Carolyn: I have been trying to locate some distinctive evidence that may tie my POTTER/BADER family tree to George Christoph Bader(died a 1767), but have come up empty so far. I do not have any marriage record or dates that concur with the reference to George Bauder and Catharine Emerick marriage from Annals of the Buffalo Valley. I have just started to look into that. There was some information at The Perry Historians in the POTTER family file among the Lenig papers. Lenig seemed to be connecting this POTTER lineage to Georg Bader, who he noted probably was from Union Co, PA, settled near Berry Mtn., east end Bucks Valley. He had a son Jacob Bauder/Potter. There is a Jacob Potter, Sr. and a Jacob Potter, Jr., both on the 1830 Buffalo Twp., Perry County Census. This Jacob Potter, Sr. is the one who Harry Lenig's notes follow as the son of Georg Bader. I cannot defend or deny this information either. We also have noted : HH Hain Hist of Perry Co., PA Pg 933-934 BUFFALO TOWNSHIP (history of) "When the new county of Perry came into existence, in 1820, the assessment list of the township of Buffalo was as follows, Watts and Howe Townships still part of the township: (among those listed in the following order are)... George Bauder, 85 acres; Jacob Bauder (blacksmith); John Bare, 40 acres; Jacob Bauder (weaver), 14 acres..." I believe these Bauder's are my Potter's. The only other Potter's I find in the area are the English who were part of the General James Potter family. Best regards, Virginia Jones Arnold, MD Researching surnames: BAIR, BADER, CASSATT, DEVEREAUX, DOYLE, FIES, GALLAGHER, KENNEDY, McDONOUGH, POTTER, RYAN, SCOUT, SHAFFER, STEPHEN, UNDERKOFFLER, WALD, WALT, WHISTLER, WHITCOMB, ZIMMERMAN, AND ZERBE

I checked the 1850 census for Buffalo Twp, Perry County. Found a bunch of Potters, intermingled with many Bairs. (All born PA) #42/42 Samuel Bair 53, Barbara 53, Susanna 19, Catherine 17, Louisa 9 #43/43 Elizabeth Potter 60, William H. 21 #44/44 Josiah Bair 25, Mary 21, Washington 1, Samuel 22, Catherine 19, Valentine 4/12 #47/47 Elizabeth Potter 30, Rebecca 11, Sarah 11, Catherine 10, George 7. #48/48 Samuel Potter 35, Catherine 25, George A. 2, Samuel 9/12, John 27, Ruth A. 16. #49/49 Catherine Potter 36, Lewis 21, Caroline 20, Levi 18, James? 17, Uriah 15, Adaline 13, Henry 12, Amanda 10, Rufus 7, Pamela 5, Frances (f) 3, Ferdindaz? 1. #50/50 John Bair 54, Mary 51, David 20, Jeremiah 16, Isaac 8. #55/55 Jacob Bair 27, Eliza 25, Sarah 4, Catherine 10/12, Eliza A. 2. #60/60 Jacob Bair 32, Sarah 24, Amanda 8, John 6, Benjamin 2. #61/61 Samuel Bair 30, Mary 24, Levi 3, Sarah A. 2, Jeremiah 10/12. #102/102 Jacob Bair 46, Sarah 29, Madalene 22, Martha 17, Sarah 13, Peter 17, Samuel 10, John G. 8. No sign of George Potter who married Catherine Emerick unless Catherine , #49/49 is the widow of George. These documents were posted some time ago on this site. They would seem to refer to several of the above families: Last Will & Testament of Jacob BAIR Senior, Perry Co. Pa. At an Orphans Court held at Bloomfield in and for said county on the 4th. day of August A.D. 1862, Before the Hon. James H. Graham, president judge and his associates of the same court. The following procedings (among others) were had to wit: The peteition of Jacob Bear, Samuel Bear, John G. Bear, Mary Bear, intermarried with Samuel Bear, Molly Knouse intermarried with Daniel Knouse, Sarah Bear intermarried with Levi Potter, Peggy intermarried with John Knouse (all of Perry County, Pa.) was presented to the Court settling forth. That they are the seven of the ten children of Jacob Bair, late of Buffalo Township, Perry County, dec'd. That the other three children are Peter Bair, Elizabeth intermarried with George Albright and Catharine Boyd intermarried with Joseph Boyd, the former resides in Perry County, the latter in the state of Ohio (Darke County) that the said Jacob Bair died having first made his last Will and Testament dated the 22nd. day of December 1851, which was duty proven before the Register of Perry County on the 30th. day of December 1851. That in said Will and Testament it is there contained. It is further my will that my beloved wife, Sarah have the use of the house I now live in. The farm on which I now live to be let out by my executor herein after mentioned to farm. My said wife to have the one third of all the hay, fruit and grain that may be raised on said farm and the use of one third of the garden during her natural life the grain to be delivered in the bushel. The tract of l! and refered to in said Last Will is one whereof the said Testator died . Seized in his demise as of fee and is bounded and described as follows to wit, a tract of land situated in Buffalo Township, Perry County, bounded by lands of Jacob Bair on the north, by lands of Christian Albright heirs on the west by lands of John Stephens and others on the East and by the fall mountain on the South. That the said widow of Jacob Bair is now intermarried with George Clay but does not reside on the farm. That the Execuator of said Will and Testament, Jacob Buck has rented said farm to Peter Bair and gives him 2/3 of all raised upon the farm such as grain. That said Peter Bair has been using said farm for upwards of six years. That said farm through the management control of Peter Bair is becomming considerable worse, that said Peter Bair has cut chestnut posts and rails and sold them off of the farm, hauls off hay & straw from the farm and sells the same cuts and uses green timber off the place for firewood. The buildings are in a state of delapidation and decay. There are no improvements made. That all the legatees are anxous that said land shall be sold, (except the widows share) to the intimate injury of your petitioners, that said Catharine Boyd, intermarried with Joseph Boyd is out of the state and cannot give her consent, therefore in view of all the wrongs do! ne to your petitioners, they woukd pray your Honors to grant a rule upon Mrs. Sarah Clay, wife of George Clay, Peter Bair, Joseph Boyd and Catharine his wife now residing in Darke County, Ohio, and Mrs. Elizabeth Albright to show xcause upon the first day except term if anything they have why said Real Estate in pertitions mentioned should not be sold and moneys subsituted for land an interest which Sarah Clay as widow of Jacob Bair had and held under said last Will,and Testement. And now wit 4 August A.D. 1862. Rule granted as prayed for M. E. King, apponted auditor to take depositions and report the facts to the Court on ten days notice to Mister McInteire & Son, attorneys for Sarah Clay and notice of this rule to those residing in Ohio by letter directed to their proper post office 20 days before the return day. By the Court. ~ ~ ~ ~ "The Perry Forester", Thursday, September 20, 1820 Notice: All persons indebted to the estate of Samuel Bear, late of Buffalo township, Perry county, dec'd are hereby earnestly req'd to call on the Subsciber between now and the 15th of Oct. next, and make payment, and such person having and claims against said Estat3e, are likewise requested to bring their respective accounts legally attested within the time stated above, John Bear, Exec'r. Buffalo twp, Sept. 9, 1821