Powell and Powell-dna list members, I am forwarding this posting from the Edgefield County, South Carolina, list for the Powell information/research that it contains that might be useful for some other Powell researcher. These are not my Powell lines. My Powell line comes from a William Powell and his wife, Amy _?_(various spellings)of St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia. The death of their son c. 1715 is recorded in the published parish register. Their daughter, Amy married and some of the family moved to Halifax County, Virginia. Her husband died there with a will in 1780 as Anthony Buckner. My line comes from their daughter Winnie/Winfried who married John Edmonds(various spellings). The Edmonds family moved to Wilkes County, Georgia, c. 1784-86. Vivian Cates, Alto, Texas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harriet Imrey Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:07 PM To: Sam; [email protected] Subject: Re: [SCEDGEFI] John H Powell There's only one Edgefield deed that identifies the residence of John H. Powell, but it is extremely specific: Edgefield Deed Book 28, p. 91: John H Powell, planter, to George Long, Deed 3 October 1806, Three hundred ten Dollars, one hundred acres on the waters of Clouds Creek bounding N on land of Basil Woolly, E on Robert Alkins [sic: Atkins], being part of three hundred twenty five acres originally granted to William Stent by Gov William Bull 3 April 1775. Wit Rezin Woolly, Robt Alkins. /s/ John H Powell. Justice Jeremiah Williams certifies the relinquishment of dower rights by Esther Powell wife of John H. Powell, 14 October 1806; Esther (x) Powell. Proven Lexington District 14 October 1806 by Robert Alkins [Atkins]; Jeremiah Williams J.Q. Rec 17 March 1807; Rd Tutt CC. You can print out the 4 Jul 1774 plat of 650 acres for William Stent and the adjoining 12 Feb 1773 plat of 200 acres for Nathaniel Powell from the SCDAH search page at www.archivesindex.sc.gov. The location, Lick Creek of West Creek of Cloud's Creek of the Little Saluda River, is slightly north and west of Leesville SC, and straddles the line between old Edgefield (Saluda Co) and Orangeburgh (Lexington Co) Districts. The Silas Carter tract, adjacent to Stent and one-tract-over from Powell, was the site of the 1781 Cloud's Creek Massacre. This location is not near Abney's Meetinghouse, but nobody could have enlisted there for the Revolution anyway. The one-acre site for the meetinghouse, near the head of Persimmon Lick Creek and a mile south of Higgins Ferry (Saluda River), was donated by George Abney in 1798. The subscriptions to build and maintain the non-denominational meetinghouse were collected in 1803. When the Revolution ended, Zachariah Smith Brooks was a 17-year-old private, according to his pension application. The militia list that included John H. Powell in the company of Capt. Z. S. Brooks was the post-war county militia, mustered in the 1790's before Brooks became its Colonel. There is no SC Revolutionary service record for a John Powell from the Edgefield region, although one of the Powells with the same Edgefield "creek address" (Moses Powell, 1762-1821) has a GA service record, according to a secondary source. The Powells who lived on/near the same creek and/or signed documents in common in ~1775-1805 were named John, Nathaniel, Moses, Lewis, Elkanah, Richard, Abraham and Charles. A different set of Powells, heirs of John Powell of Lunenburg Co VA, lived at Liberty Hill near the Savannah River (across from Augusta GA): many girls plus a George Powell. I have no idea when John H. Powell may have appeared in the Edgefield region, since his earliest record is the 1790 census. The ones named Moses, Lewis and Nathaniel were all in the region (and on Cloud's Creek) well before the Revolution. I didn't spot a deed showing when/how John H. Powell managed to get the western half of the 650-acre William Stent grant, but Nathaniel Powell had bought the eastern half. Stent was a Charleston merchant/investor, never lived out on the frontier. He sold the eastern half to John Wells in 1776, then it went to Nathaniel Powell in 1789, then Isom Brooks, Elkanah Sawyer, and Robert Atkins, all by 1797. Busy land! The Lick Creek/West Creek adjoining properties suggest some type of relationship between Nathaniel Powell and John Hathorn Powell, but not what it is or where they'd come from. The middle name Hathorn also points that way. Nathaniel Powell Sr. deeded lands to four grandsons, on a couple of occasions. Nathaniel Powell Jr., Martin Powell, and Bartlett Powell were sons of Nathaniel's son Richard Powell (Edgefield Deed Book 21, pp. 170-173); Deed of Gift was witnessed in 1800 by Elkanah Powell (relationship not stated) and Jacob Hydrick (neighbor and son-in-law). The other Deed of Gift in 1801 (Edgefield Deed Book 29, p. 363) was to a son of Jacob Hydrick, whose name was variously transcribed as Harthhorm, Harthorn, Harthhorn, Heathern, etc. John Powell and Elkanah Powell witnessed that one. Jacob Hydrick also had a son named Powell Hydrick in 1796; he was in Stewart Co GA in 1850 and Barbour Co AL in 1860. The Hydricks were mostly in Orangeburgh District during the 19th century. It would be an extraordinary coincidence if two unrelated Powells lived adjacent to one another, witnessed each other's legal documents, and each used the distinctive family name Hathorn (however spelled). Harriet Imrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 10:07 PM Subject: [SCEDGEFI] John H Powell Looking for the parents, siblings or any information on John H Powell born 1760 in Duplin, NC and moved to Edgefield District around 1780. He enlisted at the Abney Meeting house in Saluda And fought in the American Revolution under Captain Zachariah Smith Brooks. In 1806 he and his family moved to Twigg County, GA . He died in April 1819 in Twigg County, GA Any help or leads to point me in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks Sam Powell GGGGGrandson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message