CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NC - MILITARY - Jesse Potts, Extract of Revolutionary War 
				               Pension Record

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

He served three years and three months in the North Caolina Line as Assistant 
Deputy Quartermaster General under Colonel Nicholas Long, Deputy Quartermaster 
General of the Southern Department. He was severely wounded on the head and in 
the face during his service. The place of his enlistment in North Carolina and 
the date of enlistment are not given. He applied for pension October 15, 1828, 
while a resident of Gadsden County, Florida Territory. His claim was allowed.

He died May 20, 1837, on Rocky Hill, Gadsden County, Florida Territory.

Jesse Potts married September 4th 1803, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Nancy 
or Ann Sterling. 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.

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