Orange County Indexed
The Potter surname
The Potter name in Orange County Indexed: 19 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1837
most named in the 1820s
- Tax lists 1755
- Deeds 1756–1826
- Marriages 1818
- Records of enslaved people 1825–1826
- Wills 1837
- In the chronology
- 1802 to 1955 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1800s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1799
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Wolf Island Creek (3), Dan River (3), Mill Creek (1)
- Married into
- Picot 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Mitchell 5, Russell 2, Granville 2, Canady 2
- People with a page here
- Robert Potter
- Spellings to try
- Porter
- Search beyond these records
- Potter in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Potter there)
- Potter in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 2 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
In books and archives 1 heading
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Potter, Robert, 1799?-1842 1 work
In the historical records 19 records
10 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 1 marriages, 3 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 1 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Potter marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
1770s
1810s
- 1818MarriagesMarriage bond: Peter O Picot and Martha Potter
1820s
- 1825DeedsSarah Mitchell to Sarah Potter, 6 May 1825
- 1825Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Sarah Mitchell to Sarah Potter, 6 May 1825
- 1826DeedsJames C Mitchell to Sally Potter, 22 February 1826
- 1826DeedsWilliam J Russell to Sarah Potter, 26 October 1826
- 1826Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): James C Mitchell to Sally Potter, 22 February 1826
- 1826Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William J Russell to Sarah Potter, 26 October 1826
1830s
- 1837WillsWill of Sally Mitchell
Undated
- DeedsEnoch Lewis to Ephraim Potter, March 1759
- Court minutesMary Potter was apprenticed to William Canady to learn Bible reading, spinning, sewing and knitting until reaching the required age.
- Court minutesPhebee Potter was apprenticed to William Canady to learn Bible reading, spinning, sewing and knitting until reaching the required age.
- Court minutesThe court admitted Henry Potter to practice after reading his license and administering the required oaths.
