Mary "Polly" Howell

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Mary "Polly" Howell (Johnson)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: White Plains, Greene County, GA, United States
Death: November 26, 1856 (69-70)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson
Wife of McKinney Howell
Mother of John Howell and Matthew Howell
Sister of Susannah "Susan" Slaughter (Ashfield); John Johnson; Hannah Parker; Silas Mercer Johnson; Samuel Johnson and 4 others

Managed by: Marsha Gail Veazey
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About Mary "Polly" Howell

Photo a gift to Betty H. Traver from Sidney Howell of White Plains. A gift from Betty H. Traver to John S. Howell, Jr. during a visit at her house in March 2006.

1850 Census - McKinney Howell family

Household consists of McKinney Howell (age 69), his wife Mary Johnson Howell (age 64). Living with them are McKinney's sister-in-law, Sara Howell (age 35), and her two children Samuel A. Howell (age 17, student), and Mary J. Howell (age 16). Also enumerated is an H?. Reynolds (age 25, farmer). Enumerated 26 Sep 1850, Greene Co. Georgia District 144, Roll 71, Page 106.

1820 Census - Hanckock Co., GA p. 102 1820 Census - Hanckock Co., GA p. 102

Parts of Hancock Co. came from what was previously Greene co.

McKinney Howell family: "Mckinny Howell" household consists of 2 males 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45, 1 female under 10, 1 female 26-45, 6 slaves.

The age ranges in the census match the ages of the family as we know them as follows: Matthew C. Howell would be ~13 and John J. Howell would be ~10, McKinney would be ~39, Mary Johnson would be 34. The unidentified household members are the female under 10 and the male 16-26.

Named beneficiary in McKinney Howell's will.

http://jhowell.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I1552&tree=1

  1. [S2] JSH Feb 13 2003 gedcom, John S. Howell, Jr..
  2. [S739] Kate (Lloyd) Morley, Kate (Lloyd) Morley, (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=klloyd77. katie [tmorley7@bigpond.com]).
  3. [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com).
  4. [S735] Memoirs of GA V2, (1895, Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Association.), p 511-512.

McKinney Howell came to Georgia with 4 of his brothers from North Carolina and was the only brother to remain in Georgia and was of the earliest settlers of Greene County. His wife was Mary Johnson.

  1. [S689] 1850 U.S. Census, of Greene County, Georgia. District 144, Roll 71, Page 106.

Lists: McKinney Howell (69), Mary Howell (64), Mary J. Howell (16), ?Daniel? Howell (17), ?Harmon? Reynolds (24), Sarah Howell (35).

  1. [S1333] Betty Howell Traver, Elizabeth (Howell) Traver, "Polly" Telephone 19 Mar 2006.
  2. [S1408] McKinney Howell's Will Transcript, Sidney Howell, (Copied by Sidney Howell 7 Sept 1972 (A.S. Howell collection courtesy of Jim Brittain, Jr.)), Named beneficiary.
  3. [S1435] Havilah Howell Mapp - Brief Record of Ancestral History, Havilah Howell Mapp of White Plains, Georgia, (L. Barlow's extracts - a copy of the original in the posession of Mrs. Henry Reid, Athens, Georgia).
  4. [S689] 1850 U.S. Census, Age 64 "Mary Howell" - Greene County Census, GA, District 144, Roll 71, Page 106. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ga/greene/1850/Pg00104.txt.
  5. [S1338] LBSH Chart, Lundie Barlow - Sidney Howell - Havila Howell Chart, (A photocopy of a handwritten document given to John S. Howell, Jr. by Elizabeth Howell Traver.), "b. 1783".
  6. [S1338] LBSH Chart, Lundie Barlow - Sidney Howell - Havila Howell Chart, (A photocopy of a handwritten document given to John S. Howell, Jr. by Elizabeth Howell Traver.).
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Mary "Polly" Howell's Timeline

1786
1786
White Plains, Greene County, GA, United States
1807
1807
1810
1810
White Plains, Greene County, GA
1856
November 26, 1856
Age 70