Rebecca Lenora Potts
1856 - 1898 (42 years)-
Name Rebecca Lenora Potts [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 1 Feb 1856 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA 
[2, 3, 5] Gender Female Family Search ID M7LL-LFY Residence 1880 Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA [2] Burial 1898 Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA [3, 5] Death 15 Apr 1898 Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA [3, 5] Person ID I49994 MontyHistNotes_2014 Last Modified 8 Oct 2025
Family Dr James Samuel Abernethy, Sr, b. 1 Jun 1852, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 12 Jun 1925, Montreat, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA (Age 73 years) Marriage 18 Dec 1878 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Children 1. John Graham Abernethy, b. 12 May 1880, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA d. 12 Sep 1905, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 25 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 2. Francis Monroe Abernethy, b. 7 Jun 1882, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA d. 23 Sep 1884, North Carolina, USA (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. James Samuel Abernethy, Jr, b. 16 Apr 1885, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA d. 7 Nov 1965, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. Nancy Rebecca Abernethy, b. 18 Feb 1887, Wade, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA d. 21 Jan 1981, Wade, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 5. Mary Belle Abernethy, b. 20 May 1888, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA d. 28 Feb 1914, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 25 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. Kate Potts Abernethy, b. Oct 1889, North Carolina, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 7. Walter Irwin Abernethy, b. 6 Oct 1891, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 17 Jan 1966, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. Minnie Abernethy, b. May 1893, North Carolina, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]9. Elizabeth Annie Abernethy, b. Oct 1895, North Carolina, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F19067 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Oct 2025
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Birth - 1 Feb 1856 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA 
Marriage - 18 Dec 1878 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA 
Residence - 1880 - Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA 
Burial - 1898 - Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA 
Death - 15 Apr 1898 - Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S615] Sommerville, Charles William, History of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, (Name: Hopewell Presbyterian Church; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1939;), Abernethy, John Connelly (1821-1911) Pages 073, 287 Chapter VI Old Families Abernethy Pages 090-093 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/?count=50&f-F00032DB=73 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/?count=50&f-F00032DB=287, NCR 285.1756 M43 H791 S.
Available on ancestry.com. Has many interesting biographies of members
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/
https://archive.org/details/historyofhopewel01somm
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/?count=50&f-F00032DB=287 - [S2931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: 972; Page: 609b; Enumeration District: 122.
Record for S. James Abernathy
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=13354211&indiv=try - [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for John Graham Abernethy
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=104379424&indiv=try - [S3391] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
Record for May Bell Heirnetby
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60090&h=1656880&indiv=try - [S615] Sommerville, Charles William, History of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, (Name: Hopewell Presbyterian Church; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1939;), Potts Abernethy, Rebecca Lenora (1856-1898) Page 287 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/?count=50&f-F00032DB=287, NCR 285.1756 M43 H791 S.
Available on ancestry.com. Has many interesting biographies of members
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/
https://archive.org/details/historyofhopewel01somm
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/?count=50&f-F00032DB=287
- [S615] Sommerville, Charles William, History of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, (Name: Hopewell Presbyterian Church; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1939;), Abernethy, John Connelly (1821-1911) Pages 073, 287 Chapter VI Old Families Abernethy Pages 090-093 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/?count=50&f-F00032DB=73 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/?count=50&f-F00032DB=287, NCR 285.1756 M43 H791 S.