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    Nancy T. Powell[1]

    Female 1804 -


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    • Name Nancy T. Powell 
      Born c 1804  Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Notes 
      • Nancy T. or Nancy F. (The T. and F. in hand-written records of the era are very difficult to distinguish. Marriage record for Richard H. Carter and Nancy F. Powell shows 12 Feb 1832 Halifax Co Marriage Book (BK1, Pg 140) Mastin Powell, designated as "Father" signed the marriage certificate and Biggers Powell, her brother, is listed as both the Bondsman and Witness.
        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.
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      Person ID I12947  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 23 Sep 2013 

      Father Mastin J. Powell, Sr.,   b. Abt 1776, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1846, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
      Mother Mary O. "Polly" Carter,   b. c 1783, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1868  (Age 85 years) 
      Married Bef 1817 
      Family ID F2761  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Richard Henry Carter,   b. c 1811, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Married 12 Feb 1832  Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
      Children 
       1. Isabelle Carter,   b. 1832, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       2. Mary Margaret Carter,   b. 1835, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       3. James W. Carter,   b. Apr 1842, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       4. Martin V. Carter,   b. 1845, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       5. Napoleon R. Carter,   b. 1850, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       6. Elizabeth Carter,   b. 1848, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      +7. Claiborne P. Carter,   b. 11 Sept 1852, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 ? 1933, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
       8. Louisana Carter,   b. 1853, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      Last Modified 9 Jan 2012 
      Family ID F4038  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Library of Virginia, Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book #21 pages 188-289, dated 27 August 1846, probated 26 October 1846
        Will of Mastin Powell
        "To my daughter Nancy T. Carter seven hundred and eighty five dollars"

      2. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Halifax Co., Virginia Marriage Records (MB1/140) Richard H. Carter-Nancy I. Powell 2/12/1832
        Nancy Powell's name is found several ways; Nancy T., Nancy F. and Nancy I. Variances are due to the interpretation of the enumerator, and transcribers.