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    Mary O. "Polly" Carter[1, 2]

    Female 1783 - 1868  (85 years)


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    • Name Mary O. "Polly" Carter  [3
      Nickname Polly 
      Born c 1783  Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Died 1868  [3
      Notes 
      • 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, owner 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
      • Mary Carter is the d/o Richard Carter; after her father's death, her mother married David Powell and Mary and David's son, Mastin Powell married soon thereafter.
      Person ID I8271  Devin Timber | Mary Eggleston Pedigree
      Last Modified 22 Jan 2012 

      Father Patriot Richard 'died young' Carter,   b. c 1748/52, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1796, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
      Mother Susannah Bigger,   b. c 1752, Probably Prince Edward, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Married 29 Dec 1772  Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F4027  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 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) 
      Married Bef 1817 
      Children 
      +1. Carter Glass Powell,   b. 6 May 1800, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1857  (Age 57 years)
      +2. William Jefferson Powell, Sr.,   b. 12 Dec 1807, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Dec 1882, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
      +3. Elizabeth Powell,   b. c 1805, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      +4. Biggers Powell,   b. 1809, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      +5. John Bibb Powell,   b. c 1815, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      +6. Nancy T. Powell,   b. c 1804, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       7. Mary Ann Powell,   b. c 1805, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       8. Susan Powell,   b. c 1804, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      +9. Harriett J. Powell,   b. c 1820, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      Last Modified 20 Apr 2012 
      Family ID F2761  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        1820 Va Census Halifax County Marseilles District Series M33 Roll 131, Page 98 Lists Mastin Powell 3 houses away from John Blackwell. Mastin Powell (Mary Carter) is the f/o William Jefferson Powell, Sr.



      2. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Deed, Mastin Powell to Thomas Jones Chambers
        North Carolina Division of Archives & History, Person County, NC Deeds, Book C Page 475, 4 October 1804
        This Indenture made this fourth day of October one thousand Eight hundred and four Between Maston Powell of the County of Halifax of Virginia of the one Part and Thomas Jones Chambers of the County of Person of state of North Carolina of the Other Part. Witnesseth that the said Maston Powell for and in consideration of the sum of Twenty five Pounds of Virginia money to me in hand paid by the said Thomas J. Chambers the Receipt which he the said Maston Powell Doth hereby acknowledge Hath Given and Granted and by these Presents do Give Grant bargain and sell Alien Enferoffe? release and confirm unto the said Thomas J. Chambers his heirs and assigns forever all his right as a Legatee of Richard Carter, deceased Late of Halifax County, Virginia ? the said Maston Powell intermarried Polly Carter, Daughter of the said Richard Carter Deceased in and to a tract of land Whereon William Carter now lives. Containing by Estimation two Hundred and thirty three acres more of less the said Maston?s Part being one Eight of the land aforesaid lying and being in the County of Person and State of North Carolina on the Waters of Hico and Bounded by the Lands of Robert Howard George Grigory and the said Thomas J. Chambers with the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders right Title Interest Claim or Demand of him the said Maston Powell as the the said Maston Powell Was Lawfully Seized on the Premises of the said Maston Powell for himself his heirs etc. Do and Will Warrant and forever Defend the same to the said Thomas J. Chambers his heirs etc. against the Claim of himself his heirs etc. and every Other Person or Persons Whatsoever. In Witness Whereof the said Maston Powell hath hereunto set his hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written.
        Maston Powell
        Signed, sealed and delivered in the Presence of:
        Alexander Cunningham
        James Franklin


      3. Details: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 228 (Article #248, "Rebe.