Carter Glass Powell

Notes:

Carter Glass Powell (1800-1857)

His birth date also is seen as 16 May 1800. Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 438-439 (Article #573 "The Carter Powell Family" by Mrs Helen Powell Neal).

The owners of the homes in which Thomas Day's architectural woodwork is found constituted some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in the Dan River region: physician John Tab Garland, M.D., at one time the richest man in Caswell County (1850s and 1860s); banker and civic leader Thomas Donoho Johnston; machine shop, foundry, and sawmill owner Caleb Richmond; state senator James Kerr; merchant and tobacco factory owner John Wilson; planters William Long (also the owner of a sawmill and gristmill), Sidney Lea, George Williamson, Haywood Williams, Thomas Mumford McGehee, and William H. Holderness.

Family relationships among the planters enhanced the demand for Thomas-Day-made architectural trimwork. Thomas Donoho Johnston built Clarendon Hall in 1842 and tapped Day to embellish the interior; when his sister and brother-in-law, Sarah and William Long, built the Long House in 1856, they, too, turned to Day. Day provided the architectural woodwork for the house of Captain Carter Powell around 1848 and that of his son Henry Alexander Powell less than a decade later. Thomas L. Lea and his siblings Sidney S. Lea and Rebecca Lea (Mrs. George Williamson), his niece Elizabeth Lea (Mrs. Calvin Graves), and his daughter Ann Lea (Mrs. William Griffin Graves) provided Day the opportunity to do the woodwork on a law office and four of their five houses between 1840 and 1850.

The woodwork suggests the Carter Powell house was built around 1848 rather than the more often cited 1850. Day's machine-cut newels with tendrils date Henry Powell's house to 1853-1855. Day's work for Elizabeth Lea and Calvin Graves was not on their house, as it was built several years earlier, but on Calvin's law office, for which Day supplied the mantel. For a discussion of this family, see Whitlow, "Thomas L. Lea," in Heritage of Caswell County, 354.

Source: Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color, Patricia Phillips Marshall and Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll (2010) at 134-135 and 246 (footnote 10).
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Carter Powell s/o Mastin and Mary Carter Powell, married Sarah Bates Moore July 28, 1822.
Children

Sidney Armstead Powell M.D.
Edwin Moore Powell M.D. b: 1822
Henry Alexander Powell b: 16 DEC 1824 in Caswell County, North Carolina
Ann Catherine Powell b: 1827
Margaret Elizabeth Powell b: 1832
Emily Caroline Powell b: 1834
Ashby Banks Powell b: 1837
Nicholas Van Buren Powell b: 1840

1848/12/23 NCCaswell- 1848-Dec-23: NCCasw- MASTIN POWELL of Caswell to CARTER POWELL of Caswell. All of said
MASTIN POWELL's eighth interest in the estate of his mother the late ELIZABETH POWELL, both that which has come
into the hands of her administrator, CARTER POWELL, and also what may be due and coming from the estate of her
father,and now in the hands of his executor, Isaac SATERFIELD; MASTIN POWELL late of the county of Halifax, VA
also all the right, title and interest of the estate of his father the late JAROLD POWELL, deceased.
NCHistorical Commission, Caswell Co. Records, Deeds & Deeds of Trust, 1794-1856. (20.037).



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

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=caswellcounty&id=I10781
Carter Glass Powell was born 06 MAY 1800 in Virginia, and died 26 OCT 1857. He was the son of 12. Mastin J. Powell and 13. Mary O. Carter.

7. Sarah Bates Moore was born 31 JAN 1804, and died 21 OCT 1877. She was the daughter of 14. Tarleton Moore and 15. Elizabeth Stanfield.



Children of Sarah Bates Moore and Carter Glass Powell are:
i. Edwin Moore Powell M.D. was born 1822, and died 1892. He married Anna Patrick Watlington 29 OCT 1857, daughter of James Watlington and Jane Wilson Scott. She was born 1833.
ii. Henry Alexander Powell was born 16 DEC 1824 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died 14 JUN 1866. He married Martha Ann Walters 29 OCT 1846 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, daughter of Spiers Walters and Lydia Ann Stamps. She was born 24 SEP 1825 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died 26 MAY 1892 in Sutherlin, Virginia.
3. iii. Ann Catherine Powell was born 1827, and died 20 NOV 1922 in Danville, Virginia. She married Albert G. Fuller 27 OCT 1847. He died ABT 1910.
iv. Margaret Elizabeth Powell was born 1832, and died 1907. She married John Daniel Glass 14 FEB 1854.
v. Emily Caroline Powell was born 1834. She married Levi Whitted.
vi. Ashley Banks Powell was born 1837, and died 1876. He married Athenia Augusta Cunningham 26 MAR 1863. He married Laura Helen Jennings 15 NOV 1866 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
vii. Nicholas Van Buren Powell was born 1840, and died 1866.
viii. Sidney Armstead Powell M.D.. He married Cynthia P. Read 18 JAN 1853.

Carter married Sarah Bates Moore in 28 Jul 1822 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. Sarah was born in c 1800; died on 21 Oct 1877. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
possibly born in Halifax County, Virginia or Caswell County, North Carolina.

Notes:

Birth:
possibly born in Halifax County, Virginia or Caswell County, North Carolina.

Notes:

Henry Alexander Powell (1824-1866)









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Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 387-388 (Article #496 "Alexander "Sandy" Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore" by Lois Moore Gardner).
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The owners of the homes in which Thomas Day's architectural woodwork is found constituted some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in the Dan River region: physician John Tab Garland, M.D., at one time the richest man in Caswell County (1850s and 1860s); banker and civic leader Thomas Donoho Johnston; machine shop, foundry, and sawmill owner Caleb Richmond; state senator James Kerr; merchant and tobacco factory owner John Wilson; planters William Long (also the owner of a sawmill and gristmill), Sidney Lea, George Williamson, Haywood Williams, Thomas Mumford McGehee, and William H. Holderness.

Family relationships among the planters enhanced the demand for Thomas-Day-made architectural trimwork. Thomas Donoho Johnston built Clarendon Hall in 1842 and tapped Day to embellish the interior; when his sister and brother-in-law, Sarah and William Long, built the Long House in 1856, they, too, turned to Day. Day provided the architectural woodwork for the house of Captain Carter Powell around 1848 and that of his son Henry Alexander Powell less than a decade later. Thomas L. Lea and his siblings Sidney S. Lea and Rebecca Lea (Mrs. George Williamson), his niece Elizabeth Lea (Mrs. Calvin Graves), and his daughter Ann Lea (Mrs. William Griffin Graves) provided Day the opportunity to do the woodwork on a law office and four of their five houses between 1840 and 1850.

The woodwork suggests the Carter Powell house was built around 1848 rather than the more often cited 1850. Day's machine-cut newels with tendrils date Henry Powell's house to 1853-1855. Day's work for Elizabeth Lea and Calvin Graves was not on their house, as it was built several years earlier, but on Calvin's law office, for which Day supplied the mantel. For a discussion of this family, see Whitlow, "Thomas L. Lea," in Heritage of Caswell County, 354.

Source: Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color, Patricia Phillips Marshall and Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll (2010) at 134-135 and 246 (footnote 10).
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One researcher has this person as Henry Thomas Powell. See: Allen Powell Dew and Neva Ann Daniel Ancestors
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Henry married Martha Ann Walters. Martha was born in c1825 in Caswell County, North Carolina U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Henry married Martha Ann Walters on 29 Oct 1846 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Martha was born on 24 Sep 1825 in Caswell County, North Carolina; died on 26 May 1892 in Sutherlin, Virginia; was buried in Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: The Bee newspaper, 21 November 1922 (Danville, Virginia), from which the following is quoted:

Mrs. Annie Fuller Passes Away

Death unexpectedly yesterday afternoon [20 November 1922] removed one of Danville's oldest residents, Mrs. Annie Catherine Fuller who passed away quietly at 140 Main Street at about half past two o'clock. She was 95 years of age.

Mrs Fuller last week had an attack of pneumonia but had apparently overcome it. All day yesterday she was in bright spirits and, as ever, keenly appreciative of everything that was being done for her. She had just been talking to her trained nurse when she lapsed into unconsciousness and was dead within two or three minutes.

Mrs. Fuller had been an invalid for the past five years or from the day she fell and broke her hip. Notwithstanding this confinement she had remarkably well preserved faculties and she remained fully conversant with world affairs almost until her death. One of the most enjoyed events of the day for her was perusal of the daily paper which she read unaided maintaining interest in national and world affairs and discussing them with discrimination.

Mrs. Fuller was a daughter of the late Carter Powell and Sallie A. Moore, being born in Caswell County in the distant year of 1827. she lived for some time at Blanche, N.C., and then she moved to Bachelor's Hall. She was married to A. G. Fuller in 1847 and moved to Danville in 1865 making her home here ever since. Her husband who died about twelve years ago was prominently identified with Danville's tobacco industry. They had seven children but Mrs. Fuller outlived all but two, James E. Fuller and John E. Fuller both of this city. She also leaves five grand children, Albert Patton, W. F. Patton, Winston Edwards, Miss Janie Edwards, and W. A. Fuller, and a great grandchild.

Mrs. Fuller was for many years a member of Mount Vernon Methodist Church being probably one of the oldest members. During her early life here she was active in affairs and was well known and widely esteemed. She was endowed with many fine traits of character and through her lond period of confinement had shown exemplary Christian fortitude.

The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock from the home on South Main Street.
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Note that The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 139-140 (Article #100 "Family of Jefferson Davis Butler" by Louise Powell Butler) reports a Mary Ann Powell as the daughter of Carter Powell and Sarah Bates Moore and that she married A. G. Fuller. That they are the same person has not been confirmed.


Birth:
possibly born in Halifax County, Virginia or Caswell County, North Carolina.

Ann married Albert G. Fuller on 27 Oct 1847. Albert died about 1910. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
possibly born in Halifax County, Virginia or Caswell County, North Carolina.

Margaret married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
possibly born in Halifax County, Virginia or Caswell County, North Carolina.

Emily married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name also seen as Ashley Banks Powell. Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 438-439 (Article #573 "The Carter Powell Family" by Mrs Helen Powell Neal).

Birth:
possibly born in Halifax County, Virginia or Caswell County, North Carolina.

Ashby married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Ashby married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
possibly born in Halifax County, Virginia or Caswell County, North Carolina.

Rufus married Medora Stanfield in c 1871 in Caswell County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bettie Margaret Powell (1851-1938)



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This photograph is believed to be of siblings Bettie Margaret Powell (1851-1938) and Rufus Edwin Powell (1856-1924). They were children of Henry Alexander Powell (1824-1866) and Martha Ann Walters (born 1825).
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See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 387-388 (Article #496 "Alexander "Sandy" Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore" by Lois Moore Gardner).

She deeded the land upon which was constructed the Blanche Baptist Church (built 1903 and initially known as Moore's Chapel).
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Mrs. Bettie Moore To Be Buried Today: Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie M. Moore will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of B. E. Powell in Blanch, N. C. Mrs. Moore died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. B. Moore, in Yanceyville yesterday evening at the age of 86. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. B. Moore. Yanceyville, N. C., and Mrs. R. N. Shearon, Bunn, N. C., one sister, Mrs. Lydia Watkins. Blanch, N. C. and one brother, A. H. Powell, Sutherlin, Va.

Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 21 July 1938.

Bettie married James Byrd Moore. James was born in c 1850. [Group Sheet]

Bettie married James Byrd Moore. James was born on 17 Mar 1848; died on 23 Aug 1900; was buried in Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died blind. Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 140-141 (Article #101 "Louise Powell Butler" by Louise Powell Butler).

Notes:

Rufus Edwin Powell (1856-1924)



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This photograph is believed to be of siblings Bettie Margaret Powell (1851-1938) and Rufus Edwin Powell (1856-1924). They were children of Henry Alexander Powell (1824-1866) and Martha Ann Walters (born 1825).
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The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 6 December 1924 (Page 5)

Rufus E. Powell Dies at His Home at Blanch, N.C.

Announcement is made of the death at his home at 5:50 p.m. yesterday of Rufus E. Powell, an influential citizen and farmer of Blanch, Caswell county, N. C., aged 68 years. He had resided near Blanch all his life, was a deacon in the Baptist church
and a man of the highest standing in his community.

Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 p.m. Sunday (tomorrow) and interment will be made in the family cemetery.

Deceased has a brother Arthur H. Powell of Sutherlin, Va. and two sisters Mrs. Betty P. Moore, of Bunn, N. C. and Mrs. D. G. Watkins of Blanch, N. C. He is survived by eight children: Mrs. W. L. Griggs, North Wilkesboro, N. C.; H. A. Powell, N. C.; R. E. Powell, Marshville, N. C.; Miss Mary E. Powell, Raleigh, N. C.; Dr. Walter B. Powell, Memphis, Tenn.; Dr. Rosa P. Taylor, Charlottesville, Va.; Robert G. Powell, Blanch, N. C. and Mrs. B. V. Chamblee, Hamlet, N. C.
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The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 10 December 1924 (Page 11)

Card of Thanks

We, the children of Mr. R. E. Powell, Blanche, N. C. wish to express to friends and relatives our deepest appreciation of the many kindnesses shown us during the sickness, death and burial of our beloved father.

Rufus married Madora Ella Stanfield on 25 Mar 1879 in Leasburg, Caswell County, North Carolina. Madora was born on 28 Jul 1859 in Leasburg, Caswell County, North Carolina; died on 10 Jan 1915; was buried in Powell Family Cemetery (Blanche, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

His gravestone in the Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina) shows a death date of 7 September 1893, while the article on the Powell family uses 10 January 1915. See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 140-141 (Article #101 "Louise Powell Butler" by Louise Powell Butler). Here the gravestone data is used.

Felix married Betty Lea Graves. Betty was born on 01 Oct 1866 in North Carolina; died on 02 Jan 1956; was buried in Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Arthur married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Lydia Ann Powell (1865-1960)



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Lydia Ann Powell Watkins holding Wilbur Lawrence Watkins.
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Mrs. Bettie Moore To Be Buried Today: Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie M. Moore will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of B. E. Powell in Blanch, N. C. Mrs. Moore died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. B. Moore, in Yanceyville yesterday evening at the age of 86. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. B. Moore. Yanceyville, N. C., and Mrs. R. N. Shearon, Bunn, N. C., one sister, Mrs. Lydia Watkins. Blanch, N. C. and one brother, A. H. Powell, Sutherlin, Va.

Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 21 July 1938.
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"I was about to give the same guess [as to the person for whom Blanch, North Carolina was named], although I didn't know that Blanche Moore's father had run the post office. Blanche Moore was a cousin of my grandmother's, Lydia Anne Watkins, and they were very close. I remember visiting "Cousin Blanche" as a child when she lived in the house the Moorefields own now. She was quite a lady, and Blanch can be proud to be named for her! My grandparents built the house in Blanch that Wayne and Linda Bray now own, and they raised a family of 11 children. After he turned his dairy farm over to a son, my grandfather also ran the post office and train station there. It was before my day, but have heard many stories of the "hobos" who road the trains during and after the depression and stopped in the area. My grandfather bought some beautiful pieces from peddlers who rode through (former shop owners who had lost all but their merchandise). Some of those things have been handed down through the family."

Source: JoAnn Watkins Warn Post to CCHA Facebook Wall 30 June 2010.
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See also: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins); The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 380-381.

Attended Roanoke Female College in Danville, Virginia (which became Averett University) [went there in the 1800s and studied, among other things "deportment'].
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The 1900 US Census (Dan River, Caswell County, North Carolina) shows her as: Lydia M.
Name: Lydia M Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: 1862
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Wife

Lydia married Daniel Gunn Watkins about 1883. Daniel was born on 25 Sep 1857 in Caswell County, North Carolina; died on 03 Jan 1937. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
possibly born in Halifax County, Virginia or Caswell County, North Carolina.

Henry married Carlie Merritt Gravette. Carlie was born in c 1875 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died young.

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 387-388 (Article #496 "Alexander "Sandy" Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore" by Lois Moore Gardner)

Notes:

Blanche Lydia Moore (1882-1960)

Blanche Lydia Moore Wedding Invitation

See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 387-388 (Article #496 "Alexander "Sandy" Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore" by Lois Moore Gardner).
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Direct descendant of Spiers Walters and Lydia Stamps. The Caswell County community of Blanche was named for her (by her father who was the first postmaster at Blanche).
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"I was about to give the same guess [as to the person for whom Blanch, North Carolina was named], although I didn't know that Blanche Moore's father had run the post office. Blanche Moore was a cousin of my grandmother's, Lydia Anne Watkins, and they were very close. I remember visiting "Cousin Blanche" as a child when she lived in the house the Moorefields own now. She was quite a lady, and Blanch can be proud to be named for her! My grandparents built the house in Blanch that Wayne and Linda Bray now own, and they raised a family of 11 children. After he turned his dairy farm over to a son, my grandfather also ran the post office and train station there. It was before my day, but have heard many stories of the "hobos" who road the trains during and after the depression and stopped in the area. My grandfather bought some beautiful pieces from peddlers who rode through (former shop owners who had lost all but their merchandise). Some of those things have been handed down through the family."

Source: JoAnn Watkins Warn Post to CCHA Facebook Wall 30 June 2010.
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Mrs. Bettie Moore To Be Buried Today: Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie M. Moore will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of B. E. Powell in Blanch, N. C. Mrs. Moore died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. B. Moore, in Yanceyville yesterday evening at the age of 86. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. B. Moore. Yanceyville, N. C., and Mrs. R. N. Shearon, Bunn, N. C., one sister, Mrs. Lydia Watkins. Blanch, N. C. and one brother, A. H. Powell, Sutherlin, Va.

Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 21 July 1938.
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1930 US Census
Name: Blanche Moore
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Relation to head-of-house: Wife
Spouse's Name: Sandy B Moore
Home in 1930: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina

Death Record
Name: Lydia B Moore
Death Date: 6 Jun 1959
Death County: Moore
Death State: North Carolina
Death Age: 81
Birth Date: abt. 1878
Race: 1
Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005

Blanche married Alexander Banks Moore on 22 Jun 1910 in Blanche Baptist Church, Caswell County, North Carolina. Alexander was born on 07 May 1879 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 02 Oct 1958; was buried in First Baptist Church of Yanceyville (Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mrs. Bettie Moore To Be Buried Today: Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie M. Moore will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of B. E. Powell in Blanch, N. C. Mrs. Moore died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. B. Moore, in Yanceyville yesterday evening at the age of 86. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. B. Moore. Yanceyville, N. C., and Mrs. R. N. Shearon, Bunn, N. C., one sister, Mrs. Lydia Watkins. Blanch, N. C. and one brother, A. H. Powell, Sutherlin, Va.

Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 21 July 1938.

Mattie married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Mattie married Reverend William Lemuel Griggs. William was born on 08 Jul 1883; died on 26 Feb 1953. [Group Sheet]

Henry married Carlie M. Gravett on 29 Dec 1914 in Alton, Virginia. Carlie was born on 27 Jul 1895; died on 28 Sep 1963. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

That the following is with respect to the Rufus Edwin Powell, Jr. of this entry has not been confirmed and is placed here for research purposes only.

Name: Powell, R.E.
City: N/A
County: Caswell
State: NC
Year: 1912
Class: Senior

Rufus married Lillian Dean on 22 Jul 1913. Lillian was born on 04 Apr 1882; died on 23 Aug 1967; was buried in Powell Family Cemetery (Blanche, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Never married. Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 140-141 (Article #101 "Louise Powell Butler" by Louise Powell Butler).

Walter married Elizabeth Sloan. Elizabeth was born on 20 Sep 1896; died on 16 Feb 1976. [Group Sheet]

Rosa married Julius H. Taylor. Julius was born on 09 Oct 1894; died on 10 Apr 1944. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

World War I veteran whose biographical sketch was published in Caswell County in the World War, 1917-1918: Service Records of Caswell County Men, George A. Anderson, Compiler (1921).

Robert married Mary Elizabeth Gatewood on 27 Nov 1925. Mary was born on 06 Apr 1899; died on 28 Sep 1977; was buried in Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Emma married Bayard V. Chamblee on 02 Sep 1916. Bayard was born on 05 Jan 1892. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

World War I veteran whose biographical sketch was published in Caswell County in the World War, 1917-1918: Service Records of Caswell County Men, George A. Anderson, Compiler (1921).

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Lawrence L Powell
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relationship to head-of-house: Son
Parent's Name: Bettie L
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Bettie L Powell 53
Lawrence L Powell 12
Arthur G Powell 11
Felix G Powell 8

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Lawrence Lea Powell
City: Blanch
County: Caswell
State: North Carolina
Birthplace: North Carolina;United States of America
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1888
Race: Caucasian (White)

Notes:

Possibly the daughter of Felix Banks Powell and Bettie Lea Graves; and, based upon the location of her gravestone in the Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina), that assumption is made here.

Notes:

Note that the birth and death dates on his gravestone are difficult to read.

Notes:

Edna Earl Watkins (1855-1988)









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Group Photograph: Watkins Reunion c.1939

Watkins Family Reunion at Dan Valley Farm c.1939

Foreground: Lydia Ann Watkins, Spot Watkins (dog)

Seated: Dan Patterson, Edna Mebane, Lydia Watkins, Lucille Watkins, Salie Patterson, Dan Simmons, Beth Simmons

Standing: Dee Gee Watkins, Cary Watkins, Katherine Mebane, Jack Patterson, Mabel Watkins, Henry Watkins, James Watkins

Bartlett Yancey High School Teacher

Oldest of twelve children. Moved to Caswell County in 1889 when her parents returned to the family farm in Blanch, North Carolina. See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 380-381 (Article #486 "Edna Watkins Mebane" by Elizabeth Moore Upchurch).
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The Association [Caswell County Historical Association] is most grateful to those who contributed to the furnishing of the Jailer's Quarters. Especially appealing was the Mebane collection of handmade and decorated baby-garments and other age costumes as well. The most outstanding article shown in the Children's Room was Mrs. Mebane's flannel petticoat. Obviously it is a genuine antique because the owner, Edna Watkins Mebane, is 101.

Source: Caswell County Historical Association Newsletter, Volume IX, Number 4 (October 1986).

Source: 1900 US Census (Danville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina).
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Name: Watkins, Edna Earl
City: Blanche
County: Caswell
State: NC
Year: 1914
Class: Class of 1903
School: Louisburg College
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1900 US Census
Name: Edna E Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1885
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter
Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins)

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Edna E Watkins
Age in 1910: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1885
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: Daniel G Watkins
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Name: Lydia A Watkins
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
Daniel G Watkins 52
Lydia A Watkins 45
Edna E Watkins 25
Welbur L Watkins 24
Loucille N Watkins 20
Henry T Watkins 18
Katie C Watkins 16
Dee G Watkins 14
Maggie E Watkins 13
Sallie A Watkins 11
Elizabeth Watkins 9
Mabel Watkins 6
James B Watkins 3

1920 United States Federal Census (unconfirmed)
Name: Edna E Watkins
Home in 1920: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Wilhemina Tulloss 26 [36]
Frank Tulloss 19
Edna E Watkins 34
Margaret L Watkins 22 [32]
Katherine Tulloss 24 [26]

Death Record
Name: Edna W. Mebane
SSN: 242-50-8691
Last Residence: 27379 Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina, United States of America
Born: 27 Feb 1885
Died: Oct 1988
State (Year) SSN issued: North Carolina (1951-1952 )
Source: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006

Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
Name: Edna E Mebane
Death Date: 21 Oct 1988
County of Death: Cobb
Gender: F (Female)
Race: White
Age: 101 years
County of Residence: Cobb
Certificate: 039231
Date Filed: 2 Nov 1988

She died in Georgia where she was living with her daughter.
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Edna married Giles Mebane on 14 Oct 1920. Giles was born on 08 Jul 1880 in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina; died on 30 Nov 1969; was buried in New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Wilbur Lawrence Watkins (1886-1975)



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Lydia Ann Powell Watkins holding Wilbur Lawrence Watkins.
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Source: 1900 US Census (Danville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina)
Name: Willia L Watkins [Wilbur L. Watkins]
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: 1886
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Son

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins).
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1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Wilbur L Watkins
Home in 1930: Mount Vernon, Somerset, Maryland
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Bessie J Watkins
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Wilbur L Watkins 44
Bessie J Watkins 34
Pauline G Watkins 11
Dee Gee Watkins 34
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Wilbur married Bessie Johnson on 10 Jun 1914 in Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. Bessie was born about 1896 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 561 (Mabel A. Watkins by Elizabeth Moore Upchurch)

Notes:

Source: 1900 US Census (Danville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina)
Name: Lucile A Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 10
Estimated birth year: 1890
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins)

Notes:

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Group Photograph: Watkins Reunion c.1939

Watkins Family Reunion at Dan Valley Farm c.1939

Foreground: Lydia Ann Watkins, Spot Watkins (dog)

Seated: Dan Patterson, Edna Mebane, Lydia Watkins, Lucille Watkins, Salie Patterson, Dan Simmons, Beth Simmons

Standing: Dee Gee Watkins, Cary Watkins, Katherine Mebane, Jack Patterson, Mabel Watkins, Henry Watkins, James Watkins

Source: 1900 US Census (Danville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina)
Name: Henry Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: 1892
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Son

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins)

Henry married Elizabeth Frances King on 12 Jun 1918. Elizabeth was born in 1893; died in 1981. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: 1900 US Census (Danville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina)
Name: Kate C Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: 1894
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins)

Kate married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Dee Gee Watkins (1895-1969)





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Group Photograph: Watkins Reunion c.1939

Watkins Family Reunion at Dan Valley Farm c.1939

Foreground: Lydia Ann Watkins, Spot Watkins (dog)

Seated: Dan Patterson, Edna Mebane, Lydia Watkins, Lucille Watkins, Salie Patterson, Dan Simmons, Beth Simmons

Standing: Dee Gee Watkins, Cary Watkins, Katherine Mebane, Jack Patterson, Mabel Watkins, Henry Watkins, James Watkins

World War I veteran whose biographical sketch was published in Caswell County in the World War, 1917-1918: Service Records of Caswell County Men, George A. Anderson, Compiler (1921). This book shows his birth year as 1896.

See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins).
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Source: 1900 US Census (Danville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina)
Name: Dee G Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: 1895
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Son

Query whether his name really was Dee Gee Watkins or whether he was Daniel Gunn Watkins, Jr. and called "D. G." There was a Mr. D. G. Watkins who served in World War I, was poisoned by nerve gas (mustard gas), was thereby disabled, and lived on Main Street in Yanceyville in the 1950's with the John Lewis Satterfield, Jr. family. Whether this is the same person has not been confirmed, but it is likely. Note, however, that one source states that Dee Gee Watkins "luckily escaped [World War I] without being wounded or gassed." See: Caswell County in the World War, 1917-1918: Service Records of Caswell County Men, George A. Anderson (1921) at 182.

1900 US Census
Name: Dee G Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: 1895
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Son

World War I Draft Registration Card
Name: Dee Gee Watkins
City: Not Stated
County: Caswell
State: North Carolina
Birthplace: North Carolina;United States of America
Birth Date: Apr 26 1895
Race: Caucasian
Roll: 1765626
DraftBoard: 0
Signature: D. Gee Watkins

1920 US Census
Name: Dee Gee Watkins
Age: 25 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1895
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Home in 1920: Danville Ward 2, Danville (Independent City), Virginia
Sex: Male
Marital status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Roomer
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina

North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
Name: Dee Gee Watkins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 74
Birth Date: 26 Apr 1895
Birth Place: North Carolina, United States
Death Date: 5 Nov 1969
Death Location: Rocky Mount, Nash
Father's Name: Daniel G Watkins
Mother's Name: Lydia Powell
Residence: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina

Death Record (Unconfirmed But Likely)
Name: Dee Watkins
SSN: 240-36-8252
Last Residence: 27403 Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States of America
Born: 26 Apr 1895
Died: Nov 1969
State (Year) SSN issued: North Carolina (Before 1951)

Dee married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: 1900 US Census (Danville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina)
Maggie Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: 1897
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins).

1920 United States Federal Census (unconfirmed)
Name: Margaret L Watkins
Home in 1920: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1898
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Wilhemina Tulloss 26
Frank Tulloss 19
Edna E Watkins 34
Margaret L Watkins 22
Katherine Tulloss 24

Margaret married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: 1900 US Census (Danville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina)
Name: Sallie Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins)

Sallie married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins)

Martha married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

James Burton Watkins (1906-1998)





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First Photograph: Dailey School 1919

This old picture is of the Dailey School, which was originally located adjoining the J. H. Dailey Farm 1.5 miles west of Blanch [Caswell County, North Carolina]. The picture was take in 1919. Those shown in the picture are (front row, left to right) Ruth Hyler, Garnet Powell, Ralph Harrison, Frank Powell, Jeanette Harrelson Mobley (deceased), Ardie Hyler, John Harrelson, and Charlie Hyler.

Second row: Fannie Harrelson, James Watkins, Evelyn Bradner Moorefield, Rebecca Moore (deceased), and Claude Hyler.

In the rear is Miss Fannie Sue Wilson, teacher.

The old picture was contributed by Mr. I. G. Dailey of Blanch, who also presented a letter dated February 17, 1919, which wa written to Miss Wilson from M. J. H. Dailey, member of the school committee. The letter is as follows: "Dear Miss Wilson, I saw Mr. Watkins this morning and he said the thought you would take this school. If you will take it, we would be glad to have you teach for us. Signed, J. H. Dailey."
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Second Photograph: Group Photograph: Watkins Reunion c.1939

Watkins Family Reunion at Dan Valley Farm c.1939

Foreground: Lydia Ann Watkins, Spot Watkins (dog)

Seated: Dan Patterson, Edna Mebane, Lydia Watkins, Lucille Watkins, Salie Patterson, Dan Simmons, Beth Simmons

Standing: Dee Gee Watkins, Cary Watkins, Katherine Mebane, Jack Patterson, Mabel Watkins, Henry Watkins, James Watkins

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000
Name: James Burton Watkins
Date of Birth: 19 Sep 1906
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth County: Caswell
Parent1 Name: Daniel Gunn Watkins
Parent2 Name: Lydia Ann Powell
Roll Number: B_C020_68001
Volume: 7
Page: 159

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: James B Watkins
Age in 1910: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1907
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Daniel G
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Name: Lydia A
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Daniel G Watkins 52
Lydia A Watkins 45
Edna E Watkins 25
Welbur L Watkins 24
Loucille N Watkins 20
Henry T Watkins 18
Katie C Watkins 16
Dee G Watkins 14
Maggie E Watkins 13
Sallie A Watkins 11
Elizabeth Watkins 9
Mabel Watkins 6
James B Watkins 3

North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
Name: James Burton Watkins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Social Security Number: 237092405
Father's Last Name: Watkins
Age: 82
Date of Birth: 19 Sep 1906
Birth Location: North Carolina
Birth State: North Carolina
Residence County: Caswell
Residence State: North Carolina
Date of Death: 12 Dec 1988
Death State: Virginia
institution: General Hospital
Attendant: Physician
Burial Location: Burial out of state
Source Vendor: NC Department of Health. North Carolina Deaths, 1988-92

See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins).
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James married Annie Maude Abell. Annie was born on 05 Jul 1914 in Georgia; died on 01 Oct 1992 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina; was buried in Purley United Methodist Church (Purley, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]