Posted on: IsleofWight County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/IsleofWight/738 Surname: COUNCIL, POWELL, SMITH ------------------------- Hello...I looked in the book " The Powell Families of Virginia & the South" by the Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas,Jr and he has some Smith- Council descendants who intermarried with Powells listed on page 464 under the heading "Children of James Calvin Powell and Lucy Elizabeth Baldwin". There is mention of Major Samuel Smith and his 1st wife, Mary Parker of Columbus Co NC as the grandparents of Capt Henry Clay Rockwell who was the 1st husband of Sarah Jane Powell. Her 2nd husband was her cousin John Willis Council s/o James Council (1792-1854) and wife Joannah Pierce. James Council was s/o David Council of Columbus Co NC and was an Am Rev soldier.James was also a 2nd great grandson of Hodges Council, died 1699 of Isle of Wight Co VA. These are just a few highlights in a very lengthy discourse on your family line entitled " The John Powell Family of Columbus, Bladen and Robeson Counties North Carolina" that spans pages 456- 494. If you haven't already done so, I would recommend that you consult a copy of this book.