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Saturday, December 19, 2009

James Powell & Frances ?

82. James Powell & 83. Frances ? {Culpepper Co. VA, … SC}

1752, James born in Culpepper Co., VA, s/o 164. Benjamin A Powell & 165. Sarah Bledsoe.
[James moved to 96th Distr. Greenville Co., Spartanburg Co. and Laurens Co. are all in 96th Distr. Greenville Co. is also where the Loftis family and Ann’s future husband live.]
James 1st married Frances ?.
1783, James Powell of Culpeper Co., VA listed as having 2 slaves. (S) 1783 Property Tax List.
Aft. 1786 they moved to SC. (S) Birth locations of children.
(S) 1790 Census, SC, Spartanburg:10300. James, his wife, and 2 daughters (Ann and Nancy).
2/21/1792, James: Plat For 100 acres on Branch of Reedy River, Greenville Co. (S) SC Arch.& Hist., S213190, P119.
~1792, in Laurens Dist., SC, James 2nd married Mrs. Leanna “Arnold”. (S) US Marriage Records, 1560-1900. [The orignal spelling was “Arnall”. Her husband Joshua Arnall died in 1791 in Laurens Distr. With 2 young daughters James would have quickly remarried.]
9/1/1792, James: Plat For 1000 acres on Guilders Creek, Greenville Co. (S) SC Arch.& Hist., S213190, P119.
7/8/1797, James vs Dr. David Sarzedas. (S) SC Arch.& Hist., L10018, I684A.
(S) 1800 Census, SC, Spartanburg: 00001,10010. [Note: Ann is already married.]
1802, James petitioned to bring slaves from VA to the Laurens Distr.
~1807, James and Leanna mentioned in the will of David Dunlap of the Laurens Distr. [This may have been Leanna’s father.]
6/28/1809, James named in a survey on Gilders Cr., Greenville Co. (S) SC Arch.& Hist., S213192, P486.
[Not found in 1810 Census.]
(S) 1820 Census, GA, Hancock, Capt Mason’s Distr. 00001,01010. Only 1 young female at home.
(S) 1830 Census, AL, Blount Co. James born 1760¬-1770, Leanna born 1770-1780.
10/17/1835, James died in Fayette Co., AL.
(S) The Powell Families of Virginia and the South, Lucas, 1969.

Family notes:
• (S) 1830 Census, SC, Spartanburg: “Judah Powel”, f, 70–80 years old lives near Ann. Ann’s son David named his first daughter “Judah Powell Loftis”.

Children of James and Frances:

i. Ezekiel Powell, born 1778 in Culpeper Co., VA.
Ezekiel married Peggy Rosamond, born 1786 in Abbeville Dist., SC; d/o Gen. Samuel Rosamond.
~1826, they moved to Fayette Co., AL.
1860, Ezekiel died in Fayette Co.
Children:
Frances Powell, born ~1811 in Laurens Dist., SC.
She married 1st Eli McClung.
She married 2nd Edwin Harris.
2/18/1875, she died in Fayette Co., AL.
Caroline S Powell, born 1819 in Laurens Dist., SC.
1834, she married ? Forman.
1871, she died in Iuka, MS.
John Rosamond Powell, born ? in Laurens Dist., SC.
He married a cousin Ella Rosamond.
1898, he died in White Sulphur Springs, TN.
Ezekiel Ruben Powell, born ~1824 in Laurens Dist., SC.
He married Emily Jane Moore.
~1862, he died in Decatur, AL.
Albert Addison Powell, born 8/4/1829 in Fayette Co., AL.
CSA: Albert a Surgeon.
1/5/1870, he married Mary Susan Taggart in Memphis, TN.
10/22/1884, he died in White Sulphur Springs, TN.
Eliza L Powell, born 5/22/1832 in Fayette Co., AL.
12/23/1849, she married George Washington Thompson.
2/18/1875, she died in Fayette Co., AL.

ii. James Powell, born ~1780 in Culpeper Co., VA.
In Laurens Co., SC, James married Battie Lewis.
They lived in Lamar Co., AL.

iii. Ann Powell ( 41), born 1781 in Culpeper Co., VA.

iv. Ruben E Powell, born 8/27/1784 in Culpeper Co., VA.
1/24/1809 in Laurens Co., SC, Ruben married his 1st cousin Sarah Powell, d/o William and Nancy Bobo.
~1827 they moved to Fayette Co., AL.
7/23/1836, Rueben died in Fayette Co.
8/22/1868, Sarah died in Fayette Co.
Children:
William James Powell, born 12/18/1809 in SC.
10/24/1836 he died in Fayette Co., AL.
Benjamin Franklin Powell, born 10/27/1811 in SC.
1/7/1841 in Northport, AL, he married Jane D Miller, 9/9/1822–4/9/1897.
11/29/1884 he died in Northport, AL.
Rueben Madison Powell, born 6/21/1815 in SC.
In Fayette Co., he married Mellissa Moseley.
12/24/1855 he died in Fayette Co., AL.
Ezekiel Abner Powell, born 5/27/1817 in SC.
12/22/1846 he married Amanda Melvina Lee, 3/27/1826–3/9/1872.
8/27/1873 in MS, he married Mrs. Caroline Murray.
9/1/1892 he died in Northport, AL.
Nancy Frances Powell, born 4/7/1819 in SC.
In Fayette Co., she married Samuel Porter.
Milly Elizabeth Powell, born 5/27/1821 in SC.
In Fayette Co., she married Thomas Thornton.
Wesley Fletcher Powell, born 1/23/1823 in SC.
Anderson Glenn Powell, born 12/4/1825 in SC.
He married Jerusha Foreman, his 1st cousin once removed, d/o Caroline S Powell.
8/5/1864 he died in Griffin, GA.
Belinda Hill Powell, born 9/12/1826 in SC.
In Fayette Co., she married Vol McGill.
Pendleton Adams Powell, born 5/11/1829 in AL [died in infancy.]
Sarah Narcissus Powell, born 3/14/1831 in AL.
12/25/1849, she married Thomas James Thompson, 10/29/1825–8/16/1907.
5/14/1909 she died in Fayette Co., AL.

v. Nancy Powell, born ~1786 in Culpeper Co., VA.
2/11/1813 in Laurens Co., Nancy married M. D. Box.
4/8/1868, Nancy died in Rockport, TX.

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