Poteet Family Letters

At the beginning of the Civil War, Francis Marion Poteet (1827-1902) was a miller living in the Dysartsville area of McDowell County, North Carolina. He was conscripted in 1863 and seved as a private in Co. A, 49th North Carolina Infantry. At the time of the 1860 census, F. M. Poteet and his wife Martha A. E. Hendley Poteet (1826-1902) had eight children; eventually they would have thirteen. F. M. Poteet survived the war and both he and Martha died in April 1902.

Archive: 
North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh
Other: 
Poteet-Dickson Letters, PC.1825

Letters

Displaying 1 - 25 of 44
ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
9417 Poteet36 Martha Hendley Poteet Francis Marion Poteet Mcdowell County, NC
9380 Poteet1 July 16, 1861 Peter Poteet Francis Marion Poteet Mcdowell County, NC
9381 Poteet2 August 7, 1861 Peter Poteet Francis Marion Poteet Yorktown, VA Mcdowell County, NC
9382 Poteet3 September 8, 1862 G. C. Dickson Martha M. Dickson Frederick , MD
9383 Poteet4 April 7, 1863 Robert E. Richardson Martha M. Dickson Richmond, VA Mcdowell County, NC
9385 Poteet5 November 3, 1863 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Kinston, NC Mcdowell County, NC
9386 Poteet6 November 8, 1863 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Kinston, NC Mcdowell County, NC
9388 Poteet7 November 12, 1863 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Kinston, NC Mcdowell County, NC
9389 Poteet8 November 22, 1863 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Kinston, NC Mcdowell County, NC
9390 Poteet9 November 23, 1863 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Kinston, NC Mcdowell County, NC
9391 Poteet10 January 7, 1864 Martha Hendley Poteet Francis Marion Poteet Mcdowell County, NC
9392 Poteet11 January 12, 1864 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Weldon, NC Mcdowell County, NC
9393 Poteet12 January 17, 1864 Martha Hendley Poteet Francis Marion Poteet Mcdowell County, NC
9394 Poteet13 January 21, 1864 Martha Hendley Poteet Francis Marion Poteet Mcdowell County, NC
9395 Poteet14 February 4, 1864 Martha Hendley Poteet Francis Marion Poteet Mcdowell County, NC
9396 Poteet15 February 8, 1864 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Weldon, NC Mcdowell County, NC
9397 Poteet16 February 18, 1864 Martha Hendley Poteet Francis Marion Poteet Mcdowell County, NC
9398 Poteet17 February 23, 1864 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Weldon, NC Mcdowell County, NC
9399 Poteet18 March 16, 1864 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Weldon, NC Mcdowell County, NC
9400 Poteet19 March 17, 1864 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Weldon, NC Mcdowell County, NC
9401 Poteet20 April 7, 1864 Martha Hendley Poteet Francis Marion Poteet Mcdowell County, NC
9402 Poteet21 May 4, 1864 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Richmond, VA Mcdowell County, NC
9403 Poteet22 May 31, 1864 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet VA Mcdowell County, NC
9404 Poteet23 June 16, 1864 Martha Hendley Poteet Francis Marion Poteet Mcdowell County, NC
9406 Poteet25 July 5, 1864 Francis Marion Poteet Martha Hendley Poteet Petersburg, VA Mcdowell County, NC

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