Betty Lou Riley wrote: > > 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/ Good morning, can you connect with this POTTS data? Edward Tiffin Potts 17 Dec 1869 06 Apr 1947 Louisa Grooms 18 Jul 1871 01 Jul 1954 Edward's parents: William Potts __ ___ 1845 - __ ___ 1897 Sarah Trotter __ ___ 1832 - __ ___ 1901 buried ____________________________________ Can you fill in some blanks? Thank you, Jim Hartline