o Levi Belcher and Margaret Peggy Blevins. Letha Mae Potter m. 7 Apr 1924 Dickenson Co VA to William "Willie" J Cantrell b Feb 1896 VA d 22 Dec 1938 Praise, KY s/o James Harvey Cantrell (aka Elswick) and Lucy A Stewart.

3. Spairl Fitchue Potter b 1 Mar 1895 Letcher Co KY d 8 Nov 1969 Letcher Co KY buried Tivis Cemetery, Haysi, VA m. 7 Nov 1918 Dickenson Co VA to Virgie Lee Hayes b 1898 d 20 Mar 1950 buried Tivis Cemetery, Haysi, VA d/o Columbus "Lum" Hayes and Emma Colley. Children of Spairl Fitchue Potter and Virgie Lee Hayes;

i. Hershel Chester Potter b 24 Nov 1917 d 17 Jun 1962 Elkhorn City, KY buried Elkhorn City Cemetery, Elkhorn City, KY. Military Service, US Army WWII. Hershel Chester Potter drowned at the Blue Hole. Hershel Chester Potter m. Victoria Wallace. Child;

I. Linda Potter

ii. Nora Potter b 7 Jan 1922 d 6 Nov 1925

iii. James Potter b 22 Mar 1925 d 11 Mar 1939

iv. Elmer Potter b 26 Mar 1933 d 7 Dec 1987; military service, Korean War; m. Shelby Jean Cantrell. Children;

I. Darlene Potter

II. Janette Potter

v. Lonnie Arvon Potter b 31 May 1927 d 27 Jun 1997 Pike Co KY buried Tivis Cemetery, Haysi VA

vi. Alvin Corbett Potter b 19 May 1936 d 10 Jan 1997 buried Tivis Cemetery, Haysi VA m. Estella Unknown. Children of Alvin Corbett Potter and Estella Unknown;

I. Vernon C Potter

II. Yvonne T Potter

III. Anita Jo Potter b 16 Jul 1964 d 18 Jul 1964

IV. Gail M Potter

4.  Speed Menifee Potter b 20 Jul 1897 Potter Flats, KY d 6 Feb 1939 Potter Flats, KY buried 7 Feb 1939 Elkhorn City Cemetery. He was a timberman and a farmer. Tombstone Inscripton: "His toils are past, His work is done, He fought the fight, The victory won" Speed Menifee Potter m. 29 Jul 1921 to Draxie Burchett d/o George Burchett and Mint Unknown. Children of Speed Menifee Potter and Draxie Burchett;

5. Cheece Malcolm Potter b 1 Jan 1900 Potter Flats, Pike Co KY d 17 Feb 1900 Potter Flats, Pike Co KY buried Elkhorn City Cemetery, Pike Co KY. Cheece was a "blue baby". His tombstone inscription reads "Our darling one hath gone before to greet us on the blissful shore".