Rash's Surname Index
Notes for James POTTS
The Potts Family in Great Britain and America by Thomas Maxwell Potts, 1901tells us that he was brought up to the trade of a blacksmith and carried on the business for many years, in Oxford Township, and at Frankford, Philadelphia County, where he owned property. For a year or two he lived near Milestown, Montgomery County, but in 1808, removed to West Fallowfield (now Highland) Township, Chester County, where he engaged in farming and peach culture. He was a man of small stature, intelligent, of an active nervous temperament, and popular among his neighbors. In the War of the Revolution, he was in active service in the Pennsylvania Militia. He entered the army as a private, but on September 8, 1776, received a Commission as "Second Lieutenant of a Company of Foot in Col. John Moore's Battalion in the Flying Camp." He served in the campaign in New Jersey and around New York. On May 12, 1777, he received a Commission as "Second Lieutenant of a Company of Foot in the Third Battalion of Militia of Philadelphia County." He Kept up his idnterest in Military and public affairs and subsequently received several Commissions as Captain and Major. Mr and Mrs Potts lie side by side in the graveyard of the Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church, one mile north of the village of Parkesburg, Pa. Tombstones mark their graves.
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