Dickey, Do they let women do the DNA test? I belong to other surname lists and in their DNA tests, they were only letting the males with the same surname be a part of the DNA test. My maiden name wasn't Powell, but I would sure like to find the same Powell family as my gr. gr. gr. grandmother, Rebecca Powell. I would think the DNA test would be the way to go. Linda Lyon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dickey Powell" <dlp3004@cox.net> To: <POWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [POWELL] Re: Abraham W. Powell > Yes, it is interesting that your Daniel Powell went to Rhea Co TN. My > James Powell left Rhea in 1832 for Blount. I have some info on a Scott > Powell family who were in Rhea @1820, lived in the part that became Meigs > Co. in 1836. That family was in Meigs/Rhea for several years later. So > far I have not made any connections. Perhaps Daniel had "cousins" up in > Rhea/Meigs? > > I believe I will do the Powell DNA test. > > Dickey > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <LL442@aol.com> > To: <POWELL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 2:36 PM > Subject: Re: [POWELL] Re: Abraham W. Powell > > >> In a message dated 12/16/2004 1:24:13 PM Central Standard Time, >> dlp3004@cox.net writes: >> >>> 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 >>> >> >> John Byrd Powell is nephew of Abraham W. and son of Pleasant Powell. >> Abraham >> & Pleasant were in Lumpkin Co. GA in "Whites Among the Cherokee" in >> 1830's, >> but Pleasant & his wife Winnifred, moved up into Cherokee Co. NC in 1850 >> census >> along with son John Byrd/Dovie Powell and several other children. >> Abraham >> moved his family to Winston Co. in 1850's and apparently Winnifred, John >> Byrd >> and several other children came as well from NC. Don't know for sure >> what >> happened to Pleasant. John Byrd has a brother named A. W. as well as a >> son with >> same initials. His brother may be Abner, but I'm pretty sure his son is >> Abraham. >> >> Dickey, I understand your group came to Blount Co., in 1830's, from Rhea >> Co., >> TN., but were in Pendleton District before that. What's strange is that >> Abraham W.'s oldest son Daniel, (my ggf) didn't come to AL with the rest >> of the >> family but moved instead from GA to Rhea Co., (1880 census) He >> apparently died >> there, but 20 years later (1898) his son, another Abraham (my gf), >> brought his >> family into Morgan Co., AL. This Abraham died in 1903. Why would >> Daniel >> have gone to Rhea Co.? I couldn't find any other Powells on the census >> records >> in 1880, but it still seems odd that the Powells who came to Blount Co. >> first >> had been in Rhea Co., TN, and Abraham and part of his family come to AL, >> and >> another part goes to Rhea Co. >> >> Anybody got any ideas? >> >> >> ==== 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 Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== 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 >