Is it possible this location is now under water? Elizabeth Whitaker --- Kathleen Burnett <kathleenburnett@earthlink.net> wrote: > In 1822 Almon Powell purchased 300 acres from > Richard Holden on Tugaloo > River in Pendleton District. This area became > Pickens County. Then in > 1835 he purchased additional land along Brasstown > Road in two different > places along the above mentioned 300 acres. There > is record of their > homestead being on this property. > > I have never been able to find the burial place of > Almon and his wife > Elizabeth Powell. My question is, are there any old > homesteads along > the Tugaloo River which could be this old? I am > wondering if there are > family grave yards that have not been surveyed.. > > Almon Powell died in Horse Shoe, Pickens Co., SC > 1857 and Elizabeth died > between 1860 and 1970. > > Kathleen Burnett > > > > > ==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Pickens Co, SC > list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to SCPICKEN-l-request@rootsweb.com or if > you are on the Digest List > to SCPICKEN-d-request@rootsweb.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
It is possible. If I could locate the homestead or figure out where it was then I would have a better idea. Why do you ask about it being under water. Did something happen that changed the water course of the river? Kathleen Elizabeth Whitaker wrote: > Is it possible this location is now under water? > > Elizabeth Whitaker > > --- Kathleen Burnett <kathleenburnett@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > In 1822 Almon Powell purchased 300 acres from > > Richard Holden on Tugaloo > > River in Pendleton District. This area became > > Pickens County. Then in > > 1835 he purchased additional land along Brasstown > > Road in two different > > places along the above mentioned 300 acres. There > > is record of their > > homestead being on this property. > > > > I have never been able to find the burial place of > > Almon and his wife > > Elizabeth Powell. My question is, are there any old > > homesteads along > > the Tugaloo River which could be this old? I am > > wondering if there are > > family grave yards that have not been surveyed.. > > > > Almon Powell died in Horse Shoe, Pickens Co., SC > > 1857 and Elizabeth died > > between 1860 and 1970. > > > > Kathleen Burnett > > > > > >