Leah Ann Potterfield

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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
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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
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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.
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Stone shows Leah, wife of Peter Virts, b. 15 May 1812, d. 14 Sep 1849 at 36y 4m.
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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.
- Alexandria Gazette, November 5, 1849
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