John Powell 
John was born in 1686 in Old Rappahannock, Virginia. John's father was John Powell and his mother was Mary Coghill. His paternal grandparents were William Powell and Elizabeth Gorusch; his maternal grandfather was James Coghill. He had six brothers named Robert, Henry, Elias, James, Place and Thomas. He was the second youngest of the seven children. He had a half-brother named Lucas.General Notes
Notes from Ellisue Barber Morris:
John and Mary O'Neal lived in Culpeper Co., VA in 1750 when their daughter, Anna, Was born. In 1755 they migrated to Orange Co., NC with many friends and relatives including: O'Neals, Albrights, Holts, allens, Murrays, Griders, and many others. In addition to Anna, They had at least three sons: William Powell, Robert and Elias Powell, Jr., who was named for his father's brother and was named junior to distinguish between uncle and nephew.
Elias Powell, Jr. and his wife, Barbara Albright, had a son, George Powell who was the father of Nelson Albright Powell, 1816-1910, author of many newspaper articles on local history of that section of NC.
John and Mary O'Neal owned land in culpeper, VA and in Orange Co., NC on little Alamance Creek and moved in 1779 to Burke Co., now Caldwell Co. NC. They settled on Middle fork of Lower Creek, later called Poweltown, but now part of the City of Lenoir, NC.
(Ref: Pam - Wordsert@@aol.com
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1545 d.1623
- b.~ 1575 in Powelltor, Suffolk England d.9 FEB 1686/87 in Isle Of Wright County, Virginia
- b.1605 in Wales d.12 Nov 1695 in Chickahominy River, Virginia
- b.~ 1585 in Virginia
- b.1632 in Brunswick, Virginia d.1698 in Essex, Virginia
- b.1607 in England
- b.1686 in Old Rappahannock, Virginia
- b.~ 1607
- b.1637 in Essex, Virginia
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John and Mary were married in a religious ceremony in 1729 in Old Rappahannock, Virginia. They had six sons and two daughters, named Elias, John, Joseph, Robert, Benjamin, Elijah, Anna and Elizabeth.
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Children
Elias Powell
Elias was born in 1734 in Orange County, Virginia. He died in Burke County, North Carolina.
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