Thomas W. Powell

Birth Date

1811-10-04

Death Date

1892-04-02

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Dorley Powell in Henderson County, Kentucky, on March 6, 1834. Father of John Powell, Mary T. Powell, Samuel Powell, William Powell, James Powell, Elizabeth Powell, Margaret Powell, Thomas Powell, Edwin Powell, Patesy Powell, Olivia E. Powell, Elenor Powell, and Ida Powell. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Henderson County 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 357A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 93.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 142B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Corydon District, p. 31B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film 000576460.
"Thomas Whitehead Powell (1811-1892)," Find A Grave, Memorial 111898589, accessed July 20, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111898589.

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