John R. Powell

John married Mary Emma Simmons on 14 Feb 1909 in Newton County, Texas. Mary was born in Jun 1891 in Texas; was buried in West Bethlehem Baptist Church, Quicksand Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lila Powell was born in 1909 in Newton County, Texas; died in 1910 in Newton County, Texas; was buried in West Bethlehem Baptist Church, Quicksand Cemetery, Newton County, Texas.

Notes:

In a Morgan Descendancy chart posted on the internet, the nickname "Jefferson" was shown for John Walter Powell. Carolyn Powell Lockhart indicates that her great grandfather was John Walter Powell, and that to her knowledge he was never called by that nickname. Carolyn indicated that he remarried after his wife's death and he and his second wife moved to Merryville. Ruby Burkett notes that If Martha Ann died on March 23, 1913, there is some confusing information here. Her family story was that when "Aunt Minnie Maysel Boyett was married to Andy Arrington Fuller on May 13, 1913, they moved into a two room apartment in the home of her Aunt and uncle Martha Ann and Walter Powell in Merryville. Martha Ann was known as Aunt Babe. Their home was just behind, what I supose, is the present City Hall in Merryville. Of course much has changed in Merryville. I can assume that Martha Ann was dear to my grand-mother, Henrietta Jones Boyett, because she named one of her daughters Martha Ann and she was also called Babe"

His Texas Death Certificate shows that although he was a resident of Merryville, LA at the time of his death, he died in Voth, Texas. His father was shown as John Powell, born in Arkansas, and his mother, Lucy Thomas, born in Texas.

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Newton County, JP #1, 54th ED
Page 1 SD 1 ED 054 Stamped 523
1-1
Powell, J. Walter W M 22 Farmer Tx Ala NC
Powell, Martha W F 23 Wf Keeping Houst Ga Ga NC
Powell, Onelia W F 3 Dtr At Home Tx Tx Ga
Powell, Oliver W M 1 Son At Home Tx Tx Ga

1900 Census
Texas, Newton County, Pr. 7
Enumerated 19 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 51 Sheet 11B
181-187
Powell, John W Head W M July 1857 43 M 24 Tx Ala Ala Farmer
Powell, Martha A Wf W F Aug 1857 43 M 24 6/6 Ga Ga Nc
Powell, Oliver C Son W M Mar 1879 21 S Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer
Powell, Frank C Son W F Apr 1882 18 S Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer
Powell, Sarah E Dtr W F Oct 1884 16 S Tx Tx Ga Attended 3 Months of School
Powell, John R Son W M Oct 1886 14 S Tx Tx Ga Johu? Farmer Attended 3 Months of School
Powell, Lucy E Dtr W F May 1889 11 S Tx Tx Ga Farmer Attended 3 Months of School

1910 Census
Texas, Newton County, JP No 4
Enumerated 20 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 112 Sheet 7A
87-98
Household of Jess H and Georgia LEE
88-97
Powell, J. Walter Head M W 52 M 1 35 Tx Ala Ark Farmer
Powell, Marth A Wf F W 53 m1 35 6/5 Ga Ga Ga
xx-98
Powell, Franklin A Head M W 28 M1 2 Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer
Powell, Minnie Wf F W 20 m1 La Tx La

John married Martha Ann "Babe" Jones on 1 Dec 1875 in Jasper County, Texas. Martha (daughter of Sion Jones and Elizabeth Morgan) was born on 18 Aug 1856 in Georgia; died on 23 Mar 1913 in Bon Wier, Newton County, Texas; was buried in Ford Cemetery, Bon Wier, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her letter dated September 4, 1999, Carolyn Lockhart writes "Malichi Morgan served in the same Texas Cavalry as my John A. Powell did. John Powell is buried in a confederate cemetery at Camp Butler, Illinois with a rebel marker which is pointed at the top, so the Yankee's couldn't sit on it. He left a wife Lucy Thomas (who later married John Lee) and two small children, John Walter Powell & Emma Luvenia." A photo of his tombstone is shown on FindAGrave. It further indicates he served in Co. G, 24 Texas Cavalry.

A FindAGrave listing for his daughter, Emma Luvenia Powell, states, apparently in error, that her father John A. Powell died on 10 Mar 1868 in Jasper County.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Jasper County, PO Box Newton
Enumerated 1 Aug 1860
Page 32
202-202
William McMahon 25 Farmer $--- $300 La
Sittina McMahon 28 F La
John Powell 32 M Farmer $500 $200 Ga
Lucy Powell 21 F Ala
John Powell 3 M Tex

John married Lucy Thomas on 25 Sep 1855 in Union County, Arkansas. Lucy was born on 4 Oct 1839 in Alabama; died on 2 Jan 1896 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in James Lee Cemetery, Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Paula Williamson, states that "She was the a widow who was the first wife of John Henry Lee. She died of measles after being exposed to her grand daughter with measles who also died. She and John had 4 children (she had children by previous marriage.) "

Notes:

Per the article entitled LOCKHART ADDS TO HAWTHORN HISTORY "Sion Jones (was the) son of Matthew Jones and grandson of Robert....He served in Campbell's County CSA which patrolled the coast of Florida and also served in Atlanta. Sion died in August 1864, leaving Elizabeth with seven children. She was 36 years old. She moved to Texas in 1868....The Morgans and Jones's are both Welsh." In a subsequent letter to Melinda Strong, Carolyn Powell Lockhart adds that Sion Jones had died in the Battle of Atlanta. Bonnie Jones notes that he actually died of an illness contracted during the fighting of the Civil War.

Sion married Elizabeth Morgan on 3 Feb 1853 in Decatur County, Georgia. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel Morgan and Mary ???) was born on 31 Dec 1830 in North Carolina; died on 13 Dec 1902 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Springs Cemetery, Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said by some to have been born in Surry County, NC, but no proof cited. This seems unlikely as the family was listed in Sampson County as of the 1830 census.

Carolyn Lockhart wrote that after the death of Sion Jones in Georgia "Elizabeth sold her land in Decatur County (ca 1868) and came to Texas. She and [her widowed sister] Dorcas Lee had about 9 children with them. Someone met them in Galveston and it was the first time she had ever seen an iron cook stove. She instructed her kids not to mention their Indian ancestry. She herself never mentioned it even though she always wore fringes on her dresses to remind her own self of her heritage. She was 61 when she died, never remarried and never filed a pension from Sion Jones CSA record."

In a letter from Carolyn Lockhart, she states that Elizabeth died in the home of her oldest son, Newton B. Jones. Like the Morgan's, the Jones family were also of Welsh ancestry. The Hawthorne family were neighbors in Georgia and also in Jasper County.

Ruby Boyett showed she died in 1897, but this can not be correct as (1) she had a daughter born in 1899 (2) she can be found on the 1900 census with her husband and children and (3) her tombstone is said to be inscribed 13 Dec 1902.

Notes:

Married:
Per www.rootsweb.com/~gadecatu/marriage

Elizabeth Morgan m Sion Jones on 3 Feb 1853

Notes:

Carolyn Lockhart wrote (in an undated letter) that "Most all of the Jones boys, Matthew (Sion's dad), William Jones and Matthew J. Jones, John Jones, Jr (sic) fought in the Creek War of 1836 in Georgia. " In another letter, she wrote that Matthew was the father of Matthew, Silas, Sion, and Robert, and that he had owned 1000 acres in lower Georgia.

Listed in the "1840 Decatur County Georgia Census Index " (Frances T. Ingmire, Mountain Press). Other Jones head of households at the time of this census were John (Sr and Jr), Robert, James, Seaborn.



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Census Listings:

And in the online 1850 Decatur Co., Georgia Census, the family is listed as follows:


498-498
Jones, M 55 M Farmer 1,000 GA
Jones, Elizabeth 50 F Ga
Jones, Sion 25 M Laborer Ga
Jones, Mary 20 F Ga
Jones, George 13 M Ga
Jnes, Missouri 15 F Ga

Matthew married Elizabeth Wester. Elizabeth was born about 1800 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MINUTES of the ANTIOCH HARDSHELL BAPTIST CHURCH BUNA, TEXAS 1862 - 1874 (Transcription courtesy of Bonnie Smith)

"at an Association at Antioch Sept. 25, 1868 Simon William joined Church by Experance also Daniel Morgan..."

June Conferance 1872, "Church met and after Divine servise set in conferance the Church taken up the subject of Brother Daniel Morgans non attendance as a Church member, it was unanimously resolved that Brothers Amos Richardson J.R. Davis visit the Brother and know the cause of his non attendance at Church and to report the same to the Church as early as convenient....."

July Conferance, 1872 "Church met and after Divine servise set in conferance. Community caled on to report the case of Defaulting Brethren D. Morgan and E. Shepherd and the Brethren being present themselves made their own excuse it was received as good..."

Nan located a copy of a deed from the Heirs of Daniel Morgan to John McLemore. The heirs were deeding the "160 acres of land granted by the state of Texas to said Daniel Morgan by Patent No. 550, Vol 41, and dated Feb 3, 1874 said 160 acres being community property of said Daniel and Mary Morgan to John McLemore." This deed was dated May 1886.

The heirs listed, "being the only surviving heirs of said decedents....(were) James Morgan, Elizabeth Jones, Owen Morgan, heirs at law....(and also) the following named persons who are the grandchildren of the said decedents, viz: J.F. McLemore and Mary Ann Horn and her husband Elma Horn, Jesse Morgan and Allie Morgan, Ebenezer B. Lee, Timothy Lee, Angelina Watson and her husband John Watson." (Vol P, Page 367)

In a letter to Melinda Strong dated September 4, 1999, Carolyn Lockhart indicated that she had heard "that all he had was 160 acres and a member of the family tried to contest the will."

(Research):Census Information:

1830 Census, Sampson County, North Carolina (p. 186)
Daniel Morgan
Males 1 under 5 (James)
[Note: No male listed between 10-15 on this census, but an older male, between 15 -20, DOES appear on the subsequent census]
1 between 30-40 (Daniel b. ca 1800)
Females
2 under 5 (Sarah, Elizabeth)
1 between 30-40 (Mary b. ca 1800)

1840 Census, Sampson County, North Carolina (p. 9)
Danl Morgan
Notes: Why isn't there a listing for a male, under the age of 5? (Daniel/David, born ca 1838)
1 male between 5-10 (Owen)
1 male between 10-15 (James)
1 male between 15-20 (Note: this is likely to have been JOHN McLEMORE, son-in-law of Daniel, who married his eldest child, Sarah. The date of their wedding is not known, so John may have either already been married to Sarah, or been living with the family as a farmhand prior to his marriage)
1 male between 40-50 (Daniel)
2 females between 5-10 (Dorcus, Elizabeth)
1 female between 10-15 (Sarah)
1 female between 40-50 (Mary)


1850 Census, Decatur County, Georgia
518/518
Morgan, D.,50,M, Farmer,50 Ga.
Morgan, Mary,50,F Ga.
Morgan, Elizabeth,21,F Ga.
Morgan,Reubin,18,M,Laborer Ga.
Morgan, Oliver (sic),16,M,Laborer Ga.
Morgan,Dorcas,14,F Ga.
Morgan,Daniel,12,M Ga.

The state of birth are listed in error as Georgia, whereas the Morgan's were actually all born in North Carolina.

Daniel and Mary's two oldest children had left home prior to the above census. Son James was already in Jasper County, Texas, listed as a laborer in the home of 74 year old Elijah ISAACS of South Carolina. Elijah ISAACS is said to be the son of Samuel ISAACS and Mary MORGAN of Lincoln Co., TN; Pendleton Co, S.C, Wilkes Co, N.C. and Lincoln Co, TN.

Daughter Sarah, along with her husband John McLemore, lived two households away (516/516) from her parents in Decatur County. Also living nearby was Daniel's nephew, Malachi Morgan.

The family moved westward, as in 1860, they could be found in Jasper County, Texas:

1860 Census Jasper County, Texas
#352-352
Daniel Morgan 61 M Farmer $160 $200 NC
Mary Morgan 61 F NC
Owen Morgan 24 M Domestic NC Can't Read or Write
David (???) Morgan 22 M Domestic NC

Ruby Boyett Burkett reports that two of Daniel and Mary's two youngest daughters, Elizabeth and Dorcus, stayed behind in Georgia. Both of them were widowed during the Civil War, and they journeyed from Georgia to Texas by boat. Daniel met the boat in Galveston, taking his daughters and grandchildren back to Jasper by wagon. Daniel himself was widowed at the time of the 1870 Federal census, and can be found living with this daughter Elizabeth Jones:

1870 Federal Census, Jasper County, Texas
Morgan, Daniel,68,Farmer, $600 $300North Carolina
Jones, Elizabeth,40, Keeping House, $--- $100 North Carolina
Jones, Newton,16,Farm Labor, Georgia
Jones, Mary Matilda,15, Georgia
Jones, Martha A.,13,Georgia
Jones, Elizabeth,11, Georgia
Jones, Sarah J.,10, Georgia
Jones, Henrietta,8, Georgia
Jones, George S,7,Georgia
Morgan,Owen,38,Farm Labor, North Carolina , Idiot

According to the FamilySearch 1880 Census, Daniel is living with another of his widowed daughters, Dorcus Lee:

Census Place:Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255313 National Archives Film T9-1313 Page 15 RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
Darcus LEE Self F W W 43 NC Occ:Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: NC
Ebenezer LEE Son M S W 22 GA Occ:Works On Farm Fa: GA Mo: NC
Daniel MORGAN Father M W W 79 NC Occ:Retired Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC
Owen MORGAN Brother M S W 45 NC Occ:Idle Fa: NC Mo: NC
Alley MORGAN Brother M S W 18 TX Occ:At Home Fa: NC Mo: GA

Daniel married Mary ??? before 1826. Mary was born about 1800 in North Carolina; died after 1860 in Roganville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Morgan Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The McDaniel/Scarborough/Lutman tree on WorldConnect INCORRECTLY shows her as Susan Mary McShan of Union, South Carolina.

Several member trees on Ancestry.com have this incorrect information as well.

The maiden name of Daniel's wife, Mary, has currently NOT been proven.

In an undated clipping titled LOCKHART ADDS TO HAWTHORN HISTORY from the JASPER NEWS BOY, provided to me by Kenneth Morgan, Carolyn Lockhart writes:

"...DANIEL (born 1802 in North Carolina) and MARY MORGAN....were Cherokee Indians and are buried in the woods at Roganville in Jasper County... "

In a letter to Melinda Strong, dated 4 September 1999, Carolyn further speculates that Mary Morgan could be "a Proctor because the Jone's witnessed a will in the adjoining county to Decatur for a Thomas Proctor. It is my personal belief (I never researched) that ...it was not feasible to register White-(Native) American marriages...they were frowned upon." It is interesting that marriage records can be found for all of Daniel's brothers, but no record can be located for his marriage to Mary. Carolyn added that "when Elizabeth was born in North Carolina in 1830--the family in North Carolina were running from the government who was about to push all the Indians to Oklahoma in 1836, so they packed up & headed for Georgia---because the Jones took part in running the Creek Indians out of Georgia in 1838."

Jo Ann Lee Gartig wrote, on 12 September 1999, that "All of my life I have heard that there was an Indian somewhere in the Lee family, but none of my aunts or uncles knew which branch. It was a surprise to hear it was not on the Lee side, but the Morgan side, which I had never suspected. I learned from Bonnie Jones Smith (great granddaughter of Elizabeth Morgan and chairperson of the Newton County Historical Commission) that it was Mary, wife of Daniel. Bonnie's older sister, Verbal, who died in an auto accident about 1995, told Bonnie that Mary was an Indian. It seems that when Verbal was in her early teens, her grandmother Sara Jane told her about her Cherokee Indian grandmother." Robert Wall of Pearland was also told tales by his grandmother of the Morgan's Cherokee ancestry while he was growing up.

In order to attempt to help prove the numerous family stories that Mary was a full blood Native American, a direct female descendant of Mary's volunteered to take an mtDNA test.The test was done by FamilyTreeDNA in Houston. They tested the mtDNA for HVR1 (16001 to 16569). The test was designed to show her mtDNA, any differences from the Cambridge Reference Sequence, and the meaning of probability between matches. The test would pinpoint which of the "The Daughters of Eve" Mary and her direct female descendant could be traced back too, as well as identifying the ethnic and geographic origins, both recent and far distant. Among other features, this test would indicate matrilineal Native-American Ancestry, and which of the 5 major groups that settled in the Americas were the most probable ancestors.

The volunteer had the following line of descent from Mary:

Mary* (Unknown), wife of Daniel Morgan
Elizabeth* Morgan, wife of Sion Jones
Sarah Jane* Jones, wife of Henry Cochran Jones (not related)
Ida* Jones, wife of Charles Gibson
DAUGHTER of Ida and Charles (private)
GRANDDAUGHTER of Ida and Charles (private)

The mtDNA results came back as HV, or Helena, a primarily European haplogroup, most prevalent in Western Europe. The single difference from the Cambridge Reference Sequence was CRS 16311 C. The HV results preclude Native American ancestry on the matrilineal track -- the haplogroup would have to be A, B, C, D or a variety of X to show matrilineal ancestry as Native American. Therefore it appears that Mary Morgan's mother WAS NOT a full blooded Native American. It is still possible, however, she had native american ancestors, but if so it was not through her direct maternal line.

We do now know that Mary's maternal line reaches back to the Helena Clan. Helena is from the Greek and means "light." This clan's descendants are the most numerous in Europe, having started 20,000 years ago from a hunting family in the Dordogne region of the ice-capped Pyrenees in southern France. As the climate warmed, Helena's descendants trekked northward to what is now England, some 12,000 years ago. Members of this group are now present in all European countries.

Prof. Sykes and Oxford University researchers in England have identified seven ancestral matriarchal groups from which all Europeans appear to be descended. Every European can trace his or her evolutionary history back to the seven ancestral mother groups, also referred to as the Seven European Daughters of Eve. Sykes et al obtained buccal cells from 6,000 individuals and analyzed the samples using the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis. It is known that mtDNA mutates at a very slow rate, such as 1 mutation in every 10,000 generations or 20,000 years. So they figured that the women would have lived between 8,000 and 45,000 years ago. What is amazing is that all seven of the genetic groups appear to be descended from the Lara clan, one of three clans that still exist today in Africa. This is called the African Eve theory. It was proposed in the late 1980's by Allan Wilson, Mark Stoneking and others. The African Eve theory states that all humans share a common African ancestor. Migration routes of the 7 daughters are at this site:

http://www.oxfordancestors.com

As of 2002, there are believed to be 36 distinct genetic groups worldwide. From Patrick Guinness, "In mtDNA, there are a maximum of 14 mutations between all humans (so far)."

Notes:

Married:
Unable to locate a marriage record for them, even though the marriage records for his siblings were located.

The McDaniel/Scarborough/Lutman tree on WorldConnect INCORRECTLY shows her as Susan Mary McShan of Union, South Carolina.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bigdocmcd&id=I184136

The maiden name of Daniel's wife, Mary, has currently NOT been proven.