You mentioned Ambrose Powell. I don't have any genealogy on Ambrose Powell, and you probably know his connection with Powell Valley, Virginia, but this is what I found. Ambrose Powell was a member of Dr. Thomas Walker's expedition that went through Powell Valley. On April 12, 1750 Ambrose cut his name on a tree on the bank of a river located ten miles from Cumberland Gap. In 1770 the tree was found by a party of 15 to 20 Virginians on their way to Kentucky on a hunting expedition. They gave it the name of Powell's river, and the other names came from that. HAROLD POWELL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Barrett Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 8:29 PM To: POWELL-DNA-L; POWELL Subject: [POWELL-DNA] Three Centuries of Ballingers in America I made it to the SFA Library today.  I didn't see any mention of Ambrose or William Powell.  I only checked the Powell listings in the index.  In the information below dates are in d-m-y format, and = means married.   Page 70 - Richard Ballinger, b c 1800 d 1858; = Mary Ann, d/o Robert & Rebecca (Powell) Haines.   Page 126 - Rosa May Lovelace, b 9-2-1883 d 20-11-1968 = (1) in 1909 to Rev. James M. Powell; (2) in 1939 to R. L. Chrisman; (3) B. N. Chrisman   Page 156 - Robert Oakford Nunn, Jr., b 27-7-1912; = 20-12-1941 Lura Powell; lived in Manistee, Mich.   Page 206 - Wilfred Lovelace Bowels b 21-4-1908 in Fabin's Twp, Marion Co., Mo.; = 20-8-1929 in Kansas City, Kans. by Rev. James Powell, to Eva Margaret Gillespie, b 2-11-1905 near La Prairie, in Adams Co., Ill.   Page 236 - (Pampa, Tex. area) - Belinda Jill Richardson b. 3-1-1947; = Dean Powell.   Page 399 - Thomas Powell is a witness to the will of Joseph Ballinger of Amherst Co., Vir.  Will dated 3 Feb. 1802.   Page 414 13 Jan. 1756 - Francis Ballinger & Sarah Ballinger named as wittnesses to the will of Elias Powell.      Jim Barrett - Timpson, TX Barrett Surname DNA - http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm Powell Surname DNA - http://www.flash.net/~parino/powell-surname-dna-project.htm ------------------------------- 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

Walker's journal can be read here http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/squabble/walker.html On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Lois Powell <[email protected]> wrote: > You mentioned Ambrose Powell. I don't have any genealogy on Ambrose > Powell, > and you probably know his connection with Powell Valley, Virginia, but this > is what I found. > > Ambrose Powell was a member of Dr. Thomas Walker's expedition that went > through Powell Valley. On April 12, 1750 Ambrose cut his name on a tree on > the bank of a river located ten miles from Cumberland Gap. In 1770 the > tree > was found by a party of 15 to 20 Virginians on their way to Kentucky on a > hunting expedition. They gave it the name of Powell's river, and the other > names came from that. > > HAROLD POWELL > > >