In a message dated 02/10/2005 10:43:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, mart1@pineland.net writes: My line is: James Powell,b.1730 in Virginia m.Alse Cotton, dau. of Alexander Spotswood Cotton & Ann Foster. Sons in Georgia-Allen Beverly Powell, Alexander Powell and Abraham Foster Powell-Telfair Co., GA and McIntosh Co., GA Their are other children of James and Alse that I do not have listed here. I never can find anything concrete on James. The Lucas Powell book recommends that those interested in this James Powell, should consult the five Volume work by Folks Huxford " Pioneers of Wiregrass, Georgia" and various legal documents of Judge Huxford's in the Georgia Genealogy Magazine. I personally have not researched this James Powell, but am currently working on a Chancery Suit of Brunswick Co Va ( Moss Vs Powell) in which a James Powell becomes the executor of a John Powell dec. 1794/4. The Chancery of Brunswick Va covered the counties of Greensville, Brunswick, Mecklenburg and Lunenburg. There are 44 pages of documents that I am transcribing and many of the referenced information dates back to the 1740s. Unfortunately, Lucas or his contributors did not use or reference these Chancery Records. I have great respect for Rev Lucas Powell's work due mainly to the records he references giving us the opportunity to know where to search, however many researchers contributed to that work and he cautions that further research and records are needed to provide conclusive decisions on various Powell lineage's. In addition, he also points out discrepancies in conclusions of those that contributed to the book and many are this line located in Ga and NC. I can attest that in my line, many records were missing and assumptions were wrong. Hope this helps in some way. MJZ