Powells in NC. Seems there is quite a lot of information on the Powells from North Carolina lately and I would like to ask for a little assistance is sorting my mystery out. As most of you know Naming patterns were followed pretty closely back in the 1700 and 1800's as follows; 1st son, Fathers father 2nd son, mothers father 3rd son, father 4th son, fathers oldest brother 5th son, fathers 2nd oldest brother or mothers oldest brother 1st daughter, mothers mother 2nd daughter fathers mother 3rd daughter, mother 4th daughter, mothers oldest sister 5th daughter, mothers 2nd oldest sister or fathers oldest sister My Powell family followed this pattern pretty well as follows; Alexander POWELL, born April 17, 1786 in North Carolina was married to Martha BROWDER born Feb 3, 1787 in North Carolina. In 1792 I have Darius Browder, father of Martha Browder in Chatham County, NC so I assume this is the area of NC both families came from. The POWELLS, BROWDERS, WOOTENS and CRUMP families all seemed to turn up in Roane county TN after 1800 so I assume they migrated together. Now, back to the naming paterns in my search for Alexanders father and mother. The first child born to Alexander and Martha, a daughter, was named Nancy M. Powell, 1812-1886 (wife of David BRYAN). According to the pattern she was named after Martha Browders mother who was Nancy Jane CRUMP so this fits the pattern. The second child was also a daughter, Susan Powell, b. 1814 (no other info known on her) who should be named after the fathers mother. This I do not know yet but I am looking for a Susan Powell it seems. The third child, also a daughter was named Cynthia Powell, 1816-1882 (wife of Thomas Jefferson Smith) who should be named after the mother. This does not seem correct as the mother is Martha. The fourth child, another daughter was named Mary Powell, 1818-1820 who should be named after the mothers oldest sister. Mary BROWDER, b. 1793 was Martha's oldest sister, The pattern fits. The fifth child was a son, William A. POWELL, (1822 husband of Mary Ann Douglas), who should be named after the fathers father. So, if the naming patterns are right, I am looking for a William Powell and wife Susan fron Chatham County, NC. However lets keep going on the naming patterns with the rest of the kids. The 6th child was Martha Powell and 1825-1915 (wife of William H. Wison) and she was named after her mother Martha Browder. Pattern is off by one daughter on this one. The 7th child was another daughter, Francis POWELL 1827-1896 (wife of Abner Bryan) and she was named after her mothers second oldest sister, Francis "Betsy" BROWDER. This would be correct except for the # 3 child Cynthia was out of place. The 8th child, a SON, Darius John POWELL 1829-1903, husband of Sarah Caroline WOOTEN, was named after the wifes father, Darius BROWDER. This is correct in the pattern again so I can only assume that my search for William Powell and wife Susan is correct. I have done a bit of looking around but my supply of NC records is limited and I was unable to find much on the Chatham county web site. However I do find a the following; William POWELL, Mar 7, 1783 deed with a James POWELL Mentioned. Index to deed book C, 1783 - 1786. Comfort POWELL and Nathanial POWELL (deceased) Sept 22, 1783 There is also a pension application for a William POWELL of Wilkes county, NC. The application was for service in the NC militia and was approved on April 30, 1833 and William was age 74. Not sure if the application tells more or not. Do any of you Powell researchers have any info on a William Powell or wife Susan that might help in my quest for family knowledge? Do any of you have access to the above records that might tell me more than the index does? Thanks in advance for looking at my info and I hope the naming patterns might help some other researchers just getting started as they have me. John Owen

I'm interested in your info. My Powell was Rebecca Powell, white, female, born in Tennessee about 1806. So, I am very interested in your info of them being born in NC and turning up in Tennessee by the 1800's. I did find a Rebecca Powell in the 1820 census for Rutherford, Rutherford County, TN. She was white, female, widow and between 45 years and upwards in age. She had three daughters listed on the census. Unfortunately, they didn't list names during that year, but one was between 10-15 years old, so born between 1805 and 1810. That would match my gr. gr. gr. grandmother, Rebecca Powell, whose parents and siblings I am searching for. The other two daughters were 16-25 years old, so born between 1795-1804. The mother would have had to have been born 1775 or earlier. She was a widow by this 1820 census. Does any of this information match any info from your family? Do you have a membership to Ancestry.com? I do, but have just started a job with an inventory company and haven't got much time to do research this month. When I do, I will try to look info up for you if you don't have a membership with them. Hoping for matches to line up pretty soon! Sincerely, Linda Lyon From: <RoJoRed@aol.com> To: <POWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:32 AM Subject: [POWELL] Re: POWELL-D Digest V05 #7 > Powells in NC. > > Seems there is quite a lot of information on the Powells from North > Carolina > lately and I would like to ask for a little assistance is sorting my > mystery > out. As most of you know Naming patterns were followed pretty closely back > in > the 1700 and 1800's as follows; > > 1st son, Fathers father > 2nd son, mothers father > 3rd son, father > 4th son, fathers oldest brother > 5th son, fathers 2nd oldest brother or mothers oldest brother > > 1st daughter, mothers mother > 2nd daughter fathers mother > 3rd daughter, mother > 4th daughter, mothers oldest sister > 5th daughter, mothers 2nd oldest sister or fathers oldest sister > > My Powell family followed this pattern pretty well as follows; > > Alexander POWELL, born April 17, 1786 in North Carolina was married to > Martha > BROWDER born Feb 3, 1787 in North Carolina. In 1792 I have Darius Browder, > father of Martha Browder in Chatham County, NC so I assume this is the > area of > NC both families came from. The POWELLS, BROWDERS, WOOTENS and CRUMP > families > all seemed to turn up in Roane county TN after 1800 so I assume they > migrated > together. Now, back to the naming paterns in my search for Alexanders > father > and mother. > > The first child born to Alexander and Martha, a daughter, was named Nancy > M. > Powell, 1812-1886 (wife of David BRYAN). According to the pattern she was > named after Martha Browders mother who was Nancy Jane CRUMP so this fits > the > pattern. > > The second child was also a daughter, Susan Powell, b. 1814 (no other info > known on her) who should be named after the fathers mother. This I do not > know > yet but I am looking for a Susan Powell it seems. > > The third child, also a daughter was named Cynthia Powell, 1816-1882 (wife > of > Thomas Jefferson Smith) who should be named after the mother. This does > not > seem correct as the mother is Martha. > > The fourth child, another daughter was named Mary Powell, 1818-1820 who > should be named after the mothers oldest sister. Mary BROWDER, b. 1793 was > Martha's > oldest sister, The pattern fits. > > The fifth child was a son, William A. POWELL, (1822 husband of Mary Ann > Douglas), who should be named after the fathers father. So, if the naming > patterns > are right, I am looking for a William Powell and wife Susan fron Chatham > County, NC. However lets keep going on the naming patterns with the rest > of the > kids. > > The 6th child was Martha Powell and 1825-1915 (wife of William H. Wison) > and > she was named after her mother Martha Browder. Pattern is off by one > daughter > on this one. > > The 7th child was another daughter, Francis POWELL 1827-1896 (wife of > Abner > Bryan) and she was named after her mothers second oldest sister, Francis > "Betsy" BROWDER. This would be correct except for the # 3 child Cynthia > was out of > place. > > The 8th child, a SON, Darius John POWELL 1829-1903, husband of Sarah > Caroline > WOOTEN, was named after the wifes father, Darius BROWDER. This is correct > in > the pattern again so I can only assume that my search for William Powell > and > wife Susan is correct. > > I have done a bit of looking around but my supply of NC records is limited > and I was unable to find much on the Chatham county web site. However I do > find > a the following; > > William POWELL, Mar 7, 1783 deed with a James POWELL Mentioned. Index to > deed > book C, 1783 - 1786. > > Comfort POWELL and Nathanial POWELL (deceased) Sept 22, 1783 > > There is also a pension application for a William POWELL of Wilkes county, > NC. The application was for service in the NC militia and was approved on > April > 30, 1833 and William was age 74. Not sure if the application tells more or > not. > > Do any of you Powell researchers have any info on a William Powell or wife > Susan that might help in my quest for family knowledge? Do any of you have > access to the above records that might tell me more than the index does? > Thanks in > advance for looking at my info and I hope the naming patterns might help > some > other researchers just getting started as they have me. > > John Owen > > > ==== POWELL Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >