Dear Tom,
I’ve personally stopped trying to marry the two men. Others swear they have the documents and are convinced there accurate. I’m not going to dispute it nor give it credibility. I do know that when entering this country, a lot of men had to change their names for various reasons; westernize if you will. I know it happened, can I prove it happened to our Poteete’s, no. I’m hoping that the woman that swears she can prove it will write a book releasing all of her documentation, but on the other hand, if she were able to obtain it, then so should the rest of us be able to find it as well. I’ll write some letters and see what I can turn up, there may be a few more rocks to kick over yet.
It never hurts to give it another look; fresh eyes and an open mind. No such thing as a dead horse when it comes to genealogy. So well see.
As always,
Sheila Jean Adkins Metcalf