Here are some odds and ends about one or more John Howells (plural only) from North Carolina. John Howell, b abt 1732 said to be from PA, lived in Orange County NC when his youngest son Francis was born in 1762. His oldest son was also named John. This John lived in Rutherford County, TN where he died in 1808 (This data on the will is from "The Tennessee Researcher", Vol I, No 4, Dec. 1962). This will also lists a daughter Margaret married to James Whitsett, two sons and another daughter. It would seem that this John would have been born sometime in the later 1750's, probably in NC (my inference.) There are a number of land records of this John in Orange County (the now Alamance portion.) (This data is from Orange County Records, Vol. 10 edited by Ruby and William Bennett in 1992). I think these land records pertain to my Francis' older brother John. There is, of course, a John Howell in who entered RW service June 1777 in Capt. Hall's Company of the 2d Regiment of the NC line for three years and was granted bounty land in "Tennessee County" which was the term used in NC before TN became a state. I think this John is a different person. If anyone can clarify or add to this data please do so. Lew Howell (CA) On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 08:45:08 -0600 "Wynell Simpson" <[email protected]> writes: > Will, > > There were two John Howell's who died around that time in Wayne Co., > NC. I have not seen evidence that our John Howell b. 1753 was a > preacher. He was definitely in the Rev. War. We have papers that > prove that. His War papers state that he was born May 29, 1753. We > also know that he died 1843. > > I don't know who the John Howell "preacher" was. > > Our John Howell b. 1753 was not in Capt. Nathaniel Williams > Battalion that I can see. It is not mentioned in his war papers. He > was in Capt. Joseph Green's, Capt Thomas Grantham, and Capt. Boon. > > Wynell > > ------------------- > X-Message: #1 > Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 18:33:24 -0600 > From: Willie D Smith <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-id: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [HOWELL] Howell of Wayne Co., NC > Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > They're related to old John Howell the preacher who died around 1836 > or 1846 > with a will. He lived on Falling Creek or something like like, and > served in > Capt. Nathaniel Williams 2nd N.C. Battalion during the Revolutionary > War. > He's the fellow my bunch claimed was John "Hamilton" Howell, who > they claim > is buried under a phoney DAR monument at Elrod Cemetery in White > County, TN. > I've proved beyond doubt that the man never left Wayne County, N.C., > and is > NOT our ancestor. Needless to say, some of the Howells up there in > White > County ain't too happy with me, preferring obviously to believe > lying > tradition over the truth as revealed in the actual documentation. > Will > ------------------- > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an > email > at <[email protected]>. > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.