Harriett Elizabeth Powell

Notes:

Aged Woman Dies In Caswell County: Mrs. Harriett Turner who died near Providence in Caswell county, N. C. yesterday morning will be buried early this afternoon at Mountain Hill. Mrs. Turner succumbed at the age of 92 years and six months to the infirmities of old age after a short illness. She was a daughter of Briggous [Biggers] Powell and it is said she is survived 127 descendants.

Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 16 August 1922 (Page 1).
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1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Harriet E Turner
Age in 1910: 78
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1910: Pelham, Caswell, North Carolina
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
William G Turner 50
Harriet E Turner 78

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Harriet E Turner
Home in 1920: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 88 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Marital Status: Widow
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 1009
Household Members: Name Age
George Turner 52
Mamie P Turner 41
Earl C Turner 16
Ida E Turner 11
Harriet E Turner 88
William Turner 58

Green Washington Turner b: MAR 1818 in Halifax County, Virginia

Married: 27 DEC 1849 in Caswell County, North Carolina
Note:

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Groom: Green Turner
Bride: Harriett E Powell
Bond_Date: 27 Dec 1849
Bond #: 000018708
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 006436
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 313
Bondsman: John W. White
Witness: N. J. Palmer

Children

Has No Children Fleming Lipscomb Turner b: 27 AUG 1856
Has No Children Edward W. Turner b: ABT 1860
Has No Children Emma Turner
Has Children Mary Elizabeth Turner b: ABT 1871
Has No Children Biggers Turner
Has No Children Jasper James Turner
Has No Children George Turner
Has No Children Perry Turner
Has No Children Martha Turner
Has No Children Leah Lea Turner
Has No Children William G. Turner
Has No Children Samuel Turner
Has No Children James TurnerAged Woman Dies In Caswell County: Mrs. Harriett Turner who died near Providence in Caswell county, N. C. yesterday morning will be buried early this afternoon at Mountain Hill. Mrs. Turner succumbed at the age of 92 years and six months to the infirmities of old age after a short illness. She was a daughter of Briggous [Biggers] Powell and it is said she is survived 127 descendants.

Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 16 August 1922 (Page 1).

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Harriet E Turner
Age in 1910: 78
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1910: Pelham, Caswell, North Carolina
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
William G Turner 50
Harriet E Turner 78

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Harriet E Turner
Home in 1920: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 88 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Marital Status: Widow
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 1009
Household Members: Name Age
George Turner 52
Mamie P Turner 41
Earl C Turner 16
Ida E Turner 11
Harriet E Turner 88
William Turner 58

Harriett married Green Washington Turner on 27 Dec 1849 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Green was born in Mar 1818 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Groom: Green Turner
Bride: Harriett E Powell
Bond_Date: 27 Dec 1849
Bond #: 000018708
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 006436
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 313
Bondsman: John W. White
Witness: N. J. Palmer

1. Fleming Lipscomb Turner was born on 27 Aug 1856.
2. Edward W. Turner was born about 1860.
3. Mary Elizabeth Turner was born about 1871.

Notes:

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Bigers Powell
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807
Birth Place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Person, North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
Bigers Powell 43
Gilly Powell 37
William B Powell 19
Jerald Powell 16
Thomas B Powell 14
James C Powell 12
Henry E Powell 10
Sarah Powell 8
Mary C Powell 6
Minerva W Powell 0

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Bigger Powell
Home in 1880: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 71
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Gilly
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Bigger Powell 71
Gilly Powell 68
Mineroor Powell 30
Mastine Powell 25


Early ancestors of Louise Powell Butler
My great-great-great-grandparents on my gg grandfathers' side were Mastin Powell and Mary called "Polly" Carter. He was a settler, tavern keeper, owener of a race track and slaves. They resided about 8 miles below Milton, NC on Powell Creek, Halifax Co., VA now Turberville. They had nine children:
> Carter, 5/6/1800-10/26/1857, married Sarah Bates Moore,
1/31/1804-10/21/1877, 6/22/1822; Elizabeth married Gerald Powell, her uncle, 12/24/1816;
Biggers married Gillie Lipscomb, 6/16/1829;
John Bibb married Nancy Carter;
Nancy T. married Richard Carter;
Mary Ann married Green Carter;
William Jefferson married Elizabeth Allen Carter;
Susan married Jackson "Jack" her nephew;
Harriett I. married, 1st Joseph Yarbrough and, 2nd, Henry Laws. Most of their children settled in and around
Caswell County, NC and Danville, VA Source: Information from Uncle Walter B. Powell, Great Aunt Fleetwood Powell, Stanfield Family Bible, paper written by Charlie Stanfield
to Uncle Walter B. Powell and wills.
> > > >
> > > > END of EXTRACTION

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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Bigers Powell
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807
Birth Place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Person, North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
Bigers Powell 43
Gilly Powell 37
William B Powell 19
Jerald Powell 16
Thomas B Powell 14
James C Powell 12
Henry E Powell 10
Sarah Powell 8
Mary C Powell 6
Minerva W Powell 0

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Bigger Powell
Home in 1880: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 71
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Gilly
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Bigger Powell 71
Gilly Powell 68
Mineroor Powell 30
Mastine Powell 25

Biggers married Gillie Whitlock Lipscomb on 16 Jun 1829 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. Gillie was born about 1812 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Clement Lipscomb married Sarah B. Edwards on Dec. 23, 1811, Halifax Co., Va. Her nickname was "Sally"; she was living near Milton, Caswell Co., N. C., aft. 1812, and is shown living in Halifax Co., Va. in the 1850 Census. She died June 16, 1869, Halifax Co., Va. Her father, John Edwards, in Dec. 1848, "John Edwards, Sr. left 1/3 of estate to daughter, Sarah B. Lipscombe." This marriage, which occurred on Dec. 23, 1811, Halifax Co., Va., is also shown in the book, "LIPSCOMB 300 YEARS IN AMERICA." Also, Gilley W. Lipscomb and John J. Lipscomb were brothers, Gilley being about 11 years older. Source: Raymond Ryan/rwryan295@verizon.net