Mastin J. Powell, Sr.

Notes:

The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 9 December 1929 (Page 3)
Mastin Powell Dies At Blanche; Funeral Today

News was received this morning of the death last night of Mastin Powell at his home in Caswell county. He was about 70 years of age and had been ill for several weeks. Death was ascribed to infirmities incidental to age.

Mr. Powell spent most of his life in the Blanche section and was one of the most widely known and popular farmers of that section. He is survived by the following children: Samuel Powell, Mrs. William Reagan, Miss Sarah Powell, Eli Powell, and Mrs. Holt. He also leaves a sister Mrs. Mary Owens, and several brothers, nieces
and nephews.

The funeral will be held from the home of his niece, Miss Sarah Powell at Blanche tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
{This Mastin Powell was born c 1860}




Will of Mastin Powell (1846)

In the name of God Amen. I Mastin Powel of the County of Halifax and State of Virginia being of sound disposing mind and memory and knowing the mortality of the flesh that it is appointed for man to die do make, ordain, constitute and appoint this my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit:

I will that my Executors herein after named pay all my just debts.

1st Item: Having given to my nine children in money and property to the amount of eight thousand two hundred and forty six dollars and thirty six cents to wit:

To my son Carter Powell seven hundred and forty dollars
To my daughter Elizabeth Powell eight hundred and twenty dollars
To my son Biggers Powell nine hundred and eighty five dollars
To my son John B. Powell fifteen hundred and fifty five dollars and 36 cents
To my daughter Nancy T. Carter seven hundred and eighty five dollars
To my daughter Mary Ann Carter seven hundred and sixty dollars
To my son William Powell seven hundred and eighty six dollars
To my daughter Susan Powel seven hundred dollars
To my daughter Harriet J. Yarbrough seven hundred and fifteen dollars

2nd Item: I will that these several amounts be taken from their portions of the division of my estate.

3rd Item: I give to my beloved wife during her natural life all of my Land to be rented out at the direction of my Executors also one third part of my slaves giving her liberty to select such as may suit her also one year's support, two work horses Two good feather beds and furniture.

4th Item: I will that my executors sell the balance of my slaves household and kitchen furniture plantation tools stock of every description and all property I may die possessed of on a credit of twelve months and divide the money equally among the above nine named children.

5th Item: I will that after the death of my wife Mary Powell my executors sell the land and all the life property of her and equally divide the same among by nine above named children.

6th Item: I hereby appoint Isaac Satterfield and my son William Powell executors to this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other or former wills by me made.

Signed published and declared by Mastin Powell as and for his last will and testament who at his request and in his presents subscribed our names as witness this the 27th August 1846

Mastin Powell

Witnesses:
Thomas W. White
Edward Moore
Alfred Russell

At a Court held for Halifax County the 26th day of October 1846 the within written last will and testament of Mastin Powell was presented in court and proven by the oaths of two witnesses thereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Isaac Satterfield one of the executors therein named who made oath thereto according to law and with Richard Carter Senior and John N. Satterfield his securities entered into and acknowledged a bond on the penalty of $30,000 conditioned according to law, certificate is granted to him for obtaining probate of said will in due form.

Teste: William Holt, Clerk

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.

Powell/Powell Deed, 1853 - Halifax Co. VA
Deed, William J. Powell Jr. to William J. Powell Sr.
Library of Virginia, Halifax County Virginia Deeds, Book 56, page 61, 28
November 1853

I, William J. Powell Junior of the County of Caswell, North Carolina, heir at law of Mastin Powell, deceased, for and in consideration of the sum of twenty dollars to him in hand paid by William J. Powell Senior of the County of Halifax, Virginia, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged hath bargained, sold and by these presents doth bargain, sell and deliver to the said William J. Powell, his heirs all of my interest in the dower of Mary Powell left her by her husband Mastin Powell. ? I William J. Powell, for myself, my heirs I do warrant forever defend the right, title & claim...of said dower in the possession of Mary Powell of Halifax, Virginia
... I have set my hand a seal this 28th day of November 1853
William J. Powell

Witness:
Carter Powell
A. L. (?) Ball
Greensby Carter


Submitted by Steve Carson
(Note: MF Eggleston: This compelling deed is thought to be made between Uncle and Nephew, as was customary in the era, as opposed to current tradition of father to son, in the 20th century.

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.



Powell Children Marriages:
Carter m Sarah Bates Moore, 22 Jun 1821/22, Halifax Co., VA
Elizabeth m Jerrald Powell (her Uncle), 23 Dec 1816, Halifax Co., VA
Biggers m Gillie Lipscomb, 14 Jul 1829, Halifax Co., VA
John Bibb m Nancy Carter
Nancy T. m Richard Carter
Mary Ann m Green Carter
William Jefferson m Elizabeth Allen Carter
Susan m Jackson Powell (her nephew)
**
Issac & Mary Carter-2-5-1821-Lemuel Carter-father ISAAC SATTERFIELD WAS THE SON OF THE FOLLOWING SAMUEL SATTERFIELD AND NANCY CARTER; MARY CARTER WAS THE DAUGHTER OF LEMUEL CARTER.(?)

1. Isaac C. SATTERFIELD Jr., b. abt 1802
married Mary CARTER b. abt 1805
2. Lemuel "Lem" SATTERFIELD b. 1821
married Eliza J. SMITH
3. Ballard SATTERFIELD b. 17 Mar 1861 d 19 Oct 1932
married Bettie Catherine HOOPER b. 14 Feb 1864 d. 5 Dec 1905
4. Charles Lemuel "Buck" SATTERFIELD Sr 24 Nov 1898 d. 16 Jun 1977
married Alma Kyle MOORE b. 22 Jun 1902 d. 8 Feb 1975
5. Virginia Kyle SATTERFIELD b. 25 Aug 1920 d. 13 Jan 1980
married Leon W. WOOD b. 28 May 1915 d. 11 Feb 1997
6. Mike
>In a message dated 8/5/2000 7:22:46 PM, RSatte4914@aol.com writes:
>Lemuel Satterfield born about 1770
>wife not known
>1. Sam Satterfield born 1790 married Nancy Carter 30 Nov 1812
>2. Isaac Satterfield born abt 1796 in VA married Mary Carter 8 Feb 1821
>Halifax, VA They had 11 children
>1. Martha Ann Satterfield b. 15 Aug 1823 Halifax, VA married Levi Lewis 13
>Jan 1845 Halifax, VA
>2. Sarah Satterfield b. 23 Nov 1826 Married William Berkley Carmichael 23
>Jul 1856 Halifax, VA
>3. Nancy G. Satterfield b. 1 Feb 1829 Halifax, VA d. 11 Oct 1915 Married
>Richard C. Henderson 6 Feb 1862 Halifax, VA (2nd wife) My linage is
>throught 1st wife)
>4. Samuel A. Satterfield b. 11 Mar 1831 Halifax, VA
>5. Onslow Satterfield b. 8 Feb 1833 Halifax, VA
>6. Elizabeth N. Or H. Satterfield b. 2 Jun 1835 Halifax, VA married John
>Ferrell 4 Mar 1857
>7. James Satterfield b. 30 Nov 1837
>8. Osmond B. Satterfield b. 30 Jan 1840 Halifax, VA Married Sally F.
Ferrell
>22 Jan 1881 Halifax, VA
>9. Isaac C. Satterfield b. 26 Oct 1844 Halifax, VA
>10. Lemuel C. Satterfield b. 12 Oct 1821 Halifax, VA married Eliza J. Smith
>8 Aug 1852 Halifax, VA
>11. Addison Y. Satterfield b. 1 May 1853 Halifax, VA
>


From: Bebenjohn@aol.com
Date: Sunday, August 06, 2000 10:41 AM
>I believe that this is our leader, Mike Woods, family, all descendants of
>Isaac Satterfield, son of John (I) Satterfield and his wife Sarah Jay.
>

Whoa... don't know about that leader part....
My direct line without listing brothers and sisters etc., is:

Lemuel (Lem) SATTERFIELD b. 12 or 14 Oct 1821 Halifax, Va d. circa 1880
married 8 Aug 1852 Halifax, Va to Eliza J. SMITH b. unk... d. unk...

One of their children was
Ballard (Bal) Carter SATTERFIELD b. 17 Mar 1861 Halifax, Va d. 19 Oct 1932
Caswell Cty, NC, married (First Wife) Bettie Catherine HOOPER b. 14 Feb
1864, Caswell Cty NC, d. 5 Dec 1905. Both buried Bethel Church, Caswell
Cty, NC.

One of their children was:
Charles Lemuel (Buck) SATTERFIELD b. 24 Nov 1898 Caswell Cty NC d. 16 Jun
1977 Durham, NC married Alma Kyle MOORE b. 22 Jun 1902 Marlboro Cty, SC d.
8 Feb 1975, Durham, NC, both buried Maplewood Cemt, Durham, NC

One of their children was:
Virginia Kyle SATTERFIELD b. 26 Aug 1920, Durham, NC d. 13 Jan 1980 married
Leon Willard WOOD b. 28 May 1915 Lee Cty, NC d. 11 Feb 1997 both buried
Maplewood Cemt, Durham, NC

Mastin married Mary O. "Polly" Carter before 1817. Mary (daughter of Patriot Richard 'died young' Carter and Susannah Bigger) was born in c 1783 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.; died in 1868. [Group Sheet]

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).
_______________



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:

Powell/Powell Deed, 1853 - Halifax Co. VA
Deed, William J. Powell Jr. to William J. Powell Sr.
Library of Virginia, Halifax County Virginia Deeds, Book 56, page 61, 28
November 1853
William J. Powell
Witness:
Carter Powell
A. L. (?) Ball
Greensby Carter
Submitted by Steve Carson

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

William married Elizabeth Allen Carter about 1838. Elizabeth was born on 16 Jul 1807 in Virginia; died on 30 Sep 1883. [Group Sheet]

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, 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

Children Of Elizabeth Powell and Jarrold/Gerald Powell

Has No Children Jackson Powell
Has No Children James Powell
Has No Children Mary Jane Powell
Has No Children Richard Powell
Has Children Eliza Ann Powell b: 11 JUN 1813 in Virginia
Has Children Mastin James Powell b: 24 DEC 1824 in Caswell County, North Carolina
Has Children Rebecca Frances Powell b: ABT 1829 in Caswell County, North Carolina

Elizabeth married Jarrell/Gerald Powell. Jarrell/Gerald was born in c 1775; died in c 1838 in Caswell County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

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

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellcounty&id=I4036
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:

Deed, William J. Powell to John B. Powell
Library of Virginia, Halifax County Virginia Deeds, Book 53, pages 367-368, 10 July 1849
Received of William J. Powell three hundred dollars for which I convey to him or his order all of my interest in the dower property of the estate of my deceased father Mastin Powell agreeable to his last will and testament. The right and title of said property in the hands of Isaac Satterfield, executor. I warrant and forever defend free from the claim of myself my heirs or assigns or any person or persons claiming under me in any matter whatever into the said William J. Powell or his assigns forever. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th July 1849
John B. Powell
Teste:
Isaac Satterfield
Edward Moore
Bevin M. Oliver

Halifax Clerk?s office the 24th day of September 1849} The within written deed was presented in the clerk?s office aforesaid and proved by the oath of one witness thereto subscribed. Recorded in the clerk?s office aforesaid the 26th day of November 1849. The said deed was further proved by the oaths of one other witness thereto subscribed to be the act and deed of the within John B. Powell, a party thereto and admitted to record.
Teste: William Holt, Clerk of Halifax County


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

A few days afterward to Keep up the excitement we had a fight in Town. Virgil Rainey about half Drunk, with John Kerr Jr. in politicks ____ ____ _____ ____ and finally Rainey gave Kerr the ___ & much Drunken abuse, and thereupon Kerr gave him in return the Stick, three or four times over the head, which brought him to his Senses & they were parted. - The police had them up and fined Kerr $2.50 - But this is not all - John Bibb Powell have moved to Town, and rooted out Dick Bennett & Co. We have now a new pukery. Powell Rice & Co. & they say it is also to be a Tavern for entertainment. These pukeries are dreadful things, & when I tell you of one more Circumstance, I think you will agree with me.

You recollect that your Uncle Aza left Mrs, Kimbro's Children $300 each. - Well - Elijah Kimbro, your hopeful Cousin, Came in here for it a few weeks ago and it was paid ___ to him, his Children had also Some Money Coming to them from Your Aunt Kimbro's estate, he got that also which in all amounted to Some five or six hundred Dollars, and in true Kimbro Style to betook himself to the pukery, and on the week before last, had all his money Stolen from him, whilst Drunk, and he is now ___ a perfect Vagabond. He started late one night to go to his Sisters, & fell off his horse the other Side of Hodnett's Bridge & was found the next morning with his pocket book & money gone, and he Dead Drunk. Some people think that a man in the neighborhood by the name of Hancock got it. But it has been Searched & it cannot be found. The friends are raising a Subscription to send him home. I Subscribed $2 & his uncles & Sisters the balance & he is to be off to morrow. - Dr. M____ has Started again to Mississippi - Mrs. Mullen & Cousin Sally are to Come & see me in a few days & when they come I am going to raise a Candy Store - I don't mean to take any ____ ____ of your absence But I do mean to have some of the good things to myself and as I have no wife to write to Me I'll have a frolic of Some Sort or other. - On this day week past we had the Presbyterian Church Dedicated and we had good preaching. Saturday & Sunday Mr. Harding & Pickard attended and a full house.

Source: Paul A. Haralson 1839 Letter to His Wife.

1850 VA Census Halifax,
1009 John B. Powell 35 planter
Nancy 30
Elizabeth 18
Virginia 16
Richard 14
John 5

John married Nancy Carter on 24 Oct 1831 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. Nancy (daughter of Patriot Richard 'died young' Carter and Susannah Bigger) was born on c 1785 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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.
> > > >
> > > > END of EXTRACTION

Nancy married Richard Henry Carter on 12 Feb 1832 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. Richard (son of Richard Carter, Sr.) was born in c 1811 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mary Ann Powell married Green Carter

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

Mary married Greensby "Green" Carter on 7 Nov 1836 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. Greensby (son of Lemuel Carter and Martha "Patsy" Powell) was born in c1805 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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, 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

Susan married William Jackson Powell. William (son of Jarrell/Gerald Powell and Elizabeth Powell) was born in c 1814 in Caswell County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

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, 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

Harriett married Samuel Yarborough on 2 Sep 1844 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [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.

Notes:

Brothers Addison L. and Christopher B. Edwards married sisters, Sarah Frances and Mary G. Powell
*********
Birth: Oct. 27, 1845
Death: Oct. 22, 1892

Pvt., Co. K, 14th Virginia Infantry, C.S.A.

Addison L. Edwards was born on October 27, 1845. He enlisted, date unknown, as Pvt., Co. K, 14th Virginia Infantry. Addison was captured at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 and held as a prisoner of war at Fort McHenry, Ft. Delaware, and Point Lookout, Maryland. He was apparently exchanged as he rejoined his company until December 7, 1863. Addison was captured again at Five Forks on April 1, 1865. He was held as a priosner of war at City Point (Hopewell, Virginia) until transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland where he took the Oath of Allegiance and was released on June 11, 1865.

Inscription:
[headstone]
Addison L. Edwards
Born
Oct. 27, 1845
Died
Oct. 22, 1892
[Confederate Stone]
Addison L. Edwards
Co. K
14 Va. Inf.
C. S. A.
Oct. 27, 1845
Oct. 22, 1892

Burial:
Crewe Cemetery
Crewe
Nottoway County
Virginia, USA

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Created by: Thomas Daniels
Record added: Mar 06, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 34506741

Sarah married Addison Lafayette Edwards before 1860 in Prob. Caswell Co., North Carolina. Addison (son of James Edwards and Elvira Boley) was born on 27 Oct 1845 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 22 Oct 1892 in Crew, Halifax, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Thomas B. Powell m. Mary W. Carter; children: Warner b 1870, Mary b 1873, Edward b Aug 1880, Thomas, b 1876. This record can be seen in the 1880 VA Halifax, Mt. Carmel District HH/Fam 151/163; Warner Powell married Martha Ellen Carter, d/o George T. Carter and Sue Gravitt.

Thomas B. Powell (Grantor) to A. G. Powell (Addison his brother))Grantee) Lot S Boston DB 64/452) 30 Sep 1875

Thomas married Mary W. Carter on 22 Apr 1866 in Yanceville, Caswell, North Carolina. Mary was born about 1846 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

William married Mary N. Yarbrough on 05 Jan 1861 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Mary was born about 1841. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Brothers Addison L. and Christopher B. Edwards married sisters, Sarah Frances and Mary G. Powell

Mary married Christopher B. Edwards on 22 Apr 1866 in Yanceville, Caswell, North Carolina. Christopher (son of James Edwards and Elvira Boley) was born in 1841/2 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

She is Mariah spelled Maria on the Census Records.

Maria married John W. Burton on 11 Oct 1866 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A., and was divorced before 11 Jun 1884. John was born about 1844; died before 1884. [Group Sheet]

Maria married Dr. D.B. Edwards on 11 Jun 1884 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. D.B. was born about 1843. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Burial
POWELL ADDISON G.
1-280-144 05-05-1854 12-05-1923
OAK RIDGE CEMETERY, this cemeteryis at the corner of N. Main St. & Cavalier Blvd. In South Boston Va.

Addison married Martha A. Chandler on 16 Dec 1879 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. Martha was born about 1859 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Martha married Addison Bedford Lewis in Feb 1878 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. Addison was born about 1858. [Group Sheet]

James married Pattie G. Torian or Gorian on 17 Feb 1885. Pattie was born in c 1865 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I read a Caswell Co. deed which reported that the J. in William J. Powell was for "Jackson". -mfe

William married Susan Powell. Susan (daughter of Mastin J. Powell, Sr. and Mary O. "Polly" Carter) was born in c 1804 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mastin James Powell (1824-1902)

Apparently named for his maternal grandfather. His middle name may be Jefferson. See the obituary of William Brooks Powell (1853-1923).

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: M. J. Powell
Home in 1880: Milton, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: S. H.
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
M. J. Powell 54
S. H. Powell 51
M. S. Powell 20
M. H. Powell 17
L. M. Powell 13
L. V. Powell 9
J. B. Powell 8
A. V. Powell 7
James Jeffrey 24

Mastin James Powell apparently was married twice. Note that the obituary of his son William Brooks Powell refers to a half-brother named John B. Powell. And, the obituary of John Bibb Powell refers to three half-sisters. It appears that Mastin James Powell's first wife was Susan Hubbard, and that she was the mother of John Bibb Powell. That both wives had the given name Susan caused some confusion.

The 1850 US Federal Census (Caswell County, North Carolina) also lists a Mastin Powell (25, born in Caswell County, farmer), apparently with daughter Mary I. (3, born in Caswell County), and son John (1, born in Caswell County). If these are children of the Mastin James Powell of this entry their mother would be Susan Hubbard. Query whether she died giving birth to John Powell in 1849 (and whether this is John Bibb Powell).

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Mastin Powell
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
Birth Place: Caswell
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Caswell, North Carolina

Also note the following:

John T. Neal was born 20 Mar 1838 and died 25 Jun 1864. He married Lucy A. Howard on 11 Dec 1859 in Caswell Co., NC. Lucy was born in 1835 and died 25 Aug 1862 when her 2nd child was born. The children of John and Lucy are Mary Susan Neal (17 Nov 1861 - 05 Jul 1935) and William Howard Neal (21 Aug 1862 - 28 Sep 1923). Mary Susan Neal married John B. Powell in Caswell Co. on 29 Apr 1878. He was the son of M. J. Powell and Susan. Susan Neal Powell is buried in Shady Grove Methodist Church Cemetery. William Howard Neal married Alma W. Hodges in Caswell Co. on 23 Feb 1898. She was the daughter of J. T Hodges and Mattie. Wm. H. Neal is buried in Moon Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Source: The Beaver Pond Neals of Virginia, Carl B. Neal (1965).


. Mastin James Powell (Jarrold Powell1) was born 24 DEC 1824 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died 10 NOV 1902 in Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina. He married Susan H. Gillespie 19 JUN 1852 in Caswell County, North Carolina, daughter of Hugh Wiley Gillespie and Jane Harris. She was born 15 JUL 1829 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died 04 APR 1898. He married Susan Hubbard 08 APR 1846.



Children of Mastin James Powell and Susan H. Gillespie are:
+ 2 i. William Brooks Powell was born 04 MAR 1853 in North Carolina, and died 16 DEC 1923 in Danville, Virginia.
3 ii. James Edward Powell was born 17 APR 1854 in North Carolina.
+ 4 iii. Mary Susan Powell was born 09 MAR 1860 in North Carolina, and died 05 MAR 1907 in Caswell County, North Carolina.
+ 5 iv. Mildred Helen Powell was born 09 NOV 1863 in North Carolina, and died BEF 29 SEP 1935.
6 v. Laura May Powell was born 04 MAR 1867 in North Carolina.
+ 7 vi. Lula Virginia Powell was born 04 OCT 1870 in North Carolina, and died 03 MAR 1940.
8 vii. Joseph Banks Powell was born 12 AUG 1871 in North Carolina.
9 viii. Alice Victoria Powell was born 12 MAY 1873 in North Carolina.

Child of Mastin James Powell and Susan Hubbard is:
+ 10 i. John Bibb Powell was born ABT 1850, and died 30 JAN 1924 in Danville, Virginia.

Mastin married Susan Hubbard on 8 Apr 1846 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Susan was born in c 1825 in Caswell County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Mastin married Susan H. Gillespie on 19 Jun 1852 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. Susan was born on 15 Jul 1829 in Caswell County, North Carolina; died on 04 Apr 1898. [Group Sheet]

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]

Sarah married Henry Holt on 28 Nov 1856 in Person Co., North Carolina. Henry was born in c 1836 in Caswell Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mary Catherine Powell (1844-1917)





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Camp Near Petersburg, Virginia
July 16th 1864

Franklin Phillips

Sir I regret very much to inform you of the death of your son. He departed this life on the 7 of the month. He was confined to his bed 17 days. He had all the attention that any man could get. I visited him in his sickness. He was at a private house by the name of Perkins. Mr. & Mrs Perkins was very kind to him, done all in their power for him. He had Typhoid fever. I tried very hard to send his body home but failed, the Gen would not sign a furlough for any body to carry him. I had him decently buried in a good coffin, I attended to it myself. I marked his grave so if you wanted to get his body so you could find it. He had 50 cts in silver & a few postage stamps in his pocket book. Jarrel Powell has his pocket book. The Yankees visited the house while he was there. They stole his hat & some other things. I sent his horse to you the 14th by Mart & all his clothes. I hope they will arrive safe.

Say to his wife that he died in his right mind & expressed a great desire to see her before his died. He said he was willing to die but preferred to die at home. He died very easy like going to sleep without a struggle. Tell her any thing I can do for her in settling up his claims with (the) goverment or in any other way, I will with the greatest pleasure.

Yours with much respect
Jas. T. Mitchell
Capt. Co (B) 4th N.C. Cav
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On July 5, 1871 Catherine married Larkin Grinstead, 12 years her senior. At the outbreak of the war Grinstead was a resident of neighboring Person County . He enlisted in Co. D., 13th N.C. Infantry on July 30, 1861 and remained as a private in that unit until it surrendered as part of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. By coincidence, this is the same regiment in which Franklin Summers Phillips’ future father-in-law, Pleasant Johnson Scott also served. However P.J. Scott was in Co. A, the Caswell Company of the 13th. The 1880 census found Catherine (then 35) and Larkin Grinstead (then 47) residing in Danville (First Ward) where his occupation is listed as a tobacconist. By 1900 Catherine was once again a widow and living next to her older brother Henry E. Powell and his family in Dan River Township in Caswell County . My Aunt Lessie Phillips (1894-1990) recalled, as a child, a visit from "Miss Mary Catherine" who rode to their house on horseback. She last appears on the 1910 census as 65 year old Mary C. Grinstead back in Danville ( Third Ward) as a lodger in a house with two other elderly widowed ladies who, like her, never had children. She died August 6, 1917 in Caswell Co. and is buried in a "F. (family) Grave Yard".

Source: CCHA Message Board (Mike Phillips, 13 October 2009).

Mary married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Mary married Paul Campbell Phillips on 17 Oct 1863 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Paul was born about 1844; died on 07 Jul 1864 in Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 9 December 1929 (Page 3)
Mastin Powell Dies At Blanche; Funeral Today

News was received this morning of the death last night of Mastin Powell at his home in Caswell county. He was about 70 years of age and had been ill for several weeks. Death was ascribed to infirmities incidental to age.

Mr. Powell spent most of his life in the Blanche section and was one of the most widely known and popular farmers of that section. He is survived by the following children: Samuel Powell, Mrs. William Reagan, Miss Sarah Powell, Eli Powell, and Mrs. Holt. He also leaves a sister Mrs. Mary Owens, and several brothers, nieces
and nephews.

The funeral will be held from the home of his niece, Miss Sarah Powell at Blanche tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.

Notes:

James W. Carter s/o Richard H. and Nancy Carter

Notes:

There is an entry on the 1900 VA CENSUS Halifax under the family of Claiborne Carter HH/FAM 204/207 for a Richard. The record is nearly illegible but does not look like Son or Daughter for this person and the Birth Date is illegible as well. It is possible that this Richard is Claiborne's FATHER who would be nearly 88 years old. Further research is necessary.

Buried:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vascvgs/archives/halifax/halifax_c.html

Claiborne married Sallie F. Meeler in c 1877 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. Sallie was born on 25 Sep 1876 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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.

Notes:

Robert Edwards is my grandmother's brother; I am Mary Frances Reynolds

Robert married Elizabeth Francis before 1885 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. Elizabeth was born on 17 Feb 1863 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.; died before 1910 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bessie Edwards, spinster, never married and had no issue. She lived with her her sister-in-law, Mattie Carter Powell after her first husband, Warner L. Powell died and helped take care of the children. She lived with them and other family members for the remainder of her life and is burried in the Powell family plot at Green Hill Cemetery in Danville, Virginia.

Remembrance of Margaret Virginia Denny Powell as told to Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston. Photograph of headstone by Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.

Buried:


Photograph of headstone; Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, VA by Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston

Ellie married R. H. Murray on 20 Mar 1884. R. was born about 1864 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:


Married Mr. Jordan

Notes:

Died:

Mattie was my grandmother. She died after a series of small stokes following a broken hip surgery rendered her comatose for some months. She was 92 years old when she died.

Madaline married Joseph Alpha Carter, Sr. on 13 Dec 1898 in Milton, North Carolina U.S.A.. Joseph (son of George Turner Carter and Martha Sue Green) was born on 07 Dec 1874 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 31 Jul 1930 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried on 01 Aug 1930 in Green Hill Cemetery-Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:


Married Mr. Slayton

Notes:

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

Notes:

Warner L. Powell is the first marriage for Martha Ellen "Mattie" Carter, sister of Joseph Alpha Carter, SR.

Mattie's second marriage is to Mr. Powell's cousin, William Daniel (W.D.) Powell,who was also affectionately called "Big Daddy".

Buried:


Photo of headstone. Rememberence of Margaret Virginia Denny Powell who was married to James Edwards "Jimmy" Powell the son of Mattie Carter, Warner Powell's wife.

Warner married Martha Ellen "Mattie" Carter. Martha (daughter of George Turner Carter and Martha Sue Green) was born on 03 Nov 1877 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 12 Jul 1970 in Danville, Virginia; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery-Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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

Notes:

Birth:
Probably born in Halifax County, Virginia.

Notes:

President & Treasurer W.D. Powell & Co.
Residence 130 Virginia Avenue Danville, Virginia
Leaf Tobacco Distributors
Danville Virginia City Directories 1925-1930



W.D. Powell's sister was Virgie A. Powell Raines
She is buried in the Powell Family Plot with her brother and his family. She was born 12/25/1880 (Christmas Day) and died 10/17/1928. No information about who her husband and his family was.

Buried:


Photo of headstone. Rememberence of Margaret Virginia Denny Powell, his daughter-in-law. 2010

William married Martha Ellen "Mattie" Carter. Martha (daughter of George Turner Carter and Martha Sue Green) was born on 03 Nov 1877 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 12 Jul 1970 in Danville, Virginia; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery-Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John Bibb Powell (c.1850 - 1924)

John T. Neal was born 20 Mar 1838 and died 25 Jun 1864. He married Lucy A. Howard on 11 Dec 1859 in Caswell Co., NC. Lucy was born in 1835 and died 25 Aug 1862 when her 2nd child was born. The children of John and Lucy are Mary Susan Neal (17 Nov 1861 - 05 Jul 1935) and William Howard Neal (21 Aug 1862 - 28 Sep 1923). Mary Susan Neal married John B. Powell in Caswell Co. on 29 Apr 1878. He was the son of M. J. Powell and Susan. Susan Neal Powell is buried in Shady Grove Methodist Church Cemetery. William Howard Neal married Alma W. Hodges in Caswell Co. on 23 Feb 1898. She was the daughter of J. T Hodges and Mattie. Wm. H. Neal is buried in Moon Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. [The Beaver Pond Neals of Virginia by Carl B. Neal, March 1965.] Source: Kathleen Dawson (batsbelfry1@comcast.net).

Note the existence in this database of several entries that would have the initials M. J. Powell, purportedly the father of John B. Powell. Moreover, one of these entries, Mastin James Powell married Susan Gillespie. See the Susan referenced in the notes above. Accordingly, John Bibb Powell (c.1850 - 1924) had been included as a son of Mastin James Powell and Susan H. Gillespie. However, it appears that Mastin James Powell's first wife was Susan Hubbard, and that she was the mother of John Bibb Powell. That both wives had the given name Susan caused some confusion.

The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 30 January 1924 (Page 5)
J. B. Powell Dies After Long Illness

The death occurred this afternoon at 1:20 o'clock of John Bibb Powell, at his home on East Paxton street, following a lingering illness, being bedridden for about a year. Deceased who was 74 years of age, had been a resident of this city for the past six years, having removed here from Caswell county where he was born. His death was due to a complication of diseases and infirmities of age.

Besides his wife, who was formerly Miss Susie Neal, he is survived by the following children: Mrs. L. T. Oakley, Richmond; Mrs. Hunter Wults, Mrs. B. O. Lee, Mrs. Gene Scearce, John Powell and Charles Powell, all of Danville; also three half sisters: Mrs.
R. M. Hubbard, South Hill, S. C., Mrs. J. H. Slade, Purley, N. C., and Mrs. John G. Lea of this city.

Announcement of the funeral will be made later, as arrangements had not been made this afternoon.

The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 1 February 1924 (Page 5)
Funeral of Mr. Powell

The funeral of J. Bibb Powell, who died on Thursday afternoon at his home, 1012 West Paxton street, was conducted yesterday afternoon at three o'clock from the home, the remains being taken to the Shady church and interred in the church cemetery. Rev. J. M. Shelburne conducted the funeral.

The pall bearers were W. H. Wilson, J. L. Abbott, J. W. Bray, Haskins McFall, Dr. Raymond Scruggs, J. R. Stevens, F. A. Gourley.

The flower bearers were John Travis, Gordon Powell, Will Connor, Henry Wilson, W. N. Perkinson, P. L. Anderson, Harry Nobley, J. E. Lawrence, Dorsey Fowlkes, J. H. Ellis,
Holland Fowkles, J. D. Pruitt, G. E. Bondurant, J. W. Williamson, R. A. Vaughn, A. C. White, E. L. Ferguson, C. L. Minter, J. W. Davis, C. E. Abbott, Charles Giles, Henry Weedman, E. T. Ashworth and C. P. Scarce.

Note the reference in the above obituary to half sisters, which indicates that at least one of his parents was married more than once. Also, the obituary of William Brooks Powell (1853-1923) refers to a half-brother, John B. Powell. As all the other siblings were younger than William Brooks Powell, the also would have been half-siblings of John Bibb Powell. Thus it appears that Susan H. Gillespie is not the mother of John Bibb Powell, and that Susan Hubbard was his mother. She apparently was the first wife of Mastin James Powell.

John Bibb Powell (Mastin James Powell2, Jarrold Powell1) was born ABT 1850, and died 30 JAN 1924 in Danville, Virginia. He married Mary Susan Neal 29 APR 1878 in Caswell County, North Carolina, daughter of John T. Neal and Lucy Ann Howard. She was born 17 NOV 1861, and died 05 JUL 1935. She was buried in Shady Grove United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).

Children of John Bibb Powell and Mary Susan Neal are:
32 i. John Powell.
33 ii. Charles Powell.
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John T. Neal was born 20 Mar 1838 and died 25 Jun 1864. He married Lucy A. Howard on 11 Dec 1859 in Caswell Co., NC. Lucy was born in 1835 and died 25 Aug 1862 when her 2nd child was born. The children of John and Lucy are Mary Susan Neal (17 Nov 1861 - 05 Jul 1935) and William Howard Neal (21 Aug 1862 - 28 Sep 1923). Mary Susan Neal married John B. Powell in Caswell Co. on 29 Apr 1878. He was the son of M. J. Powell and Susan. Susan Neal Powell is buried in Shady Grove Methodist Church Cemetery. William Howard Neal married Alma W. Hodges in Caswell Co. on 23 Feb 1898. She was the daughter of J. T Hodges and Mattie. Wm. H. Neal is buried in Moon Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Source: The Beaver Pond Neals of Virginia, Carl B. Neal (1965).

John married Mary Susan Neal on 29 Apr 1878 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Mary was born on 17 Nov 1861; died on 05 Jul 1935; was buried in Shady Grove United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 17 December 1923 (Page 5)

W. Brooks Powell Dies Unexpectedly

William Brooks Powell, for thirty-four years, a well-known citizen of Danville, died unexpectedly at his home, 775 Main street, shortly before seven o'clock, Sunday night. Mr. Powell, who was 70 years of age, had been in declining health for five years, but his death was quite unanticipated. He had been able to go out recently, and had been engaged on tobacco market during the heavy period of the past week. On Sunday morning he was taken ill and he gradually grew worse during the day, his condition becoming critical during the evening when life left him peacefully.

Mr. Powell was born in Caswell county March 4, 1853, being a son of the late Mastin Jefferson Powell and Mrs. Susan Gillespie Powell. He came to Danville thirty-four years since, and engaged into the tobacco business, being a re-handler and one of the veteran buyers of the market. He was the oldest member of the Danville Tobacco Association, and three years ago he was elected an honorary life member of the organization. Mr. Powell was widely known, not only among the tobacco fraternity of this city, but among the farmers patronizing the Danville market for many miles around. Mr. Powell was married about forty years ago to Miss Florence Allen at Milton, who survives with three children, Gordon B. Powell Danville, Mrs. Dan E. Hooker, Greensboro, Mrs. Evelyn P. Skinner and Miss Colleen Powell. Three sisters survive Mrs. John G. Lea, Danville, Mrs. J. H. Slade, of Blanch, N. C., and Mrs. R. M. Hubbard, of South Hill. He also leaves a half-brother John B. Powell.

The funeral will be held from the home at ten o'clock Tuesday morning and will be conducted by the Rev. James M. Shelburne. Interment will be in Green Hill cemetery.


The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 17 December 1923 (Page 5)

W. Brooks Powell Dies Unexpectedly

William Brooks Powell, for thirty-four years, a well-known citizen of Danville, died unexpectedly at his home, 775 Main street, shortly before seven o'clock, Sunday night. Mr. Powell, who was 70 years of age, had been in declining health for five years, but his death was quite unanticipated. He had been able to go out recently, and had been engaged on tobacco market during the heavy period of the past week. On Sunday morning he was taken ill and he gradually grew worse during the day, his condition becoming critical during the evening when life left him peacefully.

Mr. Powell was born in Caswell county March 4, 1853, being a son of the late Mastin Jefferson Powell and Mrs. Susan Gillespie Powell. He came to Danville thirty-four years since, and engaged into the tobacco business, being a re-handler and one of the veteran buyers of the market. He was the oldest member of the Danville Tobacco Association, and three years ago he was elected an honorary life member of the organization. Mr. Powell was widely known, not only among the tobacco fraternity of this city, but among the farmers patronizing the Danville market for many miles around. Mr. Powell was married about forty years ago to Miss Florence Allen at Milton, who survives with three children, Gordon B. Powell Danville, Mrs. Dan E. Hooker, Greensboro, Mrs. Evelyn P. Skinner and Miss Colleen Powell. Three sisters survive Mrs. John G. Lea, Danville, Mrs. J. H. Slade, of Blanch, N. C., and Mrs. R. M. Hubbard, of South Hill. He also leaves a half-brother John B. Powell.

The funeral will be held from the home at ten o'clock Tuesday morning and will be conducted by the Rev. James M. Shelburne. Interment will be in Green Hill cemetery.

William married Florence Fay Allen in c 1878 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Florence was born on 16 Jul 1859 in Milton, Caswell, North Carolina; died on 7 Dec 1941 in Danville, Virginia; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

William married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

James married [Mrs. James Edwards] Powell. [Mrs. was born in c 1855. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mary Susan Powell (Mastin James Powell2, Jarrold Powell1) was born 09 MAR 1860 in North Carolina, and died 05 MAR 1907 in Caswell County, North Carolina. She married James Grasty Mitchell, son of James Thomas Mitchell and Mildred Watlington Jeffreys. He was born 15 JUN 1851 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died 21 FEB 1929 in Caswell County, North Carolina.



Children of Mary Susan Powell and James Grasty Mitchell are:
13 i. Edna Mitchell. She married Thomas O. Pinchback, son of Thomas Arch Pinchback and Mary Jane Chandler.
14 ii. Gate C. Mitchell.
15 iii. J. C. Mitchell.
16 iv. James Mitchell.
17 v. John Mitchell.
18 vi. Lillian E. Mitchell.
19 vii. Lula A. Mitchell.
20 viii. Mattie Mitchell.
+ 21 ix. Virginia Susan Mitchell was born 20 MAR 1885, and died 20 JUL 1953.
22 x. Pearl Mitchell was born ABT 1893 in North Carolina.
+ 23 xi. Ruby Mitchell was born 17 MAR 1893 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and died 22 APR 1959 in Danville, Virginia.
24 xii. Charles G. Mitchell was born ABT 1897.
25 xiii. Lady A. Mitchell was born 25 JAN 1897, and died 15 AUG 1999.

Notes:

Mildred Helen Powell (Mastin James Powell2, Jarrold Powell1) was born 09 NOV 1863 in North Carolina, and died BEF 29 SEP 1935. She was buried in Mr. View Cemetery (Danville, Virginia). She married John Green Lea ABT 1875, son of Thomas L. Lea and Ann Blount Wright. He was born 1843 in Leahurst Plantation, Caswell County, North Carolina, and died 29 SEP 1935 in South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. He was buried in Mt. View Cemetery (Danville, Virginia).

Children of Mildred Helen Powell and John Green Lea are:
26 i. Barnett Lea was born ABT 1888 in Virginia. He married Unknown Peatross.
27 ii. Harry G. Lea was born ABT 1891 in Virginia.
28 iii. Wallace Bruce Lea was born ABT 1893 in Virginia.
+ 29 iv. Stanley R. Lea was born ABT 1905 in Virginia.

Mary married James Grasty Mitchell. James was born on 15 Jun 1851 in Caswell County, North Carolina; died on 21 Feb 1929 in Caswell County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

She was the second wife of John Green Lea.

In the obituary of John Bibb Powell reference is made to a half-sister, Mrs. John G. Lea of Danville, Virginia. Thus it is possible that Mildred Helen Powell and John Bibb Powell shared only one parent, probably a father, Mastin James Powell.

1910 US Census
Name: Mildred P Lea
Age in 1910: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1864
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Spouse's Name: John G
Home in 1910: Danville Ward 2, Danville (Independent City), Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
John G Lee 66
Mildred P Lee 46
Banbellan Lee 22
Harry G Lee 19
Wallice B Lee 17
Stanley R Lee 5
Bessie Price 21 [servant]

1920 US Census
Name: Mary Lea
Home in 1920: Danville Ward 2, Danville (Independent City), Virginia
Age: 54 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's name: John G
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 828
Household Members: Name Age
John G Lea 75
Mary Lea 54
Stanly R Lea 15
Angie Semones 43
Laura Semones 41

1930 US Census
Name: Mildred P Lea
Home in 1930: Danville, Danville (Independent City), Virginia
Age: 66
Estimated birth year: abt 1864
Relation to head-of-house: Wife
Spouse's Name: John G
Age at first marriage: 23
Parents' birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
John G Lea 85
Mildred P Lea 66
Stanley R Lea 25
Mildred P Lea 22
Mildred I Lea 2 5/12
Anne Lea 7/12

Mildred married John Green Lea about 1875. John was born in 1843 in Leahurst Plantation, Caswell County, North Carolina; died on 29 Sep 1935 in South Boston, Halifax, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Mt. View Cemetery (Danville, Virginia). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the obituary of John Bibb Powell reference is made to a half-sister, Mrs. J. H. Slade, Purley, N.C. Thus it is possible that Lula Virginia Powell and John Bibb Powell shared only one parent, probably a father, Mastin James Powell.

Lula Virginia Powell (Mastin James Powell2, Jarrold Powell1) was born 04 OCT 1870 in North Carolina, and died 03 MAR 1940. She was buried in Purley United Methodist Church (Purley, Caswell County, North Carolina). She married James Henry Slade 05 DEC 1900, son of John Rufus Slade and Elizabeth McCain. He was born 18 MAR 1865, and died 14 DEC 1929. He was buried in Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).



Children of Lula Virginia Powell and James Henry Slade are:
+ 30 i. John Mastin Slade was born 05 SEP 1901, and died 18 JAN 1965.
+ 31 ii. James Nathaniel Slade was born 05 DEC 1902, and died 16 DEC 1968

Lula married James Henry Slade on 05 Dec 1900. James was born on 18 Mar 1865; died on 14 Dec 1929; was buried in Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mary Elizabeth Turner



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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Turner
Home in 1880: Tunstall, Pittsylvania, Virginia
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of Household: Dau (Daughter)
Father's Name: Green Turner
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Harriet Turner
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: At Home
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
Green Turner 62
Harriet Turner 48
Edward Turner 22
William Turner 20
James Turner 19
Samuel Turner 17
Perry Turner 14
George Turner 12
Mary Turner 10
Emma Turner 8
Biggers Turner 6
Jasper Turner 3

Mary married Richard Bijas Holt on 14 Dec 1892 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Richard (son of Henry Holt and Sarah Jane Barksdale Powell) was born in 1871 in Caswell County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Halifax Co., Virginia Marriage Record Pattie J. Carter and Samuel B. Terry 7 Jan 1905 (MB3-1/2/107)

Notes:

The 1920 Halifax Mt. Carmel CENSUS shows C.P. (Claiborne P.) Carter in the household #160 of his son J. G. 36, Francis (wife 29), three daughters under 5 years old (names so poorly written, looks like Ann???, Inez, & Shellie) and this HH continues on the next page with C.P. Father 65. This is Claiborne P.

Buried:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vascvgs/archives/halifax/halifax_c.html