SCAN DOWN FOR REPLY TO: In a message dated 01/03/2001 7:04:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << JOHN POTTS Served in the Virginia Continental Line on the staff of General Washington. JONATHAN POTTS Born 1754, died 1831. Originally buried in an old cemetery near East Springfield and his body was later moved to Union Cemetery, Steubenville. Served in the Virginia Continental Line as a Private and was pensioned in 1818. >> For whomever may be interested, I too have this JONATHAN POTTS in my files, as follows: 1. JONATHAN2 POTTS (JONAS1) was born 1754 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died July 04, 1831 in Jefferson County, Ohio. He married ELIZABETH ENGLISH 1788 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia. Notes for JONATHAN POTTS: Jonathan Potts enlisted for three years, December 5, 1776 in Capt William Smith's company, Col. Daniel Morgan's Seventh Virginia Regiment. He continued to serve in said corps until the term of his enlistment expired and was discharged at Morristown, NJ on December 6, 1779. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. Residence at time of pension application: Jefferson County, Ohio. Residence at time of enlistment: Hillsborough, Louden County, Virginia. (from pension application of June 27, 1818, cert. No. 8864, Ohio Agency, Virginia Service) --------------- Pioneer Collection of Jefferson co, Ohio by Sinclair; pg. 13 ROACH, WM., OOR; Pvt. Penna, contl., served 3 years, b. 1750. Lived in Ross Twp. with Jeremiah Roach, pensioned Jeff Co, 1819, GNL. "Potts, Jonathan; his family history and war record are to be found in a book presented to Mrs. Sinclair by the author. I placed it in Carnegie Library - on the DAR book shelf. I have not seen it for many years, but I seem to recall that the title was The Simpson Family and it's Branches - and I think her name was Miss Simpson. Johathan Potts was a large powerful man ad even in his last years deligthed in feats of strength when the farmers gathered round the fire in the little town of Fairview. Where his body was being prepared for burial it is said to have been covered with saber wound scars from his gallant career in the Rev. War. Born 1754, died 1831. His remains were removed by the DAR from neglected private grave yard near Fairview to Union Cemetery. G.M." Children of JONATHAN POTTS and ELIZABETH ENGLISH are: i. JOSHUA3 POTTS, b. April 12, 1789. ii. THOMAS POTTS, b. February 09, 1791, Green County, Pennsylvania; d. 1873; m. (1) JOSEPHINE ROSANNA JACKSON, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; m. (2) ELIZABETH WALLACE. Notes for THOMAS POTTS: Information from Helen Potts Westerman, Ormand Beach, Florida to Adaline Longwell on 17 Aug 1986 which she got from the Wetzel County Genealogical Newsletter: Thomas Potts purchased Lot #25 just north of Jefferson St. between Main Street and Monroe Alley according to an early map of New Martinsville, WVa. iii. DAVID POTTS, b. February 11, 1793. iv. JOHN POTTS, b. March 06, 1795; d. Abt. 1850. v. NATHAN POTTS, b. August 06, 1798. vi. ANNA POTTS, b. June 28, 1799; d. February 09, 1874; m. JOHN GOODWIN. vii. JONAS POTTS, b. June 06, 1801, Fairfield County, Ohio; d. 1824; m. ELIZABETH JOHNSON, October 03, 1822, Steubenville, Ohio. Notes for JONAS POTTS: >From research of W. Randolph Cooey: Six months after Jonas Potts died, Elizabeth remarried. Consequently, Elizabeth left her son, A.G.W. Potts, with Jonas' sister, Anna "Annie" Potts. Notes for ELIZABETH JOHNSON: >From research of W. Randolph Cooey: Six months after Jonas Potts died, Elizabeth remarried. Consequently, Elizabeth left her son, A.G.W. Potts, with Jonas' sister, Anna "Annie" Potts. viii. SAMUEL L POTTS, b. May 02, 1803; d. 1867; m. ELIZABETH BARNS. ix. MARY POTTS, b. August 01, 1805. x. LYDIA POTTS, b. September 28, 1807; d. Abt. 1870. xi. WILLIAM POTTS, b. February 11, 1810. xii. SARAH POTTS, b. April 13, 1813. Thanks! Peggy E-MAIL: [email protected] Los Angeles, Ca. Researching: PRIEST, COX, MENDEL, HARMAN, SMITH, GOETZ/GATES, CRESAP, CLARK, POTTS, CONRAD, BURFORD, ROBBINS, LARIMORE, NELSON, HOLMES, YOCUM/YOKUM, WELLS, PRATHER, SNODGRASS: in W.VA., Ohio, VA, PA, MD, Switzerland, England, Germany, etc. ROWE, WOODBURY, MURRAY, KIRWIN: in TX, Calif, Fla, Mass, ME, IN, CT, MD, England, Ireland & Canada. LAUCHU, WATTS, FERNANDEZ, CABALLERO: Michigan, Panama, Cuba, China [Proud member: SCGS, WCGS.] My family coat of arms ties at the back.....is that normal?