Photo courtesy of Gloria Dettleff
Information in Red is from Nancy Seefeldt
in Sep 2008
Information in Green is
from Jeanie
Potts
Nolte in Nov 2008
The photo shows the remains of the stones that was probably the Potts and the Shoal Creek Baptist Creek Cemetery, now just stacked on top of each other. This "cemetery" sits in a grassy area which Popeye Lane detours around, so the original cemetery might have been in the field nearby. A farmer's field abuts the grassy area on the south side, which is to the left of this photo. We were able to glean a few names, but did not attempt to lift/move the larger stones. The congregation later built a church two miles north of Breese in Breese Township (Source: 1881 History of Marion and Clinton Counties).
Jeannie Potts Nolte and Mike Timmermann, St Rose Township Supervisor, moved the stones out of the big pile on 20 Nov 2008 but the chill index prevented photographing all of the stones. Jeannie plans on doing more in Spring 2009. There are some photos in the Photo Gallery.
| Name | Born | Died | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASEY, John P. | 10 May 1852 | 29 Oct 1855 | Son of W. P. & M. E. |
| CASEY, Martha M. | 11 Nov 1861 | 22 Nov 1862 | Dau of W. P. & M. E. |
| DULANEY, Israel | -- | 16 Sep 1858 | Age 5xxxx. Years? Months? Days? 50 something? The 1860 census shows Bulan children living with the Laomi Potts family and the Delany family living nearby. Name could be BULANEY. |
| DULANEY, Israel | -- | 16 Sep 1858 | Age 17. (Could be same as other DULANEY). |
| HAHN, Elizabeth | -- | 6 Apr 1879 | Death certificate # 340 says Age 24Y 3M 12D. Elizabeth POTTS married in St. Louis on 10 Jun 1871 |
| HAHN, Julia K. | -- | 12 Sep 1874 | Dau of W. J. & E. 6M 4D. |
| HAHN, Louis | -- | 4 Aug 1879 | Son of W. J. & E. 5M 22D. Shares stone with Julia K. Names are engraved in most unusual position with one name at each of the square ends of the small rectangular stone which is at the lower right of the photo. Death certificate # 431. |
| HERRIAN, M. E. | 20 Dec 1851 | 3 Jan 1870 | Wife of A. Daughter of Thomas Potts |
| HOLLOW, G. M. | _____ 1865 | 17 Sep 186_ | Son (?) |
| HOLLOW, Samuel J. | 4 Apr 1865 | 17 Sep 1865 | Son of S. S. & M. |
| KREUTER, Fernandine | -- | 6 Jan 1883 | Death certificate # 1270 says Age 34Y 5M 0D. |
| P., S. | -- | -- | Footstone only - S. P. |
| POTTS, Loamia | 28 Jun 1816 | 29 Mar 1876 | Born in Tenn. |
| POTTS, Molly | 25 Apr 1873 | 15 Oct 1873 | Dau of L. & M. K. |
| POTTS, Others | -- | -- | No stones. Robert's first wife, 3 sons and 2 daughters and spouses are possibly buried here, too. Robert POTTS, the original Potts settler of this land and his second wife are buried in Arkansas. |
| POTTS, Viola M | -- | 7 Aug 1895 | Age 1 |
| POTTS, Thomas J. | 9 Sep 1824 | 11 Nov 1865 | -- |
| REYNOLDS, Martha K. | 11 Nov 18xx | 30 Nov 1877 | Wife of I. M. M. Howard REYNOLDS. Martha was Loami POTTS's fifth wife. |
| UNKNOWN | 12 Jan 1857 | 25 Mar 1858 | Top portion of stone missing |
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This file last modified 27 November 2008
