Potter, Edward (Patter)

Flourished: 1834-05-05 Sangamon County, Illinois

Alternate name: Patter

"Ned" Potter was one of the earliest settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois, and owned a sugar camp where he and his wife made syrup. He lived there until at least 1838.

Benjamin P. Thomas, Lincoln's New Salem (Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1934), 7, 22; Petition of Michael Davis and Others to Illinois General Assembly.