Posted on: Desoto Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Desoto/371 Surname: Powel, Armstrong, Raines ------------------------- I am looking for anyone connected with the Powel family (just one "L"). Thanks Mara Descendants of Samuel Jackson Powel Generation No. 1 1. SAMUEL JACKSON6 POWEL (SAMUEL5, BENJAMIN4, DAVID3, JOSEPH2, THOMAS1) was born September 27, 1821 in Hawkins Co. Tennessee, and died July 10, 1902 in Hernando,DeSoto County, Mississippi. He married MARY ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG 1851 in Tennessee, daughter of WILLIAM ARMSTRONG and MARY YOUNG. Children of SAMUEL POWEL and MARY ARMSTRONG are: 2. i. MARY JESSIE7 POWEL, b. December 07, 1851, Hawkins Co. Tennessee; d. March 11, 1945, Little Rock, Pulaske County, Arkansas. ii. SAMUEL FRANKLIN POWEL. 3. iii. ANNIS POWEL, b. 1845, Hawkins Co., Tennessee. iv. SALLIE POWEL. v. WILLIAM POWEL. vi. MARGARET POWEL, b. Abt. 1866, Hernando, Mississippi; d. 1960, Hernando, Mississippi.