September 22, 1931

Mrs. Q.M. Smith
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
Cocksville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Jesse Potts was born in the State of Virginia, Prince George County Oct 4th 1754, and was the son of Francis Potts.

At the age of twenty one years said Jesse Potts was a volunteer in the service of his country against the British and served with a Commission as Quarter Master during the war.

Jesse Potts married to Nancy Sterling at Fayetteville September 4th 1803 "Capt. Jesse Potts died May the 20th 1837 at 1/2 past 2 in the morning he died in Gadsden County [Florida] on the Hill."

They had the following children: Jesse F., Martha W. Beach, Emily F. Roberts, Thomas S., and Margaret Ann Austin.

Nancy or Ann, widow of the soldier, married in March, 1840 or May 6, 1840 to Daniel L. Kenan, who died October 12 or 13, 1840. She died July 9, 1851.

Margaret Ann Austin, daughter of the soldier, was dead in 1853 and was survived by Margaret Ann Austin who was referred to as "her minor heir."

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator