Wow.. Thank you! Jessica> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 12:08:16 -0400> Subject: Re: [POWELL-DNA] Osceola.. and Murky Water> > If you are interested in information on Osceola's ancestry, you may> want to read Osceola's Legacy by Patricia R. Wickman. She is a Florida> historian and former Senior Curator for the State of Florida. She is> Director of the Department of Anthropology & Genealogy for the Seminole> Tribe of Florida.> > In her book, she states that in 1813, William Powell took his family> southward out of Alabama. He and one of his daughters by his first marriage> settled in Georgia. Billy Powell (Osceola), his mother (William Powell's> second wife), and possibly a second daughter of William Powell's by his> first wife went to Florida. In 1836, William Powell and his daughter> migrated to the western Indian territories. There is no indication that> Osceola ever went to the west. Osceola died on 30 January 1838 at Fort> Moultrie, South Carolina at approximate age 34. He probably had a wife and> children, but there is no data listed.> > Your ancestry could come from William Powell, if he took another wife> in the west.> > > > Mary Esther (Powell) Raker> > > -------------------------------> 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 _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you. http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_mobile_052008