Peter was born in 1828. Peter Potts. He passed away in 1896.
Sources
1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850" Citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). FamilySearch (accessed 2 November 2021) FamilySearch Image Image number 00449 Peter W Potts in household of Petter Potts, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
* 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880" Citing enumeration district ED 202, sheet 271A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,505. FamilySearch (accessed 2 November 2021) FamilySearch Image Image number 00125 W Peter Potts, Baltimore,
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Peter:
Potts-5161 and Potts-2029 do not represent the same person because: Peter Wilson Potts was my great grandfather. I am Stephen M. Potts, son of Albert Brantley Potts II, and grandson of Albert Brantley Potts I, who was son of Peter Wilson Potts. I have several items that belonged to my great grandfather Peter Wilson Potts, and know that he died in 1896. My grandfather, Albert was then raised by his mother Martha Thorne and her 2nd husband Pap Stoner near Johnsville, MD I have much more information about these relatives.