BROWN, MARTHA, widow, Antrim.
November 1, 1773 25 January 1782.
Sons - James Potter and Samuel Potter.
Daus. -Margaret Lettimore, Catherine Caruthers, Mary Bear, Hanah McMullen and Amy Young.
Grandson- John Potter son to James Potter, a minor, plantation on Bald Eagle Creek, Northumberland Co.
Dau. -Isabella.
Granddau.- Martha Potter, a minor and Elizabeth Potter, daus. of son James Potter.
Ex.: son James Potter.
Wit: James Johnston, Robert Johnston, Mary Beatty. D. 87.
[Wills: Abstracts 1777-1785: Will Books C - D page 87: Cumberland Co, PA]

1800- US Census, Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA. , sheet #222A

    2 | Sam'l           Potter          |        1     1 |        1     1 |    |    | P360 | 
    3 | John            Potter          |  2     1  1    |  3  1     1    |    |    | P360 | 

1811 - Samuel Potter of Hempfield Twp. dies. His estate goes to probate. Heirs to the estate are identified here.

Samuel Potter of Hempfield Township Divide estate into eight shares. One full share is given to sons Thomas, John, also daughters Martha, Olivia, and Anna three remaining shares to be divided as follows: Catherine 30 pounds Margaret 20 pounds Polly 20 pounds the residue of the three shares then to be divided among the legal heirs of Catherine, Margaret, and Polly when they come of age. exec: Robert Brown wit: John Hart Mathew McClanahan William Parker John Galloway James Postlewaite written Mar 29, 1810 proved July 1, 1811 [Westmoreland County Will Book 1:262]

Orphans Court Docket 2:119, 139, 177 (1833-1834) Motion by John Latta, attorney in fact for H. McLaughlin and wife Jane (formerly Latta), Peggy Latta, Susan Latta, and Betsy Latta to Robert Brown and Thomas Potter, exec. of Samuel Potter, dec?d, to file an accounting. later actions to define an accounting, with a series of different executors for Samuel Potter, dec?d.

>From the will, I would have several conclusions: Samuel had little regard for the financial management of three of his daughters or their husbands One of the daughters married a Latta, and died before the 1830's. Probably Margaret or Polly. Since two of the executors were sons-in-law, I would suspect that John Galloway was also. I would suspect that his wife was Olivia.

From the James Potter bio, it is known that Anna m. Robert Brown, Martha m. William Hill, and Catherine m. first James Carnahan then Mathew McClanahan. 1815- Uriah Potter sold land to Soloman Carter (bk.B, p.372) and (Bk. B., p.378) Nancy Potter to Solomon Carter (Bk. B., p. 378)

1816 - Richard Potter sold land to David Snauffer (Bk. B, p.473)

1835-Thomas Potter sold land to Benjamin Cox and to James Blakely (Bk. D, p. 256 and Bk. D, p. 256 and Bk. D, p.235).

1836- Ruth Potter sold land to Joseph Pritchard (Bk. D, p. 303)

1830-William Potter and Thomas Wilkerson are two pages away from each other in the Montgomery Co., Illinois.

name 		males by age					females by age
	     	   0    5   10   15   20  30   40   60  70	0    5   10   15   20  30   40   50
                  -5   -10  -15 -20  -30 -40  -50  -70 -80     -5  -10  -15  -20  -30 -40  -50  -60
Thomas Wilkkison   2    2    3    1    0   1    0    0    0     0    0    1    0   1    0   0    0
William Potter     0    0    3    2    0   0    1    0    0     0    1    1    0   0    0   1    0
Thomas Potter Sr.  0    0    0    0    0   0    0    0    1     0    0    0    0   0    0   0    1
Thomas Potter Jr.  2    0    0    0    1   0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0   1    0   0    0
James Potter       1    1    0    0    0   1    0    0    0     2    2    2    2   1    0   0    0
Gilbert Mackey     0    0    0    0    1   0    0    0    0     0    0    0    1   0    0   0    0  
[US Census , Montgomery Co., IL, page 202 & 200

Although Thomas Potter(III) Jr. had been a Quaker, he later became a minister in the Church of Christ.

1832- Jan. 21 - Thomas Potter Jr. received a land patent to 72 acres in Montgomery Co. Illinois. W 1/2 NWof Sect 31 or 3) Twp. 9, Range 4. Thomas Potter, minister of the Gospel witnessed two pension application in Montgomery Co. [records of David Seigler]

1876- Jacob Painter said that Rev. Thomas Potter and William Potter were brothers. An annotation to the article states that Thomas Potter was a Quaker and later became a Church of Christ preacher. (Wm. Carter)[Springfield Mo. Patriot Advertizer, 28 Dec. 1876]

Sources:

Hall, Dennis. record Seigler, David records by email of 22 Nov 1997, "seigler@soltec.net"
Land records of Knox County, KY LDS Records for dates.
Dallas Co Mo Historical Society records for William and Ruth Potter
1850 census for William and Ruth Potter
Montgomery Co, IL Historical Quarterly, Vol 6
Wills: Abstracts 1777-1785: Will Books C - D : Cumberland Co, PA, Roots Web abstract of Wills by Thera Schwenk-Hammond - tsh@harborside.com

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