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View Tree for Moses Potts Moses Potts (b. 1731, d. 1793)
Moses Potts (son of John Potts and Elizabeth McVeagh) was born 1731, and died 1793 in Bowling Green District, Oglethorpe Co, GA. He married (1) Jane McKee, daughter of James McKee and Margaret McKee wife of James. He married (2) Elizabeth Nealy. He married (3) Jane McKee, daughter of James McKee and Margaret McKee wife of James.
Notes for Moses Potts:
The Potts family originated in the Northern Ireland. There is some speculation that they come from England before that. There is no evidence yet of the name of Moses' parents. It is known that the Potts brothers, Moses, Henry, John and James came from Pennsylvania. Moses and James acquired land in Pennsylvania in 1737 and 1751 but as of this writing, no record has been found of Henry or John in Pennsylvania. Moses and James traveled down the Great Wagon Road from Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania to North Carolina.
While doing research in Iredell County, this author discovered several documents which will be cited to give some history about the family. The document from "The Heritage of Iredell County-1980", published by The Genealogical Society of Iredell County had a copy of the William Sharpe map of 1773 This map of the Fourth Creek Congregation places Moses on a branch of the South Yadkin River along with Henry Potts, James Potts and Peter Thompson. Moses and John Potts had been in the area but prior to 1773 moved on to Georgia. James moved on to Mecklenburg county.
Two articles were printed in the Statesville Daily, Statesville, NC, written by Rev. Dr. E.F. Rockwell and repeated in a periodical named "The Landmark, Statesville. It gives a history of the four Potts brothers and their families. The second article gives a good genealogy of the brothers but clouds the issue of whether is whether it was Moses' or Henry's daughter Sarah that married John Morrison, the Revolutionary War Soldier.
The early settlers of Rowan County suffered many attacks by hostile Indians. "The most disastrous attack of Indians during the time of Fort Dobbs, (1755-1763) of which tradition gives us any account was when a party of Indians went out to forage at old Moses Potts place, a house that stood near where the branch of John H. McLelland's enters Fourth Creek, and abe the Nesbit place. It is said that in this company, there were 15 or 20 me, (savages), some young, some old. The Indians attacked suddenly at the house, and one, (resident) mortally wounded and scalped, crept back into an outbuilding and died. Some fled up the creek, and up a steep ravine, pursued by the foe. Of these, some escaped to the Fort, but one wounded man ran until within sight of the fort and fell dead. He was buried on the spot where he fell; by the side of the road, in front of where the Huggins place now is.
At this time Smith (may have been his occupation, not his first name) Billy Morrison fell, in jumping the creek, just as the Indian in pursuit shot his arrow, which missed him and passed over, struck on the opposite bank before him. Rising from the water, he caught it, and raising his gun, not loaded, he pointed his gun at the Indian, who fled. Ferguson Sloan grabbed a colt that had been turned loose and then the Indians began to yell, he ran down the other side of the creek, through the muddy bottom. Morrison ran after him with an Indian in pursuit. Sloan would stop occasionally and point his gun at the Indian and wait for Morrison to come up, when he would go on again.
At length the Indian threw his tomahawk, but Morrison, happening to tumble at that moment, the weapon went over his head. Recovering his feet he seized the weapon, and now that the Indian was disarmed he mounted the horse with Sloan and both escaped.
A scouting party went out into the Catawba and came upon a party of savages in a deserted house. The whites got behind a stack of straw and threw pine torches on the roof of the house and set it on fire. The Indians ran from the house and some of them were killed. The scouting party recovered scalps of these killed at the Potts place; which were identified by the friends of the slain. The names of those were not given in this article.
One of the articles that was located is from the John McKee Sharpe papers from the Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina Library at Chapel Hill. In the article titled, "The Potts Family, 1809-1888". On Fourth Creek, some four or five miles above the church, was Moses Potts. Henry Potts was a little farther up and a few miles farther was James Potts.
Another interesting fact is a possible curious story. The author of the article states that a local Apple was named the Potts Apple. He believed that the apple was named for this family of pioneers. In earlier times the apple was noted as a brandy fruit, but by the time of the article it was prized for its drying quality, and for cooking and jellying, having tart flavor, much relished by the housekeepers.
Another book, titled, "Historical Collections Relating to The Potts Family", by William John Potts and complied by Thomas Maxwell Potts, repeats much of the information in the previous articles but is still interesting reading.
Children of Moses Potts and Jane McKee are:1.William Potts, b. Abt. 1755, d. date unknown.
2.+James Potts, b. Abt. 1757, Rowan Co, NC109, d. February 16, 1826, Mecklenburg, NC.
3.Sarah Potts, b. Abt. 1755, d. date unknown.
4.Mary Potts, b. Abt. 1762, d. date unknown, Gwinnett Co, GA.
Children of Moses Potts and Elizabeth Nealy are:1.Henry Potts, d. date unknown.
2.Jane Potts, d. date unknown.
3.Elizabeth Potts, d. date unknown.
4.Rebecca Potts, d. date unknown.
5.Stephen Potts, d. date unknown.
6.Samuel Potts, d. date unknown.
7.Moses Potts, d. date unknown.
Children of Moses Potts and Jane McKee are:1.William Potts.
2.+James Potts, b. Abt. 1757, Rowan Co, NC109, d. February 16, 1826, Mecklenburg, NC.
3.Mary Potts wife of Peter Thompson, b. February 15, 1753, d. Abt. 1824.
4.Margaret Potts.
5.Henry Potts, Jr.
sjohnis added this on 22 Nov 2011
Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s.
Fourth Series Volume I, Notes and Queries - V.
IN CONEWAGO TOWNSHIP, DAUPHIN COUNTY.
The Shenk Farm - The farm owned by Cyrus G. Shenk was part of a tract of land taken up by Moses Potts in 1755, sold to Robert McCord in 1761, and by him to Rev. Michael Shenk in 1770, as appears by reference to the deed made to Michael Shenk, of Derry township, Lancaster county, and Fanny, his wife, of six hundred and fourteen acres of land, with the usual allowance of six acres on each hundred thereof, for the sum of 794 pounds, adjoining the lands of Stophel Soop. John Buck, Leonard Wallers, David Johnson, Rev. John Roan and Robert Carothers, it being the same that was surveyed to Moses Potts by virtue of a warrant of the 29th of March 1755, and surveyed to the said Robert McCord by a bargain and sale promised Moses Potts and Jean, his wife, hearing date 29th of August, 1761. Recorded by James Richman, one of His Majesty's J.P..
Comments (2)
John & Elizabeth (McVeagh) Potts had 3 children: John, Elizabeth & Thomas, all born in PA. How could Moses purchase property in 1737 at the age of 6 yrs?
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1720 - 1793 (73 years)
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