Mary Caroline Potts Jones, 1848-1933
Wayne County, NC

Benjamin Bryant & Mary Caroline Potts Jones
Possible wedding photo
Photo contributed by Ouida Allison


Mary was the daughter of Newman Potts Sr. and wife Susan Marinda Lewis of Brogden Township. She married Benjamin Bryant Jones and they had three sons: Benjamin B. (1891-1892), Matthew M. (1881-1883), and Newman P. (1878-1898).


Mary, Ben and son Newman "Newey" Potts Jones

A special thanks to Ouida Allison, granddaughter of Minnie Charity Potts and William L. Lewis, for sharing her family information.


1898 - Newman Potts Jones and the Spanish-American War


Ben feeding his cows
Photo contributed by Ouida Allison


Ben and Mary Caroline Potts Jones Deeds


1868 - Sue Laroque Letter to Mary Potts Jones


1899 - William Potts Letter to Sister Mary Caroline Potts Jones


1900 - Not found in the Greene or Wayne County, NC Census


1905 - John Livingston Jones Letter to Aunt Mary Caroline Potts Jones


1906 - Susan Potts Jones Letter to Sister Mary Potts Jones


1923 - Jasper Monroe Letter to Aunt Mary Caroline Potts Jones


1924 - Urban Potts Letter to Mary Caroline Potts Jones


1927 - Theodore Potts Note to Aunt Mary Caroline Potts Jones for a Ford touring 1924 model


1927 - Benjamin Bryant Jones died in 1927

Mary moved to Deep Run, Lenoir County, to be with the family of her sister Minnie Charity Potts Lewis who had died in 1923. She lived there until her death in 1933. Jasper and Urban Potts' letters to her above show her address as Deep Run, where her sister's family lived.


1931 - Esther Potts and John Salmon Wilson Wedding Invitation


1932 - Fronia Jones Christmas Card to Aunt Mary Potts Jones


1933 - David Potts Letter to Aunt Mary Caroline Potts Jones


Mary died in 1933 leaving a will in Lenoir County and was brought back to Wayne County for burial.


Mary Caroline, husband and three sons are buried in Potts Cemetery.


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