James Potter, was a soldier, farmer and politician from Colonial- and Revolutionary-era Pennsylvania. He rose to the rank of brigadier general of Pennsylvania militia during the Revolutionary War, and served as Vice-President of Pennsylvania, 1781-1782. Wikipedia
James Potter was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and emigrated as a boy with his family to New Castle, Delaware in 1741. www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/potter...
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