S/o Samuel Pottinger, Jr. and Lucinda Jameson. Age 70

George was born in Capt. Sam's old log house near the Pottenger fort. He attended St. Mary's Seminary, then went to Centre College. He was well educated, and fond of good literature. He married Margaret Adeliza "Eddie" Talbott (d/o William and Elizabeth Ann (Cotton) Talbott) on March 4, 1834 in Nelson County, KY. Around 1838, he chose a large plot of his land to build a 14 room brick mansion with hand labor, using local yellow poplar for major timbers, slate roof, and black walnut for the interior. It sat on 600 acres located south of where Pottinger's Station stood and was part of Captain Sam Pottinger's land he received from the Commonwealth of Virginia later belonging to Sam Jr., then to George. (The house was similar to his Grandfather Capt. Samuel Pottinger's "Walnut Hill" east of the fort built some 60 years earlier in 1788). Forrest Pottinger quoted "...the house was always full of company. Both Uncle George and Aunt Eddie were kind-hearted and liked to have young folks around them, and it was well known that they set a mighty fine table". George also had a very close relationship with the nearby Monks of Gethsemane providing supplies and lending slave labor.

George farmed a large area, but reduced his output of crops/livestock during the Civil War due to theft. He produced just enough to keep the family and livestock going until his death in 1885, having suffered "a stroke of apoplexy" a few years earlier, possibly from being overweight. He always blamed any "bad luck" as a result of the Civil War. His son James Virgil Pottinger and wife inherited the family homestead, farmed for a while, and then sold it all and moved to Louisville around the turn of the century in 1901 when George's wife Eddie died. As of 2016, it is still standing, unoccupied, and in poor condition. (As of 2023 House has been restored by Wally Dant and named "The Mansion")

George and Adeliza had ten children:

*Elizabeth Ann Pottinger 10-3-1835 to 3-23-1918 m. John Brodhead, at least one or two children

*Alice Emeline Pottinger 9-9-1836 to 1-4-1914 m. James Thompson

*William Talbott Pottinger 1-26-1840 to 9-3-1910 m. Mary E. Price, 5 children: four sons and one daughter.

*Andrew Henley Pottinger 5-5-1842 to 10-24-1843 infant

*Louisa Jane Pottinger 6-15-1844 to 1-17-1917 m.Richard Greenbury Steele,4 children: Samuel Pottinger 1867, Richard Earl 1872, Theora Steele 1881, Virgil Talbot 1885

*Samuel "Cotton" Maria Pottinger 2-8-1847 to 2-24-1862 age 15 thrown from horse

*James Virgil Pottinger 8-18-1849 to 9-4-1907 m. Mary A. Brown (cousin) 4 children: Horace (Henry),Nannie B., Virgil (infant 1889-1891), Laura B.

*Leora Fairleigh Pottinger 7-16-1852 to 12-25-1926 m. Dr. Monroe Wilkinson, They had three known children: Robert 1877, Anna Miles 1880 married ? Sparks, Leona 3-21-1887, married William Hunter(1905)

*Ada Eliza Pottinger 9-11-1854 to 9-11-1884 m. David Bradford, died on 30th BD after childbirth, Edward M. 9-5-1884

*Laura Hayes Pottinger 3-28-1858 to 5-5-1913 m. Charles M. Browning 3 children: Fred, Milton, Laura