This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Potts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HKB.2ACI/2062.1 Message Board Post: Maggie, I can't say for sure, but there were POTTS in Giles Co., TN at the time that Marshall Co., MS was settled. Some may have gone with the many others from Giles Co. that moved to Marshall Co.