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Father John Sample born
August 15,1772-May 4,1848 -
Elizabeth's Mother, Elizabeth Turnbull born
1782-1863 -
Charles Lewis Powell, Sr. born (Lewellen's father)
July 15, 1788-September 7,1874 -
Lucinda Hancock Powell born (Lewellen's mother)
4/27/1790-1850 -
Elizabeth Turnbull & John Sample married
1/2/1803 -
birth of brother Andrew
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birth of sister Abigail Peed Woods
married George Hairston Woods 3/13/1824, 8 children -
birth of brother James Leitch
unmarried -
birth of sister Eleanor Merriman
married Edward Merriman 11/10/1828, ten children -
Powells married (Lewellen's parents)
April 30, 1809 -
James Madison
President of the United States 1809-1817 -
birth of sister Sarah
unmarried, 1811-1831 -
Lewellen Hancock Powell
Born Franklin County Virginia
first of seven children of Charles L. Powell (1788-1874) and Lucinda Hancock (1790-1850) -
birth of brother Frances Stevenson
unmarried -
birth of sister Catherine Tate
married Asa Holland, postmaster, had 4 children -
birth of brother George Turnbull
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James Monroe
President of the United States 1817-1825 -
Elizabeth Martha Sample
Born, Franklin County, Virginia
ninth of eleven children to Elizabeth Turnbull (1782-1863) and John Sample (1772-1848) -
birth of sister Ann Jane
married Lewellen Powell's brother William H. Powell no children -
death of brother Andrew
unmarried, 1803-1824 (21) SAMPLE CEMETERY -
John Quincy Adams
President of the United States 1825-1829 -
death of brother George
1817-1825 (8) (may be in unmarked grave at SAMPLE CEMETERY) -
Andrew Jackson
President of the United States 1829-1837 -
death of brother Frances
1813-1829 (16) (may be in unmarked grave at SAMPLE CEMETERY) -
death of sister Sarah
1811-1831(20)maybe be in unmarked grave at SAMPLE CEMETERY) -
death of brother James Leitch
1807-1833 (26) may be buried in unmarked grave at SAMPLE CEMETERY -
Martin Van Buren
President of the United States 1837-1841 -
Marriage of Elizabeth and Lewellen
She was 21 and he was 29 years of age
Lived with her mother Elizabeth Sample until 1852 -
death of sister Catherine
1815-1840 (25) SAMPLE CEMETERY -
William Henry Harrison
President of the United States 1841 -
daughter Katherine Hancock born
daughter, married Jeremiah Brown, November 1871 -
daughter born Elizabeth Ann Powell
daughter, 1 year, 1 month, died 4/21/1844 -
Death of daughter Elizabeth Ann
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James K. Polk
President of the United States 1845-1849 -
birth of son John Robert Powell
son, 1845-1905, married Sarah Kasey (1871) , 3 children, died in Hopkins County, Texas -
John Tyler
President of the United States 1841-1845 -
death of sister Ann Jane
1822-1846 (22) SAMPLE CEMETERY -
birth of daughter Mary Lucinda
daughter, died at 8 years -
son Charles Leitch born
premature(?) SAMPLE CEMETERY -
death of son Charles Leitch
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death of father John Sample
SAMPLE CEMETERY, equally divied estate among daughters and wife -
Zachary Taylor
President of the United States 1848-1850 -
1850 Census
Farmer,39, $6000 personal + $1500 real estate, 9 slaves, lived with Elizabeth's Mom (had 10 slaves), 4 children (Catherine, Mary L., John R, Cornelia), 4 slaves from Turnbull estate Austin, Willis, Lucy, Anna and 5 from John Sample Dick, Grace, Nat, Edmund, Rush) -
daughter Cornelia Ann Elizabeth born
daughter 1850-1936
married Joseph Pate Wright -
Bought Hook House
from storeowner John Hook heirs, Moormans purchased in 1879 -
death of daughter Mary Lucinda
1845-1852 (7) SAMPLE CEMETERY -
Millard Fillmore
President of the United States 1850-1853 -
Powell member of Masons
Rocky Mount Lodge 1853-1855 -
daughter Sarah Martha born
died 1860, age 5 -
Added onto Farmhouse
1855-1856 -
Booker T. Washington
Lived in Franklin County Virginia until he moved to WVa. at end of war 1865 -
Franklin Perce
President of the United States 1853-1857 -
Virginia M.
daughter, married age 20 May 29, 1879 Thomas J. Webb -
LH Powell curator of John Robertson estate
Robertson, father to Martha Hatcher, sister of Mrs. Burroughs who owned BTW -
1860 Census, Hales Ford, North DIvision
Farmer, age 49, 20 slaves listed, $7900 real estate +$20,000 personal: LH Powell, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Sample, age 77 ($3700/1 SLAVE) and children Catherine (18), John R. (15), Cornelia (10), Sarah M. (5), Virginia M. (2), Fannie (1 month) and Joseph r. Dickenson, Farm Laborer -
daughter Frances (Fannie) born
daughter, born 1860, Elizabeth age 41 -
James Buchanan
President of the United States 1857-1861 -
death of mother Elizabeth Turnbull Sample
1782-1863 (81) SAMPLE CEMETERY -
Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States 1861-1865 -
daughter Lewella born
married John R. Creasy 10/30/1885, Elizabeth, age 46 -
LH Powell elected Sheriff, 2 year term
LH Powell elected Franklin County Sheriff 1866-1868
, paid $200 -
Powell Member of Masons
Rocky Mount Lodge #75 1867-1879 -
Ulysses S. Grant
President of the United States 1869-1867 -
Andrew Johnson
President of the United States 1865-1869 -
LH Powell deputy sheriff to John Hartwell
John Robert a deputy sheriff, men of honesty and good demeanor -
1870 Census
Farmer, age 59 $4000 real estate -
LH Powell appointed sheriff until successor found
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LH Powell fined for not keeping order in Courthouse
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Sheriff Powell
1870-1871 $75 a year -
Deputy Powell
Lewellen Powell deputy sheriff and Town Crier 1869-1871 -
LH Powell Sheriff with John Hartwell
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LH Powell and John Hartwell in court
for taxes not turned in -
death of sister Abigail Peed Woods
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Transferred Hook-Powell house to son John Robert
428 acres, 3 head horses, 8 head cattle, sheep, hogs, four beds of furniture, plantation implements -
death of daughter Sarah Martha
married Isaac Cundiff -
Sold 236 acres to John A Moorman
sale recorded in 1885, meaning Powells may have lived in house until moving in with daughter Cornelia in Bedford before death -
1880 Census
Farmer, age 68, living with Elizabeth, age 60, 9listed as having diarrhea) Cornelia, Fannie, Luella and Betty Pendleton, servant -
Powells resided in Staunton and Bedford
Mr. Powell lived with Cornelia until his death in 1898 -
Rutherford B. Hayes
President of the United States 1877-1881 -
James A. Garfield
President of the United States 1881 -
Chester Arthur
President of the United States 1881-1885 -
Grover Cleveland
President of the United States 1885-1889 -
death of sister Eleanor Merriman
1809-1890 (81) -
Elizabeth Dies
lived in Vinton, age, 72, Roanoke,SAMPLE CEMETERY -
Benjamin Harrison
President of the United States 1889-1893 -
Lewellen Powell dies
age 87, SAMPLE CEMETERY -
death of son John Robert
married 1871 to Sarah Kasey (1847-1913) children Early, Emma, Mary lived in Texas -
death of daughter Fannie
1860-1916 (48) in Vinton, Texas -
Death of Katherine Hancock Brown
1841-1917, (76)
married to Jeremiah Brown (1835-1993) -
death of daughter Virginia (Jennie)
1857-1933 (76)
married Thomas J. Webb (3/19/1846-2/16/1929) -
death of daughter Cornelia Ann Elizabeth Wright
1850-1936 (76)
married to Joseph Pate Wright, Jr. 1849-1913 buried in Stewartsville, VA, children Harry, Hubert, Irma and Joseph -
death of daughter Luella
1864-1940 (76) in Oklahoma
