Oops. Sorry. I didn't read your first message before I sprang into possibilities. Virginal > I also intended to note that in Blount 1870 census was A.W. Powell, age 49, > S.A. 45, L.M. 20, E.V. 16, M.D. 15, N.J. 10, Violanti 11, A? 10, A.W. 7, > J.M. 5, and S.J. 1. > > > > Abraham is in the 1860 Winston Co AL census, age 70, with wife Nancy and > > children Miles, Sarah. Next to him is a son J. Newton Powell, and on the > > other side is John B. Powell, age 36, with wife Dovey, who was of some > > kin. Abraham is not in 1870 Winston, but there are Pleasant T. Powell(son > > of John B.), Tillman(son of Abraham) and John B., age 47. The "B" was for > > Byrd. Also there is an Abraham W. Powell, age 42, wife Nancy L. and > > several children. > > > > Anthony Powell is in the 1870 Blount census, age 56, b. SC, with wife > > Eleander, children George, Mary, John and Nancy. Anthony Wayne Powell was > > the first child of George Powell(son of James/Rebecca). He and Eleanor > > also in 1850 Blount as A.W. Powell, age 37, Eleanor, 26 and George 1/12. > > George listed as his father in Owens Biography and also on Ken Sims > > website. > > > > What we have here are 3-4 Powell family groups in the > > Blount/Winston/Cullman area of AL. The Abraham W. Powell family, > > James/Rebecca Powell, my group-James and Mazdy Murphree Powell- and John > > Byrd Powell, who may be connected to Abraham W. > > > > It would certainly open up a lot of doors if they could be tied together; > > they seem to have originally came from the Pendleton Dist. SC area. > > > > Dickey L. Powell >