On Apr 18, 2010, at 4:23 PM, [email protected] wrote: > T > > List, > One of you has told me there is a 1773 page book in 2-volumes titled > "Thomas Powell, colonial-yeoman-planter, circa 1616-1687, Isle of > Wight County, Virginia, and John Hardman, colonial-planter, circa > 1725-1800 progenitors with thousands of their descendants arranged > in chronological order to 1985" by George Travis Powell Published in > 1985, G.T. Powell. > > http://openlibrary.org/b/OL2075346M/Thomas_Powell_colonial-yeoman-planter_circa_1616-1687_Isle_of_Wight_County_Virginia_and_John_Hardman_colonial-planter_circa_1725-1800 > > I got these volumes through Inter-library loan at one point; The were not relevant to my line but were every extensive for the Thomas Powell line > I thought I remembered seeing a 2 volume Powell book at South > Caroliniana Library, but did not find it yesterday. What I found > was a 500 & some odd page book called "The Powell Families of > Virginia and the South" by Rev. Fr. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr. copyright > Nov. 1969 with NO index. I see on the web that it now has an > index. It has Powell wills & census. > > 1) Do any of you have the book with index? > 2) Would any of you mind checking the index for "Caleb Powell"s & > give me their page number & year or approximate year of birth? I > can then go back to Caroliniana & look at the references. > There are two pages for Caleb Powell, page 559 and page 581 Page 559: A census record from Alabama 1850 . Shows a Caleb Powell age 28 in Limestone County Page 581: shows a Census record from South Carolina 1810 A Caleb Powell 45+ in Fairfield County > After I left the Caroliniana, I went to the county library to access > Ancestry.com & look at census & wrote down all the Caleb Powells > from 1790 through 1850. Now I need to check white pages & make some > calls to get some test subjects. > > Pray that I will carry through -- that we all will "stay the course" > to success. > -- > James W. Green III > 285 Agnew Road > Winnsboro SC 29180 There is another Lucas book called "The Powell Family of Norfolk and Elizabeth City Counties, Virginia and their Descendants.." but I see no reference to Caleb. I would also look at Worldconnect and search for Caleb Powell; there are lots of references... http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi alan