News: Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.

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    Harriett J. Powell[1]

    Female 1820 -


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    • Name Harriett J. Powell 
      Born c 1820  Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Notes 
      • Early ancestors of Louise Powell Butler
        My great-great-great-grandparents on my gg grandfathers' side were Mastin Powell and Mary called "Polly" Carter. He was a settler, tavern keeper, owener of a race track and slaves. They resided about 8 miles below Milton, NC on Powell Creek, Halifax Co., VA now Turberville. They had nine children:
        > Carter, 5/6/1800-10/26/1857, married Sarah Bates Moore,
        1/31/1804-10/21/1877, 6/22/1822; Elizabeth married Gerald Powell, her uncle, 12/24/1816;
        Biggers married Gillie Lipscomb, 6/16/1829;
        John Bibb married Nancy Carter;
        Nancy T. married Richard Carter;
        Mary Ann married Green Carter;
        William Jefferson married Elizabeth Allen Carter;
        Susan married Jackson "Jack" her nephew;
        Harriett I. married, 1st Joseph Yarbrough and, 2nd, Henry Laws. Most of their children settled in and around
        Caswell County, NC and Danville, VA Source: Information from Uncle Walter B. Powell, Great Aunt Fleetwood Powell, Stanfield Family Bible, paper written by Charlie Stanfield
        to Uncle Walter B. Powell and wills.
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      Person ID I12950  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 16 Dec 2011 

      Father Mastin J. Powell, Sr.,   b. Abt 1776, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1846, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
      Mother Mary O. "Polly" Carter,   b. c 1783, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1868  (Age 85 years) 
      Married Bef 1817 
      Family ID F2761  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Samuel Yarborough 
      Married 2 Sep 1844  Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Sidney Yarborough,   b. c 1842, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       2. Mary Yarborough,   b. c 1844, Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      Last Modified 16 Dec 2011 
      Family ID F4400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Library of Virginia, Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book #21 pages 188-289, dated 27 August 1846, probated 26 October 1846
        Will of Mastin Powell
        To my daughter Harriet J. Yarbrough seven hundred and fifteen dollars
        It is widely said that Harriett married Joseph Yarborough; the marriage record for her shows Samuel.