Ummmm...John Powell (married to Dorcus) had two brothers who came with him, Wiley and Lewis. So far, I haven't run across any mention of brothers for my John Powell...so you may be right. They may have wanted to transfer from Austin's Colony to Robertson's. How close are you to Austin County? I've been waiting for microfilm from there for almost two years now...will be two years in November. My John Powell (Powel) was given a land grant in Austin County, but he never 'claimed' it. Either he died...or sold it or gave it away. He also had a judgment against him in 1841 and his house, lot, and everything was sold at a Sheriff's Sale. We have no idea what happened to ole John...he presumably died before 1850 because two of the Powell girls (Martha Carter, John's grand daughter, and Calla Roxanna, John's daughter) married two of Capt John Bird's sons and the whole family moved to Burleson County, including my John's wife, Celia, who died in Burleson County in 1850. I also have a 'spare' Jane Powell who was evidently married to a Powell man, they had a son, John G. Powell, in Tennessee in 1833. She remarried in Austin County and then moved to Burleson along with my Powells. Many of our stories come from a grandson of John Powell...who didn't personally meet ole John...and who was in his eighties when he related 'remembered' stories. Until we can prove the stories, we hold them to be somewhat suspect because he stated that our John had a land grant in Williamson County...so I ordered the land grant from Williamson County and discovered that it belonged to John who was married to Dorcus. I have copies of a Spanish Land Grant given to a John Powel...but I think that's the one married to Dorcus. Sandee