Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

William Wesley Potts (b. circa 1816 - d. circa 1875)
MSA SC 5496-930
Escaped from Baltimore City, Maryland, 1850

Sources:

Archival Sources -

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Death Record, Counties), [MSA SE43-3867]. Thomas Potts, November 1, 1926, Talbot County.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records) 1868-1870, Liber JW 1, Folio 465 [MSA CE 58-9]. James H. Fax [?] to Thomas Seals, James H. Hollis, James H. Rochester, Perry Woodland, Henry Woodland, Isaiah Woodland, William Potts, George Johnson, James Picket, and J. Robinson, September 21, 1869. Deed for land to build Methodist Episcopal church.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Wm. J. Williams, 1850, Baltimore City, Ward 5, Page 96, Line 14 [MSA SM61-125, SCM 1487].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for William Potts, 1870, Queen Anne's County, Districts 1 and 2, Page 33, Line 10 [MSA SM61-277, SCM 7258].
 

Newspapers and Journals -

"Twenty-Five Dollars Reward." Baltimore Sun 5 December 1850.

Records Searched, Nothing Found -

No bills of sale found for William Williams purchasing slaves:

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantee Index), A-Z, 1833-1835 [MSA CE 32-11].

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantee Index), A-Z, 1836-1838 [MSA CE 32-12].

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantee Index), A-Z, 1839-1841 [MSA CE 32-13].

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantee Index), A-Z, 1842-1843 [MSA CE 32-14].

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantee Index), A-Z, 1846-1847 [MSA CE 32-16].

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantee Index), A-Z, 1846-1847 [MSA CE 32-16].

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantee Index), A-Z, 1848-1849 [MSA CE 32-17].

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantee Index), A-Z, 1850-1850 [MSA CE 32-18].

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantee Index), A-Z, 1851-1851 [MSA CE 32-19].

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