Private company

Bybee Pottery

Pottery company in Kentucky, US

Bybee Pottery was a pottery company based in Bybee, a community in Madison County, Kentucky, USA. It was founded in 1809 by Webster Cornelison. Members of the same Cornelison family continued to make and sell pottery until 2011.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1809Founded1
  • HeadquartersMadison County1
Bybee Pottery
Photo: Fullrabb, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Bybee Pottery was a pottery company based in Bybee, a community in Madison County, Kentucky, USA. It was founded in 1809 by Webster Cornelison. Members of the same Cornelison family continued to make and sell pottery until 2011. Bybee Pottery sold a wide variety of products, with a focus on utilitarian ware, and encouraged customers to interact with the artisans and tour the building that had survived six generations and the Civil War.2

Timeline

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