J. Walter Potts family papers, 1776-1942, 1790-1890.

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J. Walter Potts family papers, 1776-1942, 1790-1890.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463295944

Collection Mss 402 is a small collection of papers, beginning with John Neely in 1776, continuing with the Grier family (a.k.a. Greer family), then the Hunter family and ultimately the J. Walter Potts family in the early twentieth century; all from the Steele Creek Township in southwestern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The papers include documentation concerning real estate transactions, receipts for taxes and consumer goods, promissory notes, letters to and from various family members, and documentation concerning slaves.

5 linear inches.

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7563039

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

Related Entities

There are 8 Entities related to this resource.

Greer, James, d. 1833.

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Irwin, Robert, 1740-1800.

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Hunter, Charles L. (Charles Lee), 1845-1864.

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Greer, James Lee, fl. 1850.

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North Carolina. Militia. Steele Creek Company.

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Neely, John, d.1806.

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Potts, J. Walter (James Walter), 1854 or 5-1914.

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Potts family.

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James Neely: Not a lot is known about John Neely, but from the small collection of papers that he left behind, we know that he had at least two children, John S. Neely and Jane Neely, both of whom migrated to eastern Tennessee and periodically wrote to their father in the Steele Creek Township. Receipts for the purchase of slaves indicate that Neely bought a slave girl named Jude, who was nine years old in 1776 when Neely bought her. A receipt for the purchase of Will in 1779 indica...