Mary Ann "Polly" POWELL 
Mary Ann "Polly" was born on July 30th, 1779 in <, Virginia>.1 Mary Ann "Polly"'s father was Charles POWELL and her mother was Sarah GHOLSON. Her paternal grandparents were Charles POWELL and Elizabeth Betsy (Powell); her maternal grandparents were Anthony Gholson and Mary Sandridge. She had three brothers and four sisters, named Anthony, Charles, Lewis, Agatha, Lewsey, Rhoda and Sarah Jane. She was the second youngest of the eight children.General Notes
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The Three Sisters would like to contact descendants of Fields and Polly Powell Pruitt. Conta ct powell@@cswnet.com if you are researching this line.
Pruitt
Missing pieces from the family history puzzle can make family research frustrating. Thr ough Ardis Phillips Rasperger we have recently filled in two missing pieces in our family puz zle.
Two daughters of Charles and Sarah Powell, Rhoda and Mary Ann (Polly), married in Merce r County and shortly thereafter disappeared from all Kentucky records. Rhoda married Georg e Cole March 11, 1790 and Mary Ann married Fields Prewitt November 13, 1797. Since we foun d no George Cole nor Fields Prewitt on the 1810 census for Mercer County we have always assum ed the sisters and their families probably left Kentucky together. When Ardis told us Field s and Mary Ann Prewitt settled in Illinois we decided to look for George Cole there also an d found the sisters together as we expected.
Land records in Bond County, Illinois indicate Fields Prewitt, Jr. and his father Field s Prewitt, Sr. moved to Illinois about 1807. This was the same time Charles Powell, Sr. an d Sarah Powell separated. When Sarah accused Charles of threatening to sell his land and lea ve the state with his slaves, maybe he was thinking of going to Illinois with his daughters.
Fields Prewitt, Jr. (the name is now spelled Pruitt) was a son of Fields Prewtt, Sr. an d Mary Burke. They settled first in Bond County, Illinois and later Morgan County, Illinois . The know children of this couple are: 1. Sarah (Sallie) b. Nov. 20, 1799 mar. John Sampl e ca. 1817 Bond Co. Ill. 2. Patsy b. May 19, 1810 mar. Lowery Hoskins 1829 3. David D. mar. S arah McDaniels 1829, Ill. 4. Nancy mar. Daniel Boothley 1830, Ill. 5. Fields mar. 1 Mary An n ca. 1840 in Tx., mar. 2 Rhoda Barker ca. 1855
John and Sallie Sample were parents of fourteen children, all born in Morgan County nea r Jacksonville. They were Southern Baptists and quite active in the Church.
Fields Prewitt is listed on the 1818 census of Bond County with two white males over 2 1 and nine other white inhabitants. In 1820 he is in Morgan County with one male over 21, tw o males under 21, and five females. His son-in-law, John Samples is listed with one male ove r 21, two males under 21, and two females. George Cole with one male over 21, two males unde r 21, five females, and one slave is shown close by. Robert Cole, surely George's and Rhoda' s son, is listed right after George with one male over 21 and one female.
In 1830 Fields and David Prewitt are both shown in Morgan County on page 128 of the cens us, John Samples and Robert Cole are both on page 72, Joseph Cole is on page 71, and George , Charles, and William Cole are all on page 79. Stephen and Elijah Cole are also listed.
A. F. Prewitt is found on the 1840 Morgan County census with a male and female both 60-7 0, and I would assume this to be Fields and Mary Ann. Robert Cole also appears on this censu s. There is no trace of Fields or Mary Ann Prewitt or Robert and Rhoda Coleon the 1850 Morga n County census, so we assume all four died ca. 1840-1850.
I was pleased to see on the 1850 census that these two sisters had children still livin g next to each other. House # 561 is Charles Samples, eldest child of John and Sallie; Hous e # 562 is Robert Cole, probably Rhoda's first son; and House # 563 is John and Sallie Sample .
I do not know any more about the fate of Rhoda's children, but the children of Fields an d Sallie Prewitt seem to leave Morgan County one by one after 1850. David Prewitt reportedl y went to Adams County, Illinois.
Ardis reports her line of descent from Fields Prewitt as follows: James Monroe Sampl e & Rufina Hamilton; Mary Isabel Sample & James House; Addie House & Charles Phillips; Ardi s J. Phillips. She goes on to say, My grandparents, James & Mary House came to Jackson Count y, MO in 1883 and both died here. I have three children, ten grandchildren and nineteen grea t- grandchildren so I have lots of reasons to find all I can about our ancestors.
With this information about the fate of Mary Ann and Rhoda we come closer to a complet e picture of the family of Charles and Sarah Powell. The missing pieces in our puzzle are slo wly coming to light.
Thanks to Ardis Phillips Rasperger of Independence, MO and Alan Hunt of Springfield, Il linois for helping with information for this article.
The Three Sisters would like to contact descendants of Fields and Polly Powell Pruitt. Conta ct powell@@cswnet.com if you are researching this line.
Pruitt
Missing pieces from the family history puzzle can make family research frustrating. Thr ough Ardis Phillips Rasperger we have recently filled in two missing pieces in our family puz zle.
Two daughters of Charles and Sarah Powell, Rhoda and Mary Ann (Polly), married in Merce r County and shortly thereafter disappeared from all Kentucky records. Rhoda married Georg e Cole March 11, 1790 and Mary Ann married Fields Prewitt November 13, 1797. Since we foun d no George Cole nor Fields Prewitt on the 1810 census for Mercer County we have always assum ed the sisters and their families probably left Kentucky together. When Ardis told us Field s and Mary Ann Prewitt settled in Illinois we decided to look for George Cole there also an d found the sisters together as we expected.
Land records in Bond County, Illinois indicate Fields Prewitt, Jr. and his father Field s Prewitt, Sr. moved to Illinois about 1807. This was the same time Charles Powell, Sr. an d Sarah Powell separated. When Sarah accused Charles of threatening to sell his land and lea ve the state with his slaves, maybe he was thinking of going to Illinois with his daughters.
Fields Prewitt, Jr. (the name is now spelled Pruitt) was a son of Fields Prewtt, Sr. an d Mary Burke. They settled first in Bond County, Illinois and later Morgan County, Illinois . The know children of this couple are: 1. Sarah (Sallie) b. Nov. 20, 1799 mar. John Sampl e ca. 1817 Bond Co. Ill. 2. Patsy b. May 19, 1810 mar. Lowery Hoskins 1829 3. David D. mar. S arah McDaniels 1829, Ill. 4. Nancy mar. Daniel Boothley 1830, Ill. 5. Fields mar. 1 Mary An n ca. 1840 in Tx., mar. 2 Rhoda Barker ca. 1855
John and Sallie Sample were parents of fourteen children, all born in Morgan County nea r Jacksonville. They were Southern Baptists and quite active in the Church.
Fields Prewitt is listed on the 1818 census of Bond County with two white males over 2 1 and nine other white inhabitants. In 1820 he is in Morgan County with one male over 21, tw o males under 21, and five females. His son-in-law, John Samples is listed with one male ove r 21, two males under 21, and two females. George Cole with one male over 21, two males unde r 21, five females, and one slave is shown close by. Robert Cole, surely George's and Rhoda' s son, is listed right after George with one male over 21 and one female.
In 1830 Fields and David Prewitt are both shown in Morgan County on page 128 of the cens us, John Samples and Robert Cole are both on page 72, Joseph Cole is on page 71, and George , Charles, and William Cole are all on page 79. Stephen and Elijah Cole are also listed.
A. F. Prewitt is found on the 1840 Morgan County census with a male and female both 60-7 0, and I would assume this to be Fields and Mary Ann. Robert Cole also appears on this censu s. There is no trace of Fields or Mary Ann Prewitt or Robert and Rhoda Coleon the 1850 Morga n County census, so we assume all four died ca. 1840-1850.
I was pleased to see on the 1850 census that these two sisters had children still livin g next to each other. House # 561 is Charles Samples, eldest child of John and Sallie; Hous e # 562 is Robert Cole, probably Rhoda's first son; and House # 563 is John and Sallie Sample .
I do not know any more about the fate of Rhoda's children, but the children of Fields an d Sallie Prewitt seem to leave Morgan County one by one after 1850. David Prewitt reportedl y went to Adams County, Illinois.
Ardis reports her line of descent from Fields Prewitt as follows: James Monroe Sampl e & Rufina Hamilton; Mary Isabel Sample & James House; Addie House & Charles Phillips; Ardi s J. Phillips. She goes on to say, My grandparents, James & Mary House came to Jackson Count y, MO in 1883 and both died here. I have three children, ten grandchildren and nineteen grea t- grandchildren so I have lots of reasons to find all I can about our ancestors.
With this information about the fate of Mary Ann and Rhoda we come closer to a complet e picture of the family of Charles and Sarah Powell. The missing pieces in our puzzle are slo wly coming to light.
Thanks to Ardis Phillips Rasperger of Independence, MO and Alan Hunt of Springfield, Il linois for helping with information for this article.
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- b.1705 in ,,Va d.30 Apr 1744 in Overwharton Parrish, Strafford, Virgina, USA
- b.26 May 1740 in Overwharton Par., Stafford, Virginia d.28 Mar 1810 in Mercer County, Kentucky
- b.~ 1709 in <Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia>
- b.30 Jul 1779 in <, Virginia>
- b. in St. George Par., Va. d.03 Dec 1764 in St.thomas Perish, Orange, Virginia
- b.~ 1709 in Spotsylvania Co., Va. d.1779 in Halifax Co. Va.
- b.1688 in ,Of Spotsylvania, Virginia d.1797 in ,Spotsylvania, Virginia
- b.1742 in Spotsylvania Co., VA. d.11 Oct 1834 in Mercer Co., KY.
- b.~ 1620 in England
- b.1666 in England d.1708 in Virgina, USA
- b.10 Jul 1698 in N. Kent Co., England d.11 MAR 1745/46 in St. George Par., Spotsylvania, Virginia
- b.1670 in ENG d.> 1707 in New Kent Co. VA
- b. in Spottsylvania, Virgina, USA d.1783 in Spottsylvania, Virgina, USA
- b.~ 1640 in Henrico Co., Virgina
- b.1665 in New Kent Co., Virginia d.1715 in New Kent Co., Virginia
- b.<22 Nov 1702 in St.Peters Parish, New Kent Co., VA. d.>28 Jun 1754 in Spottsylvania, Virgina, USA
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