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George Washington Potter
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Sex: Male
Birth: May 3, 1853
in Illinois
Death: November 30, 1945
near Sylvania, Screven County, Georgia
Burial: Greenhill Cemetery,
Sylvania, Screven County, Georgia
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Spouse/Partner: Nettie Lane
Marriage: November 23, 1890
in Emanuel County, Georgia
2nd Spouse: Siny E. Cowart
2nd Marriage: April 26, 1894
in unknown
3rd Spouse: Lula Agnes Bragg
3rd Marriage: May 31, 1903 in Screven County, Georgia

         George W. Potter was born in Illinois. According to family tradition, apparently he was an orphan as he was raised by his uncle, said to be named Jerry Potter, until he was about 17 (c. 1870), at which point he ran away from home. He would soon join a traveling carnival where he was an acrobat and tight rope walker. He came to Georgia and stayed at age 21 (c. 1874), possibly due to the carnival breaking up there.

         It is virtually impossible to prove any of this, however. No good candidate George Potter is to be found in the 1880 census in Georgia. In fact, most of the good candidates, ranging between 21 and 31 years old in the census were still to be found in Illinois. Some of these were married and some still lived with their parents. I do not know of any way to determine which, if any, might be him.

ChildrenEdit

Name Birth Death
Children of George Washington Potter and Nettie Lane


Grover Cleveland Potter September ??, 1891
unknown
unknown
unknown
Children of George Washington Potter and Siny E. Cowart


John Potter c. 1894
unknown
c. 1894
unknown


Ivy George Washington Potter c. 1896
unknown
unknown
unknown


Francis Edward Potter c. 1898
unknown
unknown
unknown


Janie Potter c. 1900
unknown
c. 1905
unknown
Children of George Washington Potter and Lula Agnes Bragg


Ethel Potter unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown


Clifford Claude Potter August 18, 1918
Screven County, Georgia
March ??, 1986
Screven County, Georgia


8 other children unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown


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