Newman Potts, 1819-1884, first appears in Wayne County in the 1850 Census in
the South Side of the Neuse township and being from Lenoir County owning 500
acres, occupation farmer, his age, 31 and Susan his wife, 27, their daughter Mary,
2 and their son, William, 1/2. The area they lived in is the Brogden township of
Wayne County today.
Susan Marinda Lewis, wife of Newman Potts, was the daughter of Urban and Susan
Casey Lewis. Susan Casey, wife of Urban Lewis, was the daughter of Micajah Casey.
Newman Potts left a will in Wayne County naming his children as his beneficiaries.
State of North Carolina
April the 4th 1884
Wayne County
In the name of God Amen
I Newman Potts Sr being of sound mind make and constitute this my last will
and testament after paying all my just debts and paying my funeral expenses
I give and bequeath the balance of my property as follows
Item 1st I give and bequeath to my youngest son Robert Henry Potts my entire
tract of land on the north side of Neuse River containing one hundred &
fifty acres more or less adjoining the lands of Jack J Casey William Daniel
& others also one bed and stead & bed clothing
Item 2nd I desire all of my stock of every description and all my household
and kitchen furniture to be sold except one bed and stead & bed clothing for
one bed I give to my youngest daughter Minnie Charity Potts also one bed &
stead and bed clothing for one bed I give to my daughter Julia Elisabeth
Potts
Item 3rd I give and bequeath to my daughter Julia Elisabeth Potts three
hundred dollars for educational purposes out of the sale of my perishable
property & funds I have on hand
Item 4th After giving my daughter Julia Elisabeth Potts three hundred
dollars out of my perishable property & funds on hand the residue I give
and bequeath to my youngest son Robert Henry Potts & my youngest daughter
Minnie Charity Potts to be equally divided between them for educational
purposes
Item 5th I give and bequeath the Balance of my land to my daughter Mary
Caroline Jones and my son William Potts and my daughter Susan Jones and my
son Newman Potts and my daughter Hannah Moriah Stafford and my son Lucius
Potts and my daughter Cynthia Ann Fields and my son Urban Potts and my
daughter Julia Elisabeth Potts and my daughter Minnie Charity Potts to be
equally divided between the above named children in witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
Newman (his X mark) Potts
Witness
W B Bowden
J D Capps
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Wayne County
In the Superior Court
I, William Potts do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I believe that Newman
Potts died leaving last Will and Testament; and that I will and truly
administer all and singular the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits of
the said Newman Potts and a true and perfect inventory thereof return as
provided by law; and that all other duties appertaining to the charge
reposed in me, I will faithfully and honestly perform with the best of my
skill and ability; So help me God.
William Potts
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 6th day of April 1884
A T Grady Probate Judge CSC
(APPLICATION - Letters Testamentary - form printed at the Messenger Office,
Goldsboro, NC)
NORTH CAROLINA
Wayne County
In the Superior Court
In the matter of the will of Newman Potts
Before A T Grady Judge of Probate
William Potts being duly sworn, says, that Newman Potts, late of said County,
is dead, having first made and published his last Will and Testament, and
that __. Further, that the personal property of the said Newman Potts is
worth about $500.00 so far as can be ascertained at the date of this
application, and that Robert H Potts Minie C Potts Julia E Potts Mary C
Jones Susan Jones Newman Potts Hannah M Stafford Lucius Potts Cinthia A
Fields Urban Potts & this official William Potts are the parties under said
will to the said property.
William Potts
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 16th day of April, 1884
A T Grady Probate Judge CSC
(PROBATE OF WILL - form printed at the Messenger Office, Goldsboro, NC)
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Wayne County
In the Superior Court
A paper purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Newman Potts
deceased, is exhibited before me, the undersigned Clerk of Superior Court
for said County, by William Potts and the due execution thereof by the said
Newman Potts by the oath and examination of W B Bowden & J D Capps the
subscribing witnesses thereto: who being duly sworn, doth depose and say,
and each for himself deposeth and saith, that he is a subscribing witness
to the paper writing now shown him, purporting to be the last Will and
Testament of Newman Potts that the said Newman Potts in the presence of the
deponents subscribed his name at the end of said paper writing, which is
now shown as aforesaid, and which bears date of 4th April 1884.
And the deponents further saith, That the said Newman Potts the testator
aforesaid, did at the time of subscribing his name as aforesaid, declare
the said paper writing so subscribed by him, and exhibited, to be his last
Will and Testament, and these deponents did thereupon subscribe their names
at the end of said Will, as an attesting witness thereto, and at the request
and in the presence of said testator. And these deponents further saith,
that at the said time when the said testator subscribed his name to the
said last Will as aforesaid, and at the time of the deponent's subscribing
these names as an attesting witness thereto, as aforesaid, the said Newman
Potts was of sound mind and memory, of full age to execute a Will, and was
not under any restraint to the knowledge, information or belief of this
deponent: And further these deponents say not.
W B Bowden (Seal)
J D Capps (Seal)
Severally sworn and subscribed this 16 day
of April, 1884, before me,
A T Grady Probate Judge CSC
NORTH CAROLINA
In the Superior Court,
This 16 day of April
A paper writing purporting to be the last will and Testament of Newman Potts
deceased, is this day exhibited for probate before the undersigned, Clerk
of Superior Court for said County, by William Potts and the due execution
thereof by the said Newman Potts is duly proven by the oath and examination
of W B Bowden and J D Capps the subscribing witnesses thereto, who being
duly sworn, each for himself, says that he is a subscribing witness to
said paper writing; that the said Newman Potts subscribed his name to the
same in the presence of these deponents, declaring said paper writing to be
his last will and Testament and thereupon these deponents at the request and
in the presence of said Testator subscribed their names as attesting witness
thereto; And further that said Testator was at the same time of sound and
memory and of full age to execute a will. It is thereupon considered by the
Court that said paper writing and every part thereof is the last will and
Testament of the said Newman Potts and is ordered to be recorded and filed.
And thereupon the said William Potts, administrator __ as aforesaid, duly
qualifies as such by taking and subscribing the oath prescribed by law.
A T Grady Probate Judge CSC
(At bottom of form, "Administrator's Oath - Messenger Print,
Goldsboro, NC")
The Potts' Cemetery can be found today where Newman and wife Susan are
buried along with their daughter, Julia Elizabeth and a son, John Potts and related
family members.
Located about halfway down Potts Road on the north side. Potts Road
runs from Genoa Road to Outlaw Road. The cemetery is at the back of
a mobile home park.
Brogden Township
Dudley, NC
[Additional information in brackets]
Newman Potts, Sr
[son of Walter Dunn Jr & Charity Potts]
March 1, 1819 - April 13, 1884
Susan Marinda Lewis
[wife of Newman Potts
daughter of Urban & Susan Casey Lewis]
July 15, 1828 - December 29, 1883
Julia Elizabeth Potts
[daughter of Newman & Susan]
November 13, 1867 - August 30, 1887
John Potts
[son of Newman & Susan]
April 14, 1865 - April 13, 1883
Urban Potts
[son of Newman & Susan]
September 7, 1862 - April 21, 1936
Newman Potts
[son of Newman & Susan]
February 19, 1854 - August 26, 1918
Mary Abstella Fields Potts
[wife of Newman Potts Jr
daughter of James Addison & Sarah McKinne Fields]
March 8, 1862 - March 20, 1950
Johnie Potts
[son of Newman & Mary]
November 17, 1883 - November 8, 1884
Rufus Potts
[son of Newman & Mary]
February 4, 1886 - July 4, 1887
Jennie Potts
[daughter of Newman & Mary]
April 26, 1894 - June 23, 1895
William Mc Potts
[son of Newman & Mary]
January 6, 1896 - July 19, 1897
George Potts
[son of Newman & Mary]
1892-1918
Sallie Howell
[wife of George Potts]
April 23, 1889 - June 28, 1936
Tobe B Grady
[son of Abner Grady & Bettie Mozingo]
1879 - 1933
Alberta [Birdie] Charity Potts Grady
[wife of Tobe Grady
daughter of Newman and Mary]
October 9, 1887 - February 23, 1952
Infant Grady
son of Tobe & Alberta [Birdie] Potts Grady
January 7, 1930 - January 7, 1930
Infant Crocker
son of J E & Ida Mariah Potts Crocker
[daughter of Newman & Mary]
August 6, 1908 - August 9, 1908
Twins Crocker
son & daughter of J E & Ida Potts Crocker
September 20, 1907 - September 29, 1907
Walter L Potts
[son of William & Wilhemina Casey Potts]
March 6, 1884 - August 22, 1884
Newman Potts IV
[son of Newman Potts Jr & Betty Harris Ward Potts]
April 26, 1916 - May 1, 1916
Infant Potts
[son of Edward & Lillian Pipkin Potts]
June 25, 1938 - June 25, 1938
James Addison Fields
[son of Addison J & Elizabeth Fields]
August 7, 1828 - September 8, 1913
Sarah McKinne Fields
[Wife of James A Fields
daughter of Mary McKinne]
February 15, 1822 - January 29, 1913
Nathan Fields
[son of John F & Cynthia Potts Fields]
1881 - 1882
George Fields
[son of John F & Cynthia Potts Fields]
1883
Sarah Fields
[daughter of John F & Cynthia Potts Fields]
1884 - 1886
Susan Fields
[daughter of John F & Cynthia Potts Fields]
1887 - 1888
William Fields
[son of John F & Cynthia Potts Fields]
1895
Henry Fields
[son of John F & Cynthia Potts Fields]
1898
Geneva Fields
[daughter of John F & Cynthia Potts Fields]
1899 - 1900
Infant Fields
[son of John F & Cynthia Potts Fields]
1902
Infant Fields
[son of John F & Cynthia Potts Fields]
1903
Benjamin Bryant Jones
March 9, 1849 - October 28, 1921
Mary Caroline Potts Jones
[wife of Benjamin Bryant Jones
daughter of Newman & Susan]
March 2, 1848 - October 30, 1933
Newman (Newey) Potts Jones
[son of Benjamin Bryant & Mary Potts Jones]
May 17, 1878 - September 17, 1898
[Died of Yellow Fever during training in Florida in the military.]
Matthew Mile Jones
[son of Benjamin Bryant & Mary Potts Jones]
April 10, 1881 - October 10, 1883
Matthew Mile Jones
[brother of Benjamin Bryant Jones]
May 8, 1845 - February 19, 1914
Civil War Soldier
Jessie S Jones
[son of Matthew Mile & Susan Potts Jones]
June 1, 1894 - April 15, 1897
Matthew Miles Jones
[son of Matthew Mile & Susan Potts Jones]
February 9, 1882 - March 16, 1886
There are three graves with slate markers.
Susan Marinda Lewis Potts
1823-1883
Mary Caroline Potts, daughter of Newman & Susan Lewis Potts,
husband Benjamin Jones & son Newman - 1848-1933
William Potts, son of Newman & Susan Lewis Potts,
& wife Wilhelmina Casey - 1850-1924
Susan Marinda Potts, daughter of Newman & Susan Lewis Potts,
& husband Matthew Jones - 1852-1920
Newman Potts, son of Newman & Susan Lewis Potts
1854-1918
CERTIFICATE
This Certifies That the Rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between
Newman Potts of Wayne County and Mary A. Fields of Wayne County on
the 29th day of January 1879 at J. A. Fields by Benit Fields, Minister
Witnesses were William Potts and C. S. Casey
Births
Newman Potts son of Newman and Susan Potts was born February the 9th 1854
Mary A. Fields daughter of J. A. and Sarah Fields was born March
the 8th 1862
Ida Marenda Potts daughter of Mary and Newman Potts was born March
the 22nd 1880
Jasper Monroe Potts son of Mary and Newman Potts was born Aug 16th 1882
John Potts son of Mary and Newman Potts was born Nov 17th 1883
Rufus Potts son of Mary and Newnam Potts was born Feb 4th 1886
Alberta Charity Potts daughter of Mary and Newman Potts was born
Oct 9th 1887
Newman Potts was born June 30th 1889
David Potts was born Dec 18th 1890
George Potts was born June 19th 1892
Jennie Potts was born April 26th 1894
William Mc Potts was born Jan 6th 1896
Mary Potts was born July the 31 1897
Henry Potts Borned Febuary the 22. 1899
Edward Potts Borned August the 22. 1900
Luther Potts Borned March the 23. 1903
Theoda R Potts Borned October the 24. 1905
Hepsey Potts was Borned February the 16. 1907
Deaths
John Potts died 8 Nov 1884
Rufas Potts died 4 Jul 1887
George Potts died 20 Mar 1918
Jennie Potts died 23 Jun 1895
William Mc Potts died 19 Jul 1897
Hepsy died 27 Mar 1907
Hannah Mariah Potts, daughter of Newman & Susan Lewis Potts,
wife of George William Stafford - 1856-1931
[Buried in Harrells Chapel Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery
Greene County, NC]
Lucius Potts, son of Newman & Susan Lewis Potts
1853-1926
Cynthia Ann Potts, daughter of Newman & Susan Lewis Potts,
& husband John Franklin Fields - 1860-1940
Urban Potts, son of Newman & Susan Lewis Potts
1862-1936
Minnie Charity Potts, daughter of Newman & Susan Lewis Potts,
& husband William Leonard Lewis - 1872-1923
Robert Henry Potts, son of Newman & Susan Lewis Potts
1876-1900
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