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| | James Potter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | James Potter (1729–1789), of Scottish descent and born in County Tyrone, (now in Northern Ireland), was an American soldier, farmer, and politician from Pennsylvania. |
 | | He came to Colonial America with his father, John Potter, in 1741, and the family settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where his father becoming high sheriff in 1750. |
 | | Potter was named a major-general of the militia in 1782, and, in 1785, became deputy surveyor in Northumberland County. |
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