Death of Birchie Potter

DESCRIPTION: "In the state of North Carolina, In a place called Pottertown, Two cousins took to drinking; One shot the other down." Birchie Potter, the victim, is praised; the singer hopes Glen Brown, the murderer, will face justice. He warns against drink
AUTHOR: Jim Brown? Uncle Bill Ellison?
EARLIEST DATE: 1937 (Wautagua Democrat)
KEYWORDS: homicide family warning drink
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1937 - Murder of Birchie Potter by Glen Brown (his cousin) in Wautaga County, North Carolina (Soure:Patterson)
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore2 295, "Death of Birchie Potter" (1 text)
Roud #6637
NOTES [58 words]: Daniel W. Patterson, A Tree Accursed: Bobby McMillon and Stories of Frankie Silver, University of North Carolina Press, 2000, p. 118, credits this to "Uncle Bill Ellison," who supposedly gave it to Jim Brown, who expanded it and gave his version to the Watauga Democrat. This seems likely, but as it is third-hand, I doubt it can be verified. - RBW
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File: BrII295

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