[pg. 134]
Another early settler on this creek [Cook's Creek], near Cravens, was Abraham Potter, "otherwise called 'Abraham Potter of Sussex upon Delaware', bond by him to Robert Cravens, dated 1745." (Chalkley, Vol. 1, p. 309). Potter bought his land from James Fisher, who too was probably from Delaware. It will be recalled that one John Fisher sold land in Delaware to Gideon Harrison.
[pg. 261]
James Fisher was probably the first owner of the spring. ONe of this name was an early acquaintance of the Harrisons in Delaware (see page 51), and assuredly James of Augusta in the early days of the county, was no new acquaintance of the elder Cravens. In 1744, while preparing to remove from Augusta, Fisher sold 550 acres of land on Cook's Creek; to Abraham Porter; arranging with Robert Cravens to give Porter a good title. Porter agreed to make payment, at the request of Fisher and Cravens, by the last of August 1747.
Following the sale of his Augusta land, James Fisher "went to Carolina". Porter failed to pay, and instead signed a new bond to Robert Cravens in 1745. In May 1755, the matter was brought to court for adjustment. (see page 134)