Mecklenburg County NcArchives News.....Potts-M'Ilwain Family 1919
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The Charlotte Observer 1919
25 Stp 1919

Potts-M'Ilwain Family Holds First Reunion

The Potts-McIlwain families of lower Mecklenburg and Union counties held a 
reunion yesterday at the home of D.O. Potts, at Pleasant Valley, S.C., with 
about 75 of the descendants of John Potts, a revolutionary soldier, the 
originator of the families in this section, in attendance, the decision having 
been reached to make it an annual affair.

Grandchildren of John Potts present were D.O. Potts, O.W. Potts, Dr. R.M. 
Potts, Mrs. Ida Potts Harris, all of Pleasant Valley, S.C.; Mrs. Anna Potts 
Heath, Midland; Mrs. Dixie Potts Harris, of Fort Mill, S.C.; C.C. McIlwain, 
Marvin; L.M. McIlwain, Rutherford, Tenn.; R.J. McIlwain, Monroe; Mrs. Lavinia 
McIlwain Rone, Pineville. Other descendants present included Mr. and Mrs. Leon 
Potts, Steel Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Banks Potts, Pineville; Mr. and Mrs. C.O. 
Howard, Weddington, Miss Annie Morrow, Albemarle.

Talks were made by Rev. R.J., C.C. and J.M. McIlwain, D.O. Potts and Thomas M. 
Potts, of Pennsylvania. Rev. R.J. Maxwell gave a history of the Potts family, 
begining with John Potts, who was in the revolutionary engagement at Hanging 
Rock, S.C., while T.M. Potts, of Pennsylvania gave a comprehensive history of 
the Potts family in America.

A picnic dinner was enjoyed and a photograph taken of the oldest member of the 
Potts and McIlwain families present, and a general group picture. A register 
was started, all of the 75 members present registering.

D.O. Potts, with whom the reunion was held, has the distinction of being the 
father of 18 children, 14 of whom are living, and has three married children, 
each having 10 children. Besides these 30 grandchildren, he has numerous other 
grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Mr. Potts is still under the alloted 
three score and 10 years.


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