JESSE POTTS' FAMILY RECORD, Gadsden County, FL 

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Jesse Potts was born in the State of Virginia, Prince George County Oct 4th 1754, and was 
the son of Francis Potts.

At the age of twenty one years said Jesse Potts was a volunteer in the service of his country 
against the British and served with a Commission as Quarter Master during the war.

Jesse Potts married to Nancy Sterling at Fayetteville [North Carolina] September 4th 1803.

"Capt. Jesse Potts died May the 20th 1837 at 1/2 past 2 in the morning he died in Gadsden 
County on the Hill"

They had the following children: Jesse F., Martha W. Beach, Emily F. Roberts, Thomas S., and 
Margaret Ann Austin.

Nancy or Ann, widow of the soldier, married in March, 1840 or May 6, 1840 to Daniel L. Kenan,
who died October 12 or 13, 1840. She died July 9, 1851.

Margaret Ann Austin, daughter of the soldier, was dead in 1853 and was survived by Margaret 
Ann Austin who was referred to as "her minor heir".

Source: HeritageQuest - From Pension Record of Jesse Potts Revolutionary War Soldier filed 
in Gadsden County, Florida.