EATON POWELL
Born - about 1793 in North Carolina, we believe in Halifax County, North Carolina
Parents - unknown at this time
We are researching in Halifax County, North Carolina as well as Montgomery County, Tennessee - feel free to review our notes here.
Military Service - found on line
WAR OF 1812
POWELL EATON JOINER'S REG'T NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA. PRIVATE PRIVATE 167 602
POWELL, EATON
State: NC Year: 1812
County: Halifax County Regiment Record Type:
Township: Second Company Page:
Database: NC 1812-1814 Muster Roll
Died - between 1850 and 1860.
Eaton and Mary were in the 1850 Montgomery County TN census. We have not found them in the 1860 census, either in Tennessee or Illinois. We have located most of their children - Warren is in Moultrie County ILL. Nancy (Richard Vaughn) was in Moultrie County Illinois and two of the younger Powell children - Solomon (age 10) and Susan (age 16) are living with her. Wylie is living in Bond County, ILL with a Rench family working as a farmhand. We have not yet found Rose Catherine (Ichabod Aikins), William or Robert in the 1860 census.
Therefore, we believe that Eaton and Mary both died before 1860. But whether they died in Montgomery County, Tennessee or Moultrie County, Illinois (where most of their children went) is unknown.
Married Holley Adams, sometime before 1815, probably in North Carolina or Tennessee. It is believed she was the daughter of Benjamin and Zelphia Adams. She apparently died before 1830.
Sources of Holley Adams parents -
"Rev. of Rev. Jeremiah Horn, 1794-1867", contributed to Ancestry World Tree project by Andrea Holmes-Moore at ach0004@jove.acs.unt.edu "
Correspondence from Linda Garrett at fredd1907@earthlink.net
Married Mary Causey, sometime before 1830. Mary was born about 1803 in North Carolina. We do not know who were parents were, but it is possible due to her younger age that she was the daughter of Thomas Causey and Mary Ann Swift, which would make her an older sister of Rhoda Stafford Causey who married William C. Powell (son of Eaton Powell by his first wife) or she may have been a daughter of Robert Causey, making her a sister of Nellie Causey).
CENSUS DATA
| 1820 US CENSUS Page 29 POWEL, Eden 200010 10110 Listed in the "Agri" column No slaves listed 1830 US CENSUS,
Montgomery County, TN 1850 US CENSUS,
Montgomery County, TN |
| District 12 Powell, Eaton 104 |
Note: View all of the Powells listed in this enumeration at our Miscellaneous Powell Notes
CHILDREN OF EATON POWELL AND HOLLEY ADAMS
1. Benjamin Eaton Powell - page under construction
North Carolina proven by all but one census.
Marriage sources: 1) Various sources for Nellie Causey and 2) Cunningham marriage also found in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index at
POWELL, BENJAMIN E - CUNNINGHAM, MARTHA E - FAYETTE - 02/15/1855 00A/0052
Tennessee proven by all census.
Source: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
POWELL, WILLIAM C - CROWNOVER, PATHENIA F - BOND - 12/19/1882 1/ 64
3. Based on the 1820 census, Eaton and Holley Powell had two sons and one daughter. The daughter was born between 1815 and 1820. There is also an unidentified older female, ten years younger than Holley.
It is difficult to decipher the 1830 census because of the second marriage which supposedly occurred around 1830. Most researchers attribute Nancy E Powell as a daughter of Mary Causey, the second wife of Eaton Powell. If this is true, and Mary Causey is the older female listed in the 1830 census,
Children from Eaton and Holley:
Benjamin E. Powell would be in the 10-15 bracket or possibly 15-20 bracket. He is found in the 15-20 bracket.
William C. Powell would be in the 10-15 bracket. He is found in the 10-15 bracket
Unnamed daughter would be in the 10-15 bracket. There is no female in the 10-15 bracket. There is one in the 5-10 bracket. If this is the Unnamed Powell daughter, born between 1815 and 1820, then she was born in 1820 right before census time.
Children from Eaton and Mary:
Nancy E. Powell, one of the two "under 5" females listed
Unidentified in 1830 as to where to put them:
One of the two "under 5" females listed
The one "under 5" male listed
NOTE: If Eaton and Mary Causey did not marry until 1830, it is highly possible that Eaton and Holley had another son and another daughter.
CHILDREN OF EATON POWELL AND MARY CAUSEY
1. Nancy E. Powell - page under construction
Sources of marriages: various on line gedcoms and family history group sheets
2. Rose Catherine Powell - page under construction
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
AIKINS, ICHABOD - POWELL, CATHERINE - BOND - 04/01/1853 A/ 184
3. Warren Harp Powell - page under construction
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
POWELL, WARREN H - VAUGHN, MARY C - BOND - 07/12/1855 A /11
- Yarnell Cemetery
Mary Powell
1827-1914
Warren S. Powell
Co. A. 126 Ill. Inf.
4. Wiley R. Powell
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
POWELL, WILEY - CRIPE, ELIZABETH - BOND - 06/25/1860 A/ 12
1860 US CENSUS, Greenville, Bond County, Illinois
page 148
Household 191/191
RENCH, John 35 M Farmer $1200 $300 OH
Mary 30 F TN
Thos I 7 M ILL
Earline? 5 F ILL
Anima? 1 F ILL
POWELL, Wiley 20 M farmhand TN
Rosetta Powell, born April 25, 1861 in Bond County, Illinois; died March 6, 1863 in Bond County, Illinois. Buried in Seagraves Cemetery
Polly Powell, born July 17, 1862 in Bond County, Illinois; died March 11, 1863 in Bond County, Illinois. Buried in Seagraves Cemetery.
Source: Linda Garrett: fredd1907@earthlink.net
Illinois Civil War Database
POWELL, WILEY REC D 10 IL US CAV CHICAGO
5. Robert H. Powell
Source: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
POWELL, ROBERT H - RENCH, MARTHA - BOND - 04/04/1862 A/ 20
Illinois Civil War Database
POWELL, ROBERT REC D 10 IL US CAV CHICAGO
6. William Powell
There is the following William Powell in the 1880 Illinois census, but not sure if it is him:
1880 US CENSUS
Census Place: Scottville, Macoupin, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254232 National Archives Film T9-0232 Page 276C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
William POWELL Self M M W 36 TN Occ: House Carpenter Fa: TN Mo: TN
Emma POWELL Wife F M W 33 IL Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA
Susan POWELL Dau F S W 7 MO Fa: TN Mo: IL
Bertha POWELL Dau F S W 4 IL Fa: TN Mo: IL
Sarah BALENGER SisterL F W W 36 IL Occ: Visiting Fa: VA Mo: VA
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
POWELL, WILLIAM M - BAKER, MARY EUGENE - MOULTRIE - 01/17/1893 A /115 4709
7. Susan Powell - page under construction
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
HULL, SILAS POWELL, SUSAN MOULTRIE 05/28/1863 A /25
8. Solomon Powell - page under construction
Source: Linda Garrett: fredd1907@earthlink.net
We believe this is probably a transcription error, and it should be Solomon, rather than Warren
Illinois Statewide Marriage index
POWELL, WARREN - YOUNG, ANNIE - MOULTRIE - 04/05/1873 A /49 1976
Please feel free to send corrections, addition, suggestions etc. We are trying to make these pages a source for all of Eaton Powell's descendants.
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