Leah Ann Potterfield

1812 - 1849

• Born	15 May 1812	Loudoun County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Sep 1849	Lovettsville, Virginia   [1]
  Buried	New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lovettsville, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I299	Virts
  Last Modified	7 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Jacob Potterfield,   b. 1766, York County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Oct 1815
  Mother	Elizabeth Emmerich,   b. 21 Jun 1780, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 31 Jul 1859, Loudoun County, Virginia
  Married	18 Sep 1798	Frederick County, Maryland
  Family ID	F736	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Peter Wirts,   b. 9 Dec 1812, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 1 Nov 1868, Loudoun County, Virginia
  Married	20 Mar 1834	Frederick County, Maryland   [2]
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth Virts,   b. 4 Aug 1836, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lucy Ann Virts,   b. 17 May 1838, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 28 Aug 1864, Loudoun County, Virginia   3. Jacob Daniel Virts,   b. 3 Dec 1840, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 20 May 1914, Lovettsville, Virginia   4. William Henry Virts,   b. 28 Dec 1842, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 8 Aug 1867, Loudoun County, Virginia   5. Leah Elizabeth Virts,   b. 12 Mar 1845, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 14 Jul 1900, Loudoun County, Virginia   6. Ginnettie W. Virts,   b. 27 Aug 1848, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 8 Mar 1871, Loudoun County, Virginia
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2016
  Family ID	F180	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  The Jacob Potterfield Home, circa 1862, Long Lane, Lovettsville, Virginia This was the home of Walter Howard Taft Frye and Jessie Alice Virts. Also Jacob was the father of Samuel Wesley Potterfield and Leah Ann Potterfield.

  
  

  Headstones

  Leah Ann Potterfield Wirts (1812-1849) Headstone

  
  

• Notes

  Alexandria Gazette, November 5, 1849 At her residence, near Lovettsville, Loudoun Co., on the 14th of September last. Leah wife of Peter Virts, in the 37th year of her age. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stone shows Leah, wife of Peter Virts, b. 15 May 1812, d. 14 Sep 1849 at 36y 4m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deed book,D, page 135, dated March 23, 1835, Peter Wirtz and Leah his wife selling part of land where Jacob Wirtz died. Deed book 4X, page 266, dated December 6, 1845, Peter Wirtz and Leah his wife selling land that was allotted to Peter in right of his wife, Leah in the division of real estate of Jacob Potterfiled, deceased.

  
  

• Sources

  [S887] New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery Records 1770-1943 compiled by Marty Hiatt and Craig Roberts Scott. [S1563] Maryland Marriages 1666-1970.