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| Name |
James B. Powell |
| Born |
c 1818 |
- possibly born in Halifax County, Virginia or Caswell County, North Carolina.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Notes |
- Deed, James B. Powell to Carter Powell
North Carolina Division of Archives & History, Caswell County, NC Deeds, Book EE Pages 522-523, 21 August 1840
Partial transcript: ??James B. Powell of the one part and Carter Powell of the other part both of the County of Caswell and State of North Carolina?? ?all his right, title and interest present and reversionary in and to a tract of land lying and being in the county of Caswell on the waters of Little Creek adjoining the lands of Dr. Willi Jones, Carter Powell and others and containing one hundred and ninety eight acres be the same more or less which said land descended to him and his five brothers and sisters from his deceased father Jerrald Powell and which they hold subject to the dower of their mother Elizabeth Powell as tenants in common also all his revisionary right title and interest in and to the Negro slaves Emanuel, Vincey and his child Sydney which said slaves were bequeathed by said Jarold Powell to his wife Elizabeth during her widowhood or life and then to his children of whom the said James B. is one as will more fully appear by reference to his will ? ?
Witness: Samuel C. Cobb
Edwin M. Powell
Registered 20 October 1840
Deed James L. Powell and W. B. Wilkins to W. H. Powell
[Shows that Jerrald and Elizabeth Powell had 6 living children at the time of his death]
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| Person ID |
I12974 |
Devin Timber |
| Last Modified |
7 Nov 2013 |
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| Sources |
- [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
Elizabeth Powell d/o Mastin and Mary "Polly" Carter Powell, married Jerrald Powell of Caswell Co., NC (said to be her uncle) on 24 Dec 1816 in Halifax Co., Virginia; children are, Eliza, James B., William Jackson Powell, Jr., Mary Jane, Mastin J., Richard, Francis.
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