Thanks for your response. I copied pertinent pages from that book - found at the SAR Library in Louisville, KY. Also at: http://www.genweb.net/~leesue/Pottsth.htm (almost 300 pages). However, I've never found reference to the contents of John's will. June in AZ "T. Grant Maple" wrote: > There is a "Potts Family Genealogy" by Thomas Maxwell Potts, 1901, > which has references to John Potts, aide to Gen. George Washington > during the Rev. War and grandfather of Gen. Benjamin F. Potts, Gov. of > MT Terr. appointed by Pres. Grant; 1870; served as Gov. 1870-1883. > Perehaps the information on John Potts will is given there. > > T. Grant Maple > [email protected]