Hi, Carlette! We've corresponded in the past about your John and Dorcus. Did you ever contact Brent Hughes to get copies of John's land grants?? I sincerely hope that you can track down a descendant for DNA testing. The Jones that Jim referred to in his post is an exact match with my Powell DNA and Willie's Powell DNA. I found my Powell descendant for testing through the Daughters of the Republic. I had a researcher go to their library and they found a descendant of my John Powell who had joined the DRT.I contacted that descendant and she had a Powell male cousin that we used for testing. She also furnished me with a ton of information for my records. If you go to the web site below and look under ancestors, you will find that there is someone who joined the DRT with documentation from your Wylie Powell. If you don't already know who that person is, you can contact the library and they will refer you to a researcher who will go through their files.for a nominal fee, of course.and you might be able to locate a male Powell that way. http://www.drt-inc.org/ Sandee