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    Francis Powell[1]

    Male 1830 -


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    • Name Francis Powell 
      Born c 1830 
      • possibly born in Halifax County, Virginia or Caswell County, North Carolina.
      Gender Male 
      Person ID I12981  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 7 Nov 2013 

      Father Jerrald/Gerald Powell,   b. c 1805, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Mother Elizabeth Powell,   b. c 1805, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Married 24 Dec 1816  Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F4033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Division of the Land of Jarrald Powell
        North Carolina Division of Archives & History, Caswell County, NC Deeds, Book FF Pages 57-58, 13 October 1840

        Abstract: ?The above is a correct plat of the land belonging to the estate of Jarrald Powell, deceased with the divisions among the heirs as specified by the commissioners together with the widow?s dower as laid off by the Jury.? ? after laying off the widows dower 100 acres remained to be divided among the six children [Note: there were 7 children named in the will, including a son Richard Powell who is not included in the division and therefore I assume he had died by 1840.]: Lot 1: 20 acres, James Powell; Lot 2: 24 acres, Francis Powell; Lot 3: 22 acres, Mastin Powell Jr.; Lot 4: 20 acres, Henry Smith and Mary Jane his wife; Lot 5: 20 acres, to ?Mastin Powell Sr. who purchased the interest of John Hector? and Eliza his wife; Lot 6: 26 acres, William Powell; abutting property includes Carter Powell, Wiley Jones.

        Partition of the lands of Jarrald Powell to survey the dower tract
        North Carolina Division of Archives & History, Caswell County, NC Deeds, Book EE Pages 381-382, Surveyed 30 August 1839 by Henry Busknell

        Abstract: ?The above plat represents a tract of land belonging to the estate of Jarrald Powell, Deceased, situated on the waters of Little Creek in Caswell County and bounded as follows: ??; abutting property is Samuel Kersey, James Jones, Dr. Wiley Jones, Carter Powell (borders the tract on the N), and Thomas Jeffers; contains 198 54/100 acres; the dower tract is laid off as the SE corner of the tract, containing 66 18/100 acres and ?including the mansion house and other necessary buildings??

        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.