Nicholas Powell

One report is that he died July 7, 1821 in Robeson Co. NC -- If this is the case he would have returned from MS. This has not been verified. He has a will in MS. This will could have been written before he left for a trip to NC if in fact he did go back to NC. It was common for some of the first families to go back and return with other relatives. About this time a Sam Dale had opened up trips that took two months one way. .

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The log cabin that Nicholas first built in Marion County, MS was closer to the river than the house Evan built in 1836. The orginal cabin burned in a fire.

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There was a Nicholas Powell in the Revolution Army and of Scotch Irish decent. Family tradition was that Nicholas was in the Army. However the Nicholas Powell that was granted land for his service died in 1804 and could not have been our Nicholas.

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The Powell's knew the Ford's in NC. Lydia Powell married John Ford in NC and had a child on the trip to MS that died and was burried on the way. John Ford's uncle [?] also named John Ford was a Methodist Minister and built the John Ford House about 1798 on the west side of the Pearl River south of Columbia, MS. The house is still standing today.

Nicholas came by ox-wagon most likely south from NC to Augusta, then north to Nashville and then taking the new Federal Highway to New Orleans which was the same route Andrew Jackson took to New Orleans and which he had his men improve.

The trip took two years and was most likely sometime 1815-1816, buying land sold at Fort. St. Stephens Alabama when Mississippi was opened.

One story is they came "down the river" but it seems more logical that they followed or took the trail of Sam Dale who followed old Indian trails. Though it is possible they got on barges south of Chattanooga and took the Tennessee River for a way until they hit the new Federal Highway that Andrew Jackson had cleared.

This Federal Highway, is on the South side of Evan's property on which the Evan Powell home sits on the east side of the Pearl River. On the west side of the Pearl river is the historic Ford home where Pearl River Convention took place in 1817.

The Ford's had a sawmill from which Evan Powell got the lumber to build his house in 1836-37

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1828 -- January 3, 1828 Joel Easterling and his wife Charlotte of Marion to the Heirs of Nicholas Powell, deceased, for $500 the tract of land in ?? preceding patent. Witness; Gilbert Stovall, J.P. Recorded January 4, 1828

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January 11, 1830 John Dear and Effy his wife of Hinds County deed to the heirs of Nicholas Powell for $400 land known as the S 1/2 of N.W. quarter and the S 1/2 of N.E. 1/4 of section 28, T 3, R 18 on Basis Meridian, containing 100 acres of the lands sold at St. Stephens.

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Marriages:

1. Elizabeth MARTIN

Birthabt 1760 in North Carolina?

Deathbef 1835 in Marion Co., MS

Children:Sterling E. POWELL (born abt 1786)

Martin POWELL (born abt 1788)

Percel POWELL (born abt 1790)

Ansel [Ancil] POWELL (born abt 1790)

Edith POWELL (born abt 1792)

Nancy Ann POWELL (born abt 1794)

Lydia POWELL (born abt 1805)

Evan POWELL (born abt 1811)

Ephonia POWELL (born abt 1813)

NOTES:

A Nicholas Powell served in the Revolutionary War, for which HIS HEIRS received a warrant for 640 acres of land, which they assigned, that is, sold. This Nicholas was deceased before 1804 and is thus not the same person as Nicholas, son of Douglas Powell.]

1786 Tax List, Wayne County, NC: Nicholas Powell, no land, 1 white poll, 1 black poll. Nicholas was probably age 21 or over, thus born 1765 or earlier.

1790 census, Robeson County, NC: Nicholas Powell, 1 male over 16, 3 males under 16, 1 female, 1 slave.

1800 census, Robeson County, NC, page 411: Nicholas Powell, Esq., 1 male and 3 females under 10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male and 1 female16-44, [Nicholas

was thus born 1756 or later.] In 1800 Nicholas Powell was apparently a Justice or a Justice of the Peace.

1810 census, Robeson County, NC, page 238:

"Niclas" Powell, 1 male under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male and 2 females 16-25, 1 male and 1 female over 45. [Nicholas was thus born before 1765.]

Land entries, patents, grants, and deeds to Nicholas Powell in Bladen and Robeson Counties, NC, need to be abstracted.

Grantor deed dated 12 JUL 1815 from Douglas, Nicholas, and Thomas Powell, personal property belonging to their deceased brother, Starling Powell [of Wayne Co., NC]. Robert Powell was a witness, Recorded in Robeson County. [This Robert Powell

was NOT a sibling.]

Grantor Deeds, Robeson County, NC, land on Ashpole Swamp: dated 10 DEC 1792, 15 DEC 1814, 30 DEC 1816, 26 JUL 1817,

Grantor deeds from Ann Powell, Robeson County: 11 JAN 1799, 200 acres on Ashpole Swamp,

1804, to James Pittman, 200 acres on Ashpole Swamp.

[Ann Powell was possibly a daughter of widowed daughter-in-law of either Douglas Powell, Jr., or Nicholas Powell, as these two owned land on Aspole Swamp.

She was possibly Ann, the widow of Jacob Powell. Ann, widow of Jacob Powell, was named in several grants and deeds in Robeson County between 1788 and 1797. These records need to be re-studied and abstracted.

Note that Evan, son of Nicholas, in 1839 married Mary Pittman in Marion Co., MS. Also on Ashpole Swamp was Elizabeth, apparent widow of Elijah Powell. Elizabeth was named as a "daughter" of Ambrose Powell in an 1814 deed.]

Grantor Deeds in Robeson County in 1818 (two) and 1819, need to be abstracted.

In 1817, Douglas, Nicholas, and Thomas Powell [heirs of Starling Powell] deed to Wm. & Benjamin Lewis. As administrator of the estate of Griffin Staton, Nicholas sold land on 6 AUG 1817.

Nicholas Powell and family migrated to Marion County, Mississippi, between AUG 1817 and the 1820 census of Marion County, MS.

1820 census, Marion Co., MS. Nicholas Powell: 1 male and 1 female over age 45, 1 male and 2 females age 15-25, and 1 male, under age 10. It seems there was a

married son or daughter with one child in his home in 1820. James Powell family also in Marion County; possibly a son. James and his wife were age 26-44, with 4 sons and 2 daughters under the age of 10. The 1850 census of James should be studied for his nativity.

Will of Nicholas Powell, written 7 JUL 1821, probated 24 SEP 1821, recorded Marion County, MS, Orphan Court Record Book A, Page 133. Wife: Elizabeth. Children: Ancil, Edith, Ann, Evan, Percel, Lydia, and "Sterling". Letters of administration issued to Ancil

and Sterling Powell. Estate settlment closed by "Ansell" Powell in 1833.

1830 census of Marion County, MS: Elizabeth, age under 60, with one male and one female, age 20-39.

Ansel Powell household: he and wife over age 40, 1 female over age 20, 4 males and 1 female under age 10.

1840 census of Marion County, MS: Evan Powell (p. 115), Persel Powell, (p. 115), Hinton Powell (p. 125).

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Nicholas and Sterling had taxes owed in Wayne County NC in 1786

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There are two ways they could have come by wagon out of NC. Most likely they took the Fall Line Road out of NC until they reached Augusta. Later the trail would cross Georgia and Alabama, but at the time inland Georgia and Alabama was Indian Territory so at August they headed north through Chattanooga towards Nashville where they took the new Federal Hwy that Andrew Jackson had built after the Battle of New Orleans. This new Hwy runs on the south border of the property that Nicholas purchased and that his son Evan bought from his mother and then sold in 1839 to his son-in-law, John Ford.

There is an article and map attached of this route.

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WILL OF NICHOLAS POWELL

I, Nicholas Powell of the State of Mississippi and county of Marion being of of sound mind and memory do this seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one make and publish this as my last will and testament in manner and form follows. It is my wish and desire that my Executors hereafter named, will as soon as practicable pay all my just depts; amongst which is the amount due the United States for the Section of land which I now live ---

  Item -- I give and bequeath onto my son Martin Powell and his heirs one Featherbed & furniture

Item -- I give and bequeath unto my son Percel Powell and his heirs one featherbed and furniture
Item-- I give and bequesth unto my daughter Edith Powell and her heirs one negro girl Owa, andn one featherbed and furniture.
Item -- I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ann Powell and her heirs one negro Girl called Sarah and one featherbed and furniture.
Item -- I give and bequeath unto my son Evan Powell and his heirs my Shot Gun and one featherbed and furniture.
Item -- I give and bequeath unto my son Percel Powell and his heirs forever all that portion of my land whereon I now live lying on the North Side of Mays Creek the Run of said creed being the line.
Item -- I give and bequeath unto my son Evan Powell and his airs forever all that portion of my land which on I now live after the death of my wife Elizabeth, lying on the south side of Mays Creek, the Run of said Creek being the northern boundary.
Item -- I give and bequeath unto my children Martin Powell, Percel Powell, Edith Powell, Ann Powell and Evan Powell to each of them, their heirs two hundred and ninety dollars to be Raised and paid out of my Estate after the death of my wife Elizabeth.
Item -- I give and bequeath unto my wife Elizabeth for and during her natural life, all the lands which I own on the South Side of Mays Creek, with all siegroe -- horses, cattle, hogs, household and kitchen furniture and all monies and all other things otherwise divised, and it is my impress wish and will that at the death of my said wife not otherwise deceased be sold and out of the proceeds to pay the legaues before Specified......and the balance of the net proceed of the ....Estate....between my children Ancel Powell, Martin Powell, ....., Lydia Ford, Percel Powel, Edith Powell, Ann Powell and Evan Powell I do hearby make ordain and appoint my wife elizabeth and my Friend Gen Bengimin Lee Executors to this my last will and testament.
Wm Purvis N. Powell (seal)

James Moore

Owen Clinton

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Ford Family - submitted by Sandra Cook

 	 Rev. S. John Ford Cemetery in Sandy Hook Mississippi Submitted by Sandra Shields Cook Rev. John Ford 27 feb 1767 - 14 feb 1826. Son of James and Ann Townsend Ford. Catherine Ard, wife of John Ford. 23 nov 1773 - 1854. 5 others are burried here per Mr. Danny Warren. 	 

 	John Ford Cemetery in Marion County Mississippi 	 

 	 1. Mama: Ida Byrd Ford, 11 feb 1895 - 21 sep 1974. 2. Daddy: W. A. "Guss" Ford, 11 apr 1891 - 20 jan 1959. 3. Lula Laura Ford, 19 jan 1920 - 11 oct 1920. 4. Baby Boy Ford, b. and d. 4 nov 1921. 5. Mrs. Ola Ford, 1919 - 1941. 6. James Augusta Ford, 7 aug 1927 - 26 dec 1928. 7. Billy Shelby Ford, 10 jul 1929 - 22 feb 1930. 8. Mother: Emma Smith Ford, 2 apr 1878 - 1 jul 1967. 9. Father: Jesse Edward Ford, 30 mar 1881 - 19 apr 1920. 10. John P. Ford, 28 jan 1872 - 18 sep 1924. 11. Mattie M. Ford, 17 may 1879 - 24 oct 1940. 12. Mary A. Ford, 1 jan 1875 - 22 jul 1954. 13. Louis G. Ford, 19 aug 1884 - 1 dec 1952. 14. William P. Ford, 15 may 1873 - 30 mar 1941. 15. Emma Penn Ford, 25 may 1848 - 25 mar 1922. 16. same plot: William J. Ford, 4 mar 1843 - 17 feb 1917. 17. Lydia A., dau of W. J. and Emma E. Ford, 11 dec 1876 - 27 oct 1879. 18. John Ford, d. 26 feb 1862 aged 67y 25m 25d. 19. Lydia Ford, consort of John Ford, d. 1 nov 1862 aged 63y 11m 6d. 20. Mary S., wife of H. B. England, d. 8 jan 1882 aged 25y 11m 23d. 21. Nancy E., dau of S. J. and S. E. Foxworth, 2 mar 1871 - 2 jan 1884. 22. Nancy Powell, 1830. 23. Mary Pitman Powell. 24. Evan Powel. 25. Elizabeth Martin Powell, 1846. 26. Evan Denison. 27. James Dennison, 1890. 28. Edith Powell Denison. 29. Infant dau of J. W. and Eliza Ford, d. 16 sep 1846. 30. sim: Martin E., son of J. W. and E. L. Ford, 13 sep 1850 - 27 dec 1850. 31. J. Warren, son of J. W. and Eliza L. Ford, 6 aug 1844 - (7) feb 1862. 32. Col. John W. Ford, 17 jan 1816 - 12 mar 1862 (Mason). 33. Eliza L. Rankin, wife of John W. Ford, 23 feb 1821 - 9 jan 1891. 34. Jesse Charles Ford, 18 aug 1846 - 8 feb 1921. ----fragmented marker. 35. Martha Elizabeth, wife of W. A. Ford, 2 may 1848 - 18 feb 1937. 36. Harry Payton Hill, 20 aug 1895 - 29 apr 1962. 37. Mary Elkins Hill, 7 mar 1855 - 26 aug 1935. 38. William H. Hill, 10 may 1846 - 8 nov 1935. 39. Robert Edward Hill, Sr., 25 sep 1887 - 17 feb 1974. 40. Eliza Ford Hill, 5 jan 1889 - no death date. 41. William Joseph Supinger, 15 jul 1919 - 26 feb 1971. 42. Martha Elizabeth Littleton Bradley, b. 10 sep 1884 in Portsmouth, Va., d. 10 aug 1968. 43. Brett Bealle Bradley, Sr., 9 feb 1883 in Birmingham, Al., d. 15 jul 1936 (Mason). 44. Claude M. McDaniel, 28 jan 1899 - 1 aug 1976. 45. Bessie G. McDaniel, 24 feb 1896 - no death date. 46. Robert Merlin McDaniel, 18 dec 1923 - no death date. 47. Louise Hill McDaniel, 24 feb 1927 - no death date. 48. Nicholas Powell, son of Douglas Powell, b. Robison Co., NC, d. Marion Co., Ms 20 jul 1821. info given to Mrs. R. M. McDaniel by Ruth Harris. Joseph Ford Cemetery in Marion County, Mississippi

(white section) 1. Lizzie, wife of J. J. Lovett, d. 8 feb 1883, aged 28y 10m 10d. This grave surrounded by its own metal fence. 2. Thomas J., son of J. M. and S. J. Rawls, 22 apr 1867 - 17 oct 1869. 3. Infant son of J. M. and S. J. Rawls, b. and d. 18 dec 1868 4. Mary Ann Ford, dau of J. E. and M. J. Rawls, 16 aug 1866 - 25 nov 1869. 5. Harriet, dau of J. M. and S. J. Rawls, 10 apr 1857 - 16 dec 1860. 6. James M. Rawls, 19 oct 1823 - 16 aug 1869. 7. Mrs. Sarah J. Rawls, 16 dec 1837 - 23 nov 1889. 8. T. J. Rankin, 23 aug 1837 - 9 jun 1862. 9. Solomon Jessie, infant son of Sarah C. and Jessie Rankin, aged 8 months (no dates on stone). 10. Ebenezer Ford, 7 sep 1801 - 29 may 1858, aged 57y 8 m 22 d. 11. Harriet L. Ford, 1 oct 1858 - 15 mar 1859. 12. Harry B., son of J. M. and S. A. Ford, aged 3y 4m (no dates). 13. Sarah J. Ford, wife of Solomon R. Ford, 7 oct 1820 - 19 apr 1860. 14. Solomon Harrison Ford, 1842 - 1881. 15. Sarah E. Ford, 26 mar 1833 - 26 feb 1853. 16. John P. Ford, (no other info).

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two stones illegible 17. Mary J. Ford, 24 may 1807 - 27 jul 1853. 18. Clarissa Pope, wife of Benjamin B. Barnes, 20 feb 1815 - 24 apr 1851. 19. Ann E. Patten, 8 may 1832 - 30 apr 1853. 20. Serenus Sedgewick Ford, 6 nov 1850 - 15 oct 1855. 21. Sophrinia L. Ford, 3 oct 1830 - 11 jun 18(3)6. 22. Mary J. Ford, 24 aug 1840 - 1 mar 1869. 23. Calvin Ford, 18 jul 1825 - 30 mar 1870. 24. Infant son of J. I. and H. S. Ball. 25. Harriet S. Ball, 10 feb 1854 - 18 mar 1873. 26. Juliet A. Ford, wife of Ebenezer Ford, d. 3 jan 1883 aged 72y 11m 25d. 27. Sophie Elizabeth, dau of C. and S. C. Baxter, 28 aug 1885 - 15 dec 1889. 28. F. R. Fortenberry, 21 feb 1885 - 29 oct 1887. 29. sim: A. L. Fortenberry, 28 dec 1882 - 23 oct 1887. 30. sim: Mary O. Fortenberry, 27 oct 1880 - 14 nov 1883. 31. sim: Jabus H. Fortenberry, 16 dec 1886 - 2(8) nov 1893. 32. Luther Earl, son of A. L. and M. C. Rawls, 23 jan 1886 - 7 nov 1889. 33. Horacio C., son of Mary C. and A. L. Rawls, 21 feb 1884 - 29 oct 1886. 34. Vesta May, dau of E. and R. A. O'Rorke, 5 sep 1884 - 19 may 1888.

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2 unmarked graves 35. Solomon Ford (weathered) 36. Felix Ford, 20 sep 1805 - 19 apr 1830 37. Stephen Ford, 2 apr 1766 - 19 nov 1823. 38. Joseph Ford, 23 jun 1773 - 20 sep 1823. 39. Sarah Ford, b. 22 jan 1782, d. (weathered off) 40. Kesiah Felder, wife of Jabus Rowls [sic] 1789 - 1881. 41. Jabus Rawls, 25 mar 1792 - 22 jul 1834. 42. Caroline Cornelia Ford, 23 jan 1836 - 7 jun 1844.

Joseph Ford Cemetery

(black section) 43. Mother: Susia Mingo Brown, 1880 - 1908. 44. Flossie Toney, 14 oct 1893 - 23 sep 1894. 45. ______Toney, d. 10 sep 1893. 46. Maceo Toney, 22 jan 1899 - 17 aug 1900. 47. Lather, dau of H. H. and Nancy Brown, 15 mar 1889 - 8 jun 1891. 48. J. Augustus Toney, 9 sep 1907 - 9 jan 1910. 49. Clarissa, dau of Wesley and Harritt [sic] Toney, 4 jul - 1 dec 1903. 50. Lucy Mingo, wife of M. M. Mingo, 26 aug 1908 51. Elzara, wife of Sam Abron, Sr., d. 14 jan 1900 aged 55.

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vertical piece of wood-may be a marker.

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Revolutionary soldier