The Poteet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,353 people carried this name — #7,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,322 in 2000.

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In print

Poteet in American newspapers,
1849–1918.

Newspaper page from Jackson County Sentinel carrying the name Poteet
Jackson County Sentinel 1918-10-03
Newspaper page from The Port Gibson Herald, And Correspondent carrying the name Poteet
The Port Gibson Herald, And Correspondent 1849-03-23
Newspaper page from Carroll County Democrat carrying the name Poteet
Carroll County Democrat 1912-06-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,860 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Poteet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jerry Poteet 1936–2012 · choreographer
  • George Poteet 1948–2024 · racing driver

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Poteet,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States224 records

224 records of the Poteet name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 163
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles L. Poteet

    Born 1919 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; auto plant worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Glen Ervin Poteet

    Born 1948; from Morganton, North Carolina. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Roger P. Poteet

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1937, died 1976; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 224 records for Poteet in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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