Gerald, I think that we are kissing cousins. Powell is my maiden name and we were from Lebanon. My husband's people were from Maury County. We went to Spencer Hill Church of Christ one Sunday. James Uland Thomason is our cousin, we went down to Corinth to visit Jim and Nina. We had a wonderful time. Israel Washington Thomason (Ezra) who went to prison because he was framed was our cousin. His brother was Bill"s (my husband) grandfather's brother. His grandfather was Joseph and he is buried here in Hunt County Texas, where I live. My Bill passed away in 2007 and I have not been back to Maury since then. We went through the Hermitage once, it is still one of my favorite memories. Ezra's brother named a son after him, when I got into the Thomason Family and heard about Uncle Izzy, I tried to just listen and not ask a lot of questions. Jim sent Bill and me a copy of his Screamer book for our 50th wedding anniversary. His dad was Porter Love. OK, just stay with me me-----Bill's Grandfather's people went back to Rachel Alexander marrying James Bennett. Their Daughter Mary married a Thomason. Vera Niemic has written a big book on Southern Bennett, Massey and Devasier Families. I went to see her last summer, she lives in south Texas. We can not find one of her books for me, but she did copy me a lot of pages about Ezra's trial and all of our mutual relatives. She is nearly 90 and sharp as a tack. She has a large genealogy library in her home and will let anyone in to look at it. (James Bennett was a ggg? grandfather to her). He was hanged. I hope that I have not rambled too much. Nell Oh Dottie Thomason tells me that Irene from the Museum in Mt. Pleasant is compiling a new book. Dottie will work at the Museum on Thursday and she will send me the address and tell me Irene's name. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Powell, Gerald" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [POWELL-DNA] New to list > Nell, > > Welcome to the group. > > Are you descended from the Thomason's of Maury County, TN? I have run > across a J. Milt Thomason who was married to Winnie Powell Thomason. > They and some others are buried in the Spencer Hill Cemetery in southern > Maury County. Because they were in close proximity to Powell's of > interest to me, I took note of them. > > Jerry Powell > NC-16 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nell Thomason > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [POWELL-DNA] New to list > > I am new to the DNA list. My recent ancestors came from Lebanon,TN and > > David Smith says that he lives there. I am very excited to find him. I > > have Powell relatives and I need to go backward from Lebanon. I do not > know > about Canada or England. I hope to stay in touch with you. Nell > Powell > Thomason [email protected] > Our test is # 133539 and has not been released yet. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bev powell" <[email protected]> > To: "Powell DNA List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:46 PM > Subject: [POWELL-DNA] New to list > > >> Hello >> I'm new to this list; but thanks to Jim I can now get involved more >> directly in exploring my ancestory. >> I'm still wating for some results from the DNA test I submitted this >> fall. >> I really don't understand all the jargon and statistics. All I want > to >> know is if I'm biologically related to another Powell. >> >> A factor which complicates my situation is that I also have Powells in > my >> Maternal ancestory. Even though both Powell families originated in >> Ireland, I don't beleive they were connected. >> >> My Paternal Powells imigrated, from County Cork, Ireland; and settled > in >> London Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada ( This area is > about 40 >> to 60 miles east of Port Huron, Michigan). Three brothers George, > Ambrose >> and Stephen CAME TO THIS AREA SOMETIME BETWEEN 1815 AND 1819. .. > George >> was my 2 G Grandfather; and both his and MANY OF Ambroses's families > have >> remained in the original area. Stephen left Ontario and moved west > and >> finally settling in Oregon, USA. >> Its a contact, I've established, withe stephen's family which > prompted me >> to submit a DNA tes >> >> My Maternal Powells were Robert and Nancy(Beatty) Powell, They were > both >> born about 1775/1777 in County Armaugh, Northern Ireland. They and >> seven of their eight children immigrated to canada sometime between > 1815 >> and 1819 settling in Elizabethtown Township, Leeds County, Ontario, > Canada >> (This area is directly across the St Lawrence River from New York > State). >> Their eldest daughter was Mary (my 3G Grandmother), who married jacob >> smith and they immigrated about 1822. >> Their other children were William, David, James, Sarah, Ann, Joseph > andd >> Eleanor. William and James moved to the US and only James returned to > >> Canada. , >> >> So I hope I'll be able to connect with some new relatives. >> >> To avoid any confusion, I'm a male version of Beverley. >> Take care >> Bev Powell >> [email protected] >> Strathroy Ontario Canada >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

My Great Grandfather William A Powell graduated from law school at Cumberland University in Lebanon TN. He was in the first graduating class when the school opened after the civil war. I have not found a connection to the Powell's that resided in that area but I feel there probably is one. My direct line of Powell's migrated down from Stewart CO TN around 1820 to West TN/Haywood County. They went to Stewart CO from Bertie CO NC, though I believe they resided in the Sampson CO NC area for some period before the Bertie to Stewart move. Don't know if this will add anything to this string but thought I would throw it out. My father passed away in Corinth MS in 1968 so it kind of prompted me to say something when I saw Corinth show up in the verbiage ... don't know why. George -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nell Thomason Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [POWELL-DNA] New to list Gerald, I think that we are kissing cousins. Powell is my maiden name and we were from Lebanon. My husband's people were from Maury County. We went to Spencer Hill Church of Christ one Sunday. James Uland Thomason is our cousin, we went down to Corinth to visit Jim and Nina. We had a wonderful time. Israel Washington Thomason (Ezra) who went to prison because he was framed was our cousin. His brother was Bill"s (my husband) grandfather's brother. His grandfather was Joseph and he is buried here in Hunt County Texas, where I live. My Bill passed away in 2007 and I have not been back to Maury since then. We went through the Hermitage once, it is still one of my favorite memories. Ezra's brother named a son after him, when I got into the Thomason Family and heard about Uncle Izzy, I tried to just listen and not ask a lot of questions. Jim sent Bill and me a copy of his Screamer book for our 50th wedding anniversary. His dad was Porter Love. OK, just stay with me me-----Bill's Grandfather's people went back to Rachel Alexander marrying James Bennett. Their Daughter Mary married a Thomason. Vera Niemic has written a big book on Southern Bennett, Massey and Devasier Families. I went to see her last summer, she lives in south Texas. We can not find one of her books for me, but she did copy me a lot of pages about Ezra's trial and all of our mutual relatives. She is nearly 90 and sharp as a tack. She has a large genealogy library in her home and will let anyone in to look at it. (James Bennett was a ggg? grandfather to her). He was hanged. I hope that I have not rambled too much. Nell Oh Dottie Thomason tells me that Irene from the Museum in Mt. Pleasant is compiling a new book. Dottie will work at the Museum on Thursday and she will send me the address and tell me Irene's name. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Powell, Gerald" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [POWELL-DNA] New to list > Nell, > > Welcome to the group. > > Are you descended from the Thomason's of Maury County, TN? I have run > across a J. Milt Thomason who was married to Winnie Powell Thomason. > They and some others are buried in the Spencer Hill Cemetery in southern > Maury County. Because they were in close proximity to Powell's of > interest to me, I took note of them. > > Jerry Powell > NC-16 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nell Thomason > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [POWELL-DNA] New to list > > I am new to the DNA list. My recent ancestors came from Lebanon,TN and > > David Smith says that he lives there. I am very excited to find him. I > > have Powell relatives and I need to go backward from Lebanon. I do not > know > about Canada or England. I hope to stay in touch with you. Nell > Powell > Thomason [email protected] > Our test is # 133539 and has not been released yet. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bev powell" <[email protected]> > To: "Powell DNA List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:46 PM > Subject: [POWELL-DNA] New to list > > >> Hello >> I'm new to this list; but thanks to Jim I can now get involved more >> directly in exploring my ancestory. >> I'm still wating for some results from the DNA test I submitted this >> fall. >> I really don't understand all the jargon and statistics. All I want > to >> know is if I'm biologically related to another Powell. >> >> A factor which complicates my situation is that I also have Powells in > my >> Maternal ancestory. Even though both Powell families originated in >> Ireland, I don't beleive they were connected. >> >> My Paternal Powells imigrated, from County Cork, Ireland; and settled > in >> London Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada ( This area is > about 40 >> to 60 miles east of Port Huron, Michigan). Three brothers George, > Ambrose >> and Stephen CAME TO THIS AREA SOMETIME BETWEEN 1815 AND 1819. .. > George >> was my 2 G Grandfather; and both his and MANY OF Ambroses's families > have >> remained in the original area. Stephen left Ontario and moved west > and >> finally settling in Oregon, USA. >> Its a contact, I've established, withe stephen's family which > prompted me >> to submit a DNA tes >> >> My Maternal Powells were Robert and Nancy(Beatty) Powell, They were > both >> born about 1775/1777 in County Armaugh, Northern Ireland. They and >> seven of their eight children immigrated to canada sometime between > 1815 >> and 1819 settling in Elizabethtown Township, Leeds County, Ontario, > Canada >> (This area is directly across the St Lawrence River from New York > State). >> Their eldest daughter was Mary (my 3G Grandmother), who married jacob >> smith and they immigrated about 1822. >> Their other children were William, David, James, Sarah, Ann, Joseph > andd >> Eleanor. William and James moved to the US and only James returned to > >> Canada. , >> >> So I hope I'll be able to connect with some new relatives. >> >> To avoid any confusion, I'm a male version of Beverley. >> Take care >> Bev Powell >> [email protected] >> Strathroy Ontario Canada >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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