POTTS, Thomas Espy

Birth Name POTTS, Thomas Espy [1]
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1829-09-18 Mecklenburg Co., NC  
 

Parents

Father POTTS, Robert
Mother GILLESPIE, Nancy Eveline Alexander
Siblings
  1. POTTS, James A. G.
  2. POTTS, Ephraim
  3. POTTS, Zebulon M.
  4. POTTS, Esther E.
  5. POTTS, Charles Stanhope
  6. POTTS, Julius R.
  7. POTTS, William W.
  8. POTTS, Nancy E.

Families

Married Wife WHITE, Rebecca Catherine
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1852-08-03    
 
  Children
  1. POTTS, James
  2. POTTS, Thomas Pritchard
  3. POTTS, [Living]
  4. POTTS, Willliam Robert

Narrative

Robert Potts, Jr. willed the homeplace tract to his youngest son, Thomas Espy Potts and appointed his "good friend", David A. Caldwell to a guardianship of his son. Money was stipulated for his education at Davidson College in the will. He served during the Civil War in the cavalry under Gen. J.E.B. Stuart.

Source References

  1. Potts of Iredell County

Pedigree

  1. POTTS, Robert
    1. GILLESPIE, Nancy Eveline Alexander
      1. POTTS, James A. G.
      2. POTTS, Ephraim
      3. POTTS, Zebulon M.
      4. POTTS, Esther E.
      5. POTTS, Charles Stanhope
      6. POTTS, Julius R.
      7. POTTS, Thomas Espy
        1. WHITE, Rebecca Catherine
          1. POTTS, Thomas Pritchard
          2. POTTS, Willliam Robert
          3. POTTS, James
          4. POTTS, [Living]
      8. POTTS, William W.
      9. POTTS, Nancy E.

Ancestors