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Mary Whitehurst

Female Abt 1760 - 1828  (~ 68 years)


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  • Name Mary Whitehurst 
    Born Abt 1760  Bute Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1828  Warren Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19279  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2017 

    Family John Powell,   b. Abt 1751, Bute Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1801, Warren Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Married 29 Dec 1775  Bute Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Children of John and Mary Whitehurst Powell:
      Mary Polly Powell
      Martha 'Patsy' Powell
      James P. Powell
      Winnifred Davis (wife of Richard Davis)
    Children 
     1. Winnifred 'Winnie' Powell,   b. Abt 1790, Prob. Warren Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2017 
    Family ID F7155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S40] Will, https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/15f91e94548aa61f.
      You can find the records for the Sources listed below in my public tree on Ancestry.com:https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/83249814/person/420157897930/facts
      William Powell (6th G-GF)
      b. c.1725 VA or NC (probably Granville or Bute Counties)
      d. 4 Oct 1791 Warren County, NC(wife Ruth -- possible maiden name Ferbio)Heirs named in his Will dated 26 Mar 1789, probated Nov 1791 in Warren County, NC:
      wife Ruth; children Honorius, John, James, Benjamin, Edmond, Thomas, Amy Sensing (wife of John Sensing), Elizabeth Davis (wife of Giles Davis), Tabitha, and Ruth; grandson William Waller (?) Powell.

      FATHER OF

      Cpl. John Powell Sr. (5th G-GF)
      b. abt 1751 Bute County, NC
      d. 23 Apr 1801 Warren County, NC
      married Mary Whitehurst 29 Dec 1775 Bute County, NC
      Heirs named in his wife Mary (Whitehurst) Powell's Will dated 1 Apr 1828, probated Nov 1841 in Warren County, NC, PLUS names of minor children listed in guardianship papers Aug 1802, Warren County, NC. There may have been older children who were of legal age in 1802 and were not listed as minor children in the guardianship papers.... 1. William "Billy" Powell,
      2. Mary "Polly" Powell,
      3. Martha "Patsy" Powell,
      4. James P. Powell,
      5. Winnifred "Winny" (Powell) Davis (wife of Richard Davis) 6. John Powell Jr.
      [SOURCES: (1) Will of William Powell, Warren County, NC dated 26 Mar 1789, Probated Nov 1791; (2) Will of Mary (Whitehurst) Powell, Warren County, NC dated 1 Apr 1828, Probated Nov Court 1841; (3) 1840 Revolutionary War Military Pension Application, Warren County, NC, for widow Mary (Whitehurst) Powell -- wife of Cpl. John Powell deceased.]

      FATHER OF
      James P. Powell (4th G-GF)
      b. abt 1788 Bute County, NCd. 4 Feb 1853 Jefferson County, Mississippi
      (wife unknown)DEFINITE children taken from 1850 Census, etc. 1. John J. Powell (b. c.1822 Warren Co., NC -- is on 1850 Rankin Co., MS Census with father James P. and brother Joseph and Joseph's wife Elizabeth (Burgess) Powell and their 2 sons Benjamin and William J.),
      2. Joseph John Powell (b. c.1825 Warren Co., NC - is on 1850 Rankin, MS Census with James P. and John J. in 1850),
      POSSIBLE children from Censuses, sibling marriage certificates, sibling succession/probate papers, etc.
      3. Thomas H. Powell (b. c.1831 Warren Co., NC - lived at a different address in Rankin, MS in 1850 at same time as father James P. and brothers John and Joseph; after John J. Powell's death in 1865, he was appointed Under Tutor responsible for the education of John J. Powell's two children John Thomas and Martha E. Powell; was living in Pike County, MS in 1870 where John J. Powell's son John Thomas moved in 1880.) 4. James E. Powell (b. c.1823 -- signed John J. Powell's marriage certificate in 1861),
      5. Dewitt C. Powell (b. c.1834 - born Warren Co., NC; living in Warren, NC in 1850 then migrated to Tensas Parish, LA by 1860 where John J. Powell was living),
      6. Son (b. btwn c.1809 & 1810),
      7. Son (b. btwn 1811 & 1819),
      8. Daughter (b. btwn 1816 & 1820) 9. Daughter (b. btwn 1816 & 1820)10. Daughter (b. btwn 1821 & 1825),
      11. Son (b. btwn 1826 & 1830 ),
      12. Son (b. btwn 1831 & 1835).

      [SOURCES: (1) Warren County, NC, court papers dated Aug 1802 appointing Mary (Whitehurst) Powell guardian of her minor children; (2) Will of Mary (Whitehurst) Powell, Warren County, NC dated 1 Apr 1828, Probated Nov Court 1841; (3) 1850 U.S. Census, Rankin County, MS, James P. Powell; (4) 1860 U.S. Census, Claiborne County, MS (adj. Tensas Parish, LA); (5) 1870 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, MS (adj. Tensas Parish, LA.]

      FATHER OF
      John J. Powell (3rd G-GF) b. c.1822 Warren County, NCd. 19 Feb 1865 Civil War POW Prison, Elmira County, Chemunga, NY(wife Mary Jane Warner -- daughter of Thomas Robert Edward Warner and Sarah Ann Regan. Mary Jane married (2) Franklin L. Kelly in Copiah County, MS, 1867. No issue.)Known Children: John Thomas "Thomas J." Powell and Martha E. "Mattie" Powell (changed surname to stepfather's name Kelly btwn 1870 & 1880. Married Richard Lang Sutton.)

      [SOURCES: 1850 U. S. Census, Rankin County, MS for John J. Powell and for brother Thomas H. Powell; (2) 1860 U.S. Census, Tensas Parish, LA; (3) 16 Jan 1861 Marriage Bond and 17 Jan 1861 Marriage License, Tensas Parish, LA; (4) Louisiana, Marriages, 1718-1925, Tensas Parish, LA, 17 Jan 1861; (5) Transcription of the 24 Oct 1865 Under Tutor/Tutrix Agreement for Thomas H. Powell and John's wife Mary Jane (Warner) Powell, in Succession Papers of John J. Powell, Tensas Parish, LA; (6) U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960, John J. Powell, 19 Feb 1865, Burial: Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, NY, CSA Section, Grave #2338; (7) Find-A-Grave Memorial# 66252475.]

      FATHER OF
      John Thomas "Thomas J." Powell (2nd G-GF) b. 5 Dec 1861 Tensas Parish, Louisianad. 13 Apr 1899 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana(wife Sarah Virginia "Sally" Alford -- daughter of Leander Raiford Alford and Sophronia C. Strickland)
      [SOURCES: (1) Transcription of the 24 Oct 1865 Under Tutor/Tutrix Agreement for Thomas H. Powell and John's wife Mary Jane (Warner) Powell, in Succession Papers of John J. Powell, Tensas Parish, LA; (2) Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935, Mrs. M. J. Powell (misspelled as Powers), 14 Nov 1867, Copiah County, MS; (3) 1870 U. S. Census, Copiah County, MS for Franklin, his two sohns by first marriage, and Mary Jane (Warner) Powell Kelly and her two children by 1st marriage Thomas and Mattie Powell; (4) Thomas J. Powell Death Certificate, 13 Apr 1861, New Orleans, LA; .(5) Thomas J. Powell Obituaries in New Orleans Times-Democrat, Apr 1861, New Orleans, LA, and McComb Enterprise, 20 Apr 1899, McComb, Mississippi; (6) Find-A-Grave, John Thomas Powell Memorial #86613212; (7) 1870 U.S. Census, Lincoln County, MS for S. V. Alford (Sarah Virginia Alford); (8) 1880 U.S. Census, Lincoln County, MS for Sarah V. Alford; (9) 1880 U.S. Census, Lincoln County, MS for sister Martha E. "Mattie" Powell (last name changed to stepfather's surname Kelly) and mother Mary Jane (Warner) Powell Kelly.]

      FATHER OF
      Thomas Leander "Tullie" Powell Sr. (G-GF)
      b. 15 Sep 1885 McComb, Pike County, MS
      d.14 Jun 1972 Metairie, Jefferson Parish, LA(wife Clara Wilhelmina Mary Schuchardt)

      FATHER OF
      Thomas Leander Powell Jr. (GF)
      b. 9 Aug 1911 New Orleans, LA
      d. 6 Jul 1942 New Orleans
      (wife Lelia Marie Bourgeois -- daughter of Benjamin Dickinson Bourgeois and Lelia Marie Weber)
      FATHER OF
      Thomas Leander Powell III (Father)b. 1938 Louisianad. 1997 Louisiana
      FATHER OF
      M. V. Powell
      Kit #386660, T-L446