Brief Life History of William Harrison
When William Harrison Potts was born on 16 January 1839, in Bradley, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Stephen Potts, was 22 and his mother, Frances Malinda Davis, was 22. He married Nancy Ophelia Rhoads about 1884. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 7, Hamilton, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 December 1916, in Hamilton, Texas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Pottsville, Hamilton, Texas, United States.
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- William H Poats, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Bill Potts - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Bill Potts
- William Harrison Potts, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Pott , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, in the former case denoting a Pot(t)'s son, relative or servant.
Americanized form of German Botz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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