This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WOBBAIB/5238 Message Board Post: William David Powell was born about 1811/12 in South Carolina. Parents names and county unknown. He appears in 1838 in Macon County, AL with a land purchase from the Land Office in Montgomery, AL. Next, in the 1850 census of Macon County with a Clarke family as a farmer. He served in the CSA from 3/1863 to 8/1864 with the 45th AL Infantry. No 1860 census record, but does appear in the 1870 census in Jefferson county, AL. Then in 1873 the family appears in Waco, Mclennan county, TX. Any help on the the South Carolina Powell connection would be appreciated.