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Sarah Powell (Strother)

Also Known As: "Sallie"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States
Death: June 12, 1824 (47)
Loudoun County, Virginia, USA, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Reuben Asa Strother and Susannah Strother (Bartlett)
Wife of Thomas Newlon; Henry Powell and Thomas Newlon
Mother of Joseph P Powell; Charlotte Bailey; Reuben Powell; William Powell; Margaret Johnson and 9 others
Sister of Susannah Glascock; Reuben Strother, Jr.; Thomas Bartlett Strother, Sr. and Mary Polly Strother

Managed by: Joan Elizabeth Marshall
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About Sarah Powell

When Sarah "Sallie" Strother was born on October 28, 1776, in Fauquier County, Virginia, her father, Reuben, was 31 and her mother, Susannah, was 28.

She was married three times and had 12 sons and 10 daughters. She died on June 12, 1824, in Harrison County, Virginia (that area is presently Taylor County, West Virginia), at the age of 47.

She married her first husband, Henry Powell, on April 9, 1787, (alternate date below)

On July 20, 1805, she married her second husband, Thomas Newlon, in Fauquier County.Virginia.

Sarah first married 17 Apr 1787 Fauquier Co, VA Henry POWELL and had 8 or 9 children (Reuben c1790, William c1792, Charlotte 1793, Elizabeth "Betsy" c1794, Margaret "Patsy" 1796, Benjamin; Sarah c1799, Allison Burr c1802? Nancy ). Henry POWELL d 1804 Harrison Co, VA (Estate Inventory, Public Auction; Sarah POWELL listed in PPTL)

Sarah second married 20 Jul 1805 Harrison Co, VA Thomas NEWLON (himself a widower); and they had Susannah b 1806, Peyton b 1807, and James b 1809. {at least 4 children of Thomas NEWLON's first marriage to Susan UNK of Loudoun Co, VA, were also living with them after their marriage: Cele b c1794, William Warren b 1795; John b 1798; Sarah b 1794-1804 and maybe another dau per census records). Thomas NEWLON's Inventory is list in 1817 Harrison Co, VA. Sarah NEWLON is in the 1820 census and the widow Sary NEWLON is listed in the PPTL 1821 to 1826. 1827 Harrison Co, VA is Inventory of Sarah NEWLON... [by Jim Bartlett]

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Sarah Powell's Timeline

1776
October 28, 1776
Fauquier County, Virginia, United States
1785
July 18, 1785
Wise County, Virginia, USA, Wise County, Virginia, United States
1788
1788
Fauquier Co, Virginia
1790
1790
Loudoun, Virginia, United States
1792
July 11, 1792
Loudoun, Virginia, United States
1796
November 6, 1796
1799
November 26, 1799
Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
1799
1801
September 28, 1801