Potter, Thomas N.
Thomas was born on March 7, 1834, the fifth child of William H. and Permelia Potter in Jackson County, Georgia. He is listed on the 1850 and 1860 Federal Census. During the War Between the States he was a member of Company G, 16th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry. He joined the Jackson County Volunteers as Private on July 20, 1861. He was appointed 1st Corporal in March, 1862. Thomas was captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia on June 1, 1964, and died of pneumonia at Elmira Prison on September 13, 1864. He is buried in Grave #269, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Thomas is listed on page 538, Volume 2 of the Roster of Confederate Soldiers.