Somewhere along the way someone asked about a Powell in the Georgia Land Lottery. The Lottery is a very complicated subject and I certtainly won't try to explain - I'm not a native Georgian (though I live here now) and many Georgians do not know all the ins and outs. However I will mention some aspects. 1. They do not normally have a list of those who drew; only the "fortunate drawers". 2. There were several lotteries, with different requirements for quali- fying. They do not have any information on those who signed up, except a note of "Rev. Sol." and the notation of "orphan" or "Widow". And there lots of Powells in there. I have lost my note on the name of the Powell being asked about! Terrible note-keeping system! So please ask again, whoever you are and I will try to help. The Library in Macon has much information and I am only 15 mi. from there. -------------- Original message from Jecca Pow-Pow Wheels <[email protected]>: -------------- > > Hello Everyone, > > I am new to this group and have several questions. First, the DNA and other > information is either over my head or I simply cannot grasp all of this, all at > the same time.. :) Secondly, I joined this group via the geno project from > national geographic (which I think most everyone else did?).. Okay.. soo let me > write here about why this project is important to me and my Powell family.. :) > > My father is Billy Gene Powell. Is father (my grandfather) is Hanfurd Eugene > Powell. My grandfather is Jimmie Powell from Arkansas (we believe). My > grandfather and great-grandfather were terribly secretive about our relations > and ancestory. (We had some issue with the government). So. On the census, my > great-grandfather denied having children (my grandfather does not have a birth > certificate) therefore we cannot actually prove my grandfather has a father > (anyone else confused yet?). My Great-great-grandfather's name (according to > some) was James Powell, Arkansas also. However, the water get's murky from here > on out (like it wasn't already).. According to my grandfather (who did not tell > us when he was alive, but left us a recording----serious secretiveness..) my > oldest ancestor was actually Osceola, or Billy Powell of the Florida Seminoles. > His father was William Stewart (of the England Stewarts.. and escaped > perscuetion fled to the U.S. and changed his name to William ! > Powell). Soooo... I'm a historian (graduated and by profession) and this is > clearly murky water.. However, if there are any Powell's that this story sounds > familiar and or if you have dates, names or times that may correlate.. PLEASE, > give me a holler, I'd appreciate. > > Thank You muchly, > > Jessica Powell > _________________________________________________________________ > In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger. > http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_rea > ltime_042008 > > ------------------------------- > 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