Sarah Jane Potter

Sarah Jane Potter

• Sarah Jane Potter was born in April 1823 in New Jersey.
• She married Samuel Vierfelder.
• Mrs. Sarah Vierfelder appeared on the "Ladies List" in the List of Letters Remaining in the New York Post Office, May 27, 1848, published on that date in The New York Herald.
• Sarah Jane Potter appeared in the 1849 Charleston, South Carolina, City Directory at 312 King Street operating a boarding house..
• The following appeared on 2 July 1852 in The Charleston Daily Courier: Notice.--The subscriber informs his friends and the public, that he has opened an establishment at the corner of Church and Chalmers-streets, known by the name of the Palmetto Retreat, where he keeps constantly on hand the best Liquors, and where every description of Game and Oyster Eatables can be procured. He will use the best exertions in his power to make his House vie with any other Restaurant in the city, and hopes by strict attention, to merit a share of public patronage. S. Vierfelder.
• The following appeared on 3 July 1852 in The Charleston Daily Courier: (Council Chamber, July 1, 1852) The following persons have made application to the City Council to grant them Licenses to Retail Spirituous Liquors and keep Taverns from 1st April, 1852: Theodor Cordes, License No. 2, 55 Market-street; recommended by James Beattie, John C. Simons, Anthony Robins, Albert Happoldt, Robert W. Disher, Thos. Gates; Dureties: Anthony Robins, John C. Simons. Samuel Vierfelder, License No. 2, Church and Chalmers-streets; recommended by Edward Jaher, Martin Laws, George Allison, Frederick Fisher, L. Lubkin, H. Bantge; Sureties: William Ryan, Archd. McKinzie. John R. Rogers, Clerk of Council.
• The following appeared on 15 July 1852 in The Charleston Daily Courier: Proceedings of Council, Tuesday, July 13th, 1852. . . . Alderman Drummond, from the Committee on Licenses, to whom was referred, the petition of Samuel Vierfelder, for permission to have transferred to him the License of Ann Dunn, for the unexpired term, reported favorably, and recommended the transfer be granted. Concurred in. . . .
• The following appeared on 28 April 1854 in The Charleston Daily Courier: (Notices) I, Sarah Jane Vierfelder, wife of Samuel Vierfelder, a tavern keeper, residing in Charleston, do hereby give notice of my intention to trade as a sole trader. Sarah Jane Vierfelder, Market, near Meeting st.
• Samuel Vierfelder and Sarah Jane Potter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Charleston, South Carolina, enumerated in the household of cooper E. Meyers.
• Samuel Vierfelder and Sarah Jane Potter, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Ocean Township, Eatontown PO, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Other members of the household included Margaret A. Vierfelder. Also in the household was one female domestic servant.
• Sarah Jane Potter became a widow at the between 1870 and 1880 death of her husband Samuel Vierfelder.
• Sarah Jane Potter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at Third Avenue. Other members of the household included Margaret A. Vierfelder.
• Sarah Jane Potter and Margaret A. Vierfelder appeared in the 1885 New Jersey state census in Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Other members of the household included Sarah Jane Potter. They are identified as Jane and Margaret.
• William Phillip Adams and Margaret A. Vierfelder appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at 565 Broadway. Other members of the household included Sarah Jane Potter, William P. Adams.
• Sarah Jane Potter died in 1901.
• She was interred at Greenlawn Cemetery, West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
• A single grave marker identifies the graves of William Phillip Adams and Margaret A. Vierfelder and Sarah Jane Potter, Catherine Adams, William P. Adams and Etta H. Earl.

• Last Edited: 7 Nov 2015