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Eugene Potter

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Eugene Potter

Birth
Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
Death
Dec 1931 (aged 73)
USA
Burial
Charleston County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Eugene Potter was a boat pilot by trade and was known as Reverend Potter, pastoring the African American church on Sullivan's Island. He signed his name on the Freedman's Bank Records on 13 Mar 1871 at the age of 13 listing his parents as Thomas and Annette Potter. [Source: census records; Freedman Bank records, Charleston, SC; Charleston, SC Probate record; information on death and family burial plot given by a descendant and island residents]
Eugene Potter was a boat pilot by trade and was known as Reverend Potter, pastoring the African American church on Sullivan's Island. He signed his name on the Freedman's Bank Records on 13 Mar 1871 at the age of 13 listing his parents as Thomas and Annette Potter. [Source: census records; Freedman Bank records, Charleston, SC; Charleston, SC Probate record; information on death and family burial plot given by a descendant and island residents]


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  • Created by: Linda Smith
  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106633968/eugene-potter: accessed ), memorial page for Eugene Potter (Apr 1858–Dec 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 106633968, citing Sullivan's Island Historic Cemetery, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Linda Smith (contributor 48072676).