Stacy Gardner Potts

William John Potts, Historical Collections Relating to the Potts Family in Great Britain and America: With a Historic-genealogy of the Descendants of David Potts, an Early Anglo-Welsh Settler of Pennsylvania, 1901, p. 174

Judge Stacy Gardner Potts, son of William and Mary (Gardner) Potts, was born Nov. 23, 1800. He was editor of the Emporium, a weekly newspaper of Trenton, in 1821, and contributed to other periodicals. He commenced the study of law with Mr. Stocton, but finished with Garrett D. Hall, was admitted to the bar in 1827, and was a member of the Legislature in 1828-9. He became Clerk of the Court of Chancery in 1831, and held the office for ten years, retiring then account of delicate health. He was Commissioner to revise the laws of New Jersey in 1845, became Judge of the Court of Appeals in 1852, and retired in 1859. In 1844 Princeton College conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. He was active in the affairs of the Presbyterian Church, and was at different times connected with its various Boards, being Chairman of the Finance Committee in 1851. He was ruling elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Trenton. After leaving the bench, he devoted himself to literary pursuits. His publications include,

1 Village Tales, by Oliver Oakwood. (Phila. 1827)
2 Precedents and Notes of Practice of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey. (Phila. 1841)

He was three times married.