Friday, November 23, 2018

Letter from 1950 about John Powell of Caswell County, NC

Charles Powell's brother John lived in Caswell County, NC.  This letter was written by a descendant of his almost 200 years after he lived!  I had the contents of the letter but here is the original letter!  The letter was written in Lineville, AL by Eugie Dobson, daughter of Joseph and Nancy Adalee Smith Dobson. Relayed to her by her Uncle Andrew Smith, the son of Jeptha and Nancy Smith.

What does it suggest.  John Powell and Margaret McDonald Powell had children named Mary, James, Charles, John, Judith, Nancy, Peggy and Martha!  He was originally from Virginia and was a first cousin to George Washington!   Duke Whalebone would have been the man who purchased poor Margaret on the docks when she arrived in America.