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John Potts

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John Potts

Birth
Death
28 May 1809 (aged 52–53)
Burial
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
#1098
Memorial ID
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"Died in the 53rd year of his age."
(this age used to reverse calculate birth year)

Name spelled "Pots" on stone.

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"John Potts settled on a plantation on Six-Mile Run, then in Mecklenburg County, but now included within the limits of Union County. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was engaged in the battle of Hanging Rock, in South Carolina. He married Nancy Houston, who is said to have been ten years of age when her parents emigrated from Ireland. The will of Agnes Potts, dated 1830, is on record in Mecklenburg County. Whether she was identical with Nancy Houston or was a second wife of James Potts is not clear in the light of present information. In the will she mentions each of her eight children."

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Served in Porters Company, NC

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Possibly a son of James Potts (1719 - 1781) and Margaret McKee Potts (1732 - 1795)

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"Died in the 53rd year of his age."
(this age used to reverse calculate birth year)

Name spelled "Pots" on stone.

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"John Potts settled on a plantation on Six-Mile Run, then in Mecklenburg County, but now included within the limits of Union County. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was engaged in the battle of Hanging Rock, in South Carolina. He married Nancy Houston, who is said to have been ten years of age when her parents emigrated from Ireland. The will of Agnes Potts, dated 1830, is on record in Mecklenburg County. Whether she was identical with Nancy Houston or was a second wife of James Potts is not clear in the light of present information. In the will she mentions each of her eight children."

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Served in Porters Company, NC

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Possibly a son of James Potts (1719 - 1781) and Margaret McKee Potts (1732 - 1795)

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  • Maintained by: SuzanneTF
  • Originally Created by: BrendaB
  • Added: Sep 25, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21755203/john-potts: accessed ), memorial page for John Potts (1756–28 May 1809), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21755203, citing Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by SuzanneTF (contributor 47458435).