My Dad and I deer hunted in Adams Co in Jan,1963,and ate our evening meal between hunts in POTTS STEAK HOUSE, se courthouse square,West Union.My dad told me next evening he had been testing his heart. He's now 100 AND 5 MONTHS On Thu, 27 May 1999 16:45:30 -0400 Betty Lou Riley <chipmunk@zoomnet.net> writes: >Hello, > This is my first appearance on this list and I would appreciate any >input >regarding the POTTS family in Adams County, early. > > My great-great grandfather, Hiram Potts, was born @1800-1810 in >Pennsylvania. >I have found indications that his family moved to the area of Adams >and Brown >counties by 1820. His mother was Hannah Spacht/Speck and his father >Jesse >Potts. Hiram had a brother named David, who married Elizabeth >Charles. > > The men were riverboaters by occupation. By 1840, Hiram was >living in >Newport KY and died there in the 1880's. > > I'd like to hear from anyone with either POTTS in their family, or >any >information on following up the riverboatmen lead. I have found >much >information on other Potts names, but can't come up with Hiram! > >Thanks, >Ann Bergelt >Florida > > > > >==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: >http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]