Mecklenburg County NcArchives Obituaries.....Potts, James Huddleston 1919
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Charlotte Daily Observer
23 Feb 1919

Former Charlotte Man Dies At Fort Mill, SC - Funeral of J.H. Potts Will Be 
Held at His Home This Morning and Was Born in Charlotte

Fort Mill, SC, Feb. 22 - James Huddleston Potts, aged 81 years, one of the 
oldest and best known citizens of Fort Mill township, died at the home of his 
daughter, Mrs. Dovie J. Erwin, here shortly after noon today. 

He was born in Charlotte, March 14, 1838, and lived there and in Mecklenburg 
County the greater part of his life. He was at one time a farmer in upper Fort 
Mill and later moved to Pineville, coming to Fort Mill about 12 years ago and 
living here until his death.

He was a soldier in the war between the states, serving from April, 1861, to 
April, 1865, in Company B, First North Carolina volunteers in the artillery, 
and was frequently cited for bravery and heroism in action. He was married in 
1867 to Miss Nannie Culp, whose death occurred in 1912. 

Surviving him are the following named sons and daughters: Mrs. Eunice Downs of 
Pineville; Mrs. T.E. Sharpe of Greenville, SC; J.H. Potts, Jr. of Washington, 
DC; B.M. Potts of Steel Creek, NC and Mrs. Dovie J. Erwin and John S. Potts, 
of Fort Mill.

Funeral services will be conducted at the home tomorrow morning by Dr. J.W.H. 
Dyches, pastor of the Baptist church, of which Mr. Potts was a member, and the 
interment will be made tomorrow afternoon in Flint Hill church cemetery.


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